OOC: It wasn't an order from the captain (Commander Cyn), it was a request from the fighter wing commander (Lt. Gellian). Rosa outranks him; she can refuse the request, or bump it up to the captain. Though really it's a plot device to get Zenith out of the party since her player dropped.
"Request approved." Commander Cyn says, in response to the question regarding a strike on the Imperial shuttle.
A few minutes later a few shots from the Frigate fell down to the planet, destroying the shuttle and its escorts... and the Imperials patroling around it.
"Remind me to never give the wrong coordinates when spotting for orbital bombardment." Istara says lamely, surveying the wreckage. Shuddering at the rapid flash of life ending through the force, Istara acknowledged the Lt. Commander's order and headed into the forest towards the ruins.
Once in the branches she kept her senses open to the force, trusting it to provide her with warnings, but not trusting it enough to turn off her suit's sophisticated helmet package, afterall if you put the credits down for advanced systems, you listen to what they told you.
[Perception +14 with her Superior Helmet Package, Stealth +10]
"It ain't any better when you call it in on you location purposefully," states Wes plainly before he moves off to take point. The corellian scout keeps his eyes and ears open, making his way quietly through the verdant terrain, with his rifle at the ready.
Heading off in the direction you were pointed at, the small town / spaceport quickly fades into the distance, and soon you're out in the rocky wilderness of Ruusan.
About ten kilometers from the town, what had been uneventful walk turns into something else, as a pair of large, cat-like creatures leap out from behind the rocks at you.
"Well, isn't this just a happy occurance." Istara mutters, raising her wrist to point at the cats, she quirks her finger and lets out a spray of fire from the suit mounted pistol.
"Hey Storm, you talk Kitty to them and make them back off."
[OOC: Standard Action to Autofire at the felines, if she has time, ie. not a surprise round, she will use battlestrike on the attack as well and draw her lightsaber.
1d20+2 3d6+8
Battle Strike +1 (+1-3d6) Use the Force +15
Point Blank Shot +1 (+2) ]
Maintaining sound discipline, Wes turns his blaster rifle towards the cat-like creatures, flicking his weapon to stun and then attempting to determine if they're threatening or not. It's Wes's desire to avoid the tell-tale report of a blaster rifle, however that desire might be a moot point as the group reacts to the sudden appearance of the creatures.
Storm drops to a crouch and draws his saber, snarling at the other jedi's comment. It's not really apparent wether it was a smile or a sign of dissapproval. He waits for the creatures to make their move before acting.
OOC
1d20+9 2d8+4
Ready a charge or if there's no room a normal attack on the first cat to attack any of the group.
(you all are surprised due to excellent stealth rolls for the cats; the felines are definitely hostile; if you don't like how I've arranged your characters on the grid, let me know)
Initiative:
Rosa 22
Storm 21
Istara 21 Cats 13
Wes 13
** Surprise round (only the cats can act) **
One of the cats jumped out of nowhere to swipe his claw at Storm, finding a weak point in his armor. The other causes much more serious injury to Rosa, as she staggers back from the panther's attack.
ooc
Storm takes 18 damage.
Rosa takes 21 damage, which is more than her threshold, so she moves down a spot on the condition track.
Both of you are poisoned. Storm manages to stave off the initial attack, while Rosa does not. She moves another spot down the CT.
The poison can be cured with a DC 15 Treat Injury check.
** Round 1 **
Staggering back, Rosa is unable to get an accurate shot off with her blaster.
Storm takes a clean slice with his lightsaber at the beast; its wounds are far from fatal, but it is showing some blood.
(Istara's up; she'll need a revised action, I think)
Istara runs to her right around the boulder to get a better line on the cat attacking Rosa, it was too close to her to risk the blaster. Raising her fist, she pointed at the boulder behind the creature and sent it flying toward its back.
[OOC: Move to P14 and then Standard Action to use Move Object on the Boulder behind Feline 2
The panther just barely avoids being trapped under the boulder; it's clearly in pain as it drags its hind leg out. It doesn't manage to claw Rosa again, but it does bite her; she's in very bad shape.
The other tears at Storm with both claws and a bite; he's holding up better than the commander, but that's not saying much.
ooc
Rosa: 7/42 HPs; -2 on the condition track
Storm: 17/70 HPs
cat 1: some damage
cat 2: some damage; limping a bit
Wes quickly makes the choice, bringing his blaster rifle to bear on the cat attacking the commander, and he flicks the selector switch back to normal fire and drops a blaster bolt toward the cat. However, the corellian scout then charges right after the bolt and imposes himself so as to draw the attention of the cat away from Rosa.
"On me, you lame wannabe sand panther!" Wes shouts as he rushes up to the cat, kicking debris from the ground at the animal and doing his best to irk it, which for a Corellian is quite effectively easy to do.
OOC
Hopefully between the attack, whether or not it hits, and the shouting the cat's focus should be drawn from Rosa onto Wes.
Rosa grabs at her wound and struggles in vain to stop the bleeding from the three long gashes on her side. She staggers slightly as the venom begins to make its way through her system, but she still--somehow--manages to keep her aim steady at the offending panther. She fires a shot at it, hitting it.
OOC: Destiny point to trigger an autocrit on the thing. Damage is 2(3d6+2)
__________________ "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Sith Proverb.
Wes's shot goes wide, harmlessly blasting the boulder behind the cat.
** Round 2 **
Initiative:
Rosa 22
Storm 21*
Istara 21 Cats 13
Wes 13
Rosa, gathering every reserve of focus she has, fires a blast right in the beast's eye. It doesn't look in much better shape than she is after that. The poison surges through her as she makes the shot, though.
ooc
Rosa: 7/42 HPs; -3 on the condition track
Storm: 17/70 HPs
cat 1: some damage
cat 2: severe damage; badly staggering
Istara snarls, sounding rather like a cat herself, and brings her wrist mounted blaster in line with the cat that was still trying to savage Rosa despite its wounds. She triggers a flurry of blaster bolts at it hoping to put it out of its misery, and more importantly put it out of Rosa's misery.
OOC: Autofire At Injured Cat (1d20-2=12, 3d6+10=16), move action to draw/ignite her saber. I subtracted a -5 for the Cat being in melee, however thinking about it, I don't know if that actually applies to area attacks, if it doesn't the attack is a 17 (1d20+7+1-5(Area)-5(Melee)) damage is 8 (miss) or 16(Hit).
The area is O11-O12-P11-P12
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With the barest of nods, Wes says, "Commander." The scout then quickly moves past Rosa and brings his heavy rifle to bear on the second car, firing upon it with a better, well-aimed shot than his previous one.
OOC
Wes moves to N7 and fires at Cat 1 with a -5 Penalty for shooting into melee.
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