"I'm not entirely certain we should," Rosa says as she looks over the group, taking in their numbers and complement. "We still have absolutely no idea on what the enemy is and their numbers."
And they may know our numbers exactly... she thinks.
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
While the officers and jedi converse, Wes gives the area he can see a quick scan with his scope, using the enhanced low-light mode on further off areas, specifically ones that he would setup an ambush from if he were defending the ship.
Also, although he's sure he doesn't have to do it, Wes will make sure that the Marines have spread out into a good defensive position while the Ell Tee makes the hard call.
All the PCs, plus two squads of Republic Marines (for now, treat each squad as 5 Soldiers from Threats of the Galaxy, and 1 SpecForce heavy weapons specialist), and one Medic (again, as per TotG).
Rosa points to the one of the marines that she had assigned to guard the ships and replaces him with a member of the other squad, leaving her with two squads of four marines each. Squad One she assigns to search the aft half of the frigate, along with the weapons specialist and the medic.
Sergeant Tohmas, search the aft section of the ship with your group. Keep an eye open for anything that may let us know what happened to the Imperials aboard this ship. Keep us informed.
As for the rest of us," she adds as she turns to the party. "I agree that we should check out the bridge. The fore section as well. Let's go."
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
"That'd be be, if that's acceptable to the Commander" says the Gunnery Sergeant. It is common knowledge that Wes is a sniper scout, he just happens to fill other roles using his general skillset. "I tend to keep most my comm channels blocked, but a scrambled burst on 13 will get to me."
Unless told otherwise, Wes will move to take point, keeping a roving point of anywhere between six and twelve meters forward, so as to check for any nasty particulars, such as cameras, laser tripwires, and sentries, living or droid.
Like rancor saliva on a rock, Udo is content to simply stick to his pair of Jedi, as per his orders. Blaster at the ready, he takes Rosa's lead and keeps in stride with the pair of force sensitives.
Zenith shrugs at Istara, and trots after Rosa and her group. She figured it'd be good tactics to include a Jedi in each group, but she wasn't in charge in here. Her gait is an easy loping stride that carries her to the front of the group quickly, but she lets the point man take the lead.
"Jedi are supposed to have some sort of 'danger-sense' when it comes to doing something?" Rosa asks. She turns to the closest Jedi. "See if it's safe to cut open that door."
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
"Can't hurt to try, I guess, but it's not quite as simple as that."
She moved a few steps forward towards the unresponsive door and closed her eyes. With a few carefully controlled breaths, Zenith cleared her mind of thoughts and emotions, making it a perfectly still pond. In the surface of that pond she envisioned herself and Istara cutting the door open...then she watched and waited for those tiny little ripples echoing back from the future through the Force.
While the Jedi, Zenith, is performing her tricks, Wes keeps a solid overwatch, prepared to respond to any attacks, in kind, that try to take advantage of the momentary pause.
(can't fail the UtF check, but a 27 is pretty good, so...)
You sense that some danger lies beyond the door, but not the greatest danger on this ship. Cutting the door open might increase your risk slightly, but not a lot.
Zenith slowly puts a hand out to touch her fingertips to the door, her face calm and her eyes closed. After a second she tilts her head, as if listening to some faint noise.
Then she opens her eyes and takes a step back from the door, squaring her shoulders.
"There's some risk to this, but not much more than coming aboard the ship in the first place. I feel that whatever's causing this...or whatever's the most dangerous on board...is somewhere else. But we might still get some answers here."
She looks at the other Jedi and lifts her lightsaber.
"Proceed," Rosa orders as Zenith gets ready. She holds her blaster pistol towards the door, prepared to immediately begin shooting if hostilities erupt.
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
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