STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Liberator

"What did he say?" Farl asks, rather seriously.

"Just that he was upset, but refused to tell me why," Wentar replies. "Eventually he asked I leave him alone and I left it at that."

"Okay," Farl says, returning to his pasta. "I was just curious. How do you like your pasta?"

Wentar... you are not the most observant Jedi that ever lived, but one success on an Observation check allows you to notice something glinting at you out the window from the complex directly across from the Senator's suite...

Is Wentar sensing any immediate danger from the glinting?

Now that you recognize it as a scope, as one would find on a blaster rifle, very much so.

"Senator, get down!" Wentar exclaims, grabbing Farl by the arm and dragging him behind the nearest form of cover.

That would be the very sturdy banquet table.

A steady flow of carefully aimed shots start coming in through the window as you tackle Senator Farl from his chair and move under the table. The shots burst and fizzle against the Senator's overturned chair and then move toward your position. A bolt neatly grazes the Senator's arm and he yelps in pain, taking 7 damage.

Whoever this shooter is, he is accurate! And bypassing your cover.

Eagle Eye...

"We need to get out of here," Wentar declares, activating his lightsaber.

Is making a break for the nearest door feasible?

"Go stop him!" Senator Farl shouts at you as bolts keep forming neatly melted holes in the large window. "Now's your chance to end this!"

You hear Walder and Nartholen running toward the dining room.

"Not until I get you to safety!" Wentar shouts back. "When I move, make a run for the door."

Wentar will step out from behind the cover, hopefully drawing the gunners fire, giving Farl a chance to make it to the door.

With Wentar now defending him (assuming Focused Guard and Bodyguard), Senator Farl has a higher defense and goes for the door as the bolts are deflected away from him. His shooter rolls terribly. However, the Senatorial guards are pounding on the door.

"It's locked!" Senator Farl shouts.

Damnit! Do the guards have any form of lock picking skills? Could they shoot the lock?

Shooting the lock in Star Wars seems to make doors inaccessible, if you recall Luke and Han's antics on the Death Star. You are also unsure if they are skilled enough to open the door by picking the lock.

There should be blast shields to cover the windows here, yeah?

"Get to a security terminal and close the blast shields on the dining room windows!" Wentar shouts.

There should be, yes. But they are supposed to move into place automatically if the system is triggered.

Another glitch in the security it seems.

I assume the sniper has a clear shot no matter where we are in this room...

Would Wentar be able to leap across to the other side to confront our attacker?

The distance is extreme, but if you made extra effort in your leap it is possible that you could get to him...

And yes, clear shots all around.

There are no controls for the blast shields in here is there?

The security system appears to not be working again, and if you were working on it, you wouldn't be protecting the Senator.

But one of the guards could... Or perhaps Emso? Is he skilled enough to do something with the security?