OOC - I have you all still in the passenger quarters. This door leads to the corridor which that runs to engineering. Its not the door into the room with the pirates yet.

"Sounds like things are changing. I guess I am for fighting to downstairs too. Maybe we can get some of the passengers to the lifeboats with us. At least we managed to get some of our gear."

She carries a backpack filled with gear and wears a Chronocom on her wrist. One of the captured gasmask was latched to the outside of the pack and wore a powerpack belt on her waist. Holding the Electro Stunner in one hand and the vibroknife in her off hand. One of the pirates clubs hung from her belt.
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Tyrell adjusts his pack and frame again as he fishes out a gas mask he took from a pirate. Between latches on his belt and strategically placed on his backpack frame he's practically festooned with scanners and other small electronic devices.  A toxy-rad gauge is clipped onto his vest and the pockets on both his vest and coveralls also show tell tale signs of even more odds and ends.

Looking to Freya he nods, "Okay, shoot up the pirates rounding up the passengers, try not to hit any innocent bystanders, go down to the cargo and try to get into the lockers.  Then to pods.  Everyone onboard?"

He adjusts his laser pistol power output  and puts the gas mask in place, ready to move.
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Snapping the last component into place on his newly acquired Las Pistol, Tristan rises slowly to his feet.  The young man looks around at the others.

"Kill a few of em...cargo bay....escape pods.  Sounds good."

"Glad we are in agreement, let's try to take them by surprise." He walks as silently as he can towards the bedlam, his pistol at the ready.

The small group gathers at the door ready to move together. They dont know what is going on the other side but the screams and cries and the gunfire echo's over the intercom. Clearly the pirates are pacifying the passengers. They here the sounds of the pirates yelling for the passengers to laydown and do not resist.

OOC - Currently you are in narrative rounds. You will all be moving together I assume, so on the same initiative which I will say will be Freya's because she is in the leadership position. So, Alex please roll initiative for the group. When ready just do an IC countdown. 1,2, 3... fingers held up. This I assume will be a delayed action. So I need everyone to declare their specific delayed action in a private line to GM. Alex please wait until I tell you to count down because I need everyones delayed actions before I can start the combat rounds. The delay should be specific like "fire two shots at the closest threat" or "fire at the pirate with the most dangerous weapon" etc. Your delay should also involve telling me if you are going to move, seek cover etc. Also, please confirm that your weapons and power are correct below. As soon as you open the door I will be rolling for surprise. That is why time is of the essence. You want the fight to still be going on when you burst through the door.

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Tyrell stands crouched ready to move into the room.
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Sucking air over his teeth, gazing at the ceiling, Tristan holds his Las pistol in a very relaxed grip.  He slowly twists his neck to the left, eliciting a muffled crack, and peers at the door.

"Way I reckon it...we either rush the room, kill any Devils' we see, basically push em out, maybe, put em on their back heel...or we sit back here, nice and cozy...take shots from this "fine," bit o' cover...see who breaks off first.  Seein' as we're in a might bit of a hurry, I'm more inclined to option A..."

The Gunfighter looks at each of the others in turn, searchingly, for a moment.  He finally settles on Freya, grinning to himself as if he just uncovered some mysterious secret.

"What'll it be doll?"

"Alright,we get in there violently and spread out. Move in, Shoot, move to cover, and keep shooting until they are all dead!" Donning a gas mask he stacks up against the door frame, pistol at the ready. "Let's do this!"
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OOC - Waiting for Freya to call the ball. If you did not declare any movement you will be standing still. If you did not declare any cover you will not have any. Please make your rolls now. Every time you call a delay make all the rolls, to hit, damage etc. If you will be moving then apply the penalties. I will apply your damage to the targets you designated in your delay in Reaction Speed order on Freya's initiative.

Freya stood coolly while everyone else hyped themselves up.

She spoke to Tristan. "I think movement works in our favor. Staying here in one place gives all of them a point to focus on. Keep moving. Shout! They may mistake you for one of their own. I like the idea of an aggressive assault, it should surprise them. But let's keep moving toward that cargo hold, cover, and possible escape. But remember, don't get yourself killed if you can help it.

Doll??" Freya's expression turned serious and then she smiled widely. "You could give me more credit than that I believe. We can discuss it later, after you earn some cookies.

Everyone ready? Ok, here we go...4...3...2...1...GOOO!"

Ooc - I can not move the scene forward because I don’t have all the rolls.

Tristan's only response is a curt nod, as he glides deftly toward the passageway door.

Freya punches the door and they all start moving.

As they enter the room they see the bodies of wounded and stunned passengers laying around the passage. Clearly the pirates had hit them with multiple doze grenades as well as fragmentation grenades before they burst in to subdue by force if necessary. Almost directly in front of the door as they enter the room is a Yazarian Star Devil (Y3) armed with a laser pistol and an autopistol. Nearby was a human pirate (H3) armed with a gyrojet pistol and a needler. On the far side of the room was a Vrusk (V1) armed with a laser pistol and an elecrto-stunner.

At the top of the stairs leading to the escape pods was a Yazarian Star Devil (Y1) armed with a laser pistol and a stun baton. Nearby stood the human who had fled from the galley attack (H1) he was armed with his gyrojet pistol and shock gloves. Coming up from below decks was a second human wearing the pirate colors (H2) armed with a gyrojet pistol and a sonic stunner.

As the group enters the Yazarian (Y3), the nearest human (H3) and the Vrusk are not surprised and immediately begin to flee or dive for cover (dodging -20, for your second shots). The other three are taken completely by surprise.

