Forim crouches down and passes the signal back with hand signals and draws his blaster, trying to see anything...

Anders follows the others lead and removes both his his blaster pistols as he scans the surrounding vegetation for whatever the rest of the team may have seen.

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Zeic takes cover as well trying to listen and see what might be around.

You wait cautiously, and fall under no attack. After a careful search, you find nothing else of particular interest. It seems that whomever was watching you has elected to leave you alone for now.

It's getting dark and after a long day of crossing swamps, climbing ravines, and traversing unknown forests, you are tired.

In reply to The Force (msg # 539):

"Lets stop and try and find somewhere to camp for the night ?" He looks around at the others before trying to spot somewhere they could find shelter.

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Forim nods and says "Good idea.  Lets set up camp in that thicket over there.  It should give us some good cover.

I want three watches, two people each watch.  I will take the double shift of first and second watch.  Lets have a cold supper to avoid attracting any undue attention from both orbit and from the local predators."

 ooc: GM can roll randomly to see who is on watch when we get ambushed

Zeic nods and helps to set up camp. "I have this meat here from before although I am not sure if there is a way to cook it...stealthily."

Xyklo, still twitchy as hell, sets about preparing some lead cover. Unfortunately he is distracted by the constant stress of feeling unseen eyes upon them. A loose mess of leaves forms at best a windbreaker but no real camouflage.
He slumps to his knees.
”Yes Captain, just let me know when you need me,” he whirs, too tired now to correct his mistake.
He begins to arrange his rifles in accessible position from the leaf bedmatting, looping a length of rope around them and to his waist.
”Well...   I guess we got no jam...” he replies quietly to Zeic, but wrinkles his snout at the strips of meat.

Forim shrugs and says as his stomach rumbles "The thermal cameras from above could detect the heat of a fire, and the smoke.  If we know of a way to cook it without either, then we could have a plan.  Anyone have any idea how to do that?  Maybe slow cook at a lower temperature?"

Xyklo’s antenna lift.
”Could cure it sir? If we find some acidic fruits, berries or something. We could scout the area quickly before sundown?”
Clearly the prospect of fruit with the meat has perked him up. It’s not jam but...

OOC: Angling for a combined survival check here. I have skill trained once but a cunning of just 1, don’t laugh ;)

Forim nods and says "If you can make it edible, I am all for it" with a smile.

In reply to Xyklo Voozul (msg # 545):

"That might work.  I am not so great at foraging but perhaps I can help you."  Zeic nods in the positive and checks on the condition of the meat. "We probably do want to figure something out soon with this.  It's fine now but if we can't cook it and/or eat it now it's probably not worth hauling around.  Though I suppose later on stinky meat might be an interesting distraction."

Zeic goes searching around for fruit and finds plenty and then some.  "I think we will eat well at least for tonight." Zeic starts preparing things to cure the meat.

07:07, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 3 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 1p 2d.  survival.

The night is dark and noisy, with many insects and small animals making their nocturnal songs. You sleep warily, one hand on a weapon and one eye on the forest around you. The watches are tense, with every snapping twig threatened by a pointed blaster.

Eventually the sun rises again, with no violence occurring throughout the night. You groggily rouse yourselves and, after a quick breakfast, are ready to continue your mission.

"Good job on the food guys" Form says as he muches on the odd tasting meat before getting up and getting his bearings again before saying "Alright, lets not waste too much daylight, time to get on."

In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 550):

"Agreed." Anders quickly gets his gear together and on to his back. He takes a drink from his canteen as he waits for the off.

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Xyklo weathers the lizard meat rather than relish it, but was grateful for the bite of the fruit to mask the flavour. He ate and endured a restless sleep, the next morning he twitchily watched the perimeter while the others had breakfast, occasionally standing sharply to take a sight of a perceived threat in the bushes.
He himself drank water in the morning, and one of the bitter fruits from last night.

At Forims urging Xyklo nods quietly and packs to go.
"You want me to scout ahead?"

Zeic wakes up from a rather restless night even if the bugs don't both him as much.  He packs up his things after a quick breakfast anxious to move on with things.  He warily looks around since, even though the night went quietly, there was still someone unknown who knew about their presence here.

Forim nods and says "Good idea, but dont go alone, or dont go too far ahead."

“Fifty metres cap.. flight officer.
I’ll check back every twenty minutes,” Xyklo affirms before taking a scouting role.

He may not be the most observant, but he would do his best to stop them walking into a trap.

A few hours of hiking leads you to the edge of the forest. No ambushes are sprung or animal attacks occur.

The edge of the forest leads to an area too wet for most trees. The area is still thick with greenery, but the ground is marshy and wet beneath your feet. You can see much farther towards the horizon now that there are fewer trees blocking your line of sight.

Off to the south, some of you are sure you see a person standing on a hill for a moment or two. As you are discussing the implications, you hear something more pressing.

Off to the north, you hear the distant sound of blaster fire. It may be a few kilometers away, but there is no mistaking the whine of blasters. You think there may even be an explosion as well.

2D Perception for accurate distance.

"Sounds like we still have an Imperial tail. Whats the plan, my first reaction is a ambush, but we don't know what we face so that is suicide. Lets keep moving..."

Anders Flown rolled 1 failure, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 1p 2d.  Perception.

Roger turns his head from the sound of the blaster fire and nods to his teammate, “Agreed, putting more distance between where the Imperials knew we were and where we are is probably best.”

Zeic tries to determine the distance but isn't quite able to come up an accurate estimate.

17:14, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 2d ((5(A), 6(A), 1(D), 4(D))).

"Err...  Forim?" Xyklo mumbles peering off in the general direction of the blaster fire.

OOC: 00:35, Today: Xyklo Voozul rolled 1 failure, 1 threat  using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2D ((6(A), 8(D), 6(D))).