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They talked about redeeming my sins with actions... Well, I didn't think it would be so literal. Fate is a very ironic b&*%@. Verrek makes his way with the squad through this carnage, constantly looking around. The shadows of the past rise before him, the shadows of his own mistakes. He has never been tormented by conscience in the past, and he is not tormented now... And yet, something in the eyes of the terrified settlers touches his hardened heart.
The military is always damn cynical. The sniper does not surprise Verrek, nor does the civilians bait. But he really wants to kick someone's ass, or rather just kill someone. Dwarf activates his jetpack and slowly flies forward and upward, pulling out his formidable weapon - the storm doshko.
When shots are fired from the new snipers, Verrek just grunts. And then the artillery will cover us all and these shooters will find out that they were also bait... It's as old as the world.
He could vaguely make out that J'Shun was giving orders, but he wasn't sure what he meant by "left" now. Left for Verrek, for J'Shun, or for whom? Although it doesn't matter. He wouldn't be here if he obeyed the rules and orders.
Verrek turns around, looks up, and suddenly, in the blink of an eye, he is next to the sniper. Surprise.
The doshko in his hands is shaking with magical energy. Without uttering any more unnecessary words, the dwarf unleashes a blow charged with magical energy and his personal anger on the sniper.
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Roqueforts uncanny agility was harder for the sniper to overcome than some may have realised.
Trick Attack (SM) Take 10 = CR13 Tricked.
Attack vs FF EAC
Damage F + Bleed 10 points.
Uncanny Agility (Ex)
You are immune to the flat-footed condition, and your opponent doesn’t gain any bonuses to attack rolls against you from flanking you or attacking you when you’re prone. Furthermore, covering fire and harrying fire don’t provide any advantage against you.
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Verrek moves up and then teleports to the side of the sniper, much to the latter's surprise. When Verrek deals a near-fatal blow, sniper just curses and drop his rifle.
Roquefort returns fire with his laser gun, and deals a nasty bleeding wound to the sniper on the monument.
The sniper next to Verrek seems to panic a bit, but ultimately grabs his knife and fights back
The remaining snipers remain steadfast in shooting the same target, with the light of red laser pointers sweeping through the streets.
The snipers seem to be rattled a bit by the heavy resistance, and hit armor if they hit anything at all.
---(Round 2)---
SAJKFSOCSHDLOABIF!
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Will
Roquefort
Gil-Oloth
Rani
Verrek
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Sniper - White (85 + 10 Bleed) [Roquefort]
Sniper - Red (83) [Admiral]
Sniper - Orange [Rani]
Sniper - Cyan [Gil-Oloth]
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Will takes another shot at the rooftop sniper, and manages to take him out well before J'Shun ever has the chance to land his blow.
---(Round 2)---
SAJKFSOCSHDLOABIF!
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Will
Roquefort
Gil-Oloth
Rani
Verrek
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Sniper - White (85 + 10 Bleed) [Roquefort]
Sniper - Red (DOWN)
Sniper - Orange [Rani]
Sniper - Cyan [Gil-Oloth]
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The Admiral moves onto the next target, while Rani and Roquefort steamroller the sniper on top on the monument. Two more shots, and the sniper plummets down into the basin below.
---(Round 2)---
SAJKFSOCSHDLOABIF!
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Will
Roquefort
Gil-Oloth
Rani
Verrek
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Sniper - White (DOWN)
Sniper - Red (DOWN)
Sniper - Orange [Rani]
Sniper - Cyan [Gil-Oloth]
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Well, isn't this group going to give these snipers a taste of their own medicine? Verrek picks up the sniper rifle, messes around a bit trying to get the bullets in, but then lines up a shot with enemy, scoring a decent enough hit.
---(Round 2)---
SAJKFSOCSHDLOABIF!
---(Round 3)---
Will
Roquefort
Gil-Oloth
Rani
Verrek
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Sniper - White (DOWN)
Sniper - Red (DOWN)
Sniper - Orange (9) [Rani]
Sniper - Cyan [Gil-Oloth]
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Gil-Oloth lashes out to the sniper, and scores a hit from up close, way too close for the sniper's comfort. He gets up from his nest, dropping the sniper rifle and stepping away () while drawing his laser gun. He turns around to return fire to the elf, while the other sniper shoot from the back.
