"Against the Savages," an Only War Adventure (Inactive)

Game Master CrusaderWolf

@Adahlia, Jankins, & Cormaeg: you've already taken your actions for this turn, so I'll wait until Turn Three to apply those. Black still has to go this turn.

just need to see what my options are. Action coming soon

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Axel takes a quick aim at the Ork charging towards Adhalia, then pulls the trigger

BS+Aim 38+10: 1d100 ⇒ 36
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

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Fair enough I wasn't sure if I was getting ahead, but didn't want to hold stuff up, if I wasn't

TURN 4

Locke technically goes first but since he and his opponent are currently out of sight I'll do the rest of the actions so far.

Alfred's shot catches the xeno in the chest, but once again the creature seemingly shrugs off the wound without trouble. Another shot from Jankins strikes nearly the same spot and this time it stumbles, but still it comes. Adahlia's knuckles are white from her grip on the lasgun and she rushed her shot--three bolts fly wide of the relentlessly closing creature.

When Sgt. MacCammon revs up that chainsword, though, that gets the creature's attention. The sergeant steps forward and makes his challenge, and the xeno howls in delight. Skidding a few feet on the plascrete as it abruptly changes direction the ugly green xeno rushes the sergeant, heavy blade raised overhead!

Charge! WS vs 54: 1d100 ⇒ 20 4 DoS Damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 Pen2

Going to wait to do the other ork's turn until after Locke has had a chance to act. Axel Black still has his action for Turn 4.

The elderly sergeant meets the Ork's attack head on, quickly lifting his chain sword to parry or at least deflect the ugly weapon coming for his head.
Parry +10/Balanced blade: 1d100 ⇒ 43

Grunting, he catches the attack just barely, his knees nearly giving out under the onslaught.

BS+Aim-Shooting into Melee 28: 1d100 ⇒ 84

Axel tries to aid his commander, as he sees him almost buckle under the attack, but not getting a clear view, his shot goes way off target

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Locke dodges the attack and rolls away far enough to engulf him with the exterminator attachment, pouring a short burst of flames in between the trucks towards the xenos. While doing this he warns his squad New Xenos type contact on my position.

Dodge 43 vs 1d100 ⇒ 35
Fire Exterminator 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 E, Pen 2, Flame, Spray

Just a note, if you're not using the Withdraw action (which would prevent you from using the flamer) you'll provoke an AoE. You okay with that?

As Cormaeg has already started round 5 (I think?) here comes mine as well!
Fighting down the guardsmen urge to jump up and rush at the Sergeants side with a bayonet on his lasgun, he instead takes careful aim at the Ork swinging at Cormaeg while continuing his squabble with the medic which helps him focusing.
"Oh, I am sorry to have to tell you this Adhalia, but he seems to favor men!"
Overloaded Aim, Single, Close range, Comrade, into Melee 46+10+10+10+5-20=61: 1d100 ⇒ 45
The careful aim payes off and he is able to hit the beast in between his wild swings square on the chest without hitting the Sgt.
sunburn: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10E, Pen:2

I didn't clarify i suppose, i have acrobatics, guess i combined it with the dodge? to achieve what I was going for. The skill has a special use, disengage for half action with +0 AG test, but since it was my dodge that i made the action in, maybe it works maybe it doesnt. Firing is only a half action. I pictured dodge being able to dodge up to your AG bonus in meters, as in AOE attacks, so I just envisioned my dodge from his attack being a few meters, which would be point blank range for my weapon. Didn't really think I was "engaged" in melee with him because i wasn't attacking with melee...Kind of like he came at me, i sidestep (or "all out dodge") just seemed like I would have room to maneuver and fire..I/you can roll another AG test, but let me know what you think about my thoughts above and how you'd play it out. Something I have to consider in the games I GM and would like a second opinion. Either way I want to attack, so resolve as you like. Hopefully the flame attack is shooting away from me and won't catch me on fire too? 10m range.

