Star Wars Episode 2.1q: The Fall of Eraydia (RIP)

[dpdx]

[The Sanctuary, for safety reasons, has nothing flammable inside as part of its engine room, which is buried underneath the surface, anyway (Oh, but I wish.). However, weapons damage would mow it down...

So far, it looks like two PCs are preparing for combat, three are neutral, and one has prepared for surrender. Shom will not act until there seems to be a visual consensus. Remember, the droids and tanks are roughly ten minutes away from your position. The tanks and droids cannot fire at you from where they are, and the sea of bladegrass is extensive enough that they can't really get to you in any other way except the way they are currently trying...

I'll wait for a little while longer for Ka Jor and Hiru to post actions, and then the scene will commence, with whatever decision the PCs have made.

And thanks, BTW, Pbartender, for saving me a trip to Powell's to crib out of the UAA. I was wondering how to resolve Denny's attacks.]

 

[DonAdam]

Ka Jor, satisfied that the passengers are as safe as they're going to be, reemerges from the ship.

"Since we've got some time before the tanks get here, we can at least try to parlay with the troops on the STAP's. We won't be trapped by the tanks yet if we end up having to fight our way out.

Even if we have to surrender, I'm sure I can persuade their leader to let us go. As long as the refugees are not harmed, we do not exactly have much to lose by being captured and then set free."

 

[Pbartender]

"Even if we have to surrender, I'm sure I can persuade their leader to let us go. As long as the refugees are not harmed, we do not exactly have much to lose by being captured and then set free."

"Do you negotiate with battle droids often? I didn't think that they'd be program for diplomacy and etiquette.

"Did you know, that their 'leader' is actually a massive computer bank that remote controls the troops from on board an orbiting battle cruiser? Absolutely fascinating, eh? I'd read all about it in Galactic Astrographic magazine after the Battle of Naboo. Turned out some human child flew straight into the command ship's docking bay, and destroyed the entire cruiser with a single torpedo! That's a pretty tall tale to swallow, if you ask me. Just the same, its a shame we don't have a starfighter handy ourselves.

"At any rate, it's not the capturing, but the setting free I'm worried about..." Denny carefully tracks the STAP with his pistols, "They don't rightly seem the type for it, if you catch my meaning."

Denny's readied action still stands.

 

[DonAdam]

"Surely they would take us to a human leader somewhere down the chain of command...

"Still, you are right. That might happen too late. But, even if we can fight the first few, surely we cannot handle those tanks. What do you suggest we do against them?"

 

[dpdx]

Still, you are right. That might happen too late. But, even if we can fight the first few, surely we cannot handle those tanks. What do you suggest we do against them?"

At this point, the Duro speaks up. "Run."

The green man then speaks into his comlink. "Hiru, get out here! We're gonna smoke these two guys in the airspeeders, and then we start cutting bladegrass!"

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Pog stares at the impending doom and absentmindedly answers the wookie. "Yes, yes, those STAPS can be dealt with easier than the tanks. The question is do we want to deal with them though? I mean, how bad could this situation be right now. Maybe they'll let us go? I doubt they'll let us go if we open fire on them or are hostile to them in any manner." That being said, Pog nervously holsters the blaster that he tried so hard to free from it's confines. He then shifts his belongings from one arm to the other.

Kerraccor looks at Pog in puzzlement and growls softly in the back of his throat. [Shryiiwook] "They won't let us go. I'm not turning my 'caster over to their kind either." [/Shryiiwook]

"At any rate, it's not the capturing, but the setting free I'm worried about..." Denny carefully tracks the STAP with his pistols, "They don't rightly seem the type for it, if you catch my meaning."

Kerraccor growls, nodding his head in agreement with Denny. He holds his bowcaster a bit more firmly, pointing it in the general direction of the STAPs.

And to anyone listening and can understand he says, [Shryiiwook] "I'm not allowing myself to be captured by battle droids so that I'll have to rely on their charity to regain my freedom. I'd rather take them out right now." [/Shryiiwook]

 

[dpdx]

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Key:
*: Bladegrass
^: Dirt Berm
O: Hatch

#s: STAPs
&: Gormalok

t: Tilon
k: Kerraccor
d: Denny
p: Pog
s: Shom
j: Ka Jor
h: Hiru (at hatch, based on last stated action)

(Not to scale - refer to text description of ranges.)

 

[eoghanbt]

Tilon pulls his lightsaber from his belt, left hand upon the hilt, bending down against the berm, right hand gently resting upon it, legs bent and the knees, gently rocking, listening to the approaching sound of the hovering platforms..shifting slightly left or right as they approach...


<OOC: puting myself in a position to be right infront /under/ the STAPS as they cross the berm...>

 

[dpdx]

The STAPs approach to within 10m of the berm, but no closer, and hover there for a few pregnant seconds. Finally, an amplified metallic voice (so as to be heard over the bladegrass) speaking in Basic issues from the closest one:

"Attention, Eraydian invaders! You are under arrest for crimes against the Separatist Confederacy. Put down your weapons, and surrender peacefully, or we will be forced to terminate you. Attention, Eraydian invaders..."

The STAPs do not fire, and the script (obviously written by a Separatist completely devoid of irony) loops. [Maybe I should be asking for Sanity checks...]

To the north, beyond the STAPs, the droids and tanks have made roughly a meter of progress on their field of bladegrass. The gormaloks remain in place, grazing on bladegrass to your immediate east.

Actions?

[Okay, first, distances:

The STAPs are 10m from the berm. The berm is 10m high, and 1m wide at it's highest point, and slopes for 5m (2 per 1m square) to the ground, where there is 2m of level ground until the ship. Characters crouching beneath the berm (like Tilon) or standing on the level ground (like Kerraccor) have 3/4 cover and concealment from the STAPs at their hovering height from 10m away (15m above ground, 5m above the bladegrass).

The hatch comes out the middle of the ship's circular fuselage, at a height of roughly 7m above current ground level (remember, the Sanctuary is partially buried beneath ground. From the hatch to the edge of the ship is 40m in any direction, which can be walked (2 full rounds) or slid down (move action). Because of this distance from the berm, and the slope, characters on the south side of the ship only have 25% cover, no concealment, and are roughly 90m away from the STAPs.]

Oh, and Pog, if you don't get down offa that berm, your shoes are gonna be huaraches in about 2.1 rounds.

 

[Jaik]

Hiru comes racing up the corridor towards the hatch, his blaster pistol in hand. He stops at the left side of the hatch, facing into the ship, and holds his pistol upright with both hands in front of him, ready to turn around the edge of the hatch and open fire with the benefit of cover. He seems to be whistling absently through his teeth, something jaunty and very out of place.