---(Round 3)---
SAJKFSOCSHDLOABIF!
---(Round 4)---
Will
Roquefort
Gil-Oloth
Rani
Verrek
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Sniper - White (DOWN)
Sniper - Red (DOWN)
Sniper - Orange (24) [Rani]
Sniper - Cyan [Gil-Oloth]
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Gil-Oloth's couch vines slash the hitman. Will tries to smoke out the moving sniper, hitting the gunner, while J'Shun moves in closer. Rani point the sniper and with a Bang! Fwizzz! a sniper bullet embeds itself into its target, and the hitman goes down.
One more sniper, now bleeding badly, tries to take out Gil-Oloth from afar, scoring a hit on the couch potato.
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Gil-Oloth action refund
SAJKFSOCSHDLOABIF!
---(Round 4)---
Will
Roquefort
Gil-Oloth
Rani
Verrek
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Sniper - White (DOWN)
Sniper - Red (DOWN)
Sniper - Orange (DOWN)
Sniper - Cyan (39 + 10 Bleed)[Gil-Oloth]
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What can a single sniper do against a trained force of Starfinders? Not much, apparently, and the last sniper meets a fiery, bloody death at the hands of Will and Roquefort.
The snipers had some special equipment, among which a gray force field and a mk 2 electrostatic field.
With the threat gone, the civilians can be rescued. Among them is Dunchell Munthus, the half-elven owner of the general store. “They told us you were killed by rock bears!” he shouts as he sees Ongie, looking ready to cry. Where is Roget? Ongie simply asks in response, to which the answer He was publicly imprisoned in the town hall weeks ago thoroughly worries Ongie.
Only about half of prisoners are ever released. The rest are never seen again... Ongie squeaks.
There are cries for help emerging from the sanctuary, which lies in ruins. Braerton’s town hall has sustained minimal damage; its glass windows are broken, the doors are smashed, and the walls are marked with bullets, but the structure is largely intact. The hospital looksrelatively whole, though its doors and first floor windows have been barricaded shut from the outside.
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Rani scurries down from the top of the fountain, carrying the sniper rifle. Might hang on to this for now she says.
When it is revealed Roget had been imprisoned in the town hall, Rani immediately heads there to see if he is still in there and see if there are any other prisoners that need releasing.
Will moves to the Sanctuary, and the cries for help seem to comes from below the rubble, which has a group of civilians trapped under it
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Rani picks up the sniper rifle without any objection from the dead sniper, and moves over to the town hall. The building houses several rooms, including government offices, the archives, a meeting hall, and the jail. It looks like there has been some looking some on, and it sound like there's somebody in the archive.
Will works to heave some blocks of concrete away, and frees the civilians trapped underneath. One of them roquefort recognises as the town's cleric, Nikeela Phuvo, who looks absolutely shellshocked Dead, they've killed so many... neighbors, friends, parishioners. It was brutal, they just came here and started... Nikeela recounts, most of his words barely comprehensible over sobs, And look at this building. Gone! One of those tanks walking on two legs showed up, and just fired a missile at it!
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Will nods grimly.
"It seems they are intent on deleting the entire colony from existence. We are here to stop them. Please, help those that you can, and seek shelter. I can't promise that anywhere is safe, but I swear to you that we will do our best to save those that we can."
After giving a bit of a pep-talk, he then moves to check on the hospital, mindful of the civilians' need for medical supplies.
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J'Shun installs the force field on his armor.
"Be on the alert; looks like the enemy has deployed mecha."
"We will advance on the town hall. Silvermist you take point, flush out any potential ambushes and then I'll lead the rest of the team in a flanking maneuver to take them out. Kommandos move out!"
The town hall is still mostly intact, but there are clear sign of looting and destruction. The building houses several rooms, including government offices, the archives, a meeting hall, and the jail. It looks like there has been some looting some on, and it sound like there's somebody in the archives.
When the group enter the archives, the person turn out to be a female gnome. Rescuers! Ah! she exclaims I'm so happy to see you. You see, I'm trying to retrieve as much data as possible to use as evidence against these evil mongers! It's all under control, I have managed these archives on a daily basis after all.
