Iron Stars - Bridge combat team

The bridge combat team assembles near the airlock of the Dark Star. Their mission is to get through the compartments as quickly as possible to retake the bridge and then hold it against any kind of counter attack. The fighting is expected to be difficult and intense in the confines of the space station. The number of foes is also indeterminate. Who they are, how they were armed , and what their plans are if they station is compromised is all uncertain.

Rey looks around, "So @Barnabas Strasny whats the plan here? we just going to go in and void them all? Like i know some more subtle than that might be helpful but the last few times I tried to plan it just ended going to the scrap heap in a junker."

“Plan? I think I’m supposed to go with the sweep team and hit the corridors. I’m actually hoping you folks hit the bridge pretty hard and keep attention off of us in the corridors.” (I think I’m on the other team, but I could be confused about that. I’ll go with whatever team seems to need me)

(So is it just Rey venser and Paul or is paul going with the sweep team?)

(I think at least Rey, Venser, and Paul, although I saw Kila there, too, at some point. I originally selected bridge, but I moved because the other combat was less subscribed)

(looks like kila is on investigation too)

(I’m still here)

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Rey responds with, "Oh sorry man, I thought you were with us sorry about that barnabas." Rey then teleports over to Paul and puts his arm around him, "So dude, whats your name i dont think we have met yet, Im Rey. I like darkness, my hounds and long sebaticals in the void. How about you dude?"

“Names Paul. I like fighting, killing and long walks on the beach. Ready to say hello to these terrorists. Been itching to dust off Death’s Concierge,” Paul says while checking his rifle over.

Rey looks at the man’s gear, “Rad suit dude, good to see another Cyber nut. Like seriously man, are you like one of the spec ops guys or more one of those jarhead dudes? No judgment either way dude just asking where ya lean.”

“Probably more spec ops but honestly a bit of both. The preferred method is get in, get out, mission complete. But when things go sideways the jarhead kicks in and instead of creatively going around problems it’s just easier to go through them.” For a moment Paul gets lost in the memories of a few times the walls were a bit harder than expected. “So what’s the story with all the void talk?”

Rey looks at Paul, “Dude that’s deep, okay well I guess I asked you a bunch of questions. So dude, I was like in charge of the defense of my entire planet for like a whole year. At first it went pretty well. Slowly the tide turned dude like no decision I could make changed anything. Like I saw my friends taken captive and die. Like my whole planet man. They all like trusted me. So finally as a last ditch effort I went to you know find help. I found the UNW and got some help. But like even coming back months later I still failed. Yeah I got the Zadak evacuated but like all my friends man they like… all were slaves man and it was my fault. Well that’s what I thought, then the Zadak showed me the deep void and man did I go deep.” Rey grins big “Spent a whole year in the void before finally coming out. Now I realize that I did my voided best and it still wasn’t enough. Like the void doesn’t care man. It is just like always the same. Stuff just is man. Like you keep your friends safe and that’s all man you know dude?”

"Excuse my friend here, he's a bit... spacey - I hate myself." Venser bemoans his own accidental pun. "But I love him, and he does have a point. Good to have you with us on this one Paul, always respect a man who names his weapons." He says, spinning dragonfire cylinders into each of his two revolvers. "As psychics we've got a lot of tools in the toolbox, from healing to mobility, etc. So just let us know what you need for you to do your thing. Speaking off, would you mine if I created a link between all of our minds? I won't be able to read any thoughts you don't want me to know, think of it like telepathic walkie-talkies!"

Rey nods, “Makes communication easier.”

Paul nods as well. “One less thing to worry about in the midst of everything else.”

(I don’t wanna cut you off but I’ll kick us off when you’re ready )

Venser closes his eyes and concentrates for a moment. Wisps of metadimensional energy, unknown to any without some form of metapsionic ability, begin to extend out and interconnect each of them. Eventually, they can each feel more than one presence in their minds. Venser opens his eyes again which briefly glow a dark blue before settling. "Okay... We should have unity now." His words now echo in their minds without speaking. "A dear friend of mine told me to think of your thoughts as two different spheres. One you pass to the unity, the other remains with yourself. When you want to share a thought, just imagine 'passing' the thought to the unity and we will all know it. You'll get the hang of it." (Activating Facile Mind to open a free link with Rey, then turning it into a Unity of Thought. I'll also just activate TK Flight and Pressure Field now in case we need it, so you can fly 20m a round while within 30m of me, and have a invisible vacc suit around you. Should now have 7/11 effort free.) (edited)

Well this is new. I’ve never flown like….. Paul’s thoughts are cut short as he crashes into the bulk head before stabilizing. Shit that hurt. Wait shouldn’t have passed that to everyone

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4:33 PM

Shit. I look like a complete rookie to these guys. Get it together Paul! (This part is completely internal.)

(A quick note, it being a platform the ceilings are pretty low, not much higher than an average medium humanoid height , so in this instance melee attackers will generally still be able to hit, but you will benefit from the increased move speed still) (edited)

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Rey activates incognito on paul, Venser and himself. (He still has his toolbox Spatial Synchrony Mandala-ed so that gives him 7/9 with 1 committed for the day. Incognito gives us; Invisibilty on the metaphsycial plane when using psionics, protection from telepathic scanning and sneak rounds we get a +2 bonus and 2 main actions.) "I think im ready now how about you, dudes?" (edited)

“Let’s do this!”

Venser nods, "Let's go save Chloe."

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Nekosmash pinned a message to this channel. 2/14/2022 9:48 AM

(We'll be drilling in by the corporate docks)

The second set of boarding tubes punch into the right side of the docks. You can see the burned out shuttle and the two technicians the other team is going to be handling. Ahead, you can see the corridor heading out of the docks and out into the access way beyond.

"Minimise your shots to down targets, concentrated fire will cause a hull breach, which isn't that big of a deal for us, but who knows how many civvies are on board - keep an out out for them too." He says calmly as the tube locks into place and it's hatch shifts open. Venser encourages Rey - the most stealth-minded of the group - to take the lead as they swoop into the station.

Treat me like any other weapon here. Seeing as I'm the least experienced, and as evidenced by the telepathic skills already showcased, the least talented, tell me where you need me and when. I'm mostly a point and shoot type of guy but I'm fairly skilled with guns.

1:29 PM

I'll follow your lead and cover our asses as we go.

Rey nods and pulls out his geon blade. Lets do this dudes Knocking down doors and kicking tails.

2:52 PM

Rey and the hounds teleport down to near the end of the hall. Looking for any enemies.

You can see two surprised gunmen coming into the corp docks. It looks like this is some sort of patrol, and they are surprised to see enemies here

(Can rey and the hounds teleport down and attack in a suprise round?)

(they can see you, its not going to be a surprise round)

(So I initiative?)

