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You are currently at one end of the tunnel. The other end terminates qith a hole in the roof, where the ladder is placed. You'd guess whoever made this passage dug into the church's storage room from the back wall, leaving the 5-6 meter tunnel as their access point.
The height of the tunnel is only a bit over 2 meters. With the right skills, one could certainly parkour or even jump up and out. It is up to you how you proceed.
The voices and movement above and ahead of you are growing in volume, still trying to remain quiet but not doing a great job of it.
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Kerrah mulls over the options at hand, head up through the tunnel will get someone killed. Gong back out the way we came in, looping through the church may mean we could lose them.
Kerrah finally speaks in soft tones to her partners, ”I hate to suggest this because spilting the party never ends well for at least one, but here might be a good opportunity.”
She continues, ”Cavan, if you can Magic Finger your explosives down the tunnel and up into there room that will throw them off balance, expecting us to come through the floor. IF you can add more distraction, all the better.”
”At the same time, the rest of us loop back and through the church. Once we are in place after having found a way to snipe them in their building, we send the signal and Cavan sends his explosives up to go boom.”
”What do you all say? Sound like a plan?”
Too much money, Hawatari transmits with a thought, not enough effect. Cavan, at least she now has a name on the mage, you and Al run for the church - loudly. That either draws them down through here, or makes them run to catch you, or splits them - half each way. Take cover when you get up there, make sure you can't get flanked; guard each other's backs. Bobbi and I will take down the ones who come this way as quietly as possible, then come up the back way and flank anyone who stayed topside to go after you.
Kerrah nods in agreement.
Al's loud groan was his resigned agreement to the plan.
Can't spell decker without b-a-i-t.
He holsters his shocker and pulls his Rugar.
Gonna make noise, do it right.
Turning to Cavan and breaking the silence "Know any Spanish, Diego? Say something colorful, swipe the drek, and MOVE!"
The Japanese elf fem glances hard at Ahlwin. Don't be stupid, though - brick them, screw with them, fry them. You, Cavan, do what you can. Be an OFFENSIVE force when they come to meet you - remember, you're ambushing them from the OTHER side, because you know they're coming.
"Nope but I can do this."
Cavan waves a hand over his shirt, btw Murphy, not Cavan. Changing the shirt to show a bright green A before cursing out the people in Sperethiel using the universal sign language of a middle finger.
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Bad guys:
Mooks
Sneak: (2 hits)
Surprise: (2 hits: Surprised!)
perception
Simon:
Sneak: (2 hits)
Surprise: (3 hits; Not Surprised!)
Matrix Perception: (1 hit. Spots Kerrah's non-silent running commlink, also knows there are several silent running icons in the area)
Neither Simon nor the mooks with him realize they are walking into a potential death trap.
+ 11 = 14
Note that Ahlwin and Cavan were, at least initially, meant to sound like four people running away. (And Kerrah called Cavan by his name, unless you didn't tell HER either ... ;) )
And what do you mean 'potential' death trap?
As a note, Hawatari always starts out going Full Defense, so her Initiative is functionally a 4.
As the two men turn and head back towards the stairs, Hawatari draws into one of the two side rooms - the left-side one, if it matters, to be able to use her sword for close-in work. If she really needs to for the pistol, she'll just activate the guncam and fire around the corner, but she expects things to get really up-close and personal very, very soon.
'Bobbi' tenses but holds steady in anticipation of the fight to come.
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After about 30 seconds, the forward strike team hears the sound of movement and whispered communications from the tunnel. Soon enough, a human breaks the threshold, "cutting the pie" with the barrel of an SMG. You can clearly see others moving behind him, packed up closely.
Unfortunately for them, they fail to spot the swordswoman in the bathroom or the pistoleer by the MERF boxes.
Initiative for those who have not rolled, please.
Mooks: (-10 for being surprised) = no go this turn
Simon: (-10 for being surprised) =8
Initiative Order thus far:
'Bobbi' = 19
Hawatri = 14
Al = ?
'Murphy' = ?
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More or less. Although past the short hallway where Hawatari is hiding is another square room, approx 4m x 4m. The tunnel entrance is in the back wall of that room, stretching another 5-6m before terminating at the ladder.
The first man through the door is wearing a dark grey armored jacket, some kind of glasses, and is carrying an SMG. He is human, with dark hair and a swarthy complexion. You can't make out the people behind him very well, but from what Bobbi said they were all human in the basement earlier, and dressed in similar fashion.
They did not have jackets on nr were they carrying SMGs earlier, though.
'Bobbi' will take careful aim and take a Called Shot at the first mook's neck with her silenced Ares 70.
(5 hits)
'Bobbi' shoots past the first mook at the next in line.
