Sla Rpg - Game Turns

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Jason Stiners Turn:

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Jason targets the darknight terrorist and follows tank up the ramp firing blind over his shoulder in the general direction of the terrorist

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Change of Plan apologies im off on holidays tonight i'll have internet access until thursday morning so if there's anything outstanding to be done best ask me now as i could probably squeeze out the next game turn on wednesady night

game continues Sept 8th

again apologies (doesnt stop you from posting on the COMS channel while im gone) I'll Email/PM you all when the game is back on again

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Gaunt

Trusting his team mates to take care of any enemies Gaunt wastes no time looking around and sprints up the open ramp after Tank, half dragging the last remaining scientist along with him.

Rnger

Byuu runs up the ramp following Gaunt. Turns half way up the ramp, sniper rifle in hand, crouches down on one knee and opens fire on the hanging DarkKnight.

Drakar

Spirit awakens from her reverie staring at the guard lying prone at the Sulako entrance, and looks at Zmek. For a moment her lip sets stubbornly, but then looking back to the guard's body which seems to be radiating a growing pool of blood (blood angels anyone?), and then to the welcoming safety of the rest of the ship beckoning her onwards, she quickly relents. Keeping herself low, she darts away from the ship entrance, cautiously progressing with the intention of securing the bridge.

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Yaaaay everyones posted

sorry for all leaving you on a cliff hanger im back from holidays friday morning so i will post the next game reply deff by sat day morning at the latest.

cya ya all soon

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And now we return to our next thrilling instalment of DEATH ABOVE MORT!!!

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Game turn 14

A plethora of shots ring out from different directions as various members of the team provide covering fire for one another as they make a tactical withdrawal up the cargo ramp to the safety of the Sulako. The sniper attached to the roof is frantically trying to reach the safety of a metal beam along the roof as shots ping all around him. The general consensus of the team is that you shoot and keep on shooting him until you wound him so much that he's not able to shoot back, unfortunately for the Darknight terrorists one of the shots strays off target and slices clean through his safety harness and you watch mesmerized as the terrorist plunges 120ft screaming to his death.

the other terrorist is no where in sight as the last of you makes a mad dash into the safety of the sulako spirit reaches the command deck and orders the pilot to take off immediately. All the science crew and equipment is accounted for as you take your seats the giant engines of the sulako roar into life and without clearance or permission your ship rockets out of the docking ring within seconds the engines at maximum burn causing untold damage to the area around the docking ring but at this point you think to youself's what does it matter as in minutes if you don't reach minimum safe distance your toast anyway!!

you can hear the stormer slowly counting down to himself as the seconds stretch away into agonizing minutes you start thinking to yourself "that's it were doomed we didn't make it" as shuttle hurtles father and father away from mort the pilot tells you if you were try to make a re-entry while the station went critical the shock wave would knock you out of trajectory and you'd all burn up which is why your heading out into space,

from behind you there is a distant BOOM and a mushroom cloud appears in orbit where the station once was

The explosion rolls out into space like an oil slick fire sleeking and oozing in every direction "aaahhh fire in zero G" zmek thinks to himself "is there nothing more beautiful.....or deadly" thankfully your ship manages to avoid the ensuing shockwave in the wake of the explosion and your ship makes a 180 Degree turn and heads back in the direction of MORT

"that" says tank "was the most expensive fireworks display Ive ever seen"

[end of turn]

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there are now 2 game turns before you reach the safety of mort's atmosphere again you don't have to do anything but if you want to do a patrol of the ship while you here let me know

Specky

Oblivious of the remainder of the crew and the scientists as they staggered and darted past him on the cargo ramp Zmek reached out into the space between the muzzle of his assault rifle and the terrorist with his mind, feeling each bullet tear through the smoke laiden air of the docking ring.

Beneath his ill-fitting disguise the enemy still wore light armour whch absorbed many of the shots, unbalancing him and preventing any return of fire but for a few wild sprays of bullets that did little more than add to the smoke and sparks dancing around him as he desperately fought for escape.

Clear among the ricochets and explosions the sharp "snikk!" of the tether as it severed could be heard and with it came the sudden change of expression on the face of the terrorist. Betrayed by the artificial gravity that had so recently failed and been restored on board the station, he watched as the cieling began to recede, the glare of lights soon obscuring the still dangling end of the climbing cord.

A few more fortunate shots continued to thud into his armour or whine away in deflection from the hard points on his weapons but these were ignored now as the deck shot up to greet him in a final innevitable clash.

Zmek smiled as he watched the shock wave pass through the body as it bounced slightly and he imagined the shattering bones trapped within the encasing armour, their broken shards ripping muscle and flesh, but his smile was short lived as the cackling roar of the Sulako's engines came to life and the cargo ramp upon which he knelt tilted backwards shutting off his view of the remaining chaos.

He braced himself against the hull against the sudden acceleration and looked around him to see who was nearby. Most people seemed occupied with steadying themselves against the violent motion as the ship made its escape.

Waiting until the initial manouvres were complete and the ship's movements steadied he slipped the assault rifle back below his coat and pushed himself away from the bulkhead, moving hand over hand along the rail towards the main passenger area in search of the remainder of the squad.

He comms the squad "Did we get all the valuables on board?...Did we leave anyone behind? That was really rather fun don't you think...."

Arriving in the main passenger area Zmek looks over to where the observation ports are but rather than take a look outside he heads for a refreshment trolly that lies on its side in the aisle, picks up a plastic cup and scoops up a few cubes of ice that don't look too dirty. Collapsing into a flight seat nearby to breath in the cool vapours he comms again "Tal, do your sharp eyes see any sign of the stealth ship outside or did it go up with the station?"