(yes)

(Intuitive Response + Unity of Thought so we all get to go first? Or is that toooo blue mana?)

(Thisnis massive overkill for two mooks)

(Are we keeping the same initiative for the whole mission?)

(No)

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(then nevermind!

rolled a 7 for initiative)

(Do I need to roll too?) (edited)

(Yep, but being telepathically linked like we are allows us all to use the highest of our rolls for initiative.)

(Ok. Just stepped away from my laptop but will roll when I’m back in front of it. App always sucks for me!)

(4)

(8)

(lance, Venser, Paul, enemies)

(second turn going to Paul this round, so you can take another movement and action i.e. shoot twice)

(Polling the experts here: should I shoot or stab? Don't want to open up the hull with shots but I've got the gunslinger foci so I'm naturally better at shooting than stabbing.)

Rey and the hounds teleport next to the pair and the hounds take one while Rey begins attacking the other. (24/10 for Rey) (15/2, 16/2, 26,9, 18/4, 15/9, 23/9 for the hounds bite and claws.)

Paul Duncan

(Polling the experts here: should I shoot or stab? Don't want to open up the hull with shots but I've got the gunslinger foci so I'm naturally better at shooting than stabbing.)

(Do what you do best Rey melees people when he can’t shoot them or has other people to shoot them.)

Rey and his hounds dive into combat and one of the gunmen is wounded by Rey himself , while the hounds wound the other

7:10 PM

(Venser )

Venser spins both hand cannon's out of their holsters and prepares to dual wield for the first time. However he fails to anticipate the sheer kickback his Father's weapon - more akin to a nail driver than a revolver - provides, and the shot skims over the heads of the gunmen. Meanwhile, it seems Force of Will doesn't play nice with others, and the dragonfire round in the chamber instantly jams. "For fuck sake!" He exclaims, stopping mid-shootout to recalibrate his weapons. "Uhh- Paul, cover me?" He says with a nervous smile, a burst of alacrity shoots through their telepathic link, energising Mr. Duncan. (WOW, rolled a 13 for Burnt Luck and a nat 1 for Force of Will - so it jams

, but hey you've got two attacks Paul, let 'em have it!) (edited)

(Miss and miss , Paul is up!)

Steadying the rifle with the practiced ease Paul. Feeling the pressure to carry his own weight Paul aims down sights. Feeling completely calm Paul notes his breath and feels the natural rhythm it creates. As his fingers gently squeezes the trigger twice, Paul hears the familiar pops of Death's Concierge. (10 and 11)

The two shots go wide, striking the deck and walls around the targets. (rey)

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Rey Swings at the same guard, (7/2) "Drop your weapons or die, dude" As the hounds rip into his fellow guard. (11/6, 11/9, 23/7, 13/2, 17/7, 23/6)

The guards are overwhelmed by the creatures, their chainsaw like snouts drag the men down in a tide of claws, jaws, and howling chitin teeth.

12:17 PM

(both dead)

(Doesn't matter now but I think I rolled my shot roll incorrectly. Just confirming. I should click my rifle and not my shoot skill correct? Asking for next combat. I'm chalking the 2 ammo gone as a cost of learning) (edited)

(yes that is correct) Rey calls off the hounds and checks the pockets of the guards for keys or radios.

Rey, do either of the guards have ammo or weapons? There's a chance that I'll be under equipped for this mission since I clearly need to visit the firing range when this is all said and done.

(You did roll your attack in correctly. You should be rolling the combat rifle.

6:30 PM

(I just had a chance to look)

(Yeah I didn’t click that. Clicked shoot skill then chose dex as the attribute since that would be the best skill for me to use through weapons unity)

(right. Clicking the rifle is automatically going to use dex, will roll the attack with a d20 instead of a 2d6, and will add some other modifiers that go into a weapon attack but not a skill check. We would make a shoot/dex if we were doing something like an execution attack, or some other special considerations, but not within the bounds of normal combat, I'll be more hands on as we move through the encounter)

7:33 AM

The guards both were armed with combat rifles. they look fairly new and well maintained. They also have one radio between the both of them.

Rey, Venser......good with me taking the ammo from these guys? Depending on how things go I may need a couple extra mags

All your dude, I'm going to grab the radio incase they dont have good comm control you know what i mean dude? as Rey reaches down to grab the radio.

Hopefully we can use that to our advantage and minimize any surprises. After picking up the 2 mags from Paul bundles and stows both. After the first engagement Paul feels a general optimism about this mission, noting it mostly comes from the veteran beside him. (next part will be internal only) These are definitely 2 guys I could learn a lot from

(Am i right in thinking the circle is where we currently are, and the square is where we are trying to get to?)

(Correct)

The radio is UNW issue, but tuned to their frequency. It seems that the station might be becoming aware something is happening, but they are sending more teams to check it out.

"Take everything you need from these guys. But if we see anyone in command we need to keep them alive for interrogation." Venser thinks as he clears the chamber of Force of Will and adds a new dragonfire round. "Apologies for my technical hiccup. Lets keep moving." (Make our way into Medina and around to Comm Centre/The Bridge ?)

"Yes lets get moving but lets all try to be sneaky, we werent exactly quiet but hopefully between fade and sneaking around we can lower how much noise we make getting there." Rey says as he begins to mentally coach the other two as they sneak (sneak 12 Group stealth foci lets me negate 2 fail rolls of nearby allies)

From the chambers to the west you can hear the sound of stomping boots. The brief gunbattle seems to have been heard at least to the point where another close by team is coming to investigate. These chambers once held the state rooms for visiting guests and important people across the UNW coming to Chloe. It's unclear if any hostages remain aboard.

We may want to find some where a defensible position. Sounds like we have company

”Let’s get a move on forward and not get bogged down dude. We can’t get stuck fighting endlessly man. I can take the lead.” Rey says and he take off teleporting down the corridors just before each corner.

Paul follows behind, trying his best to keep up with Rey, knowing if anyone was going to find the next group of terrorists it would be him.

(We will be at the yellow X, and we will say the group is together) As Rey teleports into the open to check the staircase, an armsmen team of six terrorists is at the top of it, 10m away. They're armed and look to be on a ready footing, piecing together that eyebots and patrols beginning to go missing means something must be happening.

"They're getting wise to us now. I'm weary of them resorting to hostage tactics. Would you like to do the honours, Rey?" He says, readying his weapons.

Before we engage these guys, do you think it would work if we had Rey lead them down away from the Command Center and double back to us?

8:16 PM

Paul suggests hoping we could lead them on a bit of a wild goose chase.

(Not really going to work per-se, that would be a mess to track on the map)

*"I like the instinct, but we risk pulling them into even more patrols. There's meant to be another team kicking up chaos around the station, but perhaps we might be better served if they were here with us directly. Paul, watch our flanks. Rey, think you could do a quick pick-up if I can show you a location? I'm going to reach out." Venser extends his mind out further, recognising the familiar presences of both Proceus and Barnabas elsewhere in the station. He attempts contact, opening the Unity up to them as well - offering them their own 'psionic walkie-talkies'.

