"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHGGGHGHGGH!" Desh roars back, bringing his elbow in a vicious swipe towards its temple in an attempt to knock it out.
Jerrn lowers the gun, clearly realizing it's not his strong suit. "Ah heck. We don't have time for this sort of thing. We need to get gone, NOW." He gestures absent-mindedly at the South-eastern most pod, using the Force to lift and hurl it at thug #2.
Use the Force (move object):
Damage:
Sidling up to the wookie again, smoking in various places after his blaser barage, Dax throws his hands up to distract the crazed beast. As the wookie reacts by raising his hands to block Dax quickly dodges to the side punching the wookie twice in the stomach.
The human's blaster fire impacts on the kolto tank, raining a shower of sparks down. Six takes a bead on the new threat, and pops off another well-aimed shot. He calls out to the remaining gang members, "Hey! We're not here for you! Throw down your weapons, and we'll let you leave!"
ROUND 2--
DAX OAN_________________________________
Sidling up to the wookie again, smoking in various places after his blaster barrage, Dax throws his hands up to distract the crazed beast. As the wookie reacts by raising his hands to block Dax quickly dodges to the side punching the wookie rapid strike twice in the stomach for 12.
DESH_____________________________________
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHGGGHGHGGH!" Desh roars back.
Undeterred by the stream of energy striking over his body, he brought his his elbow in a vicious strike to the Wookie’s temple for 10.
SIX_______________________________________
The human's blaster fire impacts on the kolto tank, raining a shower of sparks down.
Six takes a bead on the new threat, and pops off another well-aimed shot striking the human for 15 (and -1 condt).
He calls out to the remaining gang members, "Hey! We're not here for you! Throw down your weapons, and we'll let you leave!"
JERRN DARKLIGHTER________________________
Jerrn lowers the gun, clearly realizing it's not his strong suit.
"Ah heck. We don't have time for this sort of thing. We need to get gone, NOW."
He gestures absent-mindedly at the South-eastern most pod, using the Force to lift and hurl it at thug #2.
Tearing away from pipes and conduits in a shower of sparks and vapor, the pod hurls across the room, over the head of Red-1 to land with a crash on the computer platform Red-2 took cover behind. The thug takes 13.
GANGERS__________________________________
Red-1 (Human): Takes cover behind the Computer station, firing his blasters at Six.
Blaster 1 vs Six RefD21: Miss.
Blaster 2 vs Six RefD21: Miss.
Red-2 (Twilek): Pops up to fire his blaster at Jerrn Darklighter.
Blaster vs Jerrn RefD16: Miss.
Red-3 (Zabrak): Unconscious.
Red-4 (Wookie): Battered, but still fighting undiminished. Frustrated at the enemy being too close and somehow unwilling to back through the door behind him, the Wookie roars and swings the repeater to hit Dax Oan.
Butt stroke vs Dax Oan RefD20: Miss.
Red-1 (Human): 15 (Cond-1)
Red-2 (Twilek): 14 (Cond-1)
Red-3 (Zabrak): 0 unconscious.
Red-4 (Wookie): 5 (47NL)
Yes, but don't they drop -2 on the CT when you meet or exceed their Damage Threshold?
Correct. First you use the total stun damage to check against Damage Threshold. If it does exeed that point, the target drops two on the Condition Track. After that, half the stun damage is applied to Hit Points.
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ROUND 3--
DAX OAN
DESH
SIX
JERRN DARKLIGHTER
RED-1
RED-2
RED-4
Desh continues hammering on the wookie, bringing his fist around towards its face again. "Why won't you GO DOWN, YA WALKIN' CARPET?!"
Jerrn scowls, his nervousness at the searching Force prescence getting the better of him. "Dangit, we don't know you fools and we ain't interested in playing punch and shoot wit' ya either! Don't you dang fools know there's somethin' a heckuva lot worse out there than us?!?"
He steps forward toward the computer panel and fires a shot at the hiding Red-2.
Attck:
Damage:
Amazed at the tenacity of the wookie, still standing after all the beating him and Desh have given him, Dax continues undetered with hitting the beast.
