Ahhh it's a bomb! Luckily for Gallador, it's been set up in a hurry and not booby-trapped or the like.. But it takes two uses of Guidance for him to de-activate it through pure Force-channelled inspiration! Use of the Force also overrides his Unslept status so there was no chance of that roll being an auto-fail. Luckily.
By this point, four of his searching Epireans have been shot dead by the foe rising up to the sky. Well, they certainly found him. Just as Rand and Con arrive on scene!
5-1 has kept initiative with you.
Good call on the armour, Azarl- I must take time to update the character records. Have some health back!
Sorry, Relle, I typoed you into confusion there. You had Gunslinger in, not Eye of the Storm, and I assume you now meant swap Orthodox for Eye. Done!
So. Azarl and Relle run up to droideka E. Azarl attacks E, but fluffs the shot from fatigue. Relle opens fire on the sniper. He's not used to being out of cover, but she is not used to rolling that badly... actually, yes she is, I remember that happening at the start of the Rivas fight, Oh well. His armour takes much of the hit you do land.
(Relle- he's not going to be dropped in a hurry! These guys are serious pros!)
The good news is that Galder and Rianna do not fluff their attacks and destroy the already-damaged D.
But those droidekas need to go down way faster! You are getting overwhelmed. Now their firepower is joined by the Hunters'. Today's bonus droideka attacks are on Galder and Relle, though a well-covered Relle continues to shrug it off. Galder s being absolutely pummelled.
A distinctive sound as Big Gun opens up with his... Big Gun. Luckily he fires at Azarl who Evades it (a judgement call; from me there) and it misses.
(The big gun, btw, looks like the one that a Terminator was carrying in its base attack in the original film
http://www.imfdb.org/w/images/thumb/5/54/Term1_417.jpg/601px-Term1_417.jpg
http://www.imfdb.org/w/images/thumb/9/9a/Term1_423.jpg/600px-Term1_423.jpg)
Sniper exchanges fire with Relle. He's tooled for this fight and hits harder.
Staffy and Flamer fire straight heavy pistol, shots at Vic and Galder. No hot on Galder!
Hacker is a Both Guns type and blasts a volley of light pistol fire at Rianna. Cocks it up, though- nothing higher than a 4.
Could certainly have been worse this turn, but it's not good folks!
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ASSAULT AT EPIREUS (Redux)- Start of Turn 6
Shield generator
Gallador (LS8) 3/0 [OGu CL] (5F) (Unslept)
Rand (LS10) 3/0 [FocGu CL RF] [OGu] (9F)
Con (LS10) 3(1A)/0 [OGu BL CH] (7F) (Light Pistols)
Epireans x 46
Jetpack (G8): 1(1PR)/0 [CC ? ?]
Top of mountain path
Clear
Epireus Base- Control Room
Xavier (LS11) 3/0 [OGu RI CL] [BGu PS] (4F) (Unslept)
Epireus Base- Outisde
Clear
Epireus Base- Bottom level elevator access
Dak (LS11) 1(2A)/0 [BGu CL CH] [ForGu] (5F)
Path 1
Clear
Path 2
Vic (LS10) 3/51 [OGu PS RF] (7F) (two actions behind)
Path 3
Azarl (LS10) 3/45 [OGu BG PS] [DW CH] (7F) (Unslept)
Relle (G11) 1(1PR)/229 [GS RI OGu] [DW GS IM] [RI] (6F) (Light Pistols)
Galder (LS11) 1(2A)/54 [BGu CL BL] [DW ForGu FocGu IM] (5F) (Heavy Pistol) (Unslept)
Rianna (LS15) 3/14 [OGu RI CL] [ForGu DW PS] (3F)
Droideka E (G7): 0 (3PM)/7 (deployed)
Droideka F (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka G (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka H (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka I (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka J (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka K (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka L (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka M (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka N (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka O (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Droideka P (G7): 0 (3PM)/0 (deployed)
Path 4
Big Gun (G8)
Hacker (G10) [BB ? ?]
Staffy (G7)
Flamer (G7)
Path 5
Sniper (G10) 1(1PR)/1 (Targeting rifle)
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Note I am filling in information on the Hunters as you learn about them.