(They’re going to free some hostages real quick and then we can put this all together )

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"Yeah i can jump and grab a few people if we need. Im thinking about putting Void and Darkness back at the ship dont want them to get to used to eating people you know dude?" (edited)

Paul monitors the rear to make sure no terrorists circle back behind.

Upon hearing the hostages in the staterooms you passed have been rescued @Proceus Pompeus and @Barnabas Strasny manage to catch up with the main group , just as they prepare to engage a squad of armsmen on the stairs leading into the more core areas of the station

Friendlies approaching. Looks like numbers are moving more to our favor. Any plan on engaging these guys?

Barnabas lumbers down the hall in his assault suit, carrying his laser rifle. If I know Venser, he's turned on the Unity of Thought. Is this working? Are you hearing this?, Barnabas thinks-asks.

Paul responds 10-4. Never thought it would be a positive thing to hear so many voices in my head.

Hey everyone! Proceus comes into view with Barnabas Where are you guys headed? We were shooting for the comm station, but got interrupted by some hostages and a protectorate armory

3:42 PM

The evidence looks pretty damning

”I can teleport anyone melee in with me when they get here like super close. That way we like don’t have to run towards the guys with guns ya know? Seems like a poor life choice.” Rey says looking to see if anyone else has a blade out.

Proceus takes out a trench knife from a thigh sheath when he hears that ”Good idea. I usually try not to make poor life choices”

Barnabas attaches his laser rifle to his suit and takes out his laser pistol. I don’t always fight close in, but when I do, I prefer a pistol.

After admiring the suit and weapons Paul notes to himself this might be one of the most interesting men in the galaxy

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(I'm caught up, i guess if we're doing shennanigans that kicks off with you guys)9

"Good to see you guys. I'm happy to get up close and personal with these babies, but you know I can take care of myself." He smiles at Rey, and nods for the group to engage. (If everyone's ready I guess we will teleport in their faces!)

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Rey prepares and stands next to Proceus and Barnabas. *"Ready? Well to late." and teleports the 2 in with him. (edited)

(okay, there is nothing stopping this fro happening, who are the two, barny and proc? So vnser and paul are supporting from range? )

(Thats the 2 rey is teleporting if that was a mistake we will deal with it in character but i think they are good with it based on their weapons.) (edited)

(I agreed to it)

(As did Barnabas)

(Alright. We can roll it out then)

(Initiative 6, if needed)

(Initiative 3)

(Initiative 3 for Barnabas)

(3 as well!)

(okay, so it looks like since Rey has teleported us in it is Proc, the guards, Venser, Barny, Paul, Rey) (edited)

Proceus appears out of nowhere along with the group and instantly gets to work on the guards, throwing a light jab. (14/7)

(Rey 2)

The guard rolls through the jab, unhurt by the blow. The guards for their part, now engaged, club up their rifles and fail to land a series of clumsy swings in response. (Venser)

Venser once again draws both his hand cannons as he turns the corner with Paul, sending a shot each towards two of the terrorists and hoping for a better result this time. (25/21 and 28/19)

Two of the terrorists aer killed outright by the hand cannons, bright splashes of blood peppering dark nondescript combat armor. They collapse to the deck to bleed out.

10:43 AM

(Barny)

Barnabas appears alongside Proc and Rey. He stifles the odd feeling of teleporting under someone else's power and brings his laser pistol to bear on one of the terrorists occupying the stairs. (22/6; using Close Combatant to ignore melee penalty)

One of the four remaining terrorists has been bound in melee, preventing him from bringing his rifle to bear.

11:57 AM

(hes injured but not enough to kill, Paul is up)

Hoping he's shaken the rust off from his last engagement, Paul steadies his gun, aims down sight, and pulls the trigger. (11/15)

(does paul still have the extra action from unity of thought? )

2:21 PM

(the first shot misses, but I figured it was worth asking so he either takes the second shot or I move on to Rey)

(oh mb I never allocated unity of thought, Paul take a second shot!)

(18/16)

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One of the guards falls, reducing their number in half from where they were when the fight started. )Rey)

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Rey swings at the guard. (12/8/2v15ac)

(missing, back to Proc

Proceus gains some stability after the teleport, raises his hands to grab a guard’s head, then slams it into his knee. (20/9)

(this will down him, are you intending for it to be lethal or non lethal?)

(Non lethal)

(alright, he is knocked out) The guards once again try to lay into you with their weapon shafts, unable to connect solid blows on anyone. (that -4 and everyone's high AC is brutal)

1:17 PM

(Venser, barny, paul, rey)

Venser teleports in a blur of purple to a medium range, holding a revolver up at each of the remaining guards, ready to fire. "Either your weapons drop or you do. NOW!" (edited)

(they've passed their morale check to keep fighting) P

(Does Venser still have an opportunity to attack / use a main action?)

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(Yes. )

(In that case, 23/19 on one and 17/16 on the other) (edited)

The next two in the combat fall, leaving one knocked out on the deck and a single man taking a step back, swinging furiously and ineffectively with his weapon like a club, as the circle of UNW heroes close in.

9:06 AM

(Barnabas)

(Weren't there six? I thought I was firing at the last two standing.)

)there were six. )

9:18 AM

(They’re all down.

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"I warned you." Venser says, both barrels of his weapons smoking as he lower them. "Nice work gents, sorry for the mess. What should we do with the unconscious one?"

"We could pass him back to our shuttles for later interrogation," Barnabas suggests. "Unless you want to ask him some questions now, when he comes to."

“I can take him back dude. Just give me the go ahead man. It won’t take long at all. Then we can like kick in the door.”

"Do it." "If we encounter some kind of ringleader on the bridge I can invade their mind to knock them out. It does mean the Unity might go dark, but that's probably worth not having to worry about taking them alive." (edited)

“Sounds good. Can you go through his mind and see why he’s doing this? I’d like to know who’s behind this attack”

(Not if he’s knocked out but if we wake him up you could)

"This just downs them. But once we're in a safer position and they are awake, yes."

Sounds like a plan. Speaking of a plan, where are we headed right now? I know we were headed for the comms station, but if you guys wanted to go somewhere else, I’m fine with that” (edited)

"We need to take the bridge, stop them from being able to fire at the planet. After that, I'm game for anything."

Agreed. We need to get on the bridge and quickly. (If I read the prior thread and the map right, I think the “comm center” on the map is the bridge?)

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Rey teleports the unconscious captive and tells the hounds to watch him. Then teleports back. ”We ready for the next bunch? We need to like get to the door so we can find out how you know, to like get in. Right?”

