Startled by Viria throwing him the blaster, Deurr instinctively tries to catch it. If he does, he switches it to stun and takes a shot at the officer (provided he's still standing).
Alrighty...Deurr gets a 16 to catch the blaster and that's good enough. So, his stun shot to the Imperial is a 25. that's another hit...that does 21 stun damage. That's more than his damage threshold, so he takes 10 damage and drops 2 more spots on the condition track.
Istara's up...is it safe to assume she's aiming rather than taking another shot?
Deurr had no trouble at all turning to snatch the blaster rifle out of the air. Also, thanks to the fact that the Imperial had basically pinned himself to the bulkhead by backing himself into it, Deurr was given a clear shot. His stun bolt hit the officer square in the chest, causing the man to slump back against the bulkhead and nearly lose his grip on the blaster in his hand. But he managed to remain up, though his eyes were only half open and he didn't look like he was all there anymore.
Istara's up...is it safe to assume she's aiming rather than taking another shot?
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If she'd be shooting through cover, she Aims, otherwise, she just shoots; in either case, it's not a surprise round any more so she can Aim and fire in the same round.
K2 will use his mechanics skill (+13) to try and free one of the prisoners.
Didn't get to Viria or back to Kay yet since I wanted to be clear on Istara's actions.
But, now that I am...
Istara doesn't have a 'clear' shot, so she will need to aim. With that, her attack is a 10. But, thanks to the poor Imp being -4 on the Condition track, that actually hits him still. That's 15 stun damage, and he takes 7 of it without any other effects.
As for K2...his mechanics is a 26. That just beats what he needs to do, so now the 1 of 3 captives is now free.
Now Viria's up. Her stun against the thrice(now)-stunned Imp is a 12. That hits and its another 16 damage. So, he takes 8 more. And he is still up, though definitely not for much longer.
That's the end of that round, and brings us back to Kay in the cockpit. Her shot against P1 is a hit and also beats his damage threshold a second time. Drops him 2 more on the condition track and also does 9 damage to him.
Lia's back up. A single move action will get her into the cockpit with Kay without any trouble. Want to shoot/something else also? In fact, that question could also go to Kay in the way of movement since she only attacked this round.
It was a bit difficult for Istara to get any kind of clear shot with Deurr in the way, but when he shifted his weight to one side, a moment was presented. The stun bolt hit the Imperial, having gone right past Deurr to do so. When it hit him, for a short moment, it actually looked like he was going to black out completely. Yet, somehow, his free arm snagged onto a nearby outcropping from the bulkhead and the man stayed up on his feet, blaster pistol now aimed more at the deck plates than anywhere near Deurr.
In the meantime, K2 was having no difficulty at all with the binders of the other Alliance captives. In a short few moments, he released the Duros' cuffs who was very thankful for the help and immediately went to helping free the other captives.
Back in the cockpit, Kay still had a clear shot to the pilot facing her. The slight injury she had taken did nothing to impair her aim, though it wasn't hard to aim when he was sitting right there rather stupidly. The stun blast from her blaster hit him easily, forcing the pilot back into the chair a second time, though this time his head snapped back and hit the top corner painfully. His blaster pistol dropped out of his hand, too, though it only fell into his lap.
Before he could scramble for it and before the second pilot could seal off the cockpit, Lia was in. It was cramped even more all of a sudden, with she and Kay squeezing in between the rear chairs, but there wasn't much the two pilots could do about it anymore.
OOC: Nothing else for Kay. Next round she'll take another shot. Until she gets a feat or talent that requires aiming she'll probably have quite a few rounds where she'll have left over actions.
If there are still 'real' Imperials standing by Istara's turn, she'll take another shot (Aiming if necessary); otherwise, she'll work on freeing a prisoner. K2 will move on to another prisoner to free.
She won't bother trying to make her way to the cockpit, as it's already getting crowded up there.
Deurr curses in ubese about the imperial but switches to basic to speak. "Why wouldn't you surrender?" He levels his rifle on the head of the officer and holds the trigger ready. He risks a glance at the others still in the hold and utters two words. "To cockpit!" nodding his head to that way, indicating he'll handle this one.
OOC: *shrug* Well we could as well keep him concious if we're taking him prisoner. Ready action to shoot if he doesn't surrender.
