"The cleaner is near the middle door. Still no visual on the Anacite" he tries to keep his allies informed
Skip scans the area for a target
"Hey, watch the fur Stabby!" Ace quips as he races after the robot.
"Gods -- I can't wait 'til I get better with this f~&!in' thing. Wait, isn't that cleaner an anacite too? I thought pretty much all f$%&in' robots on this planet were anacites. Beep boop shortwave an' all that."
Xevras is not about to charge into the next room alone. So he chants a brief incantation, hurling a couple bolts of force at the security guard before awkwardly squirming back out of sight.
Despite Ace's soundwaves smashing it's casing and Nik-a-Nik's tricky electrical blast, the anacite dustar fires it's polishing laser at it's previous target yet again. It then moves up to both Ace and Nik fearlessly.
Xevras opts for the most accurate attack possible in an effort to negate the guard's cover. His force attacks strike perfectly, bloodying the android's nose. In response to the magic, the android breaks and moves deeper into the production lab rather than returning fire.
Hearing the fighting in the nearby room, Xevras slithers his way over to the door, slides his upper body through it, and then whips the annoying cleaning bot.
"You wanna get up close an' personal, stabby?" Ace says as he plays more horrible notes on his guitar of a weapon.
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The android security guard moves to find more cover deeper in the production lab, but SK1P's targeting software perfectly anticipates his attempt. The massive artillery laser flashes down the hallway, burning a hole straight through the guard's thigh and drops him easily.
On the other side of the building, Xevras' whip cracks the anacite dustar nearly in half. What little remains of the small machine is swept away by the concentrated sound waves of Ace's instrument.
"Attention intruders!" comes a mechanical voice through the office intercom. "Reinforcements are coming. It would be best for you to surrender. Report to the reception area and leave your weapons in a pile. You will not be harmed."
Ace just scampers back up, getting in range of the only door that reinforcements could come through.
Nik-a-Nik moves forward, and begins to quickly strip the security guard of his equipment.
Xevras starts slithering his way towards the hanger. "Don't listen to it. We've just got to knock out that big anacite--probably the one that's speaking--and we're good."
Robyte will keep monitoring the security feed, Skip keeping overwatch for him
"Stand-off mode activated. You will go no further." The mechanical voice hisses in annoyance and the intercom clicks off.
Robyte will stay on cams and Skip on overwatch close to his terminal
Xevras growls. Nothing for it but to take the hit. He rushes into the room.
Xevras' knows what is coming, and yet, the anacite monitor's blade still comes seemingly out of nowhere. The anacite monitor's chameleon coating fades away, revealing the large robot's location at last. Despite finally seeing his foe, Xevras is unable to lash the massive guardian.
Ace scampers into place to shoot through the open door.
Ace lets a particularly brutal lick loose that scuffs the anacite's leg while Nik-a-Nik's electrical blast misses the massive security specialist.
The mantis-shaped anacite carefully adjusts it's position in an effort to reduce the fire it is taking from outside the room but remain close to the dracoform in front of it. When it tries to slash Xevras again, the bladed claw arm is momentarily entangled by a loose cord hanging from nearby equipment causing the attack to fail entirely.
Ace misses even the strings notes on the guitar.
Xevras takes a careful step back and attacks again with his taclash.
Seeing his companions are handeling the robot, Robyte keep son the controls, as Skip keeps protecting him
Struggling with his pick, Ace can't quite find the right angle to direct his sound waves. Xevras and Nik, on the other hand, both put a sizeable dent and scorch marks respectively on Monitor 77B.
The anacite responds with over-whelming fire from a series of projectors mounted in pods along it's face. With deadly accuracy it fires twice at Xevras and twice at Nik, striking both with multiple blasts.
Xevras sees the anacite charging and lashes out (literally), striking another blow on it. That's far from enough to down the anacite, though, and he roars in pain as it scorches deep through his armor into his scalese. He staggers slightly, shaking his head a bit to try to clear the darkness that's creeping into the corners of his vision. Recognizing they have to take this thing down now he takes another swing at the anacite.
Then he staggers back into cover.
Seeing Xevras struggle to get back to cover covered with serious laser burns, Hafipaer snaps into action and channels his mystical energies into the dragonkin's body. Healing energy flows forth.
Ace scampers in range and manages to hit the Anacite. His music still sounds atrocious though.
Although it takes quite a beating, the anacite guardian remains a deadly opponent. It has damage from multiple sources, including Ace's soul-screeching guitar and Xevras' lash. "One down, unknown number to go," it taunts.
Monitor 77B cautiously moves forward to ensure the current slate of targets is within optimal range before opening up with his laser pods. Once again, a heavy burst of fire issues forth across the lab. Both Nik and Ace are singed by the energy bolts.
Xevras rumbles a "Thanks" to Hafipaer, then takes a step back towards the door. He sticks his head and shoulders through and snaps his taclash at the anacite again.
Finally moving into range, the large drone levels it's heavy laser and fires off a shot
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"Pitiful" Ace grumbles
Anacite Monitor 77B receives fire from multiple angles and of multiple types. The drone's massive laser melts away some armor, but appears to be the anacite equivalent of a flesh wound. The same can be said of Ace's sonic blast. Nik-a-Nik, however, finally manages to catch 77B in just the right place. The robotic guardian turns and stares at the ysoki. "Keep away from that door!" it orders Nik moments before it's metal wings launch it at the rat man. It's bladed arms lash out at Nik-a-Nik, landing solidly across his abdomen.
"I'm not lettin' ya hurt my f$%#in' coworkers!"
Ace pings 77B with a sonic blast, which cause the insectoid articial being to turn and look at him. The distraction is just what Nik needed to finally put the guardian down, and his arc pistol lances electricity directly into it's body thanks to a chunk of armor Xevras managed to damage nearly a minute before. Monitor 77B collapses to the floor.
On the camera, Robyte can see a sizeable squad of EJ Corp breeching specialists assembling at the door.
Xevras growls a wordless agreement and starts jogging towards the hangar. While Hafi's spell handled the worst of his injuries, his brain still feels foggy from his close brush with unconsciousness... or worse.
The crew moves swiftly to the door Monitor 77B had tried to keep Nik-a-Nik from getting close to. Using the key card found in Eline Reisora's office unlocks it immediately. Beyond is a massive dock holding a brand new transport craft.
The Oliphaunt's fuselage seems to be based on a fast-trader class but bulky cargo pods mounted to the fore compartment break the smoother lines. If the drow was right, those cargo pods are magically enchanted to be larger on the inside than the outside. Oliphaunt is curiously devoid of registration numbers or markings of any sort, despite the fresh paint job on the rest of the hull.
Again, thanks to the key card, the crew easily powers the cargo hauler up and Robyte uses his backdoor computer access to release docking clamps and open the hanger door. The ship easily clears the Plate and Ace quickly drops the vessel into The Drift and plots a course to the meet location in the Diaspora.
Once able to explore the ship, the crew finds the null-space cargo bays to be exactly as described. They're cavernous from inside the ship, clearly able to hold a sufficiently larger quantity of cargo than a pod that size should. The ship also has a decent arcane laboratory built into it, presumably as part of the cargo bay installation and prototyping. There is also a full hologrpahic recreation suite, something that BD514 most certainly did not have. BD514 also lacked any weapon systems, this ship does not.
A few days later and the ship exits the Drift within sensor range of the coordinates for the drop. The comm lights up with an incoming transmission providing a landing trajectory to a concealed hanger on an nondescript asteroid.