After a long, hard day of marching, you have cramps and bruises everywhere. Lum actually apologizes, but suggests that the upcoming day might not be much easier. "We know where the enemy are now, but they can move quickly. They may have air-scouts, and we cannot risk being out in the open."

Lum and the Aki-Varshi head from one type of forest into another. This one has trees that are much closer to the ground, with much thicker leaves & branches but much more undergrowth. You aren't here for long. The Aki-Varshi find an outcropping of rock they seem to be looking for. They pull away a plug of dirt and branches, revealing a concealed hole beneath it. Contained inside is a stockpile of polished, varnished wooden objects. They look like small boats, just the size enough to sit on.

"Grab one for yourself," Lum suggests. Half the Aki-Varshi take one each. The other half bid you farewell.

"We stay behind, protect this land," one says in Geik. "Good luck. Be safe in your travels."

Anders looked over the wooden disks and then placed it against his leg as he rubbed his face with both hands. Watching the Aki-Varshi depart the long walk seems to take hold of him and he takes a seat on the ground then picking up the disk and spinning it between his hands.

-

Xyklo takes a disk carefully, and examines it for handholds, hooks or anything to suggest it isn’t a plain surfboard. He wasn’t objective to floating on a wooden disc in principle, but he was carrying a fair bit...

The trip across the river is alternately harrowing and refreshing. It's nice to relax your legs when they are tired from kicking and use your arms to paddle. However, it's very strenuous to keep going straight when the current keeps trying to spin you around. Your only consolation is that the Aki-Varshi aren't having a terribly easy time of this either.

Eventually everyone gets across the river, although you are spread out over nearly a kilometer of shore. As you beach your boats, you help the ones still in the water stay oriented.

Being waterlogged and dizzy seems to have frustrated Lum, and he calls for an early break. You and the Aki-Varshi work together to build a fire, which is useful for drying off. You resume your trek through the forest.

By the end of the day, you have reached the escarpment. At this point all the rest of the Aki-Varshi stop escorting you. Lum explains that the time has come to separate. "We must remain here to guard the forbidden lands. We will attempt to delay and sabotage these 'Imperials.' They have proven that even in your absence they are a great threat. We have come to agree that they are a threat separate from their war with you." Lum indicates another member of the Aki-Varshi. "This is Tok. He also speaks Geik, and will accompany you to the Imperial base. He will help with wild beasts, but I have ordered him not to fight the Empire."

You have spoken with Tok a few times over the journey. He is a polite male who has expressed some interest in your outsider ways. He steps forward. "We climb down. I show you easiest way. Still hard, but more easy. We go now?"

The sun is beginning to set. You would be climbing in the dark. This would increase the risk of a misstep, but it would be harder to notice you from all angles. After a hard day's walk and swim, you may find it harder to engage in athletics.

Resilience 2D. Failures represent Strain. Threats/Advantages will contribute Setbacks/Boosts to the climb.

The journey may be tricky but Xyklo enjoys the variety, sure it beats slogging through mud carrying everything on your back. And he was glad to have dropped the imperial rifle. As he got familiar with the board, even getting spun round was fun.

He approached the climb down in the same manner as virtually every physical challenge under Forims command, good natured optimism.
He slipped on his scanner goggles and got ready to follow Tok.

OOC:
10:37, Today: Xyklo Voozul rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 2D.  Resilience .

Zeic is a little worn out by the journey but prepares for the next steps...

13:14, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 1 failure, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1p 2d.  Climb attempt.
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Forim does not do well on the journey.  His apparent lack of rest the night before compounds with the hard day of physical labor and he is exhausted.  At every break Forim is found napping.

When they get to the climb, Forim simply looks down the embankment in dismay, but trying not to let it show... "Team up everyone" he says "We have done this kind of thing before." with more confidence then he fees.


19:34, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 failure, 1 threat  using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2d ((2(A), 3(D), 6(D))).

"Oh not again." Anders looked at the wall and the trip down. It had been a ahrd day and not really to be ended like this. He looked to the others with his hands on his hips breathing deeply.

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

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You conclude from looking down the ravine that climbing the escarpment will not be the worst climb in the galaxy. Novice climbers could probably make it using regular equipment. Doing it in the dark will be a bit harder.

1D1C1S Athletics for climbing down in the dark. 1B for having a guide. You may work in pairs for a Assisted Check pg.33

"I should be able to assist anyone who might otherwise have trouble." Zeic muses about the climb down and hopes it's easier than the hike.

In reply to Zeic Plirr (msg # 10):

OOC: Anders has no skill in Athletics and 2 in Brawn. So I am hoping you have something in Athletics ? Thanks.

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Though the climb is difficult, with care and teamwork you traverse the ridge safely. You are nearing the bottom, which from all appearances is a wet, weed-choked flat area, when you see something. It is to the south, out in the fields. These fields are also wet and choked with greenery. It is easy to see that something is moving, because the greenery keeps being knocked around and rustling, but hard to see what it is behind all the leafy grasses. It might be a few humanoid-sized shapes, hurrying through the trackless wilderness. It is about a kilometer away. You are still climbing down, some of you as close as ten meters to the bottom. The rocks here are slick with condensation and slime, but there are vines and creepers to grip onto as well.

Anders continues to pick his way through to the bottom, watching his feet and making sure his grip stays tight to whatever he is using to get down. Once at the bottom he will cover the others as they make their decent.

-

Zeic helps anyone who needs it down and then takes a watchful position until everyone is ready to move on.

The Rebels take hidden positions, waiting for further information.

The movement gets closer, and you can hear voices. Two people, breathless and desperate, are speaking to each other in Basic. Mostly they exhort one another to 'keep moving' and ask if the other has 'seen anything yet.'

Two people, a male human and a male petrusian, force their way through the long grass. They are slogging through the brush, every step an effort in the trackless marsh. They are both wearing bright blue coveralls, though the human has opened his and tied the arms around his waist. They do not notice you, focused instead on looking behind them. They are heading vaguely north, towards the escarpment.

Waiting for instruction Anders places the two humanoids in his sights and waits. He could probably stun one or two in quick succession if he had to, but he had a sneaking suspicion that these two had come from the prison camp.

-

Your Aki-Varshi guide keeps hidden, but glances around at you to watch what you will do. "Those are the prison uniforms. Are you going to intercept them?"

In reply to The Force (msg # 17):

Anders steps out of cover in front of the men and raises his hand in greeting "We mean you no harm and are here to attack the prison. That's where you have come from right ?"

-
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To describe their reaction as 'surprised' would understate it by an order of magnitude. Both men fall back, shock evident in their face. One falls over on his behind.

"Who are you?" the human blurts out. He raises his fists defensively.

In reply to The Force (msg # 19):

"rebels, our ship crashed and we are trying to get off this pile. We could use some help."

-

Zeic stays back and lets things play out but tries to also be alert without being provocative.

Forim was about to give Anders orders but the human proactively followed them.  Instead Forim stays hidden and ready to move if the situation evolves poorly

"You need some help?" echoes the man in disbelief. The petrusian climbs up and adjusts his coverall. There's no getting any less wet right now, so he doesn't bother complaining about it.

"You had it right. We're the prisoners. Trying to escape, actually." The man swallows and looks at the escarpment.

"What do you mean when you say you're going to 'attack'? Says the petrusian slowly. "Are there... more of you?" He is looking around, as if expecting to see an army or squadron of snubfighters concealed in the brush.

Cool 2D

As you are figuring out how to respond, you hear a distant crash. The sound repeats itself, and then again. It is a steady pounding, as if something of great weight is crushing the watery underbrush over and over. The noise is getting closer.