Do stun settings have critical hits, because I rolled a nat 20 on my attack. Both the stunning and critical sections in the Combat chapter don't say that it doesn't.
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
Okay...sorry for the delay, but I'm back and alive again.
So back to Lia. Though the other pilot has cover behind his chair since he's facing the other way, its not enough to prevent that crit. After looking into it in a few places beyond the books, I can't find any reference to crits and stuns being different, so I'm going to go with crits being 'normal' with stun shots. Since I can't find anything to the contrary, I'm willing to go with doubling the stun damage.
And that means P2 gets 36 stun damage...that's just enough to reduce his HP to 0 before halving it. That means he immediately drops 5 spots on the condition track and is out.
That brings up the first pilot's turn. He turns and takes a shot at Lia...but gets a 1 thanks to condition track penalties.
The Imperial in the hold is up. Due to Initiative order and all that, his action is BEFORE Deurr readies his action on the demand for surrender. And that means he's going to take a shot at Deurr...though the attack roll is a 4 so no good there.
Next up are the captives. The free one will help out with freeing the other two.
Now Deurr's up. So his action is readied in case the Imperial tries to shoot again.
I'm going to assume this means Istara doesn't shoot at him, as he's it in the hold with the only other Imp up being the first pilot...though he's a bit away from her and there's no clear shot with both Kay and Lia up there. So, Istara makes a Mechanics check to free one of the other captives, and the first of the three will provide a bonus to the check for helping. With that, she gets a 25 and just manages to get them off. K2 gets a 29, and now all 3 are free.
Viria's last and can just squeeze into the packed cockpit. Kay is in the way enough to provide the pilot with some cover. Viria's attack is a 23, which is easily enough to hit. 16 total stun damage, and that is enough to drop him to 0 HP, so he's taken down to the bottom of the condition track and out like the other pilot.
That ends the round and brings us to Kay. Only real Imperial left conscious at the moment is the Officer cornered in the hold.
Despite the fact that the other pilot was still facing forward and trying to fly the shuttle, Lia was able to fire a stun bolt that hit him right in the back of the head. A gasp escaped the pilot before he simply fell forward onto the control panels with a loud, painful thud.
Next to him, the other pilot shifted his gaze a moment to see the other hit the console. His movements slowed and confused, the pilot reached for something on the panel, hitting three or four switches and buttons before seemingly finding the one he was looking for. With his other hand, he managed to pick up his blaster rifle and fire a wild shot that went into the shuttle's ceiling just above where Lia stood, showering her in sparks.
Just a moment later, all of your comlinks clicked before Garret's voice cut in, "Guys? Tell me that's you in that shuttle! I think we managed to jam that distress call but there's a flight of TIEs heading right for you! We'll be in the air in a second and should be able to help you out but you better get that shuttle into hyperspace before they send more than just a few TIEs!"
While Garret was speaking, clearly unaware of the situation inside the shuttle, the Imperial in the hold tried to fire another shot at Deurr. The blaster bolt went low, catching the deckplates right at Deurr's feet and leaving a black scorch mark. But the Imperial didn't seem to care that much about missing his shot, as he turned towards the tiny corridor leading to the cockpit and yelled. The sounds he made were likely supposed to be words, but somewhere between thinking them and speaking them they were lost entirely, probably due to taking so many stun bolts and only being semi-conscious.
On the other side of the hold, Istara and K2 were working to free the other Rebel captives of their binders. It took some work, and help from the freed Duros, but Istara managed to get Ines out of her binders while K2 got the third Rebel out of his. At first, the only nodded their thanks before looking up towards the cockpit, obviously wanting to help. It was immediately apparent, though, that their help was not needed. So, instead, the three sat back against the bulkhead. While the Duros simple patted K2's dome in thanks, Ines looked to Istara, obviously recognizing her, "Thank you for that."
The young man nodded and motioned towards the cockpit, "Smart move with that armour."
Back in the cockpit, Viria squeezed her way in and lined up a shot of her own over Kay's shoulder. It was an awkward angle, but it still wasn't too hard to hit the pilot with a stun blast since he was sitting just a meter or so away and facing them. The shot was enough to bring him down, causing the pilot to slump down into his chair before nearly falling out of it completely.
