Hoss moves in and plans to drop both of them. (I'm not used to the SR4 system so I don't know how "easy" this is to do... feel free to adjust based on the system). I'll step out and fire one shot at each and if they're still up, another shot at each... rinse... repeat.
Hoss- Initative= 15 2d6+10=15
You burst into action and get to the doorway. You fire just about the same time Enoch does (intiative 14)
Spoiler for Hoss
Didn't know if you're going to make this public... so I put it in a spoiler
Hoss fires at the first (simple action): 13d6.hits(5)=> [3,5,6,6,2,2,4,3,6,6,6,5,1] = (7) - (+2 for smartgun and -2 for 2 targets cancel)
Fires second shot at second opponent (simple action):
12d6.hits(5) =>[4,2,5,6,3,5,2,3,3,2,5,1] = (4) (one less die for recoil)
Draw and fire on X1 7d6.hits(5)=5 <forgot die for laser sight but figured there is prob a neg die in there for something> and take second shot 1 die laser sight -1die recoil (7d6.hits(5)=3) <first combat as well you can let me know if I get off two shots or not> if I can move to get out of Hoss's way
You are shorter than Hoss, so no worries about being in the way
Hoss suddenly appears behind Enoch, and both of them fire a couple of rounds into the apartment. There is a sudden stammer of automatic weapon fire, but Enoch and Hoss seem fine. Things are then quiet.
You hear Miguel mutter
"holy fuuuuck.."
spoiler for enoch and Hoss
Move into room assessing for threats. I'll check the first ganger kicking away the weapon and ensuring he is not a threat I assume Hoss does the same with the second. Call Rick & Graul into the apt, ensuring they grab the super, to scan for other threats. Once I am sure there is no immediate danger calm down Miguel and offer to have Rick rough him up a bit so it looks like we forced him - if he wants. Begin a professional search of the apartment. I ask Rick to question Miguel about the last fire fight in the apartment.
Graul, seeing that the immediate threat at least is over for the moment, mosees on over to the doorway to take a look. As he does so he makes sure to give Miguel a "Don't even Think of going anywhere, meat" kinda look.
Seeing the effiecnt carnage his companions were able to deal out in seconds, he once again admires the skill and whistles in appreciation.
He is also keeping an eye on the passage-way behind him (His back is against the wall opposite the doorway)
The first ganger is dead. The second appears to be alive, but terribly injured and bleeding to death on the faux hardwood floor.
Enoch, you get to your feet and move into the apartment, gun out scanning for danger. To your left is the kitchen, which is dirty but clear. From there you move into the small living room. You give the living room a quick scan and see a naked black woman hiding on the ground by the breakfast bar that looks into the kitchen. She appears to be unarmed. Near the stained couch in the living room you see her clothing scattered on the floor, along with the a couple of shirts that look like they belonged to the two Lycans.
She sees you right away and sobs, "Don't hurt me, please, don't hurt me."
Graul urges the super forward with his shotgun and Miguel comes into the apartment. Graul has his gun aimed to his back, but Graul remains in the hall with his back to the opposite wall. The super is still holding his own gun at his side. Rico stays in the hall to keep an eye on things for the moment. Hoss is also in the apartment.
Miguel looks at the carnage and mutters something in spanish.
Spoiler, Graul and Rick
He has a big revolver in his hand, which he starts to raise up.
"What the hell is going on out here?"
Hoss and Enoch- you suddenly hear a voice from out in the hallway
"What the hell is going on out here?" it asks. It's not Rick or Graul.
I turn to the woman in a comforting tone of voice " Don't worry we wont hurt you. They had a choice, and made the wrong one." pointing to the downed men. "Now who are you and, while it is obvious what you were doing here, do you know this person?" showing her the picture of Billy. Trusting the others to watch my back.
She looks at Enoch and slowly stands up. She doesn't seem too uncomfortable with her nakedness. She looks like she's probably in her early twenties. She does seem a little shaken up by the shootout.
"My name's Jordana. I'm an escort. These were my clients and they still owe me money, which will be hard for them pay since they're dead now."
She looks at the picture and shrugs.