The prisoners glance backwards, and then at each other. They rush towards the escarpment as fast as they can wade through the water and plants.

"Well, there is the chicken walker" Forim says looking for a good place to hide so he can sneak up on it.

 Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 failure using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2d.  Rolling Cool.
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In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 25):

Anders also looks for a suitable hiding place as the "walker" approaches their position. He watches the prisoners depart knowing letting them go was probably the only way to assure their own survival.

Anders Flown rolled 1 success, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2d 2p.  Cool.


-

Zeic does his best to hide in the brush but isn't handling it well.


21:56, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a2d.  cool.

Anders considers what the human prisoner said, and how he said it. He didn't sound desperate, or particularly frightened. It hadn't sounded like a lie, but perhaps it wasn't exactly the truth, either.

It doesn't take long for the source of the stomping to become evident. As you predicted, it is the tall, slender AT-ST, the Imperial All-Terrain Scout Walker. A box-shaped cockpit sits atop two six-meter legs, for a total height just over nine meters. It is slightly crouched while walking, but still an intimidating height for a person on foot. You can see several weapons jutting out from the cockpit, including a grenade launcher, a blaster cannon, and the two chin-mounted heavy blaster cannons.

Warfare 2D to recall more information about the AT-ST, including strengths & Weaknesses

The top hatch of the AT-ST is open, with an Imperial Army soldier standing exposed from the waist up. He scans the horizon, and spots the fleeing prisoners. He raises a device to his mouth. His voice, casual and a little irritated, booms out over the vehicle's public address system.

"Alright, Veshra, MacNuggle: I can see you. You've had your exercise, and now it's time to go back home. Now stop running before we have to shoot you."

The Rebels conceal themselves in the tall grass, and the soaking water should interfere with any thermal readings. The Imperials certainly don't seem to notice, even as it passes over several Rebels in position beneath it.

Athletics 1D1C1S to climb the thing.

Zeic tries to recall what he remembers about ATSTs but the situation must be getting to him.  He thinks better of trying to climb the thing.

09:26, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a1p2d.  Warfare check.

Forim lines up a shot at the exposed trooper ready to cover whoever is in the best position to climb it...

Anders primes a grenade ready to try and lob it into the cockpit of the walker. He waits for others to act first before he tries his shot.

-

The prisoners stop running. They turn back to look at the AT-ST, which has slowed it own movement. The walker is capable of running much faster than they can, and keeping up with a human's running speed, especially hampered by knee-deep water and weeds, is a joke. It is barely moving one step every thirty seconds. At a distance of nearly a kilometer, its guns are still able to target the prisoners easily. They have no chance to escape.

The prisoners put their hands on their heads and begin walking back. This affectation of surrender doesn't last long as they are forced to use their hands to push through the reeds again, but it seems to satisfy the Imperials. They wait patiently for the prisoners to get closer.

The officer raises his microphone again. "Did you think we wouldn't notice you had gone? As soon as you didn't show up for your shift today, we checked the holocams and saw which way you had gone. Now we're going to have to punish you both."

Forim points at Xyklo and Zeik and waives his finger in an "up you go" motion.

With an inward sense of dread you realize the cap wants to take the vehicle in tact for phase two of the plan...

Zeic does as indicated but isn't quite up to it.  Perhaps his small size just doesn't allow him the reach this time.

22:23, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a1p1D1C1S.  Climb attempt.

Watching his team mates try and make the climb to the top of the walker Anders gets ready with the grenade.

-

The imperial soldier at the top of the AT-ST glances down, then tucks his head into the cockpit. He stands back up again and leans over the side. He sees Zeic trying to climb up the leg.

"There is!" he shouts. "Someone is trying to climb the leg! Who is that?"

Roll Cool or Vigilance, your choice

Ooc waiting for Xyklo to get his try before I react.  Feel free to upgrade it with a light side point

Zeic curses under his breath as he tries to escape.

19:19, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a.  vigilance.

Anders tosses the grenade up onto the top of the walker where it detonates. He then moves between the feet of the machine looking to get inside the fire arc of its weapons.

Anders Flown rolled no successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 3p 1D 1C 1S.  Grenade attack - Will spend three adv to activate blast and a boast to the next player.

-

The Imperial officer's eyes widen as a fist-sized piece of ordinance twirls up into the air. He instinctively raises his hands to shield himself. Had his instinct been to duck, he would probably have been protected by the cockpit armour. The AT-ST's armour, light by warmachine standards, is sufficient to deflect small-arms fire at least. The Imperial officer's body was pierced by a dozen shards of high-velocity metal. He slumps over.

Combat!

Anders
Roger
Forim
Xyklo
Zeic
Prisoners
AT-ST

All attacks against the AT-ST are upgraded once due to its large size. 2A becomes 1a 1p, for instance.

Anders prepped another grenade and aimed for the still open hatch. He leaned out and with a toss he send the orb arcing over the top of the walker, it hit the now dead officer on the shoulder and then clipped the edge of the hatch before tipping into the machine.

A dull "whoof" sound engulfs the imperial vehicle sending hatches outward slightly from the over pressure. Anders gives an arm pump as he runs from under the vehicle back into the foliage.

Anders Flown rolled 3 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 3p 1D 1C 1S 1b.


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Well never Sithing mind, then.

The grenade bounces off the lidlike cover of the AT-ST, still open after the death of the officer. It falls inside the cockpit and detonates. Smoke and shards fly up out of the small aperture, but most of the explosion is contained within. The AT-ST pauses in an awkward mid-step, its guns tracking something. The head slowly rotates until it reaches ninety degrees from the central axis, then stops. You hear the gears of the walker whining in protest as they struggle to rotate the cockpit further.

Forim looks at Andes with a wry smile "hats a bit harder to take that as part of our pp plan.  But good toss"

The prisoners gape as they slowly walk over to the disabled Scout Walker. " I can't believe you did that," one says in a soft voice.

"What are we going to do now? We can't go back. They'll blame us for this." One prisoner says to the other. He looks more frightened now then when he was being threatened by the Scout Walker.

After Zeic rolls away he turns around thankful his team managed to take out the walker before he became fried flesh.  Recovering his senses he takes up a watch position hoping there are more charming members than he to calm down the escapees.

The prisoners turn to speak to you. The human male leads the conversation.

"We should probably level with you. We weren't actually intending to escape today. Lieutenant Zem had the right of it when he said we couldn't have gone unnoticed. We and a few other prisoners were supposed to scout out the swamp, looking for escape routes and hiding places. That would be a distraction for the Boss to steal some stuff we would need for a real escape." He looks at the AT-ST, smoke rising from its canopy. "But I figure that plan's wrecked now."

After a chance to look the AT-ST over, you conclude that it isn't totally wrecked. Aside from the dead body splattered across the pilot's station, the instruments are damaged by the shrapnel. With sufficient skill, some of the consoles and instruments could be cannibalized to replace the damaged ones. Some of the simpler functions could be sliced to work through a datapad.

Anders takes a look in the cockpit and helps removes the bits of the pilot and the Lieutenants body. He gives them both a check for anything of interest before hiding them in the under growth.

Asking the rest of the team "So we are still on with the same plan ?" He turns and asks the prisoners a couple of questions as well. "So what happens once you are caught ? What gate do you use, does the walker go back to the vehicle park ?"

-

The Imperial officers have blaster pistols and not much else. Their uniforms are too badly damaged to be of much use.

"Standard policy is to lock us in solitary for a few days, then hard labour with short rations for awhile. Nothing we haven't lived with before. They'll bring us back to the prison dormatory, then walk the walker back to the vehicle pens."

"That still might be a go... we could just drop you off to warn the prisoners what is going on. Here you take the pistols and then we can try to break out some more walkers to finish the job."

