"Agreed. I bet we can find something to override the landing bay lifts in the maintenance areas. And hopefully something to override the remote control too. I will keep an eye out for company while you more technical types work." Lazarus sheathes his sword and keeps an eye out for trouble.
"I have a power pack that you can use," offered Kunga with a tinge of reluctance. He needed to power his weapons, but he needed to get through the doors even more. He holstered his pistols, removed his backpack, took out a "spare" power pack and handed it to Fraejia. Then he returned the pack to his back and drew his pistols.
Nodding at Kunga, Fraejia takes the pack and begins attempting to wire it into the appropriate door.
[rolling this for lack of a better clue, will change to something else if need be.[/ooc]
With the power pack jury-rigged into the console, the console's touchscreen flashed to life as it drained the energy from the pack. The command to open the door was easily recognizable. As the icon was depressed, the doors began to shudder and open. As they cracked open, the group was assaulted by a rotting stench pouring through the opening.
When the door was half-open it suddenly stopped--leaving just enough room to squeeze through the doors one-at-a-time. When the doors stopped, the console and power pack started shooting out sparks everywhere before going dead, leaving both useless from this point on.
Inside the door, the room was lit in much the same way as the rest of the corridor, everything illuminated by a dim red glow.
Face scrunching up in disgust, Fraejia swallows any reaction and quickly shoves the disgust into a small corner of her mind. "What a wonderful smell we've discovered."
Kunga winced upon smelling the vile stench wafting through the doors, but he did not sicken. "Gross. This room smells like dren."
Terz turns to the side a tries not to vomit. At any sign of concern he stands and attempts to fall in line. "Lets . . . go . .
Chaali feels a rumbling in his stomach and tries to hold back the bile. "Ugh."
Lazarus keeps his eyes on on the hall behind them as he is overcome by the stench. Turning to look at the group quickly he asks, "What is that smell?"
Peering through the partially-opened doors, you can see a rather short corridor with what looks to be three rooms at the end--one to either side of the corridor and one at the end of the corridor. The doors are closed save for the room to the left.
Soon, the source of the stench becomes apparent. Out of the left room emerges a horrid sight; a shambling, festering corpse fused with various bits of machinery and outfitted in what look to be rotting mechanics clothing. It's right hand has been replaced with a myriad collection of various tools, while it's left is carrying a large wrench as if it were a club. Following the creature out of the room floats a slightly-rusted Deruteian maintenance drone. Obviously, this drone and mechanic have been trapped in this section for quite some time.
Upon seeing the party, the two move to attack.
Seeing as most of her compatriots were feeling rather ill, Fraejia had gone to the front of the group as they explored this new area. When the...thing...behind the door and the drone began to advance on them, she prepared to atack.
Terz stands trying to shake the sickness. He moves to one side of the door firing at the corpse.
"They are coming to us. Let the door be a choke. They need to come one at a time."
Kunga followed directly behind Fraejia since he, too, was unaffected by the stench. He was disgusted by the cyborg's putrid flesh, but he was also excited, for both opponents reminded him very much of the kinds of foes he used to fight in his adventures with the space marshal. Kunga was ready to shoot first and ask questions later. He aimed for the cyborg first, because he really did not want the thing touching him.
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After trying hard to hold back the vomit, Chaali's stomach settles. Then he sees a hovering drone, along with a shambling cyborg. At the sight of the horrifying corpse, the throw-up finally comes out. But, as ever, he is ready for a fight against the forces of evil.
"A cyborg once tried to attack me. I served his liver with fava beans and a chocalate milk."
As the corpse moved towards the door, Kunga and Terz both fired at it with their respective weapons. Both Kunga's zero pistol and Terz's rifle shots were wide, hitting the far wall and ceiling. Kunga's pistol shot strikes the corpse, but the creature's thickened skin and metal parts mitigate most of the damage.
