[Day 5, MA, Combat] Secure the Relic

[Meiyokashi]

Yellow lines mark these troopers as different, as a heavy weapons team. They stride in under their commanders orders and take position at the center of the line the stromtrooper regulars have created. Guns whirring up they take aim on the most vibrant of the Mandalorians down range. Bolts whirr and scream through the air turning the main hall to the helm into a battleground once more.

Amid the volley of death the chaotic laughter of one of the gunners can be heard, enjoying every moment of intensity.

[OOC:]

Manuever to Aim.
Action to attack Lysa.

MA5| Group 5 (2) Heavy, Adv, Triumph, Aim vs Lysa, Long, Autofire, D1: 3eP+2eB+4eD+1eS 2 successes, 3 threat, 1 Triumph


Group 5 deals 13 damage before soak with Pierce 1 to Lysa.
Triumph to Autofire.
Group 5 deals another 13 damage before soak with Pierce 1 to Lysa.

Threat adds setback to Group 5's next check.
Threat grants strain to Group 5.

[Meiyokashi]

[Round Intermission summary:]

Forte took 11 Damage before soak.
Lysa took 13 damage before soak, with Pierce 1.
Lysa took another 13 damage before soak with Pierce 1.

All PC's are within Short or Medium from one another, at their discretion. Raven and Praxton are engaged.

Group 1 is at Medium.
Group 2 is at Long-1.
Group 3 is at Medium.
Group 4 is at Long-1.
Group 5 is at Long-1.
Sergeant is at Long-1.
Crow is at Long-1, engaged with Freshie.
Freshie is at Long-1, engaged with Crow.

Crow adds One Setback, and Upgrades attacks against him Twice.
Freshie adds one Setback, and Upgrades attacks against her twice.
Stormtrooper Sergeant upgrades attacks against her Once.

Lysa upgrades difficulty of her next check Once.
Forte grants all allies a Boost on every check.

[Praxton]

"Lysa you still with us??" he shouts over the din of battle. Stepping out from behind his cover for a moment to place a well aimed hit into the heart of one of the encroaching troopers sending him to the ground and tagging the other off his pauldron. Finding safety from return fire again he seems distant a moment.

Looking to his wife he breaks through the slight haze, "I'm.. not sure what I did to that woman," he says, and though she can't see it Raven can sense the awkward smile he gives while he's trying to wrap his head around something.

[OOC]

Manuever: Aim.
Action: Attack Group 1.

MA5| Light, Accurate 1, Forte, Aim vs Group 1, Medium: 4eP+3eB+2eD 2 successes, 4 advantage, 1 Triumph


Praxton deals 8 damage before Soak to Group 1.
2 Adv to Critically Hit.
2 to Boost Lysa's next action.
Triumph to Upgrade Lysa's next check.

[Meiyokashi]

"Gunners! That one there is their leader, open fire on my mark!" she screams, and the bloodthirsty gunner team starts mentally lining up their next volley. Taking up her own blaster the sergeant directs them further by leading with the first shots in Praxton's directions. Ancient durasteel walls rebuke these bolts and disperse the energy with which they intended harm.

[OOC:]

Manuever: Tactical Direction, Boost to Group 5
Action: Attack Praxton

MA5| Heavy vs Praxton, Adver 1, Bodyguard, D3: 2eP+1eA+2eC+1eD+3eS 2 failures, 2 threat


Threat to Boost Praxton's next check.

2 PC turns are next!
Group 1 is down to 1 man.

[Forte Kryze]

Forte makes his move to ensure better odds. He moves out in front of Lysa, blasts the group of troopers closest to him, making nice contact.

(Maneuver move closer, ESS free aim, shoot Group 3)
D5 MA, Round 2, Ranged Heavy vs group 3, short range 1 difficulty, aim x1, accurate 2: 2eP+1eA+3eB+1eD 4 successes, 1 advantage, 1 Triumph


[8 base+4 hits=12 damage before soak, triumph to upgrade Lysa's next check, advantage to pass a blue)

He then lets out a warning bellow. This of course is expected by the more experienced of the battle, but not to the rookies.
[spend 2 strain to second maneuver, spend 1 strain for Supreme Scathing Tirade]
D5 MA, Round 2, Supreme Scathing Tirade, Average Difficulty, good food boost: 2eP+1eA+1eB+2eD 2 successes, 1 advantage

(group 1 and 3 both suffer 1 strain and add a setback dice to all checks for the next 2 rounds, and advantage to make group 3 suffer another)

Then he takes a calming breath and gets ready to do it all again (second wind, heal 2 strain)

Wound: 11/17
Strain: 13/14
Soak: 5
Defense: 1/1

[Lysa Ordo]

The bolts slam into Lysa pulling her from cover and then the heavy team rips into her leaving smoking sizzling holes in her armor.

"Oh Praxy you know it take more than that to keep ME down!" There's a wild edge to her voice as the robotic arm on her back grabs a stim from the pouch and stabs her with it drugs flooding her system.

"You wanna play boys and girls, I'll bust out the fun toys then!" She runs up to some cover closer to the troops and selects a concussive grenade before firing it at the heavy weapon crew. She laughed gleefully as it connected with one of them and a loud blast of fire and force reverberated out tearing through people close to the target and disorienting people near by.

