While the doctor examines the deceased as organic beings, S'Krllk scans the bodies as if they were not. For comparison purposes, he'll also scan everyone else in range (including himself) to look for anomalies.
He's not sure what he's looking for, but he is determined to be looking.

Desiraye is going to try and maintain her currnet speed and decelerate [1] in case of a turn but will otherwise try and keep up with the other car the best she can.  She pretty much understands that she can catch up to the escaping vehicle due to her bikes greater speed.

You continue the pursuit.  Suddenly, from the left hand side, an ambulance appears racing down the street.  (This is marked with the c.)  Desiraye flies wide to avoid it... and succeeds (reaction speed check successful).  Hammer also tries to avoid it...and barely succeeds.

I am now including the full map.  As you continue the chase, the assassins are following the dotted line.  They plan to escape out the area marked "e."

The area marked with a "d" is a narrow alley connecting the warehouse and the main gate.  This forces the assassins to slow down to a 5.

Any movement over a 5 will result in an extra reaction speed check due to the narrow alley, but it may give you a chance to catch up.


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The current speed puts Desi at exiting the alley at the end of the next round and Hammer as entering it.

The assassins will be about 6 squares ahead of Desi at that time and will be traveling at 8 squares per round.

Desi is currently going 10 squares.
Hammer is currently going 9 squares.

Hammer will increase to 11 (going 10 this round) and will not slow down for the alleyway.

Desiraye will keep her current speed of 10 after the vehicle.  If she can, she sends a message to the two Vrusk back at the ship area.  "See if you can alert the port security.  I think they may be making a break for one of the gates around here!"
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Desi and Hammer go through the narrow alleyway.  Hammer doesn't quite make it, and he crashes into the wall.  (9 STA damage.)

Desi makes it through, pursuing the assassin's vehicle and getting closer since it was slowing down through the alley.

Desi is getting very close as they round toward the main gate (marked "e").  However, there are RIK vrusk guards there with laser pistols.

There is a large barricade there, which the assassins hit with their vehicle, slowing it severely.  At this point, the four guards open up on the vehicle.  Just as Desi approaches, the vehicle catches fire and explodes with the assassins inside.

Desi pulls her bike up next to the burning vehicle as the guards surround it.  There will be nothing salvageable and no survivors.

Meanwhile, Kri'lik and S'krllk have been back searching the bodies and using sensors.

The assassins were Vrusk, apparently belonging to RIK.

REMINDER:  RIK, a Vrusk security trade-house, has been hired to police the major centres of population.

This is of limited help, since the entire security team also seems to belong to RIK.  You find nothing else strange about the bodies.

Even as this is happening, you notice that the robot that had attacked Desi's and Hammer's vehicles is making its way toward you (S'Krllk and Kri'lik).

S'Krllk glances at the robot, and tells Kri'lik, "I think we may have a problem that could turn to our advantage. Let's see if we can't claim allegiance with this house so that the approaching robot does us no harm. If I can deactivate it, we may be able to glean some data from its memory to move towards clearing this muddy situation."
As he begins to search the dead assassins, he makes the counter-clockwise turning of the eyes that indicates how odd his behavior is, and explains, "After a certain number of blasts in one's general direction, some lines tend to blur, besides, it's not like we're earther ants! Just because the trail is there we don't have to follow it."

If it works, Hammer turns his car around and goes back to the starship.  If not, he exits the vehicle and walks over there, rubbing the pain in his head.

The professor glances over to S'Krllk and says, "Is it possible the robot has flagged us with the rest?" He glances back towards the robot and then to heavy beam pistol in his right hand.

What weapons did the assassins have that are now on the ground where we both stand?

"Yes, I suppose it is. It would just be easier to get data from it if it were in one piece. Besides, I'm a very bad shot."
Seeing nothing else, S'Krllk begins to hastily append a crude RIK symbol to his jumpsuit.

"You can disable that right?" Asks the professor. He was not the best shot either.

