Meanwhile, while the away team is handling issues in the pressure dome, Forim Luk and Roger wait in the ship. There is always something to do on a ship. On a stock ship in good repair, there are endless system reports to review, routine maintenance to perform, subsystems to calibrate, and diagnostics to run. On a ship that has been modified, with a long history of use, these tasks are impeded by various jury-rigs and 'improvements.'

Roger and Forim are in the middle of a check of the repulsorlift drive coil. Roger is in the cockpit, monitoring Forim's progress remotely while keeping an eye on the sensors. Forim is elbow-deep in a serpent's nest of wires, which at some point in the ship's history replaced the pop-out circuit board that should be there. The two are communicating by the ship's intercom.

Forim is checking one of the wires when he sees the confiscated R2 droid, Hypno, rolling by the engineering section. The black droid rolls by quietly, its spiral-painted dome facing forward.

Forim hates the jumble of wires, but you make do with you you have.  He wraps some electrical tape around a frayed wire and says "Try that Roger, is the feedback gone from the tertiary control status monitor?"

While he waits for one droid to respond, he sees the other droid left with him, Hypno, roll by so he asks "Hey Hypno, what are you up to?"

The droid beeps and hums in droidspeak.

[Language unknown: "Ou Sssiweet Tinlarughrom al es, Sselen Aseiar. P, U ss Ng, it noildian k niwapr eicelicawe pe ec for osanon. Ck sastnc anyha omna witorttioted eiuree rut sesaat p ssevmitont aioueeou. Th p astrssad niri ousvirnti adacsa sa son ratwe. Fi wheek ourtictra itnde, Mi e ivnoeinica u arpl meto llilpr forund'tednce. Al ectdayion earevethuvor omefi ughvencom onhou onsingtio maanat prethaill dayionwit thiardwil."]

Hypno rolls on.

[Private to group Droidspeak: "If you would follow me, I will bring you to the site I have already mapped."]

Forim says into the open intercom "Did you catch that Roger?"

Roger flips the switch for the control monitor; the display jumps to life.  While the display works, static remains, lightly obscuring the information.  “It appears there are more problems than we thought; the static is still there!”

Processing the transmission of the astromech’s findings, “Do you think those might be smuggling bays?  You never know what you might find on these old freighters."

hidden compartment? Forim says untangling himself from the wires.  This was more interesting then tracking down the interference.  I am heading to investigate it.  meet me there Roger. he says at on his way after the droid

The two droids meet at the area directly behind the cockpit, near the ship's crew area. Forim is following along, involuntarily checking the bulkheads and floor panels.

Hypno finds a section of floor and rolls around in a circle around it. [Language unknown: "Se m e. He n te, Hereit Poeend. Seent Thurutousnce, Ionwerman Nowill. Teonca shesheessers t ainsanain forenctiolarlat un no theherome, Ri strhouundardtio thiac uldi'urof n t k etacun ieres aieeta wheio ouilfo ilouwhna. Atmeic Comlesati mength es mo acaiunpe ri k. Ce ec se."]

With this, the droid rolls off towards the crew area again.

Forim was aware of some false panels for hidden compartments placed by the Rebel Alliance. Those are in the cargo bay, not near the cockpit.

Forim says "I guess he wants us to search here.  If I am going to be left with you two droids on a regular basis, I am going to have to have you teach me that language Roger" he says pulling out his tools to first scan the deck plate, then start removing it.

ooc: let me know the rolls you want.
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To scan it, 3D Perception. Using appropriate scanning tools will upgrade 1 skill dice.
To remove it, 2D Mechanics or 2D Braw1 or 2D Melee.

Roger gives Hypno a nod as they meet.  When the astromech trundles off, he addresses Forim,  “He says he found the compartment during routine maintenance.  I wonder what the spaces were used for…”  He bends down to assist the Flight Officer.

I’m not sure how to make rolls :P

Forim pulls out an electrical scanner from his toolkit and runs it over the space.  He finds nothing out of the ordinary, but easily finds the right spot to start pulling the deck plate up.

"Roger, what do your scanners reveal?"

10:34, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2p 2b 3d.  Rolling Perception.
Spending 1 advantage to pass a boost to the next allied character (Roger)
Spending 2 advantages to pass myself a boost die on the removal

Roger takes Forim's scanner and fires it up.  He scans the hatch and compartment beyond.

21:06, Today: B1-P3 'Roger' rolled 2 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2P 1B 3D ((6(A), 2(P), 7(P), 6(B), 4(D), 5(D), 6(D))).

The scanner reveals trace levels of polyxychlohadrines in the atmosphere. The scanner helpfully suggests that these are the chemical product of nearby xychlodrines, and beeps red.

As to what those are, the scanner is unhelpful. You rack your brains.

Forim strokes his chin thoughtfully. Xychlodrines are a type of chemical rated as toxic waste by most organics. They pass through phospholipid bilayers and combine with intracellular fluids. Most organics find their tissues instantly dehydrated, causing massive pain and instant atrophy.

Forim further recalls that such things are not usually found on starships of any kind. They are mostly produced by factories as chemical waste byproducts.

"Well, that's not very good.  That is if you are organic... which I guess is only a third of us on board" Forim says to Roger.  He folds the helmet over his head, zips up the seal and then does the same for the gloves.

