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:ooc: Not 100% sure if this will break into combat, but I am labelling the thread as such, just in case.  ;)

The map attached below shows the positions of all ruffians (R1-R6), the IG, and a figure that cannot be anything but a bounty hunter (all enemies in RED).  The party, shown in BLUE, are either marked on the ship or on the pad -- K1 is Kara, and K2 is Kaida; B1 is Brim and B2 is Britton.

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Britton walked with the rest of the party to the first deck of the Aegis, but instead of exiting, he went to the central hub of the ship. There, just behind the new sensor package installed by Sam, was the gannery station for the lower turret. Britton took the seat and flipped a couple switches to see the monitor immediately respond with a power readout and targeting reticule. The laser cannon's controls were two handgrips that were on either arm of the chair. One grip controlled the pivoting of the turret, capable of turning 360 degrees and angling down to 160. Controlling the rotation of the turret also moved the seat in which Britton sat, spinning him and orienting him in the same direction the guns would fire. The other hand grip controlled zoom on the cannon's firing camera and was the trigger. He made himself comfortable, grabbing the grips and flexing his fingers around them, yet Britton made no moves of the gun. No need to send the wrong signal to their visitors... rather to just be ready. The only thing the soldier did was to rotate the small camera so he could see where the IG-series droid, and his companions stood. If they tried something, they would get an unhealthy surprise.

Not far away from where Britton sat, Brim took up a position to overwatch from the landing ramp. He kept himself within the ship, but readily positioned to jump down the ramp and aid with his blaster. The other companions made their way out of the ship and to the center of the landing pad. They walked midway out and took up a position that displayed no aggression, but was ready if anything should happen.

Above them all, and keeping the IG-35's attention, the Imperials zoomed and streaked. The high-pitch whine of the TIE-fighters carrying over even the noise of the giant destroyer above all. The movement of the party onto the landing pad was picked up by the IG's third visual receptor and it turned to look at Caden and his friends.

The voice of the droid could suddenly be heard carried on the wind that whipped across the pad, "Ah... good. You have made this easier. B2-series droid known as Sam... step forward from your companions. We have no argument with them."

A bounty hunter was with them... and they only wanted Sam? Something didn't smell right here.

"Looks like they made you, pal," Caden said quietly. "Must've been the hat."

Sam stepped to his left as he paced forward five or six steps. No sense putting any others in the line of fire if it should come to it. He chose a range that would force him to amplify his vocalizer so that everyone could hear.

"Is there a problem 35? All terms we had have been met. You're going to make these sentients think your word is no good."

Kara looked at Sam and then the bounty hunters and back at Sam.  While Sam was a droid, she had probably talked to him more than any one else while she had been with the ship, and she wasn't ready to watch him be carted off by some bounty hunters.

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I'd like to ready an action to draw my pistol if they begin to attack us.

 :ooc: Can we tell what type of weapons/armor they may have. Are the ruffians human or some other race? What about the bounty hunter?

:ooc: You can see that the ruffian group that surround the droid and the bounty hunter are made up of 1 rodian, 2 humans and 3 gran.

The species and gender of the bounty hunter is hidden well by the armor that dresses him.

Cool with your readied action, Nick.

Also, I have created another image of the encounter scene with an underlying grid... unfortunately we lose some clarity.

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(http://rpg.avioc.org/webimages/starwars/CSallo.jpg)    (http://rpg.avioc.org/webimages/starwars/IG-35.jpg)

IG-35 responded to Sam's inquiry, "The terms agreed upon were to be paid in services rendered, or in currency medium that is valued within the galaxy. The credit chip that you sent to me for payment was nothing but Confederacy units. With its collapse and the rise of the new Empire - those credits have been reduced to zero value. You still owe me."

