The end of the world, d20 Modern/Future

[Vazzaroth]

((It is in front of the bunker))

It's...a... I saw one! Prolly came from the pod! I swear! I just caught a glimpse of a... tail or somethin'. It was black and spined or something. I dunno if I hit it. Thompson looks a little sheepish now.

He point in the direction he shot at. It's down a street to a 4 way intersection.

((Background: The hanger is around an area that is inbetween an industrial district and commercial district. The street is mostly a few single story shops, but in the other direction there are some factories and other larger buildings a little farther off.))

[Suzuro]

Okay! A couple of you, grab the stuff, get it inside! And then a couple people can stand guard until everyone is safe, who can shoot?! We need to get inside. NOW!


-Suzuro

[UglyPanda]

Greg

Greg parks the car by the shelter and prepares to unload stuff. He tries to find a military officer, something needs to be done about Thompson's PST.

[Foolster41]

Martin

When the car Martin gets out, sweeping his weapon between the direction of the pod and the door and to where Thompson said he saw the alien. When he sees nothing he helps unload, but keeping his weapon ready and giving nervous glances.

((PST? Do you mean PTS/Post Traumatic Stress?))

[UglyPanda]

OOC: Yes. I got my acronyms mixed up with radio stations for a minute.

[Vazzaroth]

No one notices any more traces of Alien, or otherwise, activity. It will be slow going carrying everything down the ladder, but the use of backpacks will make it more practical.

Thompson is indeed freaking out a bit, and will concede the machinegun position if asked.

At the bottom of the ladder is an intercomm system, as the large bunker-style doors are sealed now and impassable.

[Foolster41]

Martin

Martin presses the "talk" button on the intercom. "Hey it's us, er the guys who went out for supplies with Thompson. You guys alright?"


((Can I assume Greg changed his mind about driving away? Otherwise, since I wouldn't jump out of a moving vehicle then I guess I'm in the vehicle instead and don't do this.))

[Suzuro]

Gunner helped move stuff along while still holding on to the guns...he didn't know how to use them, but damn if he didn't look intimidating...

Any luck on that comm?

-Suzuro

[Theeon]

Kendrick

While the others are getting supplies into the bunker Kendrick moves to inspect the large drop pod, gun in hand. He moves slowly and cautiously but with obvious eagerness at the same time. He doesn't speak this entire time unless spoken to.

[Vazzaroth]

((Had this typed out, then closed the browser by accident. It was a morale breaker. ))

There is no response on the intercom. A moment later the door un-seals and begins to open. You see the area that, last time you were here, was filled with scared looking civilians and armed soldiers. Now, nothing. The room is dark, and across the large room you can make out another large door, slightly illuminated by a small florescent light by that door's intercom.

Kendrick, looking in the pod, can see that there a number of little lights, but it looks strangely empty, not the high tech space ship one might expect. ((Skill checks can be made to determine more))

[Foolster41]

Martin

Martin holds the gun ready at the darkness, ready to shoot anything threatening that jumps out. He carefully searches

(1D20+1)[5]

[Theeon]

Kendrick

Kendrick crawls into the dropp pod to further inspect it.

((Knowledge Technology (1d20+9)[18]

[UglyPanda]

Greg

"Somebody check that out, I'm going to leave the engine running in case they decided to evacuate."

[FascistKarp]

Tim pulls out his trusty flare gun and checks to make sure it is loaded

Atleast I dont need to worry about hitting or missing anything this time

After walking through the recently opened door he fires a flare clean across the room, as far as it will go. Once the flare lands he stows the dlare gun back in the pocket he got it from then reaches into his bag and pulls out a road flare.

He lights that and begins to look for anything he can spot in the slightly better lit room (slightly is an over exaggeration in this case). He is looking around to see if there is any sort of light switch on this side.

Spoiler

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Search check:
[roll] 1d20+2[/roll]

[FascistKarp]

Search Check:
(1d20+2)[5]

((Sorry, the space kinda snuck in there))

[Suzuro]

Hey! What's going on?! Where are all the people that were there before? And what the hell are you doing getting in that thing?! Gunner looks over his shoulder to shout, Get outta that thing, it might be booby trapped of something!


