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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