Star Wars - Rebellion

[Catulle]

The older man reached ground level a little after Izon, a faint sheen of sweat slicking his weathered brow. He nodded at the soldier's summation as he caught his breath again, looking about the group again.

"Yeah, that does look like our best bet. We can be out from the forest before dusk, too - if we get to it. Mind you, any folks looking for us will likely figure on our doing just that; so stay sharp..."

 

[Mickerus]

As Izon and Calven make their way down, Leo takes a break from showing Ryn neat stuff about comlinks and interrupting Andre as he shows Ryn neat stuff about com-links (including setting up everybody's comlinks on the same band as his internal comlink) and listens carefully to what they say.

"Well then, I suppose the decision is obvious. Shall we get going, then?"

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

The group, including the three band members and the two archeologists, begin the two hour trek to the west and hopefully out of the forest by nightfall. The going is difficult as the brush and trees are thick and there is no real trail through the undergrowth.

With night falling rapidly, the group does indeed find the edge of the forest nearly three hours after setting out. The grasslands stretch to the horizon to the west, north and south, with the forest at your backs to the east. Continuing west while there is still a bit of light, the group eventually crests a hilltop and below about a kilometer away is a group of buildings, and just beyond that is a river that runs north to south. No lights or activity can be seen in or around the grouping of buildings.

 

[maddmic]

Izon eyes the group of buildings for a few minutes while the rest of the group assembles and rests from their journey. "That's not normal. I would guess that there should be people milling around if this was a thriving town. No lights, no sign of movement. Let's just hope that this situation is as it seems. Absolutely nothing to be worried about." With that he turns to the group. "I'll go in and take a look around. I may not be the most quiet person, but I move faster by myself. If somebody wants to come with me, I can't stop you. If so, tell me now so there are no mishaps." With that, he pulls his heavy blaster and checks the power pack. Satisfied that it is still at full, he turns back to the group. "Once I have checked the area out, I will wave a glow rod in a circle three times, counterclockwise to you. After that I will turn back to the buildings." Nodding to anybody who has volunteered to come along with him, he moves at the fastest pace that is safe in the direction of the buildings with his blaster pointed in front of him.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Oraltor spends his time during the walk to the river asking the two archaeologists about Dantooine. Unlike many of the others, he had no idea he would be getting off here, and doesn't know much about the planet.

Oraltor keeps his blaster handy while Izon scouts the buildings. A strange place for an entertainer, indeed. It's been years since I walked so far in one stretch.

 

[dpdx]

Ryn peers up at the taller soldier, and smiles: "I'll go with you, Izon. Someone's gotta watch your back."

Looking back to the group, Ryn asks, "Whoever grabbed the macrobinocs, keep an eye on us, will ya? Someone... DID... grab... the... macro... binocs... right?" His eyes search each of the group members in turn.

When Izon sets off, Ryn follows him, blaster drawn but pointed at the ground. Ryn seems to have an easier time being quiet than Izon, even if it's a little more work to keep the pace...

 

[Calim]

"I got'em, and yes I will keep an eye on you." Andre says looking a little bit intimidated by what has been going on.

 

[Mickerus]

As he watches everybody engaged in such apparent paranoia, Leo looks back and forth between everybody and listens intently, and then takes a good long look at the dark buildings (as well as recording a personal note to upgrade his optical sensors).

"I must admit that I'm no expert on the contemporary architectural styles of Dantooine, but those wouldn't happen to just be ruins, would they?"

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Izon and Ryn set out for the buildings, leaving the group about half a kilometer away. Andre keeps watch on them with the macrobinoculars. It takes them about ten minutes to cover the distance between the group and the buildings.

By the time Izon and Ryn reach the outskirts of the buildings, night has almost completely fallen. They quickly discover that the buildings are indeed mostly ruins and remains, rather than intact. What is left standing appear to be mostly prefab buildings and shelters. There are remains of about fifteen buildings, along with obvious spots where other buildings once stood. One of the more intact structures looks to have been a hangar of some sort, and a couple others appear to have been housing units for a large number of people. It is nearly impossible to tell what the others were used for without entering them. To Izon, this most definitely appears to have been a military base of some sort.

Meanwhile, back where the rest of the group waits for Izon and Ryn, Andre notices some movement maybe 100 yards from where Ryn and Izon currently stand. Focusing the binoculars on the movement, Andre can make out the telltale armor worn by Imperial Stormtroopers. There are three of them and they appear to be cautiously making their way towards Ryn and Izon. Switching the view back to Izon and Ryn, Andre is certain that they are unaware that they are being stalked.

OOC: Ryn and Izon have not noticed the Stormtroopers approaching them.

 

[Calim]

Quietly on Ryn comm's channel"three storm troopers headed your way. About 100 yards out."

Quietly again to everyone else"Watch it 3 storm troopers coming in."