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<Azthor> Gave Shoot the channel
<Azthor> Now we wait, or would you rather continue?
<@Ghaz> i'd rather continue
<Azthor> Ok then
<Azthor> <Azthor> The cruiser, yes?
<Azthor> <Azthor> "What is going on... Has Tavius returned with the cruiser?"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> " Sir the Viridian Dream has gone into orbit!"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> "its on direct course for orbital bombardement!"
<Azthor> <Azthor> "Have the four fortresses and Delta-7 manned immediatly
<Azthor> <Ghaz> " Sir i took the freedom already!"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> "also
<Azthor> <Azthor> "Then, for the failsafe"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> we captured and agetn yesterday. He wanted to plant an EMP bomb
<Azthor> <Azthor> "That brat thinks he can turn on Nova that easily?"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> he didnt mention his employer but we managed to secure the weapon!"
<Azthor> <Azthor> "Can we use it against the ship?"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> negative sir
<Azthor> <Azthor> "He will be unable to bomb us effectively
<Azthor> <Azthor> "I had the Triumvirate engineers plant a little surprise in the ship midrepairs"
<Azthor> <Azthor> "That only leaves us one choice"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> "You mean boarding actions?"
<Azthor> <Azthor> "Is that possible?"
<Azthor> <Ghaz> " i don't know...i suppose if the ship stays long enough in one place and if our shuttles are not shot down?"
<Azthor> <Azthor> "What if were to put the bomb into the dray-corvette
<Azthor> <Azthor> "And launch it into collision course with the cruiser?"
<Azthor> <Azthor> Ghaz
<Azthor> <Azthor> Can we go to a channel
<Azthor> <Azthor> So Shoot can participate?
<Azthor> <Ghaz> oh yeah
<Azthor> <Ghaz> #HOTRSblackops
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<Azthor> Gee
<Azthor> Excess flood
<Azthor> for posting the log
<Azthor> Let's continue
<Azthor> Also, what do they know of the agent
<Azthor> who tried to implant the bomb?
<@Ghaz> nothing he expired
<Azthor> It was a robot?
<@Ghaz> no it was a human
<@Ghaz> but under interrogation it expired
<@Ghaz> as in DEATH
<Azthor> Ah
<Azthor>
<Azthor> Probably Ardas or Jarod
<Azthor> Trying to sabotage me
<Azthor> More likely Ardas or Tari though
<Azthor> Shoot has no reason to do so
<Azthor> Ahem
<Azthor> What is his reply
<Azthor> to using the corvette
<Azthor> to deliver the emp bomb?
<@Ghaz> "Sir, the bomb might disable the engines of the ship and cause it to crash on the planet...a ship of this size would wipe out half the planet upon impact..."
<Azthor> o.o
<Azthor> Really?
<Azthor> That damn large?
<Azthor> Urgh
<Azthor> Do I remember how many forces the ship contained?
<@Ghaz> negative
<@Ghaz> you suddenly hear additional alarms as Church Shuttles approach the Cruiser
<Azthor> Do they intend to board?
<@Ghaz> indeed
<@Ghaz> and they are too small for your orbital weapons
<Azthor> Right
<@Ghaz> and the flack weapons dont have the range
<Azthor> They intend to board the cruiser
<Azthor> Or Nova?
<Azthor> Cruiser, I'd assume
<@Ghaz> Cruiser
<Azthor> Right
<Azthor> The cruiser will open fire
<Azthor> against them
<Azthor> Since he stil has weaponry
<Azthor> Or am I mistaken?
<@Ghaz> he has none
<Azthor> Huh?
<@Ghaz> your lockdown locks the ship completely down
<Azthor> HA
<Azthor> I order shuttles to board
<Azthor> the cruiser
<@Ghaz> nothing except for live support
<@Ghaz> okay
<Azthor> But wait a bit
<@Ghaz> who do you sent and how many?
<@Ghaz> or rather which regiment?
<Azthor> Let me check my forces
<Azthor> Only a single regiment can go?
<Azthor> If so
<@Ghaz> yes
<Azthor> There are only two options
<Azthor> Of course
<Azthor> Ardas will send two regiments, right?
<Azthor> Or at least can
<@Ghaz> he can sent one
<Azthor> Oh
<Azthor> He will send Sol's son
<Azthor> So I am left no choice
<Azthor> I am sending the Novan House Guard
<Azthor> Meanwhile, since I must secure my life
<@Ghaz> Novan House Guard
<Azthor> Yes, the greatest regiment
<Azthor> Nova has
<Azthor> It is the only regiment
<Azthor> That stands a chance
<Azthor> against the Custodian
<Azthor> Or are the ship's troops also down:
<Azthor> "Send the House Guard, nothing less will do"
<@Ghaz> "affirmative sir
<Azthor> "Make sure the frigates are in the middle of boarding action first
<Azthor> "So they cannot fire at our shuttles"
<Azthor> "I want all of our power-armored troops to fortify this palace
<Azthor> "I will not be done in by an assassin looking to profit on this mess"
<@Ghaz> where do you want the shuttles to board?
<Azthor> Options?
<@Ghaz> anywhere on the ship
<@Ghaz> armoury
<@Ghaz> engines
<@Ghaz> crewquarters
<@Ghaz> bridge
<Azthor> Where is closest to the Custodian?
<Azthor> Bridge?
<@Ghaz> Bridge
<Azthor> Then the Bridge
<@Ghaz> the Custodian is on the brdige
<@Ghaz> okay
<Azthor> "Give the Custodian the option to surrender"
<@Ghaz> he is deactivated
<Azthor> Oh, right.
