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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8449501" data-attributes="member: 6761960">A Hard Rain"Boss! Over here!" The shout comes from just up ahead - Printer Bay C in Sector 52A. Of all the luck. This is the second time the Bukharin has been hit in this exact spot.The damage control chief, Aaronsen, hurries up the passage. His team follows close behind. "Coming!" he shouts. "Any casualties?"Loose-leaf debris drifts past, along with globules of blood. At the end of the passage, a shaky figure in a vac-suit floats out, covered in blood and ash. "All the others are gone...just gone...""Get that spacer to the aid station!" Aaronsen orders.Entering the ruined cavity that once was the printer bay, Aaronsen surveys the scene. The void of space can be seen through a massive hole in the hull. He calls up Warrant Officer Gbeho. "Hull breached here. Sixteen dead, one in shock. Printer is a total loss, and we have some bad hull vibrations. Tempted to call it a -"He stops. There is a flash just outside, in the black sky, maybe half a klick out.Then a heavy rain starts spattering against the edges of the hole."Sorry, I got distracted, Chief. Surprise weather. It's raining marine bits."Boarding StepMirrorsmoke marines (Facefirst) board Hannibal, roll 20! Success, so they get a foothold and shut down the Turtleback's primary drives. The ship cannot perform any forced movement next round.Mirrorsmoke marines (Fool's Gold) board Titania, roll 6. They have trouble breaching their way through hull plating.Shaka Zulu's Roughnecks board Nikolai Bukharin, roll 7. They fail to get a foothold.Shaka Zulu's Roughnecks board Shamokin Rising, roll 6. They fail also.</blockquote>

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