5-2 makes initiative yours... and it is a Refresh!
Rianna is in luck- two conversions of a 1 from her schticks mean that she gets dead on what was needed to kill her foe!
Dak, all acrobatic style, flips away from his fight and retrieves Kuylen's sabre!
Relle passes her Force roll, calls her sabre to her hand and attacks! She rolls well- way better than when she was shooting- and impales her foe in one.
Graf is fighting the guards from behind cover; you;ve dealt with enough of the melee there for him to be clear of those attacker.s He kills a target.
Up top, your Epireans deal with the newly arrived guards, with a bit of overkill there as Rah and Galder join in. Still at a disadvantage until I get yourr gun type there, Rah!
Azarl- breaking the viewing dome is a mighty task and would take some while. Still, when you look up there you see something; explosions in the sky. An air battle has commenced outside. I've held your action so you can go twice next turn.
Con switches fire to try and help Xavier and Gallador, very precisely picking off two mooks. J7 and Rura don't give a damn about those two and continue firing down on the guards beneath who have been blasting at you.
Rah gets a 5 success Grip on his target but he's a bit exposed there...
Time for Gallador's super-summon! Oh well, cometh the hour, cometh the decent roll; he rolls an impressive six natural successes and can get another with a Guidance spend. Not wroth re-rolling that, and also the task has become a tad easier since Graf blew out the sides of the things. Gallador has his sabre! And Xavier holds position, I believe.
Bad guys!
Down below, your argets split up. The staffman carries on at Dak, the disarmed Pikeman is picking up a weapon from a fallen colleague and the other Pikeman goes for Rianna. Dak only just gets hit, as does Rianna, but her foe rolled a total of 15 which activates Rianna's Riposte, which rolls so well as to kill the target immediately.
Two guards fire at each of you, a bonus one on Graf; a spattering of damage around. Graf is safe but his cover does not survive.
Xavier and Gallador come under fire, with 18 guards in position. 12 don't hit people in the way, which is six attacks on each of you. Gallador's luck reverses as they all score hits.
Nine guards are still firing up at Con, which is three on each of you there. All three get off lightly there... but now your melee foes have arrived, with only the crowd below slowing them enough so they do not attack you this turn.
The meleeists to the south begin their final trek upwards; they will arrive next turn. More are behind them. Rivas' forces have concentrated south; now fully 25 guards fire up at you. Your Epirean grunts are shot to pieces, the remnants of the crowd are cut down and the rest of you take two attacks each. Rand is hit and, with no sabre to ward off fire, loses his Grip.
The crowd is not heading south any more due to the zone of death; those at Lower South head east instead.
Rivas looks around him, smiles... and points Southwards. He and his men advance to the main fight.
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BATTLE OF THE TREGANNA THRONE, Start of turn 5
Upper Viewing Gallery North (3)
Guards x13 (G6)
Xavier (C7) 2(1A)/25 [DW FE SF] (5F) (in transit)
Gallador (LS9) 3/51 [OGu CL] (7F) (in transit)
Upper Viewing Gallery East (8)
Clear
Upper Viewing Gallery South (0)
Galder (C9) 2(1A)/5 [PA DW FB] [IM] (5F) (Heavy melee)
Azarl (C7) 1/4 [MA OGu CH] (8F) (action in hand)
Rah (G7) 1(1PR)/6 [ES GS 10K] (6F)
Rand (C4) 2(1A)/11 [FocGu DW RF] [OGu CL] (9F)
Trogan (C9) 2(1A)/10 [DW]
Fitra (C11) 1/18 [PA]
Loincloth (C9) 1(3ABH)/22 [IM]
Dually (C10) 3/8 [TW]
Upper Viewing Gallery West (2)
Con (G11) 1(1PR)/12 (ES EE CC] (7F) (Light Pistols)
J7 (G7) 1(1PR)/12 [EE ES] [DW MA]
Rura (G12) 1(1PR)/15 [10K ES MM] [MA DU FB]
Staffman D (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Pikeman P (C7): 6
Pikeman Q (C7): 3
Pikeman R (C7): 0
Pikeman S (C7): 0
Pikeman T (C7): 0
Pikeman X (C7): 0
Lower Viewing Gallery North (3)
Guards x5 (G6)
Lower Viewing Gallery East (6)
Clear
Lower Viewing Gallery South (6)
Guards x15 (G6)
Staffman B (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Pikeman F (C7): 0
Pikeman G (C7): 0
Pikeman H (C7): 0
Pikeman I (C7): 0
Pikeman J (C7): 0
(All melee below in transit)
Pikeman W (C7): 0
Staffman C (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Pikeman K (C7): 0
Pikeman L (C7): 0
Pikeman M (C7): 0
Pikeman N (C7): 0
Pikeman O (C7): 0
Pikeman V (C7): 0
Lower Viewing Gallery West (5)
Guards x4 (G6)
(All melee in transit to upper west)
Rand's sabre?
Floor Area North (Trophy Cases) (0)
Staffman A (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Pikeman E (C7): 6
Guards x9 (G6)
Relle (LS9) 3/24 [BB EE OGu] [ES DU] (Light Pistol)
Rianna (LS12) 3/33 [OGu PS RI] [ForGu CL] (6F)
Dak (LS11) 1(2A)/25 [BGu CL CH] [ForGu] (5F) (melee Staffman A)
Graf (G12) 1(1PR) [BB MM ES] [CQ 10K) (Cover behind cases)
Floor Area East (0)
Clear
Floor Area South (Petitioners) (5)
Guards x10 (G6)
Staffman E (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Staffman F (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Staffman G (C10 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Staffman H (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Staffman I (C10) 1(3C))/0 [PA DU]
Rivas (C12) 1(3C)/0 [PA FB DU]
Floor Area West (0)
Guards x5 (G6)
The Throne (0)
Clear
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No, you were not meant to let Rivas get between you and your weapons. Moving south when your sabres are north seems a tad queer.
Oh, Riposte, how I love that power...
Relle, you should probably take down Pikeman E this turn while I work on the regular guards - I have Cleave and you don't, so I'll be able to clear them quicker (with Graf's help of course).
Rianna shall swap Perfect Strike for Cleave, swiftly cutting down two of the Guards, and use a Force point on Ward.
Xavier split personality speaks up Why did they go south the fools. Time is important the Bureau could still be here
"Yes, but now is not the time," Xavier replies. Noticing Gallador now has the means to defend himself he continues to forward towards the trophy cases.
At some point whenever he gets close enough he would like to have a saber thrown his way from the trophy case trio. If they wouldn't mind.