The human companions of Sam heard the exchange - the droid's cold, inhuman voice made his final words sound all the more sinister. IG-35 would have no feelings, or pity. He would take what was due him, or die trying. The droid continued, "Now if you are unable to provide the credits that were agreed upon, I am willing to trade. This bounty hunter here, Corbin Sallo, is due money from my business. I am willing to sell him your services in trade for my debt. He shall be paid, and I shall be paid... an equitable bargain, indeed."

Behind the droid, the band of brutes chuckled to themselves, though it seemed their eyes held the desire for some more excitement. To his right, Sallo hoisted his carbine blaster so that it rested in the crook of his arm. It was a modified carbine with a grenade launcher slung under its barrel. The armor worn seemed pretty rugged, but it also gave off a distortion of light, as if the bounty hunter's form was hazy. There were two blaster pistols tied off on each of his legs, and a utility belt around his waist. Hanging from the belt was a very interesting item - a lightsaber.

Sam flexed and unflexed his hand appendage he would draw his blaster with and ran a diagnostic on his internal servo systems to make sure they were functioning within the operable limits. With nothing to hide, Sam responded to the IG droid.

"I paid for the memory wipe upfront and said I would offer my services for continuing investigation after seeing the results of a day's work first. Having received the report, I saw no need in continuing. I required no further service from your droid, therefore no further service was required of me."

Sam played back the audio recording of their transaction:

Quote"Your terms are acceptable and I would like to pay with the following conditions...
1. I will fully pay credits for the memory wipe in advance. No record of the transaction, though.
2. With that deposit, I will barter my services against your droid's, but I want to see the results of a day's inquiry first.
3. I'd like to meet and brief your droid to get started as soon as possible."

"The Confed credits were a gift. Nothing of value received. Nothing of value offered...The contract - as agreed upon - was settled...35"

Luckily Sam's processor muted, "Now beat it," before he vocalized.

"But if you are looking for transit, there's a ship and crew here who could use the work and an excuse to get past the Imperials." Sam glanced up at the sky, for effect.

Kara watched the exchange ready with her pistol to draw and fire if need be.  She did interject into the conversation "It's not Sam's fault you weren't smart enough to exchange your confederacy currency out sooner, maybe next time you'll learn to deal in a better form of currency."

Britton was unsettled by the sight of a lightsaber.  The attack on the compound on Bakura was brought to mind.  Could this be the same person?

As the two parties sparred with words, it seemed a signal was given as the sky suddenly became active with multiple ships of varying types beginning to rise from Cloud City. Some lifted off their landing pads and then dove for the clouds of Bespin below, trying to escape the Empire's blockade. Tie fighters zoomed off in many directions after any ships that they could pounce upon and laser cannons could now be heard overhead, with the accompanying explosions. It made the parties on A pad of docking port 219 very skittish. Caden's eyes darted back and forth as he tried to watch the brutes that stood about.

Hired guns.

That's all they were, and they wouldn't hesitate to draw the pistols on their hips.

A loud whine and then a thunk was heard overhead as the destroyer deployed its tractor beam and captured a merchant freightor trying to break through. Caden looked up and watched how busy the Imperial forces had become, trying to stop the escaping pirates, smugglers, and perhaps even resistance fighters. The pilot thought of all times, this might be the best time to get the Aegis and her crew out of here, while the Empire was so hard pressed. Movement to the left caught his attention and he quickly looked to see a brute's hand drop to his holster.

Not seeing the activity of one of his men, nor heeding Kara's interjection, IG-35 replied to Sam. "Your records are well kept, but irrelevant. The charges for the snooper droid were given to you in specifics - I did not offer you any trial of services. Payment was to be rendered upon completion of the day's service. Nor am I here to debate with you B2... pay me... or I will take it in other ways."

The IG-35 brought a weapon out and postured itself in a threatening way. To his right, the bounty hunter began to slowly strafe to his right, putting a few feet of distance between him and the IG droid. All the while, Sallo kept his weapon at the ready.

Sam points to the sky, "When this all comes down, things will change here 35. Your honour and your word will be all you have to stand on. I have kept my side of the bargain. If you wish to alter the terms of the deal after the fact, you will not get anything further from me without a fight. In the end, you're just a common thug."

