GM to players: You wake up with a splitting headache. Hanging
upside down from your seats, blood has rushed to your head, making the
headache even worse. You open your eyes and Cheshire Cat is in front
of you, trying to get you down from your seat without you crashing to the
floor. He manages to get everyone down and onto the ground after
a bit of doing. You both come around at about the same time, Capt.
Brenna is still unconscious.
Mindwave says in Basic, "Doctor, please, see to Brenna."
Mindwave leans up against a bulkhead, then peers out a viewport.
Bruno erks and tries to untangle himself from his crash restraints.
"I'm not a medical doctor, Mindwave... I'll do what i can, but I know little
of her physiology..."
Outside the ship, it appears to be a sunny day. You look out into what
is mostly an earth-like environment, though the trees are noticably different.
Mindwave looks around for a medical kit.
<OOC> Empress says, "You find one with no problem"
Mindwave turns to the Chesire Cat, "Take a look around outside, scout
the area."
Bruno makes his way over to Brenna and checks her vitals. "Come on..."
After a bit of work, you manage to get Brenna back up and on her feet.
She took some pretty nasty bumps and bruises in the crash, and is in a
particularly foul mood as a result of it.
Cheshire cat nods to Mindwave and says, "I'll see what I can find."
He grabs his rifle and blinks out of sight.
Bruno puts a very large, decorative bandage on the bump on her forehead.
It's got Muppet Babies on it. "Hold still now... there we go... all
better. You feel okay?"
Brenna growls and asks, "Do I look like I feel ok?" She
puts a hand to her forehead and sits up, winces, then lies back down again.
Bruno nods and goes over to check Strong as well, he nods to Brenna,
"Tsk, now don't be a gloomy gus. You're alive, that's what counts..."
Mindwave turns to Brenna, "Good to see you are still with us, Captain.
Be ready, we may have to move soon, if there are hostiles in the area.
Chesire Cat is checking right now."
Brenna rolls her eyes at Bruno's comment, then winces again.
She nods to Mindwave, saying, "Aye, Warlord..." and sits up again.
Cheshire Cat reappears in the cabin. He says, "We have to roll...
I spotted a few of those combat droids, they'll be here in a couple of
minutes.
Mindwave says in Basic, "Ok, let's get moving.""
Mindwave picks up her equipment and heads for the hatch.
You gather your equipment and reach the hatch. Stepping outside,
it's sunny, but not quite as bright as you're used to for a sunny day on
Earth. It's also a little cooler than it would appear at first, maybe
55 degrees or so. Behind the ship is a trail of destruction that
stretches hundreds of yards. Trees are ripped up and smashed, and
small fires dot the area behind you. Back some distance, you can see some
metallic objects moving.
Bruno gathers up what useful equipment he can from the wreckage, albeit
hurriedly and scrambles otu after the others.
Mindwave activates the radio, tuning to the frequency of the Resistance,
"This is Mindwave. We have made planetfall. Being pursued by battle
droids. Please respond."
Silas, the resistance leader, responds, "We saw you crash, but we're
still some distance away from your position. You're going to have
to meet us half-way. Proceed northwest."
Mindwave responds to Silas, "Acknowledged."
Mindwave looks around to determine which way is northwest...
Unfortunately Northwest is going to take you fairly close to those battle
droids. You look around, and determine that the ship's path runs
approximately from west to east, so while northwest isn't directly toward
them, it's definitely not away from them either.
Mindwave says in Basic, "Damn, well, this appears it will not be easy.
Let's move out."
Mindwave looks back at the craft, "I guess the scuttling charge won't
be needed after all..."
Brenna nods and begins moving into the trees, moving more north than
west for the time being. Strong follows along, wishing to get into
the relative safety of the trees as quickly as possible."
Mindwave says in Basic, "Mr. Strong, how are you doing?"
Strong shakes his head, saying, "I feel like I've been kicked by some
large pack animal. How 'bout you?"
Mindwave says in Basic, "About the same, but I have been in tougher
situations... come, soon we will meet up with your people on this world.""
