Star Wars Saga: The last, best Hope [AU] - IC

[Ascension]

[spoiler]Even if Rathe rolls a 20 for Initiative I still go first, so I'll go ahead and post. [/roll]

"I'm taking the one on the left," Rissa says, matter-of-factly, as she draws and fires.

Att: (1d20+9)[19]
Dam: (3d8+6)[14]
Point blank shot, yada yada yada, you know the drill...

[Liliedhe]

Rissa hits the sentry gun and damages it, but it's not out yet.

[Moral Wiz]

Rathe

Rathe winces as one or two of the bolts get a bit too close to her shield for comfort.

Without speaking, she threw her lightsaber through the air at the other turret, quickly drawing another from it's hold, and activating it with a smile.

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Telekenetic combat (1d20+13)[17] attack
(2d8+5)[10]

Think I might spend my first destiny point to make that a crit. Fits thematicly, and if QT fires at the second gun, we can take them before they fire again, no?

Also, draw and activate Rathe's second saber

[Liliedhe]

Unfortunately, Rathe's concentration slips and she fails to move the saber. It falls to the floor...

[OldSchoolGamer7]

QT-86

Target Acquired: Defense Turret.
Nonsentient...terminate with speed.
Shields at 100%
Trajectory plotted.
Begin Combat Sequence.
Firing...

QT, having fired up its engines and shielding as soon as they arrived at the doors, lines up on the nearest turret and opens fire...

Attack: (1d20+11)[18]
Damage: (3d8+4)[20]
Add PBS as necessary. If it's really bad, I'm going to roll Lucky Shot in the OOC thread.

[Liliedhe]

The droid hits his target squarely, but it's also not out yet. Both turrets fire again...

Attack - (1d20+5)[17]
Attack - (1d20+5)[14]
Damage - (3d8)[14]
Damage - (3d8)[13]

[Ascension]

Rissa swears bitterly as she's sprayed with beam fire again.

"An' me the only one here without kriffin' shields," she grumbles.

She takes just a moment to regain a bit of her composure before firing again.

(Second wind, fire! Same target as last time.)

Att: (1d20+9)[11]
Dam: (3d8+6)[18]
PBS?

[Moral Wiz]

Rathe

Rathe winces as quite a few blasts catch her now unprotected form She ends up on her knee after taking a low shot.

Still, slowly, she stands up, and looks over to the others.

Riss, QT.You ok?

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Well, as my one remaining ranged attack has been ruled to fail, Rathe's going to need cover to contribute to this fight. If only for a round, to use FF So, is their any source of cover in here..

Hell, how close are the things? Would a melee attack be workable

[Liliedhe]

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She could still pick up her saber and try again. And you have cover, because you are on the transport. Melee would also be possible, since you are only 3 squares away from them.

[Moral Wiz]

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Don't failed force powers expire? That was the assumption I was working on...

And how much damage dis the last attack do then? I just applied half...

[Liliedhe]

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You can always spend a point and regain the power. Half damage is correct.

[The_Snark]

Jena

Hard to tell whether it was intelligent, but it wasn't stopping. For that matter, intelligence didn't mean it wouldn't try to eat her. If she was wrong about its intentions... well, that would be a pity, but these things happened.

She adjusts her aim to one of the thing's legs, steadies the laser rifle, fires again when its gaze is elsewhere.

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Attack (1d20+10)[15], damage (3d6+4)[18]. Dastardly Strike moves the thing 1 step down on the condition track, and if this qualifies for Advantageous Attack (see Force Unleashed for information), add 4 damage. Then hide again: (1d20+8)[24], and hope for distance penalties

Aiming, shooting, and sniping requires 2 turns per shot, so make sure to include that when determining how fast it's closing. Let me know when it gets within 20 squares or so...

[Moral Wiz]

Rathe

Gritting her teeth as another blast hits her unshielded form, Rathe looks out to where her first saber lies, and holds out both hands, lightsaber and all

Focus....

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Spending Force Point to recall Telekenetic Combat, Move action to retrieve saber with UtF.(1d20+17)[26] UtF. Standard action to UtF again on telekentic combat
(1d20+17)[23] UtF
(1d20+13)[30] Attack
(2d8+9)[17] Damage
Swift action to ignite first saber.

[Liliedhe]

@Jena:

Her shot doesn't hit it, but this time it gets her measure, and runs towards her, trying to rush her. It's already quite close...

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In other words, it's already closer than 20 squares.

@Rathe:

She hits the turret and disables it...

[OldSchoolGamer7]

QT-86

"All systems nominal! Taking out the last turret!"

Shields holding at 100%.
Allies minimally injured.
One target remaining.
Target locked.
Firing...

The droid levels the rifle at the last turret and squeezes off another shot...

Attack: (1d20+11)[26]
Damage: (3d8+4)[15]

Using Lucky Strike if it's a Crit. Miss...add PBS as needed.

[Liliedhe]

It works - QT terminates the second turret and the way into the base is open. For now.

[Ascension]

"Ugh," Rissa sighs, "I know I was the one advocating driving through the wall, but... could we please try looking before we leap next time? You can do that, right, Rathe?"