”Well, if the station can take it, I brought along a demo charge. I never leave home without it”

"I'd strongly advise against that other than an absolute last resort. The station would decidedly not be able to take that, unless it is incredibly controlled." You can see Venser within the unity musing about the physics of a demo charge being set off within a telekinetic construct. "In any case, lets move." They make their way to the entrance that was being guarded.

Barnabas moves along toward the entrance, following Venser.

Rey follows as well. Ready to teleport but happy not to be leading.

(Even a shaped charge is a 40m blast in one direction and 2m in all the others. We would blow the station apart )

9:34 PM

)more in the morning. I need to doodle on the map and can’t do it from my phone )

Ready for the next round of action Paul jogs lightly along with the others towards the command center.

Approaching the main junction before the bridge (triangle)you hear the sounds of many voices in the surrounding rooms. It sounds like some speech or some broadcast is underway and most of the stations defenders are in this area, tuning in while they defend the most vital point of the station. Rounding the corner, you do not see anyone, but there are rooms that branch off to the west and east from this main hallway

”Do you want to split up? We can quickly check both of these rooms at the same time, then hit the bridge.”

(I brought the group together since we were all going the same way, so lets do what we do together)

10:33 AM

(i already archived the other thread)

”Not sure if this would make sense but gonna run it by everyone. No matter which room we attack we will have two groups of forces to our rear. It may make the most sense to attack the command center directly and neutralize the leader as quickly as possible. With the leader down we may get the remaining troops to surrender.”

10:38 AM

”Also, just based on size alone but the command center has the largest room and the assumption is that it would also have the most troops. Strategically we would want that to be our head on fight.”

"That makes sense to me. And if we find ourselves stuck in the middle, we can teleport our team to one side of the room or the other so that we don't have to fight surrounded."

"Agreed. Ready for breach and clear?" Venser fills the missing chambers of his revolvers as they communicate. (edited)

”Ready” Proceus points his shear rifle towards the door, ready to start blastin’

(lets get a notice/wis from everyone before we kick things off)

12:02 PM

(unless anyone's got terminal reflection)

(Barnabas has terminal reflection)

There are outward facing explosive charges worked into the door in a jury rigged imitation of a low powered wheatcutter belt. It will fire the moment someone gets within 2m of it, ensuring you are mulched. They are almost perfectly camouflaged into the door panels, signaling they had some expertise.

Barnabas feels the hairs go up on his neck as they start to move out. "Explosives - that's the deal. They've got explosive charges set up on the door. We don't even have to touch them - if we get too close, they go off. Does anyone know how to disarm stuff like that? (Terminal Reflection, 1 Effort to keep fresh, 2/5 Effort remaining (I think - I'll scroll up and verify later))

”What if we got something big, hid, then have someone with telekinesis push it towards the explosive. Blows open the door and gets rid of the trap”

” Would it blow a hole in the station?”

Venser also stops suddenly, as Force of Will begins to glow with golden light from its holster, receiving a vision of being mulched on approach. "I see it to. I'm hoping these terrorists aren't that suicidal. It's similar to a wheatcutter belt on a tank, and most of those are anti-personnel, not anti-armour. I could heat the door, that could either set it off or deactivate it, depends on the mechanism. Open to suggestions."

(yeah, anti personnel, not anti armor)

5:42 PM

(but personnel are not going to have a good time)

”I vote we go with venser’s idea. Seems like the least dangerous way to do it, as long as we aren’t in the way”

Rey nods, ”Dude like Venser’s got this, go for it dude.”

Venser nods and focuses for a moment, wafting a hand over the door from a safe distance. It begins to slowly rise in temperature, changing colour as the heat becomes more and more intense. "And Dai thought she was all that..." He thinks, before panicking and hoping that was contained solely to his private headspace. (1 effort for Thermokinesis, hoping to melt the wires/just overall fuck up their jury rigging, 6/11 effort free.)

You smell burning plastic and hear something popping within the door. It seems like this has at least made the device less reliable.

(I think that is the best answer we can get without any kind of senses or sensors)

"Anyone got good enough aim to hit the explosive from a safe distance so we can all know if it's disabled?"

~~(Would a grenade to damage to the station?)~~ (edited)

(Can I try a shoot check to maybe ricochet a bullet off the walls?)

(Sure. That can work)

Proceus slings his shear rifle, then takes out his pistol from his shoulder holster. He aims down the sights, making some simple calculations mostly based on gut feelings on how to ricochet the bullet to hit the mechanism without standing in way of the blast. After checking and double checking he's right, he taps the trigger. (11)

There is a puff of smoke from the door and the audible sound of some kind of electronic system powering down.

"Great job! Let me go first, I think we've got it but if we still get mulched I can just about protect myself." Venser gingerly approaches the door, wincing slightly as he reaches the same spot he saw himself get obliterated at in the warning vision.

The trap does not fire. It seems your combined efforts have disabled it from firing.

"Haha! Brilliant! Okay... time for breach and clear." Venser gestures for everyone to get into position. "Plan?"

”I’ve got an idea. Though i’m pretty good at combat, I also happen to be a mage. I’ve got a spell that generates illusions of all my comrades. We could send those in, wait for them to unload their magazines at them, and then go in.”

”Or we could go in at the same time. That might make it hard for them to know who to shoot at.

”I have another spell that lets me conjure up a firing position. We’d be able to shoot through it, but they’d have a difficult time shooting at us.”

1:45 PM

(Warmage, firing position. Melee attacks are impossible for them and ranged attacks get a -4 to hit)

(Essentially with the copies idea as presented, you guys would get sort of a surprise round. We'd roll initiative but the only action the enemy would be able to do is spend a main to reload)

1:52 PM

(you wouldn't get that bonus turn, it would be a straight combat, but the enemy would in essence be giving up their first main actions to reload, or club up weapons of you go for melee) (edited)

(Awesome! That’s what I was going for)

(Anybody else want to pitch a plan?)

(Try not to double post people like this. It’s in the rules. Everyone’s got a life )

(I'm fine with either of those spells)

(Alright proc, kick us off with either one then)

9:10 AM

(we've allowed time for deliberation)

Proceus takes out his grimoire, an old battle ridden journal that looks like it’s seen better days. He slowly opens the latch that keeps it shut and flips through the pages, each illuminated through the glowing writing on the first several pages, though the rest are noticeably blank. He settles on one, then begins to weave arcane gestures together, causing a sort of scan to pass through each group member. Then exact, intangible copies of each of you just pop into being (edited)

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10:19 AM

Focusing, Proceus then sends these copies into the room, firing their illusionary weapons, every gunshot looking and sounding just like the real thing

On the other side of the door you can hear screaming and shooting as warriors have suddenly appeared amid the bridge crew and their security

”Alright guys! When they stop shooting, we go in. Hard and fast. Get ready!”

