"Imperial security codes! Piece of cake. Let's see... 1-1-1-1-1, 1-1-1-1-2, 1-1-1-1-3..."
Rufus starts working with a very rudimentary understanding of slicing.
"Ah, this could take a while."
=12
Rufus plugs away at the control panel and the blast doors slide open and suddenly a burst of hot air forces you back. You see a twisted metal staircase that descends into a raging inferno! The large area beyond the blast door is a sublight propulsion unit shaft, and the cylindrical sublight engine itself is burning. However, it appears that the staircase can be used to climb down to a suspended catwalk which opens onto a workstation.
Kagore pulls himself up avoiding the scorching heat.
"Oh, great," Rufus mutters as he follows up the ladder after Kagore.
=16
Both him and his wife make it across. The climb across is bumpy but everyone makes it across and gain access to the computer systems.
Colton steps forward and starts pushing buttons on the computer terminal.
Having gained access, he closes his eyes and concentrates for a moment (a round).
After a moment's concentration, his fingers begin to fly over the computer controls as quickly as any droid.
####Computer Monitor####
:VSD Relentless***Priority Command D-113***
:Restricted Access***Security Code D-1228-H
:Command Clearance Only
:From: Captain Parlan, Command, VSD Relentless
:To: Chief Engineer Juren***Your Eyes Only
:Effective Immediately
Readings on bridge indicate 67 percent power loss throughout ship. Two of six power cells operational. Main and auxiliary reflector screen generators destroyed. Power available to remaining weapon systems nominal. Starfighter complement 97 percent depleted. Crew casualties 54 percent.
It is therefore my decision to reroute all available power to engine control core. Main and auxiliary hyperdrive and sublight engines to be rigged for self-destruct. Three-hour delay posture. Implosion engine control core. Clear engine command of all personnel not essential to this operation. This is a priority command. I want no leaks. I am holding you personally responsible for the success of this operation.
:Transmit Priority Command D-113
:Priority Commmand D-113***Time: 03:00.00 and counting***
:Parlan out.
####Computer Monitor####
"We have about two minutes to get off of this ship."
Colton looks for the fastest route to the hangar bay and makes sure that the tractor beams are disabled.
Kagore checks the panel over the lad's shoulder.
"I think ye might have misread that son. Still we are on a timer but we can't afford to run off half prepared. Which way to the hangar where our ship is being held?"
Kagore hated computers and machines. He never had the patience some seemed to havew with them and if he didn't need a ship to travel through hyperspace he might just be content to spend his whole life...on a single planet! For now though he knew that their unique skills would all be needed to make it off this bucket of bolts.
"General Tallon...what sort of damage will exploding this ship do to its attackers?"
"We wouldn't be able to make it off this ship in two minutes even if the turbolifts were working. At least, in anything bigger than an escape pod. I think Kagore's right. It's looking like three hours. Which is really a bad tactic, since unless whoever attacked this ship is planning on taking a lunch break and then coming back to finish the job, they should be long gone in three hours," Rufus says.
"Anyway, three hours will hopefully be enough for us to find the Gold and get out of here. Leastways, we know this ship won't be chasing us."
Tallon read the screen as well and looks to the group.
"I have a better plan. I can manipulate the self-destruct mechanism to explode one hour earlier than the Imperials expect. that should take out the remaining crew and this vessel, while still providing us with enough of a buffer to reach the hanger and escape. Cause as much imperial damage as possible. Lets head to the engine control core, follow me."
As your leaving the area you find breath masks enough for everyone to wear. You know they will allow you to survive in near-vacuum, but does not protect from hard vacuum but better than nothing with all that's going on.
Colton slips a breath mask on before double-checking the mask of the person next to him. He nodded to Tallon.
"Alright, one act of sabotage, coming right up."
Kagore clips the mask on and follows the others approving of this trickery to catch the imperials with their pants down.