A thin man with glasses whinces as a medic plucks broken glass from his hand in the seat opposite where Zmek has chosen to sit. He flashes his fangs at the injured scientist "ooo that looks tasty, save me the juicy pieces won't you?"

Nevyn

Tali'Einea did wait to see the terrorist fall but her grin widened as she heard the thud crunch behind her as she swept onto the ship.

She herded the last of the lab rats into seats and then once the hatch is closes ,
she walks about the ship inspecting to see could it have been tamper with in a hurry. She then peers out the side portal watching the station receed.

Her breath catches as she watches the explosion light up the dark of space obsuring the stars. She looks for the out line of the stealth ship againt the light.

Nevyn

As Tali looks out the window at the pryotechinal display of lights she notices a dark shilloutte of a craft leaving the station in the same direction as you it looks like its heading your way..........

She quickly coms the rest of the team not wanting the LAb rats to hear and start panicing.

" INCOMMING , stealth ship active and apperntly intact , lets round up and stuff the lab rats in a closet or toilet so they dont get underfoot. and how about we find some way to obsure these windows for as far as we know the DT's remaiing are ebon and we dotn want to give them line of sithgt into the ship. Dont hink we are going to be able to out run them "

She strolls over to Smekie, grins down at him. "What you recon the odds on knocking our tail way from us and the rebounding force considering we are in relativefrictionless space giving us a shove to shift us planetside a damn sight quicker ? "

Squall

Squall watches as the terrorist falls to his death, his Shaktar ears picking up the crunch of bone and tear of flesh. He turns and runs up the ramp grabbing a falling scientist and hauling him to his feet. "Run, fool"

The Sulako lurches to and fro freeing itself from the grasp of the stations docking arms with its powerful plasma drive. Squall braces himself against the shifting gee forces and makes his way towards a seat big enough to fit his 2 metre frame.

*Squall hears Tal'Eanias coms message*

"Alright you heard her, Chairs tables, whatevers available. Get those windows covered. *He gets up from his chair grabs it with both hands and tears it from the decking to he sound of grinding metal and slams it to the nearest bulkhead window*.

"If you can get us down any faster do it"

"Prepare weapons to repel a boarding party. HP or standard rounds only. And no explosives"

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Tanks Game Turn

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On hearing Squall and Tali's order tank looks around for the closest object thats not welded to the floor, tank selects the largest table in the room and lifts the table over to the nearest window and blocks it. Looking around at the rest of the squads effort to block various View ports and window Tank then heads off showgun drawn in the direction of the airlock to make a barricade there in case the terrorists try to make a forceable entry into the ship as Squall Said they might

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Stieners turn

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Stiener Turns to Dr raynes and says "if you will be so kind as to gather your fellow science team and follow me please" Then leads the group of down a corridor

*COMS the team*

"im leading the science crew to the forward observation deck from the plans it seems the fartherst point away from the airlocks and its a small enough area so if they beat us back this far the surviving members of our team can stage a last stand in the smallest part of the ship seems easy enough to defend i'll report back when im there ........ Stiener out"

Leading the science crew away with weapon drawn in case there are any surprises awating them when they get to the forward observation deck stiener calms himself and move on....

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Gaunt

"I'll head down to the airlock too. Might be able to disable it and buy a little time. Speaking of which," looking at Squall. "Can the captain of this ship keep us posted on where the stealth ship is?"
Jogs after Tank.

Drakar

Not sure /exactly/ where she is, Spirit listens to the comm chatter while progressing through the ship. On hearing instructions to talk to the pilot, she heads what she hopes is bridgewards, following the route of what she decides are important looking people rather than any particular signage (which doesn't seem to be available). A short few minutes later, she notices a doorway through which many of the crew seem to be progessing.

Satisfied with her logic, Spirit smirks to herself and walks through the doorway leading to ... the canteen. Performing a casual about turn, Spirit heads back out and continues her quest for the bridge.

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[Game turn 15]

With the ships engines at maximum, the sulako hurtles at break neck speeds through the cold dark emptyness of space heading for the planet mort. close on its tail a next to invisible against the blackness of space the stealth ships is closing in fast on its prey.....

As the team of weary SLA operatives meet in the passenger area (with the exception of spirit who is somewhere near the kitchens 5 decks below the command deck) the COMS system becomes active and the team hear the following:

"Attention this is the captian speaking....i eerrgghh have a message for the operatives aboard this ship. [you hear him mutter to himself "i didnt even know we HAD operatives on this ship"]
It reads surrender the package and all information relating to the package to us in a lifepod immediatly or we will destroy your ship - message ends"
there is a slight pause from the captian "we show no ships on radar so can someone please tell me what the hell is going on??"

with that you hear the captian say "Oh 5h1t someones got a lock on us what the hell is going on!!"

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[end of turn]

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Specky

Without waiting for any further response from the squad leader Zmek heads towards the escape pods. Aware that comms may be being scanned he open comms Steiner "Steiner, you heard the order, bring Dr Raynes and the cargo to the escape pods immediately to comply with the instruction from the hailing ship. We have to do whatever we can to safeguard these poor people....quickly man, for Mort's sake"....

Arriving at the pod air locks he barks at three young men standing nearby looking like they're doing their best to stay out of trouble. "You, you and you" he stabs at them with a gloved index finger, "I need you to help me clear out this escape pod so we can fit the cargo inside, quickly!! Get in there now!!"

He pokes the door release button of the nearest pod and gestures the three bewildered scientists inside. Once they are in he will follow them inside, and draws his side arm.