<@Ghaz> and repairing the system
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<Azthor> Still, the bridge.
<@Ghaz> church shuttles are also ont he way to the bridge
<Azthor> Hmm
<Shootandrun> What's all this, then?
<Azthor> Wait
<Azthor> THe armoury
<Azthor> Might have some items?
<Azthor> Shoot, Tavius is trying to bomb us
<Azthor> So I disabled his ship
<Azthor> With my failsafe
<Azthor> Ardas and me are mid-boarding
<Azthor> Apparently
<Azthor> Also, another thing.
<Azthor> "Have the dray-class loaded with the EMP bomb"
<Azthor> "We may have to use it against the frigates if the Church also bears ill will"
<Shootandrun> So wait
<Azthor> Ok
<Shootandrun> You and the church are both trying to take the ship
<Azthor> Yes
<Shootandrun> But not while working together?
<Azthor> Nope
<Azthor> Ardas took initiative on his own
<Shootandrun> damnit
<Azthor> And I am not willing to let him control two frigates and a cruiser
<Shootandrun> And the negotiations were going so well
<Azthor> In fact
<Azthor> Should Ardas secure the Cruiser
<Azthor> I will have little option but to detonate an EMP bomb into it
<@Ghaz> Suddenly more alarms spill in and security screens activate showing the entrance hall to the palace
<Azthor> I ordered for the power-armored regiments
<@Ghaz> Screams can be heard as the Secretaries and Civilians are shot by men in the garb
<Azthor> Hmm
<@Ghaz> of Triumvirate Executors
<Azthor> What
<Azthor> Surprising news.
<@Ghaz> assassins Azthor
<@Ghaz> Assassins
<Azthor> Yes.
<Azthor> Assassins
<Shootandrun> Assassins?
<Azthor> How is the palace unguarded though?
<Azthor> I keep 5 regiments
<Azthor> around it
<@Ghaz> it is not unguarded
<@Ghaz> they managed to infiltrate and sneak inside
<Azthor> ..
<@Ghaz> to this point
<Azthor> Hmm
<@Ghaz> you have with you
<@Ghaz> Standard Security: 2 Details (2x6 Security Guards (imperial weaponry Kevlar)
<@Ghaz> Heightened Security: 2 Additional Security Details (2x 10 Security Guards, Powered Armour)
<Shootandrun> Question
<@Ghaz> Head of Nova: 1 Detail (10 Power-Armoured Guards)
<@Ghaz> yes?
<Shootandrun> Where is Jarod in all this?
<Azthor> With me
<Azthor> dining
<@Ghaz> you are with Azthor
<Azthor> dinning*
<Shootandrun> Ah
<@Ghaz> you had a lucky roll
<Shootandrun> Good
<Azthor> Ardas or Tavius seek to kill me, it wuld seem.
<@Ghaz> Spymaster: 1 Detail ( 4 Power- Armoured Guards)
<Shootandrun> We'll have to talk bodyguards after all this
<@Ghaz> Houseguard: 1 Detail (2 Power Armour Houseguards)
<@Ghaz> Standard Sec: 2 Details (2x 4 Power-Armoured Guards)
<@Ghaz> Heightened Security: 2 Details ( 2 x 4 Security Guards Imperial Weaponry, Kevlar)
<Azthor> And I take it there are a hundreds of thousands of power-armored men outside?
<@Ghaz> that are all men that are readily available
<@Ghaz> these cant respond int ime
<Azthor> Aye
<Azthor> But if I can reach them
<Azthor> I won
<@Ghaz> these cant respond in time
<Azthor> Any secret escape tunnels?
<@Ghaz> you may get reinforcements or something
<Shootandrun> Hmmm.
<@Ghaz> but right nwo thats all you ahve
<Shootandrun> What rooms are connected to the dining room?
<@Ghaz> [4]
<@Ghaz> there is only the landing pad
<Azthor> They also tried to plant an EMP bomb on us, Shoot.
<Azthor> Which we managed to seize
<@Ghaz> which is only 3 levels away
<Azthor> Also Ghaz
<Shootandrun> Is the corvette on the landing pad?
<Azthor> I had the House Guard board the Armoury
<Azthor> So they can seize useful additions
<Shootandrun> Or any shuttle, really?
<Azthor> Before going for the bridge
<@Ghaz> okay Azthor
<Azthor> I expect them to get a bonus
<Azthor> if they can empty the armoury
<Azthor> For equipment
<Azthor> Shoot, any ideas?
<@Ghaz> [5] the corvette is on the landing pad
<Azthor> Oh.
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> Houseguard: 1 Detail (2 Power Armour Houseguards)
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> Standard Sec: 2 Details (2x 4 Power-Armoured Guards)
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> Spymaster: 1 Detail ( 4 Power- Armoured Guards)
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> Standard Security: 2 Details (2x6 Security Guards (imperial weaponry Kevlar)
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> Heightened Security: 2 Additional Security Details (2x 10 Security Guards, Powered Armour)
<Shootandrun> And you have the pilot in your dining room
<Shootandrun> Shall we courageously escape?
<Azthor> Yes, my grandso.
<Azthor> grandson*
<Shootandrun> Let's go to the landing pad, then
<Azthor> Should we leave any guards behind?
<Shootandrun> They'll be more useful on the landing pad
<Shootandrun> Only one entrance to cover
<Azthor> "Very well"
<Shootandrun> And plenty of space for guns
<Azthor> "Have them surround us"
<Azthor> "Can't risk getting picked off"
<Azthor> We crouch a bit
<Azthor> Right, Shoot?
