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"Those coms units... they are just burners. " he mentions.
"I used this in a plot device for a short story I was working on.." he mentions. "But look. They are linked... and here... there is one more unit still in that mesh but not in the pile. I think if we can track it down, we might find out who was planning this."
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Tanila cocks her head and then speaks.
"I may be jumping to conclusions, but the events do speak of a false flag operation. We can reasonably say the assassins were not Kuthites. The longsword is Iomadae's holy symbol, so we could say that the man with the tattoo could be a current or former Knight of Golarion. There were likely many fanatical Knights who would have killed the chancellor for 'Consorting with evil'.
Tanila will take a photo of the dead man's face, tattoo and a tissue sample that could be used for DNA analysis.
"With these, if we talk to someone of sufficient rank in the Knights of Golarion, they should be able to identify him if he was a part of the Knights of Golarion."
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Shadebringer Nevis confirms these are not Kuthites. I can only conclude that they are trying to frame my faith but I have no idea why or who they are
military organization with close ties to the Pact Worlds, the church of Iomedae, and the descendants of lost Golarion
The sniper’s weapon was equipped with a holy fusion—an unlikely accessory for a follower of Zon-Kuthon.
One of the delegates also tells you that they saw the High Chancellor's assistant, Vestralis Horatore, excuse himself just before the attack. Looking around, you notice that he has not returned.
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Certainly you ......
The Steward is interrupted by your comm units receiving an emergency message from Celita. Her voice sounds relieved even through the static of the commlink.
Excellent, you aren’t dead. Noname chanced upon an encrypted series of transmissions from the cathedral just before the attack. Once the attack occurred, she used the station’s net to triangulate the transmissions’ locations. Whoever was issuing orders for the attack was at the train station nearest the Cathedral. There’s a train leaving that station in 5 minutes heading to the spaceport. Hurry there and try to spot them. We’ve alerted the authorities, but they’ll never move fast enough. Go!
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So you go quickly and reach the train station. The train has just arrived at the station when you get there. The station is full of civilians which makes the area difficult terrain
Make perception checks please. This is Round 1
Initiatives (for when you spot them):
You can also use a standard action to move the crowd out of your way with a successful Bluff, Diplomacy or Intimidate check to produce a 30ft clear line for one round.
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Please don't give up. I want to give you a good punch in the face.
Verrek says it jokingly and not loudly. In the end, now there will be ordinary violence and he is ready for it every day.
How interesting life is! To be convicted of terrorism, to spend so many years behind bars, and now to participate in a counter-terrorist operation - on the very first task from the Society.
Some such thoughts are spinning in Verrek's head when he spins his whip on the move and casts a spell, creating illusory doubles .
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Not happening Starfinders Vestralis replies as he takes a shot down at the cleared line at the nearest Starfinder. His two accomplices gather behind him and do the same. The crowd do a lot of running and screaming as combat breaks out.
Looks like they're concentrating fire on Verrek at the moment
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An image gets popped
Verrek now stands alone
Everyone is up.
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Cavaler, moves up with Shokil and Twich. Once he reaches the skirmish line created by his two teammates he takes a hand off his rocket rifle and draws another spell gem from a pouch on the web gear strapped to his armor.
Inside the gem mystical energy swirls and sparks. Cavaler, concentrates and drains the energy from the gem. A light blue disk of pure force energy appears in front of him. He reaches out his hand, seizes it, cocks it behind his head and flings it at Vetralis and his minions.
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The crowd is providing cover and making the area difficult terrain. At the rate they're moving, it should take to disperse.
Fortunately for Twich, there's no civilians in the blast radius.
Shokil hits Vestralis (-21)
Cavalier hits Green (Vestralis) and Blue (-10, -4)
Vecro changes his resistances
Tanila's spell misses
((Green: -69 Blue: -42 Red: -38))
Verrek is still to go.
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Shokil joins the general exodus toward the train. Fighting against the press of people the short halfling doesn't really have time for a shot.
Wading through the knee deep swamp Sgt. Smith cursed. The heat was bad. The mosquitos were worse. The sticking mud though, that was the worst. He hated to think of the amount of time he would be spending cleaning his guns at the end of the day. He took another slow, sucking step forward, his eyes on his equally quagmired quarry. It was going to be a long day.
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Cavaler, pushes his way through the crowd. Seeing that, Vestralis might make his escape he draws his flash grenade off the web gear strapped to his armor. Putting every ounce of strength that he has into throwing it at the treacherous Knight of Golarian, he lets out a yell as he flings it over the crowd of bystanders in front of him.
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It is also possible to enter the tramcars through the escape hatches on the roof, or forcing doors or windows open although, you are fairly sure the tram car doors will open at the beginning of the next round, before the villain's next actions. Forcing those entry points will require successful Athletics, Computers or Engineering check.
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There is a bright flash of light as the grenade goes off followed by screams of terror as nearby civilians get blinded. And this close to the train, it's a possibility that a blinded civilian can misstep and fall in the gap between the train and the platform.
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It looks like Vestralis is blinded as well.
Tanila and Twich still to go.
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((Green: -81 Blue: -42 Red: -38))
Round 3. The tram doors open. Blue and Green grab their blinded boss and all three enter the tram along with a crowd of civilians, some of which are also blinded. They do not fire at you this round.
Everyone is up. Vecro can take an AOO if he has one. Please declare on who.