"Oops! Silly me, I forgot to mention, you are the cargo. Now, sit down, strap in and stay quiet." Covering them with his FEN he comms the other members of the squad on an open channel "Squad leader, I have the escape pod ready to accept the cargo, keep all other personnel clear of the loading area...we don't want to delay the transaction a moment more than is necessary".

Taking in the confused and frightened looks on the faces of his captives he says lightly "Relax. Just a little trip.....exciting isn't it?"

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Stiners Turn

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On Hearing Squalls order and Zmek's COM Steiner asks Dr Raynes "can you please assist me in bringing the package to the lifepod" and with that begins to load the package onto a trolly with Raynes protests falling on deaf ears. begins to gather the package and contents and trots off towards the life pods

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One more thing

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Ranyes moves over to squall and starts protesting

"please You cant be serious in giving them this research equipment, you have no idea of the ramafications of what you are doing. If darknight get there hands on this package it could mean the death of every brain waster and ebon in the known universe" raynes pauses for a moment only to catch his breath and then says "i know you might have a plan but believe me if it fails were are ALL doomed, it will lead to the ultimate downfall of SLA ind if they get there hands on this package"

etc etc etc etc blah blah blah!! (you get the point)

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tank

*Tanks turn


Tank COMS Squall "rodger that im on my way" on hearing Squalls orders tank heads away form the kitchen still with half a cooked chicken in his mouth saliva and drool all over the carcess of the chicken tank starts whistling a happy tune whilst crunching on the bones of the chicken and he heads in the direction of the lifepods glaring at the cheif as he leaves daring him to try and take the chicken away from him.

Drakar

Spotting Tank heading away from the kitchens, (which Spirit had already discovered did not in fact house the bridge), Spirit tagged along in the milling crowds following him back to the others.

Gaunt

After taking a white lab coat from one of the scientists Gaunt paused at the escape pod- "Well I'll be damned if I am oing to wait here to find out what happens to me..." - and steps in.

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i'll be posting two game turns in a row so nobody post anything just yet ok......


Team 1:

Tank
Gaunt
Squall
Zmek

Team 2

Spirit
Tal' Einea
Stiener
byuu


[Game Turn 16]

Team 1's game turn:

There is a flurry of motion as science crew move in and out of the POD making it safe to transport the package. once work is complete you all board the pod and strap in. 3-2-1.... there is a sudden rush as you are pushed back into your seat as the G-force exerted pushes you clear of the sulako you hear the stormer murmer "ooooo i think im gonna be sick...knew i shouldnt have eaten that chicken before i left"
as the Pod moves further and further away from the sulako you can hear over the COMS channel which is directed at the sulako:

"we are commencing scan of the lifepod now no funny busniess if you've double crossed us we wont hesitate to destory your ship and the pod"

from indside the pod right above your current position you can see a haze like effect (like the predator's cloaking effect from the movie)
suddenly there is a shimmer as the ship decloaks and what you see terrifies you, its not a scout ship or a stealth ship built for hiding as you thought but instead you see the weapons systems on this ship could punch a hole through a necanthrope battle cruiser this is a war ship!!! they begin to scan the pod ................................................minutes pass........................

you hear on the COMS channel "the pod seems clean and we are detecting ebb traces on board that means the package is on board thank you your services are no longer required"

"Interesting" says one of the science crew "the Ebb emmissions from the package must be interefering with there scans an interesting side effect dont you think!!" *Jots something down on a peice of paper"*

the stealth ship begins a docking sequance with the POD but just as it starts too you see it fire 3 missles in the direction of the sulako!!

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Team 2

there isnt really anything you can do but watch as the life pod floats away from the sulako out into space you hear the captian say "thats it we will be entering MORTS atmosphere in minutes were alomst home i think were going to make it!! you can see the pod from you position and suddenly there is a shimmer as the ship de-cloaks and begins a scan of the POD nothing happens!!! Tali thinks to her self "hmmmm they didnt detect the humans!! strange" once they begin docking sequance you see the ship FIRE 3 missles in your direction!!!!!!

you hear the captian say "were taking evsave manuvers firing chaff"
the chaff acts as a decoy for 2 of the missles but the other one slams home hitting the bottom level of the sulako!! the ship rocks and rolls about the place as tali thinks to herself yip right about now!!!

[end of turn]

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i'll be posting another game turn the follow up to this in 2 hrs i have some work to do the next game turn will be out at 2:30am


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There isnt anything team 2 can do but stay on the sulako and wait and see if they win!!

I am sorry about the lack of detail but if i were to actually write out the combat rounds as they happened it would probably take up 5 or 6 pages!!! so here is the shortened down version of what happened!!

[Game turn 16a]

As the doors to the lifepod are opened gaunt and the 3 scientists stand up and go over to the door as the blast doors are pulled back the dark night terrorists are totally in awe "who the hell are you??" one of the science crew says "were scientists sent to unload the package"
the DN terrorists seem to think about this for a second "eerrgghh ok so" there are totally oblivious to the other occupants of the ship as you look into the battle cruiser there are actually 6 other terrorists in there 4 of them appear to be brain waster or ebon!! your totally out numbered totally out gunned but you have the element of surprise so you take it.....

....... then something particular happens!! the package starts to hum, the noise gets louder and louder electrical discharge streaks off the package and hits the walls of the POD!! one of the terrorists yells "what the hell is going on" as a massive wave of ebb hits the POD and package seems to suck in on itself above the whirr and noise you hear one of the science crew yell something then the world goes white...........

squall is the first to wake up!! you all lying on the deck of the battle cruiser you've all been thrown out of the life pod and into the main cargo bay, there isnt anything left of the life POD just a twisted hunk of metal thats still somehow managed to hold together its hull integrity could have been something to do with the package maybe which you can see has somehow transported itself out of the pod and its floating in SPACE!!!!

some the ebons and brain wasters are down unconscious including zmek, that leaves 3 of you versus 5 of them with no ebb users!!

you still have the element of surprise as most people are still down on the deck disorientated so you take it........