Six takes a bead again, sending azure bolts of energy to disrupt the human's nervous system. "Damn junkies!"
ROUND 3--
DAX OAN____________________________
Amazed at the tenacity of the Wookie, still standing after all the beating him and Desh have given him, Dax continues undeterred with hitting the beast. Again it’s like punching a block of wood and he makes no impression.
DESH_______________________________
Desh continues hammering on the wookie, bringing his fist around towards its face again. "Why won't you GO DOWN, YA WALKIN' CARPET?!"
With a crushing blow, the Wookie is smashed down, unconscious before he hit the deck.
SIX________________________________
Ducking behind a pod, Six takes a bead again, sending azure bolts of energy to disrupt the human's nervous system, but the shot just spatters off the metal casing of the computer station he took refuge behind.
"Damn junkies!" he mutters
JERRN DARKLIGHTER__________________
Jerrn scowls, his nervousness at the searching Force prescence getting the better of him.
"Dangit, we don't know you fools and we ain't interested in playing punch and shoot wit' ya either! Don't you dang fools know there's somethin' a heckuva lot worse out there than us?!?"
He steps forward toward the computer panel and fires a shot at the hiding Red-2, winging him for 7.
RED-1_____________________________
He screams; “YOU KILLED BONES AND HIS WHOLE CREW! YER GONNA PAY!”
Red-1 (Human): Takes cover behind the Computer station, firing his blasters at Six.
Blaster 1 vs Six RefD26: Critical hit! for energy damage and -1 on the Condition track.
Blaster 2 vs Six RefD26: Miss.
RED-2_____________________________
Red-2 (Twilek): Pops up to fire his blaster at Jerrn Darklighter, then ducks down behind the console again.
Blaster vs Jerrn RefD16: Hit! for energy damage.
Red-1 (Human): 15 (Cond-1)
Red-2 (Twilek): 7 (Cond-1)
Red-3 (Zabrak): 0 unconscious.
Red-4 (Wookie): 0 (60NL)
Hearing no reactions to the talking from the gangers Dax figureas 'Why bother?' and makes his way to the concole where the twilek is hunkering down, intent on taking him out next. "Cant we talk about this?" he ventures as he stands over him.
Finally... tough bastard, Desh thinks as he quickly leans down to grab the wookie's repeater. As he hefts the item up (at least as far as the power supply cable will allow) he yells to the remaining opponents, "Dammit! We don't wanna kill ya, but we will if you make us!" As he yells, he levels the big gun towards them, ready to hammer the trigger should they continue fighting. As he waits for their reaction, he takes a quick look back through the door to see what the wookie was running from.
He screams; “YOU KILLED BONES AND HIS WHOLE CREW! YER GONNA PAY!”
Stung by a burst of blaster fire, Six sends a wild shot in the direction of the wounded junkie. "We didn't kill them, you nerf-brained dópisti! Throw out your weapons, or the big guy here fills you with enough plasma to make you glow in the dark!"
Jerrn, already peeved at the blaster fire, is further annoyed by being shot by the Twilek.
"I hate you poo-doo sniffin' nerf herders!"
Attack:
Damage:
ROUND 4--
DAX OAN__________________________
Hearing no reactions to the talking from the gangers Dax figureas 'Why bother?' and makes his way to the console where the twilek is hunkering down, intent on taking him out next.
"Cant we talk about this?" he ventures as he stands over him.
Close enough now, you hear (and smell!) the Twilek screaming a steady flow of profanity. You can see he is in the grip of great fear and rage, and suspect there is a chemical influence here.
DESH_____________________________
Finally... tough bastard, Desh thinks as he quickly leans down to grab the wookie's repeater. As he hefts the item up (at least as far as the power supply cable will allow)( He grunts a little as he feels the 50 lb weight.) he yells to the remaining opponents, "Dammit! We don't wanna kill ya, but we will if you make us!"
As he yells, he levels the big gun towards them, ready to hammer the trigger should they continue fighting. As he waits for their reaction, he takes a quick look back through the door to see what the wookie was running from.
The hatchway opens onto a walkway around a circular shaft some 20 squares in diameter.