The gnome is eager to react to Rani, saying Yes, you go to the jail first, I only need a few more minu... when Roquefort, quick as always to distrust a Braetonian, connects to the computer system and figures out this woman is purging data, not saving it. Gil-Oloth quickly manages to righten that situation, stop the delete command and downloads the data instead.
Roqueport pulls his...
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The location of the jail is found at the back of an office with broken nametag 'Sheriff R...', with the rest of the name removed. The jail is sad and sorry sight, with the prisoners in the three cells dead by laser shot wounds. Ongie lets out a slight squeak, mixing relief with sadness as she finds familiar faces, but not her father.
There's a hatch behind the sheriff's desk, leading to an underground
room, where signs of life are apparent. Ivrael Ongie says when a male human emerges as the first of a larger group of civilians. Ongie speaks with a slightly bitter tone, indicating that this person too would be a Monger. Before Roquefort can act, the human says Don't shoot! There's citizens here! When I figured out the Mongers were going to destroy the town... horrible! What could I do? I never wanted any of this... the human pleads for his life. Ongie, your father is alive... they transfered him to the mines two weeks ago!
The only remaining parts of the town hall are the thoroughly looted meeting hall, and the office of mayor Aliorno, with the body of the mayor inside, one of the first victims of the Order's purge.
There are a few items that were overlooked by the Order: an ultrathin dueling sword, an impact breaching gun, an LFD sonic pistol, an inferno flame pistol, and three frag grenades III.
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Rani does what she can in the way of first aid. As far is she is concerned , a living Monger may be persuaded to give information.
The two Mongers are then restrained with some ... intricate ropework.
Ehu sir. We're at the town hall with a couple of surrendered prisoners. Is someone able to collect them please and thank you?
She also picks up the sonic pistol just in case her other weapons are corroding inside from their ... unfortunate dunking. ((IRL: I've killed at least two cellphones doing that))
The radio is still live with crackling sounds, explosions and order following eachother in rapid succession Orange Team; a drop pod of medical supplies is coming through orbit; it’ll be on your south in five Ehu can heard saying, then Landing Pad secured. Yellow Team, proceed with initial evacuation of citizens
Ongie looks at Rani looking for a solution It's easier if they can walk on their own. We need to get them to the landing pad for evacuation once a corridor is secure. I think we should first rescue everyone here, she adds, pointing to the hospital.
The hospital looks relatively whole, though its doors and first floor windows have been barricaded shut from the outside. Civilians trapped inside the building bang on the front doors and call for help.
The barrier is easily removed, and a group of citizens emerges, mostly unharmed. These are the (mostly) healthy people in the hospital, with minor injuries at most. It rapidly becomes clear that the hospital is still fully staffed, with nurses and doctor refusing to leave the side of the more serious cases.
We simply can't leave our patients to perish like this a familiar face, chief surgeon Ellemie-2 says.
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"Well they wont be walking with us to the hospital, and walking with a train of non-combatants is probably not sensible either. Tell you what, these citizens can watch the bound Mongers 'til we get back" after checking that it has shotgun shells in it and is racked and ready, Roquefort hands the most disgruntled-looking prior captive the breaching gun, as he hands it over he stares in the eyes of the person receiving it, unblinking, expression cold as ice - as though conveying a message.
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Engineering
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"We can't stay here either - we're going to get these people off this planet and back to the Lorespire. Package your casualties, we're on the move"
Medicine
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Yeah. That makes sense Ongie. Your father is in the mine. We'll see if we can get there after the hospital.
Alright Roquefort. We'll do that. They should be comfortable enough until we can deal with them
She looks it over. Aye sir she says to J'Shun.
After removing the barrier, she agrees with the Chief Surgeon. She goes hunting for transport and comes back ... with a school bus.
A few gear grinds later, she discovers it is not as easy to drive as a starship - or a junk racer.
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Mechanical arms sprouts from Gil-Oloth's couch and help removing the barrier.
With her medicine knowledge, she helps stabilizing patiens to make sure they will be moved without endangering them.
Lets make sure that everyone get back safely to the ships.
Turning to Ongie, she says If you need reassuring, I can call the Stars to see if your father is still alive.