Aramesh looks at his mostly mired friends and repeats his interpretive dance from before, using bodily movements to throw the beast off...
Elena shakes off the paralysis as she brings her needler to bear, firing a trick shot at the creature.
You manage to get him flatfooted, but even flatfooted and get em, you still can't hit him. He attacks bokoloff again
All heroes are up
Finally freed from the paralysis, Barat moves up to the monster and lashes out with a tentacle.
Elena tries another trick shot that comes up short.
Aramesh shrugs, tries his Get Em' again and just takes a shot at the beast..
He puts a nice gouge in the ceiling...
Squidboy finally manages to land a shot, while everyone else misses. LNA has the curse of the operative, you can trick attack or you can hit, but you can't do both.
The thing will try to attack squidboy
That thing: 12 damage
Squidboy: 19 damage
Bokoloff: 29 damage
All heroes are up
Barat Oza takes the hit on the armor, grunting as they shrug off the blow. Then without having any adjacent allies they need to protect, Barat decides to go all out as it attacks the big alien.
"Keep the hits coming! We've got this!"
Aramesh will once again try to aid his fellows.
Squidboy hits it hard.
and it see Bokoloffs move coming though it is still hurt.
Botting LNA dice trick attack and can't trick it but can definitely land a shot
It attacks back and misses squiboy
All heroes are up
That thing: 44 damage
Squidboy: 19 damage
Bokoloff: 29 damage
"It's almost down! Hit it again!"
Aramesh keeps up his cheering section
Barat Oza pulls all the entropic energy that they have gathered so far and puts all it into one mighty, powerhouse blow. And the ground shakes as the tentacle slams into the alien's head.
The three of you kill the thing, just then Royce's crunies swoop down to try to pick up the package to steal it from you, you see the chopper about ready to leave.
All heroes are up
"Well, that's rude. Smart. But rude."
Aramesh steps forward and takes a shot at the one holding the goods.
Not ready to let someone else grab their score, Barat Oza draws up a little more entropic energy to boost their speed.
Aramesh takes one down as he hits it. vs KAC
and trick attack damage, but he's dead.
They land on the ground finally and draw weapons.
Round 2 vs Royce's team, all heroes are up
Aramesh steps to get a little closer and tries to throw a grenade into the group...
Barat Oza charges forward. "That's our haul, folks!"
Elena moves closer as she fires another trick shot at the most wounded foe.
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Bokoloff moves to where some of them are within reach of his junksword, then tries to trip them up with magic.
Casting grease on the obvious spot, DC 16 Reflex to resist.
You manage to take out all the ones on the ground, Royce flies away the chopper but crashes it, as he can't tell where he is going, as the chopper is damage is starts to fall to the ground, seconds later, a loud bang happens and an explosion killing the other two pirates in the chopper. Royce jumps out in time and does a roll. He takes cover inside a metal crate and lives.
Barat looks around at the rest of their team. "Doesn't look like anyone's hurt."
The merc's eyes go wide when Bokoloff shrinks the crate. "That's handy. Who wants to hold onto it?"
Elena quickly gathers up the crate and stores it in her chassis. "Good to go."
After Royce's escape, "That man has much luck. I feel we'll be seeing him again."
Barat looks Bokoloff up and down. "I do not see any blood. Shake it off. You'll be fine," Barat says dismissively.
The sound of combat almost drowns out the crackle of the comm unit and the sound of Arda’s voice. “What in tarnation’s goin’ on down there? Whatever ya done, it’s alerted every damn body on the train, and...” She trails off. “I can’t get in there with the other chopper down there, even if the bulls weren’t all riled up to shoot me down. ‘Specially not with y’all so close to the—”The comm goes silent with a blast of static.
The grav-train rushes on through darkness broken by the regular flickering of lights mounted on the tunnel walls. The sound of whistling wind overhead is replaced by an ominous silence as the train barrels down the tunnel at top speed, its frictionless runners barely making enough sound to echo off the cavernous walls as they fly by.Suddenly, your comm units crackle to life, and after a moment of static, you recognize Arda’s voice. “Come in! Are ya alive in there? Did ya make it?”
