Tarran Smith"Holy cow that was fast. Hold on, half my squad is split. I won't leave here without them. Will you let me get them?"
Escort, somewhat larger and more heavily armed than you had anticipated. Without Taric's mindscrews and Dominique's close quarters mastery you're going to be screwed if things get bad. With this in mind you politely ask if you can go collect your wayward soldiers. [Diplomacy 4+1] Somewhat surprisingly the Immortal nods once and steps back, the others of its group fanning out to block further passage down the east west corridor. The message is fairly clear, sure you can get them, but you're not going anywhere else until you do.
Now all you need to do is convince the others that it would be a good plan to tramp down into unknown parts of an unknown base to take part in a deal of unknown stability that was made with a being of unknown sanity, all the while being surrounded by six armored escorts of all too well known lethality. Christ, this sounds like a terrible plan to
you.
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Ashley FeyTry to brain again, this time talk it over with harry, everyone knows talking helps you to think
Mindful of the fact that there are hostile ears nearby you lower your voice when you talk to Harry about where the hell the communications array on a place like this would be. [Int 3-1 (repeat action), Harry Int 4] [Talking 4: Undetected] He at least has a few whispered ideas; the primary array would probably wired into the treetop level to get a signal out, but you don't necessarily need to destroy that, if you can destroy the interpreter systems for the transmitters it should work just as well. The interpreters would probably be lower down for insulation purposes, sharing heatsink systems with the installation's mainframe. Of course that doesn't help a lot if can't find a couple of good reference points inside the facility.
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James EvanJames facepalmed and facewalled. "...I'd be better making something up! ...Screw my life..."
James shrugged and thought about the weight flux- oh god, his personalities had physical effects on him. If this got worse, it could be bad...
For reasons unknown you bash your head into various solid objects. [Str 4+1][End 3] Aside from giving yourself a goose egg from slamming your forehead into the wall, nothing happens. Again for reasons unknown you tell everyone around that you need to make something up, and that they should screw your life. You do an excellent impression of being completely insane.
[Blight will 5 Vs Shadow will 3-1] The tips of your fingers are getting pins and needles and you get a strange feeling of pressure inside your skull. You probably should look into a permanent solution to this multiple personality problem rather than just leaving Her alone to be a bull in a your china shop.
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Taric Sizier & Dominique Wakeman"Look, I just have a feeling that if we go with the boss, we're dead, alright? If any of the survivors Jake has told us about knows the military R&D, we could use the supplies their to help them out. I'm heading that way with Jake, and I'm not waiting around to be caught by those immortals and be shoved into a suit okay? If you don't want to come with, fine."
Dom clenched her fist. "Gah! OK, fine, whatever, I'll come with you. You'll just get lost without me anyway and you need someone to protect your ass while you do that weird mind-bendy shit." She sighed heavily. "Well, Jake, you heard him. Which way do we need to go?"
Jake frowns in concentration when Dominique asks him for directions, thinking for a long moment before speaking.
"I... Don't really know. Those bastards closed the iris in the maintenance shaft behind me when they realized I was in here, that's how I got trapped down there." He wrings his hands helplessly "
Without using the shafts I'm not exactly sure how to get down there, didn't exactly get to do a lot of strolling about when I worked here."Dominique snorts and ducks back down the maintenance tunnel, leaving Jake alone with Taric as she drops into the dark shaft. Reclaiming the man's gun is fairly easy, but a quick check reveals no obvious power cell or clip for the device. Odd weapon in hand she turns back to inspect the maintenance iris, teary eyed Jake might not be able to do anything about it, but you're a hell of lot meaner than he is. The maintenance iris is another thing that seems unchanged from her own workplace, a five-and-a-half foot tall dilating alloy shutter. Designed to cordon off damaged or dangerous sections of a workplace these things had no override consoles, magnetic readers, or sweet spots to beat on from the inside, their operation was controlled from remote maintenance control stations or by automatic hazard systems.
Beating this down might take some work.
(Unusual Pistol added to Dominique's inventory)
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EscortThe Immortal escort remains rooted in place across the corridor, weapons still slung across their backs or at their sides. They show no sign of hostility, but then again they don't show any sign of breathing either. Who knows what's happening underneath their armored exoskeleton... Still, they aren't advancing or trying to kill you yet.
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Turn Recap Taric commits mutiny
James bashes himself into random objects
Tarran secures the ability to grab his wayward sheep
Dominique is considering yet more vandalism
Ash is whispering conspiratorially
Jordan is pointing a gun at the escort
Harry is pointing a gun at the escort while whispering
The escort is blocking the hallway that leads away from the personal quarters.
Relevant ItemsMemory Stick (Dom)
Broken Pad (Taric)
Ident Badge -Pyotr Ivanov- (Taric)
Ident Badge -Kira Masse- (Tarran)
Unpowered Pad (Tarran)
Health: 48/100
Charge: 125/150
Carried Weight: 96/200 (-25%)
Attire: Plain gray under-armor padding. [10lbs] Heavy Combat Armor, 74/150. [45lbs]
Inv:
Leanashe Assault Rifle [30/30 18lbs]
4.73 mm Caseless box mags x1
Cirri Light pistol [20/20 4lbs]
Energy cell x5
Manticore Pistol [9/10 6lbs]
Mechanical Bypass kit 3/5 [3lbs]
Arc implants, Planerian Implants
Stormcrow implants
Javelin Implants, Duelist Implants
Status: Primary Staff quarters.