Rolling in with some thoughts and some rule-clubbing:
The original rule about beeing engaged in melee states:
"If an attacking character is adjacent to his target, both the character and his target are considered to be engaged in melee."
So I guess if anyone is attacking you in melee you are considered being in melee, regardless if you were able to dodge or not.
With the acrobatic special use you can indeed get out of combat as a half action and you may take a half move (so your agi-bonus in m) away from the target as in Disengage-action.
So in my opinion, you would do another agi-test to disengage then grill the enemy.
Note, that you only ever can dodge flame attacks if you can get out of the range with a half move (=agi-bonus in m). So if you bath someone nearly point blank with a flamer, he most likely CAN NOT dodge the flamer at all as he would not be able to escape the flamer range.
Take our flamer with 10m range, so if you stand in the middle, you would have to move at least 5m to escape the flame, which would require an agi score of >=50, which no one here (including the ork) has...

I'm going to rule that the Dodge reaction and Acrobatics special action are separate things using separate skills and thus need a separate test. So one more AG test from Locke for the Withdrawal and we're good.

Also I think the Sergeant is still on Round 5, the Parry is a Reaction in response to the melee attack. I'll save Jankins' latest action until Black has gone & everyone's on the same page.

So do still need to take an action after my missed shot? :P

Put this guy in a tank! =^^=

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Sorry about that, I was a little lost where we were to be honest.

Gritting his teeth, Sergeant MacCammon digs deep for some more strength, then he surges back to his full height.
As he does, he lashes out at the Ork, making sure that his attack is well aimed and still leaving no obvious openings for a counter attack.

Aim, Guarded action
Attack: 1d100 ⇒ 37
Damage (Tearing): 2d10 + 5 ⇒ (5, 4) + 5 = 14
well, that was by the skin of the teeth wasn't it, not too impressive damage though, only 10 wounds

You know what, just realized that's illegal, since guarded action is a modifier in the same way as aim. So since that is impossible to do, let's count it as a miss and a learning experience for me?

Black's last missed shot was at the very end of Turn 3, now he gets another chance at the very end of Turn 4. Sgt. MacCammon's missed attack will be included in Turn 5

AG 43 vs 1d100 ⇒ 63

Shoot Nearest +10 aim 48: 1d100 ⇒ 35

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Having decided he is not cut out to try and shoot xenos already in combat he aims down his site to a more ope target

Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

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@Black: There are only two orks left; the one in melee with MacCammon & the one fighting with Locke (who isn't visible to you. So that attack into melee would miss, but not badly enough to hit your sergeant

Locke shuffled backwards, ducking his shoulder as the xeno's heavy blade swipes past. Trying to put some distance between them he stumbles, and the greenskin takes another clumsy swipe WS vs 37: 1d100 ⇒ 82 that the Storm Trooper nimbly dodges. Leveling his rifle, he flips on the burner of his underslung flamer and sprays a sheet of blazing promethium over the vile creature.

Dodge vs 10: 1d100 ⇒ 31 With a shriek the creature is set ablaze, thrashing about as the burning chemicals dig into its skin.

50% chance truck canvass also catches fire (Even): 1d10 ⇒ 8 Unfortunately the spray of fire also nibbles at the dark grey canvass that "shell" of the truck the Ork is standing next to...

TURN 5

Sorry, forgot to note this yesterday, my bad

Panting a little, cormaeg grits his teeth, straighten his back and lashes out, the teeth of the chainsword whirling and reflecting the light.
At the same time he does his best to only present his side to the Ork, trying to narrow his profile to remain as small a target as possible.

"We are the hammer of the emperor Xeno, and you will fall!"

Guarded attack: 1d100 ⇒ 17
Damage: 2d10 + 5 ⇒ (1, 10) + 5 = 16 2 Pen
15 Wounds dmg, Righteous fury to right arm: 1d5 ⇒ 3

Locke rolls away from the creature, out of melee range, but still at point blank distance, firing again at the flaming xenos. That's what you get for trying to sneak up on a StormTrooper! he yells aloud, whether more to himself or at the creature, its hard to tell.

AG test to disengage (43) vs 1d100 ⇒ 16

BS 44 + 30 point blank (73) vs 1d100 ⇒ 57

1d10 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 Pen 7

Movano moves into to assist her sergeant. Trying to keep the orks attention divided.
I assume that we have bayonet's fixed already?
Guarded Attack 28-10(guarded)+10(gang up)
Attack: 1d100 ⇒ 18 dmg: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Somehow scoring a lucky blow amid the chaos of battle.

