Ate my post... What does Jene see?
The alleyway about 15 meters in front of you is obscured by smoke. Cortez is firing into the smoke, Wraxus dove into the alley to your left to avoid suppressing fire. Varis is watching over Titus.
Orestes?
down, he might still be alive but he isn't a danger to anyone.
Jene moves to Varis and Titus. You OK?
"Indeed," Varis said, looking at Jene for a moment before returning his gaze to Titus. "Young Titus has shown wisdom enough to comply. Is the fight over?"
It would appear Orestes was the only fatality, his associates are gone by the time the smoke clears.
Jene's not letting anyone kill Titus. We need to bring him back for extraction.
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Cortez looks around and makes sure that everyone else including Titus is still standing. He heads over to Jene and Titus keeping his las carbine at the ready.
"This one thinks sometimes one must pluck a weed to get a flower to grow. This one appologiezes for the illusion master Titus. Your presence is required by our master."
"Wh..Who...Who are you people, you shot Orestes. What is happening? What master?"
Orestes' gear... Let's move.
Upon searching Orestes, you find the auto pistol in his hand along with an additional clip, a very sharp knife, a medium range hand held vox caster with detached earpiece, 7 thrones, a pencil and pad of paper with strange writing on it and under his clothes a flak jacket.
a rune on the vox-caster is flashing.
Your perception indicates sounds quietly coming from the earpiece.
Watching the tech priest puzzle over the dead man's belongings for a little too long, Varis felt the need to interject. "We left survivors who have scampered off to tell their friends. Soon these streets will be flooded with gangers out for our blood. In this situation, haste would not be unwise."
Noticing that Wraxus was wounded, Varis stowed his axe and approached. "I have no training in the healing arts, but if you can walk, I can help you." He said, offering his shoulder for support.
Cortez plugs it into Data-Slate to record the conversation and boost it loud enough to hear without actually using the earpiece
From the vox caster "Orestes, acknowledge....Orestes if you are still on respond."
He is dying but currently alive
No one needs to die. Patch him up.
"Someone must always die," Varis said simply. He approached Orestes, and knelt down near him, praying over him for a moment. Finally, he kissed the man's forehead, adding "Walk with the Emperor's grace in eternity." When he was done, he got to his feet and brought the axe down on the man's neck, severing it.
He looked back at the others, wondering if they would dare to accuse him. He offered a defense anyway. "We haven't the time and I haven't the skill to treat him. And do you believe his fellows would stay their hand if they knew we hadn't killed this one? We should move now."
Taking Orestes gear...Lead the way.
"I'll take point, unless someone else knows how to move through a hive. Also if you wouldn't mind I would be more than interested in taking the autopistol, it may not be as reliable as our Emperor's holy light but it is a whole sight more dangerous in my hands. Either way we must be quick." Phedra waits long enough for an answer to her request and then will start heading off for the exfiltration site as quickly as possible, time being of the essence.
Jene hands over the auto-pistol.
She hands the knife over to the feral-worlder.
Having gathered your gear and what you can find on Orestes body, you head towards the factory who's roof allowed you to avoid the main streets for the last level heading to the House of the Dancing Monkey.
Titus, likely fearing for his long term health, comes fairly willingly. The streets along your route are deserted, the locals seeming disappeared. You have made it about 3/4 of the way, and are heading down an unusually straight section of road when you, see a brief flash fly to your left and hear the hiss of burning metal from an old lamp just behind you.
The road is about 3 meters wide and you have at least 50 meters going forwards or backwards that is straight open road. The buildings on either side are still packed nice and tight, though they no longer hang over the road in this stretch.
Earn your keep deadbeats... find cover, aim and make it count.
Earn your keep deadbeats... find cover, aim and make it count.
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Your quick calculations tell you that the fire came from the building at the end of the straight stretch of road in front of you, second or third story.
Phedra comes down into cover and starts removing her rifle from its bag. She is too busy trying to arm herself for this fight to notice where the sniper is currently hold up."Anyone see where the bastard is?"
At the sound of gunfire without an apparent source, Varis grabbed Titus by the arm and pulled him toward one of the buildings nearby. "The others can handle this, and I will keep you safe!" He announced. He found an open building for the two of them and ducked inside, with Titus in tow.
There! End of the street, up one maybe 2 stories. Can you take them out?. Jene ducks for cover.
Once the location has been pointed out by the adept, Cortez covers the window and spots the sniper poking his weapon out to take a second shot. Before the sniper can acquire a target, Cortez looses a semi-auto burst which hits the sniper twice driving him back down into cover.
Phedra finally gets her rifle into a firing position. "Move folks, i will keep you covered." Phedra keeps an eye on the offending building waiting for a muzzle flash.
If you're using the rifle, let me have the auto-pistol for now... This revolver's not worth scat. Jene reaches out.
Phedra will toss Jene the autopistol while keeping an eye out for the sniper.
Taking the auto-pistol, Jene advances... looking for cover.
Jene rushes forward getting below the building in a position where the sniper cannot shot at her.
Moments after Phedra sees movement in the window the shots were coming from.
Jene finds cover and scans for vehicles.
Jene
You see a vehicle heading towards you from farther up the road, it is around a bend so the other members of your team cannot see it. There appear to be 2 people in it.
Phedra
The movement you saw has stopped.
Cortez's rounds impact in several locations in the room suppressing anyone inside.