[begin combat]

Round 1:

Squall comes up with machine gun blazing there are 4 targets you pick the closest which is an ebon and round you gun on him you hit him above the left shoulder which sends him spinning around! tank is the next up
and brings his shotgun to bear on the other ebb user thats up and conscious a brain waster!! BLAM BLAM hitting him square in the chest, these terrorists are heavily armoured so the armour absorbed alot of the damage Zmek is only now beginning to stir as gaunt comes up from the deck and starts shooting again at one of the ebons!! again hitting him as if you can keep them from channelling you might just get out of this alive.

Round 2:
Zmek is up now holding his head with a look of pure rage on his face and starts to channel ebb the plan will be to keep them off zmek long enough for him to channel blast attacks.....seems as good as any, zmeks face contorted with anger as he begins the calculations for channelling.
this time the commander of the ship comes down onto the cargo deck....he's a shaktar!!! takes one look at Squall and issues a death challenge to him in shaktar!! (basically squall if you don't accept it will shame your honour!!) Squall and the other shaktar begin there dance of death with swords drawn screaming at each other in shaktar!!
this leaves gaunt and tank to try and hold off the other attackers!!

shots ring out all over the cargo bay and both gaunt and tank are hit in the legs and chest again and again by the defenders (your both wearing body armour relax your not dead just injured) the ebon and brain waster are you primary targets luckily your attempts are successful as zmek is still untouched

round 3:

tank and gaunt together manage to bring down both ebb users to the ground in a hail of bullets both ebb users are critically hit meanwhile zmek gets hit from behind by one of the attackers that managed to out flank you. with amazing mental control zmek doesn't even flinch even though he's been wounded bleeding his mind totally focused on creating the blast!! squall and the shaktar commander have both traded blow for blow and are evenly matched both bleeding from a number of cuts and bruises you can hardly keep up with them as they fight back and forth between the crates and boxes in the cargo bay!!

round 4:

last round for zmek to stay focused and then boom!!

zmek again is hit from that human from behind but his armour saves most of the damage and still manages to keep it together the effort visible on zmeks face as he tries to stop the power of the ebb from searing his mind blank tank draws his power swords running screaming at the human attacking zmek that leaves the last human standing for gaunt to deal with. shots ring out again as tank and gaunt are hit in various parts of the torso, by the two remaining humans alive bleeding quiet badly but still able to fight tank and gaunt trade shots with the terrorists hitting them in the upper torso!, and then you hear laughing...a twisted wheezing laugh full contempt and rage it sounds like the laugh of a madman!! you realize that zmek has stopped chanting and is looking directly at the 2 darknight humans!! you both dive to one side and the actual air around the humans turns to fire! burning them, hurting them....killing them. An area effect of 5 meters is blasted by pure force of energy as the humans are picked up and hurled back into crates they still are alive amazingly but this makes them easy targets for you too off one of them manages to get a shot off at tank wounding him quiet severely (might have hit near your heart) as the stormer hits the deck unconscious (your not dead......yet)

round 5:

(actually your battle went on another 4 rounds but we'll finish it now squall)

locked in mortal combat sweat mixed with blood pours down squalls brow!!as comrades fall on either side both shaktar whirling around with blade and fist bared blow after blow reigns down as fate would have in the end it is squalls blade that hits home sliding through a chink the commanders armour you feel it hit bone and fatal hit you know this to be true. As the commander sides down your blade the hatred in his eyes gone replaced with respect for an adversary that has beaten him. he mutters to you in shaktarian "live free die well" he seems to be glad that it was a shaktar that beat him as he dies you wrench your blade free and look around the cargo bay.

both yourself and gaunt are badly wounded and tank needs immediate medical treatment or he'll die with zmek the only one not really covered in scars he's been hit alright and is bleeding but he seems to be enjoying the shaktar in your blood takes over and you scream a war cry......a war cry of victory!!!


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Squall

*Squall chants a few quiet few Shaktar tribal rites over the body of his vanquished apponent, then looks arond to survey the scene*

"Zmek, The stormer needs your healing, he may not survive till the Sulako docks"

"Gaunt, your with me, we need to secure the bridge and prepare for docking. Contact the Sulako and tell them make best speed to rendevouz.......and tell they Ebon her healing skills are needed"

*Squall places his Katana in the crook of his arm and heads for the bridge, adrenaline replaced by weariness as the battle lust subsides*

Specky

Zmek remains in a stance of readiness, weak and panting but with a slight smile at his handiwork. He looks over to Gaunt "Pff!! Suicide mission!"

Looking around for the possibility of any new attackers his eyes eventually fall on the stormer. He raises his eyes "Why do they make them so big?" he asks no-one in particular "...so easy to hit"

He strolls over, non too hurried, assessing the stormer's injuries visually as he proceeds "So the race is on...blood loss versus the legendary stormer regenerative process, it would almost be fun to watch......."

As he walks the pain from his own injuries begins to seap through the barrier of battle rage and he winces slightly, stopping and feeling his back. He looks at the blood on his gloved hand "Damned humans and their guns..."

He squats down beside Tank and pulls off a glove to reveal a pale, boney hand with sinuous fingers that he uses to probe the most serious of the stormer's wounds. "Hmmm...that one will kill you if left untended....but the others will regenerate".