<OOC> Empress says, "Mindwave, make an intelligence roll please"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 3 3 1
Body: 2
Stun: 7
<OOC> Mindwave says, "made it by a whole bunch"
<OOC> Empress says, "Yeah. You got a funny
feeling that things are going to get ugly in about 3 seconds... what are
you doing?"
Mindwave yells out, "Everybody down!"
Bruno ducks and throws himself to the ground, hands over his head,
forcefield up.
Mindwave dives for the ground and raises her force field.
Brenna drops with the reflexes of a cat. Strong is a bit slower but
manages to get down as well. A moment later, a large rock explodes as a
ball of green tachyon energy slams into it. A quick look shows a pair of
battle droids coming through the woods, their arm cannons aimed directly
at the group...
Mindwave says in Basic, "Spread out and open fire!"
<OOC> Empress says, "OK, combat time. We're
starting in phase 12. The droids have a speed of 6 and dex of 25..."
<OOC> Mindwave says, "CC has 6/26, Mindwave
has 4/20"
<OOC> Empress says, "Ok, brenna is 4/20 also,
Bruno, what's your speed/dex?"
<OOC> Bruno says, "4/18"
<OOC> Empress says, "Strong has 4/15"
<OOC> Empress says, "So, Phase 12, CC is first,
then the droids"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "how far away are the
droids?"
<OOC> Empress says, "They're about 30 yards
and closing"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "can CC teleport to get
behind them and take a shot?"
<OOC> Empress says, "Nope, he can only do
a half-move which is about 14 yards if I remember right"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "ok, he'll take a shot"
<OOC> Empress says, "Ok, gotta hit DCV 8"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 5 5
Body: 3
Stun: 15
<OOC> Mindwave says, "yikes"
<OOC> Empress believes that's a miss :)
<OOC> Mindwave says, "OCV is 9"
<OOC> Empress says, "Yep, definite miss. He
needs 12- to hit"
The two droids begin firing, sending balls of green-white energy toward the group...
<OOC> Empress says, "OK, one's firing at Brenna
(She'll dodge) and the other is firing at CC (Who can abort his next action
if he wants to dodge)"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "yeah, he'll dodge"
<OOC> Empress says, "OK, that makes him DCV
12..."
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 4 4 2
Body: 3
Stun: 10
<OOC> Empress says, "That's a miss (good thing
he dodged)"
<OOC> Empress says, "Brenna is dodging and
putting her level into dodge as well, giving her DCV 10..."
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 6 5
Body: 5
Stun: 17
<OOC> Mindwave says, "he hits his buddy! :-)"
<OOC> Empress says, "Missed by a long shot.
Brenna aborted, everyone else can go :)"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 6 5
Body: 5
Stun: 17
<OOC> Mindwave says, "yikes, I miss by a mile"
<OOC> Empress says, "That's a miss... too
bad that's not damage"
<OOC> Empress grins evilly, "You hit your
buddy too :)"
<OOC> Empress says, "Bruno, whatcha doin?"
<OOC> Bruno says, "What's range?"
<OOC> Empress says, "Don't worry about range
penalties. They're about 28 yards out now"
<OOC> Bruno opens fire on teh nearest one...
<OOC> Empress says, "You using your blaster
or your shtick?"
Bruno rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 4 2
Body: 3
Stun: 11
<OOC> Bruno says, "Yuppers."
<OOC> Empress says, "What's your OCV?"
<OOC> Bruno says, "6"
<OOC> Empress says, "Got any levels?"
<OOC> Empress says, "You miss by 2 if you
don't"
<OOC> Bruno says, "Nope."
<OOC> Empress says, "That's a miss then :("
<OOC> Empress says, "Strong will fire as well,
he's going to have to roll really well.."
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 4 3
Body: 3
Stun: 12
<OOC> Empress says, "No good"
<OOC> Empress says, "OK... everyone gets a
recovery but nobody needs it. Round 2. CC aborted, so it's the droids'
turns..."
