The Star Wars Iconic Characters: Out of the Jungle.

[Kelko]

Kelko bolts upright from behind the passenger seats, multifaceted eyes bleary with semiconsciousness. A soft clicking emerges from the back of his throat, and his snout wrinkles with displeasure as he looks around, patting his scarred gut. He glances between Valara and Arani and winces as he tries to pull himself to his feet. "What I miss?" he asks, as brightly as he can muster.

 

[Pbartender]

Rorworr pushes the Pathfinder III as hard as he dares, in a desperate race for the relative safety of deep space. The beleaguered engines, however, can still only produce half of theri nominal power output, no matter how hard they try. The trio of fighters below recover from the unexpected maneuver, and once again press on the pursuit, gaining on the freighter with every passing moment.

Kelko sits up too quickly for his own good, and feels something tear sickeningly in his gut. A small trickle of blood seeps out from the makeshift bandage tied around his abdomen. Due to either Rorworr's evasive maneuvers, or Kelko's own painful queasyness... or perhaps a little bit of both... the ship sways as he stands up, and he is forced to use a nearby bacta canister to prop himself up.

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[OOC: And now for something completely different...]

RORWORR: Brave, brave Kelko, you shall not have died in vain!

KELKO: Uh, I'm-- I'm not quite dead, sir.

RORWORR: Well, you shall not have been mortally wounded in vain!

KELKO: I-- I-- I think I c-- I could pull through, sir.

RORWORR: Oh, I see.

KELKO: Actually, I think I'm all right to come with you, sir--

RORWORR: No, no, sweet Kelko! Stay here! I will send help as soon as I have accomplished a daring and heroic rescue in my own particular...

[sigh]

KELKO: Idiom, sir?

RORWORR: Idiom!

KELKO: No, I feel fine, actually, sir.

RORWORR: Farewell, sweet Kelko!

KELKO: I'll, um-- I'll just stay here, then. Shall I, sir? Yeah.

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[Valara Saar]

"Where is Sia-Lan when we need her, I can't heal other people with the force, I never actually learned. Arani you said Bacta is a medicine, perhaps we can use it on Kelko? Although I don't know quite how, maybe we have to make him drink all the bacta?"

She looks around thoughtfully, perhaps for a spoon, or for a bacta canister that is obviously set up for patients. "Kelko, I want you to be very still, do not move, you might hurt yourself further."

 

[Rorworr]

Rorworr curses quietly under his breath as the fighters begin to gain on the ship.

"Kaz, how long before we can make a jump?"

[OOC: And now for something completely different...]

RORWORR: Brave, brave Kelko, you shall not have died in vain!

KELKO: Uh, I'm-- I'm not quite dead, sir.

RORWORR: Well, you shall not have been mortally wounded in vain!

KELKO: I-- I-- I think I c-- I could pull through, sir.

RORWORR: Oh, I see.

KELKO: Actually, I think I'm all right to come with you, sir--

RORWORR: No, no, sweet Kelko! Stay here! I will send help as soon as I have accomplished a daring and heroic rescue in my own particular...

[sigh]

KELKO: Idiom, sir?

RORWORR: Idiom!

KELKO: No, I feel fine, actually, sir.

RORWORR: Farewell, sweet Kelko!

KELKO: I'll, um-- I'll just stay here, then. Shall I, sir? Yeah.

Just too funny

 

[Kaz Lo]

How long till jump? Well, Um, I mean the backup drive works, it's not got any problems, you should be able to jump just as soon as you want.

It's not quite so fast as the main drive, but it's better than nothing, much better.

 

[Dorn Tavers]

Dorn concentrates, doing his best to shut out the excited commotion around him, and trains the gun sights on one of the enemy fighters. Taking a calm breath, he fires and hopes for a hit...

 

[Arani Korden]

"Where is Sia-Lan when we need her, I can't heal other people with the force, I never actually learned. Arani you said Bacta is a medicine, perhaps we can use it on Kelko? Although I don't know quite how, maybe we have to make him drink all the bacta?"

"I don't think that's right. I believe we put him into the bacta. All the way in. With a breath mask and stuff."

 

[Valara Saar]

"Then perhaps we should do so, he doesn't look very well off. Instruct me on what to do, and I will do so." replies Valia looking around for a breath mask for her little green man.

[Jack, is there everything we need to get it to work in here? I am sure our new kelko wants his character back.]

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

"I know something of the healing arts, perhaphs I can assist..." Sen will look over the equipment available to see if we can use it to help Kelko [Treat Injury +5]

 

[Pbartender]

The canisters come in two sizes, large barrels that contain upwards of 1000 liters of bacta each, and smaller canisters standing about a meter tall, that probably hold only 100 liters. both varieties have a meter indicating the level of fluid within, and a valve with a spigot where some sort of hose could be connected.

As such, the canisters of bacta themselves are of little use to Kelko or his wound. If only you had a more suitable apparatus for applying the healing liquid...

The enemy fighters continue to close, as the Pathfinder claws its way into the upper atmosphere. Sporadic blaster fire flashes by the cockpit's viewports, but are at best only near misses.

Ignoring the clamor within the ship, Dorn again returns fire, but the range and speed of the chase defeat his best efforts.

[OOC: Lesson for the day... If small starships are dueling at full speed at anything better than point blank range, its really hard for them to hit each other.]