Xavier- an Intuition roll is making you edgy. It occurs to you that nothing they might end up doing to the base is really any worse than your comrades simply being beaten on the field- and you are feeling that things are not going 100%.
Dak's Intuitions are leaving him more oblivious. He thinks he is going an awesome job of guarding the reactor. Yup, nothing on fire down here!
Xavier and Dak are going to be needed. Our vanguard is not going to be able to resolve things on its own.
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When Rand emerges and sees the situation that has developed, he immediately activates his lightsaber.
"Gallador! Take the Epireans back around to watch the path. You've done what you can here."
"Con, the bomb, if you will. Disable it and perhaps we can use it against the intruders."
Rand will go for a Grip on the bounty hunter with the jetpack, who probably counted on everyone committing to the forward assault on the bounty hunters.
Focused Guard, Reflection, and Cleave in, Focus on the jetpack should he decide to open fire or get the opportunity. Evade if he does; Rand isn't going to take any chances.
Savoir-Faire, any recognition on this character?
Relle- switch to lightsaber and start going for the Droidekas. Otherwise we're done for.
Galder- if you want, team up with me. Switch to Forward Guard and we can both swing at Droidekas, and you'll get Armor from Block.
Rianna and Relle, team up and start chopping.
Ush- can Azarl call Xavier and tell him what is going on without forfeiting his action? The rest of our team should know what's going on- that the bounty hunters are here (and all accounted for?) and that the droidekas are killing us.
Originally posted by General Zink
Xavier and Dak are going to be needed. Our vanguard is not going to be able to resolve things on its own.-
When Rand emerges and sees the situation that has developed, he immediately activates his lightsaber.
"Gallador! Take the Epireans back around to watch the path. You've done what you can here."
"Con, the bomb, if you will. Disable it and perhaps we can use it against the intruders."
Rand will go for a Grip on the bounty hunter with the jetpack, who probably counted on everyone committing to the forward assault on the bounty hunters.
Focused Guard, Reflection, and Cleave in, Focus on the jetpack should he decide to open fire or get the opportunity. Evade if he does; Rand isn't going to take any chances.
Savoir-Faire, any recognition on this character?
Rand- they are faceless. But that is Jovanian-pattern Battle Armour they are wearing. Is this a Jovano kill squad? If so, they are a few thousand years out of their active time.
Originally posted by REXXXX
Pulling out as in getting out of this fight and fleeing up the mountain.Galder will go after Droideka F with Azarl, then, and make use of his Bodyguarding talents. Keep my schticks as they are, though; I want Balanced Guard's Armor.
In theory yes, of course, though they will pursue with whatever intelligence they can bring to bear. Some of you are currently engaged, also.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Define 'pulling out' more closely.Azarl- sure, you can scream it out.
Okay!
"We've encountered the bounty hunters, five of them," Azarl radios to Xavier. "We're outmatched, though. Gallador took the Epireans around to the generator, and we're stuck fighting droidekas. We can't engage the bounty hunters until they're gone, but we're wearing down. We need help! Send someone as soon as possible, have Gallador bring back the Epireans, do something!"
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Rand- they are faceless. But that is Jovanian-pattern Battle Armour they are wearing. Is this a Jovano kill squad? If so, they are a few thousand years out of their active time.
As in the Jovano warriors that fought under Darth Malphas? Are they still active in some manner?
Their time as a power was smashed to pieces long, long ago.
For a fleeting moment you consider the possibility that they have returned as a threat and have come to nab all your Sith stuff- Malphas used to be nuts about collecting that sort of thing.
But you discount it. Other than the absurdity of such a notion, Edna told you they were just going to blow you up, not loot what you have.
But the Jovano weren't genocided. If some scattered remnant millennia later maintains their technology and training you would imagine they would do well on the mercenary market, and they were no strangers to fighting sabre wielders.
You can only imagine, though, that they would cost an immense fortune to hire.
Xavier looks at the Scanner and than hears Azral's report. He'll relay a message out to everyone.
"Main group under attack all available personal please report to the front lines, and yes that includes you Dak. And Gallador and everyone else we can send."
Xavier will then head out, and sabers in hand.