<OOC> Empress says, "Both of them are firing at Strong... He will abort to dodge :)"
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 4 2
Body: 3
Stun: 11
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 3 2
Body: 4
Stun: 11
<OOC> Empress says, "Wow... ok, he's got 5 + 3 for dodge, they've got 8, those are, unfortunately, both hits."
Empress rolls 12 dice and gets: 6 5 5 5 4 4 3
3 3 2 2 1
Body: 12
Stun: 43
Empress rolls 12 dice and gets: 6 6 6 5 5 4 4
4 3 2 2 1
Body: 14
Stun: 48
The two battle droids take aim and concentrate their fire on the last person to fire at them, which unfortunately was Strong. He is hit by both rounds, and is hurled to the ground with two large scorch marks in his combat armor. He is quite unconscious.
<OOC> Mindwave says, "who goes next?"
<OOC> Empress says, "And that would be it
for 2. Round 3, Mindwave is first"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 6 1
Body: 4
Stun: 13
<OOC> Empress says, "That's a miss"
<OOC> Empress says, "Brenna will fire, she's
putting her level into offense:"
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 5 4
Body: 3
Stun: 14
<OOC> Empress says, "Miss :("
<OOC> Empress says, "Bruno"
<OOC> Bruno firing again...
Bruno rolls 3 dice and gets: 4 3 2
Body: 3
Stun: 9
<OOC> Empress says, "Oooh, that might be enough...
what's your OCV?"
<OOC> Bruno says, "6"
<OOC> Empress says, "That's just barely a
hit."
<OOC> Empress says, "Roll 12"
Bruno rolls 12 dice and gets: 6 5 5 5 5 4 2 2
2 2 2 1
Body: 12
Stun: 41
<OOC> Bruno says, "About average."
<OOC> Empress says, "12 Body, not bad. Remember
these droids are automatons and don't take stun, so just worry about the
body count :)"
<OOC> Empress says, "OK, that's round 3, round 4, CC is back and goes first."
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 4 3 2
Body: 3
Stun: 9
<OOC> Mindwave says, "that is a hit, he is
using the rifle"
<OOC> Empress says, "Definite hit. Roll 3d
Damage"
<OOC> Empress says, "Which one is he shooting?"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 3 3
Body: 3
Stun: 11
<OOC> Empress says, "Shooting the same droid
that Bruno hit or the other one?"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "same"
The first droids staggers under the combined assault of Bruno and Cheshire
Cat. Sparks fly and the droid's leg is blown off, causing it to topple
over. The second shot hits it in the head, burning a big hole in one side.
The second doesn't even seem to notice. It raises its cannon once again
as a green light begins to glow. It fires..
<OOC> Empress says, "Shooting at CC"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "CC dodges"
<OOC> Empress says, "Ok"
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 3 2
Body: 3
Stun: 10
<OOC> Empress says, "Not even close. That's it for round 4, nobody goes in round 5, so round 6. CC would go first, but he aborted to dodge, so the droid goes again..."
<OOC> Empress says, "Firing at Mindwave this
time... you going to abort to dodge?"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "yes"
<OOC> Empress says, "OK. Droid fires..."
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 3 1
Body: 3
Stun: 10
<OOC> Empress says, "Fortunately for you you
know Martial Dodge because that would have been a hit otherwise :)"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "who is up now?"
<OOC> Empress says, "You aborted though, so
that's your turn, Brenna goes next. Go ahead and roll for her, Mindwave."
<OOC> Empress says, "She's putting her level
into offense again"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 4 3 2
Body: 3
Stun: 9
<OOC> Empress says, "Hit. Roll damage"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 3 2
Body: 3
Stun: 10
<OOC> Empress says, "OK, Bruno's next"
Bruno rolls 3 dice and gets: 4 3 3
Body: 3
Stun: 10
<OOC> Empress says, "Close but not quite."
<OOC> Empress says, "Ok, that's round 6. Round
8, CC's first"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 5 4 3
Body: 3
Stun: 12
<OOC> Mindwave says, "that should hit"
<OOC> Empress says, "Um... Yes, it does."