"It's easy to disable them, difficult to get to the mechanism to do so. If it appears hostile we should separate. I'll try to get to its access panel, and you run somewhere safe while shooting at it."

Desiraye grips the brakes on the cycle and screeches/skids to a halt.  She activates her comm button to call the others, "This is Desi.  Vehicle out of commission by security.  I'm on my way back.  OUt."  Desi will make her way back towards the ship they were on at the same speed that she was chasing the assassins at.

"Ah Desi, remember that robot from earlier its headed our way...We..we have a plan though..." Kri'lik looks to his Vrusk companion and starts to slowly put some distance between the two of them in case the robot was actually headed for them.

The robot begins firing toward you -- and the crowd.  Everyone begins screaming and running in all directions.  The RIK identity thing doesn't look like it'll work.  Either the robot is firing randomly at the crowd or is targeting you directly.  It is not apparently firing at the assassins.

Hammer gets his car to turn around and starts back toward the ship.  Desi does likewise, but it will be a delay until they can help the others.

S'Krllk attempts to dodge through the crowd and flank the robot. Putting his plan to disable it into motion.

"Ah crap..." The professor looks through the crowd to see if there are any other security personel that might return fire on the robot. Regardless he draws his heavy beam pistol and aims it at the droid but holds fire until its within short range.

2 shots 45% +aim at short range set at 5 SEU (5d10 dmg).
Frontiersman Heavy Pistol *      Powerclip x2 40      Var    2   Albedo
   - Damage: stun/5d10/10d10/Frag Grenade SEU: 2/5/10/10 each shot

You look around and see there are other security robots around.  However, they seem to have just shut off in unison, as though their power switches were simultaneously flipped.

The security robot launches doze grenades to the right and tangler grenades to the left, catching many of the fleeing civilians.  This also hinders S'krllk's plan.  He dodges one of the tangler grenades.  The zone of fire has caught Kri'lik in the crossfires of this robot as the citizens fall to its other nonlethal weapons.

Kri'lik fires on the robot, scoring a critical hit with his first shot but missing with the second.  (Double damage = 68 damage.)  This does away with the robot's albedo screen and puts a burn in its cylindrical chest.

It fires twice back and hits Kri'lik with both shots.  (58 STA damage, minus absorbtion to albedo screen.)

The robot is still approaching Kri'lik.  S'krllk is horizontally equal with the robot but about 20 yards away, so he can flank it next round if he can dodge more grenades.

"We're on our way back," Desiraye says as she continues back towards the landing pad where the rest of the team is apparently under attack.

Hammer will try to ram the robot again, assuming no one's in his way.

The professor was quite surprised at the effectiveness of his first shot. This was however short lived. As the two beams of focused energy struck him his mind briefly flashed back to the station they had recently been on and the fact when he tried to buy an albedo screen they had been all out...And that was the last thing he remembered.

35 STA -58 Dmg = -23 STA... Only inertia screen and skien suit both of which are for projecties.

Seeing Kri'lik go down, S'Krllk chitters as he runs a zig zag course to the robot. "figures. escape pirates, tentacled barbarians, deadly robots, and malevolent trans-dimensional pseudo-turtles* only to be done in by my own people's machines"

*He's been downloading earther video categorized as western animation and may have mis-interpreted a reference to those specific reptiles.

Kri'lik falls unconscious to the ground, wounded by the laser, and is dying.  (He is at -24 STA now.  SEE RULE POSTED IN THE PLAYER COMMENT THREAD ABOUT REVIVING HIM, WHICH MUST BE DONE WITHIN 10 ROUNDS)

Round 2

The robot continues toward the ship, launching more grenades at the fleeing populace.  S'krllk dodges the grenades.

S'krllk reaches the robot.

(What is S'krllk doing at the robot?  The robot will be turning to attack him at the end of the next round.  If S'krllk is in close, it will be forced to use its limbs; if he is at a distance, it will fire its lasers.)

Hammer turns the corner of the administrative building and begins driving toward the robot.  (He will reach the robot after one more round driving.)
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