Two charges are enough, and the room is small enough that you don't need to add anything else. If you did, of course, they would go up with the explosion.
Istara:
Spoiler:
There doesn't seem to be any immediate security active on the datapad. Its obvious the Imperial dropped it in the middle of working. From the looks of it, he was analyzing the data in the computer core but hadn't gotten much more than halfway through.
Combat Info:
Spoiler:
Yes, we're still in combat...and that's because, after the previous round, 6 Stormtroopers come around the corner at the far end of the corridor.To you advantage, however, they've got a 4 for Initiative. Putting them last. So the order is Kay, Deurr, Viria, Imperial, Istara, Lia, Stormtroopers now. All the previously stated actions are assumed to occur on the last round...thus, Deurr and Istara are inside the data room at this point with the Imperial.
The Imperial did at least step to the side when Istara and Deurr moved past him to get to their work, but he didn't seem willing to do much else. In fact, he didn't even respond to Kay's questioning. At that point, she, too, realized he wasn't actually looking at her at all. Instead, his eyes were looking beyond her and trying to look around the corner, though there would have been no way for him to see down the corridor at all.
But whatever he was looking for soon became obvious, as six Stormtroopers came around the corner at the opposite end of the hall, three in the front and three behind them trying to get their blasters aimed around their companions. As the others raised their rifles to aim down the length of the corridor, one of the trooper's helmet comms echoed down the stone hallway, "Drop your weapons!"
Speeder Bike Group:
Kyne nodded and after letting Yuul off the speeder bike, got it moving again and shot out after the remaining Stormtrooper. It left Yuul in the somewhat relative quiet of the area, though the sounds of ships above made it a bit uncomfortable still.
The boarding ramp to the YT-2000 was up, and a quick inspection showed that the Stormtroopers had a datapad hooked up to the security system. It looked to be locked, however. It was doubtful, from the looks of things, if the troopers had even managed to get it open at all.
Garret:
Turning back south, it became a rather tedious process of tracking down the signal. There were a few moments of back and forth before you were sure it was coming from very close to where you were. A scan of the area with your electrobincoluars initially only revealed closer looks at trees and dirt.
But then, about thirty or so meters into the jungle to the west, you saw a bit of movement. It was slight, and hard to see through all the things in the way, but you were fairly sure you could see an arm and at least part of a torso for a moment before it moved behind a larger tree and out of your sight. From what you could see, the figure wasn't wearing Stormtrooper armour. It was either in something black or dark, the distance and all the things in the way made it hard to narrow it down any more than that.
Kay growled in frustration and reached to her belt, pulling off one of the pair of frag grenades hanging there. Throwing the metal device up the corridor, Kay allowed the twirling motion of her shoulder to carry forward sending her back into the comm center with the stunned imperials.
OOC: Quickdraw the grendae, throw as a standard, move.
I hope the warranty on this thing was accurate. Istara thinks as she drops her computer and the datapad and re-draws her pistol. Guaranteed to survive a fall of up to 5 meters.
Then she takes a shot at the nearest Imperial.
Getting arrested by the local police on Anaxes wouldn't be a problem. Father could have any charges dropped with a few words in the right ear. But if I'm picked up by Stormtroopers on Yavin, odds are my father will end up arrested as soon as they figure out who they've picked up.
"Damnit." Deurr curses as the commotion starts behind him. The fact that there was an imperial standing right next to him didn't sooth his nerves at all. He takes a short break from setting the charges and pulls a small stick from his bandolier. With a flip of a switch it extends to a pike which Deurr taps on the imperial's spine.
OOC
Stun attack with the Force Pike +5, 2d8+4, against our "prisoner"
Hmm, this will probably take 2 turns for me to complete though.
Move action to draw the weapon, swift to extend, other swift to turn the setting...
...Standard action to poke. If he drops I'll put the pike away as the rest of my second turn.
"How about you drop your weapons instead? Better yet, I'll drop them for you." Viria lines up the heavy blaster, and thumbs the trigger on the grenade launcher, aiming for the center of the stormtrooper group. After firing, she then ducks into the data center.
OOC
Standard action to fire the grenade launcher, and a move action to move into the data center to get some cover.
Encrypted Comm to Kyn and Yuul: "Found likely source of signal. Initiating contact. Coord .4 (or whatever the distance) click south from rendezvous."
Garret stalks towards the 'arm and torso' with rifle drawn. He tries move so that he has ample distance and cover between them in case they decide to not be cooperative.
He moves slowly through the cover of the forest until he can get a good look at this creature.
He also readies to be able to send the same signal through his Comlink as well.