"You have no quarrel with these sentients. Let them leave in the middle of this confusion and then deal with me. I have no place to go."

In a whisper that was barely audible to Caden, "Go! Get out of here while you can...And fly low."

Watching the bounty hunter begin to move away to his right, Kara also begin to slide towards her right.  She saw the crates out of the corner of her eye and knew that they would provide cover which could be a great advantage in this fight.

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Move towards Kara's right towards the crates, ready action to draw and fire at the bounty hunter if shooting begins.

:ooc: I wanna wait to have a few more PC's chime in here before I move things on.

Jingo, you are represented by K2 on the map - are you wanting Kaida to move towards the crates to her right by the fueling pump, or toward those that are stacked near the Aegis?

Kaida had hoped she could help with the negotiations and resolve this peaceably, but things seemed to be happening too quickly and she was constantly distracted with the Empire buzzing around overhead and blasting everything in sight. Plus, without having any background information to go on, she wasn't sure exactly what she could do to assist. Things were rapidly spiraling out of control. Could a fight still be avoided? Maybe if she could get everyone talking again...

"35," she said, speaking calmly and respectfully to the droid, yet standing her ground even as both sides seemed about to take up positions for hostilities. "There's no need for this to come to blows. We would prefer if our valuable companion here," she indicated Sam with her left hand, "were not turned into a scrap heap. Nor, do I think, that you and your companions would desire to suffer a similar fate. I'm sure we can work out some sort of solution." She even managed a smile, but her insides were writhing to run for cover. She kept her right hand free and surreptitiously near her hip, just in case things deteriorated beyond hope.

:ooc: I'm going to take a full round action to do a persuade check to change attitude. Not sure what the negative is, so I'll let you apply that. Here's my roll:

Roll(1d20)+14:
7,+14
Total:21

She'll watch their body language closely and if fighting does break out, she will draw her pistol as a swift action (she has quick draw feat) and with her move action run to the crates for cover by the Aegis's ramp.

Quote from: donimator on May 30, 2010, 12:43 AM
In a whisper that was barely audible to Caden, "Go! Get out of here while you can...And fly low."

"You know better than that," Caden snapped. "Geez, how much did this cost, anyway?"
Caden wasn't above trying to buy his way out of a firefight... assuming he could afford it.

Quote"You know better than that," Caden snapped. "Geez, how much did this cost, anyway?"
Caden wasn't above trying to buy his way out of a firefight... assuming he could afford it.

Sam kept his voice low for Caden's ears, "The money is next to nothing - it's the principle. I didn't come through all this to be bullied by a droid looking to change up the deal...an IG droid at that. And if you get the ship fired up and slide out of here, I think I can stall long enough to catch up." Sam engaged and disengaged his magnetic feet several times for effect.

Sam would never buy his way out of a firefight, but his programming was altered enough to recognize when to run from one...assuming he could get enough of a head start.

Quote from: donimator on May 30, 2010, 12:43 AMSam points to the sky, "When this all comes down, things will change here 35. Your honour and your word will be all you have to stand on. I have kept my side of the bargain. If you wish to alter the terms of the deal after the fact, you will not get anything further from me without a fight. In the end, you're just a common thug."

"You have no quarrel with these sentients. Let them leave in the middle of this confusion and then deal with me. I have no place to go."

35 made a sort of snickering sound, then spoke, "A common thug? Did you think I was ever anything else? And what of honour? I am in business and that is my only concern. Even with the Imperial presence here, my business will continue as usual."

Things were starting to feel more tense as both sides were slowly moving into positions of cover, and then the bounty hunter called out. His voice sounding characteristic of a stormtrooper speaking through their helmet gear, "ENOUGH! IG-35 you know why we are here... your money is inconsequential." Sallo dropped his weapon down so that his left hand could grasp the barrel in an aimed position, "I am here for the noblewoman... give her up and there shall be no more problems, and I will see that 35 is compensated for the confederate credits." The bounty hunter ominously drew back on the carbine blaster's energizing bolt, "If you refuse then this landing pad will be your gravesite."