Gangways extend to a central equipment support pylon from all four directions. The walls of the shaft are stacked with the pods like you came out of. The shaft extends above you as far as you can see; at least a kilometer. You can glimpse a bit of daylight far above you. The shaft descends into darkness below you.
SIX______________________________
Stung by a burst of blaster fire, Six sends a wild shot in the direction of the wounded junkie, but misses.
"We didn't kill them, you nerf-brained dópisti! Throw out your weapons, or the big guy here fills you with enough plasma to make you glow in the dark!"
JERRN DARKLIGHTER_______________
Jerrn, already peeved at the blaster fire, is further annoyed by being shot by the Twilek. He fires but misses.
"I hate you poo-doo sniffin' nerf herders!"
RED-1___________________________
Red-1 pops up to shoot at Desh.
=>Desh takes his readied action and hoses down Red-1's area.
The double repeater roars; the vibration turning Desh's vision double for a moment. The stream of blaster bolts chewed through the console, Red-1 and the wall behind him.
Red-1 is unable to complete his turn.
RED-2___________________________
Pops up to shoot at Jerrn again before ducking down.
Blaster vs Jerrn RefD16: Hit! for energy damage.
Over one of the Gangers comm links you can hear.
"We gotta get out of here! I can't raise the others and the countdown's on! Ya hear me Skate? It's on! We gotta..."
Red-1 (Human): Dead
Red-2 (Twilek): 7 (Cond-1)
Red-3 (Zabrak): 0 unconscious.
Red-4 (Wookie): 0 (60NL)
Smoke pours from the twin barrels and Desh grins a bit after the satisfactory feel of the huge, ungainly gun. His mind, however, reels as it processes what he saw over his shoulder.
What IS this place?!
He levels the repeater over at the remaining Twilek , preparing to fire once more as he yells. "You Skate?! Well, listen up! Who are you? What is this place? Who are these others? And… well… what the FRAK'S going on here?! I don't wanna hafta kill you, but I think I've proven I will."
"Countdown? Some sort of self destruct?" Calling out to the twi'lek, Six shouts, "Hey! What is this place? How do we get out?! The only way you get out of this room alive is if you throw out your weapon and start talking... NOW!"
"I heard that." Dax says to the cowering twilek adopting a defencive stance. "We'd really like to get out of here, help us please." he tries to reason with him.
Jerrn snarls as the blaster bolt wings his arm. "I am seriously close to losin' MAH TEMPER HERE." Jerrn reaches out with the Force, just lightly at first, and uses the Move Light Object aspect of the skill to begin knocking small things off the computer desk onto the Twilek. Not enough to harm him, but hopefully enough to rattle him.
Aid Another (Persuasion):
Under the combined shouting and the Force shower of loose desk supplies (but mostly the repeater), the Twi'lek breaks.
"All right! All right! I give! I surrender!" The Twi'lek screams as he tosses his gun away.
"Great. Now answer the blasted questions. What is this place? Who are you people? What are you doing here? And how the hell do we get outta here before it blows up? Time's running out, just like my patience, Twilek."
With the threat gone, Desh takes a moment to take a second look out, specifically looking for people or vehicles, then he kneels down and - with his trigger hand - begins to check the wookie for additional weapons or items of use.
"Wise choice." Dax says, picking up the twilek's blaster. "Now answer the questions."
Six secures the twi'lek's abandoned blaster, and begins collecting weapons from the other fallen gang members, and checking vital signs.
The Twi'lek babbles a bit, clearly under the influence of something cheap and tooth-rotting.
"Great. Now answer the blasted questions. What is this place? Who are you people? What are you doing here? And how the hell do we get outta here before it blows up? Time's running out, just like my patience, Twilek."
"I donno what it is, some kinda corporate storage complex."
"We're the Rao Raiders. We're a swoop racer club.""We got hired by somebody to trash the place."
"If we can make it to the elevator without gettin' killed we can take it to the top."
