Restoration by Treason

[Minchandre]

MI-A0

MI-A0's delight at the carnage overcomes any residual distaste he might have had for his erstwhile companions. "Good work!" he cries, "Shalan is right; blasters on 'stun'!" Concentrate fire on the massif!" He also contributes a shot to the fray.

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Using Born Leader, additional +1 insight bonus to all attack rolls

Also, attacking Massif with blaster on "stun", (1d20+6)[20]
Damage, if needed: (2d8)[8]

[BooNL]

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Since the enemies attack just before MI-A0, this post should be considered just before his.

Diplomacy has seem to have gone out of the window, the room has turned into a small warzone. "Don't just stand there you idiots. Attack them!"

The aqualish, who seems to be the leader braces his rifle and opens fire on Yurist and MI-A0. The rodian behind the computer console takes cover and takes a shot at Shalan.
Meanwhile, the two rodian who crashed into each other get up warily and take their revenge by shooting at Zak. They don't look like they will last long though, both are heavily bruised by the crash.

The massif seems to be in terrible pain and despite its attempts it cannot seem to move. It lets lose a horryifing howl. When MI-A0's blast hits it, the beast seems to calm down, almost letting go.

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Alright, time for the TPK:

Aqualish autofiring at Yurist and MI-A0. If he misses, you still take half damage.

To hit - (1d20+4)[15]
Autofire damage - (3d8)[12]

Rodian 3 is in cover behind the computer and firing at Shalan.

To hit - (1d20+7)[24]
Damage - (3d6)[17]

Rodians 1 and 2 fire at Zak

To hit - (1d20+6)[26]
Damage - (3d6)[11]

To hit - (1d20+6)[8]
Damage - (3d6)[7]

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Yurist Levedru
Haha! Witness the strength of JUSTICE! I haven't even gotten started! On a scale of 1-50, I'm at 44!

The blaster bolts rain down on Yurist, but he just sticks out his chest and holds his rocket launcher triumphantly, a single shot grazing his chest, only reinforcing his grin, before he pointed the rocket launcher at the two Rodians who were still firing.

"Here comes JUSTICE!"

He'd fought evildoers before - even if he wasn't the brightest bulb in the shed, he knew perfectly well that very few evildoers were prepared to submit to justice while they were all still alive.

He also knew that it was mostly pointless to aim to capture a lackey - they had a tendency to surrender when they were among the last left to begin with, and they didn't usually have any useful information. Unpleasant deaths tended to cause a similar effect.

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Rocket Launcher at Rodians 1 and 2.

Area Attack: Half Damage on Miss

Devastating Attack Applies: Damage Threshold is reduced by 5

Attack - (1d20+9)[19]
Damage - (6d6+2)[24]

Rolls are in OOC as requested, pasted here for convenience.

Yurist moves to the corner, so as to avoid being in the same 10' space as Catbot.

[BooNL]

The room turns quiet for a second as Yurist fires his rocket launcher. Sound comes back a second later as both rodians are blown to pieces. Several chunks of insectlike flesh fly across the room, spraying blood and gore on all participants. MI-A0 in particular gets brainy chuncks all over his face.

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Next up: Zak

I won't bother making a new map yet, you guys haven't moved. The top 2 rodians are removed/chunkified/splattered.

[Moral Wiz]

Zak

Zak looks on in horror as Yuri's rocket blows the two Rodians to pieces. But a normally quiet part of his mind takes over.

Steel yourself. These guys have been poisoning the Kolto. They're killers who're plunging Manaan into civil war for some reason or other.

They deserve pity. The ending of life is an ending of the Force. But for now, this battle needs to be ended.

Slowly, lamentingly, Zak walks forward to the hound, and, with a fluid motion, brings his silver lightsaber down.

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(1d20+6)[7] attack

(2d8+2)[6] Damage, ignoring DR.

[BooNL]

The massif growls painfully as Zak approaches. Despite the strain around its neck, it manages to jerk away at the last second as Zak brings down his lightsaber.

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Go go Shalan

[Ascension]

Despite the pain in his side from being grazed by a blaster shot and the pain in his heart at the Rodians being blown apart, Shalan attempts to maintain his concentration on the task at hand... The large angry animal the Jedi just failed to kill.