He looks up watching the package floating in the cargo bay "Did the Sulako survive the missile strikes? Or more to the point did anyone on the Sulako survive the missile strikes? If she's still manouverable we could use a pilot over here soon......" he looks up and surveys the cargo bay "well this should earn us a little credibility with SLA when we come home with a Darknight warship and a heap of dead terrorists in tow"

He sigh slightly and looks back at Tank "Alright stormer...we haven't completed this mission yet and we may need your abilities at catching enemy fire again".

Zmek utilises his healing kill to stem the flow of blood from the main injuries, not expending any more energy than is necessary to prevent the stormer's death and leaving all minor ijuries to be regenerated on their own.

Once completed he moves away to a corner, partially obscured by some crates to tend to his own injuries....the other crew don't see that he checks to ensure that no-one is watching before he raises his naked hand in front of his face, looking at the stormer blood trickle down his fingers before bringing the same hand to his mouth to remove the blood.

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Just want to point out that the package in space not floating in the cargo bay!

but all in all i think that turned out rather well, but just to let you know there's 2 ebon dark night terrorists alive and unconsious in the cargo bay!!

Nevyn

Tali goes and talks to the capt to get a tractor beam on the stealth ship so that the squad can come home under thier own steam rather then having to send out an assist signal.

" might be best Capt if you signal a head
and tell Andrews that we have a captured a dark Knight ship and we may need assitance. "

Tali then looks out the window at the floating package , and then starts the calculations to teleport to the package.

Her hair stands on as she pull in as much flux as she can to make the jump there and back as fast as possible.

She opens her eyes grinning,
' this will either work or I die, or we all die; ' .

She applies endure cold , exhales , closes her eyes and she is there with the package in space...................................

Drakar

Following Tali to the bridge, Spirit surveys the extent of the damage. The rag tag melange of bridge consoles and equipment (the captain must have aquired replacements from a number of second hand ship yards over the years), are either blinking red warning lights or emitting showers of sparks. Looking more than a little woosie headed, but also quite affronted that anyone would attack HIS ship, the captain shouts out orders to nearby staff who scurry to put out fires and bring order to the apparent chaos.

After watching the conversation between Tali and the captain regarding the possibility of applying a tractor beam to the Dark Knight ship, Spirit watches some some trepidation as Tali focuses on reaching out for the flux energies. Conscious of the unpredictable results of interrupting someone who is calling on the flux, Spirit quells her concerns and allows the taste of environmental flux to wash over her, with more than a passing interest in how the operation progresses.

Gaunt

Gaunt limped after the Shaktar toward the bridge where he collapsed at the nearest console. With his breath coming in gasps he rips off his body armour and lets the uselessly shattered mess fall to the ground before slapping a self adhesive bandage to his leg wound.

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Team 1's game turn
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tank's major wounds are healed by the brain waster as cold shiver passes down your spine as zmek heals the leathal hit to tanks vital organs

As the rest of mobile team members of team 1 begin to secure the stealth ship no other resistant is encountered the 2 surviving members of the terrorists both of which are human are bound gagged and locked in the stealths ships brig the team begin to wonder who first of all there going to get the package which is right now floating in space and 2nd how there going to get back to mort's surface which is so teasingly close if you look out of the port side windows you can see the palents surface (well the rain clouds anyway) it almost brings a tear to your eye

you hear on the COMS channel the captian of the Sulako
"stay tight were going to tractor you in and haul you back to MORT andrews airforce base has been informed of our situation and will be ready for us hold on while i move into position to tractor you in - this is the sulako...out"

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Team 2's game turn

from the bridge of the sulako stiener, spirit and Tali watch helplessly as the package drifts further and further into space with no hope of a resuce from other ships for if you did that the package would be swallowed by the deeps of space never to been seen again both spirit and stiener both turn to look with a look of shock as tali begins to focus and start channeling ebb suddenly you see tali opening her eyes grinning, and says
' this will either work or I die, or we all die;

and she diseappears....................

Tali suddenly finds herself in the cold harsh void of space eyes squeezed shut breath exhaled the silence is deafaning she feels herself being crushed by some unknown force its like someone is trying to turn you inside out groping around in the dark the life slowly seeping out of you your hands grasp around the package still with steady nevers (yes you passed your cool test)
you begin the complex calcuations to teleport yourself back to the sulako twice you nearly loose control but manage to steady yourself and remain focused you are one enitre round in the deepness of space and with your last gasp of breath you finish your calcuations to teleport and the world goes black...............

Spirit who is on the deck of the sulako watches in awe and horror while the brain waster of all people should risk there life so bravly and teleport themselves into space and what returns to the ship
is the almost lifeless body of Tali, amazingly the brain waster is still alive against all odds, and statitcs and probability she's still breathing.....

tali collapses to the deck still grasping tightly as her hands go numb allowing you to get the package a safe enough distance from Tali the only question now is does spirit has the flux and mantal stamina left to try to heal Tali before what ever life thats left in her empty shell slips away................

[End of Turn]

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Specky

There is little Zmek can do to aid the situation, being (in this incarnation) unable to pilot the vessel or operate any of the instruments that flash and chirp cryptic messages from consoles on the bridge and he cares little for gazing into space from the viewing ports.

Instead he skulks away alone to the crew's living quarters to poke around amongst the terrorist's belongings for trinkets or interesting weapons. Eventually he finds a dark corner into which he can slump, silent and secret to concentrate on his own healing.

Squall

Finishing the sweep of the ship, Squall begins to look around for a medpac to treat his still bleeding wounds.

He felt great pride at his, and though he was suprised to be admiting it, the squads actions. They had done much in the past day that would have caused many to faulter. But the mission isnt over yet.