<Shootandrun> Right
<@Ghaz> suddenly an ear shattering sound can be heard and the world goes dark for Azthor
<Azthor> Woah
<Shootandrun> What happened?
<@Ghaz> Jarod you watch in terror as a bullet rips off the head of a nearby Security gaurd which jumped in the way
<Azthor> PEw
<@Ghaz> his head explodes violently and a stray
<@Ghaz> shrapnel hits azthor in the side of his head...knocking him unconscious
<Azthor> Get moving, save me if you can
<Azthor> But focus on surviving
<Azthor> One of us two must survive
<Shootandrun> I tell one of the power armored guards to pick the grandpa up, and the Houseguards to stay behind, find the shooter, and kill him
<Shootandrun> The rest of us should proceed to the landing past, while making haste if possible
<@Ghaz> as you panically flee another guard grabbing your uncle gets shot
<@Ghaz> shots are fired back and you hear a swear in the native language of mirrodan
<Shootandrun> Damnit
<Shootandrun> Did the shot pierce the power armor?
<@Ghaz>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGt_KpgXymU<@Ghaz> the guard is that
<@Ghaz> he keels over
<@Ghaz> a hole torn into his chest
<@Ghaz> the size of your head
<Shootandrun> That's some high caliber
<@Ghaz> nearly falling on top of your grandfather if not for the quickr eactions of another guard
<Shootandrun> I tell TWO guards to pick grandpa up this time
<Azthor> Have guards guard the guard carrying me
<Shootandrun> With the order to replace any of them if they fall to the others
<Shootandrun> In fact...
<Azthor> But don't expose yourself
<@Ghaz> as you you retreat from the room you hear screams and shots from downside and screams and swears in argonian and the dialect of Hephaistos Gangers
<Azthor> ..
<Azthor> LeGrombe
<Azthor> I am absolutely positive
<Azthor> It is LeGrombe
<Azthor> Possibly involving the Loans
<Shootandrun> Keep on running, damnit!
<@Ghaz> you hear the unmistakeable whining of Chainswords used by Argonian Savages
<@Ghaz> and shotguns
<Shootandrun> And promise five credits to the every man who'll carry Azthor, alive and well, to the corvette!
<@Ghaz> do you wat ot proceed downstairs anyway?
<Shootandrun> Hmmm.
<Azthor> Any other option?
<@Ghaz> [5]
<@Ghaz> yes
<@Ghaz> [2] another landing pad 10 levels above you
<Shootandrun> The corvette won't be there.
<@Ghaz> you would need to call a shuttle or the corvette up there
<Azthor> Hmm
<Shootandrun> Can a chainsword pierce a power armor?
<@Ghaz> you hear the vox of your security guards nearby spring to life "OH GOD NO! RUN ITS REDDING...RUN!*Sounds of a Firefight*
<Azthor> Probably
<Azthor> But IMperial Weaponry
<Azthor> can kill them
<Azthor> OMG
<Azthor> ROBERT
<@Ghaz> "Headquarters? CAN YOU HEAR ME? GODDAMMIT!"
<@Ghaz> "Sir somebody tookd own Com-Central"
<@Ghaz> " we are deaf..."
<Shootandrun> We'll keep pushing downstairs.
<Azthor> ...
<@Ghaz> Suddenly the Vox springs to life again
<Azthor> Hm
<Shootandrun> Upon entering the next level, suppressive fire throughout the room.
<Azthor> They won't reach us, true
<@Ghaz> "Hell Nova...i am com-" he is broken off by a massive explosion
<Azthor> Ghaz
<@Ghaz> several guards rip off their headset
<@Ghaz> and then the vox dont work anymore
<Azthor> But isn't the Novan army
<Azthor> starting to murder its way through the palace
<Azthor> by now?
<@Ghaz> not by now
<Azthor> I want to hear some assassins scream in terror too
<Azthor>
<Shootandrun> Ghaz, next room, suppressive fire all around
<@Ghaz> some 3 minute shave passed
<Shootandrun> And do so for all rooms
<@Ghaz> since
<Shootandrun> If there's furniture still standing when they stop firing, they failed
<@Ghaz> okay...give me amoment
<Azthor> Hmm
<@Ghaz> i just got orders from 5 people
<@Ghaz> or 6
<@Ghaz> and npcs
<Azthor> 6?
<Azthor> Trent, Ardas, Shootandrun Azthor...?
<Azthor> Tavius
<Azthor> Right
<Azthor> Hmm
<Azthor> Shootandrun
<@Ghaz> i think we'll handle the baording actions after the assassin thing
<Azthor> A man paid Tavius too
<Azthor> It would seem
<@Ghaz> but treat it as happening simultaneously
<@Ghaz> you send down a squad of guards to kill everything down there
<@Ghaz> as they come down both the Hephaistos street gang
<Azthor> Shoot
<Azthor> Try bribing
<@Ghaz> and what looks like Argonian Savages
<Azthor> Whenever possible
<@Ghaz> are shooting at each other
<Azthor> What
<Azthor> Oh
<Azthor> Right
<@Ghaz> destroying the whole room
<Azthor> What happens when you hire
<Azthor> too many assassins
<Azthor> They kill eachother for the bounty
<Azthor> Shoot
<@Ghaz> As your squad enter the firefight turns towards the guards
<Azthor> If you meet Redding
<Azthor> Make him a better offer
<Azthor> Bribe them too
<Azthor> And tell them the army is coming
<Shootandrun> Don't we have any grenades?
