Out of the Frying Pan... (d20 Star Wars)

[shadowbloodmoon]

Haebes lifts the Twi'Lek off the ground. "Well, I don't know who's coming in, but these guys will shoot us if we don't bring slimy along," he says, indicating the shooters still standing there. With that, he starts dragging Bib Fortuna out of the back of the room. As you file towards the exit, you have to reenter the main common area before heading through the kitchens and out the back door. As you do, you catch a glimpse of who was coming to visit. If the unmistakeable clacking of the Empire's clone trooper boots isn't telling enough, the long blaster rifles that are pointed in your direction certainly are.

At the sight of them, Fortuna makes a break for it and his cronies send fire in your direction again, joined by that of the soldiers. Luckily, you can see the exit from here...

All of you are easily 10 meters from the exit, but the intervening terrain (e.g. stoves, tables, cooks...) makes it difficult to simply run out the door. On the plus side, it will make it difficult for them to hit you...

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Definitely not willing to be taken by the forces of Palpatine, Femi breaks for the exit as quickly as possible, hoping his friends are close behind. He makes an effort to use any and all of the clutter in the kitchen to his advantage, to cover him from any fire directed at him from the clones and the cronies of the Twi'lek.

 

[Bobitron]

Right behind ya, Tal thinks, chasing Femi as he criss-crosses the room.

ooc: Oh wow, sorry I missed these updates. I thought we were waiting on... I have no clue what.

 

[shadowbloodmoon]

The three of you exit the cantina, Empire and Jabba's goons hot on your tail. You round a corner and more troops are headed in your direction. Then Femi gets an inkling to look behind him. There is parked an old XP-32 landspeeder and no one is around it. The captain takes notice too. "Best bet we got. I just hope one of you can drive."

 

[Bobitron]

Tal takes a leap into the speeder's passenger seat. "I'll give it a go of nobody else can do it. Might be better at keeping the chasers on their toes, though." He pats his rifle lovingly.

ooc: I think I would use Pilot for this? I have a +3 (untrained) in Drive if that exists, or else I'll have to rely on my untrained Pilot skill.

 

[shadowbloodmoon]

Piloting works for all vehicles in game... I'm arbitrarily adding Femi into the vehicle, unless Toric wants to change that...

Captain Haebes nods. "Exactly, I can try, but this...," he moves his hand away from a previously unseen wound. "That bantha fodder Twi'Lek had a knife. I'll do my best though." With that, he climbs in with Femi jumping in last. When the captain guns the engine, the speeder careens down the streets of Mos Entha. Imperial troops fire on you and so do the thugs, but at the moment, they are unable to keep up. That is until a high pitched whine tells you they have vehicles too. Four BARC speeders and their riders are gaining fast...

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

OOC: Sorry about that Shadow. Femi is definitely in that speeder!

IC:
Concerned about the knife wound suffered by Haebes, Femi gets situated in the speeder. After the Captain gets them moving, Femi says quietly, "Let me have a look at that wound, Captain." If Haebes lets Femi examine the wound, the young jedi will take a chance and tap into the energies of the force to heal the wound. (OOC: Heal Another +8) He'd rather take the chance and help Haebes than let the injury go and risk him succumbing to it and getting them caught. Once he is done, Femi remains silent about it and settles in for the ride.

Looking back at the sound of pursuit, Femi groans, "Great." Over the whine of the speeder, he yells, "Can we get any more speed out of this thing?"

Regardless of the answer, Femi readies his blaster pistol to fire at the pursuing troops.

 

[Bobitron]

Tal grins as Femi groans. "This is what I do best!" he says as he lifts his rifle and leans over the back of the speeder, aiming at the closest tail.

ooc: I'll go for maximum firepower rather than accuracy for now.

 

[shadowbloodmoon]

Haebes is hesitant at first, but then allows Femi to work his healing magic on the knife wound. The fact that Femi does his work without a medical kit doesn't seem to phase Heabes at the moment, as he is more intent on dodging the obstacles of a busy Mos Entha and evade the pursuit of four Imperial soldiers on speeder bikes.

Tal fires at the nearest one, his spray of bolts hitting everything but the speeder or its rider. Though he does no damage to him, the trooper is forces to pull back a bit, giving some more distance. It doesn't deter the other three as they gain more ground. They also don't appear to care about civilian casualties, as blaster fire erupts from underneath their bikes, shredding small kiosks and a few unlucky Jawas.

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

With Haebes patched up, Femi turns his attention to the pursuing speeders. He takes aim and fires at the nearest one, trying to hit the driver.