Dark*Matter, Discovery: Pushing for Impeachment

[Shayuri]

Meredith doesn't even waste time on a quip, or a curse. She just charges at that smoking rift, the glowing holy sword held out before her. She's not exactly sure what the plan is...she just needs to react fast! Though she has vague notions of cutting at the rift, at the last second she changes her mind and instead slashes at the circle on the airplane floor!

(not sure if she can get there in time, or what you need me to roll to attack the floor. I'll spend an AP if applicable, for whatever. )

 

[Falkus]

OOC: Cliff is standing between Meredith and the rift and is blocking her passage. She'll have to get him out of the way before she can reach it.

 

[iwatt]

Larry sees the plane veering straight for the fuel truck and recognizes it for the opportunity it really is. "Everybody off the plane!" He rolls off the wing and too the ground, doing his best to avoid getting to bruised.

[sblock] Larry was clawed and battered already. He should be close to unconciousness[/sblock]

 

[kinem]

ooc: I believe Diego was firing into the plane and it may have moved away from him.

Diego joins Cade in trying to shoot out the plane's tires.

 

[Shayuri]

(sorry...missed that somehow)

Meredith lifts her Shield and charges down the row of seats at cliff, with her shield at her shoulder to help absorb the impact of her crashing into him!

(Bull Rush! He gets AoO, then we roll a contested Strength check... My roll: 22!
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Not sure if having a shield gives me a bonus...if nothing else it makes his AoO harder. I push him back 5' for every 5 points I beat his Str check by, since I'm moving with him.)

 

[Falkus]

Cliff pointed his gun at Meredith as she climbed into the plane. "Ah, I should have expected you. Don't you realize your kind went extinct a long time ago? I'll just have to finish the job."

Braggs staggered to his feet, and went to the door of plane, firing his Kalashnikov at Diego, the burst of ammo kicking up snow at his feet, but otherwise not harming anybody.

Cade kept blazing away at the wheels, causing the left one to collapse. The plane veered away from the fuel truck, flaming destruction averted. For now.

Larry dived off the plane, hitting the ground hard as it shaked and rattled behind him, cracking his head badly.

Diego carefully aim, and blasted out the last section of the landing gear, causing the plane to come a crashing stop. Inside, Bragg stumbled and was thrown from the plane, losing consciousness as his head impacted on the ground.

Inside the plane, Meredith charged Cliff, smashing into him with her shield. There was the brutal sound of bones breaking as his gun went flying, and Meredith shoved him back. He barely had time to cry out before she forced him back into the rift itself, which winked out of existence as he vanished through it.

(Combat is over)

[sblock]Larry takes four points of damage from the fall[/sblock]

 

[iwatt]

"Goddamn it, I'm starting to hate this job." His hair was messed up, his body ached, and the night wasn't over. "Joker, make sure Bragg is muffled and nobody else is around. I'll keep any nosy people away until they come and pick us up." Larry moved quickly to the janitorial closet, picking it open easily enough. Putting on an airport maintenance coverall, he picked up a shovel and toolbox as he moved quickly to the outside. As soon as he was outside, he gestured to Diego to close the hangar door. Oh joy, I get to freeze until the agency comes over.

In his guise as airport maintenance, he pretended to be clearing the hangar door of drift snow.

 

[Friadoc]

Quickly Cade will hogtie Braggs and stand watch over the thug, his sidearm in hand and at the ready. Once he is secured, Cade will check on Team Libra before calling into Hoffmann, so that he can give a current update to the situation, as well as the team's conditions and medical needs.

"Is everyone okay?" Cade asks. "If you've any immediate needs, let me know, as I'm calling support in."

While less than pleased with Cliff getting away, again, Cade is glad that the team is safe and sound, as things could have been a whole lot worse. But, Cade knows that he needs to update his skillset and equipment, as it's becoming obvious, to him, that his lacking something and doesn't want the team to suffer for it.

OOC

I swore I posted a reply, previously. Sorry folks, either I browsed away before it submitted or I was imagining things...sadly, both are equal in their likelihood.

 

[Falkus]

It's a race between Airport Security, CPD, Homeland Security, the local FBI office, a brigade of marines and the Hoffmann Institute towards the firefight on the runway.

Security got there first and was ready to arrest everybody, but Z came through on her word and hacked the databases appropriately. The security teams quickly appologized to 'General' Larry and his team of counter-terrorist specialists and let them take control of the situation.

A few frantic hours later, and numerous jurisdictional disputes, and the Institute manages to get you away and back to the office.

"You did a fine job," Stanfield said, lighting up a cigar, back at the office's briefing room. "Couldn't have done it better myself in my prime. You saved the senator, and stopped the cultists from getting a way. A pity Cliff got away, but it probably couldn't be helped. He's smart, well organized and seems to have powerful forces supporting him. He's become a top priority target, above and beyond anything else right now. We're putting out the word to all our allies, he won't have anywhere to hide. It's just a matter of time before we found the hole he's scurried off to."

"In the meantime, files your reports and take a few days off. Get some R&R, you deserve it. We'll call you when something comes up. Again, congratulations on a job well done."

Z smiled at Cade, as she typed on her laptop. "I need to get some more search algorithms online for Cliff, but once that's done, wanna go get a beer? Celebrate another survival?"

OOC: You all gain enough EXP to reach level 6. Congratulations, another successful mission! Admitidly, one that took a while (my fault again), but I'm glad you've all stuck through with me. Thanks again for being one of the best groups I've ever run a game for, online or offline!

 

[Friadoc]

Once the situation is handled, between Larry's smooth talk and Z's righteous hack, Cade makes sure that the Team is well cared for, mentally and physically. Everyone took a fair knocking around out there, so Cade focuses on them, first, before getting any of his own needs handled.

Once Stanfield is done, Cade does state, "Thanks, Boss. That's much appreciated." After a brief pause, he adds, "Push comes to shove, sir, I think I can speak for the Team in saying that we'd like a crack at the nut, first and last."

Z smiled at Cade, as she typed on her laptop. "I need to get some more search algorithms online for Cliff, but once that's done, wanna go get a beer? Celebrate another survival?"

Although it's a tired one, Cade returns Z's smile and nods as he says, "Works for me, although I need to swing by the house and check on Selina. She was less than pleased when I left. Chuckling at himself as he runs his right hand through his hair, he says, "You'd think she owned me. I'm pretty sure she'd rather move in with you."

With a look toward the team, Cade adds, "They did real good there, kept it together, rolled with the punches...I don't know what I'd do..." But, Cade lets that statement hang, even though it'll come up again, over beers and the evening ahead.

OOC: You all gain enough EXP to reach level 6. Congratulations, another successful mission! Admitidly, one that took a while (my fault again), but I'm glad you've all stuck through with me. Thanks again for being one of the best groups I've ever run a game for, online or offline!

OOC

It's been one heckuva ride, Falkus, and I've enjoyed it all, waits or no waits. You've all been a lot of fun to game with and I look forward to continued gaming with you all. No worries about the delays, as you've all stuck with me on delays, too, such as my rapid vacancy from Idaho and the move back to Oregon last year...and that's just one example from my end.

I'll get Cade leveled up, ASAP.