A New Power

[Angcuru]

Those gathered outside of the Dawnsprinter begin to hear the unmistakable sound of a starship approaching. Arais stiffens momentarily at Kia's news concerning multiple inbound ships.

"This changes things completely. The Imperials could be sending in another group of ground troops in the other shuttle, which likely means they will try and encircle the village."

Just as he finishes speaking, a large, bulky ship clears the treetops and slows to a stop approximately thirty meters from the Dawnsprinter, and begins its descent to land.

"Damn!" Arais swears. "I thought we had more time than this. Kal, Aasan, time to move. Get as close as you can without getting spotted, we'll try and keep their attention on us for as long as we can."

***​

A quick search of the CORSEC database and Kia finds a detailed schematic of a typical Imperial Assault Shuttle. There is little detail in the internal workings of the ship, but extensive notation concerning the external armanents, armor plating, normative shield strength, etc. There is also a listing of suggested tactics of evasion and combat maneuvers, but only a few lines concerning the craft while on the ground:

While the shuttle is EXTREMELY dangerous while in flight, it is unusually vulnerable while on the ground. Our forces rarely faced a ground landing of one of these craft, but debriefings indicate that the major weapons systems are routinely powered down while the ship is grounded and the energy rerouted to the shielding systems. As yet we have not had an opportunity to attempt a capture, but this quirk could prove useful in a coordinated effort to seize one given the chance.

An alarm sounds from the chronometer. The Imperials have arrived. Just as Kia looks out the cockpit to see the shuttle hovering, slowly settling to the ground, a spotlight shines out from near the front of the craft, flooding the Dawnsprinter's cockpit.

 

[Super Girl]

"The good news is that when the ships on the ground, they tend to power down the weapons and put the energy into shields, meaning they wont be destroying the Dawnsprinter. With that thing out of the fight, I might be able to handle the Lambda. I'll wait for your go signal." Kia says, glad that she had been thinking ahead and had the shields and weapons at full power and ready.

OOC:Kia will ready an action to fire on any stormtroopers that emerge from the assault shuttle (but only once the guys move to attack the transmitter) if the Lambda comes in, she will fire on it, especially if it appears to have its shield's down in order to land.