"So, we have a chemical waste byproduct hiding under the deck plates outside the bridge.  A desiccator, and dangerous one of that.  So, wanna open the floor and take a closer look?  We might end up breaking the seal though, might want to get some hazmat gear to contain it." he says to the old battle droid.
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Forim enfolds himself in a protective suit. It should be fairly protective against stray dessicants, until they can get the place scrubbed out. The two also conclude that using fire-retardant spray should neutralize them further, so Roger grabs a fire extinguisher canister.

Forim and Roger pop open the deck. A chemical smell fills the air as a cloud of greyish smoke rises out. It is mixed with notes of organic waste odor.

The space under the deckplates is filled with pipes and wires. They have all been routed around a space, which has been lined with plasteel covering. There are a few crates stashed in there. One of them has been shattered open from the inside.

There is a layer of slime leading from the opened box out into the pipes. You hear a *slurp* noise.

Roger's narrow head moves as he scans his optical sensor across the scene, and he intones,  “That's not good...”
He brings the scanner to bear again, bending down to bring the array closer to the crates and the slime below.  He reaches over and grabs a glowrod from the tools nearby and shines it down towards the crates, and the direction of the slurp noise...

3D difficulty again?

"No it is not" Forim agrees. "You know, I think I saw a holovid that started like this..."

Not trusting his coms on this planet, he goes over to the nearest terminal and types in a few commands.  Machinery all throughout the ship starts sealing up, vents close and the exteriour ramp closes.

If anyone were to try to enter the ship, the control panel would display a quarantine warning.  That should be enough to contain it for now...

Flipping on the intercom he says "P1, we have a loose biological on the ship.  I would guess about 40 cm in length, maybe 20 high.  If you need to scan its signature to do your own search, come back here to get a sample of the slime."

What is the mechanics DC to put together a remote control drone (on wheels, or repulsors)

No difficulty needed to open up further panels.
Creating a mini-drone would be 3D 1S. It's a little challenging and you don't have all the required materials on hand so it's going to need some jury-rigging.

16:55, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 3D 1S 1B.  Rolling Mechanics.

Forim says "I am going to try to cobble together a mini drone.  Something that can fly into the ducts and follow the slime trail.  I will rig it up with one of our cameras, so we can follow along and control it remotely.  You two droids see what you can find while I build this thing."

Putting actions to words, he found an old blaster trainig remote that he had meant to fix up.  Pulling it apart he removed the affected circuts, added a camera, and then hooked that into the tiny machines remote transmitting circuit.  It was not pretty, but it could be easily controlled.

About 10 minutes later, Forim had the thing working.  "Roger, you can tap into channel one-alpha-six-niner.  No encryption, standard video encoding.  That should let you see what it sees at least."  It was a short range transmitter, the hull would block the transmission easily, so there was never any need for encryption on such a device.

He then fires up his console, and pulls up the video feed.  Next, he sends it off to follow the slime path, catching up with what Roger has found in the process...

The little remote flies erratically through the pipes, banking and weaving. Forim follows along on the monitor as Roger pilots the little drone. It isn't hard to follow the trail. A bright green slime is streaked along the pipes.

Forim notes that you seem to be following the ship's organic reprocessors: the plumbing.

Moments after entry you find what you are seeking. An oozy green blob, dripping fluid as it bumped its way down the narrow channel. Although largely amorphous, its translucent body seemed to reveal a crude skeleton inside that gave it shape. It had one external orifice, a toothy mouth. This mouth bumped along the reprocessor main line.

“Channel one-alpha-six-niner, roger roger.”   Roger moves to a panel and dials in the channel, watching the grainy image as the drone moved along.  “If that thing breaches the reprocessor line, there’s going to be one awful mess to clean.”  Roger ties his comlink into the ship comms, “I’m going to catch that thing before it causes more problems.”

Roger climbs down into the access spaces and begins following the trail, shining his glow rod to find the way.

Roger crawls down the access tubes, lined though they are with wiring and pipes. His minimal frame allowed him a much easier time moving around in the tight quarters than a full-sized humanoid, but there's still not a lot of room to dodge.

It doesn't take long to catch up with the slime-creature. The blobby thing 'turns' and extends pseudopods towards Roger.

(Roll Vigilance and make your way first action)

While Roger works his way through the cubby, Forim spends some time trying to track the path to find the deckplate that it is currently under.

He gets all the tools ready to quickly get the plate off, but does not want to spook the creature.  He watches the monitor closely, and will remove the deck plate if needed.

Forim has been following the action with the remote, and from listening to the clanking beneath the plating he is fairly sure where things are going on. Then the noise indicates that Roger has found something. Forim prepares to open the plating.

(Vigilance roll to be ready to act.)

Rolling Init:
16:42, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A.  Rolling Vigilance.

"There you are, little guy.  You hold still now..."  Roger reaches forward with a metal hand, attempting to squash the creature.