(8 max hits)
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Mook #2 (Jorge) takes a silenced bullet to the neck. Armor 12 + Body 3 - 4AP , soaking 2 damage, taking 12 damage.
Jorge falls in the stack, sputtering, gasping, and spurting arterial blood.
Mook #1 (Esteban) and Mook #3 (Carlos) turn to look with a quizzical (and terrified) look on their faces.
With the gap now opened, Hawatari & Bobbi can see 2 blood spattered humans, with 3 more behind them. The guy in the back is holding a shotgun, but otherwise looks fairly similar to the others.
Cavan stays hidden, hoping no stray bullets fly his way. Without nonlethal ways of dealing with people, he waits to fling some magic at the mooks, wanting Simon alive.
initiative: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
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Okay, surprise action has occurred.
Bobbi dropped Mook #2, Jorge, with an accurate shot from her light pistol. It would appear the foes have not yet identified the threat, and are panicking just a little bit.
Turn 1, Pass 1
Bobbi 19
Simon 18 (surprised so no go thus pass)
Hawatari 14
Al 10
Murphy 9
Mooks 8 (surprised so no go)
So Jorge (#2) is on the ground right in front of me. Is there two to my right (Esteban and Carlos, towards 'Bobbi'), and five to my left, four of which hold SMGs, and the fifth which has a shotgun? Or is it five holding SMGs, and a sixth with a shotgun, but only one (Esteban) to my right, with Carlos the first one to my left, though he's turned around and doesn't have any of Jorge's blood on him despite having been behind Jorge?
I have to confess I'm have some difficulty figuring out what's going on without any real sort of map or confirmation of who is where and/or how many there are in total; what's been stated seems to me to be contradictory.
Hawatari will move out and into the room beyond, getting into close-combat range with - which is to say, into the middle of - the four (or five) SMG-holders. The Shotgun is a concern, so it's time for another trick shot: Blast Out of Hands.
Accuracy: Predator V (5) + Smartlink (2) = 7.
Dice Pool: Agility (9) + Pistols (6) + Smartlink (2) - Called Shot (4) = 13.
= 4 hits. If it's still surprise, there's no resistance test; if it isn't, then he loses the gun, which is blasted [ Hits (4) - 1 ] = 3m away from him - by preference into one of the corners of the room.
Damage: Predator V (8) - Subsonic Ammo (1) = 7. DV doesn't really matter since it isn't damaging, but it might screw up the shotgun, so you never know. Note that the weapon is still silenced, and though it's patently obvious she's firing a bloody gun, it's gotta be kind of intimidating, y'know? ;)
'Bobbi,' still behind the creates takes aim at the first ganger (Mook #1) to enter as he turns to check on his fallen partner.
Accuracy: Ares Light 70 (7) + Enhanced Accuracy 1 (1) = 8
Dice Pool: No recoil + Agility (9) + Pistol (6) + Specialization (2) = 17
(5 hits)
Damage: Ares Light 70 (6P) + hits -4 APDS
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The bad guys entered the storage room through the tunnel. Crossing the threshold of the bathroom hallway, #1 got as far as just clearing the doorway when Bobbi took her surprise action.
That dropped #2, who was parallel with Hawatari at the bathroom door area. To that point, none of the bad guys had seen anyone, including Hawatari.
That leaves the stack with one open space directly behind the point man, where #2 dropped. #1 & #3 are currently covered in blood and freaking out.
There are 5 SMG wielding mooks (now 4), while the last one holds a shotgun.
Bobbi initiated the combat with her surprise pistol shot, and those who failed lose 10 off their initiative roll, essentially skipping the 1st pass of turn 1.
Bobbi effectively goes 2x to start, since she got the drop on that first attack and then rolled a high initiative.
Turn 1, Pass 1 actions:
Bobbi plugs the point man in the chest, just as he turns to check on his fallen comrade.
12+3-4 vs 11P damage, soaking 5 boxes but being knocked on his butt from the blow.
Mook 1: 6 boxes physical, KnockDown
Hawatari steps out of cover and levels her Predator at the tail end guy holding the shotgun. Getting a better look at him, it's immediately apparent this is the fellow from the vids, the one called Simon who sold the crates to Tarnish.
Pulling the trigger, the hallway explodes in light and noise, cussing even further chaos. Yanking his hands away as his weapon is torn from his grasp, Simon doesn't even get a chance to swear properly.
Pass 1 actions remaining: Al at Init 10 and Murphy at Init 9.
[Ooc]Any other position questions? Mook 1 was on point and just got dropped on his butt. Mook 2 is down and bleeding profusely. Mooks 3,4,5 and currently bottlenecked at the rear of the bathroom hallway, armed with SMGs. Simon is at the back of the stack, and just got disarmed.