-

The prisoners' eyes widen. "I don't think we can make that decision," one says. "How about we set up a meeting with our gang's boss? Er... Somehow."

In reply to The Force (msg # 50):

"I don't think we have the time or the means to communicate once you are back inside ? Once we drive this back to the vehicle bay we will have to get out."

-

"Oh." The prisoners look at each other. "But now what do we do? They'll assume we were involved in killing those officers. We're in trouble, either with the guards for obvious reasons or our gang for making the guards angry. We don't have any food or weapons to stay alive out here on our own." They have either forgotten or ignored your offer to take the Imperial soldiers' blaster pistols.

Forim nods at the report of the walker and says "We don't really need to wait. We have no timeline to meet, so we could start the plan now.  No need to go park this bad boy, unless that gets us into the yard to steal a bunch on mass"

He looks to the prisoners "How could we get into contact with your gang leader?  What can you tell us about hte layout and routine of the prison. When was he planning on doing his breakout - we can dovetail our plan with his to help give both a better chance of success."

Zeic finally manages to get over a little embarrassment at his fiasco when he attempted to climb the walker enough to point out the blaster pistols once again of the now dead imperials.
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The prisoners look bewildered at all this. They keep looking around at at each other, as if expecting answers to present themselves.

"If we show up again and the Imps connect us to this," the human, MacNuggle, says slowly as he points to the defeated walker, "We're probably dead."

"Our leader doesn't let us in on all the details, in case one of us turns out to be an informant. She says she likes to keep the plan fluid, in case things change suddenly. For about half a Standard year, she's been asking for reports on guard activity. For the last month or so, we've been gathering food and supplies. This week we started scouting for escape routes. We're the first to get this far," says the petrusian, Veshra, proudly.

"I guess the first step is getting us back to the prison dorms before anyone notices that these guards were killed. We'll say we realized it was dumb to run. Maybe we'll get away with it. Then we can tell the Boss to meet you somewhere."

Forim shakes his head and says "that won't work, especially when these guys don't answer their radio.

How much of the plan do you know?  How could one of us get in contact with the boss?"

"As near as we can tell, the plan is this: We're going to gather up whatever supplies we can, then make our way into the forest up this ridge." MacNuggle jerks his thumb towards the ridge. "I don't know what the plan is after that."

"We heard through the bean-vine that the Empire is retrofitting all its blaster weapons with identity-readers, so that only the right person could use them. For some reason that got the boss really excited," adds Veshra.

"If the boss wanted to, she could slip out of the dorm at night for a quick meeting. It's not too risky if it's quick. Or, here's a thought, we could smuggle a few of you into the camp. You could get the lay of the land, see how we do things." MacNuggle begins nodding at his own idea, as if captivated by it.

"Lets just hit them now while we have the heavy ordnance ? You can tell your boss we are coming and to be ready..."

-

Forim smiles "simple and effective.  Perhaps we can even get inside the security quarden before they realize the Walker is compromised"

The priaoners appear wide-eyed in astonishment at this bold intent. Veshra appears trepidous but MacNuggle's face splits into a wide grin. "Yeah! So, what do you want us to do?"

Zeic is having trouble coming up with a good plan here so for the moment he stands mostly silent and listens and maybe something will come up. But he adds, "I am not sure if this is the best plan or not but we better be sure they don't know we are coming. How long before these guys would have to check in?"
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"I don't know," says Veshra, speaking for both of them. "They might have reported catching up with us, or they might not have gotten around to it. Either way, who can say how long it'll be before they are expected to call in again?"

Warfare 2D

In reply to The Force (msg # 60):

"I would have liked to secret you back into the prison with a couple of Blasters to try and kick things off and then while they are occupied with an uprising we come over the horizon and start blowing shit up after trying to get a couple more of these things." Anders points to the walker.

-

Zeic tries to figure out the best course of action but is having trouble coming up with a plan.


18:56, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a1p2d.  Warfare Check.

"Okay, man. Give us the blasters and we'll start making our way back to the prison dorms," says MacNuggle.

Veshra seems a bit more hesitant. "Will you be waiting for us to get back to the prison dorms before you launch your strike? If the Imperials are on high alert and they see us coming, they'll probably shoot first."

"How long will it take you to get into position.  I guess we have about 45 mins before questions start to ask."

The prisoners look at each other, uneasy. "It took us hours to get this far. We had to leave before dawn, and it's wetlands all the way. We had to cross a river. And if you want us to get back before we're spotted, we'll have to weave around to avoid patrols. If you're in that thing, i don't imagine we'll get there before you."

Forim nods and says to the team "You have 15 minutes to rig up something so we can drive this.  then everyone aboard.  we can drop the prisoners off closer to the compound to sneak in while we draw attention elsewhere.  Lets get a move on people, time is ticking.

Perhaps someone look at bending the communication array with a branch, as if we damaged it with bad piloting."

In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 68):

"I will have a go at the comms array, see what I can do." Anders will then climb aboard and set to work.

-

The interior of the scout walker is a mess. Your close-range grenade tore the officer to pieces, spreading his blood all across the instruments. Getting him out is a burdensome job in tight quarters.

Once you have finished with that, you'll have to rig something up for the controls. The instrument panels are a lost cause; close-ranged shrapnel has replaced the levers and knobs. Just making sure the wiring is correct is going to be a job.

Once you've gotten the walker ready for work, you'll have to create an alternate control scheme. Using a datapad, you could slice into the system and send virtual signals. You've never done this before, and probably no-one else ever has either. Creating a bare-bones program would be easy, but creating a tolerable user interface is going to be more difficult.

Athletics 2D to clean the cockpit of body parts. This must be done first.

Mechanics 2D to repair the wiring.
Computers 2D or 1D1C to create a virtual cockpit program.
These can be done simultaneously, but if so you get 1S for working in cramped conditions.

The more advantages and successes you get, the faster you can get it done.

Zeic starts to work on cleaning up the goo in the cockpit.


21:07, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a1p2d.  work on cleaning the goo.

Anders, get in here and help with the mess you made

Ander gets into the cockpit and begin removing bits of trooper out the main hatch.

Anders Flown rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2d 2a.

-

Thr grisly, sticky task is completed, taking about twenty minites. Anders mananges to avoid getting too much blood on him, but Zeic is fairly covered in it. You have cleared enough of the vehicle to be ready for the next phase.

Forim Gets started on the writing.  The first thing he does is to a section of worrying out so it can be fed outside the cockpit.  This allows the other two to work on the virtual display without being inside the thing.  "You two get me a display working" as he goes to work on the guts.

Ooc pun intended

The smell is just too much for Forims suit to filter, and he ends up throwing up a couple of times before the process is done.

Looking pale forim says "all done"

Ooc: 3 success,1 threat, 1 triumph.

Threat as strain, triumph to let them both work without the setback.

Zeic, roll computers with a boost

Zeic trys to get the computers working but all the goo is getting on everything and it's giving him difficulties.


06:23, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a2d1b.  Attempt to get the computers working.

Eventually, after about half an hour of experimenting, the wires are adequately spliced and the all terrain Scout transport is ready to go.

Anders collects up a couple of helmets for those in the vehicle in case they need to show their heads while the computers are reworked. Then they are off....

-

Forim says "alrighty, that was harder then I thought.  Me and zeic in the thing, you guys follow behind.  Let's get a move on."

"You on the ground, your goal is to make contact with the prisoners asap.  Our goal is to make a distraction, maybe blow up the vehicle bay."

In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 79):

"Right lets do this." Anders follows the walker making sure the prisoners are armed and in his sight line.