While the Twi'lek responds, Six confiscates his sheathe of vibrodaggers and speeder bike key, handing them to Desh. He then grabs a pair of power packs and one of the holsters from the fallen Zabrak, strapping it to his left leg. "Then we should get moving. I suggest we gear up, and do our best to drag these guys out, time allowing." Tossing the bike key to Dax Oan, he turns his attention back to the gibbering Twi'lek. "Grab your human buddy - and don't fall behind. Jerrn, you look like a strapping fella - would you grab the Zabrak? I think Desh here can handle the Wookiee."
The Twilek in hand, Desh crouches down and efficiently breaks down his current equipment, quickly deciding what is necessary and what isn't.
Bad prep can kill as fast as blaster fire.
The armor stays on him. Don't have time to switch to the wookie's right now… maybe when we're safer. He strips the ugly repeater and its power generator off the wookie first. Then, taking the vibroblades from Six with a nod, he lashes them around the bulk of the power generator for easy reach before lugging the heavy thing over his head and onto his back - shrugging it into a comfortable position. The medpack goes into one of his many baggy pockets beside the one he already has, and two more power packs join the first two scavenged from the bodies earlier. Then his red eyes linger on the giant vibro-axe on the wookie's back. For a few seconds he's undecided. He gives a chuckle as he shakes his head, Always a sucker for good blades. And the axe goes across his back as well.
He stands, testing the weight of all the gear. It is an impressive array of stuff clinging to his tall form. Then he looks down at the wookie - realizing the huge creature must weigh over 130 kg in his armor - and he looks at the floors, testing their slickness.
As he works, he continues addressing the Twilek. "So you got hired to wreck this place not knowing what this place was, 'cause clearly this ain't a simple storage facility. And you bit off more than you could chew. So who hired you?"
Looking over at the two humans, he hikes his chin at the door behind himself, "One of you two wanna check out that shaft in there? It looks to go deep, and there are these pods everywhere. Can your force-stuff tell you what's in them? Not to mention I didn't see anything these clowns should be running from."
Collecting the credits and security cards, Six tucks them into a pouch on the utility belt for safe-keeping. He takes a look at the shaft Desh mentions, and lets out a low whistle. "Looks like we are pretty deep - maybe if you guys pray hard enough, your Force will send us a turbolift?"
"Thanks." Dax says as Six tosses him the keys. Claiming one of the hip holsters and a pulse wave pistol Dax makes ready to lift the human he and Desh knocked out. "You can carry you friend over there, lead on please." he says to the twilek.
Looking up at Desh's question he closes his eyes and reaches out with the force, sending his thoughts down the corridor.
The floor is smooth, out in the shaft area the decks are pierced steel and pretty flat. You can get a flat piece of pod or access panel to put an unconcious figure to drag.
Now that you get a closer look, you see that despite the very high technology level here in the chamber, the pods themselves are stamped steel; constructed to be mass produced as quickly and cheaply as possible.
The roar of the Force flowing through you interferes with your perceptions. You can't tell anything.
You spot what is probably a turbolift in the central shaft.
An idea occurs to Desh and he walks over to the nearest empty pod. He raises the mish-mash repeater and begins blasting one of the panels along a specific line. With a final kick a large sheet of metal falls away, which he drags over to the wookie, then rolls the wookie onto it. "Should make it easier to get this guy outta here. Hey, Six, if you think you can put this repeater to better use, you're welcome to it… kinda heavy, though."
The Twi'lek shakes, clearly afraid.
"No. No, no, no, nononono. I don't wanna go out there man. There's someone; some-THING down here! Been pickin' us off one by one..."
Jerrn rifles through the gang's belongings, and sighs when he doesn't find his familiar lightsaber. Instead he takes the tool kit and pulls out the power prybar. He also takes all the short range comlinks and sets them to the same frequency. He keeps one and offers the rest to the group, motley as they are.
"Well, this ain't mah preferred weapon, but it's better than that blasted blaster."
Well, you're DEFINITELY going out there now, Twilek… and you're going first.
"What kind of thing, Skate?" Desh says as he moves back to the door, the wookie sled in tow.