<OOC> Empress says, "Roll damage"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 3 2 1
Body: 2
Stun: 6
<OOC> Empress says, "Droid's turn, he's firing
at CC again. Wanna abort to dodge?"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "yes"
Empress rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 3 2
Body: 4
Stun: 11
<OOC> Empress says, "Miss. That's it for round
8. Round 9, Brenna and Mindwave go first."
<OOC> Mindwave says, "mindwave first"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 5 4
Body: 4
Stun: 15
<OOC> Empress says, "Miss"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "now Brenna"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 6 5 1
Body: 3
Stun: 12
<OOC> Empress says, "That's just barely a miss.
Brenna needs 11- with her level in offense."
<OOC> Empress says, "Bruno, your turn"
Bruno rolls 3 dice and gets: 3 2 2
Body: 3
Stun: 7
Bruno rolls 12 dice and gets: 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 3
2 1 1 1
Body: 14
Stun: 47
<OOC> Empress says, "that's a hit. Roll your damage... ok"
The advancing battle droid takes a couple of hits, one blows off one
if it's arms, the other just melts a bit of armor. The droid is raising
its weapon to fire again, when all of a sudden an energy beam fires out
of Bruno's Shtick and vaporizes the droid's head. It stops dead in its
tracks as black smoke pours out of the body.
Mindwave says in Basic, "Nice shooting, Doctor."
Mindwave moves over to tend to the fallen Mr. Strong.
Unfortunately, you know that things won't stay quite for long.
The battle only lasted for a few seconds, but it's a few seconds more that
the other droids were able to advance on you, and the battle made a lot
of noise as well. A quick check on Strong shows that he's probably
got some broken ribs and some pretty severe burns... judging by the holes
in his combat armor, he would have easily been killed if he hadn't been
wearing it.
Brenna surveys the area, saying, "We need to get going... can we move
Mr. Strong?"
Mindwave says in Basic, "I can move him..."
Mindwave reached out with her mind and gently lifts Mr. Strong off
of the ground.
Brenna watches and says, "That will work..." She begins making her
way deeper into the forest, moving away from the wrecked ship and the path
that it left.
Bruno nods, "Next time... when we spot the enemy stay still and I'll
attempt to fool them with illusions... maybe."
Mindwave says in Basic, "Now we can move out...hurry, those metallic
monsters I'm sure were not alone out here..."
You continue to move through the forest as quickly as possible. Once
she's sure that the group is far enough away from the crash trail, Brenna
cuts a little more to the west. You walk for about 30 minutes, give or
take when you suddenly find yourself surrounded. A voice barks out,
"Drop your weapons, now!"
Mindwave looks around at who is surrounding her group...
The small group is surrounded by about fifteen humanoids, all of which
are pointing weapons of one variety or another at you. One of the
men says again, "Drop your weapons or we will open fire."
Bruno 's schtick is stuck in a pocket. He drops the rifle he
was carrying for Strong.
Mindwave slowly sets down her weapon, "We are searching for the one
called Silas."
Brenna looks to Mindwave, and follows suit, placing her rifle on the
ground.
Mindwave says in Basic, "Who are you?"
The man ignores Mindwave's statement, and says, "Step back away from
the weapons." He motions to a couple of his men, who begin making
their way out into the clearing."
The man looks at Mindwave and says, "You wanna see Silas, you gotta
follow the rules. Step back."
Mindwave says in Basic, "Very well..."
Mindwave steps back.
The men collect the blaster rifles and bring them back to the rest
of the group. The 'leader' seems less tense now that you are unarmed.
He says, "We have a vehicle not too far from here. Come with us." and he
starts off toward the north. About ten minutes later, you come into
a small clearing where there are a couple of ground vehicles waiting
<OOC> Mindwave says, "can I read the mind of
the Leader"
<OOC> Empress says, "Are you going to try?"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "yes"
<OOC> Empress says, "OK, make your roll to
hit. This guy has an ECV of 5"
Mindwave rolls 3 dice and gets: 2 2 1
Body: 2
Stun: 5
<OOC> Mindwave says, "oh yeah!"
