Knights of the Old Republic - IC

[Falkus]

Talesa kept her focus on the enemy, continuing to try to impose her will on him and to stop him without harming him. She did not want to have to kill someone who was only fighting for something he felt was right, albeit in a misguided manner. She stepped to her left to get a better view of her target.

OOC: Force stun on #9 again, and moving below Serrana: Use the Force: 20

 

[Maeglin]

Elan Xandar Renn, hp 64/68, no conditions

Elan Xandar Renn felt the waves of fear and hatred emanating from the Pure like a cold current sweeping through the Force. Elan waded unaffected through those currents.

Elan was aware of the need to take as many of the Pure alive as possible. Killing them should be avoided, if possible. To this end, he directed the Force outward…

OOC: [sblock] Again, given the late initiative count, here are some possible actions for Elan.
1. He continues to block and deflect as needed.
2. If, by his turn, opponents #9 or 8# are still fighting, he will use Move Object to lift one of these (preferably #9 who only has a dagger), to a height of 2.5 meters or so off the ground and will hold him there, taking a standard action each turn to maintain this. If, for any reason, the party decides to retreat to the ship, he will continue to spend concentration and bring the prisoner floating with them.

Again, Karl, I would appreciate you taking those rolls for me. Busy at work. [/sblock]

 

[Karl Green]

ARRO’s first blast against the Hiss’agoth in front of him with his arm mounted blaster (set for stun) is not enough to drop the creature but a lance of energy from his sporting blaster does. The creature is thrown back and crumbles in a limp pile, but still seems to be breathing, if a bit shallow…

Nicholas moves over to the Hissa’goth trying to flank ARRO, slashing at it with his lightsaber (attacking #8, Nicholas attack roll; damage if he hits (1d20+9=28, 2d8+3=9), hit, wounding the creature), and severely wounding the creature. It hisses loudly turning on him with its’ spear…

Jade races across the area to the two archers threatening the group from the north, and throws one into its’ partner with a bone shattering crunch. Both land in a bloody mess and do not move again…

The slightly dazed Hiss’agoth facing Elan tries to stab and slash at him with its’ dagger (#1 rapid strike with dagger Attack roll (-2); damage if it hits (1d20+4=8, 2d4+3=7), miss) but it misses the fast moving Jedi.

Jerec slashes at the last archer facing him, decapitating the native with one devastating swing of his lightsaber!

Serrana lines up a quick shot at the Hiss’agoth now in facing Nicholas, and with precise timing strikes the creatures square in the chest with a stunning blast that sends it to the ground, out of combat but still breathing.

Elan, reaching out with the Force to grab the last fighting Hiss’agoth (vs. #9 Use the Force (1d20+15=24, high enough to both lift and grab the native) and lifts him 4 meters into the air. The creature still struggles against his invisible bonds. Seeming to realize it situation, it raises the dagger to its on throat. It hisses angry in its native language [sblock=ARRO]“Curse you Warlock fiends, you will not have my soul!”[/sblock]

Through the Force, Talese tries to stun the creature and partially succeeds, dazing it more but it still seems to be preparing to end its own life…

Just then, Jade feels a strange ripple in the Force… anger and hatred directed at her and the rest of the Padawans. It is coming from ten or so meters away, near the landing pad wall of another ship docking area. For a second she thinks she sees someone standing in the shadows wearing a ragged cloak. But then she is not even sure if it is really there, or just a shadow itself. The 'shadow' then leaps over the four meter wall as if it were nothing and disappear. She senses nothing else then as if it totally disappeared? She is sure that it not the presence that she felt in Papottus the Hutts palace… this is something different. Whatever it was it also was deeply tainted by the dark side of the Force and its hatred is cold and greater then anything she has ever felt before.

Initiative Order
30 – ARRO
29 – Nicholas and Jade
26 – Hiss’agoth leaders (trained in Initiative)
25 – Jarec
24 – Serrana
21 – Hiss’agoth nomads (not trained in Initiative)
18 – Elan
15 – Talesa

Conditions…
Elan has taken 4 points of damage
Hiss’agoth 1-8 and 10-18 are down and out of the battle
Hiss’agoth #9 is -2 condition.