He tightens his mental grip, trying to finish the beast off.

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UtF: (1d20+12)[29]

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The strain on the Massif is too much. It slumps to the floor without making a sound.

"Turi, no! You will pay for this you bastards!

The aqualish takes aim at Zak, believing him to be responsible for the death of his pet.

Meanwhile, the remaining rodian, shocked by the death of his fellows takes a grenade from his belt and lobs it towards the droid and the over-equiped soldier.

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Aqualish firing at Zak.

attack - (1d20+6)[8]
damage - (3d8)[10]

Rodian 3 throws a frag at MI-A0 and Yurist. Half damage even if it misses.

attack - (1d20+6)[15]
damage - (4d6)[14]

Robocat, you're up.

[Minchandre]

MI-A0

When MI-A0 sees the grenade flying towards him, his defensive logic upgrades kick in, moving him before he realizes, and helping him to dodge the greater part of the blast, though between that and the prvious burst, he's taken a fair bit of damage. Resisting the urge to open fire on the Rodian who assaulted him, he carefully aims at the Aqualish that appears to be the leader, firing off a stunning bolt.

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Use Defensive Logic Upgrade to give a +2 to Reflex defense against the grenade; then firing at the Aqualish with heavy blaster set on stun.

Attack Roll: (1d20+6)[17]
Damage Roll: (2d8)[7] (stun damage)

EDIT: HP: 9

[BooNL]

The aqualish is scorched by the blaster's shot. He seems otherwise unphased by MI-A0's attempt at stunning him.

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Yurist, bring out that rocker launcher.

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Yurist Levedru, Defender of JUSTICE!
"Hah! It'll take more than that to stop me! I'm still at 37/50!"

Yurist begins to advance, heading up to where the Rodians were turned into Insectoid Mush.

Then he aimed the Rocket Launcher at the Aqualish.

"No! It is you who will pay for your crimes!"

Ba-Oum.

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Rocket at Aqualish. Movement 6 squares to Rodians.

Rocket Attack - (1d20+9)[10]
Rocket Damage - (6d6+2)[21]

EDIT: Amusingly, thanks to Devastating Attack, Yurist is probably going to knock the Aqualish down the condition track anyway.

[BooNL]

Seeing the rocket launched at him, the aqualish thug is able to dodge it at the last second. The rocket collides with the wall, sending schrapnel and scrap flying through the room.

A large chunk of concrete grazes past the aqualish, his back is soaked in blood.

"You will have to do better than that, you insane idiot!" he manages to yell, before getting targetted by probably another intrepid hero waiting to take potshots at him.

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And that concludes round 2. So far, 2 rodians dead and one catbot bleeding oil. Oh, and a big ass massif that really didn't do anything the entire game, may he rest in peace.

Zak you're up!

[Moral Wiz]

Zak

No. I will.

Zak easily side-steps the Aqualish's shot, he continues his stride forward, silver lightsaber glowing through the room.

It's over, for both of you. Now, stand down, and I'll put in a good word for you

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Jedi Mind Trick on the Aqualish (1d20+11)[30] Moving forward, blade extended, but not making any fast movements.

[BooNL]

Feeling a haze cross his mind, the aqualish' eyes turn blank for a second.

"Ah, forget it." he says and drops his blaster rifle. "This isn't worth the pay and I have already lost Turi."

He seems calm and approachable. The rodian however, is unable to come to a decision and still has his blaster pointed at Yurist.

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That roll was impressive enough to warrant a surrender

You are now considered out of initiative. The rodian probably won't do anything until his superior gives him an order, probably...

[Moral Wiz]

Zak

The Jedi smiles at the Quarren, and retracts his silver blade

Thank you. Most kind

You too?

Zak smiles, innocently at the remaining Rodian

Appolagies about your friends, but it was a fire fight. And we were rather nervous. I am sorry, and Yuri here should be too.

He looks daggers at Yuri, before returning to smile at the Rodian

If you stand down, we'll be able to get you better treatment than if we have to stun you. It'd be surrender, not capture, and thus would go down better with the Authorities.

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(1d20+11)[23]Persuade

[Ascension]

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You're horning in on my territory there, Zak... I'm the one with the Demand Surrender talent.

"Yes," Shalan adds, "There is no need for rash behavior. Please, set aside your weapons."

