STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- The White Tower of Halloy

My post from the other thread...

You approach the crowd. The screaming is coming from the crowd's center, where a young lady is trying to fight off the troopers arresting her.

"I haven't done anything wrong!" she shouts.

"Get on the ground and put your hands behind your back," one of the troopers says. There are three of them, their blasters drawn and ready.

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They were not guarding the door specifically. Just the area near it.

The troopers are threatening to open fire if she does not comply, Denzral.

"Oh for heaven's sake. Excuse me..." He pushes through the crowd so he is within reach of the centre of the group. Will Denzral be able to get in the way in time to deflect if they fire? Or sense before they fire? Otherwise I'll walk into the fray, and come to the womans aid. "What is the problem here officers, what has this young lady done?"

If neither, I'll walk straight in. Can I scan her?

You need Bodyguard to be able to deflect blasterfire for someone else. Still, interposing yourself between her and the troopers does the trick. They were not expecting that.

"Stand aside," the first one orders, but the second stays him. You notice a low hum and a light flash across their slitted visors.

"We've got another one," the second says. All three put their guns on you.

"Lady, you'd better tell me what you did, right now. I'd love to know what I just walked into?" Denzral said. Crap Soapy still has my lightsabre. Can I signal him to do the thing R2 did? Shoot the lightsabre at me?

"I didn't do anything!" she cries.

Definitely, Denzral. Do you want to do that?

Denzral gives Soapy the signal to fire his lightsabre to him. Do I need to spend a Force Point calling the blade, I thought Jedi have an affinity with their weapon, and it doesn't require much effort of that sort to call it. I raise both my arms slightly, mostly to help catch the blade. But I make it look like I'm trying to stop them from firing. "Then just stay behind me!"

It is simply Push/Pull to call the weapon to your hand, using your Force rating (and your bonus from Precision) as pool. A simple task and there is a comfortable weight as your lightsaber falls into your hand...

I'll activate the weapon, maybe that will ake the troopers shy away from attacking. A lightsabre has been known to do that. "We need to talk this out. What do you think she has done?"

The lightsaber flashes to life, and that does indeed give the soldiers reason to pause. The soldiers hesitate and keep their blasters trained on you, but they are no longer going to fire.

"She is avoiding processing," one says.

"Processing? What does he mean?" He asks refering the question to the lady.

She is too busy scampering away. Two of the troopers move after her, blasters still raised.

"Sir, you'll have to come with me," the soldier says. "You've prevented us from apprehending an unwelcome citizen. This makes you unwelcome as well. Surrender your weapon or I'll be forced to stun you."

More soldiers are coming your way.

Can I block stun blasts?

Yes. You can even Reflect them.

REXXXX wrote on Jun 18th, 2010 01:09 AM:
You could catch up quite easily. You can always flee from combat if your opponents are using Ranged weapons, like their blasters. If they are using melee weapons, it's a different story.

I'll make a run for it after the girl, and hoping Soapy will be okay on his own for a bit.

Denzral makes a break for it! Nobody gets in your way- that lightsaber is a dangerous thing- but the trooper behind you shouts a warning and shoots at you with his stun gun.

What schticks are you using now?

Orthodox Guard, Reflection, Riposte, I'll keep running.

Alright! Here is the situation as it stands...

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UNWELCOME PARTY, Start of Turn 1

Street

Girl: 0 (two turns away, ahead)

Guards x2 (G5): 0 (2A) (two turns away, ahead)

Denzral (LS11): 3/0 [OGu RF RI] (7F)

Guard x1 (G5): 0 (2A) (one turn away, behind)

Guards x3 (G5): 0 (2A) (two turns away, behind)

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The girl is on the run from the troopers, who haven't started shooting yet but likely will. Meanwhile, Denzral is coming under fire!

Stun blasts, right. Let me know when that changes. I'll keep running to catch up with the girl.

Actually, I am making an alteration. A combat situation is not fitting for what you are trying to do.

Instead, it's a footrace! You will make Agility rolls to gage how well you are doing in chasing the girl. Luckily, the guards are penalized for their bulky armor. Still, they can shoot at you.

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Girl (A3): 5

Guards x2 (A2): 4

Denzral (A5): 1

Guard x4 (A2): 0

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If you can outpace the guards by twenty points, you will have fled them.

Okay. I'll keep running.