"Thank you." Istara said. "K2, it's time to get yourself plugged in and plot us a course to the rendezvous point. I'm not sure I'd trust the internal computers for that until I've had my way with them for a bit."
"Yes, Garret, it is us in the Lambda, and we have a nice load of imperial prisoners for Intel to give the once over, if we can get out of here." Kay said stepping out of the cockpitt to blast the final imperial, and make room for those who actually could pilot the craft.
"If anyone knows how to fly these things, we could use the help up in the cockpit. There are 6 crew stations and 7 of us, and I'm not a pilot." the young woman explains to those in the hold.
"It's no Wayfarer," Lia says as she unceremoniously dumps the stunned pilot that she had shot to the floor. "But I think I can do this." She quickly removes the Stormtrooper helmet from her head and straps in to the seat's crash webbing. "Someone get on these guns," she says. "We've got TIEs on our tail."
Once in complete control of the vessel and strapped in, Lia begins to steer the Imperial shuttle out of the moon's atmosphere.
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
"I should be able to hold down the system operator's spot." Istara said, moving forward once the stunned prisoners had been passed back. "Good reflexes and custom-built weaponry can make me look like a passable shot with small arms, but I'll not try and make a fool out of myself running a blaster cannon."
"Whatever you need me to do, I'm on it. I know my way around a starship pretty well." The doctor straps herself into a seat, and starts manning whatever systems are free.
Kay's stun on the Imperial is enough to, finally, bring that guy down. So that's that.
Returning to the ship's hold, Kay put one final stun bolt into the remaining Imperial. After everything he had taken, it was finally enough to cause him to drop his blaster pistol and then slide back against the bulkheads to the deck.
The three others were already on their feet by this time. Both the Duros and the human male did their best to help with moving the pilots out of the cockpit, while the woman simply tried to stay out of the way of everyone before asking, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
By the time Lia was situated in the pilot's chair, the shuttle was already exiting Yavin IV's atmosphere. Directly ahead, the blackness was interrupted by the huge, orange form of the gas giant, Yavin. A few of the other moons could even be seen as smaller dots against the backdrop of Yavin, but there were also a great many other objects even closer.
Through the viewport of the shuttle, the Imperial fleet was not a hard thing to see. There were at least six Imperial-class Star Destroyers, four older and smaller Victory-class Star Destroyers, and a myriad of support ships that were harder to make out as they were mostly spread across the outer reaches of Yavin IV's gravity well. But dwarfing all of them was something new. Something gigantic. It looked like a Star Destroyer, except the massive starship had to have been nearly twenty kilometers long. You had heard rumours about such ships being in development, and even reports of it in the sky when the blockade and invasion began, but seeing it was something else entirely.
"Why do they need a fleet with that thing here...?" it was the Duros, asking the question to no one in particular as he peaked into the cockpit to look at the Imperial fleet with a mix of fear and awe on his dull, blue-skinned face.
Once again, everyone's personal comlink clicked before Garret's voice piped in, "We're coming up behind you in the YT-2000, but that flight of TIEs is going to reach you before we do at this rate. Kyne says we're probably going to have more than just six of them soon, too, so we need to get out of here before the rest of the bucketheads catch on. Once we catch up, we'll try to cover you as best we can."
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Spoiler:
Couple quick things. First, a brief of the situation. It'll take you guys only a minute to escape Yavin IV's gravity well, and that means you can safely jump to hyperspace at that point. However, the incoming TIEs are within about 20 seconds of you, with the others in the YT-2000 another 10 seconds behind them.
Obviously, we're going to jump into combat in just a bit, but twenty seconds is enough time for you guys to at least safely set up a plan of action(even if that's just moving really really fast), so I'll wait for my next post to do that.
Second is I'd like to get a more organized look at who's doing what on the ship. Currently, I know for sure that Lia is piloting and Deurr's taking up the gunner's station. That leaves free the Co-Pilot(which operates one of the weapons), System Ops, and two Auxiliary stations to assist if necessary.
Lia looks at the massive craft with fear and wonder in her eyes. Has it ended so soon? she thinks. She is only broken out of her fearful gaze at the Super Star Destroyer as the Duros speaks. "Somebody get on that navcomputer," she orders to no one in particular. "And we need more gunners!"
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