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

[eoghanbt]

Tilon grips his lightsaber tighter, hunched, waiting for the STAPS to shift, shifting closer on the other side of the berm as the blaster bolts fly overhead...

 

[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)

Kerraccor lets fly with his bowcaster at the pilot of STAP #2. Unfortunately, the bolt must have been jostled in the nock, and when released, goes tumbling awkwardly over the berm, where it thuds inertly into the bladegrass.

Denny centers himself behind one blaster pistol, and fires one well-placed shot into the pilot of STAP #1. The impact and damage is enough to twist the pilot's body around, and as it falls (now backward) into the controls, Hiru's blaster bolt is enough to finish him off. The droid's now lifeless chassis then tumbles into the bladegrass below, but not before the now unoccupied STAP lurches forward about 5m closer to the berm.

Meanwhile, behind the ship to the west, Ka Jor stands atop the berm and swats at the bladegrass below with his lightsaber. The impact of the lightsaber vs. bladegrass is like steel, and the jolt is enough to knock the Jedi weapon from his hand. Fortunately for the young Jedi, the weapon deactivates before it strikes him on the head [causing 2 VP damage], and tumbles down the berm to the ship behind him.

Pog's headlong retreat picks up speed until he trips over a rock and rolls down the soft dirt of the berm (no damage). Ironically, Pog ends up in the square where he now lies prone, staring directly at the equipment he discarded before his attempt at surrender.

Tilon hazards a quick peek over the top of the berm, and notes that the STAP is about halfway closer to him than it was seconds ago. Unfortunately, it is not likely to get any closer to him for a long, long time. Perhaps if he had a cable dispenser (or even a rope), he could pull it toward him.

The inquisitive gormalok seems to have headed several meters back into the bladegrass. Meanwhile, the rest of the Separatist forces have made no appreciable progress in cutting the bladegrass to get to you.

 

[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)

Round One

Initiatives:

Tilon: 20
Denny: 19
Pog: 19
STAP: 13
Shom: 12
Kerraccor: 11
Ka Jor: 6
Hiru: 3

 

[maddmic]

Pog shifts his body around to where he can see the approaching STAP. Pulling his blaster out he readies it with two hands, not quite sure if using it was as easy as the dealer assured him. In his head he heard the salesman's words over and over. 'Just point and pull the trigger. make sure that the round end is pointing at your enemy.' Pog had tested the blaster out before, but this was different. He was sure that these targets would fire back at him. squeezing the trigger he let a bolt fly in the general direction of the droid left on his STAP.

OOC:
If he's doing too much this round, then he'll fire next round should there be a droid left on the 2nd STAP. Other wise, he'll still be pointing the blaster pistol in the direction that they came from.

 

[eoghanbt]

Tilon does, in fact, have a cable dispenser...He grabs the squat tube from his belt, aiming and firing it at the STAP, trying to hook/grab/grapple the front railing and then PULL it hard towards himself and the top of the berm...

 

[eoghanbt]

Tilon does, in fact, have a cable dispenser...He grabs the squat tube from his belt, aiming and firing it at the STAP, trying to hook/grab/grapple the front railing and then PULL it hard towards himself and the top of the berm...

 

[Pbartender]

Stepping foward, Denny shifts his aim to the second STAP pilot, and fires each of his blasters one after the another, unleashing a barrage of blaster fire.

OOC: 4 ranged attacks at +0 each.

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Kerraccor roars in irritation at his bowcaster bolt going astray. He will fire at the STAP pilot again, if he is still standing when it is his turn to shoot.

 

[Jaik]

Assuming the second STAP rider is stilla round when it comes to his action, Hiru will draw a bead on it and attempt to do it harm with his blaster.

(BTW, how tall is the bladegrass in comparison to the height of the gormaloks?)

 

[dpdx]

The bladegrass grows unevenly, with heights anywhere from 3 to 4 meters above the ground they grow on. Most of the gormaloks easily reach 1 to 2 meters above that. If you were to be able to ride one, you could easily stay above the bladegrass.

[I'll post the round so far a little later tonight.]