Onyx is doing a quick search while he is sure where the 'droids are. His eye catches something glittering in the water of the nearby stream.

He lies down on the bank of the stream and reaches into the water. After a few moments of flailing he touches something that is hard, but much smoother than a rock. He yanks it out.

Onyx shakes the water off his new glowrod.

Onyx smiles at his find. He has an idea that he thinks might just work. For now he has a weapon to find.

(Onyx continues to C6. Once here he makes another perception check.)

Onyx rolled 3 successes, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1p 2d with rolls of 6(A), 3(A), 4(P), 7(D), 6(D).  Searching for supplies.

Sawalim moves to keep pace with Bubbles; with the group scattered like this, the possibility of somebody getting cornered alone with the big droid was the biggest threat, and she knew at least Ikki and Scrounge would be in the vicinity. She flexed her raw throats and made a loud, phlegm-clearing hooomph. She'd be ready to shout again soon, and maybe this time she'd stun the droid for long enough to achieve a group retreat.

Sawalim will double-maneuver if need be to stay within Short range of Bubbles; let me know if I need to spend strain.

Scrounge turns at the sound of a droid in alarm.  "Oooooo."  He exclaims as he quickly puts Forim's face plant together with the attached restraining bolt.  Knowing he had to shut her down quickly he gave up the chase of Bubbles.

Instead he tossed the second restraining bolt to Sawalim to make the heroic takedown of the big droid.  His encouragement (or curse) was lost in translation as he chittered in her direction.

Then pulling out the controller for Skinny's bolt, hit the shutdown command.

OOC: Let me know if there is a roll you need.
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Forim reaches out and shouts "Hit the button! Hit the button!" as he grabs at the droids feet to trip it up.

21:47, Today: Forim Luk rolled 1 success, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2D.  Rolling Brawl.
+1 strain

The droid's heavy limb comes down hard on Forim's squishy organic fingers.  "Son of a bantha that hurts".  However, the droid does fall to the ground... if that makes the situation better or worse, Forim does not know.

In a much deeper, more robotic tone of voice, Skinny recites, "Shut-Down Process Initiated." She goes limp while still standing, her head and arms hanging down loosely. The hydraulics in her limbs hiss as they release tension.

(Did I find anything?)

(GM: Let's let everyone post, and then we'll get to your search)
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Ikki felt the pelt clip his left arm, inhaling the fumes was only slight but it wasn't much as he grunted through the pain. He had only caught a whiff of the gas and it felt like his nose was on fire. Using the momentum he had and the fact that Bubbles was losing sight of him. He purposely through himself into some trees, causing his clothes to rip off in small part and once again through a sharp bush. Leaving those bits as bait to the droid. Suddenly and carefully heading north to move around the droid and regroup with the others.

It seemed like the droid was truly pissed off with him.

14:50, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 3 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 2D with rolls of 7(P), 6(A), 4(A), 7(D), 5(D).  Survival.

Bubbles hears Skinny's loud, hardcoded shutdown sound and immediately breaks off pursuit. He heads back over towards her, glancing this way and that as he does. He quickly sees Forim getting himself up from in front of her. As Bubbles nears Skinny, he aims his gas gun and fires at Forim.

(Bubbles rolled 3 successes, 1 threat.
Six damage pre-soak)

Sawalim continues to be ignored by the droids. Scrouge is still on Bubbles' tail, although the large droid is moving more slowly now as it approaches its partner. Forim is prone, and suddenly covered in choking gas. Onyx busily checks the bushes.

Bubbles, Skinny, and Forim are at G5.5.
Sawalim is at F5.
Onyx is at C6.
Ikki is at E4.5)

Onyx checks the open area and comes up empty.
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Sawalim skids to a halt as Bubbles turns, and watches in some wonder as it rushes past her. She turns around slowly and sucks in air, then sends another cacophonic burst hurtling toward Bubbles. It's not quite as loud this time, but what it lacks in sheer decibel is gained in discordancy. A viscous wave of noise slams into Bubbles and leaves the droid momentarily overwhelmed.

She gives a ragged grunt of approval, then walks up next to the droid with the restraining bolt brandished.

One success and two advantage on that check, so Bubbles takes 7 strain damage and is Concussed, leaving it Staggered for the next round. I move to be Engaged with Bubbles. And, of course, I take three strain.

After finding nothing again Onyx hears the bellow of Sawalim. Realizing that they are either still fighting or were unable to get away Onyx begins running back toward the sound of the bellow.

Bubbles is knocked over forward. He collapses next to Forim, who rolls out of the way just before being crushed. The droid struggles for a moment, but can't seem to get up.

Forim, half-shocked, peers at the droid. It seems as though its optics have shut off. Bubbles spasms for a few more moments. It doesn't settle down, but it also doesn't get up or do anything useful.

The group gathers uneasily around the spasming droid and the stationary one at the top of the hill.

(Battle over.)

Scrounge shook his head and a finger disappeared into his hood to try and clear the ringing in his ears.  After he recovered a bit, the tech walks up brushing his hands together and looks at their handy work.  "Ba da boo do."  He congratulates the others and then stands looking at the raw material spasming in front of him with hands on hips.  If he had tools there was so much that could be done.  Without them, things were more limited.

