I'm going to have to pull out of running Ellor as I'm not really doing him or Nichos any justice at the moment, and it's not fair to either of them. He's still available for NPC use, but I need to focus my time and energy a bit more.
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I'm here, just trying to deal with a inconsistent work schedule.
Seeing that the others are content to simply fire away at the skiff, Ellor backs up enough to give them room to do so while staying close to the enemy skiff.
Ellor continues to hound the other driver, staying right on his tail, and even bumping right up along side to disrupt his opponent's stability a bit.
Ellor takes over the controls, keeping on the heels of the enemy skiffs, clearly enjoying himself and his current role.
Ellor relaxes internally as the situation is clarified. "I am agreeable to that. Thank you for the further details; it is much easier to carry a job when one knows precisely what one is facing."
"I would imagine the schematics of the palace of a major crime lord are not easily obtained under the best of conditions, which these are most certainly not. Still, we can keep our eyes open for any alternate entrances that may be hidden in the general area."
"I suspect at this point, their numbers are reduced enough that infiltration would be tricky at best, suicidal at worst. I suggest we disrupt any activity around, into, and along the perimeter of the castle, keeping them off balance and making them think they face a much larger force, while identifying weak spots we can enter when the main assault begins to hit them from behind. When fighting with a guerilla sized force, it's best to stick to tactics that best suit that force. Direct assault will be necessary for ultimate victory, but it can only succeed if preceded by feints, distracting subterfuge, and the general sowing of chaos amongst the enemy. I don't suppose anyone picked up some high explosives at the armory? That would make the breaching part much easier when the time came for it."
Ellor should be ready to go. Venkru, we already got the hp for this level and the next.
Ellor, not finding the hostility overly helpful, addresses the rodian quietly, "It's less about what I would want, and more about what is called for in this situation if I do not desire to see it get worse. Right now, it is still possible to cause some havoc before they can fully set their defenses. The more people who go to help do this, the better, but even just the four of us can improve the chances of tomorrow's larger assault." With that, he simply turns his bike to the droideka and the the other half of his team on the other bike, "Come on, we've talked long enough. Time has come to prove our words or prove our worth by dying in the attempt," before heading off toward the palace.
"Taking the entire palace probably isn't possible, but getting an advance team or two in that can prevent them from digging in might make a world of difference when the main force hits tomorrow." Ellor comments thoughtfully on his ally's idea.
Watching the explosion, Ellor can't help but ponder how desperate the defenders of the palace will be. When Yeebo shows up and explains the next stage of the plan, he can't help but wonder if he may have signed on for the wrong side. Still, without more evidence that the high loss of men came from bad command decisions rather than poor personal decisions on the part of those who died, he wasn't particularly in a position to voice his concerns out loud, despite his grave concerns about assaulting the palace. Even with the droids they "rescued," it wasn't going to be pretty, and it would be necessary to have a plan B ready just in case. Waiting to see if any of the others have any questions, and whatever answers they might get, Ellor waits for a chance to fix the droideka up properly. Catching Jarl's look, it relieves him that he may not be the only one to see the potential stupidity of this plan.
"Works for me."
"Shouldn't we warn the others?'
Ellor will take the rear again, covering their tail.
Ellor will sneak up and try to disable the lock so that the party can enter the room.
"If it's locked by anything other than a computer, I'm not going to be of much use. As bad as it could get very quickly, I suspect our best bet is to bust the door down, and hope they aren't standing right over the bomb. I don't think anyone here is particularly good at non electronic locks."
Ellor moves back to the group. "They're setting up a bomb to make this place go boom, and are about to move out. Time to break up the party, methinks."
"Something's certainly off here. I just pray we aren't walking into a trap, and it's that the attack caught them unawares."
"Stay back here. I hear some voices, but can't quite here what they are saying." Ellor speaks quietly and will try to move forward stealthily to make out the conversation.
"You lead. I'll cover our backs either way."
Ellor will wait for the others, and go last, keeping an eye behind him for anyone trying to catch them from the rear.
"Sounds good to me. The droid to cover our back while we strike the leadership. Just watch out for their bodyguards; trapped rats have a tendency to bite hard."
Ellor watches the alley as the others focus on the door, making sure that no one is coming on their rear.
"Looks like its the end of the road for the free ride. Unless any of you folks fancy an old fashioned shoot out being on the wrong side of the defenses, I say we keep going on foot."
Ellor will start to circle his bike around the flank of the main action, getting a good sense of the surrounding area, and making sure enemy reinforcements are intercepted.
"I say take the fight to the offices. Put some pressures on the higher ups to save their own skin." Ellor speaks as he slings his rifle on his shoulder, and hops onto the driver's seat of one of the speeders. "Hmm, not the best I've ever seen, but beggars can't be choosers."
Ellor tries to take advantage of his enemy's surprise.
Ellor grabs a tool kit from the armory, and quickly goes to work to get the droideka functional enough to move, setting the programming to passively following (to avoid friendly fire) for the time being, leaving the full reprogramming to be done later by the experts. That done, he is ready to go to the garage, and see what further toys he can find there to play with.
Ellor will start with the droideka and maintenance droid, looking them over as he activates them.
Ellor continues to shoot at his opponents from the cover of the doorway, focusing on the guard so that he can't activate any more droids.
Ellor will edge up to the corner of the door and shoot at the neaest target from behind it's cover to give the melee types a clearer path.
Ellor continues to watch the rear of the party, rifle ready to deal with anyone trying to come help from the garage.
He never said he was a very good medic.
Ellor lets the combat experts take care of the sentry guns, his rifle aimed at the original entrance to cover their rear.
Ellor searches the dead guard for a key or override of some kind to open the door before trying one last time.
Looking at the dead man, Ellor comments quietly, "Should have fled while he had the chance."
Ellor gets to work on the door to the armory, trusting that the others can take out the outmatched guard.
"Not much left in either location, but if we move quickly, we can still secure some of the goodies you're looking for. Where do you want to head first?"
"If it wasn't, I wouldn't be here. Even if this attack by itself is not worth much, the long term goals it supports are."
"Battle does seem to cull the unfit, doesn't it. Shame to lose the good ones, as well, but at least they died for something they felt was worth fighting for. Sometimes that is all one can ask for in this harsh world." Ellor speaks quietly as he continues to go through the databanks of the computer.
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