Actions for Round 4?
NOTE that only ARRO, Nicholas and Jade can react before the Hiss’agoth, depending on whether or not they wish to stop the creature.

 

[Shalimar]

Jade is distracted momentarily by the presence radiating hate and anger, and then it fades completely. Wide eyed she stared for a moment at where it had disappeared and then turns to the hiss'agoth trying to kill itself. While slaying it in battle would be an unfortunate but not unexpected event, allowing it to die through her inaction was simply unacceptable.

Reaching out with the force she attempted to wrest the knife away from the floating alien. (Force Disarm = 31)

 

[drothgery]

(assuming Serrana can get a shot off without moving, and the His'agoth has neither surrendered nor managed to kill itself by her turn)

Serrana carefully lines up another shot (aim/deadeye) and stuns the last native.

atk; dmg (1d20+8=18, 4d4+4=14)

 

[Maeglin]

Elan watched the Hiss’agoth struggle in the grasp of the Force. He hoped one of his companions could stop it from taking its own life. Elan had not sufficient skill to both keep the creature suspended in mid-air and to disarm it with the Force at the same time.

Such fear and hate, he thought, that it can drive them to this… They must have met other Force wielders, to hate us so. Perhaps this Sith we saw in our vision. What harm has been visited upon their people by the Dark Side, I wonder? We must find a way to speak to them, to try to heal those wounds. Else, all hope for peace is lost…

[sblock=Possible actions] Once again, some possible outlines, given Elan’s late initiative count.
1) Assuming the Hiss’agoth that Elan is levitating is either knocked unconscious or manages to kill itself, Elan will gently lower the body to the ground. I’m uncertain, but this is probably a move action. (or Swift action? Your call, Karl) In any case, Elan will not just unceremoniously drop the body, whether it is alive or dead. He will take a standard action, if necessary, to lower it to the ground.
2) At all times, continue to block / deflect against all attacks, preferably trying to defend Serrana or Talesa.
3) If any new Hiss’agoth move into range, and if Elan has a standard action available, he may try Force Disarm, preferably against an opponent with missile/ranged weapon. [/sblock]

 

[ValenarJaeldira]

R0-T4 moves to get a solid shot on the remaining Hiss'agoth, and then rapidly fires off a few shots from it's weapon set on stun.

[sblock=ooc]Move to square 2 north of 9, then rapid shot it with my heavy blaster rifle set on stun: attack=15, damage=23)[/sblock]

 

[Karl Green]

ARRO blasts at the held Hiss'agoth but misses it...

Nicholas, his lightsaber still ignited, scans the crowds and few onlooks, seeking out any other danger, but sees not...

With the Force as her ally, Jade quickly snatches the held Hiss'agoth's knife before it can cut its' own neck.

It hisses and struggles in the invisible web holding it and then seems to go calm, almost like it is giving up... with no hope left. It mutters something in its native tongue [sblock=ARRO]"I shall never see the Red-sands Valley again, you cursed fiends have won. Do with me as you will..."[/sblock]

(it is up to Serrana if she still wants to shot the Hiss'agoth. Elan needs to make another Use the Force skill check to maintain holding the creature each round. Talese can tell that four or five of the Hiss'agoth are still alive, but the remaining ones are all dead)

 

[drothgery]

Serrana switches her pistol back to its lethal setting before holstering it. She'd rather not kill anyone, but if she needed to draw and fire fast, she probably wasn't going to be firing stunning shots.

"Do you think we can get some of these guys to talk now?" Serrana asks. "I thought we'd put some pieces of the puzzle together, between Landing Port and the Hutt, but this bunch just through a hydrospanner in the mix. If they've got modern weapons, and were after us, why didn't they use them?"

 

[Shalimar]

"Did anyone else sense that presence? It was pure darkside, the dancing girl was nothing in comparision. I'm morally certain that it was our Sith. She, I think it is a she, set up this ambush and was watching. I only sensed her for a moment and then she leaped one of those barriers and disappeared totally into the force. She was very disappointed in how things went." Jade said smirking.

"Arro, we need you to translate for us here. What this one is saying, and what the others said in the battle."