Forim Onyx mutters. I'm going to need that grenade. I'll use it to get the stormtroopers attention. Back towards the front of the building. Hopefully this can give our friends what they need to escape. 

Forim nods and says "Dienton might want to get ready to get into their speeder too, so we have a good driver on both speeders."

He hands over the weapon, and lets the speeder drift backwards without putting it into reverse.

Jeron kept running towards the second gate, wanting to trust that the others were right behind him, but he didn't know them that well yet so he glanced back to make sure. He planned to head towards the speeder if he could do without being seen by the stormtroopers.

Think, think, think!  "Wait!  Jeron!   Take the spy you knocked out with you!  And if you get caught, make sure he can't report anything about us."   Hopefully Jeron will wait for her so she can hand him her belongings.   She then turns to the Verpine.   "Go with Jeron.   I'm going to try and slow them down."  She then looks at the spokesperson, "Go with Jerson.   Ikki will lead the others."  And then to Ikki over the comm, "++Cover Jeron as he makes from the back gate and then bolt with the men.++"  She's not calling them thugs any more as they're now 'her men'.  "++I'm going to see if I can hold up the Stormtroopers.++"   And then she'll continue to the garage, blood... she needed blood.   Ripping her garments, she'll bloody herself before running out towards the gate, her hands more than visible, as she attempts to present the image of a fleeing captive - no doubt the wounds she received earlier will add to the effect.  "Help!   Help me... please."



OOC:
Leadership - to encourage the Vespine to follow Heron and to send the 'thug spokesperson' off after Jeron.
20:40, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b 1a 2p 2d.


Deception - to convince the Stormtroopers that she's an escaped captive and to 'stall' their advance into the compound.
20:40, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b 1a 2p 2d.

Please adjust the die as needed :-)

The two thugs that Caddy has press-ganged get all the way outside before they see the stormtroopers. They lose their nerve and stay inside the garage.

Jeron gets all the way to the garage and sees the thug he tied up. The man is groggy but still attempting to free himself from the makeshift binds.

Meanwhile, Onyx makes it into the alleyway. He comes up to the gate and sees the inside of it. He sees a pair of unfamiliar humanoids, armed with slugthrowers, peering out of the garage door nervously towards the stormtroopers. They duck back inside. He also sees Jeron enter the room.

Dienton and Forim arrange their speeders for a quick getaway in the street behind Jabba's walled complex. Dienton notes that one of the walls looks weak, as though a good impact could shatter it. Forim spots something interesting too; the building next door to Jabba's complex has a ladder running from the alleyway to the roof.

At that moment, Caddanra is preparing to begin her distraction. She is just inside the front door, preparing to appear as though she is being pursued by all the villainous forces in the galaxy. Then she hears a 'boom' from outside. There are the sound of several powerful blaster bolts and the screeching of tearing metal.
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Jeron rolled his eyes at Caddy. She wasn't his superior and he was getting a little tired of her just doing whatever the hell she wanted and ordering everyone around. So far, her 'plans', and he used the term loosely, hadn't blown up in their face, so he let it slide.

"Yes, cause I'll move so much faster luggin' him around too..." AND her gear too apparently! He let out a sigh and continued on his way, gear and spy in tow.

If Caddy had heard Jeron's words, she might have dealt with his problem.   For now though, she still had a goal though with the explosion, the chance of running out to her death was certainly a concern.  She motions then to the ex-thugs, "Go on, get out of here before it is too late."
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Onyx aims his gun at the thugs and says in a perfectly calm voice. Don't even think about pointing those gun towards us if you want to live. If they remain compliant he grabs holsters his rifle pulls out a gernade and reaches to grab the thug.  Seems you've been busy. Forim and Dienton are waiting outside. Right before he grabs the thug he looks towards the door. Where's Caddarnra?

Ikki didn't like the idea of getting into a firefight with the Imperials but he complied with Caddy's wishes regradlesss seeing as anything else would cause problems. Holding his rifle and placing his Axe on his back, he prepared to help Jeron and the other thugs.