Caden's eyes widened as he looked at the bounty hunter, then to Kaida, and then to Sam with a knowing look.
He was going to have to start doing background checks on his passengers...
"Principle, huh? Well, I guess I can understand that."

At least Kaida probably had some cash available... somewhere. And she clearly was on the run, just like them. So for the time being, they made good partners. And, Caden thought, she was about to owe them her life. Assuming they survived, of course. He ran one hand through his hair; a signal to Britton that they were going to need his services on the ship's turret.

"Screw it," he said under his breath. His hand dove for his blaster.

:ooc: Caden intends to quick-draw, get off one shot at the bounty hunter, and then make a break for the crates in front of the Aegis.

Kaida's face registered shock at the bounty hunter's true purpose was revealed. He was here for HER? Struggling to maintain her composure, she closed her open mouth trying to work in some moisture and then replied with hopefully more calm in her demeanor than she felt. "Look, I don't know who hired you, or how much you were paid, but I'm sure I can find a way to offer you more--" Then from the corner of her eye, she saw Caden's hand dive for his blaster, and she knew any further talk was useless.

Her hand also dove for her blaster.  "Cover fire, now!" she screamed into her comlink. Then she was running. "Get back to the ship!"

:ooc: Great... I did not see THAT coming! Bounty Hunter? Woah! :o Since fight is breaking out, here's my init roll (unless you want to roll it on your end):

Roll(1d20)+10:
12,+10
Total:22

Whichever is cool.

For her swift action, she'll draw, for her move action she'll run for the crates by the aegis. For her standard action (second swift action), she'll activate her Born Leader talent. Once per encounter as a swift action I give allies within LOS a +1 insight bonus on attack rolls. It lasts for as long as they remain in LOS of me. It is broken if they lose LOS or if I'm unconscious or dead.

Britton saw red the moment he realized the bounty hunter was after Kaida.  He didn't really need Caden's signal to start getting the turret ready.

:ooc: Init.: 14+9=23

Sam considered a myriad of possibilities and few offered both a high chance of success with an outcome of him not becoming a smoking mass of debris on the landing pad. His battle droid circuitry blending seamleesly with his heuristic processor, he dropped his hand to his blaster as he prepared for a fight.

Sam's Init roll
Initiative +5

Kara made her move, she ran towards the crates while drawing her weapon to get behind cover.  While she made her move she shook her head.  How was this woman she had brought to the ship, and could she possibly be more trouble than a drug user like herself.  As she got to the crates she aimed at the bounty hunter and pulled the trigger.

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Draw pistol.  Move towards crates. Fire at bounty hunter.

Fire blaster pistol = +5... 



If damage done:

Situation: The two parties are facing off at one another, and it has gotten to the point of weapon fire.

Situational Modifiers: First round initiative is going to the party. Even though both parties were ready with weaponry, the PC's have initiated the attack.

Physical Modifiers: There are crates available for cover that will deduct a -5 to all attacks made at anyone using cover. The Aegis' weapons are not autofire cannons, but the amount of energy output will cause splash damage to an area of attack 2x2 squares against soft/semi-soft targets (i.e. droids). The targeted victim, if Reflex is overcome will take full damage rolled; if not, only 1/2 damage rolled. Any characters within a designated 2x2 area, by gunner, if their Reflex is overcome, they also will take 1/2 the damage rolled.

