Janzi moves over toward the wall, trying to cut off any attempt to escape while he targets the same square as last time with his other grenade.
Knowing he just needs to get close, Janzi keeps up the hand grenade assault. The withering fire is working, as sparks fly from where shrapnel and armor meet.
Round 2:
Booker: Booker
Null-9: ATK
Dunklezahn: Go
Janzi: Grenade!
Gig: Go
Hack-it: Go
Null-9: 30 (Force Field: 4/15, Recharge 4)
The quick blade penetrates the shield! Dunklezahn gets a light hit in, destroying whatever shield had recharged.
Round 2:
Booker: Booker
Null-9: ATK
Dunklezahn: hit
Janzi: Grenade!
Gig: Go
Hack-it: Go
Null-9: 61 (Force Field: 0/15, Recharge 4)
"She's bringing in bots as reinforcements! Stop her!"
Hack-It once more opts to do something about the computer situation, and ignores the physical threat. He moves closer and attempts to gain access and counter the order.
The drone continues to fire upon the android.
Gig aggressively moves his hands around in somatic gestures drawing upon his arcane powers to cast Magic Missile at the android.
He stares in anticipation wondering what effect they will have.
”Come on. Come on.”
Hack-it dives into the computer, and quickly discovers that she's not running any kind of program or using this system. The approaching robots aren't part of this system! Hum's shot is wide too boot.
Gig's spell never fails, and she grunts as the missiles strike.
Round 3:
Booker: Go
Null-9: TBD
Dunklezahn: TBD
Janzi: TBD
Gig: TBD
Hack-it: TBD
Null-9: 73 (Force Field: 0/15, Recharge 4)
Dunklezahn continues his pounding assault. It's enough that Null-9 looks frantically around her as if awaiting something.
Round 3:
Booker: Go
Null-9: TBD
Dunklezahn: TBD
Janzi: TBD
Gig: TBD
Hack-it: TBD
Null-9: 115 (Force Field: 0/15, Recharge 4)
1d20 ⇒ 13
Booker continues his slow advance, taking another careful shot.
Booker continues to struggle with the gun as the shot misses a little wide.
Null-9 takes a different approach, jabbing at Dunklezahn before tumbling away!
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and breaks free. She turns and takes a moment to look at the core before eyeing an escape.
Round 3:
Booker: Miss
Null-9: ATK
Dunklezahn: Go
Janzi: Go
Gig: Go
Hack-it: Go
Null-9: 115 (Force Field: 4/15, Recharge 4)
Dunklezahn hustles after her, but both his swings strike only armor!
Round 3:
Booker: Miss
Null-9: ATK
Dunklezahn: Miss
Janzi: Go
Gig: Go
Hack-it: Go
Null-9: 115 (Force Field: 4/15, Recharge 4)
Janzi tries to slow Null-9 down as he pulls another grenade out.
Hack-It moves towards Null-9, punching in several commands into his wrist console. "You are going to stop, damnit!"
The ysoki points his hand, and the custom rig in his sleeve emits a short range EMP blast that washes over the android!
Hum simply flies into the room.
Janzi tries the spell that saved his skin an hour ago: , but Null-9 easily resists. Still, he gets another grenade out...
Even Hack-it struggles to control her strings.
Round 3:
Booker: Miss
Null-9: ATK
Dunklezahn: Miss
Janzi: Magic
Gig: Go
Hack-it: Tech-fu
Null-9: 115 (Force Field: 4/15, Recharge 4)
Gig goes for the slow but steady route of casting another Magic Missile.
Booker growls at his squad for clustering downrange and moves for a clearer shot from behind the consoles.
Most of Gig's missiles are stopped by the force field, but some go through. Booker continues to struggle to hit the cultist Android!
Null-9 gives an awful laugh of triumph. The quartet of robots gets to the force field and flies into the room. One of them is carrying a complex circuit board
Three of the robots open fire on the party, the one carrying to board moves to Null-9 as she tries to extricate herself:
, but she trips!
, but gets past Booker.
The bots attack! Null-9 looks like she's done with this fight, and is about to flee!
Black: Attach board to Null-9
Red shoots at Booker: MISS
Blue shoots at Dunklezahn: MISS
White: Double move.
Round 4:
Booker: MISS
Null-9: ATK
Dunklezahn: Go + AoO
Janzi: Go
Gig: Go
Hack-it: Go
Null-9: 115 (Force Field: 4/15, Recharge 4)
Janzi moves over to try and cut off Null-9's escape -- though carefully leaving plenty of room for what he hopes will be a heroic maneuver by Dunk -- and tries another spell on the android.
Janzi's spell fails to take hold again!
Round 4:
Booker: MISS
Null-9: ATK
Dunklezahn: Go + AoO
Janzi: Hold
Gig: Go
Hack-it: Go
Null-9: 115 (Force Field: 4/15, Recharge 4)
Dunklezahn misses on the opening, but then hustles to catch up to her. When he does, he swings just as the bot delivers the control board. His ultrathin blade cleanly decapitates Null-9!
Instantly the augmented robots switch to hover mode and stop attacking!
