Chapter Nine: Year 300, 6th Day

[joertexas]

Combat turns 10 and 11

Tiberius and Indrani
The attempt at communication appears to have caught the intruders flat-footed. It takes them an age (nearly 10 seconds) to respond! (There are crashing sounds off-stage when they do respond)

Who are you? And where are you?

"I am Indrani Carter, the captain of the Queen of the Belt. Get off my ship, right now! Anyone left aboard will be met with lethal force. This is your only warning."

[Bluetongue]

Arnwulf

Okay. I was expecting that the airlock might still be open, with the guy who I shot climbing up from that location.

Arnwulf Recon on the rope. [2d6+4]=8+4=12

I will look for alternative routes the intruders may have used or contact the other crew in the suite to get the door open. Is there not a code I can punch in to get the Queen to open the airlock. Otherwise I will try a more agricultural approach with a boarding axe.

[cybersavant]

Reven Stiilpahth Now that the ship's power is up, Reven takes a moment to access his terminal and look around the ship; virtually scanning about outside via the console.

[Stirling]

Tiberius

Are there any fire extinguishers about? If so I would like to collect them to place by the door in order to shoot them as an improvised explosive device as the intruders exit the lift. I possibly anticipate that anyone in the lift may also be equipped with stun grenades or rifles do want to see what physical we can do to overpower them.

Set the sprinklers off to douse them with water and attach an electric lead to them?

[BackworldTraveller]

There are dry-powder extinguishers in the galley and in an alcove by the lift. There are S.C.O.G. canisters in the emergency life-support system.

[BackworldTraveller]

Combat Turn 12
Pranit and Maggie
After a bit of a struggle, Pranit is back in a pressurised environment, and the door to the internal airlock finally open. Maggie drags Pranit through into the crew area STR+Athletics(STR) roll please.

His shotgun is still attached to his wrist by a strap and his thrust pack is scraping horribly on the floor.

Noor
Miya is wrestling the Standard and Emergency Vacc Suits across the crew room towards the stateroom containing Ulrika and Assana. She throws a first-aid pack towards Maggie's feet.
Are you intending to Vacc-Suit up? Supply First Aid to Pranit? Something else?

Assana and Ulrika
Ulrika's drone finds someone lurking in the shadows under the passenger airlock, with Arnwulf swinging from a rope overhead

Assana, looking round the ship's cameras reports: There are five in the passenger lobby - three are proper soldiers by the lifts - and one in the passenger airlock. The one in the airlock is injured. Another one's not moving at the bottom of the top lift. I've shut him in.

Zid and the Drivers
Zid manages to herd the drivers into Pranit's stateroom and tells them to stay put.

Tiberius and Indrani
Tiberius moves into the Galley and collects the fire-extinguisher before returning to the Library.

Indrani gets an impertinent reply: You call this a ship? This is accompanied by a burst of fire in the lift-shaft - and the sounds of the door in the base of the lift-frame being broken open.

Nālani & Arnwulf
Swinging from the rope, Arnwulf recognises Nālani on the roof of the Cargo deck below him...but this distraction means he misses the arrival of a grenade that bounces off his suit before careening further into the depths of the docking bay before exploding far below him. The aim was good, but the thrower's training clearly poor. Looking up, the guys on the roof are moving to get a better angle.

Nālani almost shoots the dangling figure of Arnwulf, swinging above her, before realising her near-mistake. With the two working together, maybe they can catch the missing hacker in a pincer movement?

Reven
Getting access to the outside cameras, Reven sees little - the flash of a grenade near the manoeuvre deck and the sound of shrapnel hitting the hull. There are figures outside the passenger airlock, but much of the exterior below the passenger deck is in heavy shadow. From one of the bow cameras, he can see into the loading bay - where the bay seems to be empty. Where the police have gone is anyone's guess. And looking straight up, the bodies on the ramp are hard to see, but they appear to be moving along the catwalk to cover the passenger lock, leaving just one person covering the crew-lock. An eerie bright light illuminates the upper parts of the bay followed by a hull-breach alarm from the Bridge Fresher!

[Bluetongue]

Arnwulf

Are the cargo doors open? Can I swing in like Tarzan, guns ablazing?

Arnwulf athletics check [2d6]=8
Arnwulf fires assault rifle [2d6+2]=4+2=6 [2d6+2]=7+2=9 [2d6+2]=8+2=10
Arnwulf damage from assault rifle [3d6]=8
Arnwulf damage from assault rifle [3d6]=11

[BackworldTraveller]

Arnwulf

Are the cargo doors open? Can I swing in like Tarzan, guns ablazing?

Yes it is open. Yes you could swing in. Nālani may have an opinion on that course of action though...her cat's in there!

[Monsieur Rose]

Noor

"Try to lock the hacker out! You said he seems distracted." She calls to Assana.

"Maggie! I've got a medpack. Let's get Pranit patched up." She grabs the pack and moves to help Maggie move Pranit. Noor removes the shotgun and places it within reach, first checking to see if it is still loaded.

Noor will do her best to help Pranit. [2d6]=5+3+2?EDU=10?

[joertexas]

Combat Turn 12

Tiberius and Indrani
Tiberius moves into the Galley and collects the fire-extinguisher before returning to the Library.

