Soon after the smoke covers them, the group starts to hear screams and gunfire far to the East
"Whatever Gods may be out there, they have forsaken this place" - Oderon curses as the massive structure comes tumbling down from space, killing thousands.
Soon after the smoke covers them, the group starts to hear screams and gunfire far to the East
"Do you feel like getting into the thick of it boys and girls? Or do you want to stay put and let them come to us?" - the vesk hisses a whisper to the companions around him.
"Yeah Kesk... I am not sure it is a good idea we all go out there, almost blind in all this smoke and haze..." - Oderon snarls as the others say nothing.
<Oderon here with the Starfinders team - anyone has a visual on what is happening? Screams and gunfire far off to the East. Come in!> - he sends the message over an open comms channel.
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A creature more than 5 feet away but less than 50 feet from its attacker has concealment. A creature 50 feet or more from its attacker has total concealment
Guys everyone is moving mostly blind it removes the advantage of defensive positions as we cannot see them coming.
This smoke makes it harder to sync between teams, not sure where we are most useful but staying here seems like we are not helping.Let's see if someone from command responds and can point us towards an objective, if not I say let's kill some bugs.
The group tries to contact SDF but the static that has been jamming their comms makes it difficult to understand the several voices they hear. Also, the screaming and gunfire don't help.
As the group try to decipher some useful information, they notice a tremor underneath their feet and several bugs jump from the ground around them!
I'm no soldier, don't count on me for tactics. I'm also not equipped for war, with only this peashooter in my pocket.
I say let's just survive for now, then engage in guerrilla tactics until we can reach command.
I want to send Scout up, to see if the view's any clearer from up there.
"Here they are boys" - Odo snarls, steps forward and swings.
Kesk moves forward and hits one of the creature but it doesn't die.
Then, with a burst of speed, the creatures approach and attack
Two of the bugs attack Odo but miss. The other two have more success, firmly attaching their fangs on their prey
Oderon seems surprised the creature is still standing - "What..?" - and he swings again at the same one - "Down I say!"
Both Quig ans Scout shoot at the dredge attached to Quig.
Combat starts fast and brutal, the creatures hissing and trashing
Navasi fires a shot at one of the creatures and hits, her shot grazing it
Kesk tries to fight the creature holding firmly to him but doesn't manage to hurt it
Quig and Scout, both used to work together manage two hits but the dredge survives
Odo manages another swing at his foe, hitting again and this time finishing it
The creature near Odo changes its target and attacks Navasi but misses
The other two, already attched to their prey, manage to claw through the flesh
"Navasi, help them!" - Oderon grunts, his smile at taking down one of the creatures short lived, as he notices Quig and Kesk are hard pressed.
"Away with you!" - he swings again, trying to dispatch the one on him.
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Quig keeps desperately working to get rid of the dredge
Quig keeps desperately working to get rid of the dredge
Odo swings wildly missing his mark by a mile
Quig once again coordenates with Scout, both landing solid hits and killing the creature
Kesk focuses his will on the dredge holding on to him blasting it with psychic force
The creatures numbers dwindle but their ferocity does not, and they continue their attacks.
But the dredge attacking Navasi misses and even the one attached to Kesk is unable to proper use its claws and also does no harm
With a snarl, Oderon swings again at the one attacking Navasi - "Just get away from it Navasi, will you?!"
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Quig attacks the dredge attached to Kesk:
Scout attacks the one attached to Navasi:
Kesk manages to hit the creature holding him with a solid hit, but his movement gets in the way of Quig who misses
Odo and Navasi focus on the other bug but they both miss. Scout, however, burns the creature with another laser shot
The fight continues and the bugs attack viciously, the one fighting with Navasi following her as she moves. They both score painful bites
"Told you" - Oderon grunts as the dredge attaches itself to Navasi.
"Hey! Drop him! Bad bug!"
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Odo attacks and finally kills Kesk's bug while Navasi heals him soothing his wounds
Quig and Scout focus all their anger (which isn't that much) on the remaining dredge attached to Navasi.
Both Quig and Scout hit the remaining bug killing it!
As the group takes a breather, the comms continue to show much interference.
..coming from the ground!.... broke our lines, they're behind...
Suddenly you hear Jaldamarrak's voice barking commands To all... is a full retreat. Fall back ...River and regroup at Fort Ga....
"What did he say? Go to the river and regroup where?!"
Even with the interference, you manage to access a map and identify the places the message talked about.
There's a Fort Gallant about 20 miles from you, crossing Dethomar River
Far away you hear the rumble of a thousand clicking feet approaching fast
"Here they come - haul ass ladies and gents!" - Odo roars, waiting for the others to start moving, and then following after them, keeping a watch at their rear.
No question about it, let's all go to Fort Gallant ASAP.
He isn't carrying anything explosive, so what would it take to improvise some sort of land mine on the run?
You could try to rig a vehicle to explode maybe, but it might take a while, depending on how you roll. I would say engineering DC 20 with a -5 if you want to hurry
The dust continues to cloud your vision and you don't see much ahead. You do know the general direction to move and going that way you begin to see abandoned cars pilled up, and signs of fleeing civillians.