Hiding behind a pew, Murphy whips up some magic hoping for a bit of oomph and getting it in spades. Utilizing his magic fingers spell he picks up the gun, raises it high into the air, and removes the safety on the shotgun.
"Locked and loaded everybody, if you stand down we let you live another day."
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Murphy: you have a Defiance T250 shotgun, loaded with slug rounds (not that you know that yet) floating around in your magic hands.
Al moves up and out, making it to the upper level of the old church.
Turn 1, Pass 2
Bobbi 8
Simon 8 (surprised so no go thus pass)
Hawatari 4
Al 0
Murphy 0
Mooks 0
Bobbi is up.
Current situation: Bobbi is in the terminal room, pistol drawn and at the ready.
Mook 2 leaks all over the bathroom hallway floor.
Mook 1 is on his butt on the hallway floor.
Simon has been disarmed, while mooks 3, 4, and 5 look on in shock and a bit of fear.
Bobbi takes another shot at the ganger on the floor, between her and the rest of the gang members.
Accuracy: Ares Light 70 (7) + Enhanced Accuracy 1 (1) = 8
Dice Pool: No recoil (3ed shot-4) + Agility (9) + Pistol (6) + Specialization (2) = 17
(3 hits)
Damage: Ares Light 70 (6P) + hits -4 APDS
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Still surprised by the ambush, the point man (Mook 1) can't do more than weakly raise his hands and cringe as Bobbi's second round catches him in the torso.
Damage Resistance test vs 9P = Soaking 3 damage, taking 6 physical.
Bobbi's pistol coughs again, impacting on her target's center of mass and slipping through the armor jacket readily. A rapidly widening red stain spreads across his torso as the man slumps back, unconscious.
Mook 1: 12 Physical (Uncons, Bleeding Out)
Mook 2: 12 Physical (Uncons, Bleeding Out)
Seeing his men drop in such rapid fashion, and still really unable to spot the hidden shooter, Simon takes off at a run. He clears the floating shotgun and makes it down the tunnel, swearing in rapid fire Spanish as he goes.
Al: You hear the unmistakable sound of a vehicle's engine firing up, coming from the dark building to the rear of the church.
Hawatari is up!
I presume that since he'd have to go up the ladder, I still have effective line-of-sight on Mr. Running Man. Since I don't want him to go haring off ...
Simple Action: Take Aim (+1 DP)
Free Action: Called Shot (Location, Shin, -6 DP)
Simple Action: Fire.
Dice Pool: Agility + Pistols + Smartlink = 17 - 6 + 1 = 12.
: 5 hits, no glitch.
Potential results of a shin-shot, in order of preference of net hits:
- Slowed (target’s Movement, both Walk and Run rate, is halved and no Sprint Tests are allowed)
- Knockdown (target must make a Strength + Agility (DV+3) Test or fall prone)
- Winded (target is unable to perform Complex Actions for a number of Combat Turns equal to the original DV of the attack)
DV on the attack is 7P (+ up to 2 more hits), -1 AP. If he can reduce the damage to 0, he takes none of the side-effects. If he cannot, the most damage he actually takes is 2P.
Of course the prick rabbits. Rolling her eyes for an instant, Hawatari shifts slightly, dropping the point of aim of her Predator to the fleeing Hispanic's leg below the knee. A heartbeat to steady her aim, and then her gun coughs out a 9mm subsonic 7.5g shaped and spinning lump of lead, heading for the moron's shinbone. Al, she sends through the VPN with a thought, our target is rabbiting. Might make it up, might not - get him if he does, but watch your back.
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There are 3 mooks between Hawatari & the tunnel where Simon lit off into.
In order to have LOS on the running baddie, she will have to make it past them.
Good news: they are still "surprised" for this round, and have SMGs, not pistols or melee weapons.
Bad news: they are still standing in your way in a basically 1m wide corridor.
Gymnastics or Intimidate could work to clear your way, or if you have some other idea as to how to clear the distance and get LOS (you have plenty of movement available, so that's not an issue, and are SIGNIFICANTLY faster than Simon in a foot chase).
: 3 hits, no glitch.
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Hawatari slides out of the bathroom cubby, sword and pistol in hand. Looking very similar to an old-fashioned blue-water pirate, she pivots around the first guy (Mook #3) before planting a boot on the opposite wall and somersautling over the other two.
Ending up behind them (and leaving their open jaws even wider), she clears the tunnel entrance and shoot Simon in the kneecap.
Defense Test vs. being kneecapped - 6 Hits (WOW!)
The target starts his climb just as Hawatari pulls the trigger, splattering hot lead all over the wall just where his left leg used to be, a second before. Glancing over his shoulder, his eyes go big with fear.