STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- City in the Clouds

Rianna's Intimidating...

Two successes doesn't quite cut it, this time.

The Guards are raising their guns again.

Damn.

Could Rianna feasibly use Push/Pull to disarm them?

Only if their blasters were unattended. It would be a point spend on Combat Push, and you need Twirl to try it on both.

Bleh...

Rianna will try Intimidating again.

"I know that something's up here - I'm not stupid. Now put away the guns," she says, holding her lightsaber in front of her in a defensive position.

One success this time. No, you sense that these guards don't fear you. But nor do you sense any danger.

You have only a moment in which to sort the situation.

Does Rianna still get the sense that something is wrong?

Or is it just paranoia? 😛

You do!

Hmmm...

Well, these two don't seem inclined to back down, and if Rianna senses no danger, then it might be best for her to back off. Plus if she's wrong about them being up to something, that could be bad.

So she'll take a step back and lower her lightsaber, but keep it out and ignited just in case.

"Sorry, but something seems off to me. Let's get him restrained and out of here," she says, gesturing to the Rocketeer.

They promptly begin blasting the Rocketeer at pointblank range.

Oh, goddamnit...

"Stop! He's to be taken in under arrest!" Rianna shouts, trying to bring her lightsaber up and in the way.

Without Bodyguard, it is a futile action. They stop firing after they have put several shots into the Rocketeer, mostly into his chest. One final bolt flashes against his forehead. He is dead.

"What are you doing?!" Rianna snaps at them, thoroughly angered at losing one of her best chances at locating Rand.

"We had our orders," one of them says. They holster their guns.

"From who?"

They remain silent.

Captain Zalt arrives with a few more men shortly after, having come posthaste after the comment you made over the comlink. When he shows, he bends down to examine the inert body of the Rocketeer.

"He's dead," Zalt says. "What happened?"

"These two," Rianna says, finally putting away her lightsaber. "They killed him, saying that they had orders to do so."

She's angry.

Captain Zaltus glowers at the two men.

"Put those men in cuffs!" he shouts. "They are under arrest for armed assault and first degree murder. Lock them up until I'm able to deal with them."

The men with Zalt do as ordered and take the men away.

"Are you alright?" Zalt asks. "You've made a habit of getting yourself into trouble."

"Just need to rest a bit...mostly angry at myself, I knew something was wrong but not what," Rianna replies. "Those two are obviously the men that Rand and Vash contacted within the Guard, but I have to wonder if there's anyone else..."

She leans against the wall for a moment. "Finding trouble seems to be what I'm best at."

"Yet you keep getting yourself out of it," Zalt says. "Very impressive, for someone operating on her own." He gently places a hand on your shoulder to be comforting, trying not to press any bruises. "A shame, though... I'll start auditing the ranks, seeing if there are any discrepancies I can find that will tell us who is working for Rand."

He crouches by the body of the Rocketeer and sighs, examining his fatal wounds.

"This man killed so many of the Guards," Zalt says. "I understand he was your link to Rand, but I'm not all that apologetic about his death."

Indeed, the Rocketeer left a trail of injured or dead Guards in the maintenance tunnels.