Barnabas readies his laser rifle and makes sure his laser pistol is in its holster and connected to the power charger on his suit, so that he can drop the rifle and switch to his pistol as things get close-in.

Paul also readies his rifle and mentally prepares for the ensuing battle. Focusing on steadying his breathing and heart beat, as the adrenaline begins to flood his body.

The doors open revealing six enemy marines in heavy armor reloading their weapons . along with the four strong bridge crew meant to watch things here. None of them are shy about hiding their Phemno Mining Guild insignia now that they've achieved nominal control of the station. (edited)

(Initiative 5)

(Initiative 9)

(Initiate 1 (yes double 1))

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(Paul, Venser, Barnabas, Proc, Bridge team, Rey) (edited)

(Initiative 10) (Sorry that took so long)

(Same, 6.)

(Edited!)

(Venser is the plan still for you to telepathically neutralize the leader?)

(Yes but we don't currently know which one is the leader) (edited)

(So just start shooting and then we find out who starts giving orders?)

10:03 AM

(Mostly just asking cause I don't want to be "that guy" who kills the only real high value target

)

10:06 AM

Noting the room full of targets, Paul mentally prioritizes the marines. Feeling more confident in his abilities with each engagement, Paul fires his rifle. (26/8)

(We're also assuming the leader is here)

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11:16 AM

One of the heavily armored marines is hit and recoils from the blow. sparks fly, and the bridge crew stands firm behind their consoles and barricades, ready to resist as much as possible.

11:16 AM

(Venser)

Venser vanishes in a purple shimmer, reappearing right in front of the marines firing his twin hand cannons. (No range penalty with close combatant, Force of Will firing at the one nearest to me - 19/23, Burnt Luck firing at the one Paul just hit - 11/10.)

(two wounded, no dead)

12:43 PM

(the 11 also misses which you probably could guess, so Barnabas up)

Barnabas takes aim with his laser rifle at the marine that Paul hit and fires a burst with the hope of finishing him off. (15/5)

Nekosmash pinned a message to this channel. 3/4/2022 1:20 PM

Laser shots bounce off heavy armor and the enemy remains unharmed from this burst of gunfire\

1:20 PM

(proc )

Proceus unslings his shear rifle again, then fires at the same marine that barnabas shot.(24/10)

A marine is downed, and the survivors are only capable of reloading their weapons and hoping to still lay down a curtain of fire when able.

11:19 AM

(Rey)

Rey teleports into the fray and begins swinging (26/11 2v15)

The blow is clean, wounding another of the dug in team

6:30 PM

(Paul up)

(Is the unity thing still up?)

Aiming at the wounded marine Paul fires his rifle. (12/9)

(it doesn't seem to be)

7:27 AM

Paul fires, his shots this time striking one of the barricades and not one of the terrorists behind it. (Venser is up)

Venser glides around effortlessly in close quarters, raising his two weapons again for another round at point-blank. (21/21 on one of the marines, crit!/30 on another. Unity is still up I just suck at remembering it. Rey take an extra turn this round!)

One of the marines is downed and another heavily wounded from the shots. Resistance is beginning to slacken in the bridge. (Proc)

Proc aims at the least wounded marine and shoots (30/8 crit, doubling dmg to 16)

(Btw, I think we missed Barnabas. Is it okay to slide him in after Proc and before the enemy takes its turn?)

(yes!)_

9:35 AM

Two of the foe are down, those wounded finalyl succumbing to the sustained gunfire

Barnabas lets forth another burst from his laser rifle toward one of the remaining marines. (22/10) (If a marine is obviously wounded, Barnabas will shoot at that marine, but it sounds like the previously-wounded ones are now down)

(The wounded ones are all down yeah, so we'd be moving another one down to just below half-ish)

(Sounds good - Barnabas is just happy to have hit someone)

One of the marines is downed, and the seven survivors, and four bridge team begin to return fire or swing in melee as best as possible. The engaged matines each club up their rifles and fail to land blows. (clubbing with move, the -4 hitting has them whiffing) Meanwhile, gunshots begin hitting the walls and floor, one striking Barnabas in the side (24/5) The bridge crew is far less trained at this, and their shots are more telling (Crit/9 Rey, 17/ Paul, everyone else is missed)

(If there were any melee attacks against me that missed they get reactive telekinesis.)

(just one. I'd need a refresher on what that means or what I need to do)

(Does the illusions still being around affect anything?)

Nekosmash

(just one. I'd need a refresher on what that means or what I need to do)

(roll to hit twice against themself, if one hits then they deal normal damage to themselves, if both hit they do max damage possible to themselves ❤️ )

Proceus Pompeus

(Does the illusions still being around affect anything?)

(You got a free round of combat out of it. That’s not nothing )

1

(miss and miss, didn't break AC)

1

11:13 AM

(so Rey is up)

(and you've got two turns!)

Rey swings twice. (Miss & 23/4)

One of the marines is injured as Rey flails into the combat, slashing and blunting.

6:31 PM

(Back to paul)

Hoping to keep constant pressure on the marines, Paul aims for the wounded marine. (16/7)

One of the wounded marines falls, another casualty of the crushing press of the UNW liberation team.

10:15 AM

(Venser)

Venser wrestles with the marine in front of him, their attacks easily glide off of his seeming impervious leather jacket, but they cause him to struggle to bring his weapons to bare. (17/17 & 13/8, Barnabas take an extra turn! If anyone is feeling the hurt just let me know and I'll switch to healing.)

Another is wounded, falling into the surge of combat with a pained groan

3:24 PM

(Barnabas)

Barnabas levels his laser rifle at the remaining marines who are not wrestling with Rey and Venser and fires off a pair of blasts. (25/13 and 15/4, taking advantage of Venser's extra turn)

One of the marines is struck by the beam, and confronted with the tides of battle turning against them their shots get more wild and uncontrolled. (Proc)

Proceus, confused by all the hubbub, takes a bad shot that happens to graze a marine (14/9, if I miss (probably) then i do 2 dmg, lvl 2 gunslinger)

The tide of dead and wounded is rising and these men are well equipped but are not professionally trained to the extent you are. They attempt to surrender.

6:51 PM

(If you’re not planning to honor it their held action is going to be to continue fighting , which will trigger if anyone attacks them ) (edited)

(I’m all for honoring it. More likely to also give more information to us on motives)

“We accept your surrender dudes, just lower your weapons and answer a few questions.” Rey says as he lowers his weapon.

They eject the magazines from their weapons and Empty or discharge any chambers that need it, waiting to hear what other instructions you have

Sending thoughts to the rest of the team Paul notes ”We should find out if there any any further operatives on the station. We should also see if they know of any further plans for this operation as a whole. They quickly surrendered and surely they had bigger plans in mind”

”We should also find out if they have any reinforcements near us in space, or if they’ve planted any bombs on the station.