<Azthor> So they might as well join our side
<@Ghaz> screaming the Argonians charge your gods...several of themg et shot down before they reach your guards killing 2 of them
<@Ghaz> you standing upstairs hear the sound of brutal close combat which is suddenly broken by yet another explosion
<Shootandrun> Damnit
<Azthor> BRIBE
<@Ghaz> as you look downstairs both your guards and the argonians are dead
<@Ghaz> ripped apart by a grenade
<Azthor> Bribe Redding
<Azthor> Redding is a smart man
<Shootandrun> Who the hell IS redding?
<Azthor> My favorite assassin
<@Ghaz> ...he is dead
<Azthor> lol
<Azthor> Well, better for me
<@Ghaz> he just exploded with the entire comm center
<Shootandrun> Do WE have grenades?
<@Ghaz> yes
<Shootandrun> Throw a grenade in the room where a grenade exploded, after... Seven seconds
<Shootandrun> Enough time for the thrower to come in and check
<Azthor> Army progress?
<@Ghaz> Azthor they won't come in time
<Azthor> I know
<@Ghaz> you wait for the 7 seconds then throw the grenade
<Azthor> But that is important for another reason
<@Ghaz> it immediately comes back with 2 more
<Shootandrun> fuuuuuu
<@Ghaz> then madly laughing the street gang charges towards you and the guards
<Shootandrun> Kick the grenades back, shoot down the guards
<Shootandrun> Jump behind the nearest power armored guy
<Azthor> We have Imperial Weaponry
<Azthor> Highly-trained men
<Shootandrun> The guards should do the kicking and shooting
<Azthor> In power armor
<@Ghaz> swinging hatchets, chainsaws, blowtorches and a flamethrower
<Azthor> They'd better be worth their salt.
<@Ghaz> you kick back the grenades and make a run for it
<@Ghaz> the hosue guards shielding you with their armours
<@Ghaz> and then taking on the hivers
<@Ghaz> oepning fire with their laser guns they rip apart three of them
<@Ghaz> before changing to their nanoblades
<@Ghaz> and going in close and personal
<@Ghaz> two of your houseguards fall before they kill the dozen or so of the street gang
<Shootandrun> How many rooms are there left before the landing pad?
<@Ghaz> 2 levels
<@Ghaz> you quickly head down stairs
<@Ghaz> encountering nothing at all
<Shootandrun> Right
<Azthor> Sending a few guards ahead
<Shootandrun> One last room, and then the pad
<Azthor> To avoid an ambush
<Azthor> Send*
<Shootandrun> Sending a few grenades ahead to avoid an ambush, you mean?
<Azthor> Works for me
<Azthor>
<Shootandrun> Cook them this time
<@Ghaz> YOu throw some grenades ahead
<Shootandrun> Don't want any joker throwing them back
<@Ghaz> and suddenly hear panicked screaming as a whole group of people charges up the stairs
<Azthor> FIRE
<Azthor> SURPRISE ROUND
<Azthor>
<Shootandrun> Yup
<Azthor> Bless ye Shoot
<@Ghaz> you open fire upon the panicked Servants, cooks and other civilians
<Shootandrun> Fire as all hell
<Azthor> NOOO
<Azthor> Oh well.
<Shootandrun> Who gives a fuck
<@Ghaz> which had hidden in the level below
<Shootandrun> They're probably disguised anyway
<@Ghaz> slaughtering them all n one guy
<@Ghaz> *go
<Azthor> Possible.
<Azthor> You make a compelling argument Shoot.
<Shootandrun> We all saw the C4 charges they were holding
<Shootandrun> Let's send a few guards downstairs to finish clearing the room
<@Ghaz> you send down a squad of Kevlar guards
<@Ghaz> "All Clea-"
<@Ghaz> a metallic thumb silences him
<Shootandrun> Send some more cooked grenades
<@Ghaz> as the double doors
<Shootandrun> Ready weapons towards the doors
<@Ghaz> crush him and another guaard against the wall
<@Ghaz> two grenades roll in filling the room in a acidic green gas
<@Ghaz> quickly killing the entire squad
<Shootandrun> Hmmm.
<Shootandrun> Anybody coming upstairs?
<@Ghaz> nope
<@Ghaz> yes
<@Ghaz> the green smoke
<@Ghaz> you start to smell a chloridic vapour
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<@Ghaz> a nearby guard hands you a spare gas mask
<@Ghaz> and one is put on your uncles face
<Shootandrun> Grandfather
<Shootandrun> The grenades we sent downstairs
<Shootandrun> Did they generate any reaction?
<@Ghaz> nope
<@Ghaz> they explode
<@Ghaz> but nothing stirs
<Shootandrun> Damnit.
<Shootandrun> Well.
<Shootandrun> Let's push downstairs.
<@Ghaz> suddenly a window behind you explodes and a man comes flying in taking with him another of your guards
<@Ghaz> before
<@Ghaz> killing another 3 with two quick shots out of his modified Executor COmbat Shotgun
<@Ghaz> quickly another two guards are engaging him screaming for you to make a run
<Azthor> I wonder why power-armored guards die thus easily.
<Azthor>
<@Ghaz> those are top notch assassins
<Azthor> Red
<Shootandrun> Let's push downstairs
<Shootandrun> No grenades, no unchecked shots
<Shootandrun> Don't want to damage the damn corvette
<@Ghaz> you charge downstairs and are greeted by a mind boggling explosion throwing you around. Screaming several more of your guards decease due to plasma burns.
<@Ghaz> you yourelf got several burns and three of your men are occupied fighting for their dear lives against another Executor
<Azthor> Wait
<Azthor> Are we still indoors
<Azthor> ?
