Roy will not stop the stim patch.

As Roy aims his blaster towards the door, Jek slaps stim patches on the two of them.  The effects don't hit immediately but Jek assures ROy it wont take long.  Meanwhile Darak grabs Daniel and pulls him towards the back of the cell.  The pair cough and splutter as they retreat.  Whilst Daniel continues to splutter, Darak drops to one knee and aims his pistol at the door.  Seeing Roy in the opposite cell in a similar position he reminds himself to aim carefully lest he hit a team mate.

The shots never come though.  The Trandoshans don't run in front of the doorway.  Instead with a grunt the push the cell doors hard causing them to slam shut.  Muffled laughs are heard from the passageway.  It sounds like the guards are wearing some sort of air filter.  A voice is heard shouting, probably from the medical centre.  The basic is broken but understandable.

"You all dumb.  Now you locked up again.  Drop weapons in hall or we kill all of you and take weapons."

Something is shouted in Dosh and someone can be heard moving past the doors.  As nobody is visible they are clearly ducking down so you can't take potshots at them.


OOC:  Oopsies.  You're all back where you started.  Granted your armed but you're all locked in the cells you were taking cover with.  Though now the door is shut the gas should dissapate in around 15 seconds or so.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:42, Sun 04 Mar 2007.

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Jek sinks to the floor and sighs.  'So much for the great rescue attempt'  He hadn't saved anyone.  In fact he'd got himself caught and all he'd done is put the slaves at further risk.  Had he been wrong to put his faith in the mercs and these few prisoners?  Perhaps one of them would have a plan.

He looked to Roy.  "So any ideas?  How do we get out of this one?"

Darak, waiting for the guards next move, thought to himself 'It is a standoff now ... but at least we have taken one guard out and were keeping these ones busy. That helped the mercs face less opponents'.  If a guard were to pop his head up - or even a hand - Darak was ready to fire.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:20, Thu 08 Mar 2007.

Roy sit at the back of his cell if he see a gaurd he will shoot at him. he will wait until the smoke clears before doing anything else.

The Trandoshan leader laughed and muttered two simple words in Basic.  "Kill them."

The group prepared their weapons and took aim as the two guards aimed their rifles and fired, one into each cell.

Blaster fire erupted in a dazzling display of light.  Roy's shot went uselessly wide while Jek and Daniel both hit the door close to the bars.  Darak's shot flew through the bars and caught one of the guards in the shoulder.

The return fire was of more concern.  With no room to move there was no chance to dodge or take cover.  Yet somehow Roy managed to step aside in time to narrowly avoid taking a bolt in the chest.  Darak also had a narrow miss, a blaster bolt burning through the fabric of his right shoulder, missing by mere millimetres.

The blaster fire continued.  The advantage of cover worked in the Trandoshan's favour as most of the heroes' bolts continues to hit the doors or the bars.  The few that went between missed their intended targets.

However amidst the returning of hot light, Jek took a blaster bolt in the chest and fell to the ground with a gasp.  The doctor's hold-out blaster clattered uselessly to the floor.



VP/WP
Roy - 2/10 10/10
Daniel - 21/21 13/13
Darak - 0/16 14/14
Jek - Dying
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:54, Fri 09 Mar 2007.

Darak will move to directly beneath the hard portion of the door, figuring that if they can take cover on one side of the door then so can he (on the other). He will shoot upwards to make a reach-over shot very difficult (a sort of supression fire but on a different axis).
This message was last edited by the player at 15:14, Fri 09 Mar 2007.

sorry Jek I will make things worse if I try to help.  At that Roy will take another shot and move to the door after all if they can use it so can he.

Still coughing from his run in the with gass Daniel rises above the effects and takes a shot with his rifle aiming through the bars and hoping to make contact. Knowing that remaining out in the open is not going to be the best way to keep himself alive. He makes a run for the other end of cell taking cover beside  Darak. They had to work with what they had and in this cell the door was the only thing preventing those guards from having perfectly clear shots.

Almost as if there minds are working in unison, all three prisoners decide that taking cover to the sides of the door is the way to go.  Rushing forward, the three hope to make cover safely.  They fire on the run, their shots hitting the door, hoping to buy them the time they need.

The guards seem to have other plans. . .