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Stieners Turn:

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After watching the almost lifeless body of Tali fall to the floor like a rag doll stiener rushes to spirit "quickly you must help her she is about to die" stiener heads for the medical deck of the ship (if there is one) in the hopes to find med patches of something of use that might save Tali's life

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tank

Tank still requires alot of healing and is still resting on the cold metal floor of the cargo bay which sends a shiver down his spine In his dark slumber tank dreams of reliving the daunting attack on the cargo bay this time tank is beaten back and is knocked to the ground alone out numbered and out gunned his impending doom awaits when a giant chicken appears from behind one of the boxes and picks him up and starts to crunch down on him

"AAARRGGGHH" tank wakes up alone in the cargo bay to find his team mates gone off into the bowls of the stealth ship!

"jeeez" says tank "i REALLY shouldnt have had that chicken before we left" and lies down again and continues to heal himself

Drakar

Spirit gushes forward to help her stricken commerade, with a small thought pinging about in her head that perhaps her help might not be appreciated if her patient was in a state to choose. Regardless, she kneels beside Tali, and applies her healing skills, gently stoking the life energies within her.
After a moment, she sits back, face slightly flushed, all she can do now is wait to see if her efforts were successful.

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Game turn 18

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Team 1's turn:

After a thorough sweep of the stealth ship from top to bottom you find no more surviving members of the darknight terrorists (im being easy on you) and you feel yourself being towed in by the sulako, thankfully the ship is on autopilot and will simply follow the sulako when the ship makes its re-entry into MORTS atmosphere. as you begin final approach you batten down the hatches (i always wanted to say that) and brace yourselfs for impact. you are informed of Tali's condition on the COMS channel so you keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer to what ever god you worship and your stormer and one of your brain wasters are still in a pretty bad way, as the ship re-enters the atmosphere the hull begins to catch fire in the searing heat caused by the friction of the ship thankfully the ships armour plating is holding on both ships as you make the successful entry all seems to going well........

until ahead of you from the bridge you see the ship ahead of you loose control and begin to drop alitiude at a massive rate it seems the ship has lost control and is going to CRASH!!! this means it will bring your ship down with you!! the toe cable snaps under the pressure of the backward and forward frowing!! your ship plummets to the earth crashing nose first into a rock formation way out in the badlands!! to are picked up and tossed about like rag dolls sustaining small to light injuries during the crash land you all loose consiousness


(tank thank god you've been healed earlier as that would have been the death of you) your stormer (when he wakes up) will be consious and able to move out

you awaken with your ship down smashed to peices but your all alive
and several miles from the other sulako it seems that you are closer to andrews airforce base (the rendvouz point) than the other ship they'll have to come this way eventually you hope!! but now remains weather or not to try to find them or sit tight you've herd mutant canibals roam the badlands thankfully there's about 4 or 5 hours of light left you imagine but the question is what to do next.......

[end of turn]

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Team 2's game turn

As the barely breathing body of Tali crashes to the deck Spirit runs to Tali's side and begins to heal Tali of her wounds spirits gentle fingers move accross her wounds years of intense training and dedication proves effictive as spirit patches up most of the serious wounds leaving Tali gasping for air on the deck on sooner have you made the successful entry into morts atmosphere when you hear the captian on the COMS link "this is your captian speaking we've lost the main engine on our port side were going to crash land about 25 miles off our intended destination im afriad you'll have to walk the rest of the way to andrews" a klaxon sounds "ALL HANDS BRACE FOR IMPACT" there is a loud creaking noise from outside the ship as you watch in horror as the tow cable that is attached to the stealth ship breaks loose as the now free stealth ship hurtles to the ground and crash lands into a large rock formation the coms channel is just static for the time being the others will probably have to get outside the ship before they can COMS you!!

as your own ship clips the top of a high hill and spins off into a dune or a mound of earth half the ship is buried in the hillside your ship is down smashed to peices but your all alive and several miles from the stealth ship it seems that you are closer to the ship than andrews airforce base (the rendvouz point) but now remains the question weather or not to try to find them or head to andrews airforce base you've herd mutant canibals roam the badlands thankfully there's about 4 or 5 hours of light left you imagine but the question is what to do next.......

[End of Turn]

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ALmost over guys one maybe two more turns left your almost there!!

Squall

Squall awakes to the sound of creaking metal and minor explosions as the myriad of gas tanks rupture and cannon rounds explode in 4000 degree flames.

An acrid black smoke fills the air stinging his eyes and burning his sensitive Shaktarian nose. Groaning with the effort squall rises to his feet and finds himself standing on what was once the portside bulkhead. Looking around at the sparking consoles and wrenching metal, "So much for our new ship"

He sees Gaunt lying on the decking bleeding but still breathing. He picks him up and slings him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. "Come my friend, we cant stay here and suffocate"

Finding the nearest exit he heads out of the ship, puts gaunt down and coms the others

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> Coms channel

tank

tanks wakes to the noise of klaxons and the hissing of steam in the cargo bay, trapped under some crates tank pushes them aside and shakes his head. vision still blurred and seeing stars he hauls himself to an upright position to see what the hell is going on memories of past nightmares gone.

the cargo bay is a scene of carnage totally destroyed "what the hell happened here" tank mutters to himself "were we hit by missle fire?" tanks COMS appear to be out of order with extreme effort tank pulls himself upright ribs still aching as the wounded and broken ribs begin to knit back together as tanks regeneration kicks into high gear. "Zmek you in here???" tank shouts "is anyone left alive?" taking the time to briefly look around tank cannot find zmek anywhere he must have left the cargo bay before we crashed. on finding the starwell blocked by debris and rubble tank looks to find the only other way out of the ship the cargo ramp tank exits the stealth ship via the cargo ramp and as his feet hit dirt tank thanks karma that he's still alive. on hearing Squalls coms (see COMS channel) tank makes his way over to squalls position using a large metal rod from the debirs as a crutch to walk on.

as soon as tank is outside the ship his COMS system appears to function again tank COMS squall (see COMS thread) "must be the ship stopped our COMS signal while we were inside" he mutters

"squall what the hell is going on where are we?" asks tank as he's been unconsious for quite some time

Specky

Zmek had just passed through the automatic doors onto the bridge when the message from the Sulako came through informing them that they were going in for a crash landing.