21:35, Today: B1-P3 'Roger' rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P ((6(P))).
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Initiative:
Forim
Roger
Blob

Blob's Soak value is 3
All Roger's attacks have 1 setback while cramped in the tunnels.
Roger's Soak value is Brawn x 2 against Blob's attacks due to being inorganic

(Holding to react)

OOC - my plan is to try to squish it, but I probably won;t have time until about Friday (unless I manage some time to sneak a peek at the rules) to figure out the combat dice pool until about Friday.  Hopefully I'll post sooner, but I may not :P

You roll your brawling skill, with 2D difficulty.  GM has added 1S to your dice pool for the cramped quarters.

With 1 Brawn and no points in the Brawl skill, your Dice pool is 1A. 2D because all close-quarters attacks are 2D. 1 S because tight quarters. Total dice pool is 1A 2D 1S. You're like C-3P0 trying to do a judo flip while trapped in a plastic bag.

In classic battle droid fashion, Roger clambers towards the blob...

19:40, Today: B1-P3 'Roger' rolled 1 failure using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2D 1S ((8(A), 2(D), 7(D), 1(S))).

Unfortunately, Roger doesn't hit it very hard. The blob seems unharmed. Meanwhile, Forim hears the sound of clatter and battle-beeps.

Forim uses the distraction to remove the deck plate screws, but not lift it up just yet.  He uses his own weight to ensure it stays down.

The Force rolled 2 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 2D. Blob attack!
takes 1 strain.
Inflicts 7 damage pre-soak.
Subtract your Soak value from this damage to determine how much damage you take. Remember that for this fight, Roger's Body is treated as x2 due to his inorganic nature.

The blob monster extends its pseudopod towards Roger. It loses a little intracellular fluid doing so as it stretches its membrane to the limit.

Forim holds the plate down with the weight of his body, ready to lift it off at a moment's notice.

“Why you little… get over here!”
Roger attempts the same manoeuvre, swinging wildly at the creature.

Soak value of 2, doubled for 4, so 3 damage.
21:28, Today: B1-P3 'Roger' rolled 1 failure, 1 threat  using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2D 1S ((8(A), 8(D), 4(D), 6(S))).

Forim, watching the comedy that is the B1 battle droid try to grapple with the thing, wonders if he could make a few creds selling the video.

Pushing that thought aside he lifts the floor up, draws his weapon and fires a stun bolt into the creature.

ooc:
Maneouver: Draw Floor
Maneover: Draw Gun (2 Strain)
Action: Boom town. 3 successes, 4 advantages, 1 triumph.
Using Stun to prevent damage to the ship, and to the droid.

09:05, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 1A.  Holdout.

Forgot to add Difficulty.
10:10, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1D.

3 advantages to trigger a crit
1 Triumph to have the stun bolt affect its locomotive ability, so he is unable to run away.
11 Stun damage pre soak.
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The blobby creature becomes disoriented. It succumbs to gravity, collapsing in a neat round puddle. It violently extends a pseudopod in the wrong direction, then withdraws it. It tries again, this time aiming in approximately Roger's direction.

The Force rolled 1 success, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 2d.  Blob attack reprise. 6 damage pre-soak

The creature's pseudopod again strikes Roger's cranium. However, the creature's poor 'footing' leaves it unexpectedly overbalanced. The blob creature lodges itself into a crevice between two pipes. It shrieks and flails a dozen tiny pods, trying to gain purchase.

"Like shooting blobs in a barrel" Form says with a grin unloading another shot into the creature.


10:10, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 1A 1B.  Holdout.
10:10, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1D.

Net: 3 successes, 4 advantages.

3 advantages to trigger a crit
1 advantage to pass a boost to Roger (add 1B to your roll)
11 Stun damage pre soak.

I also forgot to roll the crit!
Crit 1: Head Ringer: The target increases the difficulty of all Intellect and Cunning checks by one until the end of the encounter.
Crit 2: Distracted: The target cannot perform a free maneuver during his next turn.

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The blob shudders and begins to disincorporate. Much of the goo oozes off the creature, leaving a smaller, more solid pouch of silvery-grey goo around its 'skeleton.' It ceases attacking and moving.

Roger moves to stand, picking up the creature, "What do you suppose it is?  Why was it down here?"

Your discussion on the creatures' origin is interrupted by a beeping noise.

Hypno's droid voice buzzes over the intercom.

[Language unknown: "Aveyinere, li ur u lipataro ck m ca foetle. Ol m osmeli diand lat hiekst thicomort. Atllch I ave terfi teoupl cefich?" ]

"Negative" Forim says moving toward the ramp "Are any armed with visible or hidden weapons?"

He checks the display to see if he can ID them.

Standing on the ramp is a male Chevin dressed in simple brown robes, with a female Chandra-fan on his shoulders. She is chattering away while he stands near motionless.

Firing up his com he says "Ship to Team, We had very nasty creature aboard, however we killed it.  We will need to investigate further to see how it got there in the first place.  Aslo, we have a Chevin and a Chandra-fan at the ship.  Are they expected?"

A message chimes in from Caddendra. ++"Interesting.  Not a all.  Best investigate."++

A message chimes in from Caddendra. ++"Ah yes.   I sent them.  Some of the few here willing to help.  Keep an eye on them please."++
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Forim nods and says ++I will give them the welcome wagon.++

He says outloud to the droids "Those were sent by Caddy.  I will be there in a moment to let them in.  Hypno, can you keep an eye on them please?  They might be helpful, but they might steal from us as well."

