Omega Pathfinders Game Thread

[riaan_s]

"Son-of-a-b$tch!" Bishop shouts as the worm latches onto him again. Being more accustomed to shredding bugs at a distance with the SAW than wrestling them at close range, Bishop is consumed by blind rage when the slicer worm wraps around his legs again.

He grips the Peacemaker firmly and starts pounding at the worm's head - "I'm ... a ... trooper ... not ... a ... f&ckin' ... pro ... wrestler !!!" he screams landing a blow with each word hoping to knock it into the stupid creature's head.

If he manages to kill the worm Bishop will get up off the ground.

Bishop will use an action point if his pistol whip attack roll is too low as he is clearly developing some anger management issues.

OCC: Cyrill - "spawn of a hosepipe" is right up there with ninja gomes on the laugh-o-meter!

 

[mariusm]

Mission 3, Day 1, Encounter 1, Round 23.

The flammable liquid Carl fired will burn for this round still.

Initiative
Cyrill
Worm #10
Jacob
Jonass
Sarge
Bishop
Worm #6
Worm #7
Dave
Worm #3
Zane
Worm #8
Mel
Carl
Worm #9

FT 1: Bishop tries to pistol whip the worm grappling him, (Modified melee attack roll of 15 + 10 (AB) – 4 (Prone) = 21, a hit doing 7hp damage!), and succeeds by getting a cracker of a blow in. Carl is relieved to have survived the grapple attempt by worm #8 and steps 5’ forward over the twitching body and fires his tinder box again. It seems like the shaking did good as the burning fuel will continue to burn for another 3 rounds.

FT 2: Cyrill takes a shot at worm #8, (Modified ranged attack roll of 8 + 9 (AB) + 1 (PB) = 18, a hit doing 8hp damage!), hitting it squarely in the body punching a deep wound into the creatures side. Jacob readies to shoot as soon as Mel is clear.

FT 3: Dave moves past the civilians that he can and stops standing astride the fallen civilian, he tries as best he can against all the jostling to help her back to her feet. Mel takes aim with her Morita, waiting for a shot once the worm is closer. Jacob wants to fire as soon as he has a clear shot, but Mel keeps standing in the way. Jacob remains ready.

FT 4: Jonass manages to move a little north and takes up position just north of the airlock chamber. Zane stops next to Jacob and peers down the corridor towards the approaching worm. “What is that…”, is all he manages to say as he brings up his assault rifle ready to fire when the worm is closer.

Sarge: Moves as fast as possible through the throng of people to the airlock and once there gets ready to close the door if necessary.

Worm #3: The slicer worm wriggles free from the hole in the door and slithers towards Mel. It has progressed 40’ up the corridor and is still 25’ shy of the grenade that Mel threw earlier.

Worm #6: Dies from the wounds suffered during combat.

Worm #7: The slicer worm seemingly oblivious to the crushing blows from Bishops pistol lives up to its name and begins to bore into Bishops calf. The image would be not unlike hagfish back on Earth. Bishop can hear crunching as the metal of his power suit buckles and rips, however the strength of the suit keeps him from suffering harm… this round. Bishops suit integrity has been compromised and will off no additional protection in a hostile environment until repaired.

Worm #8: The slicer worm slithers 5’ closer to Carl and snaps at his heels, (Modified melee touch attack roll of 20 vs Defense of 17, a hit. Worms grapple check roll of 25 vs Carls grapple check roll of 10, success.), and closes its tooth filled jaw around his right foot and latches on. Carl is grappled. The worm pulls itself into Carl’s square which provokes an AOO from Cyrill, (Modified melee attack roll of 9 + 7 (AB) = 16, a hit doing 5hp damage!), biting hard into his boot but as it does Cyrill brings the butt of his hawkeye hard down into the back of the creatures head. Cyrill is rewarded with the cracking sound of the worms neck breaking… the worm is down and dying. Carl is no longer grappled.

Worm #9: The slicer worm can be seen rearing up as high as possible and slapping back down to the ground in an apparent show of aggression trying to intimidate its prey.

Worm #10: The worm hissing menacingly at the fire in front of the door but remains a safe distance from it.

Squad actions please.

OCC: Sorry if the posting looks confusing but read the entries in the order of initiative and it should make more sense.

 

[Shayuri]

Mel looks over her shoulder and sees Jacob...with his artillery piece. She nods and backs up into the square behind him. "There's an armed grenade halfway down the corridor," she informs him. It's just about to trip it. They're coming from that door with a hole in it at the far end."

On the comm, "What's your status down there, guys? We need to regroup here, ASAP!"

 

[Cromm10k]

Private Cyrill Kowaltzki

"Let's free Bishop and leave this place. Bishop, don't move..."

Cyrill fires one shot at Worm # 7 and pulls a granade from his belt.

Via com: "Mel, this is Cyrill, we are being rushed by a lot of ...worms. We will free Bishop from his close quarter combat experience and get our sweet little a**** up to you. Kowaltzki over."

 

[riaan_s]

IF Cyrill's shot DOES NOT kill the worm chowing Bishop:
Bishop doesn't even blink when the worm bites through his suit. Mel's voice on the comm sounds distant and all the movement around him is just a blur ... exept for the worm around his legs - the worm is in perfect focus as he continues to pound the creature's head with the Peacemaker (which is now covered with splatters of bug juice). Bishop will get back on his feet at the end of his turn if he is able to (i.e. worm is dead).