-Suzuro

[Theeon]

Kendrick

I low, echo-y voice floats out of the pod almost as if not wanting to be heard "You don't booby trap your trash"

[Vazzaroth]

Kendrick:

You are able to determine this pod appears to lack any control mechanism whatsoever. Either it is remotely controlled, or it is Dumb-launched. The only recognizable interface is a little green light that is next to a violet light. Only the green light is on at the moment. It is probably an indicator of the status of the lock on the pod.

Bunker team:

Tim's traveling flare uncovered a horrible site, briefly, as it flew by and hit the large concrete doors. On one of the walls is a pile of gore and bodies. They all appear human in the moment you see them. If you go to investigate, you can begin to smell the coppery smell of blood. Tim's road flare is a poor torch, but if you get close, you can see these people, or parts of people, appear to have been cleaved in two. Even in the bad lighting, you can see that none of them appear to be the soldiers you saw earlier. They are all in Civilian dress.

FYI:

Kendrick, Gunner, and Greg are topside. Martin and Tim are under the hanger in the bunker. I just wanted to make this clear. I really don't mind if you want to skip over/retro a bit and change locations. Gunner can talk to Kendrick as he descends the ladder, or whatever. Well, except for Martin and Tim.

[Foolster41]

Martin

"Oh my god, what happened here? They're dead!" Martin looks at the door."If no one's here, then how did the door open?"

Martin goes to look for any controls that would have opened the door.

After that, he goes to the concrete doors. "Cover me." he says, and when he gets cover he opens the door.

[Suzuro]

Gunner hears screaming. oh...od....hap...ere...ead! And couldn't figure out what was going on.

What happened down there?! Is something in the bunker? Gunner called out.

-Suzuro

[Theeon]

Kendrcik

Kendrick pokes his head out of the pod when he hears Gunner call out. "Did you guys find something?" He crawls out of the pod and heads towards the others.

[Vazzaroth]

Martin sees a darting movement coming from the darkness to his side.He can turn to see a bug-like creature about the size of a human. It's hard to distinguish in the darkness, but it looks to be covered in some kind of shiny black carapace. 5 Dull Yellow points of light look to be it's eyes, arranged in a circle on a squat square head, almost like that of a beetle, but with a short neck. In the bad lighting, Martin cannot distinguish more... except that it appears to be close. In fact, a moment after Martin looks, it lets forth a shrill shriek and attacks!

Suprise round:
Martin
Buggy monster

Everyone, roll Init. Everyone besides Martin and Tim are 2 Move actions away(Gunnar is only 1 Move away, heading down the ladder.), so it will take a full turn to get to the doorway of the room the attack is happening.

[Theeon]

Kendrick AC:11 HP:7/7

Init:(1d20+1)[11]
Listen:(1d20-1)[7]

Kendrick walks calmly to the ladder unless he hears a scream or some other alerting noise than he runs with pistol drawn.

[UglyPanda]

Greg

"What the hell is taking them so long?"

OOC:
(1d20)[1]

[Foolster41]

"Aaggh!" Martin jumps back in surprise. When he can, he fires his gun at the creature.

((
Inititive: (1d20+2)[9]
Attack: (1d20+2)[4]
Damage: (1d2)[2]
))

[FascistKarp]

Tim

Initiative: (1d20+3)[22]

[Vazzaroth]

Martin shoots a bullet out of his Air rifle in surprise at the creature, and it looks like the shot was way off.

The bug reveals from the darkness a clawed appendage, actually a bladed arm! He swipes at Martin, and the scything attack cuts Martin's shoulder! (1d4+2=3)

Surprise Round over.

Init so far:
Tim
Monster 20
Kendrick
Martin
Greg



Key: The red stuff is the approximate location of the gore and bodies. The double lines are the large doors, the one in the bottom right is open. The 2 movement I mentioned for everyone else will leave you on the right side of the bottom door. You may be able to get LoS to the creature, but remember it is still very dark, shadowy illumination around the monster as Tim's dull road flare is the only light source. Check the OOC if you haven't.

[Theeon]

Kendrick AC:11 HP:7/7

Kendrick contiues casually toward the latter unless he can hear sighns of the struggle.

[UglyPanda]

Greg

Greg shuts off the engine and tells Thompson to sit tight. He reaches into the trunk to get a weapon and prays that he won't end up shooting himself.