Forim heads to the door and says "Give me a few minutes guys.  There was a bit of a mess on board and I want to have that all cleaned up before I let you on.  Wouldnt want you to catch anything"

Putting actions to words, he takes out the scanner shopvac to clean up this mess.  Once he is sure the mess is all cleaned up, and there is no lingering issues, he lets them in.

The airlock door opens, allowing the guests to enter. The Chevin must duck its massive head to fit inside, and the chandra-fan on its shoulders has to drop to cling to its back, chittering in annoyance as it nearly gets clocked.

The chandra-fan bobs around as the chevin stands nearly still. Both are wearing simple brown robes. The chevin needed a dozen draped around it, while the chandra-fan is swimming in hers.

"Hello, new-friend employer's-friend! This is Dokus Gree, big-strong friend who does good-hard work very well! In exchange for credits, yes. Was paid credits to move things. Big-heavy things, to inside dome."

The chandra-fan bobs and buzzes around dizzyingly. The chevin, Dokus Gree, is impassive. It gives one nod with its body-sized head, then speaks in a rumbling voice.

"Stuthee will sell your goods and take a commission."

You notice the chandra-fan Stuthee holding still for the first time. Her tiny head is pointed upward, sniffing the air.

"What is what is? Smell-strange."

"That would be the issue I was telling you about.  I hope the smell goes away sooner rather then later" he says to the men.  "The cargo bay is this way" he says leading them to their pile of junk.

The two newcomers have a brief debate.

"Bad smell, danger. Must go, can't stay."
"They cleaned it up. We agreed to do work."
"Didn't say bad chemicals would be here! Didn't pay for bad smells."

They round the corner and see the pile of machines and junk.

"The cargo isn't bad-smelling. We will do this quickly, and get our money."

That seems to resolve the debate. The big Chevin begins hefting huge metal objects with barely a grunt and trundling out of the ship with it. He pauses.

"I will unload it from the ship, and then take it into the pressure dome."

The pair begins their work.

Not really wanting to do any work, he says "Roger, help them out" and takes on a managerial role in the process.

Roger climbs out of the compartment, and returns the panel over the top before joining Forim.  He reaches his crewmate and the newcomers just as Forim gives him direction, and he looks between the three as he answers, “Roger, roger!”  He moves to the cargo bay and begins moving crates with a grav-lift.  “Miss Caddendra works fast to have found a buyer already.”

Forum smiles and says "she has quite the silver tongue.  I swear if I were starving she could negotiate it away from me and make me think I came out on top of the bargain"

Now that Roger and Forim have secured the situation at the ship, they take some time to review what they have learned.

5 XP each.

There are always things to do on a ship, especially when it's as lightly crewed as this one. Forim busies himself with calibrations, diagnostics, and some gold old fashioned loose bolts. He keeps half an eye on the security monitors. One of the holocams shows the cargo bay and another shows the area at the base of the ship's gangplank.

The Chevin slowly but steadily carries the big, heavy equipment out of the ship and down the gangplank. Just outside the ship, his chandra-fan friend sits on a crate and keeps an eye on things. Suddenly she jumps up. She seems to be talking to someone off-cam, but without audio it's hard to tell what is going on.

Forim makes his way to the ramp stealthily to get a better eavesdropping position

ooc: 4A stealth if you want to roll it for me, or tell me the DC
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Forim creeps close to the gangplank to get a firsthand look at what is going on.

A group of thugs, armed with slug throwers and decked out in mismatched uniforms are walking from the pressure dome towards the ship. They are not wearing breather masks or environment cloaks. While the moon has enough atmosphere to make it possible to breathe, they certainly seem cold and uncomfortable. The ones with fur or leather parts to their body armour are fussing to cover more of their exposed skin.

The Chandra fan is standing on a crate, shouting in her high pitched voice, talking even more rapidly than usual.

"... get your cut when you get it, you booze-gargling bullies! Now leave us alone before I get my friend. You know him!"

The dozen armed thugs do not seem intimidated by this threat.

"We have to check the imported cargo for contraband," one says with affected righteousness.

Forim opens his com ++Forim to Caddy.  Looks like our workers are getting shaken down by the local toughs.  Are you expecting this?  Want me to interfere?  They want to inspect our cargo.++
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++Roger that.  Remaining on the ship to overhear, but do not have a good vantage point to observe.++

If you want, roll perception:
14:35, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 1A.  Rolling Perception.
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Stuthee is forced away from the crates by the dozen gun-toting thugs. She hops and sputters in indignation as they begin opening the crates and pulling their contents out.

Forim becomes conscious of a huge, lumbering form behind him. It is the chevin Dokus Gree, who leans down from behind the doorway. "What are we looking at?" he rumbles.

One of the thugs glances up the ramp. He recoils, startled.

Trying to take the initiative he strides down the ramp and says "What is going on here?"

Hopefully he is not seen standing still and eavesdropping.

As Forim comes down the ramp and announces himself, the bulk of the thugs notice him. One looks at him, then knocks over a crate to cause all its contents to spill out, while making eye contact.

The thugs begin to murmur speciesist epithets about Duros. Insensitive remarks about bald heads, large eyes, and grey skin are floated. They chuckle at one another, less at any humour than from deriving pleasure at demeaning a sentient to his face.

