Anson: Eli might need assistance if he encounters anything on the way. I didn't like the mention of the large snake earlier... I'd rather not leave anyone I don't have to. And that includes whoever is operating the ECW suite.
Anson suddenly look up.
Anson: Wait, Lessra Bellin and her group. Perhaps they can help us.
Georg: I need to get some things. He turns to Thaya. We had better cooperate now; if we do ever get back it'll go a lot easier for us if Captain Fineline can tell the authorities that we tried to help.
With the channel information that was given to Dr. Feldspar, you can try to raise Brellin's party over radio. COMMs test.
Try as he might, Fineline is unable to raise Bellin on the radio.
Anson: Can one of you get Eli back here? He's better at this than me, or perhaps one of you can attempt to communicate. I want to see what the sensors are saying.
Anson then checks back on the current situation with the other helicopters.
Fineline, make another COMMs check, +2 (Boone will have to be carrying a radio to let you know he has made it to the copter, and it should be set to a known frequency).
The skies above you seem to be empty of craft now.
When Boone gets to the copter, he will radio back to the ship, using the common frequency he would know they could receive (having used the Comms unit on the ship before)
So, it takes Boone a few minutes to gather his gear, and then exit the ship. He quickly sights a thin plume of smoke that marks the 'landing' site of the damaged copter, and is just taking his bearings when Fineline hails him on his his personal radio.
So, if you can get off planet, are you going to take Thaya and Georg with you, to face whatever punishment the authorities give them?
I vote yes.
Anson votes yes as well.
All right. With Boone outside, and Fineline distracted with piloting the ship; its going to come down to Dr. Feldspar to watch the pair.
How long does it take Eli to get to the downed chopper? What rolls does he need to make once he gets there?
Make a test against Recon.
Through the tall grass you see Bellin, and two guides, some 800 meters away, angling to the east.
Recon:
Boone: you figure you could get to the crash-site in 30 minutes, at a jogging pace.
Eli jogs out to the crash and surveys the area for any hostiles before moving in to secure the site.
recon:
S'alright.
Boone, as you begin to trot towards the crash site, you notice that there seems to be something moving through the tall grass towards Bellin.
Eli slows down, swings his ACR up and scans the area through the weapons magnified sight.
Boone, make a test against Gun Combat (slug rifle), to see how well you acquire a good sight picture.
Damn. That's one big snake.
Snake!! Snake!! Why does it always have to be snakes!! lol
Eli will wait until the big snake moves on before he continues to the helicopter
The reptile's path looks like it will intercept Brellin's party.
Someone make a Survival test for Gart.
The three are making their way through the tall grass, when Gart becomes aware of something big moving quietly towards them.
If the group seems about to be attacked by the snake, Eli will take a shot at the creature.
Gart whispers, "Something big is closing on us."
All righty then, lets have initiative rolls for everybody outside the craft.
Init:
So Buhre and Brellin are that something is approaching through the tall grass (it's roughly 8 meters away).
Let rephrase that in a way that makes sense: Buhre and Brellin are aware that something big is approaching through the grass.
Buhre freezes and signals for the others to stop. He raises his knife in the direction of the grass. "Something's coming," he whispers. "Gart, do you know what it is? What should we do?"
So now Boone can take his shot and Gart can act.
Gart lifts the rifle and aims at the noise, but does not squeeze the trigger. Instead, he waits to see what is making the noise.
Eli takes aim and fires at the snake before it can cause harm to the others.
ACR:
Damage:
There is the crack of a rifle shot, and then, like a freight-train through the grass, one of Engarno's giant snakes, easily two meters in diameter and twenty meters long, rushes into the midst of the party, a tsunami of slithering coils.
As Gart was holding his action, I'll let him get off a shot (he's startled, but the thing is massive, so there'll be no DM).
A stunned Gart misses the shot.
I'll need Athletics tests from Buhre, Brellin, and Gart; to avoid being slammed by the huge, serpentine coils sweeping among them.
Buhre deftly slips out between the serpent's coils.
Boone, you want to roll for Gart and Brellin?
Ok
Gart:
Brellin:
Gart also manages to escape getting caught between closing scaled walls.
Brellin however is engulfed: and takes .