Dienton took several deep breaths to calm his nerves.  As the situation settled in his mind, his characteristic grin returned to his snout.  Who says a chadrafan cant fight?!

Moving slowly forward with his blaster out and in front, Dienton approaches the remains of the two droids.  He takes a minite to examine each one in turn.

Looking carefully he examines them to determine if they were activated remotly or if he had tripped their local sensors.  If remotely, he wanted to salvage any components attuned to the offending frequency.

He scooped up their blasters (if still servicable) and slung them over his shoulder.  Then again approached one of the crates and worked on opening it to evaluate its contents.

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Mechanics 1P3A

The crates appear unlocked, so Dienton gives them only a quick once-over before trying to crack the first one open.

As he does so, he feels the tug of a cable from inside the box.

That ain't good.

A spray of misty gas blasts out into his face. His large eyes are splashed with some sort of noxious substance!

(Resilience 3D or blinded. Any cancelled threats are Strain.)

Through the haze of pain and discomfort, he hears a distant cackling from the PAs in the halls.

Dienton flails away from the crate coughing as the gas hits him squarely in the face.  His eyes burned!

He stumbled back a few steps attempting to regain his composure.  He couldnt see, but his other senses could still guide him.

He moved slowly back towards the crate, with tembling hands he reached inside and gently felt around.  He would complete his task!

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3 failure, 3 advantage
Spend the advantage to decrease the number of rounds he remains blinded.

Dienton isn't sure how long passes before he recovers. It feels like hours; it might be only a few minutes. His eyes are still raw and blurry when he regains partial vision again.

With some ability regained, he reaches a paw into the box to check out what is in it. The answer is pipes.

Long pipes, short pipes, pipes with valves, pipes with dials.

Another container is filled with gaskets and tiny sprinklers.

Another contains a string of fluid reservoirs. One contains a carefully-packed set of humidity sensors.

Seeing his companion get gassed, Forim picks another crate that has not been examined.  He first checks the crate carefully to find any triggers or anything else that might cause harm.

(09:30, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 1A 2D.  Rolling Perception.)

Forim can't find anything dangerous in the crates. In this one is a special foam-filler, used by builders in construction. If it is sprayed into the corners and cracks of a structure, it will prevent air & water from seeping in or out. It is a very common substance that is used for humidity control.

Blinking away the tears still blurring his vison, he glances at forum "this pod must not be the one were after, the one across the hall had a cage in it, havnt checked it out yet".  Dienton moves back into the corridor and moves across to the opposite hatch.  He again disables any remote control to the pods hatch and toggles the door open.  He moves inside silently, hoping to get a look at any surprises.

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Stealth 4A

"Hmm, lots of humidity control items... wonder what they are for".  He follows Dienton .


(ooc: 4A stealth)

Inside the other pod is a cage. It's empty, but it has been used recently.

There are scratches on the floor, such as might be made by claw marks. There is also a seat that looks like a portable chemical toilet.

There are dirty food bowls nearby. Some contain the remains of a nutrient paste, and the others must have been used for water. There are a few spoons in the pile.

You are about to go into the room when you see something that stops you. This pod is wired with at least three cameras that you can see, attached to the roof. They are aimed at the cage, presumably to monitor whatever was inside.

It doesn't look like there's anything else of interest in there anyway.

Forim looks at the cages, and the other items that he has seen and wonders if he can pinpoint what they are transporting...

Its not like he doesn't know we are here already, Dienton thinks.  He glances as Forim, but then draws his blaster and destroys the three mounted cameras above the cage.  At this point, he would just about settle for causing as much damage as he could to this infernal ship.

Once the cameras were nothing but slag, he moved to the cage for a closer look.  He studied the claw marks and sniffed at the nutrient paste, hoping to identify the previous occupant based on the evidence left behind

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Knowledge Zenology 1P3A

Dienton finds himself unable to identify the clawmarks. There's simply too many clawed creatures in the galaxy, even sapient ones. He does conclude that the cages' occupant is a bipedal humanoid, probably about the size of a human.

The nutrient paste is clearly created from a combination of plants. Whatever this creature is, it can subsist on a vegetarian diet. With some testing equipment, it would be possible to determine what planet they were taken from.

After several minutes of examination, Dienton throws his hands up in surrender.  Once again, he is frustrated and unable to glean any important information from the pod.  He looks around one last time, feeling a pang of pity for the creature that had occupied the space.