The jawa checked his non-existent chronometer and then checked the sky.  He jabbered something else and not seeing comprehension wondered to himself if they had set a record for how quickly these droids were taken down.  He hoped the challenge ended here rather than have to spend the night, but that was unlikely.

He went to work looking at the droids and seeing if he could shut down Bubbles.  The second restraining bolt should work.  Then if he could disassemble that bubble gun, one of the others could use it to defend them this evening if needed.

Forim starts to get up, but then looks up and sees bubbles leveling his rifle "Oh bloah" some hear Forim say before he gets pelted in the chest and falls over coughing (ooc: 5/12 wounds).

Just as he starts to regain his breath he looks up through bleary eyes at a mass of metal falling at him and JUST rolls away in time.

After getting the worst of the gas and residue out of his clothes, face and eyes, he helps Scrounge to remove the pellet gun.  This would help in the night to come if there were any predators.

"You should attach the second bolt to that droid too, just in case" Forim suggests

After the second restraining bolt is applied and Bubbles is shut down, his spasming stops. Then he is still, peaceful as a stone, lying on the ground next to Skinny.

Scrounge can figure out how to get the pieces of the gas pellet gun off Bubbles' arm with his tools. However, doing so would remove the structure of the gun. It would simply be a collection of a few parts, rather than a weapon. Holding them all at once would be a chore. Firing it would be even more difficult. Holding the hopper higher than the receiver so that the gravity feed works, and then holding the barrel with some other hand to aim at a target while also pulling the trigger?

As Bubbles stops having a spasm on the ground, Ikki relaxes as bit letting out a sigh of relief as the droid with a grudge is shut down. Looking around at the droid, it seems they were all a bit exhausted from the battle. "I guess we should lay low till sun up..." the scout's voice was low still, just in case Boss hadn't told them anything. He scanned the area around them, despite the fauna of the night going wild after the bellows, he could still see and hear pretty well. The gas was taking a toll on his senses however.


14:01, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1S 2A 1P 2D with rolls of 5(S), 3(A), 4(A), 1(P), 2(D), 8(D).  Perception.

Onyx arrives. He sees the two droids collapsed on the ground. His mouth drops in shock. He steps out to his companions H...How?

The jawa looks at Onyx and flexes his bicep in answer.  He rattles off some long explanation in jawa that might have been some scientific reasoning or bardic monologue of the heroics.  Whatever the statement he seemed proud of being prepared.  The boss probably should have confiscated those restraining bolts.  Things might not have turned out as well as they had.

Scrounge goes on to describe the problem of the gas gun removal pantomiming the issue as he chatters on.  It comes across as a strange game of twister.  It seems the thing won't function easily and likely three of them would be needed to make it work.  He stands with hands on hips and shakes his head on whether to proceed.

Or he could leave it and continue searching the area.  He turns to the others and queries, "What do?"

Now that the fight is over, everyone feels the adrenaline letdown start to hit them. Suddenly you're anxious, tense, achy, tired, hungry. It's especially hard on the people who are from races singularly unaccustomed to battle.

(Everyone roll Cool 2D. Scrounge and Sawalim have 1 setback)

The group gathers on the hilltop, unanimously decided to be a good place for a campsite. It lets them keep an eye on the droids, as well as having the high ground for watching the rest of the forest. It is surrounded by streams water for easy drinking, as well. The gatherers drop their freshly-picked foods, and Scrounge retrieves the MREs that he discovered earlier as bait in the pit trap.

Forim keeps his head about him and says "I don't really want to leave these droids un-supervised but we really should move on.  There should be hidden caches in here somewhere, so lets start searching for them.  Maybe we will get some real food."

(09:47, Today: Forim Luk rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2D.  Rolling Cool.)

Onyx looks at Scrounge. I think if we can salvage some of the sharp bits for weapons should, but we should also smash what we leave behind. I don't want these things turning back on.

Onyx rolled 1 success, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 2d with rolls of 2(A), 4(A), 8(D), 8(D).  Cool.
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Ikki raised an eye at Onyx "Don't think Boss would think highly of that..." He points out that in the end, the two droids on the floor were on their side for now. Ikki picked up an edible herb and crammed it into his month, chewing the bitterness slowly not being picky about the taste as he swallows it down.

"We can have a look around in a bit, I'll head out soon if you want." He volunteers to search the area after a bit of food. Still he was just glad to be on the ground again.

23:01, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 3 successes, 3 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 1A 2D with rolls of 5(P), 2(A), 5(D), 7(D).  Cool.
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Sawalim steps over to the base of a tree and takes a seat, breathing a low sigh of relief. She's composed, just weary.

"I think we should leave the droids as-is. They're not ours to mess with; not worth the risk of angering our mentor on day one. We should probably focus on survival, and prove that we can manage fine on our own."

Sawalim rolled 3 successes, 2 threats on the Cool check. I made a Discipline check to recover strain and got 3 successes.
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True. I keep forgetting that this is just a test.

Scrounge starts shaking as the fight ends.  That wasn't the kind of stuff he enjoys doing.  He quickly retrieved the MRE's and broke into one.  He gnawed on the rations in an attempt to calm his nerves.

OOC: Scrounge rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 2d 1s