<Shootandrun> Right in front of the landing pad
<@Ghaz> yes you are on the same level as the alnding pad now
<Azthor> Right
<@Ghaz> you need to go outside and baord the corvette
<Azthor> Hmm
<Azthor> Wait
<Azthor> That is outside right?
<@Ghaz> yes
<Azthor> Doesn't that mean any assassins there
<@Ghaz> possibly
<Azthor> are exposed to fire from men outside
<Azthor> ?
<@Ghaz> no not really
<Azthor> Dang
<@Ghaz> due to you being in there with them
<Shootandrun> Charge outside
<Azthor> I swear these assassins
<Azthor> are all suicidal
<Shootandrun> Suppressive fire all around us except the corvette
<Azthor> And have surprisingly little concern for their life
<@Ghaz> in panic you charge outside...
<Shootandrun> As many men as possible get on board until I can close the doors, after which they can die for all I care
<Azthor> They can't use gold if they have absolutely no chance of escape.
<Shootandrun> Actually, Ghaz
<Shootandrun> As soon as I can make it to the corvette, charge up the engines
<Shootandrun> Burn anyone on the landing pad alive
<@Ghaz> heh
<Shootandrun> And take off, obviously
<@Ghaz> as you run outside
<@Ghaz> you see a glint on a nearby roof and almost immediately
<@Ghaz> shots start to rip apart your men which are now running for their own lives towards the corvette disregarding any tactics
<@Ghaz> suddenly another two bullets hit the carriers of Azthor both in the head
<Shootandrun> By the way, Az
<@Ghaz> they collapse into red mists
<Shootandrun> When this is done, we talk bodyg-
<Azthor> We do
<Azthor> If I survive.
<Shootandrun> Pick the old man up
<Azthor> What I don't get
<Azthor> Is why so many elite assassins
<Azthor> Would go for the same bounty
<@Ghaz> behind you you hear the sound of wireblades being readied
<Azthor> I mean, if this happened every time
<Azthor> There should no longer be ANY assassins
<Azthor> alive
<@Ghaz> your bounty is 100 Credits
<@Ghaz> an unheard of sum
<@Ghaz> among assassins
<Azthor> Which is hilariously less than I can cover
<Azthor> If they hold me hostage
<@Ghaz> you piad 10 credits for bull
<@Ghaz> Aeverys paid 5 for Adwarf
<@Ghaz> no wait
<@Ghaz> 0.5
<@Ghaz> for adwarf
<Azthor> lol
<Azthor> No, I paid 30
<Azthor> :O
<Azthor> And only a single assassin
<@Ghaz> okay 30
<Azthor> Hell, I'd expect Red to have known
<Azthor> I'd pay more
<Azthor> For him to get rid of the contractor
<@Ghaz> now imagine 30 are for teh most expensive assassin around
<Azthor> Why kill me for 100 if you can ransom me for 500?
<@Ghaz> now imagine somebody throws out a contract saying openc ontract 100 creds
<@Ghaz> everybody with a gun is coming
<@Ghaz> nnobody negotiated yet
<Azthor> SHoot
<Azthor> Offer them
<Azthor> 400
<Shootandrun> We're being shot at
<Azthor> Ok
<Azthor>
<Shootandrun> Can I find any cover, Ghaz?
<@Ghaz> [3]
<@Ghaz> some light cover
<@Ghaz> nothing really useful
<Azthor> <+Taricus> I am going to the armoury Adwarf.
<Azthor> LOL
<Azthor> HAHAHAHA
<Azthor> HAHAHAHA
<@Ghaz>
<Shootandrun> shhh
<Shootandrun> Focus
<Azthor> My bad, sorry
<Shootandrun> How far from the corvette, and how many guards alive?
<@Ghaz> let me look
<Azthor> Hmm
<Azthor> Don't the power armors have a voice amplificator?
<@Ghaz> 3 Power armoureds
<@Ghaz> and 14 kevlar lasguns
<Shootandrun> Run for it
<Azthor> Wait
<Shootandrun> The PA carrying grandpa
<Azthor> <Azthor> Don't the power armors have a voice amplificator?
<Azthor> That is important
<Azthor> Please, trust me
<Shootandrun> We have no cover, if we stop to talk we're dead
<Azthor> Have a power-armored guard
<Shootandrun> They're not going to let us finish the sentence
<Azthor> Announce while in the run
<Azthor> Bounty is 100, offer 200.
<Azthor> At the very least some will turn on their partners
<Azthor> Or expected to be turned against
<Azthor> At best, someone really defects
<Azthor> At worst, distraction
<Shootandrun> Ghaz, have a PA shout we'll offer three times whatever the bounty was, and that anybody who did his research knows we can afford it
<Shootandrun> Don't change the rest of the plan
<Azthor> Perfect
<Shootandrun> Get to the corvette, turn the landing pad into a frying pan
<@Ghaz> as two more guards grab your uncle
<@Ghaz> [2,1,2] another one stops to open his mouth: "we Offer yo-" his head explodes immediately
<@Ghaz> the two Executors now close enough to engage you
<Azthor> He wasn't supposed to stop
<Azthor> :O
<Azthor> Oh well.
<Shootandrun> The kevlar guys can engage the executors
<Shootandrun> We keep going
<@Ghaz> [2,4} only 4 men turn around and engage the executors the rest running in panic for the shuttle
<Azthor> Hmm
<@Ghaz> all of them are quickly cut into flailing pieces..