Entering the room with Jeron, a tiny bit sad he wouldn't get to at least try at the Speeder bike so far. "Caddy's outside, buying us time. What the hell is going on out there?" He askes as the firefight begins.

Looking at the other thugs "Go on, get out while they're busy. Let's get this Verpine out of here." He kept his rifle drawn and kept checking his corners.

Onyx points his weapon at the thugs, who immediately throw up their hands. Not a lot, but enough to show their lack of threatening intent. "Hey, friend. We're just trying to make our way in the Universe, you know? That woman who killed the Boss is at the front door. She told us to get out of here."

Ikki enters and joins Jeron, Onyx, and the thugs. He is escorting a Verpine, who looks frightened as far as you can read Verpine facial expression. He has his hands on his head and keeps glancing left & right. He is limping a bit, and you can see the scars on his ankle joins. He is managing to keep up with Ikki, however.

The verpine crouches against the doorjamb, not far from Onyx. He looks up at Onyx with wide eyes. He taps his thorax. "D'Trii," he says. Possibly he is introducing himself.

On his way to the garage, Onyx saw one of the stormtroopers in front of the complex. He didn't stay in view long before entering the open gate, but the stormtrooper may have seen him as well.

Then something happens at the front of the building.

Caddanra goes outside the front door and is immediately confronted by ten stormtroopers aiming blaster rifles directly at her. One has an orange pauldron and a communication pack on his back. There is another stormtrooper with them who is not carrying a blaster rifle. Rather, he has a blaster pistol and is standing slightly in front of the others.

Behind them is an armoured groundcar. The tinted windows are impossible to see through from outside, but surely there is an operator still inside. The engine rumbles and the twin heavy blasters mounted on the turret swivel down towards her.

The metal gate on this side of the building has been blasted. It lies in a twisted heap on the sandy ground. No longer does it obstruct entry through the gateway, although if you aren't careful running over it you might step between the bars and twist your ankle.

The stormtrooper in the front levels his blaster pistol at Caddy as she piteously cries for help. Whether he believes her story or not doesn't seem to enter the discussion.

"Set for stun," he says through his helmet's speaker, and then fires. Blue rings of energy blast from his pistol towards Caddy.

The Force rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 2P 2D.  RL st Sgt pistol (stun).
6 damage presoak
This event will only take place on the stormtrooper's turn, so if something happens to defeat him beforehand, it will automatically miss

All players roll either Vigilance or Cool. Caddenra must roll Cool.

"Help... pleas.."  Her voice is cut short as Caddy crumples, dropping to the ground the moment the sergeant stunned her.   He may have been shooting to 'stun' but he's surely hit and wounded a defenceless young woman who had been coming to them for help and support!   Are his troops truly willing to do that?  Are they truly that ruthless?


[OOC:

I'd suggest that the troops may want to check their 'morale' as, being out here in the middle of nowhere, they may not have the zeal core troopers might have?   Might they rebel against their leader who so callously shot an innocent woman?  After all, my earlier roll showed how convincing I was....

00:35, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a.  Cool.

If hit, Caddy will take 4pts of Strain and technically be 'ok' to continue on.]
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Everyone aboard the speeder who was getting aboard, Forim guns the speeder to get to safety.

(OOC: In the GMs defense, a trooper would not rebel against stunning an innocent in an unknown situation.  Stun now.  Cuff and interrogate later.  Sort out the innocent from the guilty in the brig, not on the battlefield.

That said, I am the master of doing stupid things, so hard for me to really rag on you!)

[OOC: I've no problem with what happened, but... the theme of killing/attacking innocents is one we've seen in episode 7 with Kylo Ren ordering and our Storm Trooper disobeying... so who knows what might happen here.   Regardless, my delaying action has slowed them a little - which was the aim :-)]

Dienton watches as Forim takes off, he continues to wait impatiently for the remaining crew to board up.  There was no way they could take the storm troopers and he was ready to get out of there.  He comms to the team "Time to leave"

OOC - Dienton will drive off as soon as Ikki, the Verpine, and Jeron load up.  He will head to the Sunset Shimmer to unload everyone and begin planning for Caddy.