With a victorious cry, Cormaeg's chainsword chews through the arm of the vile xeno confronting him. The saw-blades tear deep into the green flesh of its arm, and with a pained shriek the creature drops its heavy machete. Toughness vs : 1d100 ⇒ 82 Adahlia and Jankins swiftly rush to their sergeant's defense, bayonets plunging deep and the greenskin is buried under a flurry of razor-edged stabs.

Ork is currently Prone, with 2 levels of Fatigue, and suffering Blood Loss. Given that the other is on Fire & has a lousy Agility score, let's just move into "mopping up" mode. Don't forget that Jankins' flame-blast set the canvas tarp on the truck alight!

Thought that was Locke's flame that set the trucks' tarp on fire...speaking of which, we're in mop up mode, but should I be concerned with it? Is it flammable and spreading or just small and insignifcant? You mentioned it, so probably something, just not sure if I need to be running or I got time for some roleplay with the body...He had something on him and didn't think I could see him, very peculiar, but I might not have time to do much..or I can drag it away...?

My bad, yes it was Locke who flamed the ork. He's technically still writhing on the ground, I assumed you would stab him a few times as part of the mop-up. The body is burning pretty heavily, but if you wanted to use your bayonet to stab a limb & drag him that way you can. The canvas cover for the truck bed is also on fire, currently the flame is small but promethium is notorious spreading quickly and all the other trucks have canvas covers too...

Wasting no time, Cormaeg hurries over to the truck.
Using the spinning teeth of his sword, he proceeds to cut the tethers holding the tarp in place on the truck.
"Come on you lot, help me get this off before the fire spreads!"

Adahlia moves in to aid cutting the tarp loose, once its cut free and on the ground shouldn't be hard to stamp out.

"Locke, Jankins, how about you keep an eye out for more Orks, don't want to be surprised while we're firefighting." Adahlia glances to MacCammon to check she's not overstepping her bounds.

Locke drags the Ork out and away from the trucks, still alive, but burning. Get me some of that tarp to put this fire out, this one is special... Afterwards he updates his squad on what happened. This one speaks Gothic and was covered in something that it thought made him invisible. It's probably burned off by now, but this clever little f+~$er thought he had me, much to his suprise, StormTroopers aren't your average soldier. he says smiling at the xenos and giving him a little kick, not wanting the relief from being caught on fire to be too brief. He was clever enough to set a trap, he might have some useful intel if he lives long enough....Tough little bastards as we've seen....Or you can just end it, up to you Srg.

Anyone feeling up to a Forbidden Lore [Xenos] test?

Forbidden Lore is a specialist skill right? So not possible to do untrained. Does anyone have it?

However, I'll roll for Common lore imperial guard to see if there is a standard procedure with xenos.
something tells me it's shot to kill and take no prisoners.

Common Lore Imperial guard (Int 31): 1d100 ⇒ 31
Well, if there is any bonuses...

Protocol for the Astra Militarum is many things, but on Xenos lifeforms it is unequivocal: such entities are by their very nature heretical, and are to be purged on sight. Captured xenos that are taken alive are to be immediately rendered to the Commissariat followed by a thorough screening for "heretical contamination," though you're not exactly sure what that means...

"Better kill it quick, we try to turn that in, we will have to be screened for "Heretical contamination", and there is no telling if we'd even survive it."

Cormaeg taps his bayonet meaningfully and nods at Locke.

Roger that Srg, don't need no commisar up our asses. Locke says disappointedly, and finishes off the xenos with his own bayonet.

Once cut free of the truck, the burning canvass tarp is consumed upon the hard plascrete ground a safe distance from the other trucks. As Locke executes the blackened & feebly twitching Ork the squad slowly realizes that the sounds of battle have largely faded--the chatter of autocannons and heavy bolters can still be heard, but infrequently, and the snap-crack of lasfire is almost entirely absent.

"This could be good or bad news, hopefully it means we have the xenos beat.
Either way, let's double time it to our objective.
Lock, resume point, Morvano and Black, you're on me.
Jankins, cover the rear, move soldiers!"

Thanks for the hitting. Doing a little better.
"Ahh, lovely. I love the smell of burned Xeno in the air! Zora, double time reloading Bertha! Now!"
Using a moment to reload the launcher together with Zora before following the squad.

The jog to Flak-Tower Seven is uneventful, though as you pass the cross-streets of the depot you can see flatbed vehicles and servitor crews moving this way and that, and you pass two manned autocannon nests atop the wall, and soon the tower is sight.