"Well, two hours instead of three means we won't be able to stop by the officer's lounge to see if there's a loose dejarik table that we can pilfer. But I suppose that could be a nasty surprise for the Imperials." Rufus accepts one of the breath masks and straps it on.
Tallon obviously feeling much better leads the way through a door in the work station. Once you reach the corridor beyond, a gigantic explosion in the sublight engine shaft throws you all off balance to the ground. Tallon opens the blast doors to see what happened and the far side of the engine column has ruptured, piercing the outer hull from inside. You see flames and smoke boiling off of the shattered engine and rolling out into the exposed vacuum of space. Already the air thins and freezes, forming another dead chamber in the dying Star Destroyer. Tallon warns you all to move away and seals the door.
He then leads you through corridors and shafts that have suffered some damage, but not the extent of some places you have already seen. You proceed down levels toward the core with little trouble. After some time you enter and area that is strangely quite. The corridor is wide and low with intersections about 30m apart. With shocking suddenness, a squad of six Stormtroopers appears in the intersection behind you and open fire!
Colton activates Sense Danger as he activates his lightsaber and moves purposefully down the corridor towards the Stormtroopers.
Colton will beat back any attacks that come his way.
Rufus had been walking with his blaster out and at the ready. When the squad of stormtroopers round the corner, he reflexively snaps off a shot at the closest one.
Kagore takes cover and returns fire on the Stormtroopers.
Initiative - WILD - Exploding Wild - 25.
Gotal reaches out with the Force to try and strip two Troopers of their weapons.
Teke - #1 - WILD - = 18
Teke - #2
2 blasters fling from troopers hands as Gotal uses his mind powers!
Kagore hits one of the troopers sending him sprawling!
Rufus also hits one of the troopers sending him sprawling!
Two troopers combine focus fire upon the one with the lightsaber!
Tallon takes a shot at one of the two remaining with blasters.
Another trooper drops!
Rufus keeps shooting as the odds begin to tip in their favor.
=28
Kagore fires on the troopers as well trying to finish them so none get away.
Colton magically deflects the shots with his glow stick and redirects one back at the Storm Trooper dropping him!
Rufus and Kagore finish off the remaining two troopers!
Tallon continues to lead you through the Star Destroyer and when you reach the next intersection heavy blaster shots ring past you as you see ahead a Tri-Mounted Automatic Blaster Cannon with three storm troopers behind it shooting in your direction!
Colton's lightsaber snapped up to the high guard position.
Rufus falls back away from the giant blaster cannon and into the safety of the other corridor from which they came. "What it the blazes!" he shouts, completely surprised at the weapon emplacement. "Haven't you noticed this ship is exploding around us!?! Why would you set up an E-Web in a random corridor?" he yells at the troopers around the corner.
Kagore would have looted the downed troopers for ideally blaster rifles and gear like grappling hooks, grenades...etc...
If you make the perception test you notice a blast door control just beyond the intersection. If you could reach it will give you time to get away but will mean you will need to cross the intersection to get past the blaster cannon.
Colton moves across the intervening space and closes the blast door.
"Let's go."
"These aren't stormtroopers...they are just boys playing dress up. Who gives their troopers just a blaster pistol...and no utility belt...hmph."
Kagore seems disgusted with the search of the downed troopers earlier...
...in the present.
"That idiot is going to get himself killed! We need to lay down supressing fire or he'll get shreded by that cannon!"
Kagore begins laying down supressing fire from a kneeling position as the corner of the corridor as Colton makes a suicidal run without warning.
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Under the flickering lights of a long corridor, yelling above the emergency claxons:
" ... and make sure you get yourself evacuated with the men as well Lieutenant. No need for heroics today Newland, this whole fiasco is entirely the Navy's B'omarr pickle".
A protesting voice came from the secure comlink:
"But sir there are multiple reports of gunfire in ..."