He had always been more than a little cynical about the term crash landing. Landing was easy, just switch off the engines and wait...but he didn't like it when the word crash was used to describe a phase of a flight he was on.

The bridge probably wasn't the safest place to be and the yawning chasm of space visible on the large external viewing screen gave him vertigo. Before any of the others had seen him enter he backed quickly through the doors into the corridor again.

Hmm. This was no safer place to be. Stay away from the cargo bay in the ship's underbelly, that was risky too. Keep clear of the engine rooms....stepping up to a small ship's layout map mounted in the wall adjacent the main elevator Zmek traced his finger along a few corridors to identify a place near the heart of the ship, in a place he judged strong enough to survive a landing and stable enough to protect him in the event of a hull breach.

Retracing the route he had identified on the map he pressed his palm on the door release mechanism of his intended destination and stepped inside. "What a way to go..." he said to himself sardonically looking around the sanitation area at the lavatorys, shining metal wash basins and shower cubicles.

There was a mirror on the wall to one side. He walked over and staired at himself, his mirror shades making an infinitly shrinking progression of reflections of his own face looking back at him. His skin looked paler than he recalled, there was some blood on his face.

Slowly he stretched out a hand to touch fingertip to fingertip with his mirror self and imagined the mirror as the surface of a rain pool on Mort. The memory of an alleyway flashed briefly in his mind's eye. A human pinned through the throat spewed blood and bile over him in its final moments. After the deed was done he had stooped over a pool of rainwater to wash the stinking mess from his hands and face. The moment returned to him now.

The pulsing sound in his ears called him back to the present as a klaxon sounded and he felt the ship yaw beneath him...something was wrong with the decent.

Moving away from the mirror, he glanced around and spotted what he had been looking for. One of the ship's main support bulkheads passed through this compartment, the strongest part of the vessel. Ducking under a cupboard that jutted from the wall he tucked in his knees and waited to see what would happen.

Moment after long moment passed, the deck bouncing beneath him until at last it felt to him like somewhere automatic systems were kicking in, desperately trying to slow an unstoppable decent.

Without warning he was flung across the room, slamming into a hard steel surface and bouncing off to slide once again across the floor and wrap himself around another now shapeless piece of furniture. Surprised at first it took a moment before he found the concentration to stabilise himself, using his ebon powers to fix his position and avoid debris the flew about him.

The ship continued to move although the groaning, wrenching sounds that resounded through the hull told a tale of heavy impact into what could only be the surface of Mort.

Water and steam pipes burst everywhere and a torrent of jets quickly turned the compartment into a treacherous water park, pools and shoots of water gathering everywhere. How ironic, thought Zmek. Survive the crash of an unpiloted space craft from orbit and then drown in the toilet.

At last the ship foundered against some obstacle and came to a rest. Immediately Zmek darted across the floor to the doors, kicking at the jammed mechanism until they opened enough for him to escape.

Static crackled on the comms link but no voices came through.

Recalling the map of the ship from near the elevator Zmek decided his quickest exit route would be back out through the cargo bay and headed as best as he could remember in that direction. Some emergency lighting continued to work, dimly, elsewhere his way plunged into darkness, debris and tossed furniture blocking his way and turning the functional areas of the terrorist ship into a crazy obstacle course.

He wondered where the ship had landed as he went. And what about the Sulako? If he was the only one left alive would Tali and the others aboard the other ship even bother coming to look for him? Probably not he thought bitterly.

A light ahead didn't look artificial and he thoight there was the sound of a voice hidden amongst the hiss of the comm channel.

The cargo bay was almost recognisable although much messier than he remembered....and also there was no stormer lying in the middle of the floor...but then the body could have been thrown anywhere during the decent....

Daylight flooded in through the ruptured bay door and specks of dust hung in the light that cut a triangular swathe across the darkness that filled that half of the cargo area.

Pulling himself through the gap he say movement outside, recognisable as the shambling, stumbling figure of a stormer, limping out of the wreckage ahead of him.

"So" Zmek said "it appears I am not the only survivor".

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this is for team 2 (in the sulako)

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The wreakage of the sulako is spread out for miles and miles around you little pools of fuel cells burn brightly with craters and a large trench dug into the ground when the sulako crashed into the earth you can follow it back for half a mile as you leave what remains of the sulako's cargo bay behind you, before you on the ground are the lifeless bodies of all the sulako's crew (well bits of them anyway) and the human stiener and the wraith raider byuu they must have been thrown clear of the ship when it crashed byuu's neck appears to be broken and the humans chest is not moving at all both are cold to the touch it seems they are dead,

Miracluosly 3 of the science crew have survived one of which is Dr Raynes he bows his head momentarily in silent respect and then turns to the 2 remaining survuving Sla operatives a brain waster and an ebon (the odd couple) "well how are you going to get us to andrews airforce base then?" asks rayens

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well well well that leaves a brain waster and an ebon all alone in a hostile land with no where to go time wasting as darkness approaches fast you'll have to work together to herd the sheep....i mean science crew over to andrews with the package (which is in the cargo bay unharmed)

what will you ever do next???

