Seeing the implication Forim says "Does she have codes for the turbo lasers? Also, Shove that speeder out the back.  I dont want that dragging us down."

Forim however, Does not wait for them to complete the task as he able the handle the odd weight and drag with ease with his long life behind the stick of the controls.

"Get those guns working" he says as he moves low, ensuring he stays below what those things can target.

He sets a course that makes his flight look like he is moving behind the imperial lines to bring its guns to bear on the prisoners.  Hopefully the imperials will fall for the ruse and he can get his team some shots at them before then think to take cover.


ooc: I got 3P 2A piloting.  Its what do ;)

11:20, Today: Forim Luk rolled 5 successes, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 2A 2D.  Rolling Space remove 2 setback dice.

spending triumph to get us into a position behind the enemy lines, letting us take a nice clean shot at them

Anders can see the cannons are already online and it would seem they are not lock out. Using the digital sight he lines up the Imperial positions and fires off a series of short bursts.

He uses the Aft blaster cannons to fire on the Ion cannon.


Anders Flown rolled no successes, 5 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 5a 1d 1b.  Gunnery - Forward Blasters.

Advantages - Boost to next flying check, Boost to Anders next gunnery check, Setback to next enemy check.

Anders Flown rolled 2 successes, 5 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 5a 1d 1b.  Gunnery - Forward Lasers.

Advantages - Critical hit, Linked quality activated.

Anders Flown rolled 4 successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 5a 1d 1b.  Gunnery -  Aft Blaster Cannons.

Advantages - Critical hit.

Designed for combat drops into hot landings zones, and close-air support, the Sentinel is an ideal choice for this maneuver. It drifts gently down over the enemy position. A landspeeder, not unlike the one you commandeered, was using its mounted repeating blaster to suppress a group of rioting prisoners. The sentinel's powerful repulsorlift engines push down on it, crushing the crew painfully. This allows the prisoners to get close enough for their pistols and makeshift firebombs to take it out. Anders fires the ion cannon and disables an AT-ST that had been stomping around, wreaking havoc. The prisoners cheer. The few Imperial wardens still resisting throw down their weapons and surrender. The prisoners accept their surrender, using their own blaster carbines to hold them up.

Asak Drut rejoins you in the cockpit. He scans the field below you, before pointing. "There. I think that's her. That's the boss." He is pointing at a human woman, the only female prisoner you have seen so far. She is walking briskly around the captured compound, giving brisk orders to every male she passes. She has a bloody vibrosword in her hand, and a blaster burn on her left shoulder.

Forim spins the ship around to bring the ramp toward her and brings the ship down on the ground, but keeps the engines hot.

"You want to talk to her, or want me to?" he asks the other rebels in the cockpit.

"Feel free.  I tend not to have good luck with these things."

In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 191):

"It might be best if you do the talking, but I've got you covered."


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Your ship lands on the battlefield. Many dead prisoners surround a few dead Imperials. The remaining live prisoners are searching the bodies, desperately pragmatic. They look up as the landing craft approaches and begins to descend.

The gangplank lowers and you are immediately boarded. The two dozen remaining prisoners all crowd and push, trying to get on board. Their leader is shouting behind them, although whether she is trying to encourage them or make them withdraw, it is impossible to tell.

Moments later the hold is crowded with males of several species. They are nervous, terrified, exhuberant, confused, and a host of other emotions.

Forim says "Strap in and stay out of the way" as he moves past the rush of people to approach the leader "Forim" he says holding out his hand to her

The prison gang leader shakes his hand while meeting his eye. She seems to be apprasing him, looking at his non-human features searchingly. Finally she says, "Call me Callie." The prisoners near her react with surprise; apparently this is some sort of honour.

"I don't know where you came from, or why you're here, but you have done more to help us than anything else that's happened in years," she says.

"Endanger us, too," mutters a nearby prisoner. Callie does not acknowledge this.

"You've managed to snatch their shuttle too fast for the report to go out. The Imperials will think it is in their hands until things get too suspicious. That's the good news. The bad news is that anything we do with it will alert them.

"The cannon they have can take it out if we try to fly straight up. My plan was to fly over the horizon, until we were out of range of the cannon." She points up to the sky. "However, the defence station up there has some fighters they can use to launch pursuit. This thing isn't fast enough to outrun them. And we can't even stay put, because sooner or later they'll send more soldiers down to finish the fight."

"So, since our choices are 'bad,' 'worse,' and 'suicide,' I assume you have a plan for getting out of here?"

Forim gives a wry smile and says "In true hotshot pilot fashion, I have no real plans for that.  Unfortunately our leader was killed in action and I took over leadership.  Im doing my best in their absence.

We could lead a ground mission to try to disable the thing, but I don't fancy our chances there.

I think our plan is to just fly low and far then break for orbit.  That said, our first ship got shot down on entry, so there is that...