Heshvaun cuts his subordinate off:
"I gave you your orders Lieutenant, carry them out. The Stormtrooper Corps will deal any shipboard situation, our boys will fight another day. Now get our men out of here, and set your coded beacons so our recovery teams find you."
Resigned, the voice responds, "Acknowledged sir. See you at landfall."
The junior officer did not happen to catch the 'find you' reference that should have been 'find us.'
Moving past frantic Naval personnel running the opposite direction towards a damaged six meter long automated fire retardant unit, the Command Officer furrows his brow thinking to himself,
If the Rebels did escape, they would be trying to reach their ship or any unsecured transport off this dying Star Destroyer.
But these were not any Rebels, this group was with Adar Tallon.
And Heshvaun knew exactly what someone like Tallon would do.
Smiling inwardly as a another secondary explosion rocked the Relentless, Heshvaun took a sharp left to head to the turbolift section.
Inside one of the last few left functioning, he keyed for decent to the engine control core.
Kagore lays down suppressing fire as some of the group begins to make their away across the intersection actually striking one of the troopers dropping him! The other two drop to take additional cover behind the gun as the blaster bolts shoot past them!
Still behind cover and staying very prudently away from the heavy weapon emplacement, Rufus still tries to help Kagore's suppressive fire attempt.
"YAAH! POW! KABLOW!" Rufus shouts at the top of his lungs while shooting blindly around the corner, only risking his blaster pistol.
Gotal will reach out with the Force and attempt to pull one of the pins from the mount securing the blaster cannon.
Telekinesis
Drama Point = 13
Gotals attempt to pull out a pin fails as they appear to be welded in tight to the mechanism of the tripod.
The Stormtroopers open fire full auto on the lone Jedi with his glow stick running across.
The force is strong with this one! Due to having Sense Danger on he was able to deflect the shots coming in at him at a rapid pace holding his ground!
Kagore took his time to line up one shot to each trooper behind the cannon while they focused fire on the young force wielder. He breathed in and on the exhale he fired.
One shot flies past one of them but the 2nd strike true dropping the trooper to the ground.
As the deadly blaster fire thickens, the ship-wide comlink crackles to life. A smoothly sarcastic voice adds itself to the din of battle.
"Are times so trying in teh Rebellion that they have armed moisture farmers and used-droid salesmen against the might of the Empire? Must they leave it to me to train you as soldiers? So be it. Your first lesson is called 'neutralizing a crossfire position.' Do try not to panic."
Comlink ends...
6 more Stormtroopers move in behind your position and begin firing! (Short range)
The only shot that lands hits Gotal in the back wounding him! (-1D to actions at Wounded level).
Gotal turns and attempts to relieve one of the six of their blasters and bring it towards him, it seems that now he indeed has a use for one himself.
Telekinesis
His injury though effects his concentration.
Colton closed the blast doors and drove his lightsaber into the control panel, destroying it, before turning and facing the other stormtroopers.
"Quickly into the passage with the remaining trooper! Eliminate him and there is no crossfire!"
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"Sounds good to me! The mysterious ghost voice will be so proud of us!" Rufus runs around the corner and takes a shot, heeding Kagore's tatics.
Colton slices the control panel and the blast door slides closed blocking off the heavy gun and opening the door exiting the area away from the 6 that came up behind you!
Rufus realizing he can't shoot toward the heavy gun any longer turns and shoots at the 6 hitting one dropping him to the ground.
"General, You and your wife get out of here! Gotal and Colton cover them and protect them! Rufus and I will tie these troopers up and follow as soon as your ahead! Rufus we'll hop scotch retreat covering each other once the general and his wife are out!"
Kagore moved behind the corner cover opposite Rufus and fires rapidly into the ambush troopers.
"Hop scotch! Right! And that would be what, exactly?"
Rufus decides that he'll just follow along and keep blasting anything in white plasteel armor.
"We should continue to move, we cannot defeat a Destroyer full of Stormtroopers! Escape is our only option to survive".