Roy takes a rifle blast to the chest that hurls him over backwards and leaves him lying on the floor, smoke rising from his chest.  Daniel, likewise takes a blaster bolt in the chest that sends his flying to the side and crashing into the side wall where he lies unmoving.

Only Darak makes it safely to the cover of the front wall.  As his eyes took in the fact that Daniel had been hit, he also realised that there was still blasterfire occuring.  It sounded like it was coming from further down the hall.


OOC:  Courtesy of a critical hit to Darak and a regular hit to Roy, the intrepid escapees are down from 4 to 1.  Without prompt medical attention Roy, Jek AND Daniel will all die.


VP/WP
Roy - Dying
Daniel - Dying
Darak - 0/16 14/14
Jek - Dying

Roy will lay there.(blow my force point on the fort check to stop bleedng and dying and stuff.)

Ignoring the distant blasterfire Darak set himself more important tasks.  Creeping as close to Daniel as he could without exposing himself, he dragged the soldier to him.  He then set himself to the task of stemming the flow of blood.  Fortunately he had done this sort of thing numerous times before and had his medkit with him.  Soon Daniel was stabilised. . .at least for the moment.

Commands were shouted from further down the hall and Darak could hear one of the guards run off to join the leader.  One of the guards could be heard chuckling outside the cell.  He also heard the unmistakable sound of one of a swipecard being used.  There were multiple swipe attempts and curses in Dosh as the door failed to open.



VP/WP
Roy - Stabilised
Daniel - Stabilised
Darak - 0/16 14/14
Jek - Stabilised
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:28, Wed 14 Mar 2007.

Taking advantage of both the locked door as cover and the guards unsuccessful attempt at the swipe card reader Darak will fire at the guard through the top bars.

Darak steadied himself before swinging himself up and bring his blaster to the opening between the bars.  He quickly spotted the Trandoshan to the side, distracted with trying to make his swipe card work.  He did not know, could not know Roy had changed the passcodes.

The Trandoshan spotted Darak as the human brought his blaster to bear.  Dropping his card in surprise he swung his blaster round in desperation.

To Darak, he seemed to almost move in slow motion.  He had no trouble firing two shots in rapid succession that drilled into the guards chest and neck, killing him instantly.

Further down the corridor, Darak could just make out the other two Trandoshans.  They were busy shooting down the corridor that led to the outside and seemed not to have noticed their comrade's fall.

Darak will try not to make any noise, and will take a minute to see if he can get Daniel patched up a little more. Then he will see if he can reach the swipe card reader with the mag-card originally given him - which was left active by Roy for the very purpose of opening doors.

If possible (if he can get the door open) he will leave Daniel under cover - out of sight - behind a partially open door (slowly, quietly opening it just enough to get out). Then he will slowly, and carefully make it over to the other cell and inside to check on Jek and Roy.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:52, Wed 14 Mar 2007.

Ignoring the going-ons outside his cell, Darak steels himself to the task of first tending his own wounds and then those of his cellmate.  After a few minutes, Daniel slowly starts coming to.

Outside the sounds of distant blasterfire get much closer as a grenade is heard to explode down the corridor.  A roar from one of the Trandoshans is heard, though it sounds more of defiance than pain.  There is then the sounds of blasterfire approaching from the southern portion of the hallway shooting north towards the medical centre.

Darak will continue withthe medical treatment and when Daniel comes too he will make sure the wounded man stay quiet - using military handsignal and general shushing gestures to communicate his meaning. Feeling almost exhuasted Darak will make no noise and continue to use the closed door for total cover as he has been. He thinks to himself 'without a good idea I am as good as dead in a fire fight ... can't leave position ...'.

By listening he will try to make out what is going on in the hallway, so that the pot shot he plans to take soon will be with a rough knowledge of where people are, what is going on, etc.

Darak's ministrations soon have Daniel on the mend.  Whilst his wounds were still grevious and would likely require bacta therapy he was at least now functional.  Darak had still heard nothing from the other cell so it was hard to be fully positive.

Indeed, the sounds outside the cell sounded little better.  From what he could hear there were at least two people in the medical centre when the Trandoshan's charged.  There were the sounds of both blaster fire and autofire from there, suggesting at least one heavy weapon.