<@Ghaz> but you make it onto the shuttle
<@Ghaz> *corvette
<Shootandrun> Burn the goddamn landpad to the ground while taking off
<@Ghaz> you run for the corvette, run into the cockpit where the pilot is hanging dead in his seat...a syringe protuding from his neck
<Shootandrun> I can pilot it
<Shootandrun> Have the guards clear the ship
<Shootandrun> As in, search the syringer
<Shootandrun> And for bombs
<@Ghaz> you quickly activate the controls and several warning shots fly left and right of your head
<@Ghaz> but none of them hit you
<@Ghaz> outside the two executors are suddenly killed instead
<Azthor> ...
<Azthor> Tell me it is the army
<Azthor> Or that the engines are alright burning
<Shootandrun> Keep activating the engines, broadcast this is Jarod and Azthor inside
<Azthor> already*
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<@Ghaz> [2+3]
<@Ghaz> [4+3]
<@Ghaz> [1+3]
<@Ghaz> As you start the shuttle
<@Ghaz> ...
<Azthor> Shoot is BRBing
<Azthor> He will be back in a bit
<Azthor> ...
<Azthor> +3
<Azthor> Is that an assassin?
<Azthor> Hopefully on our side
<@Ghaz> that is a mirrodanian sharpshooter
<@Ghaz> targeting shoot
<Azthor> Urgh
<@Ghaz> that was his arm
<Azthor> Wait
<Azthor> The corvette
<Azthor> Is open?
<@Ghaz> he shot him through the cockpit yes...
<Azthor> Urgh
<Azthor> What killed the two Executors?
<Azthor> Snipers?
<@Ghaz> The mirrodanian
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<Azthor> <@Ghaz> [2+3]
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> [4+3]
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> [1+3]
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> As you start the shuttle
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> ...
<Azthor> <Azthor> ...
<Azthor> <Azthor> +3
<Azthor> <Azthor> Is that an assassin?
<Azthor> <Azthor> Hopefully on our side
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> that is a mirrodanian sharpshooter
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> targeting shoot
<Azthor> <Azthor> Urgh
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> that was his arm
<Azthor> <Azthor> Wait
<Azthor> <Azthor> The corvette
<Azthor> <Azthor> Is open?
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> he shot him through the cockpit yes...
<Azthor> <Azthor> Urgh
<Azthor> <Azthor> What killed the two Executors?
<Azthor> <Azthor> Snipers?
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> The mirrodanian
<Shootandrun> +3?
<Shootandrun> That's an instantaneous success
<@Ghaz> aye...
<Shootandrun> Why even roll with a +3?
<Azthor> Urgh
<Shootandrun> Can I still pilot?
<Azthor> I thought that was mostly for unique assassins
<Azthor> like Red Rebort
<Shootandrun> Or really, can I still start the engines?
<@Ghaz> you ar eunconscious
<Azthor> So much for asking for talking about an assassin nerf
<@Ghaz> [6] luckily one of the guards respons quickly and closes the wound with biofoam stabilizing you
<Shootandrun> But the engines are still starting?
<Azthor> WOAH
<Shootandrun> Really, all that matters is that those things fry them
<@Ghaz> the Mirrodanian is already nerfed the stats here:
<Azthor> What
<Azthor> ROBERT
<Azthor> Had a +3
<Azthor> Pre-nerf
<@Ghaz> Mirrodan Sharpshooter (Infiltration 0, Stealth 1, Close Quarters 0, Ranged 3, Health 2)
<Azthor> What was their infiltration roll
<Azthor> Since they infiltrated with that 0?
<@Ghaz> its one without bonus
<@Ghaz> 1 would be +1 on the d6
<Azthor> Didn't any assassins fail to infiltrate and get butchered?
<Azthor> got*
<@Ghaz> the Executors failed
<@Ghaz> Redding failed
<Azthor> Well, they bypassed my whole army
<@Ghaz> and the Argonians and the HEphaistos failed
<Azthor> yet still.
<Shootandrun> Can all that wait?
<Azthor> Sure
<Shootandrun> Are the engines still starting?
<@Ghaz> [2]
<@Ghaz> nope
<Shootandrun> Am I getting up anytime soon?
<Shootandrun> I really just need to push buttons
<@Ghaz> nope
<Shootandrun> Is any of the guards competent enough to hit the big red button marked engines?
<@Ghaz> yup
<@Ghaz> 4
<@Ghaz> [4]
<@Ghaz> one of you guards tkaes over controls and quickly starts the shuttle
<@Ghaz> [4+2],[6+2]
<Shootandrun> It's a corvette...
<@Ghaz> meanwhile the two remaining power-armoureds
<@Ghaz> having infiltrated you tdays ago
<Azthor> ...
<Azthor> What are the odds of the two surviving men
<@Ghaz> give lord azthor silently a little syringe as nobody is looking
<Azthor> Being the infiltrated agents?
<Azthor> Really.
<@Ghaz> they suceeded in their infiltration rolls
<Azthor> Those assassins are starting to seem a little magical, rather than skilled.
<Azthor> Yes, but what are the odds THOSE would survive
<Azthor> ?
<Shootandrun> He has a point, Ghaz
<Shootandrun> Did an entire regiment of power armoured assassins infiltrate us and got assigned to bodyguard duty while we weren't looking?
<@Ghaz> no only two of them did it that way
<Azthor> They did not
<Shootandrun> Or did those guys get the 1/100 chance of being the sole two survivors?
<Azthor> Or they'd have shot me
<Azthor> WAY AGO
<Azthor> Since they had the manpower
<Shootandrun> 1/50, actually
<Shootandrun> Or...