With Null-9 stopped, the terrifying likelihood of a doomsday cult with a doomsday weapon is over!
Booker cautiously saunters over to stand by Dunklezahn. He puts a hand on the bigger soldier's shoulder. "Some fine fightin' there," he says, looking down at his own weapon in disgust. He picks up the control board and holds it for Gig. "Here, see whatcha can make o' this. Hack-It find what you can on the consoles." He settles down to strip the android of valuables.
Booker is cold and efficient:
Hack-it doesn't find anything of interest on the control panel. It's mostly just maintenance. Gig confirms that if this board were returned to Controller Moon 1 where Osteth is stored, you might, just might, be able to put this whole thing to rest.
Booker slides the armor over to Dunklezahn. "Here. The tensile reinforcement and energy absorbers on this beat what you've got on. Talk to Gig if'you want the spikes off." He picks up the force field generator and tosses it on top of the armor. "Take this too."
The rest he stows. He rises to a half-crouch, stops, reconsiders and bends down to examine the body of Null-9 one more time.
Booker grunts and stands up. "Let's clear the rest o' this place. Don't want any lurking cultists. After that, we dump the bodies in the core."
Booker is completely satisfied that he's got it all. With the threat handled, exploration should also be calm.
Booker swaps out the x-gen gun for his artillery laser and fits it with an oversized battery. "C'mon," he grunts, and leads the way to the easternmost door down the hall. He checks the door for traps twice before opening it.
The eastern and western walls of this long room are lined with empty weapon racks, while the outlines of suits of armor can been seen inside of broken display cases along the northern and southern walls. The drawers of the two workbenches in the center of the chamber have been pulled out and their contents—empty cans of oil, tiny screws, and other bits of rusty metal—are scattered across the floor. A small compartment in the eastern wall hangs open.
Booker takes a few cautious steps into the room for a closer look at the small compartment opposite.
It appears that compartment is empty, but he does spot some other compartments that weren't so obvious at first. He begins opening them, and finds that this armory still has a lot to give up!
The first compartment contains five high-capacity kishalee batteries. The second holds a cluster of three temporal disruption grenades. The third contains five disruption grenades, the fourth contains a minor disruption pistol, and the fifth contains a major disruption pistol.
Booker gives a low whistle. After admiring the haul for a moment, he scoops up the weapons and moves over to inspect the suits of armor.
Unfortunately the armor hasn't weathered the test of time well. It looks like they've recently been mostly looted for scrap parts.
Booker gives the weapon racks, emptied workbenches, and assorted scattered materials a quick review.
Booker saunters back to the others and looks over the next door twice before opening it.
Booker moves on to the next door. There's a window in this one, so he peers in. Looking in on this room from the hallway, you can see that it is dark except for a small red light blinking on a standby control panel on the far wall. Not seeing any reason to stop, he opens the door.
Two clear surfaces covered in alien writing hang on the walls near the door of this chamber. A computer terminal stands on the opposite end of the room. The main features of the room are two opaque cylindrical fields of energy near the walls, each about ten feet in diameter.
Booker grunts. "Any ideas?" he asks, standing in the doorway. He takes a very careful look before setting foot inside.
Lots of ideas, Janzi says. Mostly centered around shooting these cultists into oblivion, but ideas nonetheless.
Janzi looks at the alien writing, hoping he can puzzle something out of it.
Booker doesn't see anything to indicate insidiousness. Janzi can't puzzle it out either.
Gig looks around scouring for loot. He also casts Detect Magic to see if you can pick up any auras in the area.
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Dunk starts checking out the armor, impressed with its make and construction. He takes off his ringwear and puts the new armor on, taking several moments to make the necessary adjustments to accommodate his larger form.
Once he's satisfied with the fit of the new armor, the grabs the rest of his gear and follows after Booker.
Booker grunts and takes a few cautious steps into the room. "Hack-It, Gig, what we got on that console?"
"Ease up on your thrusters, Ace. I'm going," Hack-It says, deliberately walking slowly and casually to the console. He the works whatever magic needs to be worked to gain access and see what the terminal's purpose is.
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Gig jumps in and tries to take over accessing the console.
"Make room for me! You still have gum all over your fingers!"
"What? I don't! And anyhow it's your gum, so it's not me who's to blame," Hack-It counters, nonetheless letting Gig at the controls.
Gig determines that the cylinders of energy are acting as stasis fields for two living creatures. He also detecta that the creatures are Large monstrous humanoids with bladelike arms....
Booker grunts at this new information. "Let's leave 'em be then." He takes up a covering position by the door while the ysoki retreat from the room, then follows.
At the next door down the hall, Booker again looks it over twice before opening it.
Booker sees no reason not to go in, and touches the pad. Although it has the same triangular touch pad as other doors, the door to this chamber doesn’t open when the pad is touched. In fact, it blinks red instead...
"Excuse me, Booker. Maybe I can help you with that."
Gig's fingers move rapidly across the pad as he attempts to open it.
"No, it's like this Gig. You getting long in the whiskers buddy?"
”I thought long whiskers were good?! I heard the chicks always love them.”