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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3145365" data-attributes="member: 17691">[sblock=OOC]Let's see... challenge codes... a few thousand troopers, technicians, officers, droids, spacecraft... *scribble scribble* carry the one... *scribble scribble* There. By my math DRK-1X should now have enough experience points to hit, uh... 42nd level? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />I have to admit, there's a visceral pleasure in imagining one racing away as something really big explodes in the background. The real funny thing about this scenario is that, unlike the noble rebels in the movies, DRK-1X wasn't really out to attack or hurt the evil empire; this was just a tactic to help cover up Dofina's escape. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Since Dofina's room was destroyed a few seconds after the first explosion it's 1X's hope that the empire will now believe her to be dead. Hopefully she won't be in a hurry to dissuade them of that belief... again. I'm getting tired of having to rescue her. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> [/sblock]"Report: You had me rebuilt so that I'd be difficult to fool Mistress. I don't understand why you persist in trying."******The human replica droid grips the armrests of the pilot's chair as the dissipating concussion wave of the massive explosion gently rocks the Ari's Sorrow. Derek attempts to gauge the effect of the various explosions and collisions upon the fleet of ships but the Sorrow's sensor array simply wasn't up to the task at hand. It was becoming increasingly difficult to identify the vessels he'd been tracking before the explosion. The space around the complex was littered with millions of tons metal; picking out derelict ships, powered vessels and floating debris was exceedingly difficult at this point. The droid instead focuses on estimating how many ships had been destroyed and then projecting the casualty rate.As the Ari's Sorrow enters the sensor gap on its way towards its rendez-vous site, Derek tries to pick out its counterpart's approaching vessel from the cloud of ships remaining in the cluster. As it does so, the droid triggers his ship's decompression sequence. He then physically unplugs the cable from the back of his head and closes the panel there before likewise unplugging the cable from the computer port, winding it up and slinging it at his belt.******DRK-1X watches the R-unit astromech near the shuttle's pilot station to confirm that it has changed course towards the rendez-vous site. The diminutive probe droid then turns its attention to the environmental readout to ensure the cabin's atmosphere has been restored to nemoidian-standard before floating back to Dofina's side. 1X reaches forward to retrieve the hydrospanner and its last remaining permacrete detonator from her flight suit's pockets as it speaks. "Report: We are now en route to rendez-vous with the Ari's Sorrow. Our estimated time of arrival is four and a half minutes. Suggestion: You should restore your suit's expendables now. Report: We're going to be venting atmosphere again soon in preparation for our final EVA transfer to the fighter. Inquiry: Are you feeling all right Mistress?"DRK-1X listens to Dofina's response before excusing itself and heading to the rear of the shuttle to access its engine core. Opening a panel with the hydrospanner, the diminutive probot affixes the last permacrete detonator to the engine's fuel tank (Demolitions +4). It then heads back to the cockpit to check the vessel's progress and converse briefly with the astromech pilot in chittering binary.[sblock=OOC]DRK-1X will bring the astromech up to speed on the next step of the plan; that of meeting up with the fighter, venting the shuttles' atmosphere and maneuvering both ships close together to align their entry-hatches. They're going to be maintaining comlink-silence throughout the manoeuvre so the astromech will have to communicate with the fighter's pilot by flashing the shuttle's running lights in binary. 1X will stress the need for speed and efficiency in this operation.The probot then informs the astromech that 1X and their passenger are going to be transferring to the fighter. The probot will tell the astromech that there isn't enough room inside the other spacecraft for it, but that it is welcome to join them nonetheless if it is willing to cling magnetically to the outside of the fighter's hull during their escape. The alternative is to remain with the shuttle which 1X intends to destroy after abandoning it. If it's willing to join them then 1X has only one stipulation; that it allow the probe droid to search its chassis to ensure that it isn't unknowingly carrying any kind of imperially manufactured emitter, self-destruct system, transponder or other such device. Assuming it agrees and complies then 1X will proceed with that search (Search +10, taking 20)1X will then set a final flight program for the shuttle to execute after they've disembarked. Assuming the rendez-vous and transfer goes off without a hitch, then 1X will have the shuttle set out towards the sensor-net (assuming the satellites have been rebuilt since the first attack) and have it approach a grouping of satellites before sending the detonate signal by comlink.KA-BOOM! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Derek will be ready to make the jump to lightspeed during the explosion. It's 1X's hope that the disruption to the sensor net will create an exploitable gap through which the Sorrow can escape the cluster undetected. The Ari's Sorrow will then continue along Derek's multi-stage hyperspace trip back out of the cluster and on into the galaxy. I believe the trip out of the cluster will take a day or more. During that time DRK-1X can bring Dofina up to speed on its activities and ask her some questions while having the MSR-X tend to her injuries. Yay! Escape! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> BTW, does 1X recognize this person's voice? Was that perchance Darth? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Also, I just have to ask; did 1X's activities in the cluster and its escape plan ever surprise you? Was this how you imagined I'd go about it or were you planning on some other scenario?Oh! And is the astromech indeed an R3 or some other model? What's its designation?[/sblock]</blockquote>

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