"Farmboy, this repeater may be more to your liking, if Six doesn't claim it." He grins a wide grin, "It's quite a bit more gun that that blaster. The good thing is, though, that you rarely have to actually be able to hit… well, the broad side of a barn. Just get anywhere near the target and the repeater does the work." He points to the hole-ridden corpse of the human he blew apart earlier as evidence.
Jerrn eyes the weapon suspiciously. "Ah suppose, but Ah'm more the get in there and hit 'em type myself. Never was no good with bullseyin' womp rats. Always used to jes' land mah speeder on them. Made a pleasant enough poppin' sound and if you mash 'em flat, they're easier to grill."
Six tosses Jerrn the toolkit from the utility belt, and heads for the room's other door. "Let me check the northeast hatch, before we head out - I think I saw a turbolift in that shaft." He jerks a thumb at the open door as he moves to open the opposite portal.
What is that outrim dustfarmer saying? It almost sounds like Basic - well, every other word...
"Sleds." Dax suddenly mutters and drops the human uncerimoniosly bak on the floor. "Give me the power prybar please." he says to Jerrn. Taking it he heads to the nearest pod and works loose a metal sheet wich he places both humans on before fastening a length of wire to it. "Want to place the wookie with them? We can drag them between us, drop them in a hurry if thers trouble." he says to Desh.
The back hatchway leads into another walkway ring, lined with pods as well. There must be millions!
Desh lifts his own impromptu sled on which the wookie already lies. "Way ahead of ya, Dax, but thanks." He looks to Six and Jerrn, "Will one of you help Dax pull that sled?"
Finally he begins moving towards the door, repeater at the ready, wookie dragging behind, "Let's roll out. Twilek, you're coming with me up front."
Jerrn nods and grabs part of the sled to help haul.
As you step outside the hatch onto the catwalk, your unwilling Twi'lek ahead of you, you suddenly hear the snap-hiss of a lighsaber igniting then clashing with another. Above you two levels you see two cloaked figures moving rapidly, coming together then springing apart. One bears a brilliant sapphire blue blade, the other a glaring red.
"Sonuva! I wonder if one o' them has my 'saber?"
Dax gazes up at the lightsaber duel, trying to make out features under the bilowing cloaks.
"We should concern ourselves with escape first.". He admonishes Jerrn in his strangely calm voice. "..memorables later. Come on, keep going."
Desh keeps moving, prodding the Twilek with the side of the ungainly repeater. "I'm with Dax on this one. If either of 'em come after us, you can take your pick of the lightsabers off their corpses, farm boy."
Desh does take a look at the fighting force-users, making sure neither is the man from their dreams.
It’s real hard to tell from your vantage point, but you don’t recognize either one from what little you can see.
The figures clash, two experts whos skill is readily apparent even to those not versed in lightsaber combat. You see them fight until they get into a saberlock in the middle of one of the central catwalks one level above you. They turn around and around, seeking that one moment of advantage, until…
The one bearing the blue lightsaber spots you. His eyes widen in shock, and he says; ”You! But you’re…” His opponent surprises everyone at that moment by igniting a second red lightsaber, right through the first mans chest. As he stiffens in agony, the Sith finishes him with a two weapon flourish. As the man drops in several pieces to the deck, the Sith looks up and laughs out loud in triumph.
Despite the shadows of his hood, you can see his face pulled back into a permanent grin by some kind of weapon that did burn damage. His teeth were permanently exposed by the flesh around his mouth and nose being cut away.
He spots you then. His yellowed eyes gleaming with triumph, he addresses you with disdain.
”Ah more vermin still alive?” He watches your eyes with amusement. With a wave of his hand one of his sabers deactivates and the first mans saber floats up from where it fell. Igniting it with a snap-hiss, you all admire the sapphire blue blade.
”A beautiful toy is it not? Fit for a Jedi fool to die with at least.” He turns his eyes toward you, gloating. ”Do you desire it?”
Damn Sith!
Through force of will alone Desh keeps moving along the cat-walk, though he keeps his red eyes on the Sith, knowing it's more than a little likely that the worthless scum will generally attack even if unprovoked. He moves sideways, keeping his repeater leveled at the black-cowled force-user, ready to squeeze the trigger at the slightest aggressive motion.