<@Ghaz> your security is absolutely shit if i may mention that
<Shootandrun> One in five for one to survive, one in nine for the second to survive
<Azthor> There is a difference between a lack of securitt
<Azthor> and magic
<Shootandrun> That's still 1/45
<@Ghaz> ardas has infiltrated your security months ago, the triumvirate has infiltrated your security
<Azthor> security*
<Shootandrun> 2.22222222 %, unless I'm mistaken
<@Ghaz> legrombe has infiltrated your security
<Shootandrun> Who cares about the infiltration, Ghaz
<Shootandrun> How did those two survive?
<Shootandrun> How are they the only survivors?
<Shootandrun> The odds are extremely low - I just calculated them
<@Ghaz> because they succeeded in their infiltration rolls?
<Azthor> That doesn't explain
<Azthor> Why THEY survived
<Shootandrun> Let me reformulate the question
<Shootandrun> We had ten PA guards
<Shootandrun> Eight died
<Azthor> More
<@Ghaz> yes?
<Shootandrun> The chances of those two surviving was 2.222222222%
<@Ghaz> so you want me to roll everytime somebody dies whether its those two?
<Shootandrun> Yeah
<Azthor> We want to roll so that THOSE two
<Azthor> are the surviving ones
<Azthor> Amongst a pile of dead
<@Ghaz> you know that i had to roll for some 60 security guards
<@Ghaz> some 20 assassins
<@Ghaz> taricus
<@Ghaz> you two
<Azthor> Right
<Shootandrun> Yes, GMing sucks sometimes
<Azthor> I didn't want you to roll
<@Ghaz> and the customer?
<Shootandrun> But if you don't make that roll
<Azthor> EVERY time
<Azthor> someone died
<@Ghaz> and ardas on topp?
<Azthor> I want you to do a final roll
<@Ghaz> fine...
<Azthor> Which the odds
<Azthor> of them surviving
<Azthor> With*
<Shootandrun> It's 1d5 to see if one survives
<@Ghaz> okay
<Shootandrun> If it lands on a 1, it's a d9 to see if the second one also survives
<Shootandrun> If the d5 fails, they're both dead
<@Ghaz> [2]
<Shootandrun> So there you go
<Shootandrun> The remaining two are loyal
<@Ghaz> fine...
<Shootandrun> thank god for mathematics
<Shootandrun> Also, sorry Ghaz for that
<Azthor> Aye
<@Ghaz> [6 vs.4] the assassin however kills your final pilot as you start to rise to the skies
<@Ghaz> [6,5,5]
<@Ghaz> luckily the auto-pilot clicks in and the shuttle is on its way to a
<@Ghaz> emergency landing
<Azthor> Also, concerning security, I reckon I slacked, but the Church and all NPC's have the benefit of their turns being entirely private
<Azthor> Whereas any security or black-ops related expenses I have
<Azthor> Will appear on the public thread
<Azthor> Aso
<Shootandrun> Later
<Azthor> Also*
<Azthor> Blessed rolls
<Shootandrun> We can discuss balance later
<Shootandrun> This is time for praying
<Azthor> Fair enough
<Azthor> Amem
<@Ghaz> [5-1] despite his leg wound the Sniper manages to get into position to your nearby downed corvette
<@Ghaz> you have some 10 guards remaining 2 of them PA
<@Ghaz> orders?
<Shootandrun> Do we know where the sniper is?
<@Ghaz> [6+1] nope
<Azthor> Also, still no sign of the army?
<Shootandrun> Eh
<Shootandrun> Where did we crash, anyway?
<Azthor> Really, some of them are motorized regiments, they can't possibly take this long to reach me.
<@Ghaz> [1+2] the army is still some 4 turns away
<Azthor> Ok
<@Ghaz> you crashed pretty much next to your palace
<Azthor> Can the rifle
<Shootandrun> Well, let's stay holed up inside
<Azthor> Pierce the corvette's armor?
<Shootandrun> Until they arrive or we get shot again
<Azthor> I'd find that unlikely since it is made to endure space travel
<Azthor> But yes, out of the way of the windows.
<@Ghaz>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZLDOVSg0vY<@Ghaz> peering outside of a small slit in the door
<Shootandrun> NO
<Shootandrun> No peering
<Shootandrun> Unless it's Mook McRedshirt who does it
<@Ghaz> you see a single man running towards the corvette in his hand a huge rifle
<@Ghaz> which he now drops in the run
<Azthor> 10 guards with imperial weaponry open fire.
<Shootandrun> He dropped it
<@Ghaz> [2+2 vs. 2] the door slams open and your men charge outside guns blazing
<Shootandrun> Bait...
<Azthor> Pft.
<Azthor> Why did they charge.
<@Ghaz> he evades the first few shots and with his silecned pistol takes out two guards
<Azthor> ...
<@Ghaz> you just said it
<Azthor> Now
<Shootandrun> He said open fire
<Azthor> I remember Red Robert nearly died
<@Ghaz> orders?
<Azthor> to a single House Guard
<Shootandrun> Open fire
<Azthor> So I want opposed rolls
<Azthor> like back then
<@Ghaz> [1+2 vs. 5]
<Shootandrun> We have imperial weaponry, no?
<Azthor> Yes
<@Ghaz> as he charges he gets a shot in his right legt
<Shootandrun> Why are there still atoms in our line of fire?