If Cyrill's shot KILLS the worm:
Bishop sees the worm go limp and fall off him just as he wants to bring the Peacemaker down on its head again. He looks up and sees Cyrill lower his weapon and grab a grenade but is immediately distracted by two hissing/snapping/jumping worms behind a wall of flame. He holsters the Peacemaker and in the same swift action retrieves the SAW (which has been dangling from its sling since the start of wrestle mania). He flicks the weapon onto full auto even before he has it up against his shoulder. With the familiar feel of the SAW in his hands again, his aim is almost instinctive as he lets rip at worm#9 and strafes the hail of bullets to worm#10.

 

[Venom]

Carl will turn towards Bishop and give the remaining worm the pistol whipping of its life with the butt of his tinderbox. Surveying the damage to the calf of Bishop’s power suit Carl whistles saying “Good thing that worm didn’t bite you in a more sensitive area”.

If the worm dies or is dead he will start to move up the stairwell towards level two.

Remembering Jacobs trap he radios Jacob saying “Jacob if this booby trap of yours kills me I’m going to haunt you for the rest of your life".

 

[JonnyFive]

"Yea yea.... just dont hang out in the kill zone and ya should be fine." Jacob will reply back as he unloads the TGL at the far wall.

 

[mariusm]

Mission 3, Day 1, Encounter 1, Round 24.

The flammable liquid Carl fired will burn for another 2 rounds.

Initiative
Cyrill
Worm #10
Jacob
Jonass
Sarge
Bishop
Worm #7
Dave
Worm #3
Zane
Worm #2
Worm #8
Mel
Carl
Worm #9

FT 1: Bishop grits his teeth as the bullet slams into his thigh but continues to pound the worm once again, (Modified melee attack roll of 7 + 10 (AB) = 17, a hit doing 4hp damage), across the head but only manages to further enrage the already angry creature. Carl swings his tinder box at the worm now slicing Bishops leg to shreds, (Modified melee attack roll of 11 + 10 (AB) = 21, a hit doing 6hp damage!), catching the worm a crushing blow on the top of its head. Carl is surprised as the butt of the tinderbox smashes through the creatures skull and sprays mucus all over. Slicer worm #7 hangs limp from the hole in Bishops power suit. Bishop is no longer grappled.

FT 2: Cyrill fires a round at Worm #7, (Modified ranged attack roll of 18 + 9 (AB) + 1 (PB) – 0 (Precise Shot) = 28, (Random roll to see who was the target due to grapple, indicated Bishop was shot at), a hit doing 3hp damage!), but as the worm grapples with Bishop its body moves out of the way at the last minute and Cyrills shot hits Bishop in the thigh! Jacob fires at the worm progressing down the corridor trying to place the slug near its location, (Modified ranged attack roll of 3 + 10 (AB) – 2 (Range) = 11 vs Defense of 10, a hit doing a possible 8hp damage. The worms REF save roll was 14 vs DC 14, fail and takes 8hp damage!). The slug lands just in front of the worm and explodes, hurting it somewhat.

FT 3: Dave helps the civilian that had fallen into the airlock chamber. Mel backs up to behind Jacob.

FT 4: Jonass remains in place just outside the airlock chamber. Some of the civilians have managed to make it onboard the Black Knight. Zane continues to aim down the corridor should any more worms appear.

Sarge: Sarge stands commandingly next to the airlock counting the civilians as they rush by, obviously ready to shut the door should he deem it necessary.

Worm #2: Pulling itself free from the hole in the door, it flops to the ground and immediately rears up and swiftly slithers towards the squad.

Worm #3: The slicer worm shrugs off the debris created by Jacobs slug and slithers towards the squad. As it passes by the grenade thrown by Mel it sets the grenade off, (Grenade does a possible 14hp damage, worms REF save of 30 vs DC 18, success, taking 7hp damage). The worm notices something amiss at the last moment and tries to recoil from the danger but it is in vain as the blast rips the worm in half! Severely wounded the worm falls limp and is dying.

Worm #7: The slicer worm continues to bore into Bishops leg this time however ripping into his calf muscle! Bishop suffers 3 points constitution damage from the tearing and ripping!

Worm #8: Is dying.

Worm #9: Remains behind the wall of flames.

Worm #10: Seems angry but waits behind the flames.

Squad actions please.

 

[Cromm10k]

Private Cyrill Kowaltzki

"Sorry Bishop, I owe you a beer back home. Fire in the hole!!!"

Cyrill throws his nade in worm # 9's square and moves up the stairs.

 

[riaan_s]

Bishop doesn't even blink as the slug penetrates his thigh nor when the worm bites into his leg ... he just continues pounding the worm's head with the Peacemaker. Even after Carl cracks the creature's skull open he keeps smashing at it spraying even more mucus all over the place. Its only when he realises that his blows are not landing on something solid but rather something more jelly like (the worm's crushed skull) that he snaps out of his rage.

When he hears Cyrill shout he composes himself and gets to his feet following them up the stairs. As he get to up he becomes aware of a burning feeling in his calf and his thigh - though he's not quite sure yet why his thigh is hurting ... he's sure the worm was only gnawing at his calf!

OCC: I don't want to make another attack on the dead worm - just adding some flavour with the continuous pounding on the dead worm. Also I'm assuming the SAW is still hanging on its sling over my shoulder after all the drama on the floor or do I need to retrieve it?