Dokus Gree shambles down the ramp after Forim and stands looming over his shoulder. The thugs continue their remarks, but at significantly lower volume.

One of the thugs, a seargent by his stripes, approaches Forim with a smarmy look on his scarred face. "Hello there, sir. Are you the captain of this vessel here? I'm Officer Sengel, with the dome security team. How do you do?"

His faux-politeness causes sniggers from his gang, and he looks over his shoulder to mug to them. Then he continues. "We're just here to inspect the incoming cargo for security threats. I trust this isn't a problem." The seargent hitches up his gunbelt.

Over the comms, Caddy's voice....

++"And heads up, we have company and they don't look immediately friendly."++

Just as you are standing off against the Thugs and their strongarm tactics, out of the corner of your eye you can see a crowd of people arriving in the airlock Dome. Among them are your Rebel teammates. The rest are thugs, like these ones. Their crude and disheveled uniforms look to be very similar.

Everyone roll cool or vigilance, your preference

17:33, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A.  Rolling Vigilance.

Forim is about to try to enter into a long and boring conversation with these thungs, ultimatly ending in him paying them some credits to go away.

However, as he takes a breath to get started he sees Caddy on her way with a dozen more thugs.  Switching tactics immediately he says "Roger, Combat Protocol Activate" not really sure if the droid will understand, but hoping the intimidation factor is there.

Putting actions to words, he draws his holdout and shoots the thug leader in the chest.  He always keeps his keeps his weapon on stun, so a blue circle shoots out.

ooc: 17:34, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 1A 1D.  Holdout.
17:44, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1B.  Forgot to aim!
Bad roll unfortunately, probably didn't take him down.
Net: 2 success 3 advantage.
10 damage
3 advantages to trigger Crit
Scattered Senses: The target removes all Boost Dice from skill checks until the end of the encounter.

Hearing the comm, Roger’s behaviour subroutines quickly switch to old programming, “Combat Protocols active, Captain Luk.”  He quickly retrieves his blaster pistol and moves towards the cargo bay, “I hope this thing is fully charged…”

17:01, Today: B1-P3 'Roger' rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P ((8(P))).

See the action off in the distance, Caddy turned angrily on Vodo, "How dare!"  Her outrage was obvious.  "We had a deal - and you'd set your thugs against my ship!"  While her words are aggressive, her stance is not and if Vodo wants to 'back down' he should have ample opportunity to do so and 'make things right' if he wants to rush off and stop the impending fire-fight.  "You'd better sort this out and pronto!"

[16:09, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1P 2d.  Negotiation.

She'll regain the earlier lost Strain as she hopefully gains the upper hand in this clash of wills.]

[OOC: Don't forget there's a second comm message that was lost in the time Sync... where Caddy comms:  ++"You'll not be able to get everyone inside the ship.  And besides, I wouldn't want," a quick head count x2, "pairs of feet dirtying my decks.  Maybe you could select a couple of trusted individuals to join you?"++]
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Initiative
Forim Luk
Caddy Manitu
Seargent Sengel
Roger
Ship thugs
Vodo
Dome thugs


Forim is currently Engaged with the thugs outside the ship. From the ship's gangplank, Roger is at Short range. From the Pressure dome, Caddy is at Medium range from the thugs outside the ship, and Engaged with the ones all around her.

The thugs open fire on Forim with their simple slugthrower pistols. A hail of bullets strike all around him. The hail of bullets is so fierce that it suppresses any counter-fire against them.
Some of the thugs take cover behind the crates of cargo, making it a little harder to aim at them.

Seargent Sengel is struck by Forim's blaster bolt at point-blank range. It throws him back, and he shakes his head to clear it. He draws and fires his blaster pistol at Forim. The flash of the blast dazzles Forim's sensitive eyes.

The Force rolled 7 successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 8a 2p 2D.  ship thugs ranged (L).
11 damage pre-soak.
Ranged attacks on thugs from the ship have 2s.

The Force rolled 2 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 1D.  sengel Blaster pistol.
8 damage pre-soak.
Forim has 1s to next attack.

Vodo narrows his large round eyes as Caddy speaks. "It seems that my colleague has decided to take what he wants from your ship." He fold his arms. "If there is anything left after they are done looting, we will decide how much you still owe us."

Backed by all of his men, Caddy realizes she is going to have to be much more threatening to win this battle of wills. She does note that the thugs are distracted by the gun battle raging outside. With their focus divided...

The Force rolled 9 successes, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 7a 1p 2D.  Thugs coercion.
9 strain pre-soak.
Caddy gets 1b to next action

Roger, take an action, then it's a new round and everyone gets an action.

“Uh oh, that’s not good.  You really shouldn’t be here…”
Roger takes aim at the nearest thugs as he moves closer to the bulkhead for cover, steadies the pistol and fires several bolts into the fray…

21:43, Today: B1-P3 'Roger' rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 1P 1D ((6(A), 7(A), 4(P), 4(D))).
Total damage - 9
Use advantage to pass Boost to Forim Luk

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Forim retreats quickly as the hanger erupts in blaster fire.  This did not go how he had hoped.  Bolts slam into him almost knocking him off balance.  Dropping to a knee, he sights on the leader once more hoping that the thugs would stop shooting if their leader went down.  Luckily the gun is built well, and its advanced features mitigate his recovering eyes.  Blaster bolts shoot by him on every side, however Forim tries to remain calm.  To think he thought about selling this awesome blaster.

