[d20 Dune] Voice from the Outer World

[Gryndel]

Rd 1

The Atreides troops, with shields on, move in to engage the closest Harkonnens in melee, who turn to face them in battle. Some of them remain in the doorway to block escape. Now that they know for certain that the Harkonnens are using active shields, one of the Atreides (A9) barks out a command in battle language, “Use slow blade attacks!” Deeply disciplined, the troopers obey instinctively.
They begin to battle their enemies, causing some minor wounds.

Daniel swings his sword at the Harkonnen leader, penetrating the activated shield enough to cause a minor wound (15 dmg = auto, DR 10 = 5 VP). He then backs up a step (to E6) to give Johnny a clear shot.

Juladia moves south and east along the wall (to E9) toward where she saw half a dozen men run in fear. She fires again at he leader, but now aware of her the man dodges aside, causing the shot to miss entirely.

Freya moves forward (to F5, if you move to F6 he gets an AoO for moving thru F5) and attacks with her dagger. Unfortunately, she misses.

Johnny moves (to F3) and fires his pistol at the Harkonnen leader. The slug ricochets off the shield, failing to penetrate it, or even activate the defensive field (miss).

Once they see how many Atreides troops are entering, the Harkonnens are prepared to withdraw and try to escape, only to hear from their commander that there is also a small group entering from the secret door in the back. Now realizing they are trapped, they begin to fight fiercely. The Harkonnen commander bellows an order in their battle language, the result of which is that the enemy troopers also begin using slow blade attacks against anyone using a Holtzman shield. Just one of the Atreides troopers is harmed, and only with a minor wound.

One of the Harkonnens (H1) moves along the wall (to G2) and into a position to engage Johnny. He swings his sword and penetrates the shield, but the Holtzman field slows the blade so much it causes no harm (DR 10 = no dmg).

Another one (H6) moves toward the south (to F9) and engages Juladia, attacking with his sword. But the blade fails to connect with the shielded sister.

The leader steps back from Freya (2m to H5) then fires his stunner pistol at her. Though designed specifically to penetrate the Holtzman shield, his aim is off and he misses his mark.

Freya catches a glimpse from the corner of her eye of a hooded man who emerges, with incredible stealth, from the living quarters (to G9), a milky white curved dagger held in one hand. He creeps up behind the Harkonnen who is fighting Juladia (H6) and slowly reaches through the shield with his other hand to deactivate it. He then suddenly and expertly stabs the blade deeply and up into the back of the neck just below the skull, dropping the hapless soldier to the floor.

Juladia only then sees the man. She catches a glimpse of his blue within blue eyes and dark skin under his hood, indicating that he is a Fremen. He grabs a rag from his pocket and places it over the wound to absorb the blood and staunch the flow. He glances at her and says something softly in an obscure language that Juladia recognizes but doesn’t understand, grins fiercely at her, then begins to drag the body off into the sleeping quarters (his turn’s over so can’t move again, but the intention is clear).

In Atreides battle language Juladia calls out above the din of battle, “We were just aided by a Fremen, who killed one of the Harkonnens and is dragging his corpse into the living quarters. I am going to follow and talk to him. Yell out if any of you need help, as will I.”

Spoiler: OOC

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Initiative
Atreides 19
Daniel 16
Juladia 13
Freya 11
Johnny 8
Harkonnens 3

Damage (VP unless noted)
Daniel 2 (SH 1)
Johnny (SH 1)
A1 4
H2 (SH 1)
H3 6 (SH 1)
H4 5 (SH 1)
H5 7 WP
H6 DEAD
H7 9 (SH 4)