Tarran SmithSearch again.
There isn't exactly an overabundance of options on the possible locations of Dom and Taric, they had to have gone through this room or through the one that Ash's team is searching. The mystery is of course how in all the worlds they got
below the rooms.
[Observation 5+1] Nothing on the floor has been moved or is the least bit out of place as far as you can see, and considering the rather gory carpet you think it rather prudent to check the walls first. You walk around the small room, running your hands across the walls at different heights and relying as much on your physical senses as you do on your psychic vision. A good thing too, psychic tendrils aren't able to catch in hairline seams that lie between concealed doors and ordinary walls. Fingernails on other hand, can.
Maintenance Access Hatch. Considering the fact that you spent your last days on earth living beneath one it's almost surprising that you didn't think of it sooner. Dominique would of course known about the hatches being a maintenance worker herself. All that left was
why she'd decided to leave you high and dry.
Of course there was that pesky detail of you agreeing to be chaperoned around the facility by an armed escort of faceless not-quite-people wearing armor that -according to Taric- latched onto your face and captured your brain via your eyeballs.
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Ashley Fey and Jordan Grey"I am almost at that point with you, but the moment we do that, they know we are not playing ball, and any advantage we could have gotten playing along vanishes, but it wont work without everyone else, so a couple of us could sneak off with less chance of being noticed." Ashly Fondly Regards Cremation (of immortals) and looks one last time for the two runaways
Jordan might not be exactly happy with things right now but you've known him long to know the difference between him whining and him actually suggesting something. This is, like 99% of his complaints, one of those times when he just needs to whine to make himself feel better. Of course being covered in that foul gunk is probably license enough for anyone to whine a little about their sorry lot in life, or whatever this thing you have is called.
After he's been suitably placated with needless logic the pair of you give the room the good once-over that Jordan interrupted with his maladroit antics. [Ash observation 3, 3 Intuition 5+1, 1 Luck 2 8/30. Poor result] The result however is nothing more than you expected, an exercise in futility. The room is, as far as you can see, clean.
[Jordan observation 4, 3 Intuition 4, 2+1 Luck 3 14/30. Average result] Jordan's search of the other side of the room yields no other revelation, Tarran's troops are not in fact hiding under the throw pillows.
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Dominique Wakeman"What?" Dom said, turning to Jake. "I told you I can do that shit. Calm your ass down and let's get hustling. I'll lead the way, I got all the big guns. Except for that one..." she said, smiling to herself. Say what you would about Taric, but he was handy in a workshop. That... whatever the hell it was he had made would be a nasty surprise for anyone trying to stop them. "Jake, you follow me, Taric, you take rear guard." That was the best formation, in her opinion; she had the heaviest armor and most guns so she could easily handle frontal assaults, and Taric had weapons and combat experience. He would be safe in the back but still able to watch her back and keep Jake safe. Frankly she didn't trust that guy with a gun - at least not yet - so it was best for him to stay sheltered in the middle.
Smirking somewhat at Jake's reaction you clamber through the damaged iris first. You seriously doubt that he's going to attempt to attack you ever again, with anything. Taking command in Tarran's absence you order Taric to take up the rearguard, with the tunnel dead-ending behind you there isn't much chance of being attacked from behind, putting him in the greatest position to use that bizarre hybrid of lead and laser that he's so bloody proud of.
Jake you order to keep between yourself and Taric. You he's probably fairly safe to turn your back on when unarmed and scared shitless by your abilities. He doesn't complain about being ordered around, scrambling slightly less gracefully behind you through the iris as you lead on.
You lead Taric and Jake down the maintenance shaft, gratefully noting that the secondary iris in this shaft remains retracted for the time being. A dozen more strides after the reserve iris you're able to clearly make out the ladder shaft down to the next level of maintenance corridors, scratch marks on the rim mark it as leading down to a tunnel hub with at least seven different branches from there.
The ladder would certainly take you down deeper, but there are also the other ceiling hatches in the shaft that lead up to the pair of locked rooms of unknown contents.
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Taric Sizier"Guess we're clear then. Lead on, considering you seem to know where you're going." Go into the hole (The one in the iris 
).
You follow Dominique, or rather you follow the sound of Jake following Dominique. The lack of the primary human sense would bother most people pretty severely, you though... It's an irritation. Sight isn't so much necessary in these straight and unobstructed tunnels, if they'd all been covered in the mess that Jake's section had it would be a different story, but as it is you need touch and hearing more than you need sight.
[Failed roll not shown]
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James EvanJames: 59+0-0=59
Blight: 81+2-0=83
James figured if she could make thing in his mind he could make things in his mind, attempting to imagine imself a suit og AEGIS body armour and a shotgun.
Your shadowy abomination is faster than she has any right to be, maybe it's the fact that it's her memory you're in, maybe it's part of the psychic thing, maybe it's something else entirely, but whatever it is she reverses her grip on the blade with blinding speed and drives it back into your chest like a very pointy hammer. [Blight melee 4+1 Vs James Dodge 3] [Blight brawl 3] You raise the chair defensively again, knocking her arm far enough sideways to prevent the knife from skewering you, but not far enough to keep its serrated edge from scoring across your ribs. (James -15 HP)
Fine, she wants to play with point pieces of metal, she can have them. As for you, well you certainly don't plan to resign yourself to such archaic methods of butchery as that. [Will 2-1 double action] [Will 4-1 double action] You imagine yourself wearing the AEGIS body armor from the Storm Captain holo-series, resplendent with flowing cape and gilded lightning crest on the breastplate. A part of your mind however kicks in to remind you that the armor worn by Captain Storm was a fabricated model and about as useful as snot for the purpose of deflecting knife blows. This unfortunately is translated completely into the ornate Tactical armor you now wear, it's as light as a feather and just about as protective.
The shotgun however goes over slightly better, a shorter model of semi-automatic slugger that you remember pretty clearly. You did after all greenlight a shipment of such weapons as organic foodstuffs back in your pivotal days as a scanner.
(Ephemeral AEGIS armor is now worn, Gargoyle CQC shotgun is now wielded)
Turn Recap Taric follows Dom and fails to do something. (Thus dooming you all. As usual.)
James gets pinked again, again.
Tarran Discovers a secret door!
Dominique takes charge, like a
bossAsh Is failing to discern a reason for her meticulous search of an empty room.
Jordan is Following
Harry is Following
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, Orb Lightstand (35 lbs 13/20)
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: 40/115
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: Maintenance Shaft Top level, tired
Health: 27/70
Stamina: 34/70
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: Maintenance shaft top level, tired.
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: 28/75 (Dreamspace HP 170/200)
Stamina: 29/75
Carried weight: 105/200 (-25%)
Attire: Exarch Dress uniform [8lbs] Light Body armor 32/50 [25lbs] (Dreamspace: Ephemeral AEGIS Armor 1/1)
Inv:
Renfield SMG (10, 10lbs, in hand)
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)
(Dreamspace: Gargoyle Shotgun (6/6))
Status:Primary Staff quarters, Hall. Incredibly Smelly.
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