The undead don't tend to travel alone, Lazarus thinks to himself. Xim stretches out his senses, trying to connect with the darkness deep within. When he does this, he feels unlife around him. Is the risen-mechanic the only unlife around?
The creature moves forward entering the doorway and attacking the closest person to it with its heavy wrench.
Luckily for the Nekoji, it's powerful swing missed.
Never afraid, Chaali takes a swing at the …thing.
Chaali's energy sword bites into the creature's flesh, apparently unable to avoid any further serious attacks against it.
Behind the undead in the corridor, the repair drone hovers to one side and back, as if it was waiting for something.
Fraejia attempts to get a clear shot of the drone, but is unable to as Kunga, Terz, Chaali and the undead all block her line of sight. Snapping off a shot with her zero pistol, she fails to do more than freeze a small section of the metal door just above Kunga's head.
Kunga took a step back from the undead cyborg and fired at it with both pistols.
Kunga's zero and semi-automatic pistols struck home on the undead creature, severely hurting it but not dropping it. It appeared as if the damage from the zero pistol barely even phased the creature, however.
Terza drops his gun and draws a pair of axes.
Lazarus continues to concentrate... hoping that this creature before us is the only darkness he can sense, and afraid that there is more.
Chaali uses his powers from his training in his mind and protects himself from the attacks of the mechnical monstrosity (Biofeedback). "Blast, why won't this monstrosity just die all ready!"
Terz chops with an axe, hoping to drop the wrench wielding monstrosity.
Terz's axe slices into the creature, yet he fails to strike anything vital as his strike glances off of some of the metal infused into the creature's body. In retaliation, the undead mechanic swings it's large wrench at Terz.
The creature's swing strikes against Terz, but his armor deflects most of the damage. The strike was strong enough to cause some bruises though. A horrid stench emanated from as the creature struck the Nekoji.
As the repair drone hovered silently in the back of the room, it's sensors detected the increased damage dealt to the risen-mechanic. After a few beeps and bloops it hovered to position itself behind the mechanic. A large mechanical arm that up until now seemed as if it were only part of the drone's body extended out and began spraying a stream of nanites at the undead.
The nanites worked quickly and efficiently, repairing the damaged portions of the undead's partially mechanical body.
Seeing her shot go off target and realizing she can't afford to waste them, Fraejia decides to move in and claw the drone, so she is less likely to hit an ally.
Seeing the droid heal the cyborg's wounds really frustrated the Hezmana out of Kunga. He cried out, "What?! Do not heal him, droid. Do not heal the cyborg. Do you want a piece of what he was going to get? Do you?" Kunga shot at the droid. His energy weapon worked just fine, but his conventional firearm misfired. "Oh frell!"
Terz growls furiously at the undead creature growing angry at seeing the creature getting healed.
Lazarus will slip in next to his frosty friend, and stab the repair droid.
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Lazarus sets up to 'parry and riposte' the next attack at him.
The freezing energy from Kunga's zero pistol struck the drone hard, causing a crystallized sheet of ice to form on the protective shell of the drone, yet the drone easily was able to withstand the cold.
Chaali takes a swing with his energy sword, deftly switching victims from the undead machinery to the drone.
Inside, he thinks, Undead cyborgs? Now this is something new.
While Kunga's zero pistol worked like a charm, his semi-automatic pistol jammed, distracting him just long enough for the undead to take a swipe at him...
... and miss! Terz focused his anger and swung at the mechnaic with both axes. Both connected, but his primary axe glanced off of the metal portions of its body. His off-hand axe, however, bit deep into the rotting flesh of the creature, dropping it to the floor and leaving only the drone left to engage.
Xim, seeing the opportunity present itself, charged through the opening while drawing his mono-filament rapier. As he came face to face with the drone he launched an impressive display of swordsmanship before stabbing the drone. While his masterwork rapier penetrated the drone's metallic armor, it failed to cause any serious harm that the drone could not fix on it's own.