Sorry this rescue didnt turn out as planned/

Dont suppose you know if the warden was taken alive?  Command would love to get their hands on an officer."

"We need to take out the cannon then ? Or put it out of action some other way . Can we disable to power to it or mess with its targeting ?"

He rubs his chin for a minute before adding

"Would be nice to take out any cruisers in orbit with it before making a run for it, that would take out the fighters."


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"This does seem like we don't have a lot of great options, but I would say trying to take out the cannon seems like a good first step if we can."

Callie frowns. "A few of our guys have done some custodial work at the turbolaser, but no one is trained to operate it."

Then she leans in close to Forim and murmurs to him.

"Some of these guys are desperate, and they're all scared. If you don't keep control of this ship, they might rush the cockpit and try to take off. Take their chances with the fighters and the guns. I'll keep them focused as best I can, but after that riot their morale is shaky."

Forim nods and says "Right then, lets blow this joint.  Anyone who wants to leave better be on board in the next 3 minutes" and then turns around to head back into the cockpit.

Once in he locks the door behind him making sure no unexpected problems come up.

"do we have a topographical map of the area?  lets plot an approach that keeps us under their sensors hopefully... get in close enough, pound it, and then head off."

In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 201):

Anders gave the thumbs up from the console he was seated at. "Sounds good."


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Zeic remains at his post.  "Let's get this done.  We have stayed here quite long enough."

The rioting prisoners clamp themselves in however they can. Callie and her lieutenant take unoccupied spots in the cockpit. Fortunately, most of the controls in a Sentinel's cockpit are modular, and can be shunted to whichever position is available on the fly. The exception is the pilot, who must be seated at the foremost station.

It's a short hop from the main prison complex to the defensive turbolaser. The dome-shaped structure is slowly opening to reveal a cannon. The cannon is mounted on a turret that slowly swings around to take aim at the sky. A single laser cannon is mounted on the top of the cannon, which swings around much more easily.

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As you approach, the ship's communication board lights up. You are being hailed on the local military comm band. Your ship's sensors also ping some alerts: new contacts detected.

Kindly roll Cool now, in case we need it soon. Also please indicate which of the ship's control stations you are occupying.

In reply to The Force (msg # 204):

Anders takes aim at the laser cannon that is atop the main cannon with the ships weapons. He lines it up and then waits for the signal to fire, "I have the laser cannon targeted."



Anders Flown rolled 2 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2p.  Cool.


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Since Anders is on weapons Zeic will try to find a sensors location

Zeic Plirr rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a ((1(A), 5(A)) Cool

Forim is at the pilots station, buckled in tight.  With a tight nod he says "This is going to be fun" and flys low at the base.

Sensors ping the base and bring up information about the layout.  Unfortunately he is also pinged and they launch counter forces.  "Sithspit, they already have ships in the air.  See if you can convince them we are coming in with a wounded officer.  Maybe that will let us go in without getting shot at."

Forim stares at the sensor readings with his hand on the shield activation ready to activate with a millisecond notice.

ooc:

16:48, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A.  Rolling Cool.

Can we get stats of the lambda?

Stats for a Sentinel:

Silhouette 4, speed 3, handling -1
Def Fore 2, Aft 2
armour 5.
HT threshold 25, SS Threshold 15

Class 1 hyperdrive.

Complement: pilot, co-pilot, navigator, gunner, comms officer, engineer.

Weapons:

Forward-mounted light blaster cannons (Fire arc forward; damage 4; critical 4; Close range; linked 1)

Forward-mounted light laser cannons (Fire arc forward; damage 5; critical 3; Close range; linked 1)

Aft retractable light blaster cannons (Fire arc aft; damage 4; critical 4; Close range; linked 1)

Initiative

Forim Luk
Anders
Zeic
Enemy Base
Imperial Fighters
<Other Ships?>

With the laser cannon on the main cannon already lined up with his sensors Anders opened fire sending several bursts towards the weapon.

Anders Flown rolled 1 failure, 6 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2d 1b 5a.  Gunnery.

Well that's not going to do it. I'll pass a bunch of boosts to the next player.


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With the weapons systems hot Forim ops to drop the subterfuge and put the soup into full evasive

Pic, any ships on our tail?

With a few fortunately-placed blasts, the power supply to the planetary turbo laser is cut! The small defensive laser is still active and firing.

A small squadron of TIE fighters is inbound on your position. They are faster and more maneuverable than your shuttle, but are currently out of range of their guns.

the TIEs are currently at Long range.

Anders again aims for the small laser on top of the main array. A fortunate turn from the shuttle brings the bright red chevron over the laser and Anders watches as his bolts slam into the weapon shredding it before knocking it off the edge.

"Enemy weapons are down...."


Anders Flown rolled 4 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2d 1b 5a.  Gunnery.



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