Before any actions, a bit of reference for help. The Stormtroopers are at the far end of the corridor leading away from the comm and data rooms, just ahead of the bunks. They've set up like:
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So...with Kay's grenade throw. Since the 'map' wasn't up before, have to assume where she's aiming...course, my assumption would be for the front/center trooper because I'm not feeling evil just yet. The attack roll is enough to hit all of them, and it brings down all but 2 in the back. Those two still take full damage, though.
Deurr's drawing/activating his force pike...
So Viria's next. Her attack is a 14. That misses, so both remaining troopers take half damage from the grenade...damage roll is a 16 so they both take 8 and they're still up. After both grenades they're also down the condition track a bit.
The Imperial is up next. He's going to attempt to disarm Deurr. His attack is a 26...one less than Deurr's Ref defense against disarm, BUT it took a natural 20 to get it that high. So the disarm succeeds, and Deurr drops the force pike.
Istara's up. Before going any farther, however, want to clarify her actions. Especially since the Imperial is now fighting back rather than just being a prisoner. i.e. which nearest Imperial is she shooting at? One of the two remaining stormtroopers or the Imperial 'captive'.
Kay's grenade hit the stone floor at the feet of one of the lead Stormtroopers, detonating on impact and causing a shower of dust, debris, flames, and Stormtrooper. It cleared quickly enough, leaving only two of the soldiers standing with the other four covered in rubble from the stone walls around them. The two that were somehow still standing were no longer in white armour. It was more of a grey-brown colour with scorch marks, but somehow they remained on their feet.
Of course, as they steadied themselves, Viria's grenade hit at their feet. There was a similar explosion from before, though this time more of the stone wall collapsed in. But when the dust cleared, they still stood, hunched over, a couple of pieces of armour shattered from the force of the explosion and revealing the jet black understuit, and raising their blaster rifles to fire down the corridor that was quickly being emptied of possible targets.
Within the tightly packed data room, Deurr was able to withdraw and activate the power on his force pike swiftly. But before he could strike, the grey-uniformed Imperial reacted. He pushed straight at Deurr, inside the reach of the weapon and grabbed Deurr's arm with one hand and the grip of the force pike with another. It took fighting back and forth, but the Imperial managed to wrench the weapon out of Deurr's grip and fling it into a nearby console before it hit the floor.
Speeder Bike Group:
OOC:
Spoiler:
Just wanted to mention her as well as in the OOC thread. You don't have any specific codes for the transport. However, there are some common codes that most Alliance ships use so I'd be up for giving you a bonus to an attempt at getting it open if that's what you want to try.
Garret:
Keeping a safe distance and getting a good look at the figure is difficult. You do notice that the comm clicks stop as you get closer. As you try to move around to get a line of sight, you do hear a voice. Its quiet and hard to make out, but beneath the general sounds of the jungle and the ships overhead, you hear, "Oh, I give up...not worth getting noticed, anyway."
After about a half minute, you're able to make out the figure and, most likely, the source of the voice. Leaning back against a large tree is a young looking human female with long, dark hair in a solid black jumpsuit. She has a blaster pistol in hand and, as you finally get a clear view, shakes her head, looks around her, then mumbles something before starting to hear to the west.
Encrypted Comlink to Everyone "Contact made. Long dark haired human female in a black jump suit with a pistol."
Garret trains his rifle on her and then says in a commanding voice "Drop your weapon and put your hands up. State your name, rank, and allegiance."
[OOC: I am assuming that I do not recognize her and that the jumpsuit is pretty standard and both side use it? Or is it definitely a Imperial jumpsuit? Does she have any identifying marks?]
Dr. Viria ducks back into the hallway and fires another grenade from the launcher under her rifle into the remaining stormtroopers.
OOC
I seem to have bad luck with hitting with AoEs. At least they still take half. Bwahahaha! Here goes attempt #3. Move action to reenter the hallway, standard action to fire.
As the imperial wrestles the pike from Deurr's right hand he uses the distraction to his advantage and throws a upward punch with his left fist, aiming square to the imperial's jaw. He was going to be mercifull but now this imperial is going to pay.
Alrighty...Istara's shooting at the Imperial in the data center. Firing into melee, so its a -5 to the attack roll. Attack is a 14, and that hits and does 12 damage. He's down.
Lia's up next. Attacking one of the two remaining troopers...the 22 is a hit. The stun shot is enough to bring him down.
That leaves just one Stormtrooper left and he's up. He fires at Lia. Attack is a 17 and that just misses. He then moves out of line of sight, back down the corridor. And that's the end of the round.
Before Deurr can get in a punch against the Imperial, Istara squeezes off a shot. Her blaster bolt catches the Imperial in the back, causing him to yelp in pain before falling forward into Deurr then dropping to the floor, unmoving and with a deep black hole in his back.