Thin tendrils of smoke are rising from fire-ports in the tower's flanks, and three of the Hydra Turret's four barrels are bent and twisted under the ruined bulk of some bizzare-looking xeno vehicle, bristling with a nonsensical array of thrusters and propellers, and the unmoving form of one of the xenos can be seen in what might charitably be called the cockpit.

At the tower's base your attention is drawn to half a dozen soldiers in standard-issue flak armor--what little exposed skin you can see is covered in a complex lattice of scars on men and women alike. They bear long, curved combat machetes in baldrics slung across their backs, and several lascarbines are leaned in a neat row against the tower's ferrocrete wall. The soldiers are dragging several Ork corpses towards a pile of burnt and mangled greenskins stacked against the depot wall. Opposite the street from the xeno dead are four body-bags--four more martyrs

Common Lore [Imperial Guard] if anyone wants to try to recognize the troopers' regiment

As you jog into view, the scarred soldiers see you coming, and one of the women goes to the flak-towers door--bent and nearly wrenched from its frame, you notice--and after a moment, another soldier appears. He's as scarred as the others, bears a lieutenants stripes on his armor and has a laspistol strapped to his thigh. As he wears no helmet, you can see that his right eye is cloudy, with a curved scar marring what were probably once handsome features. His expression neutral, he watches the group of you approach.

Cormaeg jogs up to the Lieutenant and smartly comes to attention with a crisp salute.
"Sargent MacCammon of the 304th Teutonian Crusaders reporting to reinforce Flak tower seven as ordered by Lieutenant Bremen, sir!"

"We were momentarily delayed by a small number of xenos in the truck depot, all xenos were taken out, sir."

Common lore Imperial guard: 1d100 ⇒ 7

Axel stays a bit bqck. Letting them finish their talk. Waiting for their next orders

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The officer nods in acknowledgement to Sgt. MacCammon. Turning his head slightly towards the woman at his side he says, "Get Harl on the vox, tell 'em to send a crew over to the truckyard."

Walking towards the squad, he reaches up to pat his left breast pocket, frowning to find it empty. With a small shrug, he surveys he group of you. "Lt. Garven Shalbut of the 44th Brontian Longknives. Welcome to our little corner of the war. From the looks of your armor, you lot didn't get left out of the xenos' little welcome party, good for you. On the other hand, vox chatter says you lot broke our wall."

"A stray shot clipped the wings of our lander, we crashed and ended up smashing into said wall Sir.
As we exited the lander we were attacked and forced to defend our improvised LZ.
The remaining landers were forced to break off and come around for a second attempt sir."

Lt. Shalbut lets out of a sigh. "Could be worse, I guess. At least our reinforcements have arrived. My unit has the flak tower well in hand, Sergeant, let's get your little group back to your lander. I'd like to have a word with your CO. Berk! Collis! Grab your rifles, you're with me! Rest of you hold here until I get back." With that, the lieutenant sets off back the way you came, striding with purpose.

The other two troopers--both relatively short, with close-cropped dark hair and less elaborate scarring--fall in. One of them leans over and whispers, "El-Tee might not say so to grunts, but we're all glad you lot are here. It'll be nice to have a few more fighting hands around. I'm Berk, by the way."

Cormaeg turns to the others in his squad.
"You heard the Lieutenant, back to the lander we go, Same formation as before.
Lets go!"

As Berk whispers to him, Cormaeg pauses for a moment, long enough to indicate the others.
"Troopers Jankins, Morvano, Krestra, Iseeya and Black, Strormtrooper Locke.
We'll lend you a hand fighting the emperors enemies."

After that he motions for the squad to resume following the LT.

"Hahaha, you just managed to get us a hiking session, Searge? Again? At least this planet is quite nice for a walk. Maybe we find a nice lake for swimming some time soon? With lots of hot nurses, eh? Wouldn't that be nice?"

"Lest you forget Jankins, you need to be wounded to get to the attention of the nurses.
But I am sure trooper Morvano would be more than pleased to help you out.
Morvano? When we get proper billeting, would you use that suture gun you have and see to that gaping hole Trooper Jankins has in his face?"

"Hahaar, SIR you found your humour down your pouches, eh? But yeah, Movano would do that for sure! But I for sure never got problems with getting the attentions of the nurses, hehehe.
Anyway, Collins it was? Hows the war going down here? What are you up against?"