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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 5516264" data-attributes="member: 51930">[ooc]Okay, let's wrap up this combat.  I've been slow due to, frankly, severe writers block for this particular game.  I know Perrinmiller is in Japan right now, and could use something more supportive/interesting than more of this one scene.  [/ooc]  Z3r0 sticks his finger in the computer's slot and starts to hack the system.  Various 0s and 1s are traded back and forth, codes and passwords and encryptions with some decryptions, until finally the door's computer system bursts open! The droids are momentarily distracted by the action of the doors against their motion sensors:  the Clones fire their weapons just in time, catching them off guard and knocking down the last of the SBDs.       One of the clones fires on the remaining Droideka, then the Jedi padawan moves up to it and stabs its shield with his lightsabre, overloading the shield.  The Droideka turns its guns on the Jedi, about to obliterate him back into the Force, when a single blaster shot strikes its control module!  Its computer is overwhelmed, and its chassis falls to the ground.   Z3R0 can tell from his computer conversation that the alarm has been sounded.  In theory every droid in the building should have been summoned to this very spot, but the entrance to the base is strangely vacant. [sblock=Meanwhile...]  The computer monitors showed the POVs of the droids as the attack began, SBDs and Droidekas falling one by one to the clone army.   The Tactician droid commanding operations turned to the dark cloaked figure standing before a large wall of screens of the battle outside the compound's doors.  Another bank of screens showed the freeing of the Clone Troopers by two Jedi and some other troopers.  Yet, whether this new incident would raise the alarm, or be swept under the rug like the last one, was yet to be determined.       Formerly this mysterious shape had followed the Separatist General Faknom Gi around, less like a bodyguard than a grim wraith.  The hood covered the figure's face, but this was the commander of the Separatist forces on the planet now.  A hologram transmission from Count Dooku himself had announced as much, moments before a red lightsabre had extended from the cloaked figure's hand and ended Faknom Gi's career.  One failure too many, it seemed. Our scans have determined two members of this Republic group to be Jedi.  Should we send reinforcements to destroy the intruders? No.  Leave them to me.  The voice was cold, like a voice from beyond the grave.We must lead them on a merry chase...  We only need to keep them from escaping.  Lead them to the shield generator room, and I'll spring my little... trap. The figure turned and swept out of the room.  Had the tactician droid any blood, or veins for that matter, it would have run chill through them.  As it was, its algorythms had determined the best course of action would be to avoid displeasing this new master.  It summoned some sky patrols to force the Republic commandoes into the building, and turned again to monitor the building and position forces in strategic locations, to keep the band headed to the Shield generator.  Just for safety's sake, it decided, it ordered more troops to the control room; after all, they wouldn't be needed elsewhere...[/sblock] Outside the compound, the party could see the sky begin to fill with Sky Patrols.  The droid fliers began to do strafing runs on the courtyard, encouraging the heroes to escape into the shelter of the building.</blockquote>

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