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Jakob

Leitz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:43 pmJakob carefully moved forward to the inner airlock door, tuned in his sensors to listen, and then tried to slowly open it.

Recon roll 6 + 3 (Recon 1, Int C)= 9

Jakob detects a well known Imperial classic being played from what he guesses is a personal comm echoing around the large open space (cargo hold) that he expects to find beyond the air lock's inner iris valve. The music is punctuated by "mechanical transient" noises which he reckons might be consistent with tool use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHOrpFeXUao

Freya

BackworldTraveller wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:13 am So, what do you want to do when you get out of this life? Is there a special someone or are you still playing the field?

Freya sees Freddy's eyes smile as he checks the load on a short barrelled revolver "Oh, don't go there - thinking about getting out's unlucky". He gives a self mocking laugh behind his mask and replies "There's very often someone special, Ma'am. It's my own personal failing that when I've found one I keep finding another...".

Tiglath wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:40 pm Freya

BackworldTraveller wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:13 am So, what do you want to do when you get out of this life? Is there a special someone or are you still playing the field?

Freya sees Freddy's eyes smile as he checks the load on a short barrelled revolver "Oh, don't go there - thinking about getting out's unlucky". He gives a self mocking laugh behind his mask and replies "There's very often someone special, Ma'am. It's my own personal failing that when I've found one I keep finding another...".

Well if you don't come through this Freddy, I'll make sure I hunt you down and kill you for dereliction of duty! Although it sounds like I might have to take my place in line.

Any sign of hostile activity? I've got some sort of explosion over by startown on my camera so I suspect the cat has escaped the bag. Lets just pretend that everyone on port now fears something is going down and will be on "Shoot First, Ask later" alert.

Jess

Flooring it, Jess swings the car out to pass alongside and overtake the van.

Scratched the paintwork on me new ride, the sods.

I'm goin' up the side, so they don't get another shot. Y'c'n rake 'em as we go if yer like, but takin' the driver an' 's oppo'll ruin their night quicker.

Leitz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:42 pm I'm not sure how secure these airlocks are when on the ground. Does Jakob think he can open the airlock without explosives?

Tiglath wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 9:56 pmHe finds he can readily open the outer iris valve and finds himself faced with its twin about 2 metres away. This is no surprise at all as the Fat Trader design has an air lock here.

OOC: You are now "in" the air lock i.e. between one open and one sealed iris valve. The one that you opened worked on the press of a button so there's no reason to suspect that the second (inner) one will be any different.

Jakob

"Victor Two, we are in the airlock. Sounds like normal activity inside. When you are ready, give the go order. I will notify Whiskey One." Jakob said over the team comm. He switched to the command channel, "Whiskey One, we are about ready to start the party. So far we seem unannounced."

Jakob nodded to Love as she mostly closed the airlock behind them. "When we go in, you take the long shots and I'll go low, left, and short. If the alarm sounds, we race for the port iris valve behind the bridge. Ready?"

If I'm reading the design right, in my core rulebook, there are iris valves behind the forward turrets.

Frank

On the squad channel: "Excellent work. Yes, I think it's time for us to leave."

He switches to the command channel: "Yes, sargent, that was us. We are now exfilling the area."

He gathers the squad and they return via a different route to the one they arrived by.

We are The Roadcrew

Jess floors it and the powerful ground car roars forwards to overtake the panel van. Meanwhile its onboard gunners put down a withering storm of retaliatory fire against those who have offended against her paintwork.

Sugar blazes enthusiastically if inexpertly from the front passenger window but her autopistol shots go wide of the pirate with the SMG. Prerna targets the same dude but, although she hits dead centre, his high tech vacc suit defeats even her DS ammo. The guy nevertheless is definitively hit and suffers blunt force trauma transmitted direct to his ribcage and major organs. Easy targets his mate armed with a snub pistol. Her burst of standard "ball ammo" strikes his right thigh. He's clearly not wearing armour as the rounds penetrate flesh and continue right on through bone. Unsupported by his near amputated leg he collapses and pitches out of the rear of the van dead before he hits the road surface.