Jeron's plan was to leave as quickly as possible. They could try to get Caddy back later, as she had made her plan and now was stunned by it.

16:14, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a.  Vigilance.

Ikki grudingling mounted the speeder with the others, they were all injuried and rushing to save Caddy wouldn't end well. It would be best to re-group first. Helping the Verpine into the speeder he patted Dienton on the back letting him know they were in.

Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled no successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 1a with rolls of 10(P), 5(A).  Cool.

Initiative
Caddy
Jeron
Forim
Dienton
Ikki
Stormtroopers
Stormtrooper Seargent
Armoured Groundcar: Vehicle crew

Caddy sees the stormtrooper seargent level his pistol at her and fire it. Dizzied but not completely stunned, she acts.

The Rebels have gathered at the speeders on the other side of the alleyway. Dienton and Forim attempt to gather their colleages up for a hasty escape. As they leave the complex, two of the stormtroopers see them heading towards the speeders.

The stormtroopers level their rifles from the other end of the alley. One shouts, his loud voice still nearly emotionless as it comes through the speaker.

"Stop! Don't get on that speeder!"

Before he can fire or do anything else, the Rebels are ready to act.

Jeron didn't turn around to look at the stormtroopers. He heard them, he just didn't want them to get more of a good look at him or his team. "Don't look back! Just go!" he hissed at his team as he helped the verpine and got in to the speeder quickly.

OOC: Helping the verpine and getting in to the speeder, don't know if I can do that defensively, lol.

Initiative.

If he can make it Onyx bolts to the ship. If not he gets as close as he can while remaining in cover.

Dienton waits for the last straggler to mount up. Then hits the gas.  Heading away from the stormtroopers.

OOC
Let me know if you need a roll.

Caddy collapses against the door, feigning unconsciousness. The stormtrooper seargent is ten meters away and distracted, so he makes no further investigation before running over to the alley entrance. The other stormtroopers follow, and soon the alley is full of stormtroopers running down to the other side.

It avails them nothing. Dienton and Forim wait only long enough to see that Onyx, Jeron, Ikki, and their verpine companion climb aboard their speeders before gunning the engines. The speeders leap off with a powerful noise, and suddenly the streets are filled with thick clouds of sand.

The stormtroopers fire wildly into the cloud. A few blasts hit Forim's speeder, leaving smoking craters in the chassis. The speeder is made of tougher stuff, and keeps its course.

Meanwhile, on the radio of the confiscated speeder you hear communication between the stormtroopers and their Command Post.

"Hardtop Prime, meet us at the alley entrance! CP, we are in pursuit of two speeders, civilian models, in the direction of the spaceport."

"Understood. Closing the spaceport. No-one's getting off this rock."

The Force rolled 4 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 3P 3D.  Stormtroopers blasters.

While not her forte, the rather large cloud of dust provided an opportunity.  If Caddy can make her way from where she is to the troopers hard-top vehicle, she'll do just that with the intention of getting inside and... stealing it.

Onyx drops the guy he was carrying and takes his rifle off of his back.  He then returns fire on the Storm troopers. Today: Onyx rolled 1 success, 2 threats, 2 triumphs using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3d 1a 2p 1s.  Shooting hard. 1 setback due to shooting on a moving craft.

Onyx fires his bullet hitting the front most stormtrooper for 9 damage. The bullet pierces a gernade on the stormtroopers front and explodes knocking the other troopers to the floor. Unfortunately for Onyx Forim makes a hard turn and Onyx nearly falls of the speeder. It is only his will power that keeps him from falling off. Onyx takes 2 strain.

Jeron began cursing quietly, and that seemed to be only by sheer determination alone that it was quiet. He shoved the verpine down and covered it with himself to make sure no blaster fire killed the creature. "Get us out of here!" he yelled out unnecessarily.

Forim guns it, and gets them out of there.