<Azthor> It gives us +1 too
<@Ghaz> however he continues to charge at them
<@Ghaz> now coming up for close combat
<Azthor> I am positiv ethe power-armored soldiers
<Azthor> have a bonus
<Azthor> to their firing rolls
<Azthor> positive the*
<@Ghaz> [5 vs. 4] unsehating two knives he kills the first guard before it can chagne to its nanoblade
<@Ghaz> cutting it down
<Azthor> Erm
<Azthor> Care to tell me why our guards get absolutely no bonuses
<Azthor> Although they are well equipped?
<@Ghaz> ASSASSIN
<Shootandrun> He has bonuses too
<Azthor> Ghaz
<Shootandrun> They compensate each others
<Azthor> Red Robert
<Azthor> Lost a load of his bonuses
<Shootandrun> Az, giving both sides a +3 is pointless
<Shootandrun> So it's left neutral
<Azthor> The assassin has no +
<Azthor> To close combat
<Azthor> That is my point
<Shootandrun> That's true
<Azthor> Whereas the Power-armored guards with nanoblades
<Azthor> Are clearly superior in close combat
<@Ghaz> [6 vs. 4] another guard tries to use its gun as a club but raising it high above his head he stick his dagger into his liver quickly turning around
<@Ghaz> [4 vs.4 ] to barely parry the nanoblade of another guard
<Azthor> Also, he was shot in the leg
<Azthor> No penalty?
<Shootandrun> Fourth turn
<Shootandrun> The cavalry is arriving
<Azthor> I mean, he got hit with an imperial weapon on HIS LEG
<Azthor> That leg won't let him run anymore
<Shootandrun> One last fight and we're through this
<@Ghaz> [5 vs 1] giving him a gut punch he rams his remaining dagger into the mans head and rips the nanoblade from his hands
<Azthor> Shoot you fell unconscious with a shot to your arm
<@Ghaz> his arm got ripped off
<Azthor> And I'd expect modern weaponry to have a similar effect
<Azthor> on that guy's leg
<Shootandrun> My arm got ripped off?
<Azthor> I rather dislike my soldiers becoming Imperial Marksmen out of the blue.
<Shootandrun> As in, the arm attached to the shoulder?
<Azthor> Apparently
<Shootandrun> woah
<Shootandrun> I'll attach a robot one to it
<Shootandrun> Become a cyborg
<@Ghaz> [6 vs. 3] he beheads a fourth guard [ 2 vs.1] and stumbles towards a fifth accidentally running him through while stumbling
<Azthor> Right
<Azthor> The army should be here.
<Shootandrun> The guy is pretty fucking lucky
<Azthor> Not only that
<@Ghaz> [5 vs. 5] the remaining two normal guards charge him and start to grapple
<Azthor> Our soldiers turned into Imperial marksmen
<Azthor> And he rolls against two soldiers of ours
<@Ghaz> you know what azthor
<Azthor> With no penalty
<Azthor> But roll ahead
<Azthor> You are the GM
<@Ghaz> if you dislike it i jsut kill all of your 15 guardsmen in 1 fucking roll
<@Ghaz> seriously
<Shootandrun> We still have seven guards
<Shootandrun> He can't win, Az
<@Ghaz> you survived three or four changes which should have isnta killed you
<Azthor> ...?
<@Ghaz> i always took an extra roll
<@Ghaz> whcih always sent a guard to their death
<@Ghaz> so stop complaining about my rolling
<@Ghaz> [3 vs. 2]
<@Ghaz> the two remaining guards are rung to the ground one killed with his own blade the second one chocked to death
<Shootandrun> Ghaz
<Shootandrun> Keep count
<@Ghaz> inside the two remaining men in power armour still wait
<Shootandrun> There's still five guards, counting those two
<@Ghaz> 5?
<Shootandrun> We had 12 just a moment ago
<Shootandrun> 10 Kevlars and 2 PAs
<@Ghaz> the pilot died
<@Ghaz> 9
<Shootandrun> Right
<Shootandrun> Well, four guards still
<Shootandrun> Counting the death of those last two
<@Ghaz> 2 in the firefight
<Shootandrun> What firefight?
<@Ghaz> when he charged
<Shootandrun> You didn't mention it
<Azthor> Two got shot with a pistol
<Shootandrun> Nevermind, keep going
<Shootandrun> I missed them
<Shootandrun> Sorry
<@Ghaz> ...uhm
<@Ghaz> your two remaining men are inside the corvette
<Shootandrun> I remember the mention of the pistol now, but I can't find the message
<Shootandrun> Later
<Shootandrun> What does it matter, if they're inside or outside?
<Azthor> We're probably dead.
<@Ghaz> he is outside
<Azthor> Aye
<@Ghaz> you want to charge him or wait inside
<Azthor> <@Ghaz> [1+2] the army is still some 4 turns away
<Shootandrun> We never wanted to charge anybody
<Azthor> We wanted to wait for the army
<Shootandrun> Can the power guards shoot him WITHOUT running?
<Shootandrun> Is shooting while standing still part of their skills?
<@Ghaz> yes
<@Ghaz> they could stay inside and fire out
<Shootandrun> They can do that, then
<@Ghaz> [6 vs. 3]
<Azthor> Two shots?
<@Ghaz> your guards peak outside but can't see him
<Azthor> Oh, nvm
<@Ghaz> the next moment a grenade flies into the room
<Azthor> Kick outside
<Shootandrun> Throw it out
<Azthor> Throw
<Azthor> Nevermind my kick
<@Ghaz> [5 quickly a guard throws the thing out
<@Ghaz> and nothing happens
<Azthor> What exactly are those 4 turns in practice?
<@Ghaz> [4] you hear the sound of vehicles approaching
<Azthor> Shoot and I can't do anything, I suppose, so we stay unconscious
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