[OldSchoolGamer7]

QT-86

Combat concluded.
Systems green.
Protocols put on standby.

QT floats over to Rissa, genuine concern in his voice. "You are not well; I am sorry. Autofire at such a close range is almost impossible to avoid. Do you require any medical assistance?"

[The_Snark]

Jena

Damn. She doesn't like her chances of taking it down before it reaches her; holding the rifle in one hand, she leaves the cover of the doorway, heading for an empty-looking building and hoping to be able to lose it for a little while in there.

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Taking your advice from the OOC thread, and heading for a nearby building she can try and lose it in. I'm not sure how this works mechanically; roll Stealth, or whatever else, as needed.

If possible, she'll try to leave via an open window as the thing enters the door, hoping to get some distance while it's searching inside.

[Liliedhe]

She dives from cover and runs over to another building, and ducks into it. The creature still follows her at a full run, but it isn't faster than she is, so she gets into cover before it reaches her. But now, it's out of her sight - she can try to run up the stairs of the building, or deeper into the ground level.

[Ascension]

"No, it's fine, Cutie... I'm nowhere near 100%, but I'm not about to keel over, either. Save your medical functions for when they're more desperately needed."

Rissa doesn't feel as confident about pressing on as she sounds, but she doesn't want her companions to worry overmuch about her.

[OldSchoolGamer7]

QT-86

"As you request.

"Well, now that we've begun the 'kick down the door and kill 'em all' style assault, who wants to guess our next move?" Before anyone else has a chance to speak up on the matter, QT floats into the tunnel a few meters to scout.

Activate Low Light and Darkvision spectrums.
Done.

[Liliedhe]

The tunnel is quite dark, with only minimal lights along the walls painting it in a faint green. It slopes down for maybe 50m, then there is another heavy, fortified door. It is big enough to drive the transport down the tunnel.

[OldSchoolGamer7]

QT-86

QT returns to the others. Looks like a straight shot down and we can take the transport, if need be. I hope you've got some lights; there's nothing down that way but darkness and another set of sealed doors." The droid seems to lean against the entrance wall, waiting to see if they decide to make the tactical choice or if it should.

[The_Snark]

Jena

Thinking quickly, Jena darts up the stairs, trying to keep her footsteps relatively quiet but not slowing to do so. On the second story, she pauses, moving into first one room and then another one with an open window. She removes a glove, tossing it hurriedly behind something, and then moves over to the window, listening and staying out of sight of the street. When she thinks the creature has entered the building (if it hasn't already), she climbs through the window and drops to the ground.

Once out, she makes for an alleyway or other place that can keep her out of sight while she gets some distance on the creature, making her way back towards the skyscraper she came from.

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The idea with entering two rooms, and with leaving the glove, is that it might confuse the creature's scent tracking enough to give her a little bit more time, even if it's only a few extra seconds. Perception to gauge when the creature enters the building: (1d20+17)[25]

Stealth checks as necessary; most probably take a -5 penalty this turn, since she's moving at a hustle, and may or may not get bonuses for cover or total cover. I don't know whether you want to roll everything that might call for a Stealth check (not making noise while climbing the stairs, not being detected leaving the house, staying out of sight after leaving the house), or roll it all into one, so I'll let you decide and roll. Again, re-roll if the initial roll is under 7 or so...

[Liliedhe]

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I'll roll, it's quicker.

By the time she is up, the creature is in the house. It's moving FAST now. When she drops out of the window, it already goes up the stairs, but her trick fools it for a moment - it goes into the other room first.

She drops down several meters [around 5 - Jump or Acrobatics check please] and lands on the ground...

Falling - (1d20+20)[28]

[The_Snark]

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I believe this part of Acrobatics is trained only, so it'll have to be Jump. (1d20+5)[24]

She's probably taking damage, though: (2d6)[2][1](3) If the Jump check is 15 or above, she only takes the second die; if she gets a natural 20, she takes no damage and doesn't have to spend a move action getting up.

[Liliedhe]

She lands hard, but manages to get on her feet quickly...

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That makes 1 wooping point of damage^^

[The_Snark]

Jena

She lands well, and rises to move away at a soft jog, keeping to the side of the street so that it would be hard to see her from the window. A scent trail would be hard to follow out the window, but she's not willing to assume the creature wouldn't pick up her trail again; she'd be prepared when it came following.

Once she has several meters between her and the building, she slows, skulking along the side of the street. It would likely search through the house for a little while again, then come out when it realized it wasn't going to find her there. She keeps an eye on the entrance, ready to freeze or duck into the nearest bolthole if it came out.

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Should it come out before she reaches the skyscraper, Stealth check is (1d20+18)[31].

If she reaches the skyscraper, she'll settle in there using the entrance to the stairwell to get cover, and wait for it to emerge. Use the above Stealth roll for that.

[Liliedhe]

She doesn't quite make it towards the skyscraper before the thing comes out of the building, but it seems confused and once again sniffs the air for her - it seems to have lost her trail for now.