As the shit hits the leader hard, and he spasm right into a second bolt that Forim had shot in his general direction.  "Surrender now and you might live!" he shouts as he stabs himself in the neck with one of his stimpacks, the other arm shifting his blaster to aim the remaining thugs.  His eyes go wide as the drugs work quickly to boost his adrenaline and start working on fixing some of his internal bleeding

This new armor was already starting to pay off.  Without it, he would be dead on the ground, he was sure of it.  It still hurt mind you.  A lot.  But he wasnt dead, and he hoped those thugs wouldnt realize that he was close to dropping down.

TLDR: two hits on the leader
14 damage presoak
12 damage presoak
Triumph to demoralize the thugs - send them running for cover and blow their next turn?  If not perhaps I hit a grenade on the leaders belt, causing it to explode and taking some minions with him thus turning the tide of battle!
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Maneouver: Aim
Maneouver: 2Strain + Aim
Action: Shoot

20:59, Today: Forim Luk rolled 6 successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 1A 1D 3B.
Net: 14 damage presoak + 5 advantages.
Spending 3 advantages to activiate criticale
Spending 2 advantages for a free maneuver -StimPack baby!

21:02, Today: Forim Luk rolled 77 using 1d100+10.  Critical!
Overpowered: The target leaves himself open, and the attacker may immediately attempt anotherfree attack against him. using the exact same pool as the original attack.

21:04, Today: Forim Luk rolled 4 successes, 3 advantages, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 1A 1D 3B.  Re rolling with the correct dice pool.

Net 12 damage presoak + 4 advantages.
Spending 3 advantages to trigger a critical
Spending 1 advantage to recover a strain

21:06, Today: Forim Luk rolled 49 using 1d100.  Crit 2.
Head Ringer: The target increases the difficulty of all Intellect and Cunning checks by one untilthe end of the encounter.

A rapid volley of close-range blaster bolts slams into Sengel the sergeant.  He is blown away, thrown limp against the dusty surface of the Moon.

The thugs are demoralized.  Aside from the losses they take from Rogers' blaster bolt, the sudden onrush of violence against their erstwhile leader leaves them with little confidence in continuing this battle.

The thugs run for the comparative safety of the dome.  It will take them a few seconds to reach it, especially since, in the thin atmosphere of the Moon, they can hardly catch their breath.

Caddy wilted internally as her every effort earlier seemed to amount to... nothing... in the face of group of thugs and their apparently mindless desire to loot and pillage.

She's about to retort when the gunfire blasts out.   The droid shoots and hits and.... Forim takes a heavy blast only to reply in kind... impressive!  The thugs scatter and flee!

Turning once again to Vodo, now a picture of anger, she bars her pristine teeth, "I warned you Vodo.  I'm not one to be picked on.  You clearly see what we can do.   Your pea shooters and pathetic muscles mean nothing to me.   If you even consider crossing me again, I will have every one of your men hunted down and slaughtered like the dogs they are.  Now run along and join your men and think yourself lucky that I am not making an example of you.  Do you honestly think with such an obvious 'loss' under your belt that you'll be able to maintain any sort of standing and respect either with your men or indeed on this rock!"

She shakes her head, "I'll be leaving.   Make sure to have the weapons we handed in delivered back to my ship and the port authorities notified of our departure - or I'll have to come and speak to you again.  And I won't be as 'nice' when I do!"

At that, she turns, motions to Ikki and Kliss-Meen, and then purposefully stalks off towards the ship - double time.

[OOC: Feel free to roll whatever you need to :(

* Double Move
* 2 strain for a another move.]
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Caddy and Kliss-Meen pass by the thugs, who stand confused as she walks through the dome doors. The other gang of thugs running the other way allow her passage while trying to avoid being blocked in their heedless fleeing.

Caddy is all the way to the ship's landing area before they realize what is going on. Distantly through the thin atmosphere the Rebels can hear shouting. Vodo is grilling out the remaining thugs on letting their prize walk away.

Caddy is halfway up the gangplank before the thugs mobilize. They come running out of the dome, waving weapons and firing their short-ranged pistols in your direction.

Dokus Gree the chevin and Stuthee the chandra-fan are still outside the ship. They had hidden from the fight and are trying to take cover. Now they stand amongst the unloaded cargo. Both are asking the other what to do now. They look panicked.

Next round.
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"Caddy" Forim says worriedly "Is this the guy?  Are we clear to leave?" as he moves toward the ramp to get cover if needed.

Providing cover fire, he takes a shot at the approaching thugs, but at this long range, his stun blast dissipates before reaching the targets.


Maneuver: Move to Cover.
Action: Shoot
Forim Luk rolled 1 failure, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 1A 2D ((8(P), 10(P), 1(P), 2(A), 3(D), 8(D))).
NET Miss + 3 advantages.