-

The two prisoners set out, armed with pistols taken from the dead imperial army soldiers. It seems that the Imperials in this base haven't been equipped with the new biometric-reader blasters that are now standard. If this surprises the prisoners they don't comment. They begin to trudge across the swamp, heading towards the detention centre.

Zeic and Forim take positions in the AT-ST. They don the dome-shaped helmets of the Imperial Army soldiers whose remains are even now sinking into the wetlands. Forim takes the datapad into his hands and directs the walker to walk.

The problem starts almost immediately. The AT-ST has a system in place, rather a sophisticated one, that prevents it from over-balancing itself. When it tries to put one leg down and meets no resistance, for example if it steps into an unseen sinkhole, the walker will automatically stop stepping, and the other leg will bend down and correct the issue. It's a bit jarring to be in the cockpit when the walker is unexpectedly crouching down, but it's a lot better than face-planting every time you step into a pit.

This feature is still in place in the repaired AT-ST, but it's not working automatically. Forim pulls the feature up as a button to press, but he's going to have to engage the auto-balance function manually.

Flipping a Destiny point. All Piloting checks involving the AT-ST have their difficulty upgraded once. 2d becomes 1d 1c.

The walker begins trundling its way along, heading for the vehicle depot. The Rebels on foot trudge to keep up with the mechanized walker. Soon you come to the first major obstacle: A river. It is shallow but wide, and will require some effort to cross for those on foot.

Meanwhile, in the cockpit a new problem has reared its head. The commlink crackles to life.

"Depot calling Scout Walker 2. Depot calling Walker 2. Ess-Dub-2, do you read?"

Crossing the river requires an Athletics 2D check. Failures and Threats indicate strain from fatigue.
The walker may make a Planetary piloting check 1C.
Responding to the comm correctly requires Warfare 2D, or Deception 1D 1C.

Forim says "stand in the feet, I'll get you across" to the people on foot.  After they load up he carefully brings them across

Ooc: 2 success 3 advantage.  Spending 3 an advantages to "Ignore penalizing terrain or stellar phenomena until the end of the active character's next turn." And get them across

When the radio crackles he looks at it then at zeic with a shrug.  "Fake com issues?"

Zeic hits trys to create a little static by making clicking sounds and interleaving a few unintelligible words.

Looking over to Forim he adds, "Not being human they are almost certain to notice so hopefully they buy it."


19:58, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a1p2d.  radio check.  I kinda wonder if this die roller is working for me because I have gotten that exact roll several times in a row no matter what I put in there.  and that's the issue, I had forgotten to put spaces between the dice.  ok....
20:01, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 4 successes, 1 threat  using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1p 2d ((4(A), 4(A), 4(P), 6(D), 3(D))).

The Imperial depot calls again, several times. They ask several questions, none of which you give an intelligible answer to. Eventually they change tactics.

"Depot calling Landspeeder 1. Depot calling El-Ess 1. LS 1, do you read."

"Loud and clear, depot. Go ahead for LS 1."

"Scout Walker 2 has possible comm failure. Meet up with SW 2 and advise us on their status."

"Copy, Depot. What's their location?"

"Last word was the river canyon, pursuing two fugitives."

"Copy. LS 1 on the way."

Having crossed the river, you are about five kilometers north-east of the Depot.

Updated map 3.

Anders follows behind the walker, not to close should something go tits up. He main concern is keeping in eye contact with anyone on the ground with him.

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It isn't long after that when the Imperial complex comes into sight. It isn't a large complex: only three buildings on a field about five kilometers squared. It's on the high ground of a flattened hill, the only dry footing for a long way. The buildings are surrounded by a three-meter wall and guard towers.

The forest you noted on the map is still there. The trees are tall and thin, with a thick canopy of branches about five meters up. This creates a shadowy area of trunks and hummocks of decaying leaves.

"Well, here we are...now what?  Should we hide here for a bit? There doesn't seem to be any way across that without getting seen."  Zeic looks around for anything else that might be of interest.

"straight up as if we are returning from patrol is the plan.  Something seem off you you that we should abort?"

"It just seems odd that the patrol hasn't found us first, but I guess we are committed to this."  Zeic doesn't look confident and he tries to stay wary as this unfolds.

The comm crackles to life, clear as a bell this close to its source.

"Base calling scout walker. Scout walker, respond. Scout walker, hold and respond. Scout walker, this is base."

You observe the towers. Imperial army soldiers are watching the scout walker approach. You note that there are two soldiers in each tower that you can see. One is holding a pair of macro binoculars, and one is operating a heavy repeating blaster that is mounted in the tower.

In the grounds, you can see a number of people, all wearing Imperial uniforms of one sort or other, walking around. There is a speeder gently trolling along the road towards you.

The Rebels on the ground notice it first: some distance to their North, the distinctive hum of a repulsorlift engine. They turn and see what appears to be a speeder heading in their direction.

Anders radios through the new target approaching their position to those in the walker. It was up to them to kick this party off and for those on the ground to provide back up and to soak up some of the threats.

He was happy to engage they speeder to add to the confusion and suggest that the walker reply that they have been engaged by natives and are having coms problems as they move forward via radio.

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Zeic doesn't respond on the radio as he thinks at this point it's better to act like it really doesn't work.


14:36, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a.  cool roll.
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Moving on.

On the south end of the base is a building that you were told stored the Imperial vehicles and 'machine - beasts.' The vertical garage doors seem to support this, especially when one slides open and an Imperial Scout Walker steps out.

The landspeeder in the base pulls up on front of your walker, about a hundred meters in front of you. A soldier steps out and waves at you. He makes more gestures that seem to indicate you stopping and lowering the cockpit.

Forim keeps moving forward as if he has little control over the vehicle, tries to add a few shudders to the steps to make it look like he is trying to stop.  Unfortunatly they dont buy it and Forim is forced to come to a short stop.

ooc: Do we have guns?  If so lets start shooting :P

Forim opens up with the chin mounted guns on the other ATST.  He scores a solid hit and hten starts making his chicken walker dance in an effort to avoid return fire.


ooc: 10 damage

21:09, Today: Forim Luk rolled 5 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 5A 2d.  Gunnery.

(edited) Zeic fires the side guns.  He doesn't manage to hit the target but hopefully the enemy is distracted.

pass on the advantages to the next player

Zeic Plirr rolled no successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4a 2d.  firing side lasers
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Anders snaps both of his pistols from their holsters and fires on the man in front of the speeder. He gets a solid hit with one, but his secondary fire seems to miss.

Anders Flown rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a.  Cool.

Anders Flown rolled 7 successes, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3d 3p 2a.  Duel attack.

14 Damage, take threats as strain

Anders will then drop prone behind any cover that is present.


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The enemy walker is struck by your own walker's heaviest guns. It rocks and stumbles, and its armoured head is scarred. It doesn't fall over or explode, however. Its head shakes, it crouches down, and then it stands up to its full height. The cockpit swivels over to face you.

Meanwhile, the entire enemy base seems momentarily nonplussed. Soldiers stand still, arms slack, their expressions stunned. The moment doesn't last long. Then the soldiers are running for cover, aiming their weapons, or shouting into commlinks. You have only split seconds to act before the Imperials get their act together.

The landspeeder picks up its soldier and begins to drive roughly towards your AT-ST. Another squad of soldiers has started to take cover near one of the buildings on the West side of the compound. It looks like a temporary prefabricated structure made mostly of plastic.

The sentinels in the north tower quickly begin orienting their heavy repeating blaster in the direction of the AT-ST.

Meanwhile, North of your position, you can hear the sounds of repulsorlift engines becoming much louder and closer. The AT-ST's sensors detect a small speeder headed in your direction.