You acknowledge her
Damn! I was sure y’all were gonna cash in back there. That’s on me for doubting ya, I guess. Listen, I reckon ya ain’t got long before that train pulls into Steepshore, and that oughta be more than enough time for Ixo to throw together one helluva welcome wagon. If ya could handle that last hullabaloo, though, I suppose ya could still wriggle outta this.“So listen up. I know a spot about a mile outside the station where I can set down and wait for ya; I’ll send ya the coordinates. Ya make it out there alive, and we might still pull this thing off. It ain’t gonna be easy, but I’ll do what I can. Ya still in the cargo car? Tell me what yer thinkin’, and I’ll check the manifest and see if any o’ them crates has anything useful inside.
Options: there are three
Get out of Dodge: Vehicle Chase
Guns A Blazing: Fight a couple of waves of enemies. Some of you can enter a giant robot, all of you can enter this guy, not all of you will be able to use his function. You do not need to be in the robot to fight.
Be Cool: You try to disguise, bluff, hide, blend it or go around security. You pose as normal people that didn't cause it.
Vote on an option
Barat Oza flexes one tentacled arm. "If we have to fight our way out, I think we can take them. Just get behind me."
Aramesh looks at Barat and sighs, "Well, I did think we could talk our way out but am unsure now... We could at least try it and fall back on violence."
"Let us at least attempt subterfuge first!" Elena agrees with Aramesh.
"We cannot try subterfuge and use the giant robot at the same time, so there is a downside. Do you want to make Bokoloff cry by depriving him if the chance to pilot a giant robot?"
2 votes for giant robot, 2 votes for blend in. Next person roll a 1d2. 1=robot, 2=blend in.
"We seem to be at an impasse. Only one way to solve this then."
Barat Oza pulls out a lucky coin that they keep in their pocket, a souvenir from their military service.
They let out a heavy sigh. "I hope you have a good plan to get an armored merc and an uplifted bear out of here without drawing attention."
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Bokoloff lets out a sigh that sounds more like a growl.
"We're getting that coin checked out later. And who even carries coins nowadays?
"Anyway, I can make myself hard for scanners to see, but that's only going to do so much."
"Well. We shall give it a try and if it fails we make a run for the mech! Just try to look like uninvolved partygoers. You can be my security."
“Hmm. Sounds risky. Might be the only way outta this, though.”Arda pauses thoughtfully. “Okay then. Ya definitely don’t wanna be in that car when the train reaches the station. Bulls got the cars on both sides of ya locked down. But if ya can get on the roof, ya could crawl down to the entry hatch and sneak back into the lounge. Y’all do stand out a bit in a crowd, though, and I reckon everybody’ll remember ya were the ones jawin’ with Lancaster right before his datapad went missin’. Lemme see if I can help ya find any cargo what could help with that.
You are suggested to check out container at area F, which contains a stash of five aluminum briefcases that each have a holoskin, a set of reconfigurable clothing (Armory 129), and a thick dossier on an employee of Ulrikka Clanholdings (potentially worth 500 credits to the right buyer). Tucked into one of the briefcases is a mk 1 null-space chamber that resembles a fancy wristwatch. You all can use these items to Disguise themselves and secure the artifact before accessing the roof through the open bay doors in the ceiling.
Barat Oza says, "I have no reason to cheat. I wanted to see the big robot in action. And the coin is a service medallion. Commanders give them out to recognize actions that don't warrant an official accommodation. I carry that one because its lucky."
Barat sighs. "If we get caught its going to be in the middle of the casino floor surrounded by security personnel. They're not going to give us time to run back here and to get suited up in the mech. At that point we'll just have to push through and hope we make it out alive."
Barat Oza does the best they can trying to disguise themselves with the holoskin and clothing, using it to make themselves look like a vesk bodyguard (as Vesk is a language that Barat picked up in the service).
Elena does her best to disguise her appearance, making use of her voice modulator. She is able to easily clamber up to the open bay doors, and she hacks into the crane controls to swing it over and assist her teammates.
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Getting to the top of the train is not a problem, especially with the crane. Cramming himself into clothing designed for less bulky people is more of a challenge. Rather than make major alterations, he uses the holoskin to change his fur pattern to look like and ancient Golarion panda. Everyone loves pandas.
Aramesh looks at himself in the mirror. Obviously not happy with the results. He SHOULD look like an upscale rich bastard but something just isn't right...
"Well, probably too late now to change plans. Do we go for it or..."
Squidboy has some trouble, but with LNAs help, not only does he make it up there, but you all do. You are now on the roof and must move across carefully and quietly. You are almost there and past the guards.
Heavily armored and slow, Barat Oza stomps their way over the train's roof.