Back out in the corridor, Lia's stun bolt catches one of the two remaining Stormtroopers before either of them can raise their weapon. the blue rings encompass the wounded trooper and he falls back with a loud thud, landing in what cannot be a comfortable position on top of the rubble the previous grenade blasts had littered the corridor with.
The last of the stormtroopers turned to glance at his fallen comrade for a short moment, revealing that the explosions had taken off a large chunk of the helmet's right side, and when he turned back raised his rifle to return fire. His blaster bolt went high, streaking over Lia's head and hitting the corridor's wall. But the Stormtrooper wasn't even looking to see if the shot hit its mark, already retreating back around the corridor he'd come from and out of sight.
Garret:
At Garret's words, the woman jumps, spins around to aim her pistol right back. For a moment, she just stares down her blaster's sight at you, dark eyes narrowed. It takes a moment, but she eventually says quietly, probably to herself, "That's not...well, you aren't an Imperial dressed like that..." after a few seconds, she raises her voice and responds in a tone similar to the one you had used, "Sya White. I'm with Blue Squadron...who the hell are you and what are you still doing down here?!
"If you ever force my hand like that again..." Istara says to Duerr, furious, but she lets the threat taper off. She knew she was heir to a controlling interest in Kandorian Heavy Industries, and that 99% of the losses of her father's company to 'corruption' and 'pirates' were a carefully orchestrated cover for handing weapons over to the Rebellion. And as such her voice would be heard if she chose to press things. The Ubese demoltions expert -- or so she thought he was -- knew none of that, and she had no intention of telling him.
She picked up her computer and the Imperial's datapad again, trying to figure out what information the Imperial was looking for, and relieved he wasn't smart enough to immediately dump the data he'd accessed into a more secure storage system.
"Blast...if he gets out and warns people that there are rebels wearing Imperial uniforms we may lose our chance at stealing a ride off this rock. Lia, Viria, come with me. Deurr, guard Istara while she finishes up. As soon as she is done verifying nothing was downloaded blow the room and come after us." Kay says, already running up the hall after the fleeing trooper, hoping his wounds would slow him.
(OOC: Double move up the corridor after the trooper, quickdrawing her blaster as she goes if it isn't in hand already.)
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Ignoring her questions for the moment Garret says forcefully, while wondering if she has a boyfriend:
"Holster your weapon. Holster it NOW.
What is your rank?"
His heavy rifle not wavering from its aim at her.
Garret is quite inclined to believe her, but he needs to be sure. I am also assuming that Blue Squadron is familiar? What do I know of them and their flight schedule ect...?
Garret searches his brain for an identifying piece of information that only a rebel would know of the last few days like a code name for a specific project or plan, or the name of specific personnel, ship, etc that everyone would know. Or preferably we may have a code word for the day or something like that - especially for downed pilots and rescue/recon crew? OR perhaps the pet name for the Bothan stew that they serve, every... single... day... that no one likes.
Assuming she complies by holstering her blaster and stating her rank, he asks her this question.
"It was on stun?" Lia says aloud, looking at her blaster. She then remembers the occasion for setting it on stun and flips it back to the kill setting. As Kay leaves the room, Lia leans against a wall, still on guard but finally allowing herself the chance to relax a little.
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
Kay runs the length of the hall quickly enough, only slowed by the debris and bodies from the explosions. As she passes it by, she notes that the door to the mess is gone, blown in by explosives. At the end of the hall, however, the door to the some of the bunks looks to be intact and still closed...at least, intact beyond a few blaster marks. Reaching the turn in the corridor, Kay can see the injured Stormtrooper sprinting away, not looking back.
Istara:
Spoiler:
It looks like the Imperial was looking through Alliance star charts. Certain planets are flagged on his datapad, and most of them line up with small Alliance outposts across the galaxy.
Garret:
Spoiler:
Blue Squadron was one of the four starfighter squadrons stationed at Yavin Base prior to the Death Star attack. They didn't participate in the attack, though, and were also newly arrived from the Independence so hadn't been at the base for long. As far as you know, they were up in the air defending the other Alliance ships before leaving, too.
Usually, downed pilots have a transponder beacon or something similar to identify them, though you haven't picked one up at all from her.
Sya doesn't waver either, though she does motion at you with her blaster pistol, "Yeah, I'm going to holster my weapon with you pointing that monster of a weapon at my face. And its Lieutenant White, by the way. Technically, Flight Lieutenant but that's a technicality," she paused a moment, shook her head and let out a sigh, "If I was an Imp why the hells would I be out here hiding from them?! And don't give me some covert explanation crap, because the buckethead ain't that clever and you know it!"
Istara makes one last try to see if the Imperial transmitted anything before giving the datapad a once-over for bugs and then dumping it in K2's internal storage for furhter study.
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