Everyone may make 1 free Maneuver or action in addition to their regular action this round, due to surprise. Forim already used his extra to open fire. Roll Cool if you haven't already.

Anders blasts the speeder crew. The open cockpit provides little protection against his blaster fire. They are killed immediately. The gunner falls over, causing his repeater to skew upwards as if targeting birds.

The enemy Stormtroopers are suppressed and scattered by Zeic's blasts. They return fire at the AT-ST. Their blaster rifles are of limited use against an armoured target, but the barrage of light momentarily blackens the viewports.

The Force rolled 5 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3p 4a 2D.  Stormtrooper R H.
1 Hull damage.
Impose 2S on next gunnery check.

The enemy AT-ST's weapons are more powerful. It strides to the middle of the compound, firing its chin-mounted guns as it goes. The blasts hit all around your Walker's legs. Anders, who is using them for cover, is forced out into the open.

13:17, Today: The Force rolled 1 failure, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2A 2D.  Gunnery. Anders loses his cover.

Meanwhile, the enemy speeder that was on patrol has returned. It slows a bit, until it is only a few hundred meters away from your AT-ST. The gunner fires the repeating blaster. It doesn't do any damage, but brackets the AT-ST's vulnerable 'neck.' The gunner reorients as the speeder gets closer.

Speeder is at Medium range band.
13:24, Today: The Force rolled 1 failure, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 3D.  Gunnery.
Taking 1b on speeder's next gunnery

ooc: Flip some destinies people :)  I would like to flip one to have a trainee in the other walker.  That's why they were already loaded up, they were about to do a training run...

Forim wishes he could barrel roll, dodge or weave, but this thing is a beast of a machine.

Instead he pushes the vehicle toward the other ATST putting hte solidiers on the ground behind him and the controls spark in his face.  While it looks like he has taken up a flanked position, he is instead forcing both sides to risk friendly fire if they miss....

In the mean time he fires the chin guns again.  He fires the twin guns and this time both actually stroke home!

ooc: Piloting: 1S 1T- T taken as strain.
Guns: 2S 2A (1 A for linked, 1A to remove strain)
2 hits, 7 damage each

10:54, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 4A 2D.  Rolling Planetary.

10:55, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 5A 2d.  Rolling Gunnery.
10:58, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b.

Zeic attempts to fire the side lasers again with a little more luck at the opposing AT-ST.

Zeic Plirr rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4a 2d.  firing side lasers.  5 damage.  Pass the advantages on to the next roller.

The Imperial AT-ST fired a volley of grenades. They plinked around Anders in a tight spread. However, he could tell from their bright pink band - and how they did not detonate - that they were dummy rounds. This AT-ST had been equipped for training, not battle. The gunner must have panicked and fired these useless shells instead of an armed weapon.

The enemy Stormtroopers fired at your walker again. They concentrate fire on your walker's vulnerable neck joint. This allows the watchtower gunner to fire more accurately. There is an explosion in the cockpit; Forim and Zeic are showered with sparks as one of the damaged consoles feeds back. Forim's slung-together program fails, requiring a manual restart.

2 damage to walker.
Cannot move this round.

Anders will need to change his paints as the grenades roll to either side of him. He then aims for the slightly open cockpit windows, managing to get a blaster bolt through each.

His shots fired he takes cover behind the walkers legs again.


2 successes, 2 advantages, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3d 3p 2a 1b.  Attack. Advantages to score a second hit and triumph to get them through the windows.

9 & 8 damage pre-soak on the walkers occupants.


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"Sithspit!" shouts Forim as he triggers the manual reboot .  While the navigation systems reset, Forim fires off a shot at the other walker.  Lukily neither walker has moved so his guns are still lined up for a good hit! PEW PEW, PEW PEW goes the guns.  A twin set of bolts hit the walker, but the other two go wide slamming into the vehicle bay's control  chain.  The heavy re-enforced door falls slowly at first but gains speed quickly.  With a bone shattering THUD the door is closed, preventing re-enforcements.  "Well, that could have been worse" he says with a spreading grin.


ooc: Flipped a destiny to upgrade my shot.
two hits at 8 damage each
1 Advange to pass a boost to the next roller
1 Advantage to trigger linked
1 Triumph to seal the vehicle bay so no re-enforcements can come.
17:06, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 2 advantages, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4A 1P 2D.  Rolling Gunnery.

Zeic fires but apparently the jolt of stopping messed up his aim.  Hopefully it was distracting enough to give an opening to the others.

2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4a 2d.  firing side lasers.  Pass the advantage on to the next roller.
I thought you had to have 2 advantages to pass along a die?  we always remove a strain with 1...

Anders performs his internal decapitation of the enemy walker. Smoke rises from the ports and it doesn't move any more. Forim blasts the vehicle bay's doors, sealing them shut. Zeic keeps the enemy suppressed with the light lasers.

The enemy have lost the heaviest weapons platform on their side, but they have not given up. The enemy speeder skews around, staying behind your walker. The gunner fires a barrage of blaster fire.

The tower-mounted heavy repeating blaster continues to fire its deadly barrage at the walker as well.

The Force rolled 2 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2p 2D.
The Force rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2p 2D.
1 damage & 1 damage.


The Stormtroopers had taken notice of Anders after he sniped their supporting walker. They fire their blaster carbines at him, a softer target than the AT-ST. The air around him is filled with fiery red energy, and he feels as though his clothing or skin may ignite!

Over the AT-ST's commlink, you hear the soldiers calling for aid. To your ears, however, the signal is near-drowned out by background noise. The blaster fire seems to be drowning out the soldiers' words.

"Depot ... rogue ... reinf... Repeat... walker... scout... prisoners! ... immediately!"

The reply comes back from another position. Though it is much farther away, the signal is clearer.

"Say again, Depot. You're not coming in clear. This is Central, say again."

This isn't surprising. You know the context for the message and you can barely deduce the meaning of the drowned-out signal. It looks like it might be a few moments more before they can successfully call for help.

14:39, Today: The Force rolled 3 successes, 3 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3p 4A 3D 1S.  Stormtrooper R H cover.
12 damage pre-soak.

Anders snaps out from behind cover and targets the trooper behind the main gun on the speeder, before rolling back behind the walkers leg once his shots were away.


Anders Flown rolled 3 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3d 3p 2a 2b.  Attack.

Advantages to trigger second hit.

10 damage pre-soak
9 damage pre-soak


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Forim says "Think you can jam that single if this doesn't work..."  As the systems start to boot up Forim puts the vehicle in motion and tries to line up a shot at the communications tower....


PEW PEW, PEW PEW

The shot hits, and the dish wobbles a second before ....

ooc: 10 damage pre soak.

22:26, Today: Forim Luk rolled 5 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4P 1A 2D.  Rolling Gunnery.

"I can try..."  Zeic starts to look over for a way to jam the signal.  "It's not something I have any training in but we can see how this goes..."

Does the shot seem to take out the tower?

The walker unleashes high-energy destruction. The communications dish has holes blown in it, and then it falls. Sparks spray from the remains of the tower.

Zeic lights up one of the towers with the side lasers extending this unlikely battle just a little longer.

Zeic Plirr rolled 2 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4a 2d.  firing side lasers.

The high-powered blasters slam into the tower on the east side of the compound, causing the metal to bend and snap. The soldiers desperately try to get to the emergency descent pole. This is only partially successful, as the pole itself detaches from the tower. It tilts at an angle just as the soldiers are sliding down it. They are left hanging in the air several meters above the ground.

Anders fires a flurry of blaster fire that disables the crew of the gun-equipped landspeeder. It drifts slightly to the left, then gently eases down onto the earth.