Initiative:
Britton 23
Kaida 22
Sam 7
Brim
Kara
Caden

After character actions...
Sallo (+13) - 17
IG-35 (+13) - 16
Brutes (+7) - 16


Britton holds his attack until LOS to targets is clear of party members

Kaida
Move - move 6 squares towards Aegis and crates
Swift - Quick Draw blaster
Swift -  Acitvates Born Leader talent... all companion PC's in her line of site gain a +1 to attack rolls

Caden
Swift - Quick Draw blaster
Standard - fires at Sallo
(http://rpg.avioc.org/boards/Themes/default/images/dice.gif) DC 30 RC +5, +1 bonus from Kaida
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Roll(1d20)+6: 7,+6 Total:13 FAILED
Move - move 6 squares towards Aegis and crates

Kara follows suit with Caden, moving to the crates on the right. She misses the bounty hunter with her roll of 16.

With the path now clear of everyone, Britton fires the laser cannon turret at IG-35 (Bounty Hunter has moved out of LOS).
Standard - fires at IG-35
(http://rpg.avioc.org/boards/Themes/default/images/dice.gif) DC 26 RC +7, Not Proficient -5
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Roll(1d20)+2: 16,+2 Total:18 FAILED on IG-35, SUCCESS on brute - both sustain 1/2 damage of: Roll(4d10)+0: 6,8,9,8,+0 Total:31 x2 -or- 31!

I will wait to see what Sam and Brim want to do before I continue with the attacks.

The sound of the Aegis' laser cannons firing was truly terrifying. Caden and Kaida ran for cover, as overhead the raw energy tore at the atmosphere through which it passed. Caden made it to the crates to turn and see IG-35 disappear in a burst of energy. It was apparent that the droid was damaged, but still it was standing - the Gand that had been standing next to him was no longer there.

As the tides of battle washed past Sam, he found himself finally able to act. The Aegis' guns would certainly even the odds, but he still wanted to get out of here in one piece. He saw IG-35 injured but not down. He wasn't the best target selection Sam had, but perhaps emotions(?) were starting to take over his decisions.

Sam's actions:
Swift - Draw blaster (Quickdraw)
Standard -  Fire @ IG-35
Move - Head in direction (6 squares) of Aegis' front landing gear for cover

Fire at IG-35 with blaster pistol
Blaster pistol +8


If hit, Dmg 3d6+2

 :ooc: oops, should have been +7, not +8, but I'll take the natural '20'  ;D Suck it IG-35!!

Brim sighed at the expected conclusion to the discussion on the landing pad. He fired his weapon at the one ruffian he could see beside the crates, then opened a comlink to Caden. "Uh ... we should probably leave while Britton covers ... want me to fire up the engines?"

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Initiative: Roll(1d20)+6: 5,+6 Total:11

Blaster shot at R6: Roll(1d20)+7: 20,+7 Total:27 (woot a 20!)

Damage: Roll(3d6)+0: 3,1,2,+0 Total:6 (hahaha nice damage roll though!)

Quote from: BrianM on Jun 08, 2010, 11:27 AM
Brim sighed at the expected conclusion to the discussion on the landing pad. He fired his weapon at the one ruffian he could see beside the crates, then opened a comlink to Caden. "Uh ... we should probably leave while Britton covers ... want me to fire up the engines?"

"Yeah," Caden shouted over the blaster fire. "Get 'er ready!"
He had no idea what they would face once (if?) they were able to lift off, but he guessed that it was better than waiting around here.

He shook his head - how had their situation possibly have gotten worse?

:ooc: Very nice crits! All right, sorry for the delays. Here we go...

The damage done by Brim and Sam are doubled due to the natural 20's. IG-35 takes another 20 damage, and the ruffian R6 (I assume that is who you were talking about, Brian) takes 12. Brim's target goes down, dead, and IG-35 staggers back from the onslaught of fire upon him.

Now the enemy attacks...