As the Trandoshan leader reached the medical centre door there was a loud gasp and the dropping of a weapon.  The Trandoshan was still shouting and cursing so it was likely one of the mercs who had just been shot.  It sounded like the help was having as much trouble as his own group was.

The second trandoshan was a little further back.  He was a little past the cell doors, heading towards the medical centre.  His flank was clearly exposed to Darak and Daniel.  However if a shot was fired it might be heard.  The autofire from the medical centre was loud but it certainly didn't guarantee anything.



OOC:  Welcome back Daniel!  You're sweriously wounded but active.  The situation is that the Trandoshan leader is now in the doorway of the medical centre.  He has clearly just downed one of the mercs.

The second trandoshan is a little past the cell doors, heading for the medical centre.  A shot at him from the cells would be a rear/flank shot at point blank range.  However not killing him could really ruin your day.  Also it is possible the leader might hear the shots (though he does have other things to worry about at the moment).

Jek, Roy.  Hope you're still with us in spirit.



VP/WP
Roy - Stabilised
Daniel - 5/21 2/13
Darak - 1/16 14/14
Jek - Stabilised

Daniel slow pushes himself up into a seated position on the floor. Seeing Darak's signs and gestures he silently nods and reaches for his blaster rifle. With the sounds of blaster fire around them he didn't want to be caught without a weapon in hand.

Continuing to use military signs he ask Darak what's going on outside. Hoping Darak understands the signs he silently pushes up against the wall for support. Deaths door had been close before and he still had some fight left in him.

With a combination of near-standard (Bothan military) hand signals and finger painting with a little spare medical paste of some variety Darak breifly 'explains' the situation outside.

He outlines one 'Big' enemy and one 'small' enemy with our 'allies' not doing so well. He notes that the 'door is jammed' he is exhasuted but if Daniel wants to provide 'flanking fire' Darak is 'thumbs up and smiles' when it comes to helping. He finishes by pointing to Daniel's patched up wounds and then makes a 'shoot at the enemy' motion with his blaster pistol with a 'yes or no go' query to Daniel.

Darak begins to outline the situation, but faster than he can explain, the situation changes.  The whine of autofire is heard and the unmistakable sounds of energy bolts striking flesh is heard.  A gasp is heard and the clattering of bodies to the ground, followed by silence.

A few moments later the sound of somebody running down the corridor from the south end is heard.  Someone shouts in common "Two report."

It is hard to make out but the shouter is clearly not happy about something.  Phrases like 'let eight get shot up' and 'lock us in'

When Darak and Daniel finally move to the cell window they see a Duros with a heavy repeater in his arms standing in the doorway of the midcal facility.  In the room a human (the guy giving the orders) is knelt over a human with a nasty blaster shot to the chest.  The victim is unconscious but Darak spies the rise and fall of his chest.  The human leader is treating his wounds with a medpac.

The two Trandoshans can be seen lying on the ground.  The Trandoshan leader's chest looks like he went a few rounds with a blender.  The other has a blaster shot that took him in the eye.




OOC:  Looks like help has arrived!

While still under cover Darak says to the people he hopes are the Mercs "By the light I hope you are the mercs who Jek was in contact with. Darak Aeleth here - Junior Officer of the Bothan Exchange Conglomerate - Grade 9A, Service Number 23-72-11. If you are here to resuce us, the cell doors are jammed. There are two in the cell directly opposite me who might need medical attention. I'm still well enough to fight, just badly winded. My friend in the cell here is Daniel, and I've patched him up enough so he is mobile - we aren't priority but Jek and Roy over there took some heavy hits in the firefight."

After saying that Darak looks over to Daniel with a little shrug, crossed fingers, and a 'lets hope for the best' sort of expression.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:51, Fri 23 Mar 2007.

Daniel nods at Darak that it should be alright to trust the new arivals. Any enemy of the slavers keeping them here atleast shares a common foe with him and the rest of the prisoners.

Forcing himself to ignore the pain of his blaster wounds Daniel rises to his feet to take a look out of the cell door. "It's good to see we've finally met someone with the firepower to take care of those guys. I've been injured but I will survive. Darak here and Jek in the other cell might be able to proide you guys some aid and I can help with moving the injured and evacuating the other slaves."

OOC:  All people can now post in the main thread now - Act 3:  The assault