The Stormtroopers note that Anders is still alive and fighting, and refocus their attention on him. They fire a blaster volley at him. The effect is intense. He is struck on the arm, forcing him to drop one of his blasters. The energy seems to fill the air. He can hardly see the stormtroopers to get a clear shot.

09:03, Today: The Force rolled 1 success, 4 advantages, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3p 4A 3D 1S.  Stormtrooper R H cover.
Upgrade 1D to 1C on next attack roll. Drop 1 blaster.

The other tower-mounted heavy weapons team opens up. The blasts inflict some more damage on the walker's chassis.
The Force rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2p 2D.
1 damage.
1B to next enemy check

Forim turns the cannons onto the repeaters nest PTCH-PTCHEEEW PTCH-PTCHEEEW. The twin cannons rip the thing to shreds sending soldiers spilling over the side with a scream.  It almost looks like something might be going BETTER then planned for once on this forsaken planet...

Seeing Anders in trouble, he puts the walker in motion to interpose himself between his allies and oncoming fire.

ooc:
Net 1 Success 2 Adv.
1 Adv to trigger linked - 2 hits at 6 damage each
1 Adv to reduce strain.
15:46, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b.  forgot boost.

15:46, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 5A 2d.  Rolling Gunnery.

Anders stayed in place and in cover as the heat from the blasters washed over him. He could hear the ongoing battle raging around him and the walker opening up again and again though he did not move a muscle least he gets hit again.

"Must remember some smoke grenades next time.", he thinks to himself.


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Zeic fires the side lasers again at the other tower raking it with energy.  The gun sticks a little but otherwise stays on target.

Zeic Plirr rolled 2 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4a 2d.  firing side lasers.

The tower is utterly ignited in fire and destruction. The soldiers gamely keep firing their gun, but they are struck by bolts from the side-blaster. Then the walker's main guns struck the tower's platform. It buckles and ignites in explosions. The tower is destroyed.

The Stormtroopers, realizing that they are outgunned, draw back. They retreat to the main building, in the south of the compound, connected to the vehicle garage.

Zeic looks over the battlefield looking for a target.  "Should we just light up the whole thing now?"

From your intel, which was outdated but fairly detailed, you suspect that there are many personnel still able to fight at the base.

The Walker's sensors detect something approaching at long range. It is a vehicle, possibly another walker, broadcasting 'Friendly' IFF signals.

"What do you think it is? Perhaps we should find cover quickly as it seems rather obvious that something is wrong.  Or perhaps try to respond, but that didn't work so well for me just now."  Zeic looks over to see what his companion has in mind.

Anders tried to commandeer the speeder and its heavy weapon, following behind the walker if he is able to get the vehicle up and running. He looks for a comms net of some sort so he can listen into any traffic going on between the prison and the other walker approaching their position.


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The incoming walker is sending comm signals, asking what is going on. There are a half-dozen military-grade personal commlinks talking back, informing them that there is a renegade walker on the loose.

Anders finds that the speeder is currently out-of-commission. The gun will still work though. It can be traversed and fired from the speeder's current position.

Forim says "mission is to find transportation off this heap.  See if you can drum something up"  as he moves the Walker around toward the power generator

"Zeic, keep your eyes open for that prison riot to get started."

According to the intelligence provided to you by the local agents, the nearest landing pad for a ship is at the compound to the south-west. That is likely where the prison riot will occur, once your insurgents get back there to inform their fellow inmates.

Your AT-ST faces the power generator. It is sparking and humming with power. Forim and Zeic are preparing to attack it when Anders sees something happening behind the walker.

A few Imperial Army soldiers have exited the building. Two of them have blaster rifles, while the other two are working together to carry a portable missile launcher. They hustle to a ferrrocrete barrier near the road and hunker down behind it. One shoulders the launcher and the other loads a rocket into it.

Zeic forgets about responding on the radio and instead keeps his eyes open to see what he can see.
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In reply to The Force (msg # 123):

Ruining at full speed to the speeder Anders grabs the spade grips of the vehicles gun and brings them to bear on the new threat. He fire's off a series of bolts towards the rocket crew looking to hopefully get them to drop behind cover and as he watches his shooting that about the best he can hope for.

He curses under his breath as he lines the barrier for another barrage of blaster fire.

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

Advantages: Boost to next player, drop rocket on the troopers shoulder.


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"Zeic, use the side cannons to take down the missle launcher behind us, I'm gonna take down the power generator" he says firing the chin blasters at the power generator.

ooc: i didnt bother rolling an attack cause it should be an easy hit to blow it up :P

Zeic attempts to fire the side laser to hopefully take out the launcher but doesn't quite find the target.  "Well, hopefully that distracted them at least."

pass on the advantages to the next person.

The repeating blaster fire from Anders causes the enemy to fall to the ground. One of them drops the rocket launcher, preventing the other from loading it. He clutches the rocket to his belly like a baby he is protecting as he curls up behind the ferrocrete barricade.

Zeic also blasts at the enemy, forcing them to stay down and preventing them from firing even their hand weapons.

Forim blasts the power generator with the walker's main guns. A furious barrage of high-energy blaster fire strikes the generator. It sparks and shorts out. A surge of electrical energy flows along the cable to the shed just outside the bases' walls, to the west. There is a crackling, then the shed explodes. The metal roof flies off and twirls in the air.

There are some terrific cracking noises from the east, the sound of wooden branches being snapped and trees knocked over. Out of the woods comes another AT-ST.

Anders does not take his eyes off the wall as he racks it with blaster fire. Left and right he continues to try and keep the rocket team covered and possibly hit if he can. The large cannon juttering in his hands seems to react better as he walks his fire along the wall and though it.




Advantages: Boast to Anders next round

Anders Flown rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2d 5a 1b.  Gunnery at rocket crew.


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Forim shouts at zeic and Anders over the coklm "this thing isn't gonna hold much longer, get out while you can see if you can get that launcher they have on that atst on our way.  I'll buy you some time."

With minimal maneuvers Forim turns the head to take a long range shot at the other Walker..PTCHU PTCHU... PTCHU PTCHU


It hits! and it looks like it did damage to their primary weapon systems.  Still plenty deadly, but maybe....

Ooc 3a to do damage to their main guns

10:44, Today: Forim Luk rolled 4 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4A 1p 3d.  Rolling Gunnery
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Anders blasts the enemy rocket team. He fires and fires, unintentionally burning out the gun. He gives it a quick once-over and concludes that it is out-of-action until you can clear the melted power conduits.

Flipping a Destiny point to Light side.

The enemy walker sustains critical damage to its chin-mounted guns. The gunner tries to fire them, but accidentally triggers an explosion that knocks one of the guns completely off. The walker staggers a bit before regaining its balance. The walker begins to run. It stomps up the hill, smashes through the east gate, and enters the compound. Forim's eyes widen involuntarily as the enemy heads straight towards his walker without slowing!

Zeic can take two turns' worth of actions if he wants.

Zeic continues to try and shoot at the launcher but can't quite find the range though hopefully he is keeping them down.  Shaking his head he tries to right the cannons and see what he can do next.



19:08, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 1 failure, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 1p 2d.  Shooting at the launcher.

19:08, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 1p 2d.  Shooting at the launcher.

Anders pulled back on the large cannon and tried to clear the blockage.

Anders Flown rolled 1 failure, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2d 1C 5a.  Clear gun.

It was soon apparent he was not up to the task so he drops down behind the crashed speeder and uses it for cover while assessing his options.


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Forim shouts "Move move move move!" as he takes a pot shot at the vehicles legs.  The shot lands, but unfortunately doesn't disable the walker.