2 Advantages to preform a free maneuver - stim pack.
1 Advantage to pass a boost to the next character.

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Caddy's reply is a little breathless as she continues running for the ship, "I certainly hope so!"  On seeing the Dokus though, she'll briefly slow to call out to the pair, "The offer is still on Stuthee... Dokus!"  Come with me if you want to live....  "You can stay here and try and claim the goods - or get on board and leave this rock with us!"

Under the covering fire, hopefully Caddy, Ikki and Kliss-Meen will make it to the ship and up the gangway.

“They’re coming back again!” Roger raises his pistol again, loosing another volley into the thugs.   Blaster bolts slam into chests, and bodies fall as he looks over his shoulder, “You’d better hurry up, I don’t like the looks on their faces!  I’ll close the hatch when you’re on!

22:16, Today: B1-P3 'Roger' rolled 2 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 1P 2D ((4(A), 2(A), 7(P), 5(D), 3(D))).
Total damage: 8 pre-soak

The chandra-fan and chevin don't need to be told twice.  They hustle up the ramp at Dokus Gree's lumbering pace, as he shields his small friend with his mighty body.

Once everyone is on board, Roger hits the gangplank controls and the ramp slowly rises.

The two inadvertent recruits stop to catch their breath almost immediately once inside. Kliss-Meen runs towards the aft of the ship, out of sight.

Indicate where the ship you are going, and what you're doing.
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"Caddy, You keep an eye on our guest.  Roger, you keep an eye on those two" he says pointing to the new workers.

Forim takes off at a run toward the cockpit and fires up the engines.  Putting the ship through a quickened cold boot and then takes off.  He sets a course for orbit, trying to get out of the gravity well.

Firing up the sensors, he takes a quick look at what trouble he might have as he pulls out of range of the handheld blaster fire.



21:51, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b 3a 2d.  Sensors.
Spending advantage to notice something interesting.
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Roger looks between Forim and Dokus and Stuthee, and back again, “Roger, roger!”
 He walks towards the two, “You might want to come and find a seat, we could be in for a busy ride.”
Roger leads the two towards the common area and lets them get strapped in.

Forim was in motion and in his element and so Caddy happily followed orders (though only after glaring at Ikki given he'd let the Kliss-Meen go!)   As such, she'll make her way after him (with Ikki) to ensure that he doesn't get up to anything untoward.

Assuming they find him and that Ikki ensures he's doing nothing he shouldn't be, she'll settle down with the tablet in hand (where Kliss-Meen can see but not interfere) and quietly ask herself (allowing Kiss-Meen to hear), "So.... Just what do we have here?"

[OOC: She's trying to deceive him into revealing something of interest!

I rolled 3D as it is a named PC and I rolled 1B as I have the tablet and he does not

19:29, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 2P 3d 1b.  Deception.

I'll use the advantage to notice something of import about the tablet.  Do I get to apply strain to him with successes?]

Roger gets the two new pathetic life forms stowed away safely on the ship.  It requires some effort, as the restraint straps are designed neither for the tiny chandra-fan nor the enormous chevin.

Forim drops into his spot, and dials up the sensors.  He quickly detects the signal is being broadcast from somewhere in the dome.  Quickly decoding it, he works out that it is a call to pursuit against the Sunset Shimmer.

Caddy finds Kliss-Meen in the ship's engineering section. He is in an uncomfortable stare down with Hypno the R2.  The droid whirrs menacingly, and the Gran glances backwards guiltily as Caddy arrives.

Caddy notices, on the pad, that there is a few torn pieces of flimsy pasted to it.  There are a few pieces of text written on it in Gand.

Caddy doesn't know Gand, but she knows just enough about the alphabet to know that the writing is wrong. Some of the letters are written in such a way that they cannot possibly be a pronounceable word.  It must be a code.

Kliss-Meen shrugs. "That's my last data pad. I wasn't carrying the others when you found me. I bet that's the one you want, though. You want my back door program, right? For the Imperial encryption?" He grins a big, toothy grin. "Yeah. That encryption was some of my best work. No way are you getting in without me."

Forim pushes the ship to orbit saying on the intercom "They have put out pursuit on us, however no ships in the air yet.  Only a matter of time.  I am running the numbers for a quick hyperspace jump out of here.  We can decide where to go once we are out of the system."

He plots a short hop to a random system out of here.

ooc: I originally rolled 2 failuers with 3 advantages.  When looking up in the rulebook what that meant, I realized that I should be rolling 1D not 2D for a quick hop to the next system.  lucky me.
18:19, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 1D 1B.  Astrogration - with proper difficulty.
Net: 1 success, 3 advantages.  Spending advantages to have us jump into hyperspace before they can get a bead on our direction and thus are unable to follow us.

Half a squadron of cloak shape fighters is on an intercept course with the Sunset Shimmer.  However, the ship is already on course out of the system.  The small Moon does not project enough of a mass shadow to hold the ship for long.  As the fighters enter long range with their blaster cannons, the Shimmer jumps into hyperspace.

After a short time, the Shimmer enters a nearby system. This doesn't last long, though. Before your ship is much more than a blip on their sensors, you're gone again. Possibly there was pursuit. You'll never know.

Not long later, you return to Ember Base. The ship is escorted in for a landing, and you are debriefed. Kliss-Meen is searched, thoroughly. Then he is escorted to the detention area.

"Hey, I thought this was a job offer," he calls weakly. His Rebel guards ignore him, and decline to say anything as they haul him away.

