[OOC: If it helps, I'm not sure, either, Toric, except that the minute one of the others fails a check, they're going to be damn glad to have Kerracor around. Besides, he's one of those I mentioned who's going to be a rock for the party planetside...]
Round Two
Tilon reaches the top of the ladder, but not without a struggle, and glances out the transparisteel window to starboard. The damage to the hull is plainly visible, and the Jedi can see sparks where the hyperdrive used to be.
As Tilon looks out the window, he sees two things of note: bits of hull trailing to aft as flotsam, and a brief flash in the great distance. An ultra-brief, but nonetheless intense disturbance in the Force accompanies the flash, and Tilon physically understands that a tremendous loss of life has taken place in that brief, distant moment.
The chamber at the top of the ladder has two lighted exits. Left is the bridge, right is Engineering. Tilon knows from an earlier tour of the ship that only Engineering has an extra strap-in chair.
In the passenger area, Ka Jor's story is interrupted by the jolt of the second proton torpedo detonation. The refugees, all strapped in, seem to become more agitated with the jolt, and old tensions rise to the surface in a few of the chairs. None of the passengers are armed, but Ka Jor notices the rising panic level through the Force...
Shom throttles the Sanctuary forward as fast as she'll go; cruising speed (8/turn) to be exact. The young captain barks orders as only a high-strung Duros can: "Keep the shields doubled aft! Divert that hyperdrive feed to the engines! Stay off the life support and lights - We can't panic the passengers any more than they are!"
Pog has no trouble taking the hyperdrive feed offline (total Repair check vs. DC 15: 27) and routing that power to sublight engines [Sanctuary now moves 9 squares/turn]. Smiling with satisfaction, he notices the result on his console, and awaits the next order as he hears the engines surge, ever so slightly.
Denny takes off the comm headset with one hand, pulls up shield control on his console with another, and attempts to restore shields. He does, sort of; the console readout updates to show an improvement of 3 shield points. He tries again, but the ship's computer is proving to be somewhat recalcitrant at the Xexto's ministrations.
Hiru, having identified the Targets that Won't Go Away, manages to Focus the scanners on the pursuants. The added power of this mode helps him easily maintain countermeasures on the droid starfighters.
Kerracor, having noticed the lack of improvements in shields, tries again from his console. The Wookiee is MUCH more successful (natural 20!), and the shields are back up to full power.
The refugees, as mentioned before, are a little edgier than before, but still strapped in, and for the moment are listening intently to Ka Jor's story.