(seen, just looking for a consensus to form )

(I'm good with that line of questioning, also who/where is the leader.)

(Good here)

(alright, we need to know who is doing the questioning, and if it is being done telepathically, anything)

7:39 AM

(someone's gotta lead )

(Venser, want to mind noodle?)

(I'd rather not waste the effort if they are going to give it willingly)

Venser moves forward, placing Burnt Luck back into it's holster but keeping Force of Will in hand. "Which one of you is the leader?"

There is no actual leader here, but the duty offcer for this bridge watch is brought to the front of the group for you.

Proceus walks up to the office, glad to be getting closer to the person behind the death of many on the ground. “Where is your leader? What is your real goal with this station?”

Their leadership has convened for a meeting in the Governor's Paradise. These men are grunts and are not party to overall strategic goals beyond taking over this station, displaying their might, and hoping the UNW would eventually come to the negotiating table.

“Governor’s paradise?” Proceus scratches his head with the butt of his gun “what’s that?”

(its labeled on the station map but he would show you in character on a map too)

2:31 PM

(the map is pinned)

(Thanks, sorry)

"Another part of the station" he says, pointing to a map of the station

9:40 AM

"No wonder we took this place over so easily"

Sounds like we need to make another trip through the hallways. Some uniforms or insignia from these guys might help us get closer to the Governor's Paradise without having to fight our way in. Or at least all the way in.

(that could work depending on how we go about it)

”Let’s try to nicely ask these guys for their uniforms, and ask ‘em about any little things we should know about. A little thing we get wrong could get us caught”

2:15 PM

(Meaning things like mannerisms, phrases, code words/phrases, etc.)

(they're not that professional for the most part, and if you take their uniforms they won't really be able to stop you)

”Rey, can you teleport them to the ship, and let them change out of their uniform into fresh clothes? We want to stay on their good side so they’ll cooperate with us.”

(We have seen the inside of the dark star and there’s a beacon on board. Normally you can’t teleport into ships but in this case we have the conditions. Up to you guys )

“Yay I can dude, I’ll drop them off and be right back. I need you to hold this for me though.” Rey pulls out a large red toolbox from his front pocket. “Don’t lose this one man. It has been a long time with me man.” (Tele to the beacon tele back to the toolbox.)

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”Of course” Proceus grabs the toolbox and clips its handle onto one of the many carabiners hanging the sling for his shear rifle

Rey is gone with the prisoners and is absent for several moments before he returns with uniforms.

Proceus takes the uniform and disappears into a corridor somewhere before walking out in the uniform, shear rifle in his hands. “I don’t look half bad in these” He says, looking over himself. He then puts his shear rifle on safety and hides it in the bridge somewhere. “I wouldn’t want them to be suspicious when one of their men shows up with a sightly more advanced weapon”

(Paul I know you had questions. I can give you some answers if the group would have known them)

(Think most of my potential questions were answered when you said they don’t know over all strategic plans. I was thinking questions along the lines of connecting the station to the ground aka bombardments, and also just making sure there’s no dead man’s trigger type of devices the ensure no matter what these guys walk away with the station somewhat destroyed)

With control of the bridge the bombardment and threat of the ground forces being caught in something lethal from space has ended. As long as the bridge is not re taken

"Right, well lets haul ass. If you don't mind I'll keep the weapons I have for now. Rey, can you leave your hounds here to guard the bridge while we go for the throat?"

Barnabas checks his weapons and gets ready to follow Venser.

(we're passing a few modules of the station on the way down there, so if we're set to head out I can move us along)

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(sorry, the emojis dont make a thread light, so i didnt come back)

12:07 PM

there is a warren of tunnels and various compartments from here to the Ruanda station where the bar, restaurants, and light shopping was conducted when there were still civilian business operations being conducted here. You pass a patrol coming out of one of the bars, and hear the sounds of someone being beaten inside. The patrol numbers four people.

Proceus takes out his knife and telepathically addresses the group ”Do you think we can sneak up on these guys and take them out?”

3:01 PM

(Possible execution attack?)

(they've seen you, so no, no execution attack)

We can find out whether these uniforms work, I suppose, and if not, we may need to blast another group of losers, Barnabas replies. By the way, do you hear that sound inside? Sounds like somebody getting beat up. If we can get past this patrol, maybe we should keep going. I’d like to help whoever that is, but we need to get to the boss guys quick.

”I’d agree, but that guy may die if this goes on any longer. I think we should help”

There is a lashing sound from inside and another cry of pain as whatever is happening inside seems to continue. (edited)

There is another lash, and a third cry. The time to make a decision is beginning to wind down as the patrol takes notice of your sudden stop.

Yeah, I guess you're right, Proc. Let's see what's going on inside this bar, then. Barnabas moves forward toward the entrance to the bar. Seeing the patrol looking toward the group, he calls out to them. "Hey, we just got sent from the bridge to check on interrogations. They're supposed to be in one of the bars. Is this the right one?"

"Yeah, he's yours then? Alright, mind your boots going in, bit of a mess in there" the squad corporal says with a slight laugh, as he moves aside to let your group pass

Proceus smiles and goes along with it, then makes a face of disgust as soon as the pass. What degenerates, to derive pleasure from the beating of an innocent person. He would personally make sure that after this, they were punished not only for taking the station, but for assault and battery (edited)

3:11 PM

He then walks over to the person the floor and and checks the state of their injuries. He whispers “We’re here to help. Are you okay?”

Inside the room there are two men in armored undersuits trying out different blunt weapons from the security center on the barkeep. Upon hearing "we're here to help," one of them activates the shock baton in his hand.

“Well, that was stupid of me” Proceus remarks, before putting his hands up in a boxing stance and gets ready to rumble. (Initiative? And is there anything I can knock over or use to get in there way in the room? It’s for dirty brawler)

"C'mon guys," Barnabas says, "what are you doing? Don't you have something useful to do?"

"You're here now, so we have other duties, you should control your friend though, he looks out of control" one says, looking to Proceus, before the both of them make to depart the room/

3:39 PM

(They're going to leave unless you decide to attack them anyway)

(I’m so sorry. Misinterpreted badly)

Proceus lowers his hands, embarrassed at his sudden movement. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what came over me”

"No worries, man - everybody's tense these days," Barnabas says, as the two men leave. To Proceus, he sends, Nah, you did the right thing. This is why we're UNW and not the Phemno bastards.

”Thanks. You’re right. Still, I shouldn’t have lost my cool. But now that they’re gone, we should see if we can help this guy.” Adressing the group, he says ”Does anyone have any medical supplies or experience?”

(I think Venser does, being bio, so we're covered there)

12:46 PM

(i dont remember if paul has any medical skills or not)

(No medical skills for Paul. At this point he’s only worried about causing people to need medical skills

)

(No bio or medical skills here either)

Venser applies a bit of bio psionic healing to The Wounded man who is already looking a bit better for the effort. He nods his thanks and promises to answer any questions you might have

“Can you tell us about where the troops are stationed from here to the governor’s paradise?”