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Adding more Persuasion. With Demand Surrender as well.

(1d20+12)[25]

[BooNL]

The rodian looks hurriedly around the room for a few seconds before saying something in his native tongue and fleeing into the other room.

The aqualish remains silent.

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You're unable to use Demand Surrender seeing as the rodian is over half hitpoints.

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Yurist Levedru, Defender of JUSTICE!

"Oh No You Don't!" bellowed Yurist, cycling his rocket launcher and chasing the Rodian into the next room.

He could probably afford to take a few hits if he had to, and he was still going strong.

[Moral Wiz]

Zak

Zak sighs

Well, they can chase each other for a little, as far as I care.

He sits down next to the Aqualish, smiling.

So... who are you anyway? And what're you doing here

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Damn you Pingcode, now I have to make a new map!

I won't get to that today, seeing as I'm off to bed in a second. Will get done first thing in the morning.

The aqualish looks at Zak, he seems to have regained his composure. "You won't get anything out of me. If you want to find out, go find my boss and he will chew you up."

[Minchandre]

MI-A0

Shouting to Yurist, "Yurist, hold! He's likely drawing you to an ambush!" MI-A0 keeps his blaster out and approaches the Aqualish. "And who is this boss of yours? Is he really so frightening that you cannot let us have a civilized discussion? I really would like that, you know, instead of all the ugly alternatives...this Selkath here, for example, blames you for fomenting a civil war on his plan. Our friend with the rocket launcher is not cursed with an overabundance of sanity, as you have seen, and I..." his voice drops, and he says in a deep, soft voice, his blaster pointed at the Aqualish's hand, "Well, let us simply say that my maker was not overly concerned with ethical subroutines."

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Persuade: [roll]1d20+10[/roll]

[Minchandre]

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Persuade (1d20+10)[27]

[BooNL]

"Alright, alright, I get it." The aqualish slowly moves his hand out of the mad robots crosshairs.

"Look, we were just ordered to guard the entrance of this place. I don't know whats going on within the compound.

All I know is this that the boss is being payed top credits, I don't even want to know who hired us. I saw her once, our contracter, she did not feel right, you know?

That's all I know."

[Minchandre]

MI-A0

"And who is 'the boss'?" MI-A0 continues, his voice still the whisper of a rotary saw cutting through plastic.

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Yurist Levedru

"If he gets to the guards, he's going to alert the whole place!" shouted back Yurist.

As he ran through the door, he fired a missile at the fleeing Rodian.

If there was any truly great advantage of heavier weapons, it was that for them, 'Point Blank' was a very great distance indeed.

[Ascension]

"Your shouting and your rocket-launching have already alerted the whole place, I'm sure!" Shalan shouts back.

[Moral Wiz]

Zak

So... you're mercenaries? And someone hired you? Someone that didn't feel right?

Zak slowly got up and looked over at the console

You mind if I take a look at this thing?

He sort of asked the world at large

[BooNL]

"The boss is, you know the boss. He's the one that pays me at the end of the day and it seems like I won't be getting my creds this time."

Meanwhile, Yurist fires a rocket at the escaping rodian though all he hits is a wall at the end of the corridor. The rodian must have fled down the hall to another room.

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You're free to use the computer. Though you need to roll a skill check and state what you're trying to find out.

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Yurist Levedru, Defender of JUSTICE!

Yurist returned, ejecting the cylindrical magazine from his rocket launcher and putting it on a spare part of the table.

"The Rodian escaped around the corner." he sighed, holding up the magazine and looking through the side. Three of the panels were blackened with the launch, while a green blunt-headed rocket was visible through the final one.

He took one of his fresh magazines and pressed it into the chamber, closing it and pulling a lever on the side of the launcher. The little red light turned back on, signifying that the weapon was dangerous again.

"Well, Zak, perhaps you'd like to try and stop the alert before it goes out? A map maybe?"

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Since a rocket has a pretty solid chance of demolishing part of the wall, I'm going to roll damage.

Rocket Blast - (6d6+2)[21]

Note that due to Penetrating Strike, 5 points of damage reduction are deducted from the wall.

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You won't be demolishing any walls, as frankly that was is the only way to advance the plot.

Those walls have a DR of Plot!