STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- The Council of Taneshla

You'll be going through the lower level of the lift shaft where you entered earlier. On top of that, the energy walls are flickering back on.

What about going around the side of the walkway to get around the gates?

You could jump around them, yes. Failed Agility roll means damage.

Why do people always warn me about Agility rolls? 😛 Yes, jump around them then.

It's a precautionary warning! Unneeded, though; Rianna rolls five and six successes to get around the gates in her way.

You arrive shortly after your hitmen have been brutally stabbed to death, surrounded by dozens of bodies. Between the two of them they managed to clear out many of the prisoners before going down.

The last dozen are waiting for you and two have grabbed the hitmen's blasters.

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PRISON RIOT, Start of Turn 17

Entrance

Rianna (LS12): 3/16 [OGu CL RI] [FwGu PS] (0F)

Prisoners (C5) x10

Prisoners (G5) x2

Walkway

Borm (three turns away)

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Well, Rianna will go for the prisoners wielding guns first, swiftly cleaving through them with her lightsaber.

Initiative is theirs!

Luckily, with the thugs mobbing you, the gunners can't get shots in. It also means you can't get to them, though. Four attacks come in and Rianna takes 10 damage from melee blows. One of the attackers misses, though, and Rianna cuts the knife out of his hand and then cuts off his hand.

She then cleaves through a pair of her attackers.

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PRISON RIOT, Start of Turn 18

Entrance

Rianna (LS12): 3/26 [OGu CL RI] [FwGu PS] (0F)

Prisoners (C5) x7

Prisoners (G5) x2

Walkway

Borm (three turns away)

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Rianna will continue slicing her way through the prisoners, slashing away at them.

Rianna gets seven successes and chops down two of the prisoners before performing a behind-the-back sweep to disarm two more, twisting around to finish them off.

The energy gates are down and you sense danger from Borm.

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PRISON RIOT, Start of Turn 19

Entrance

Rianna (LS12): 3/33 [OGu CL RI] [FwGu PS] (0F)

Prisoners (C5) x3

Prisoners (G5) x2

Walkway

Borm (two turns away)

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Rianna is going to position herself so that the prisoners are between her and Borm, to try and slow him down with whatever he's about to do...tap Orthodox Guard.

Borm uses Advanced Bombard to crumple one of the energy conductors for the security gates and hurl the sparking thing in your direction while the thugs open fire and try to pummel you...

Feel free to describe Rianna evading what Borm hurled and the melee blows, her counterattacks on the melee thugs, and her attack on the gunners, because that Orthodox Guard tap ensured that she stayed totally clear and killed five people.

Rianna spins out of the way of the attempted melee attacks at her, twirling her lightsaber and killing her attackers as she avoids their attacks. Noticing Borm's attack, she rolls out of the way of it, and eviscerates both gunners as she stands back up.

"No more minions for you to hide behind," she says to Borm, holding her lightsaber down by her side.

Borm snarls but stops his advance. His wounds have nearly healed.

Not for long. Rianna's going to advance herself, bringing her lightsaber up.

"You're done, Borm..." she says, taunting him slightly.

Borm grimaces, holding his lightsaber absently by his side.

"Not likely," he rasps.

"Oh, well, that's too bad, then," Rianna says, glaring at him as she walks towards him.

And so Rianna walks into her duel with Borm... in a separate thread!

Rianna is the victor!

It turns out that the only way to kill Borm is to decapitate him, and Rianna has done just that with a swift slash. The head thuds against the handrail and bounces off, down into darkness.

The body stands for a moment, then pitches over backwards into an energy gate and disintegrates.

All that remains is Borm's now-broken lightsaber... which is blinking.

Rianna will collect the lightsaber pieces and look and see if she can figure out why it's blinking.

Does she sense any danger?

None!

The blinking thingy is something attached to the hilt of the lightsaber. It looks like... a comm unit.