"Saw ten of them. Big armor , big weapons . Got most of the stuff from that Protectorte ship that came here. Those ones look professional"

“Did you get the chance to see if they had any vacc suits or face coverings?” (edited)

They are wearing assault suits which are fully sealed. Those without have armored vac suits

“Is there any way to get into the governor’s paradise from outside? A hatch, a vent, something?”

There is a supply bulkhead that faces space so luxury goods and more private cargo transfers could be arranged without going through the civilian docks

“Perfect. Is that guarded? And how far is the exit to that from the actual paradise? We don’t want to drop into the practical middle of the place”

There is a patrol , and it is adjacent to the offices the governor would use when staying on the platform

“And hopefully the last question: how armored and numbered is that patrol compared to the patrol in the hallway?”

He doesn't know the answer to this. He knows the station's layout because he works here, but with the station being occupied all he knows is what he's overheard from others, and this was not part of the information known to him now.

What does everyone think? I’d rather not have to come in through space again, but I can’t say I like the idea of taking on 10 buys in assault suits.

”I personally don’t mind space, but I do mind 10 heavily armored men, so I vote coming in through space”

(Venser has irl stuff going on so he will be in the background. The three of us can try to close this out )

7:33 PM

(I’m sure you’re all eager for other things

(I guess we're going in there via space then)

(Okay with Barnabas, as long as we have a way of getting into space first. Could we teleport back to the shuttle on which we first arrived, and maneuver it around to the fancy paradise docks?) (We could also walk, but I worry about losing time)

(A space walk would be pretty quick, I think)

(The dark star is here. It can just move to the other airlock)

(That works for me)

Returning to the Dark Star using the anchor point Rey has left aboard, the ship hastily undocks and begins its quiet repositioning to the airlocks on the governor's paradise side. Taking the ringleader of all this captive, or killing him if it is not possible, will quickly end this crisis. The airlock begins counting down as pressure is quickly stabilized, and the lights turn green, releasing you into a large but largely empty industrial sized cargo dock, with a large rolling bulkhead on the other side. A decommissioned cargo elevator leads down into the depths of the station's engineering and cargo storage section.

Proceus steps out of the ship, uniform and submachine gun ready, and begins to walk slowly towards the bulkhead door, looking out for the mentioned patrol.

That's the place, right? Maybe we can just get the door open and get through before the patrol comes.

You hear nothing in the hallway beyond,, for the moment. The lights here are dim and you can hear the sounds of someone distantly shouting, wanting to know why certain departments are not responding, and why the surface team has stopped replying as well. (edited)

Barnabas looks about to see if there are controls to open the bulkhead. (He won't open the bulkhead until everyone is ready/agreed; just want to know if we can)

(Its the two of you and paul, so if we're good to go, we can go)

1:33 PM

(Venser will be in the background supporting until he comes back, )

(I’m ready )

(As is Barnabas)

The door opens and you see the hallway beyond. Commotion in the room to your left sounds as though you’ll be able to catch a couple of the patrolmen slacking off. The clink of bottles and the low laughter and complaining about things carried. The men in there must be more inebriated than they think they are

(How far down the hallway can we see? Thinking of skipping the patrol altogether, either by sneaking or teleporting past that room to the left)

(You could see all the way down it to the governors residence

What do you think? I can teleport us past this patrol, but there’s always a risk that they hit us from behind later.

”Let’s teleport past them. Maybe we can hold their leader hostage against them. That way, if a silent alarm gets tripped, they can’t retaliate against us”

Barnabas quietly gathers the group and teleports them down to the end of the hallway, in front of the entrance to the governors' residence. (Burdened Apportation, 1 Effort for the scene, 1/5 Effort remaining)

From inside, you can hear the rant is a bit louder. The ringleader for this atrocity must be within the room. You hear a few other voices with him, interjecting at the right parts of the tangent.

9:45 AM

(sounds like between 3-5 people)

Barnabas turns to the others. Ready to say hello to the would-be governor?

”I’ve been waiting for this. He’s gonna pay for those who lost their lives on the surface”

(I'm caught up as well, if we're going, lets light this candle)

Barnabas makes sure his laser rifle is fully loaded and his laser pistol is plugged into his suit, then he hoists the laser rifle and opens the door, rotating through the door to end up just beyond it, rifle pointed into the roof and ready to fire.

sub-machine locked and loaded. Mag-pistol in its holster, right next to his knife. Proceus was ready to rock and roll as barnabas and him walked through the door.

(Paul, ready to breach?)

There is a brief clang of metal as you kick the door open, seeing the terror cell leader, and two of his bodyguards in the room stand at the sudden noise. 5m from you, they are each in a set of battered looking assault suit, though none aer wearing helmets. Laser rifles and knives seem to be what is on hand, all taken from the Minty, the Protectorate ship that landed here days ago and accelerated the pace of this plan

Barnabas levels his laser rifle at one of the bodyguards and prepares to fire. “You can drop your weapons now, or we can do this the hard way,” he says.

"Who are you? How did you get in here?" he says, looking on in astonishment. "Guards! Guards!" he shouts, as they prepare to resist. (initiative)

“Guess we should have taken out those guards.” Proc points his gun at one of the guards(4)

(3)

(just need paul's ,and I'll have Venser heal or support if he does not come b ack at some point during this)

@Paul Duncan (when you've got time, just for visibility)

(arlight, well, We'll go with what we have)

8:32 AM

!roll d8

Nekosmash Roll: [8] Result: 8

(I'll let you two go first since we're suddenly 3/5 of the party down)

(Proc first then. I have a game starting in about an hour, so if it's my turn between 10-2 CDT, I'll try to take it right after)

(no worries, proc up!)

(I’m here. Sorry got a bit out of routine with some personal stuff lately and haven’t been checking as much)

10:15 AM

(Initiative 9)

(All good, okay, so Paul, Proc, Barnabas)

Paul brings his rifle up and aims for one of the body guards. 18/1

One of the bodyguards is struck and minorly wounded. Sparks fly from his armor at the passage of the bullet catching a spot between the plates of metal. (proc up)

Proceus pulls the trigger on the same guard paul shot, and though the gun kicks due to the burst, the shot goes true (30/9, pretty sure it’s a crit. Can’t check on mobile. If so, doubling damage, so 30/18) (edited)

(Is not a crit. you rolled natural 19)

(So its 29/9, impressive, but not a crit)

1:58 PM

The shot strikes the wounded bodyguard, putting significantly more pain on him. He grunts, forced to take a step back as blood sheets down the plates of his armor

1:59 PM

(Still alive, Barnabas is up)

Barnabas fires his laser rifle ineffectually toward the wounded bodyguard. (13/1)

2:26 PM

(Note my ooc message that I can't access my character sheet, so the to-hit modifier is from memory)

The shot misses and the three foes against you begin to rally

10:53 AM

!roll 2d20+5

Nekosmash Roll: [20, 1] Result: 26

!roll 2d12

Nekosmash Roll: [5, 3] Result: 8

(Crit/8 proc, missing everyone else). The two bodyguards return fire. Their combat rifles bark and fire rounds into the group. The muzzle flash is like miniature supernovas blooming over and over again.