<OOC> Empress grins, "What level are you trying
to get here?"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "not too deep...just
beyond surface thoughts..."
<OOC> Empress says, "Ok, roll your telepathy
dice. You're looking for 25+"
Mindwave rolls 12 dice and gets: 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
3 3 2 1 1
Body: 10
Stun: 38
<OOC> Empress says, "No problem. What do you
want to know?"
<OOC> Mindwave says, "who is this man, where
is he taking us..."
<OOC> Empress says, "This guy is one of Silas'
lieutennants. He is planning to take you to see Silas, he just doesn't
fully trust you which is why he took your weapons."
Mindwave addresses the leader, "Are you not worried about the robots
pursuing us?"
The man says, "We've been keeping an eye on them. We'll be gone
before they get here." He does seem cautious, but confident.
He's dealt with these droids before.
He motions to one of the vehicles, saying, "Get in." He himself
climbs into the first vehicle
Mindwave climbs into the vehicle.
Mindwave says in Basic, "Our companion needs medical attention...can
you help him?"
Brenna climbs in as well. Strong is finally starting to come
around... the medical person in the group is working on him. You
hear a mumble come from Strong... something about twice in one day.
The leader says, "If there's any funny business, that's it. We'll
dump you in the middle of the forest and let you fend for yourselves."
Mindwave turns to the leader, "Thank you for helping him. Worry
not... there will be no "Funny business"..."
Mindwave examines the leader to see if there are any physical differences
between him and Mr. Strong.
The vehicles begin to move out, each one of them leaving in a different
direction to confuse any tracking attempts by the droids. You're
traveling for nearly two hours before coming to what appears to be some
sort of bunker.
It's difficult to determine any differences between this man and Strong. He's seated and has his back to you for the entire trip, but as far as differences go, he's a little taller than Strong, and obviously doesn't look the same, but there don't appear to be any 'racial' or 'evolutionary' differences between the two that you can discern."
Mindwave says in Basic, "Well, I see we are here..."
The man gets out of the vehicle and nods, saying in a grumbly voice,
"Yeah, we're here. This way." He motions you to follow him
toward the bunker. Once at the door, he speaks to the guards there for
a couple of minutes, and they open up the doors to allow the group inside.
Mindwave looks around as she walks.
Once inside the bunker, the tunnel slopes downward, bringing you deeper
underground. Eventually you come to an old open-cage elevator. The
man steps into the cage and offers a simple explaination of, "We keep the
important stuff deep underground." He waits for everyone to get aboard
the cage and it begins descending fairly quickly. The temperature
rises noticably as the cage goes deeper through the rocks, and finally
after what you would guess to be about a mile down, the cage stops.
Mindwave says in Basic, "This must be the place..."
Waiting at the bottom of the cage are a squad of eight men with guns
pointed at the elevator, covering everyone in the elevator. The lieutenant
steps off the cage and identifies himself to the squad leader. The leader
turns and nods to the man in the rear, who in turn signals someone who
is not within your sight. A few moments later, a man comes out of the darkness.
He's fairly well-dressed considering their living conditions, and he has
a genuine smile. He says, "You must be Mindwave..."
Mindwave says in Basic, "And you must be Silas..."
Silas nods and says, "At your service. Please forgive the cloak
and dagger stuff, but we can't be too careful. You understand, of
course, what our position is here. If we get even one infiltrator
into one of our bases here, it could spell disaster for the entire cell."
Mindwave says in Basic, "I understand... is there someplace we can
talk?"
Silas motions your group to follow, saying, "Yes, this way please."
He takes you down another corridor, but this one seems level and is not
nearly as long. Through a couple of heavy metal doors, the corridor
opens up into a room, with several others branching off it. He says,
"This is the main area of this base. There is a meeting room right
over here." He moves into the other room, where a table and some
chairs are set up.
To be Continued...