You set the brand new explosives on the pipe, which go through the pipe as if it is not a solid substance. You get yourselves far enough away from it and then about five minutes later it explodes.
Once the smoke clears, you find a crater and the burnt remains of some of what was going through the "pipe" but a new "pipe" has reformed in its stead.
"I'm... pretty sure I don't want to check that out." Kit remarks with a curse.
"But, it's definitely the foreign substance we were looking for. Let's check out the apartment it leads to."
Bronen nods. He and Dronen take the lead toward the apartments.
The tube leads to one of the lower apartments in this building. You note that nothing can be seen within, even through its transparent windows. Looking through the door you see only inky blackness.
"Well that doesn't look too promising." He picks up a random bit of junk and gingerly tosses it at the inky blackness through the doorway.
You can hear the noise of the junk hitting the ground after it goes into the apartment but the dense blackness prevents you from seeing the object after about a foot inside.
"It grew back? That's bad news. And now we got this damn smoke again."
Vagoru shakes his head. "Wish I brought a flamer."
Vagoru puts his artillery laser away and creates his solar weapon. He takes a step inside.
Assuming nothing attacks him, Vagoru will gradually work his way along the wall towards where the pipe comes in.
Bronen seals his armor and turns on the flashlight therein.
Kit does the same.
You all go into the room that is almost pitch black, the place is dense like walking in water but less so, you can hardly see anything and you stumble into what you think may be a bedroom.
GM Rolls
Out of the soot like darkness something attacks Bronen miss
And Kit as well hit doing damage.
Initiative: Snorri , Vag , Bronen , Kit , Enemies
Round 1
Snorri, Kit and Vag Please roll in addition to your attack roll a D100 as well.
Snorri moves to strike the mysterious ambusher down.
"Ouch!" Kit exclaims.
"Sound off crew!"
After everyone gives Kit a shout she places her hand on her power gauntlet and causes it to flicker and smoke. A sudden gout of flame shoots out of her hand and into the darkness.
Vagoru moves forward until he can make out an enemy. Then he swings his Doshko.
Vag and Snoori make their way into different directions than the attackers.
Kit puts her flame on what she thinks attacker her and she see mossy green rope burning in the room as it falls down.
Something attacks Bronen miss
and something else attacks missing.
Bronen
Bronen and Dronen adopt defensive stances and move back to back.
"Kit make your way over here," a familiar robotic voice says in the haze.
Round 2
Kit, Vag and Snorri
"Ha! Got one!"
Kit follows Bronen's voice until she bumps into him. It takes some feeling around...
Robro, Robro, Bro's butt, Robro...
Until she figures out which direction 'back-to-back' is, but she gets there!
Snorri also starts heading towards Bronen's voice. "Stop hiding and fight properly you daft..."
Vag
"Coming..."
Vagoru moves toward the sound of Bronen's voice. If he can make out an enemy, he swings his Doshko.
Vag swings at air. Snoori and Kit through trial and error figure out where Bronen is.
Something attacks Bronen ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 miss
and something else attacks him hits doing
BRONEN
Bronen attacks defensively in the direction he got hit from.
'RoBro' maintains his defense
Whatever hit Bronen was so slick to get back in the haze that Bronen could not make contact.
Round 3
Kit, Vag and Snorri... please roll the d100
Kit listens really hard...
Focusing on the sounds in front of her of the enemy (she hopes), she activates the spell cache implanted in her left palm. Another blast of fire shoots out of her hand, filling the space in front of her!
Dagon swung away from his allies to where he last heard a noise... that might be the attacker.
Vag, Snoori and Kit miss where the enemy is.
Something attacks Bronen miss
and something else attacks him miss
Bronen
'RoBro' maintains his defense
Bronen stabs out with his haya, whatever the hell that is, and hits a green rope like thingy and it keels over.
Round 4
Kit, Vag, Snorri. Please roll d100 please.
Snorri continues attacking the darkness.
Kit powers up her thunder strike pulse gauntlet and waits.... prepared to strike at the next enemy that attacks her...
Vag
Vag Vag attacks with his Doschko hit destroying the last enemy.
Combat Over
Snorri gives the downed foe a good kick. "What now?"
"Can anyone see anything?" Kit asks. "There could be more!"
She listens really hard, straining to hear sounds of movement...
"I can't, it's definitely not normally darkness."
"No."
The 'bros maintain a defensive position.
"Well, this place is a death trap. Let's get out of here."
You walk out of gamma sector back into Alpha sector following the pipe until you take a left moving towards Epsilon sector, walking by Gamma sector.
On your way the AI gives you some information, "This sector of the outpost was designed for the propagation of various forms of animal, avian, fish, insect, and reptile life for transport to the planet below. Myriad habitats are here separated by natural barriers (ditches, streams, cliffs and the like) and fences, with robotically activated walkways and gates allowing various attendant robots to service the areas that retract or close automatically when not in use, ensuring the efficacy of these barriers. Five of the sections (A-E) are further surrounded by a protective fence 14 feet in height in the event of any unforeseen escape, with the only entrance to any of these sections being the large control building for each sector. These control buildings are intended for both human and robotic use.
The last known whereabouts of Sigma's crew is in the aquarium in Sector A. It is the second closest to your current position in Epsilon sector.
Section A of Epsilon Sector is comprised of a series of large ponds, providing habitats for a variety of fresh- and salt-water fish and reptiles. Those areas devoted to amphibians and reptiles are segregated from others with both fencing and natural barriers."
Kit sighs as she heads toward the aquarium.
"Greeeeeeat. How could it possibly go wrong?" she grumbles sarcastically.
"I never much liked fish." Snorri trudges on beside Kit.