The Action VI

[tomcat]

With Martel's rushed command, Haywire felt stress rise. He stared at the rushing stream of code going across his monitor and willed it to go faster.



We know that a total of twenty minutes needs to pass for Haywire to succeed - 10 for his first attempt (fail) and 10 for his retry (success). I am going to say that at least 15 minutes of time has passed as he worked, as Hasthaak crawled to an attack position, and Martel searched/evaded within the Force. This said, there is obviously another 5 minutes before the code is located and deleted, thus allowing the ship to vent the 4th deck environment to space.

I will allow Haywire to suddenly 'find' the code at the cost of 1 Force Point. Understand, at this point, some of the darksiders have escaped the deck in question and you may not kill them all.

[disench4nted]

  Go for it, Haywire will use the Force Point.

[sdrotar]

Knowing that the Trandoshan had seen him, Longshot scrambled to find a new firing position, with the opportunity to provide overwatch for the team if they advanced.
"Moving," he snapped into his helmet.

[tomcat]

The stream of code suddenly stopped. Highlighted on the screen was a line of binary language that controlled the computer's artificial intelligence - at least what intelligence it did have. By programmers, it was called the 'do no harm'-code and it was meant to stop Haywire from doing what he was about to do. If deleted from the environmental control software, this failsafe allowed him to open the ship to space even though living beings were aboard.

The Mechdroid continued to hold the program at the needed location, but even it could not sweep the needed code from the software, as it, too, was bound by such programming. Haywire was not handicapped by this and he hit delete on his bracer-computer. It would take a moment to refresh the operation and then he could activate the ship's vents. He pushed another button and watched as the environmental software re-booted.

Time. He needed time.

A blaster bolt flew through the air from where the Trandoshan had cover. It was no threat to the team's engineer. Longshot on the other hand had to crouch for his own cover.

Martel could sense an urgency in the darksiders - as if they were possibly aware of their potential fate. They were now moving through Deck-three, directly above the team's position. He needed to let his demo-specialist know that they were one deck closer. The threat, though, was now an explosive decompression of the ship could take them out, too.



DC 25 Ranged blaster rifle +7 (3d8+6), CT -1

1d20+6 : 17 + 6, total 23

3d8+6 : 6, 4, 1 + 6, total 17

[tomcat]

Hasthaak will use a FP

Rolled 1d6 : 2, total 2

[tomcat]

SUCCESS

Longshot is hit for 17 -2 (DR) = 15/81

[GandalfOfBorg]

"Uhh, Haywire, they're right above us now.  Urgency just became more urgent," stressed Martel.

[disench4nted]

"Sir, decompressing that deck is somewhat risky for us as it could puncture the deck seals and compromise the environment of our deck. It's your call, I don't know how dangerous these darksiders you're sensing will be."

Does Haywire have an approximate idea of the % chance that evacuating Deck 3 will harm us?

[tomcat]

Based on the age and condition of the ship, I will say he fears an inter-deck integrity issue of about 25+%

[sdrotar]

Longshot's surprised yelp of pain echoed through helmet -- and that of his comrades.
"Whatever we're doing, let's make it quick," he called out.
Their position fully revealed, Longshot knew it was only a matter of time before they were overrun.
He tried to push away the pain, looked down his scope at the Trandoshan, and fired.

This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20+10 : 9 + 10, total 19

This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 3d8+7 : 4, 5, 7 + 7, total 23

[Stefan]

Hammer hears Longshots pain through the comm and turns to see if the enemy is in view. 

(Assuming he can see the Trandoshan)
He braces his weapon and fires at the enemy, hoping at the some time that those beings that Martel is afraid of won't be sneaking up behind them while he's focusing on their current enemy.

DC - 22 Ranged heavy assault blaster rifle* +10 (5d10+8) with Burst Fire and braced and Point Blank Shot

1d20+10 : 15 + 10, total 25

5d8+8 : 2, 3, 1, 7, 7 + 8, total 28

[sdrotar]

  Not sure why it's saying my rolls above have been tampered with... promise, I didn't change anything!

[tomcat]

"Sir, decompressing that deck is somewhat risky for us as it could puncture the deck seals and compromise the environment of our deck. It's your call, I don't know how dangerous these darksiders you're sensing will be."

Does Haywire have an approximate idea of the % chance that evacuating Deck 3 will harm us?

Based on the age and condition of the ship, I will say he fears an inter-deck integrity issue of about 25+%

Matt or Stefan, give us an In-Character response to Haywire's concern.



Hasthaak saw the blaster fire but his reactions were too slow. The Trandoshan took both hits from the Clone Troopers and fell backwards against the bulkhead - a clean burn through his skull.

Where he stood, Martel could now sense the darksiders leaping into the long inter-deck tube that contained the personnel lift - their shadows dropping down towards them.

[GandalfOfBorg]

"Too late now," sighed Martel.  "Can you kill the personnel lift?  It could buy us some time."

[disench4nted]

"On it"

Haywire is going to look and see the current position of the personnel lift. If it is moving, he will stop it. If it isn't currently moving he will send it moving at full speed towards Deck 3 with the intention of hitting anyone jumping through the shaft.