Then seeing the collision is imminent he scrambles out and jumps off the top of the walker just as the impact happens.

Forim has just enough time to think "Wow, this was higher then I thought" before he hits the ground with a thud.

ooc: 8 damage (base 5 i think?), tell me how much damage I take from falling lol

Master Pilot trait - 2 strain to make the gunnery check as a maneuver.
Strain to take a second maneuver to get ontop of the ATST, 2 more strain
Action - acrobatics to jump off.

11:51, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 5A 2d.  Rolling Gunnery.

11:56, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 failures using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2d.  Rolling Athletics.

Forim lands, hard, on the ferrocrete. It's too high to benefit from rolling. Most pilots learn how to brace themselves for impact, but it requires timing and Forim doesn't quite get it right.

10 Damage, 10 strain. Damage reduced by soak, strain is not.

The two AT-STs collide. There is a terrible crash, then a small explosion as the grenades in the abandoned walker go off. Both walkers collapse forward in a big heap.

The Imperial soldiers refocus. The two with blaster rifles lay down covering fire as the other two pick up and load the rocket launcher. The blaster fire decorates Anders' cover, but he isn't hurt. Instead, he files down the wall he is hiding behind and manages to get into an enfilade position against the Imperials. Their cover is no use against him.

Imperials are at 3D range against Zeic and Anders, 2D 1s against Forim.

Zeic attempts to take cover and shoot at the imps but doesn't really come close but hopefully moves the imps to a more vulnerable location.

20:48, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 3 failures, 7 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4a 3d 2b ((8(A), 6(A), 7(A), 5(A), 3(D), 3(D), 1(D), 6(B), 6(B))). Remove the strain, pass dice to next two.

Anders lines up the trooper holding the rocket launcher and opens fire on the Imperial looking to drop the man in his tracks. Aiming along his blaster sights Anders squeezes the trigger once he feels he has a good shot

Anders Flown rolled 2 successes, 5 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3D 2a 3p 2b.  Attack.

9 damage pre-soak.

Drop the launcher and boost to next player.


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The soldiers with the rocket launcher are struck. One dies, while one is badly injured. The other army soldiers fire at Anders. Their blaster fire is wild and doesn't come close.

The enemy soldiers still able to fight look to their commlinks. Their eyes widen and they rush back inside the building.

Did anyone grab an Imp commlink any time recently?

Forim hits the ground hard tucking and rolling.  There is a crack in his.breast jumper and a stim pack breaks and stabs him in the chest with glass as he flops unconscious.

A few seconds.later he inhales sharply as he Stims seep enough into his system to have an effect.  He springs his free then regrets the fast movement.as.a.wave of dizzy hits him.  Fortunately the pilot is used to such things and runs toward Anders while drawing his blaster.

Ooc flip 2 destinies.  One for my Stims last round, and one for Forim to have a stolen comlink in his other pocket

The Rebels are reinunited now, and they are momentarily safe from enemy fire. Unfortunately they also lack any transport beyond their own feet.

Forim listens to the confiscated imperial commlink. It is only picking up conversation from the nearby base, but it is enough to tell why the Army soldiers suddenly withdrew.

"... rioting, rioting at the south complex! How did they get..." there is some static. "All troops, withdraw and lockdown! The Rebels will have to wait. Make sure..." and more static.

Then another voice cuts in. The broadcast is much clearer, as if a stronger signal is broadcasting it. "All Imperial forces, this is the Warden. Contain the riot by any means necessary. Kill any armed prisoners on sight. No warning, no mercy.

"Shuttle crew, your orders are to take off and get to the orbital station. Get reinforcements and bring them back down. Do not let any prisoners get aboard. I and the command staff are at the turbolaser station. If the shuttle takes off with any prisoners aboard, I swear by the Emperor that we will shoot you out of the sky."

"Whats the plan then ? Looks like we have two problems, we need to take out the laser and get the shuttle and it looks as if they need to be done at the same time. Let try and get into the base right now."


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"That does indeed seem to be our option.  I can try and get to the turret."

Zeic thinks for a moment... "Shall we go for the turret then? Perhaps it's better to stick together and then we can see about the next step."

In reply to Zeic Plirr (msg # 144):

"Agreed lets go..." Anders would use as much cover as he could as they approached the prison.

With the walkers scuttled, the Rebels can choose to walk or take the enemy landspeeder. The gun is out of commission, but perhaps a bit of TLC with a hydrospanner can get it online again.


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"We need to get that shuttle.  Hopefully they are stuck doing preflight for a while..." As forim stumbles toward the speeder he stabs himself with more.stims

Within minutes, the speeder has reached the prison camp. It is a dilapidated ruin. There were once walls running around the entire structure, but they have fallen on the east and west side of the compound. A wide, lazy river runs through the compound, dividing it into two halves. The north half has a pair of buildings. These buildings are a hive of activity, with jumpsuit-garbed males of many species running around them. They are fighting a few Imperial Army soldiers, tight-knit clumps of armed men trying to make a stand anywhere they can. Their blaster carbines and grenades give them the firepower to kill the prisoners, but there are enough prisoners armed with blaster pistols and blades to keep the fight going.

Across the river is a landing pad. On it is a Sentinel-class landing ship, a favourite of the Imperial Army and Stormtroopers for combat drops. A group of prisoners has taken position in the adjacent ferrocrete pad that appears to house power generators. They are firing on it with small arms, but are not getting any closer.

In reply to The Force (msg # 148):

"Right there's the ship, lets make for that anything else such as the big gun can be dealt with by it."


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Zeic nods in agreement and heads toward the shuttle trying to keep low.

The shuttle is firmly landed, its wings swung up in its resting position. The gangplank under the body of the ship is down, as if they are expecting more arrivals before taking off. There are several prisoners' corpses not far away, as if they tried to run up to it and were gunned down. The Sentinel is positioned so that its aft is pointing towards the power station. Its rearward blaster cannon occasionally spouts green fire in that direction. This is enough to suppress the prisoners taking cover there.

"Well, maybe we should try and take out whatever took out those prisoners first...?"  Zeic looks for cover and tries to determine if it was the turret or some other position that took out the escapees.
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In reply to Zeic Plirr (msg # 152):

"Agreed, you see anything ?"

Anders Flown rolled 2 failures, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2d 1p 1a.  Perception.

Pass those advantages  along

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Any grenades left?" Forim asks as he judges the size of the ramp compared to the speeder

In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 154):

"I got these from the troopers and speeder and I have a couple myself. Shall we do this ?" He has a grenade in his hand at the ready.


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"Besides the obvious that it was someone near the bottom of the gangplank no.  I don't see anything.  Maybe that someone or someones are in the shuttle?"

18:22, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 1 failure, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1b 2d.  perception.

"Hold on we are nearly there."

Anders Flown rolled 1 success, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2D 5A.  Gunnery.

Pass on those boasts.


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Forim pilots the landspeeder across the field, weaving in deference to unseen fire lanes from the stationary vessel. If they can get a shot, they don't take it. This is an Imperial landspeeder, even if the people in it aren't wearing uniforms. Perhaps the gunners haven't taken a good look yet.

The landspeeder drifts alongside the generator field. If it gets any closer, the shuttle will be able to fire on it. There's no avoiding the guns' travois at this range.

You are two range bands away from the shuttle. The landspeeder can get there in one movement. You are one range band away from the generators, but the landspeeder will bump into the generators if it drives into it.

Anders got low in the speeder and tried to use either the main gun or the rim of the vehicles as cover. He held on for dear life as they moved at speed.