Two Standard days go by, and you get the chance to train and reflect.

Stuthee and Dokus Gree join the Rebellion. They are pleased to be around sapients that treat them with respect, and who offer fair pay for hard work. As Dokus Gree puts it, "It is pleasant not to worry about next meal. And not to be hit if you are standing in the wrong place."

Roger and Forim Luk gain 5 xp. Caddenra gains 10 xp.
10 Personnel Duty.
5 Support Duty.

Spend Experience on any Skills or Talents.

++"Well done Forim!  Awesome flying once again."++

"Thank you Hypno."   The oddity associated with that droid still left her a little on edge but she was generally a polite person and the droid had been useful.   Maybe her concerns were unfounded?

Now, with the mission effectively over, Caddy will tinker with the tablet during the short time she has access to it but will hand it (and Kliss Mein) over to Spec Ops when they come for him.  "It certainly is a job offer but I suspect they just want to ensure you are who we believe you to be - and to ensure you aren't going to run away and cause trouble like you did while working for the Imperials, and for the mine, not to mention running off to engineering?"  She doesn't push that.  "Of course, cooperating fully will ensure they are more lenient."

Then, at the base, she'll spend some downtime relaxing, recuperating, considering the mission and what she might have done better, and she'll keep a special eye on Dokus Gree and Stuthee.   THe odd pair seemingly having gained a small level of her affection.   Beyond that, she'll spend time studying the hilt she recovered and practicing with her blaster.  THe unfortunate 'reversal of fortune' she experienced in the mine is yet another reminder that she needs to be able to hold herself proud in a fire fight.

Forim spends his journey patching himself up and talking with Roger about his history and getting to know the droid a bit better.

He intorduces himself to the hacker at least, since no introductions were made once again. "Forim is the name, Welcome to the Rebellion" offering his hand to be shaken.

All in all, this was a very easy mission for him.  He was really just the chauffeur.  He had expected to be called down once the others had done the preliminary scouting.  Extra help and muscle for securing the hacker.  Ahh well, it seems Caddy managed without their help.  One of these days that girl is going to get into a situation you just cannot talk your way around.  Forim is surprised that those thugs were not shooting her as they followed her back to the ship.  It sounded like they were about to do so when she commed him at least.  Better to be lucky rather then good he thinks to himself

Back at the base, he checks into the med center to have them look at his poorly prepared bandages.  He sees the hacker sent to the brig and says "I did too, I'll look into it for you.  Hopefully this is just a security screening to make sure there are no surprises.  Although these guards are less then friendly.  Even those two hanger ons are getting better treatment then you are." very confused.

He seeks out the General to ask him why the hacker is being treated so poorly.

Rieekan is in a moment between meetings, so he has time for a quick question. "Kliss-Meen worked for Imperial security under high security for more than a decade. He only left when he stood to gain more by selling out. We can't be sure he isn't a spy, or being tracked. Besides, he's a Slicer. Give him a power socket and a glow lamp and he'll install a virus in our whole system."

"Perhaps" Forim says "But in our original briefing you said you were giving him a job, and a 10,000 bonus for the algorithim.  Are we going back on that, or is he just going to be debriefed and scanned before being given the job?"

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mind lying to someone to help further the cause.  I am just wondering what changed your opinion since our first meeting."

"You're not cleared for all the details, but it wasn't a lie. We want to have skilled former-imperial slicers. We need to verify him first." Rieekan is pulled away by his aide, and becomes immersed in something else.

Forim offers a crisp salute "Thank you Sir" as he turns away to handle some more important thing.

Making his way to the brig, he says to the trooper in charge "Can I have a few words with Kliss-Meen?  I do not have to be alone, nor do I need to be in the cell with him."

ooc: For expedience sake, I RPed the trooper, edit below out  if you have any objections.
The trooper hesitantly nods yes and says "You have one minute"

"Thank you trooper"

Forim makes his way to the cell, trailed by the guard.  "Hello Kliss-Meen.  I talked with command, and the offer is still on the table.  They just need to debrief you, and scan you for anything the Empire might have placed on your person.  Merely precautions for our safety.  Nothing I can do about your arrangements, but I wanted to give you a friendlier update then what you have received so far."

The rebel trooper has been given strict orders not to let anyone speak to the prisoner.  However, the rebellion encourages a significant amount of initiative amongst its soldiers.  Bridging this order would probably result in execution amongst the imperial forces.  The trooper will probably get away with a modest razzing.

Kliss-Meen looks at Forim balefully, and says nothing.  He sits in the spare room that is his cell and drums his fingers on his new bed.

Forim shrugs and then leaves the moping hacker to his moping.  He nods to the trooper and says "I guess I am just wasting my time.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Let me know if I can do you a favor in the future" with a smile.

Making his way back to the ship he starts looking it over.  There are a few couplings that need replacing, a few coolant lines that froze and need replacing.  Nothing major, but the work needs to be done.

When Caddy makes her way past the ship, Forim wipes off his hands and comes down.  He says "I never found what happened on the ground there.  Mind filling me in?"

ooc: I did not read your thread - I like to try to keep IC knowledge IC :)  Would love a description of what happened last adventure.  I am happy to reciprocate!