"He looks kind of familiar. Hey wait a minute, I've seen him in some sims. Sometimes my clients make me watch them with them. But I don't know him."
Okay hun just put your clothes on and have a seat. We'll be through here shortly and you can be on your way. - proceed to search the apartment looking for personal papers - possible hiding spots for data chips etc. <is there a window looking out toward where our van would be?>
The far wall of the living room has two big windows and a door that leads out onto the balcony. You can just see the van down in the lot. It looks like those kids are busy trying to slash the tires. One of them is spray painting on it.
You just catch a glimpse of several more Lycan gang members jogging to the front door.
Let the others know about the company coming. Ask Miguel about another way out - where are the fire exits? Any luck on the search? <Perception> 7d6.hits(5)=4 if appropriate
You haven't found much in the place, and I imagine you're looking pretty quickly at this point. The goons each have a PDA.
Miguel says, "There's stairs at both ends of the hall. They each have a fire exit on the 1st floor. I suggest you guys be on your way."
Grab the PDA's & weapons <note I have not given back the mag key>. "Given the situation I suggest we head out. and look at what we've got. but I am open to other ideas."
Jordanna looks at you, as she hurriedly attempts to strap on her bra.
"Are you guys gonna pay me for the wages I've lost? They owe me 500 nuyen. Hey there's blood spatters on my pants. I just bought these."
I laugh "you take a job in this neighborhood and you didn't the get nuyen up front? - hun find another line of work you'll be a corpse inside a week at this rate"
"Well f#~!. What a f!@&ing day."
Out in the hallway you hear the voice shouting
"You don't look like friends of Billy's. What r you doing here?"
spoiler for Graul and Rick
As Enoch grabs the other stuff, Hoss goes over to the door to the balcony, opens it up enough to get his arm out and see through, then I will aim at one of the punks at the van, use my mag vision to make it short rang and fire a single shot at one of them.
15d6.hits(5) => [6,5,4,5,5,6,5,4,2,1,1,5,2,6,4] = (8)
My goal is to scare the rest off. If they open fire, I move back in the room quickly.. .if they look around a bit confused, unsure what to do, I'll do the same on another.
Here is the info for the second shot if you need it.
Graul says calmly to the man, not moving his shotgun at all but ready to at a moments notice "No, we're not friends of Billy's, but we're not enemies either. We were hired to find him and make sure he's ok. Those two Lycan punks who were hanging out in Billy's apartment made the mistake of messing with us. I suggest you don't do the same. But if you know Billy and can help us make sure he's ok, we'll make it worth your while."
Keep in mind that the punks messing with the van are just kids. The oldest is probably about 16. I'll assume you go for that one, as he's busy carving up the rear tire. You catch him in the leg, and he collapses to the ground. The others run, splitting up and heading in all directions.
As Enoch grabs the other stuff, Hoss goes over to the door to the balcony, opens it up enough to get his arm out and see through, then I will aim at one of the punks at the van, use my mag vision to make it short rang and fire a single shot at one of them.
15d6.hits(5) => [6,5,4,5,5,6,5,4,2,1,1,5,2,6,4] = (8)
My goal is to scare the rest off. If they open fire, I move back in the room quickly.. .if they look around a bit confused, unsure what to do, I'll do the same on another.
** spoiler omitted **
He glares at you, and ducks back into his apartment. The door slams shut.
Graul says calmly to the man, not moving his shotgun at all but ready to at a moments notice "No, we're not friends of Billy's, but we're not enemies either. We were hired to find him and make sure he's ok. Those two Lycan punks who were hanging out in Billy's apartment made the mistake of messing with us. I suggest you don't do the same. But if you know Billy and can help us make sure he's ok, we'll make it worth your while."
Graul shrugs, generally immune to the opinions of others about his appearance by now. No one could dislike his being a Troll more than he does after all. He comms his teammates "There's a nosy neighbor type down the hall here who may have some info about Billy. I heard a couple shots, what's up?"
To Graul and Rick - "Hoss, is handling the car alarm, but we have more company coming. Might be a good idea to retreat for now and come back later, will be tough to get anything here if the place is completely trashed in a fire fight. I suggest we use one of the fire escapes. I have these two PDAs we might get some info out of but is beyond my area of expertise."