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Forim says "Lets fly this thing right up the landing ramp - that will block them from firing at the civilians.  Maybe one of you can bluff that we are friendlies coming in hot.  Either way, buckle in, this might be bumpy"

Waiting a few moments for everyone to get ready, Forim Guns the ship tossing everyone back into their seats hard.  The ships careens toward the opening evading their fire as much as possible.  The ship threads the needle but it slams on a support strut and the door bows in hitting Forim.

But they are in!


ooc:
09:05, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 4A 2d.  Rolling Planetary - Full Throttle.
09:06, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2P 3A 2d 1c.  Shove it up their gang plank.

Spending threat as strain

The Sentinel is large enough to accommodate a landspeeder, but they are usually brought on board by a special lift. The gangplank is used for people, and is perhaps large enough for a speeder bike. Your landspeeder slams into the ramp, narrowly sliding into a slot barely wide enough for the chassis. In fact it is not quite wide enough, because the doors are bent inward by the doorway.

The Imperial Army soldiers inside are nonplussed. They gape in astonishment, weapons held limply as they take in the situation. Perhaps they received a shout of warning from someone at a viewport, but it would have been a second at most. The five soldiers are armed with blaster rifles. You have a moment to act before they can attempt to repel boarders!

Anders from inside the speeder over arms a stun grenade into the mists of the storm troopers. Once the grande is away he drops down into the speeder again using it for cover.

Anders Flown rolled 4 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1d 3p 2a.  Grenade Throw.

12 blast stun damage
3 advantages to Negate the targeted enemy's defensive bonus.


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Zeic collects himself and find the closest cover.  He then takes a shot at the closest trooper.

18:44, Today: Zeic Plirr rolled 2 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 1p 1s 1d 1b.  attack on trooper, strain to aim, move to closest cover.  11 Damage Remove a strain, pass the 2 advantages.

Forim draws his blaster and opens up on a cluster of troopers.  He hits two square in the chest and they dont look good anymore.  His blood pumping with the success of his maneuver he feels invgorated, crouching low to use the speeder as cover...

ooc:
net 4 success 6 advantages.  12 damage presoak
3 advantages to trigger crit and kill an extra mook
3 advantages to heal 3 strain
11:10, Today: Forim Luk rolled 4 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 2A 1d.  Gold Plated Pistol  1 advantage.

11:11, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b.  extra boost.

Active qualities like 'Blast' require 2 advantages to trigger. Pag 168 AoR textbook. It's NBD this time because the enemy don't have much defensive bonus, so we'll just use your Advantages to trigger the grenade's Blast instead.

Between the blaster fire and the grenade going off at close range, the Army soldiers are all dead.

The shuttle's intercom opens up. "What's going on? Who was on that landspeeder? Oh, sithspit! Hold on, the prisoners are charging again!"

You hear the shuttle's guns opening up.

Anders to out of the craft once all the guards are down. He indicates they need to get this over with in the shortest possible time frame. He finds some protection within the hanger bay moving forward to cover any entry doors if he can.


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Anders completes a scout of the Sentinel landing craft. This room is a drop-room for soldiers. It has benches with straps allowing for a dozen armed men to sit secure during a rough descent. The adjacent room is very similar; the Sentinel can carry a relatively large number of soldiers. There is no-one in that room. Beyond that, it would appear that there are two exits. One leads to the cockpit, while the other leads to the vehicle hanger.

Taking a comms device off one of the down soldiers Anders stands to the left of the door giving access to the cockpit and waits for the others in his team. While standing there with his blaster at the ready he tries to listen in on the radio traffic from the pilot and the rest of the crew.


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Zeic has his weapon out also and tries to provide an additional lookout.

Down the short hallway, Anders approaches the shuttles' cockpit. It is closed, and possibly locked. There is nothing much on the comm at the moment. The cockpit crew must be occupied.

Opening the door would require a 2D skulduggery. There is also an intercom if you want to try to talk your way in: 2D of an interaction skill of your choice.
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His back against the wall Anders flicked the intercom and asked for entry to the cockpit. He fluffs it when it comes to announcing who he was and what they wanted.


Anders Flown rolled 1 failure using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 2d 1b.  Deception.


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Zeic moves up to provide cover if they come out firing.

Distantly, through the door, you can hear someone shouting. Someone shouts back. It sounds like two male human voices, distressed.

You hear the characteristic sounds of a ship starting up. The reactor begins whining and the chassis begins to rumble. Normally the engine is muted, even in atmosphere, but with the gangplank still down it is quite loud.

Forim hefts his blaster, and gestures for Zeic to pop the door to the cockpit.  Forim will take the shots and anders can get the rest.

Forim whispers "No grenades" remembering the walker interior...

In reply to Forim Luk (msg # 174):

Anders gives a nod to Forim and readies his blasters relying on them to get the job done.


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Zeic kneels down and opens the door so he can stay out of the line of fire.

sorry, been sick and not feeling good over the past few days.  Getting a little better now though.

Zeic hotwires the cockpit door and it slides open. Inside are a pair of human males, wearing Imperial Army uniforms, sitting at the controls. They look surprised. One fumbles for his gun, but Anders and Forim have their weapons drawn already. They freeze.

The ship is just about ready to take off. The rioting prisoners have picked this moment to charge across the landing field towards the open gangplank. You watch them running and shouting through the viewscreen.

"All right hands up where I can see them and if you move I will kill you." To the other he adds "What now, do we continue take off ?"


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Earlier, you intercepted a message over the long-range comms. It suggested that the prison's commander was only too willing to blow this craft out of the sky using the planetary turbolaser if they tried to escape earlier.

However, given your knowledge of planetary defences, you doubt his ability to do this while the shuttle is in the atmosphere. Such weapons are designed to attack targets in orbit, or approaching the planet. Even a craft approaching the cannon at a low angle could not be targeted, although some installations have defensive guns to prevent starfighters from attacking the cannons with impunity.

Anders moved the crew away from the consoles to give those with the skills access. He takes the two binders from his belt and places the crew face down once they are searched and secure.

As he is doing that he asks "Are there any weapons that can take out the rest of the base, the big gun and the radar ?"


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Forim slides behind the controls and starts flipping switches confirming the engines are on and there are no systems locked out, specifically weapons and hyperdrive.  No nasty surprises later.

Moments after taking the bridge and the controls, the rioting prisoners rush aboard. Having seen the valiant, reckless charge of the enemy speeder, they are expecting to find some allies on board. They are not expecting you, however. Four males of mixed species meet Anders and Zeic in the corridor. You're not wearing Imperial uniforms or look like any of their wardens, so they do not attack you. They brandish vibroblades, stolen blaster pistols, and improvised slugthrowers. Their expressions are furious, but become confused.

A male devaronian pushes through the crowd and faces you. He puts his hands on his hips and looks you over. "I'm Asak Drut. Who are you? And what are you going to do with the shuttle?"

"I am Zeic and I suspect that we are trying to do the same thing you are...escape this planet. We have control of the bridge so I imagine we will be out of here very shortly."

Anders watches the ex-prisoners "We armed your two compatriots who started the riot when we met them in the swamp."


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The prison gang leader doesn't seem to know what you are talking about, but is inclined not to cause you any problems.

"There's enough space on this shuttle for all the prisoners, but we're losing more all the time. If you strafe the wardens' positions on the north side of the compound, we can save a lot more. That's where our leader is fighting, too. You'll need her to get out of the atmosphere."

"Lets fire on the big gun as well... I am not sure it will destroy it, but you never know."

Anders has no experience with the big guns on the ship, but if everyone else is busy he will try and fire the weapons.


OOC: Not sure if anyone else has gunnery, Anders does not.



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ooc:  I don't have it as a skill but I do have agility 4 so I could do ok if no one else has it.

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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