Nevyn

Tali'Einea is still a lil dazed. She stares at
Dr Rayne, did he really expect her hold his hand back to the airbase ?

she pulls out her FEN , cocks it and points it at Raynes forehead. " So tell me why we NEED you Doc ?, we were contracted to get the package back to Mort safe and sound not you . " She lets his sweat a lil then turns on her heel to go get the package.

She can feel it singing in the flux feild arround her. Once she retrives it , she aims the FEN at the feet of the lab rat to the left of Raynes. she aims just a lil to the left and fires a round into the dirt. " Lets be moving along there Gents. "

She turns to Spirit, " I'm pretty Fluxed out, how about you shine ur pretty lil Flux light from you lil finger up into the sky,"

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Raynes looks dumbfounded at the dirt for a moment and allowed the fear to subside "well actually you were contracted to take both the package and the science crew to andrews and since im the one thats paying you not SLA ind you'd better make sure i survive" noting the rage in Tali's eyes raynes keeps quiet and says no more turning to the other scientests the make the package ready for safe transport and are only now waiting for both spirit and Tali to give the others to move out

Nevyn

Tali'einea Looks at Raynes "I have had a bit of a day incase you have not noticed and right now who is to say how many of you are alive and who may suddenly Crack after what they have been to and have to be put down a mercy killing so to speak. Hewmans are so fragile like that , oh what was that term the gave me the giggles; post tramatic stress syndrome.

Tell me Doc , did you find wht has happen", Tali waves her FEN in the direction of the debries " Tramatic in anyway hmmmmmmmmmmmmm? "

Tali's comm crackle to life and she walks from the Doc and in the direction to where the base is.

Gaunt

Gaunt sprawls on the ground, his piece said, and waits for the decision to be made. "Why didn't I become and accountant like pop said."

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Team 1:

Squall / Tank / Zmek / Gaunt

Team 2:

Tali
Spirit
and 3 science crew

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Game turn 19

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Team 1's game turn:

Your team sets out accross the wasteland towards the sulako's last known position, everything as far as the eye can see is stark and bleak the land stinks of death. Charred rock and dead burnt out trees limbs twisted at strange angles mixed in with the odd pool of toxic waste are the only sights on your little tour of the badlands. A cold wind cuts through you chilling you to the bone as it starts to rain again a constent down pour limiting your vision to a few hundred yards, you have been walking for what seems like hours as the light is fading fast you estimate that you have about an hour of sunlight left you enter the flatbed of a small dried up ravine following its twisting winding path as it is giving you alot of shelter from the pounding rain.

About half way along the ravine you enter a large dried up area that could at one point been a lake now the only thing that remains is a small pool of green sluge at the center of the large opening with a few small mutated creatures feeding there is a small alcove that could be a cave stretching back into darkness to your left. Suddenly tank's montion tracker bleeps into life its hard to get an accurate reading as the electromagnetic feild generated in the badlands plays havok with electrical systems the signals appears to be 30M somewhere ahead of you and closing in........

[End of Turn]

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Team 2's Turn

Dr Raynes manages to assemble his team and collect the package as the 5 of you leave the wrekage of the sulako behind and head in the direction of the other crash site you know where it is as you can see the huge spiralling colum of black smoke way off in the distance a though dawns on you that your ship is also eminating a rather large colum of black smoke of its own and its probably visiable for many miles around. the science crew have will carry the package in a crude makeshift streacher that they have created, trying to use as much cover as possible your team sets out at double pace along the many dunes and rubble trying to avoid the sticky pools of brown goop that little the landscape

you are travelling for several hours when suddenly it begins to rain quiet heavily in fact so much so that you can no longer safely move at the great speed that you were traveling at with no sign of the other team and COMS them only results in static you get the feeling your being followed but by what and whom you dont know as there are no visable signs of persuit from any direction you approcah a steep bank and from over the ridge you hear garbled voices and movment somethings on the other side of the ridge and it sounds like they know your coming........

[End of Turn]

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Squall

*Hearing the bleep of the motion sensor Squalls shaktar hunting instincts takeover. Looking around he searches for the nearest bit of cover and looks for a way to flank the approaching signals*

Specky

The sudden bleep of a motion sensor was almost to be expected, it was unlikely that their position would remain a secret for long and the curious or maliscious inhabitants of this wasteland were sure to investigate the newly arrived intruders.

Zmek instinctively drops to one knee and raises his assault rifle, scanning the way ahead for any sign of movement.

At the same time he looks for cover, spotting a small alcove in the wall of the ravine and gauging its distance. A few preliminary calculations made, he will reality fold into cover at the first sight of an enemy ahead in an effort to out flank them....and remove himself from the firing line.

Drakar

Spirit hussles the team carrying the package into a semblence of cover, trying to listen to see can she ascertain what kind of creatures might be on the other side. She tries to keep them together to avoid any of the team deciding to run away, foolish though that might be.

Gaunt

Gaunt crouches and makes a dash for the side of the ravine where he dives behind an out crop and tries to crawl to the top of the bank without breaking cover and before whatever it is ahead moves into view. Hopefully those ahead will also be in the ravine where his height will put them at a disadvantage.

tank

moving swiftly to flank squall tank lies prone on the ground trying to stay in as much cover as possible tank coms squall (see COMS channel) and readies his shotgun unfortunatly the shotgun is not very good at long range so tank knows he must rely on the rest of the squads ability to shoot as he can only try to mop up what ever gets past gaunt and zmek

tank is still not fully healed from the raid on the stealth ship as old wounds sting at the though of the battle. releasing the saftey tank mutters under his breath "here piggy piggy piggy"