USH'S MATRIX GAME: THIRD ASSIGNMENT- 'Eliminate'- COMBAT PATH

can I shoot agents in the window box?

Damn...suddenly that agent's not in a very good mood at me...Fox's Retreat for defense, Jump pf the Grasshopper with Hands Without Shadow on the agent with my banked action, then out the window with my main action.

But there aren't any Agents in the window box, Burn... (giggles)

Anyway, to answer your question as you intended it to be, no.

San, Agent 2 rolls -4, missing by miles!

You then jump up, Trinity style, for your kick... You roll +3 for 17. A hit! Agent two is thrown back, taking four damage and he is knocked Prone, smashing down an office wall in the process!

Agent performs: Rise

Almost the moment the Agent hits the floor, he gives a little kick with his feet and he springs back up immediately.

However, you have escaped him and immediately leap down to the window cleaning box.

Mors uses Natural Order to dodge Agent 1s gunshots.

Still waiting for Burn, Cloud, Mors, and for those in the box to act if they have any ideas.

"That will take you down four floors if you go all the way," says Dallas. "Smash back INTO the building once you are down."

If there was an agent in the window box, Burn, then I wouldn't have been trying to get down there!

There are two window boxes, correct?

Yup, which is good as you will not all fit in this one.

Okay, perfect. There's three of us in this box, and three of them still up there that can jump down to the other box. So...Ares, Barbarossa, and myself should start heading down while Burn, Mors, and Cloud all get down into the other box.

Abundant Leap or whatever into Box 2

They'll kill you first...

"Hurry, San!" Ares shouts up to her. "Just don't get hit and we'll be fine!"

(Could I take any shots of Agent 2 from here?)

Mors wants to use Natural Order against those shots, if ya don't mind, Ush.

If I can I'll jump out the window...into box 2. If I can't, well I'll need to have a little think about that...

Ok, I can allow that.

Heh, I already did that for him, Rex, as he asked before... does he have an action in mind? No shot possible from you, Ares, no.

uhh I dont quite know what the plan is Buuuuuuuuut I guess I'll Head Down...... "San how 'bout getting your butt in motion!"

Ok then... Barb;s box is descending as fast as it can...

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STATE OF PLAY AT: Fourth Round, second action

Main Office

Agent 1: ?/0/-2 (window side of office)
Agent 2: ?/0/-2 (window side of office)

Mors: 12/5/0 (window side of office)
Cloud: 15/8/-1 (window side of office)

Window Cleaning box (10th floor)

Barbarossa: 10/0/0
Ares: 8/6/0
San: 5/0/1

Window Cleaning box (11th floor)

Burn: 7/6/-2

CURRENTLY OWED ACTIONS: Mors (1), Cloud (1)

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Oh look! Targets for Agents! Well, this makes their life simple.

Agent 1 will engage Mors
Agent 2 will engage Cloud

Before they do, both Agents will walk step by step besiudes each other as they approach.

2: These are not who we were expecting
1: It makes no difference. We shall proceed.
2: Eliminate them

(Hence the name of this assignment. Heck, you didn't think it was you guys DOING the eliminating, did you?)

Agent 1 performs: Pose- Faster, Quicker

Agent 2 runs straight into the attack, kicking at Cloud. Agent one sets his glasses straight first, and comes in to jab at Mors again...

I'm just going to check what defenses I can do I don't want to be in trouble

Roughly how much damage would I be looking at?

Oh and I've got last action as well...

If damage is between 5 and 8 I'll SHIELDED IN LIFE, otherwise I'll use LEARNED TUTOR'S BLOCK.
For my banked action I'll WHIRLWIND BLADE ASSAULT on Agent 2.
For my main action I'll jump out of the window.
If that's not OK or I'll endanger myself even more I'll sort it out in the morning.

You cannot chose to use Shielded in advance. You would use that if you did not take a Defensive Action and get hit.

By the time you are in a position to ump out (e.g. this action, as last action the window as 'in use'😉, you would be in combat and that would be fleeing.

I'll do your attack, though. Agent 2 will dodge. You roll evens for a 17- a Hit! The blade cuts lightly across the hand of the Agent... causing only a graze. He smiles...

And THEN he does his Kick. So, will it be the Tutor's Block, or wait and see and Shield if hit?

"Ares, Get down there, Get through the window, Clear out the Floor, Shoot any coppers on site, I don't want any more! If you can, Block the stairwell so they can run down."

I say...that we keep going down.

Cloud and Mors -- get out of there as soon as you can...before those agents get pissed...