The Yazarian (Y3) brings his pistol up but Tristin moves into the room blasting the Yazarian (Y3) in the side back. Wilhelm targets the same yazarian hitting him in the arm and the yazarian is dead before they are even in the room.

Tyrell moves in firing and seeing the yazarian already down, targets the next most dangerous threat, the human getting ready to dive for cover (H3). Tyrell kills the human with a single blaster hit to the arm.

Freya firer her electrostunner at the yazarian (Y1) pirate near the stairs with his back to them but the blast of photons goes wide missing completely. She takes cover behind the storage tables between her and the stairs.

The Vrusk (V1) turns to flee. He hits the door lock to the bridge passageway and the door opens. Tristan keeps moving forward and trains his pistol on the fleeing vrusk, hitting him in the back with his blaster. Wilhelm also keeps moving into the room and targets the fleeing vrusk, hitting it in the leg and the vrusk topples over dead in the passageway door.

Tyrell turns and fires at one of the human coming up the stairs. His blaster strikes the man in the chest the man lets out a wail of agony and topples backward down the stairs.

OOC - New round. Roll initiative. Tyrell and Freya finished their movement for this round but technically if Wilhelm and Tristan dont like their current position they can get all the way across the room if they want. Please make sure the below is correct. In the interest of everyone's learning the rules - Modifiers this round for you guys were walking 0, PBR +10. For the pirates Dodging -20 (those not surprise after your initial surprise action).






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Diving into cover he aims his pistol and shoots at the human pirate. "Surrender or die!"

Tyrell tries to carefully line up a shot at the pirate coming up the stairs and pulls the trigger.

OOC - Dont forget to use rerolls. Its ok to say - "reroll if missed" in the dice roller. The reroll will only be applied if the initial roll is a miss.

Freya shouts, "You are not getting any organs out of me!" Then she peeped out from the table and fired at the Yazarian.
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Tristan falls back into cover beside Tyrell, ejecting his spent power clip, and inserting a spare.

The first yazarian pirate (Y1) is the first of the pirates to react. He turns toward Freya to fire his laser pistol but Freya get her shot of. The blast of photons hits the yazarian but the yazarian shrugs off the blast. The yazarian fires his blaster at Freya as he is dodging (-20) to cover. His first shot strikes Freya in the chest . The yazarian fires again at Freya but misses.

Wilhelm aims and fires at one of the human pirates (H1) from cover. His blasters strikes the man in the arm and the man collapses to the deck.

Tristan takes cover and reloads.

The human on the stairs (H2) does not immediately reappear but Tyrell is waiting and fires as soon as another Yazarian (Y2) comes into view with a gyrojet pistol raised. But Tyrell misses his shot. The yazarian (Y2) lets loose with a series of rapid shots at Tyrell with his gyrojet hitting him in the arm and chest . Only his skeinsuit saves his life.

OOC - New round. Dont forget rerolls and also remember there are weapons laying around from the dead pirates. Always, always, always roll initiative as your first roll then roll your attacks and damage every round. Identify your preferred target in the dice roller. If you know you would miss then you must make your reroll to hit right then. If you dont, I will assume that you would not choose to reroll. Y1 and Y2 both have hard cover -20 to hit.

Combat Note - Characters can always move and shoot but there are penalties. Characters can dodge and shoot (imposes a -20% on both attacker and defender to hit), but you can fire normal rate of fire. The Yazarian (Y1) did this this round. The vrusk did not because I didnt know the rule at the time.






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With the yazarians moving, Freya decided to shift positions. She runs back and hops over Tristan. Then she posts up at Tristan's 9 o clock position (his perspective) on the corner wall, over at the fallen vrusk/bridge hallway door section.

He shifts towards the entrance they came from. He takes careful aim at the closest Yazarian and fires once. "Surrender or die, cunts!"

Tyrell scoots over next to Wilhelm to put some cover between him and both Yazirians as he snaps off a shot that direction.

Tristan reaches down and picks up the discarded Las pistol from the Yazirian's corpse, at this feet.  He pops up from cover and fires at the first Pirate he sees.
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Tristan takes up one of the fallen pirates blasters and comes up firing. His first shot hits the Yazarian (Y1) in the head and the Yazarian goes down behind cover.

Freya clamors past Tristan to take cover on the other side of the room firing at the other Yazarian (Y2). The electrostunner blast hits mostly the heavy metal storage counter the pirate uses for cover.

Tyrell switches pistols while he moves to better cover and fires a laser blast at the same Yazarian (Y2). The laser scorches the metal storage casing.

Wilhelm takes aim from cover and fires at the Yazarian (Y2) striking him in the arm.

The remaining Yazarian (Y2) drops behind full cover and can be heard snarling loudly, likely into his communicator, "Get up here you bilge rats! Captain we have them pinned down in the central corridor! But not for long."

From the stairs leading to the escape pods a dralisite appears in pirate colors with a gyrojet pistol firing. Tristan fires at the advancing dralisite hitting it in the chest. But the dralisite pirate moves next to the Yazarian (Y2) firing at Freya, then then Tristan, and then back to Freya. The third shot hits Freya in her arm .

OOC - New round. Roll initiative, to hit, make sure to include the target of the attacks and any mods (like aiming) and then damage. Make rerolls immediately if you think you miss and would use a reroll. Dont reorder your rolls. I am used to removing them from the bottom. Just cut and paste them. It should save you time.







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