Indrani gets an impertinent reply: You call this a ship? This is accompanied by a burst of fire in the lift-shaft - and the sounds of the door in the base of the lift-frame being broken open.

"Okay, they're too confident to back off now." She looks at the lift shaft door. "Let's lock the door and put whatever we can against it to disrupt their aim. After that, we're done if they break in."

[The Bindoner]

Arnwulf

Are the cargo doors open? Can I swing in like Tarzan, guns ablazing?

Yes it is open. Yes you could swing in. Nālani may have an opinion on that course of action though...her cat's in there!

Hoshiko is the only person in the cargo hold at the moment, the stunt will be wasted on her. No human athletic displays impress a cat.



Relieved, Nālani lowers her weapon and gestures to Arnwolf, indicating "halt", "gun", "there", "you", "that way then there", "me" and "this way". She is trying to indicate the location of the hacker and a way to envelop his position.

Checking to see if he is in comms range she calls: Arnwolf! There is a hardsuit boarder near the passenger lock.

[cybersavant]

Reven Stiilpahth leaves the terminal for now and runs to the engineering door to see if he can lock it somehow.

[BackworldTraveller]

Combat Turn 13
Pranit, Maggie & Noor
Pranit awakens from his unconsciousness as Noor and Maggie drag him from the crew airlock - the tearing pain as the knife embedded in his lower leg catches on the jamb (and falls out) provides the required stimulus!
Medic + INT Roll from Noor (who now has the first aid kit.) A full check will require getting Pranit out of his thruster pack
The back of his thruster pack looks like it's exploded. How Pranit isn't dead you don't know! OK - It was Good Armour

Miya, Assana and Ulrika
Miya finds Assana working furiously on her computer terminal - and clad in a high-quality Vacc Suit. Ulrika is flying a camera and doesn't want to stop to don a Vacc Suit: This could be prize-worthy material! Miya leaves her the emergency bubble suit and starts donning the proper vacc suit.

One bad-guy is climbing into the lift everyone - I can't do anything about that. It isn't responding to controls.

Zid and the Drivers
Zid confines the Drivers and returns to the room with Miya, etc.

Tiberius and Indrani
The pair move from the library towards the lift shaft. Despite the working of the air-circulators, noises of movement can be heard in the lift-shaft.

Nālani & Arnwulf
Frantic signalling from Nālani - combined with a radio message that is actually intelligible momentarily stays Arnwulf from a one-man assault on the Cargo Bay.
Coordinated attack round the corner next turn?

As Nālani looks up at Arnwulf on his rope she can see what looks like a grav craft hovering above the bay covers as well as a bunch of gunmen who seem to now be in a position to shoot down at her. The doors are nearly open enough to admit the grav craft.

Arnwulf can feel the rope vibrating like a violin string. Someone on the walkway seems to be sawing at it with a blade! From his position outside the airlock, Arnwulf observes that the dangling panel to which the computer unit is attached is showing the airlock inner door as open.

Reven
Reven checks the door to the lift shaft - still locked: No sound from the other side.

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[ateno]

Pranit attempts to reduce reaction from pain stimuli. "Yama, kya main tumhaare saath hoon?"

[The Bindoner]

Nālani & Arnwulf
Frantic signalling from Nālani - combined with a radio message that is actually intelligible momentarily stays Arnwulf from a one-man assault on the Cargo Bay.
Coordinated attack round the corner next turn?

As Nālani looks up at Arnwulf on his rope, she can see what looks like a grav craft hovering above the bay covers as well as a bunch of gunmen who seem to now be in a position to shoot down at her. The doors are nearly open enough to admit the grav craft.

Arnwulf can feel the rope vibrating like a violin string. Someone on the walkway seems to be sawing at it with a blade! From his position outside the airlock, Arnwulf observes that the dangling panel to which the computer unit is attached is showing the airlock inner door as open.

Nālani is pleased to be able to speak directly.

Get to cover Arnwolf. Gunmen above, raft incoming. We kill this black-hat, drive off raft people, use his hacker rig to get back control of the Queen, yah? You go that way, I go this, he's ore in the processor. Easy as that. Now, go. Shoot straight, try not to die.

Taking her own advice she darts into the shadow and moves to flank the hacker.

[Monsieur Rose]

Noor

"Oops! Stupid knife." Noor does her best to check over Pranit. "Shh. Don't worry, medicine is like riding a bike, you never forget how. Right?" She tries to get him out of the thruster pack.

Medic Check: [2d6]=11+3medic+1INT =15

[Bluetongue]

Arnwulf

Follows Nalani's direction to try not to die and re-enters the ship, shooting at any intruder.

[SpinwardMarch]

Maggie

[1d6]=4 [1d6]=1 +1 = 6

(Pranit's suit, injuries, and thruster pack made it awkward to move him quickly)
She will do the best she can to assist Noor.

[Stirling]

Tiberius O'Hare

Is the lift still stuck at passenger level or did we unlock it and send it down as per the tannoy to facilitate the 'baliffs' to enter.

[joertexas]

Tiberius O'Hare

Is the lift still stuck at passenger level or did we unlock it and send it down as per the tannoy to facilitate the 'baliffs' to enter.

Indrani gave no such order. The lifts, and all of the pressure doors in the lifts, should be locked.