10:56 AM

The rebel leader’s arm opens into some kind of laser weapon from his implanted body arsenal array.

10:56 AM

!roll 3d20+3

Nekosmash Roll: [11, 10, 2] Result: 26

The lasers spark and burn the deck, missing all of you with its violent spread of chemical laser shots

10:57 AM

(Back to paul )

Paul continues to lay down fire against the wounded body guard. (15/1)

The bodyguard strides through the shot, his armor holding for the moment

1:09 PM

(Proc)

Proceus turns the sub machine gun to another guard, then fires again in burst, his practiced hand keeping the hand steady as the shots find purchase (25/10)

The wounded guard suffers a further blow, taking a large stomp back as his arms rise, trying to ward off the kinetic force of the bullets.

9:20 AM

(Barnabas. Currently we have heavily wounded bodyguard, unharmed leader, unharmed other bodyguard)

Barnabas fires off a burst at the heavily-wounded bodyguard, hoping to bring him down.

9:26 AM

!roll d20+7+2

Barnabas Strasny [Otak Vega] Roll: [1] Result: 10

The shots miss, and the bodyguards close ranks, trying to screen their leader

9:31 AM

!roll 2d20+3

Nekosmash Roll: [14, 6] Result: 23

(miss and miss for bodyguard combat rifles)

9:32 AM

The tri-shot integrated laser weapon fires from a gap in his protection, a beam targeted at each of you as the limb steams and looks to distort the air with venting heat wash

9:32 AM

!roll 3d20+5

Nekosmash Roll: [15, 13, 1] Result: 34

(so that should be a 20 and a 17 to hit, it applied the 5 at the end and not to the individual d20)

9:33 AM

!roll 2d8

Nekosmash Roll: [7, 1] Result: 8

(7 on proc, 1 on paul, and back to paul)

Continuing pressure on the heavily wounded body guard Paul aims his rifle. (24/11)

The bodyguard is shot through, sections of armor peeling away like shrapnel to scatter on the floor. Wordlessly he falls onto his back, the sound of a flatline playing in his helmet from the vital monitor within the armor.

3:36 PM

(proc)

Proceus lets out an internal sigh of relief that the guard is dead, but has no time to express that feeling externally. Bleeding from two wounds, he turns his gun from the corpse of the man on the floor to the last of his personal guards and fires again. (19/9)

The smg rounds are caseless for fighting in space and you miss the rattle they make when they strike the floor. The ejection port vents gas and smoke, but the hot shower of brass would have been a fine touch on your memories of the occasion. The shots strike the power armor across the midsection, stitching a thin line of precise shots and blowing out the servos around the waist. Moving in the suit will be hard for him but he remains alive. (edited)

4:51 PM

(Barnabas)

!roll d20+7+2 !laser rifle burst

Barnabas Strasny [Otak Vega] Roll: [3] Result: 12 Reason: laser rifle burst

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Barnabas fires another burst from his laser rifle at the remaining guard. His aim is not quite as bad as on his last burst, but he doesn't notice it having any effect on the guard's power armor.

The guard laughs as the shots plink against the dense plate, the armor holding up and doing its job

5:41 PM

!roll d20+3

Nekosmash Roll: [7] Result: 10

!roll 3d20+5

Nekosmash Roll: [18, 11, 5] Result: 39

!roll d8

Nekosmash Roll: [3] Result: 3

!roll d8

Nekosmash Roll: [7] Result: 7

The tri beam fires again, missing paul but striking proceus and Barnabas with heavy laser energy , the air burning and sizzling as it passes by

5:43 PM

(23/7 proc, 16/3 Barney , I know that’s close to possible AC so lemme know what’s up there. Paul is up)

(That misses; AC is currently 19 due to the assault suit Barnabas picked out of the ship's locker)

(Proc's got 15 left. Ouch)

(nice!)

8:02 PM

(okay, Paul up!)

(Proc up, close to the 24 hour mark here )

The three wounds proceus is bleeding from seems to be affecting his shooting now, as he struggles to keep his gun steady as he aims for the last guard (14/6)

The foes look to be holding steady as your shots miss, the surviving bodyguard begins to look toward his client and look east, at a tunnel leading to the escape pod bay.

6:43 PM

)Barnabas)

Barnabas shifts his glance toward the escape tunnel for a moment and teleport to the tunnel, hoping to head off the client and perhaps force a surrender at gunpoint if the boss tries to head that way. (Proficient Apportation, no Effort needed if < 10 m; otherwise 0/5 remaining)

Blocking off their escape , you feel a warming hand at your side as Venser teleports next to you and offers healing (if Barnabas accepts )

7:13 PM

!roll d8

Nekosmash Roll: [8] Result: 8

Barnabas allows the waves of healing metaspace energy to move through his body, binding up his wounds. “Get over to Proc when you can - I think he’s worse off,” he mutters to Venser.

7:20 PM

(That should put Barnabas back to 32/32)

(Sorry for making everyone wait. Didn’t realize I had missed it for that long)

(All good. You can take your turn now if you want before the enemy goes)

Feeling the flow of the fight continually shift in favor of the UNW personnel, Paul takes sight of the second body guard. Paul feels the all too familiar trio of pops as he pulls the trigger of Death's Concierge. (18/9)

The second guard falls to the deck, helmet breached and the brain inside little more than a cored pink sponge. Alone, the Azure Eye commander attempts to surrender. (He is holding his action, so mechanically, if it looks like you're not going to honor it, he's going to take his combat turn before we move into a new round) (edited)

(I believe venser was going to mind noodle him/ knock him out)

(telepathic contact is an on turn. I believe telepathic assault would be the main action, so let me roll that save)

12:45 PM

!roll d20

Nekosmash Roll: [8] Result: 8

(He fails, and even minimal damage will knock him out. He'll have to be awakened later for mind noodling, but in terms of taking control of the platform, we've accomplished our mission )

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12:45 PM

(6xp, 50,000 credits everyone)

(Woo! Great job everyone)

(gurk and Barnabas are doing an investigation, so their captive from that and this guy can get used for something)

(Yay! Well done everyone. So at this point is it back to character specific channels or is there more to do with clean up/wrap up?)

(I think we have done what we can here and can go back to our individual missions. Nice work everyone )