He decided, he had had enough.  Moving beside Forum, he whispered "I think its time to move on.  I only checked these last two compartments, we could go and check the others, but we are really not the crew for that job.  We can disable the ship though.  Lets move to the rear and see what we can break"  His eyes flashing and with a quick grin, Dienton moved towards the door, but did not step out - he looked at Forim for agreement.

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With Forims agreement, Dienton will move down the hallway towards the engineering section of the ship.  If forum dissents, then we can move to towards the bridge again and check the other compartments.
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Forim nods and smiles ++We also need to get that door open, there is gunfire on the other side.++

The team make their way to the 'south' of the ship. They avoid the other doors and head directly for the engineering section.

No matter how completely a ship is redesigned, the engineering section can never be moved. It is too crucial to the design of the ship's systems. Functions can be controlled from other parts of the ship, but the engines are at the back.

The rebels come to the door to engineering. Recent experience has led them to believe that there may be some obstacle to opening it.

Perception or Skulduggery Difficulty 3D to locate a trap.
Skulduggery or Engineering 3D to unlock the door.

The door loomed before the Chandra-Fan, menacingly non scary looking.  Knowing that Forim had sharper eyes than he did, Dienton left him to look for traps, while he put his mechanics knowledge to use unlocking the door.

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Unlock Door - 2 Failure

Only AFTER Forim checks for traps - saw your perception is better than mine.

(22:52, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 3 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 1A 3d.  Rolling Perception.
You should be able to boost my perception...
)

(22:53, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1B.  Boosting engineering.)

Forim oworks with Dienton.

Sure enough, the door is wired. Literally -- attempting to open the door will send a huge electrical current through the door knob. Forim disarms it by clipping a wire with his blade. Unfortunately, as the trap sparks, it causes a bright flash that causes the rebels to recoil. When they look over the door, it seems to have fused!

Opening the door will require some force, now.

"Ohh Sithspit!" Dienton growls.  He looks over at Forim, "I have a frag grenade, we could try to blow the door or do you have any other ideas?"

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If Forim Agrees, Dienton sets the frag grenade near the fused section of the door and sets the timer for 3 rounds.  They can then jog back to the nearest pod for complete cover.

Forim nods in agreement, wanting to get out of this stupid ship as fast as possible.  He draws his weapons in anticipation of joining combat on the other side, and waits for the boom.

*Boom!*

The door explodes off its tracks and falls inward with a *clang*. Forim and Dienton wince at the powerful sound in the tight confines of the ship's corridor.

Roll Resilience 2D. Any failures are Strain. Any uncancelled Threats represent being deafened.

You get inside the door and find Engineering, just as you expected. Tubes and wires hang in bundles across the walls & ceiling. Panels hum and lights blink, even with the ship sitting quietly on the planets' surface.

(08:12, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 failures using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2D.  Rolling Resilience.)

Dienton knew the blast was coming.  He took care to cover his ears, but his acute senses were still overwhelmed by the concussive force of the blast.  Even though his head pounded and his ears were ringing - the door was off.  He let out a hoot of joy.

Moving into the engineering section, he took a moment to get the lay of the section.  He moved to the closest terminal and checked to see what auxiliary controls he could access from here


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Resilience - 1 success, 2 threats
Computers 4A or Mechanics 1P3A to identify Aux Controls

Dienton easily locates the ship's auxiliary controls. The piloting, gunnery, and security systems are not accessible from here, but most of the other functions of the ship are available.

The various systems of the ship are represented by green glowing lights. Most are a bright green, although a few are glowing red. Dienton believes that these must represent the blasted door and the destroyed security cams. The ship seems to be all-systems go.

For now, at least. Even as Dienton examines the panel, it changes. Light begin changing from green to orange. The four lights representing the ship's shields turn orange, one after another. The aux panel is being locked out of the ship's systems remotely!

Dienton & Forim can access each of the ship's systems by controlling various physical instruments. Whoever is at the controls is apparently trying to block their access, though. They will have to act quickly.

Roll Cool for Initiative. Activating a mechanical function of the ship is a Mechanics check 2D. Reprogramming the ship is a Computer check 3D.

08:34, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A.  Rolling Cool.

Forim acts quickly and moves to disable the communications array.  If the hacker could not get into the system remotely, then this would get way easier.  He mimes putting a comlink up to his ear, and then slashing across his neck to attempt to get some help from his companion.

08:36, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 1 advantage, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 2D.  Rolling Mechanics.

Hopefully Dienton can roll a Boost dice to add to this, and I am willing to spend a destiny to cut him out of his ship.