Able swerves his triple striped gopnikmobile into a firing position as the pirates look on aghast a retribution hoves into view. Kit calmly fires two bursts from his ACR and both strike their targets in the lower torso. The shotgun and snub pistol wielding pirates may have hoped their vacc suits would protect them but clearly reckoned without DS ammo (and hot dice ). Both gutshot bodies fold to the van's floor as the shotgun tumbles out of the back of the van. From the back seat Baker fires of a burst at the pirate saloon driver who is preoccupied with not running over the bodies and debris falling from the panel van's rear. However, these evasive manoeuvres must offer some karmic help as Baker succeeds only in blowing away the passenger seat head rest and clipping the furry dice from the rear view mirror.

The exchange of fire leaves only the SMG armed pirate standing of those who opened fire from the van and no change in the number of his opposition. He bolts back towards the driver's position and seems to begin to remonstrate with the driver but then his head jerks backwards and he collapses to the van's floor.

Meanwhile a cloud of oily smoke seeps from under the bonnet of Kit's gopnik transport. Over the metallic grinding noise coming from the front quarter Able shouts "Fekkit! Boss, we're losing speed - I can't keep up". Indeed Kit immediately notices that both the pirate saloon, the van and Jess' luxury ground car are pulling away from his damaged transport. Looking behind he sees a black grav suburban with emergency lights carving through the traffic and now closing the distance between them fast. Spotting the same vehicle Baker shouts "Krap! 'ere boss - just in case you need a brief!" He roots in a pocket and hands Kit a plasticard wafer bearing the contact details of Grabbitt and Runne Solicitors, High Spire, Collace City.

(OOC:

Prerna (vs SMG guy)
To Hit: Roll(2d6)+7: 6,1,+7 Total:14
Location: Roll(1d8)+0: 3,+0 Total:3 Chest / Centre Mass AV 6 Vacc suit vs DS rds Pen 6 Tariff Neutral
Pen Roll: Roll(2d6)+0: 2,3,+0 Total:5 Light Wound
KO Test: Roll(1d6)+0: 6,+0 Total:6 Not KO

Sugar (vs SMG guy)
To Hit: Roll(2d6)+0: 1,3,+0 Total:4 Miss

Easy (vs Snub pistol guy)
To Hit: Roll(2d6)+4: 6,1,+4 Total:11
Location: Roll(1d8)+0: 7,+0 Total:7 Right Leg Unarmoured vs Slugs Pen 4
Pen Roll: Roll(2d6)+4: 6,4,+4 Total:14 Dead

Kit (Snapshot vs Shotgun guy)
Rifle Shot [_2d6+3]=(4+2)=6+3=9 (Rifle-2, A DEX)
NB +2 Skill, +2 Autofire, +2 Dex bonus with ACR -2 Snapshot Net +4 Roll = 6 +4 = 10 Hit
Location: Roll(1d8)+0: 6,+0 Total:6 Lower Torso AV 6 Vacc suit vs DS rds Pen 6 Tariff Neutral
Pen Roll: Roll(2d6)+0: 3,6,+0 Total:9 Serious Wound

Second snapshot (vs snub pistol guy)
Rifle Shot [_2d6+3]=(3+4)=7+3=10 (Rifle-2, A DEX)
NB +2 Skill, +2 Autofire, +2 Dex bonus with ACR -2 Snapshot Net +4 Roll = 7 +4 = 11 Hit
Location: Roll(1d8)+0: 6,+0 Total:6 Lower Torso AV 6 Vacc suit vs DS rds Pen 6 Tariff Neutral
Pen Roll: Roll(2d6)+0: 6,5,+0 Total:11 Serious Wound

Baker
To Hit: Roll(2d6)+1: 1,5,+1 Total:7 Miss!

Pirate drive tests:
Roll(2d6)+0: 5,5,+0 Total:10 Success
Roll(2d6)+0: 3,5,+0 Total:8 Success

Pirate faith in the mission/morale with four hits/casualties:
Roll(2d6)-4: 2,3,-4 Total:1 Very Fail ).

Frank

shaidar wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:11 am He gathers the squad and they return via a different route to the one they arrived by.

Frank and his squad exfiltrate successfully through Startown and manage to hop the extrality fence to a place where the G Carrier can pick them back up.

No alarms or response is apparent from Startown or the Starport to events outside the extrality fence.

Unless Frank directs otherwise they return to the merchantman.

Gaughan and his squad declare that they have shoved the wreck off the road and are within about half a klik of the Starport planning to drive back in reliant on their "disguises".