There's not really a fire escape, but at each end of the hall is a stairwell that has a firedoor on the first floor. Of course jumping from a second story balcony wouldn't be too bad either (maybe).
"I'm too old to jump. Lets head to a fire door. The punks around the van have scattered but the van's not driveable right now. "
<Correct me if I'm wrong>
"I'll cover the rear if any come up behind us. Lets move"
You all hurry down the hall toward the stairwell. Enoch and Graul are leading the way, with Rick and Hoss coming behind. Enoch as you reach the door to the stairwell you hear voices and clattering coming from in the stairwell.
What do you want to do with Miguel?
PHD
Bump
What is the lay out of the hall? How wide, next closest door? Do the sounds seem to be still a floor or two down or on the landing of this floor?
I try to whip up a little map tomorrow, but basically the building is a shoebox. The hallway runs down the length of the box from one end to the other. It cuts right through the centre, so that there are apartments on either side of the hall. At each end of the building the hallway stops at a stairwell. In the centre of the building is the broken elevator. The voices sound like they are on about the second floor landing and quickly working their way up the stairs.
i check the ruger and make sure it is chambered and ready to rock, look at enoch and arch my eyebrows...
*lonestar hand signal* ~whats the play?~
Which end do they seem to be coming up? (Or both?)
They are certainly coming up the stairwell that you folks were about to go down. Whether there are more coming up the other stairwell, you aren't sure.
Miguel hurries back down the hall the other way (as per Rick's directions).
By the numbers I saw coming into the building and the sound I hear coming up the stairwell does it sound like a lot or a few of them in this stairwell? is there a fire extinguisher near by?
There's a red case mounted on the wall at F11. When you passed it, you noticed the glass was cracked and covered with spray paint, as a result you didn't get a good luck as to whether there was actually an extinguisher inside or not.
It sounds like 3-6 guys coming up.
hmmm....were there fire escapes from the apartments?
"We'd better get back in the apartment. I don't plan to get caught in a cross fire out here if there are more coming up the back way"
Hoss starts to move down the hall back towards the apartment. His manhunter is out and aimed at the far stairwell. He won't immediately go into the apartment but will take up a firing position on the other stairwell and listen for others coming that way.
No
hmmm....were there fire escapes from the apartments?
Miguel is hurrying back down the hall towards the far stairwell.
"Guys if there's just a few of them I think I got this covered" Graul says. As he nears the stairwell door and prepares to cast a Stunball
Graul moves forward and opens the door to the stairwell. His big bulk takes up the entire doorway, blocking your views beyond. Graul starts to chant, and his body pulses with arcane power.
Spoiler for Graul
"It's the f!~&ing trog. Kill it!"
He raises a machine pistol to fire at you. However, he's a tiny bit surprised and you were ready for them, so you can get your spell off.
Hoss hurries back down the hallway towards Billy's apartment. Suddnenly the doors to the stairwell at that end of the building also open, and three lycans surge into the hallway. The one in front has a shotgun, and the other two have pistols. Miguel hurls himself up against the wall, and they see Hoss up ahead.
Initiatives:
Rick 2d6 11=18
Hoss 2d6 10=18
Gang boss (in hall) 1d6 8=13
Graul 1d6 7=11
Gangers In Hall 1d6 5=11
Gangers in Stairwell 1d6 5=11
Enoch 1d6 8=10
The gang members that just came into the hall at the other end don't appear on the map because the map isn't big enough to make it to the far end of the hall. It only goes about halfway down. Hoss is heading in their direction.
Rick and Hoss are up first (though Rick is quicker, whoever posts first of the two can act first).
Enoch will have to hold off until others act, though he can post his intended actions and rolls.
Graul you can fire that stunball when ready.
Quickly check if there is a fire extinguisher. if there is grab it. depending on the numbers I'll either use it in the hall or stairwell to obscure vision of one of the groups. If no extinguisher go back to the stairwell and lay down cover fire to prevent that route being cut off. If need be we can always go up.