Harry Nakamuno
Health: Badly Damaged
Charge: Three quarters charge
Description: 6'3", weighing three-hundred and fifty pounds Harry is the frontline muscle. Generally calm but a man who dislikes doing nothing, slow to anger he's been friends with Jordan since the Conclave gained their freedom.
Personality Complication: Just cause. Harry Believes in the work he does, and he believes hard. He won't hesitate to put a hole through anything in the way of his duty.
Skills: Melee 2, Soak 2, Brawling 2, Marksman 1
Attributes,
Strength (Str): 6
Dexterity (Dex): 3
Endurance (End): 6
Charisma (Char): 3
Intelligence (Int): 3
Willpower: (Will): 3
Staggershock implants,
Aegis implants, Lazarus implants
Samson Implants, Duelist Implants
Equipment: Heavy Combat Armor 52/150, Wolfkin SMG 12/18, Disruptor Pistol (4/4 4lbs), .50 cal drum clips x3, HE grenades (2), Thermal Paste (1), energy cell x3
Jordan Grey
Health: Damaged
Charge: Almost Full
Description: 5'9'' Jordan is a slender blond man with the red scraggle of beard perpetually encroaching on his chin. Part of his memories were lost during translation, and all hope of recovering them lost in the second battle. His name is a combination of earth history and the book Grey's anatomy. His medical expertise remains intact along with his sarcasm and combat skills, but most of the rest of his life is hazy.
Personality complication: Hatred, he might not show it much of the time but Jordan holds a grudge against the... thing that robbed of the chance to ever recover his memories. He is determined to kill it, if it's the last thing he ever does.
Skills: Mechanics 2, Marksman 2, Dodging 3,
Attributes,
Strength (Str): 1
Dexterity (Dex): 6
Endurance (End): 1
Charisma (Char): 3
Intelligence (Int): 6
Willpower: (Will): 6
Javelin implants,
Spider implants, MD. Ande Suite
Toxicology and hazard recog, Arc implants
Equipment: Combat Armor 76/100, Laelaps Laser rifle 7/12 (15lbs), Disruptor Pistol (4/4 4lbs), energy cell x4, Field Surgery kit 1/5, Advanced medical kit [3/5], basic medical supplies [3/5] , ORS pack 3/3.
Health: 91/115
Stamina: 30/115
Carried Weight: 160/200 (-25%)
Attire: Arbiter dress Uniform, pristine [10lbs] Standard Body Armor, 47/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Abassy Heavy pistol -laser sight- [7, 8lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Chimera Pistol [15, 5lbs]
Stun club (50/50 11lbs) x4
Fuath Riot suppression carbine [6, 13lbs, Caustic load]
.50 caliber pistol clips x7 (7, 2lbs)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A30, E65, 16lbs,)
LR Jormungandr Battle Rifle (13/35 A, 8/15 E, Damaged, 17lbs)
.220 gauss slugs x2 (35)
Smoke Grenades x1 (neg)
Field rations x2
Unusual Pistol [?, 9lbs]
Basic medical kit (2/5) (5lbs)
Data storage drive [Romance novels]
Status: Primary Staff quarters, D wing, tired
Health: 27/70
Stamina: 16/70
Carried Weight: 138/170 (-25%)
Attire: Technocrat Commander Dress uniform [11lbs] Standard Body armor, 66/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Energy Cell x7 (3 lbs)
Frankenstein Versatility Rifle (A4, E70, 31lbs, in hand,)
.220 gauss clip x4
Basilisk pulse rifle 4/5 (13 lbs)
Piru Gauss Rifle (4/5 4/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slugs x2 (5)
Disruptor Pistol (4/4 4lbs)
Saun's Helmet (Quarter full of ants, enclosed.) (3lbs)
Box of terrible scrap components (20lbs)
Short Range Radio, (Off)
Memory Foam centerfold
colonist rations x5 (5lbs)
Tripwire emitter
Status: South primary staff quarters, Exhausted.
Health: 35/75
Stamina: 71/75
Carried Weight: 133/150 (-25%)
Attire: High-prelate Uniform [8lbs] Standard Body Armor 48/100. [35lbs]
Inv:
Ichneumon Anti-Armor Rifle -Scope- (1, 20lbs, 1 rounds in speed loader)
1' sabot packs x3 (2)
Chimera pistol (15, 5lbs)
Combat Knife (1lb)
Sleipnir SMG (A0, E25 9lbs,)
Sleipnir SMG (A0, E25 9lbs,)
3 energy cells
8 .220 gauss clips (35)
Basic First Aid Kit 5/5 (5lbs)
1 .220 gauss clip (25)
Jormungandr Assault Rifle (A35, E70), 16lbs, in hand)
Status: Primary Staff quarters, Hall.,
Health: 38/75
Stamina: 29/75
Carried weight: 140/200 (-25%)
Attire: Exarch Dress uniform [8lbs] Light Body armor 32/50 [25lbs]
Inv:
Renfield SMG (10, 10lbs, in hand)
Orb Lightstand (35 lbs 17/20)
Riot shield (10lbs 30/30)
Piru Gauss Rifle (E5/5 A5/5 16lbs)
.45 Gauss slug clip (5)
Simone's Song (6lbs 4/7 -Frangible Rounds-)
.50 caliber Frangible pistol clips (7) x1
Dybbuk Flechette Canister Rifle (1/2 35 lbs)
20 mm flechette canisters (x2, 1 lb)
Status:Primary Staff quarters, Hall. Incredibly Smelly.
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