(OOC: Roll(2d6)+1: 4,1,+1 Total:6 Fail Bah! )

Tiglath wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:36 pm We are The Roadcrew

Meanwhile a cloud of oily smoke seeps from under the bonnet of Kit's gopnik transport. Over the metallic grinding noise coming from the front quarter Able shouts "Fekkit! Boss, we're losing speed - I can't keep up". Indeed Kit immediately notices that both the pirate saloon, the van and Jess' luxury ground car are pulling away from his damaged transport. Looking behind he sees a black grav suburban with emergency lights carving through the traffic and now closing the distance between them fast. Spotting the same vehicle Baker shouts "Krap! 'ere boss - just in case you need a brief!" He roots in a pocket and hands Kit a plasticard wafer bearing the contact details of Grabbitt and Runne Solicitors, High Spire, Collace City.

"Jess, we need to get back there and kelp Kit's people," Prerna orders. She brings up the command circuit."A shot-up panel van is inbound to the starport with a few pirates aboard, at least one unwounded. If someone sees it, kill it." She reloads her rifle and turns to watch Kit's vehicle.

Just what I was thinkin'. 'Old on.

Jess brakes, throws the car into reverse, and goes back to where Kit's vehicle has stopped.

The Bindoner wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:40 pm Jess brakes, throws the car into reverse, and goes back to where Kit's vehicle has stopped.

(OOC: NB Kit's car is at half speed and making funny noises but not yet stopped).

Revised:

Just what I was thinkin'. 'Old on.

Jess brakes, slowing the car until it drops back and joins Kit's vehicle. Matching its speed she calls out: Need a lift, boys?.

Jakob

Caxton sends back "Whiskey One copy. Do you want us to close up on your position?"

Freddy purrs "Sir, do tell us where you want us".

Beau sends "Victor Two copy. Sir, there some gentlemen hereabouts whose acquaintance we are surely about to make but I can't say as to where or when. I suggest we both press on".

Jakob sees that there is an overhead iris valve in the air lock which must lead to the upper deck (bridge and turrets - see map). He muses that whoever designed the Fat Trader was clearly determined to make it utterly indefensible.

The Roadcrew (Supplemental)

The pirate saloon and panel van speed away towards Startown.

joertexas wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:32 pm Prerna orders. She brings up the command circuit."A shot-up panel van is inbound to the starport with a few pirates aboard, at least one unwounded. If someone sees it, kill it."

Gaughan replies "On it, Ma'am. We'll delay RTB and set up an ambush watching the road into Startown".

(OOC: Assuming you add the pirate saloon to Gaughan's watchlist).

(OOC: Assuming you add the pirate saloon to Gaughan's watchlist).

Assume Jess did so. She hated seeing those vehicles escape.

Tiglath wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:36 pm We are The Roadcrew
Meanwhile a cloud of oily smoke seeps from under the bonnet of Kit's gopnik transport. Over the metallic grinding noise coming from the front quarter Able shouts "Fekkit! Boss, we're losing speed - I can't keep up". Indeed Kit immediately notices that both the pirate saloon, the van and Jess' luxury ground car are pulling away from his damaged transport. Looking behind he sees a black grav suburban with emergency lights carving through the traffic and now closing the distance between them fast. Spotting the same vehicle Baker shouts "Krap! 'ere boss - just in case you need a brief!" He roots in a pocket and hands Kit a plasticard wafer bearing the contact details of Grabbitt and Runne Solicitors, High Spire, Collace City.

Kit

"Thanks Baker for the plasticard, but we will be getting out of this. Able pull the car over and throw on the hazard lights." When Able is slowing down, he will quickly get his coat back on so that when Able stops he will get out of the car with the long gun under his coat. He will motion to the law that is coming up behind them to "go after the van".

gurusql wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:06 am
"Thanks Baker for the plasticard, but we will be getting out of this. Able pull the car over and throw on the hazard lights." When Able is slowing down, he will quickly get his coat back on so that when Able stops he will get out of the car with the long gun under his coat. He will motion to the law that is coming up behind them to "go after the van".

"Mount up," Prerna calls out. "Don't engage the police unless they engage us."

Frank

With Gaughan assigned to deal with the approaching g-carrier, Frank returns the squad to the ship.

Command channel: "Quick heads up, the Kforuzeng are the auxiliary police, so we need to be careful. Do we have any idea which police group is approaching?"