4-5 gives initiative to them. Hmm. 10 guards split fire at Con, Xavier and Gallador; Gallador is safe behind his tap, as Xavier's tap mostly protects him. They roll well on Con though!
Rianna alone gets hit at Floor North, which I am sure will annoy her.
Now it gets ugly up at the west, as more turn up to surround you. The melee guys tear into you, and STILL the army of guards fires away. A few petitioners die to the south as the large group there fire indiscriminately, and more die in the crowded lower south, but that's still enough for two attacks on each of you and three on Rura and J7. The rolls go well for those two, at least; much the fire at them misses and Rura holds for now. Damage spatters amongst the rest of you, and it is too much for Fitra and Loincloth who, despite being able to take more damage than his fellows, is felled by a gunshot.
Your moves.
Edana rolls well indeed- the case has moved over to the far west and is now in range for you guys to force pull it!
Galder- who actually did two more damage last turn than I originally put, sees the chance for a massive blow. He doesn't quite roll the cataclysm he wishes but he still hits for ten and knocks his foe down (he also stuns him, but that's irrelevant with a knockdown).
Rand, seeing his tactic is working, goes for a Fling on his other opponent. Despite his higher defence, Rand gets the same result, hitting the staffman for ten damage and sending him rolling down the stairs!
Azarl sees the Force Attack idea is going well and gets a hit of his own for nine; the room has been shot to pieces and there is enough debris around for all sorts.
Rah is blasting away at one of his targets with two turns' worth. Last turn he fires like crazy, hitting M for 9 damage and then, with the benefit of his 10K bolts, hitting him again foir seven. This time he unloads into him with a 10K tap, and all that is left at the end is M's blaster-marked body rolling down the stairs, clothes aflame.
Xavier heads down as Gallador takes down another guard. Relle retrieves his sabre before it floats away. Rianna can only kill one guard; there aren't two close enough. Dak has the same problem as he heads north. Con finally makes it ton the cases, just in time to see his sabre floating away. Well, at least he still has firepower remaining; he takes down three guards, though that still leaves three up there and suddenly Gallador- now defenceless- feels very abandoned by Xavier
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BATTLE OF THE TREGANNA THRONE, Start of turn 8
Upper Viewing Gallery North (0)
Guards x3 (G6)
Gallador (LS9) 1/51 [OGu CL] (5F)
Upper Viewing Gallery East (8)
Edna (LS9) 3/0 [OGu] (9F)
Upper Viewing Gallery South (1)
Clear
Upper Viewing Gallery West (0)
J7 (G7) 1(1PR)/35 [EE ES] [DW MA]
Rura (G12) 1(1PR)/35 [CF ES MM] [MA DU FB]
Galder (C9) 2(1A)/34 [PA DW FB] [DU IM] (5F) (Heavy melee) (melee Staff D, Pike K)
Azarl (C5) 1/39 [PS OGu CH] (7F) (melee Pike L)
Rah (G10) 1(1PR)/36 [ES GS 10K] (6F) (melee Pike M) (Light pistol)
Rand (C4) 2(1A)/34 [FocGu DW RF] [OGu CL] (7F)
Trogan (C8) 2(1A)/44 [DW] (melee Pike S, N)
Dually (C9) 3/23 [TW] (melee Pike W)
Staffman D (C10) 1(3C))/19 [PA DU] (Knockdown)
Pikeman Q (C7): 3
Pikeman S (C7): 11
Pikeman T (C7): 7
Pikeman X (C7): 7
Pikeman W (C7): 12
Pikeman K (C7): 0
Pikeman L (C7): 9
Pikeman N (C7): 0
Pikeman O (C7): 0
Pikeman V (C7): 0
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
Lower Viewing Gallery North (1)
Xavier (C9) 2(1A)/44 [DW MA BGu] [FE SF] (5F)
Dak (LS11) 1(2A)/340 [BGu CL CH] [ForGu] (4F)
Guards x2 (G6)
Lower Viewing Gallery East (6)
Clear
Lower Viewing Gallery South (6)
Guards x11 (G6)
Lower Viewing Gallery West (2)
Pikeman R (C7): 10
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]
Staffman C (C10) 1(3C))/10 [PA DU] (Knockdown)
Rand's sabre!
Floor Area North (Trophy Cases) (0)
Guards x1 (G6)
Relle (LS9) 3/28 [RI EE OGu] [ES DU BB]
Rianna (LS12) 3/42 [OGu PS CL] [ForGu RI] (4F)
Con (G11) 1(1PR)/40 (ES EE CC] (7F) (Light Pistol)
Graf (G12) 1(1PR)/20 [BB GS ES] [CQ 10K)
Floor Area East (0)
Clear
Floor Area South (Petitioners) (1)
Guards x10 (G6)
Floor Area West (0)
Guards x5 (G6)
The Throne (0)
Clear
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Edna- you sense extreme danger in your current location.
Rand- there it is! Your sabre at last!
Con, shoot the guards by Gallador. Gallador, get down with Xavier, Con, and Dak, now.
I want that group to join Relle, Rianna, and Graf ASAP so we can move west and start clearing that area.
Rianna's going to take down the remaining guard in her location, tapping Cleave.
(may as well, since there's no more guards here to kill, and the defense will be useful against any guards from other areas that shoot at us)