R2 attacks Kara
R3 attacks Caden
R4 attacks Kaida
R5 attacks Sam
all attacks are not interfered with by cover
(http://rpg.avioc.org/boards/Themes/default/images/dice.gif) DC by PC RC +4
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R2 DC 20 - Roll(1d20)+4: 17,+4 Total:21 SUCCESS damage Roll(3d6)+0: 6,6,5,+0 Total:17 (brutal!)
R3 DC 20 - Roll(1d20)+4: 14,+4 Total:18 FAILED
R4 DC 20 - Roll(1d20)+4: 4,+4 Total:8 FAILED
R5 DC 22 - Roll(1d20)+4: 3,+4 Total:7 FAILED
Move to various fighting positions (see map)

IG-35
Standard attacks Sam
(http://rpg.avioc.org/boards/Themes/default/images/dice.gif) DC 22 RC +13, -1 on condition track
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Roll(1d20)+12: 7,+12 Total:19 Use an FP Roll(1d6)+0: 4,+0 Total:4 = 23 SUCCESS damage Roll(3d8)+5: 1,7,2,+5 Total:15
Move backs up to cover

Corbin Sallo
Move to new location (see map)
Standard fires grenade at fueling station
(http://rpg.avioc.org/boards/Themes/default/images/dice.gif) DC 5 RC +12
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Roll(1d20)+12: 2,+12 Total:14 SUCCESS damage Roll(4d6)+5: 4,4,1,2,+5 Total:16

Okay, here is how the effect of the grenade launched at a fueling station is going to work.

• Sallo's grenade damage is reduced by 10 DR for the durasteel tank; six damage is caused to the tank which has 50 hit points
• Because it is a fueling tank, the fuel inside is may be ignited by the explosive and thus cause a bigger explosion
• I am going to roll damage below for the size of the explosion. The explosion damage will first be reduced by the remaining 44 hit points that the tank has. If the explosion is not powerful enough to blow out of its durasteel tank, its a fizzle. If it is, then any within 5 squares will take the remaining damage points as damage (including the Aegis); between 6-10 squares 1/2 that; and between 11-15 squares 1/25.

Explosion damage Roll(20d6)+0: 2,4,1,4,4,3,4,4,6,3,6,2,6,4,5,3,4,1,6,3,+0 Total:75 (-44 for remaining durasteel hit points) = 31

Aegis takes 31 -15 for DR = 16 total
Kara takes 15
Caden takes 15
Kaida takes 7
Sam takes 7
Brim (protected by Aegis)
Britton (protected by Aegis)

Finally, each PC that took damage must make an Endurance test to stay on their feet using the damage amount as the DC.

Kara - Roll(1d20)+9: 8,+9 Total:17 SUCCESS stays on feet, but shoved into crates
Caden - Roll(1d20)+3: 10,+3 Total:13 FAILED knocked prone
Kaida - Roll(1d20)+3: 6,+3 Total:9 SUCCESS stays on feet
Sam - Roll(1d20)+2: 12,+2 Total:14 SUCCESS stays on feet

ALL PC SHEETS HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR DAMAGE - you may want to look to see how bad things are for your character.

:ooc: I removed Kara's second action that you posted Nick, because of two things - 1) I had not posted the enemy actions yet, and 2) I always separate my combat into individual threads for each round (that way you can easily see all the allowed actions taken by a PC in an action round).

Here is some narrative to end round 1, and I will post a new thread for round two...

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The terrible sound of the fueling tank exploding was only made worse by the concussive ball of heat and air that tore across the landing pad. Some of the companions were far to close to the blast and were cut and burned by flying fragments. Kara was literally lifted up and slammed into the crates by which she took cover, although the woman managed to stay on her feet. Still, her wounds were severe and she was far away from any of her friends that might be able to help her.

Caden heard the explosion and seconds later he was on the pavement. He cringed in pain as the wave of heat singed his flesh, but also from the view of his ship's tail end being engulfed in the fireball. Around him, Kaida and Sam also felt the effects, but stayed standing and ready to return fire. Inside the Aegis, Brim and Britton felt the ship shift and wondered if the vessel had taken significant damage.

Corbin Sallo was pleased with the effect of his shot, and he began to maneuver again to capture his quarry. IG-35, beaten up as he was, brought up his blaster to destroy the droid named Sam.