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Free action stim from pouch
Maneuver move to cover medium of group 5
maneuver stim (1 strain due to arm) recover 5 wounds

Action Concussion grenade at group 5
D5 MA attack group 5 medium upgrade diff twice upgrade from Forte flip destiny 2 boost praxtoon 1 boost aim 2 boost Forte 1 boost accurate remove set back with visor and custom grip: 3eP+1eA+5eB+2eC 2 successes, 7 advantage

(Accidentally threw aim in there but could not aim so removing the success and advantage die from my pool)

Success 11 damage to main target (base 10+1 success)

1 advantage to trigger blast (master grenadier)
11 damage to all engaged with target (blast 8, 2 ranks of powerful blast, 1 success on attack)
2 advantage to trigger disorient, affects everyone within short of target
2 advantage to boost Raven
1 advantage to boost next Ally

Soak 5
Wounds 13/18
Strain 2/16
Defense range 2 Melee 1

[Meiyokashi]

Crow covers her, treating her like a child- but she isn't anyone's child, not anymore. She's her own woman with honor to avenge, a mother to respect. Brushing him off her shoulder she darts between the fire of Imperials and Mandalorians. Digging knee into dirt to find the chance to take her shot.

Pinging one, two- click-whirr, just when she has him in her sights the damn blaster rifle runs dry.

"I want Praxton Saxon's head on a spike! This isn't playtime you psychotic disco-ball!" she shouts.

[OOC]

Manuever to Medium.
Action to attack Praxton.

MA5| Heavy vs Praxton, Adver 1, Bodyguard, D3: 3eP+1eA+2eC+3eS 2 successes, 1 threat, 1 Despair


Freshie deals 11 Damage to Praxton before Soak.
Freshie suffers 1 strain.
Freshie blaster rifle runs dry.

[Meiyokashi]

Fresh meat always wants to rush off to the butcher, but even in his relatively few years Crow has seen that happen far too many times. Grunting he pushes himself hard to catch up with the youngster and plants himself right beside her once more. Elbowing her side when he gets there with a goos thrust.

"No need to rush to your ancestors kid. Keep with me, we'll get all of them. Even Praxton, I promise," he says, and digs in. His shots scoring well against the Mandalorian in their sights.

[OOC]

Manuever to Medium w/Freshie.
Maneuver to Bodyguard Freshie.
Action to attack Praxton.

MA5| Heavy vs Praxton, Adver 1, Bodyguard, D3: 4eP+2eC+3eS 3 successes, 1 threat, 1 Triumph


Crow deals 12 damage to Praxton before soak.
Crow suffers 1 strain.
Crow scores a critical hit.

MA5| Heavy vs Praxton, Adver 1, Bodyguard, D3: 1d100 4

Minor Nick: Praxton suffers 1 strain.

PC is next.

[Raven Cadera]

Praxton trying to wrap his head around the situation with the accusations does also interrupt Raven's own intense battle focus for a moment, though the explosion from Lysa's grenade snapped her out of it. "Stay focused, riduur."

Letting her actions speak louder than words, she adjusted her hold on the carbine and aimed a devastating shot on the one that had dared to start shooting at her husband.

"Boom-Boom, Forte, keep pressing the Imps! We'll keep these occupied."

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Maneuver: Bodyguard Praxton (upgrade attacks against Praxton once) [1 strain]
Maneuver: Aim [2 strain]
Action: Pewpew!

D5 MA Secure the Relic. Round 2. Ranged: Heavy/Agility vs Freshie. Medium Range+Adversary 1+Bodyguard. +2B from Lysa. +1B Aim. +1B Accurate. -1S Custom Grip: 1eP+3eA+4eB+2eC 1 success, 5 advantage

9 Damage + 1 Success = 10 Damage to Freshie before Soak.
2 Advantage to Activate Stun 3, dealing 3 Strain Damage to Freshie.
2 Advantage to Activate Critical. D5 MA Secure the Relic. Round 2. Critical Wound: 1d100 88 - Compromised: Increase difficulty of all skill checks by one until the end of the encounter (Freshie).
1 Advantage to pass 1 Boost to next Ally.

Wounds: 0/20
Strain: 3/14 (Indomitable Heart: +1 Strain Threshold)
Soak: 7
Melee/Ranged Defense: 1/2 (Moving Target)

[Meiyokashi]

It was a devastating shot lined up to be sure. One that would compromise the young warriors ability to enact her honor in this critical moment. It was milliseconds. Time between thoughts and thoughtful decisions. Simply the built up accumulation of desires and hopes that create those dime-drop spur of the moment decisions.

Crow pushes her out of the way, taking the full brunt of the volley with his beskar. Raven's bolts crash against his armor instead of hers.

"Dank farrik, just remember what it costs.."

[OOC]

Crow takes the hit instead of Freshie.
Crow's talents reduce the critical from Compromised to Scattered Senses removing his ability to utilize boost dice for the remainder of the encounter.

[Meiyokashi]

Meanwhile...

"No kriffin' way that one's still alive," the first says to the second. Laughing behind the wicked smile he surely wore beneath his helmet.

"Shame we can't finish 'em. Focus on the ne-"

Clink. Clank. BWOOMF.

An explosion with a sound like air sucking into a tight central space cuts everything else out. Centered right beneath the gunner teams feat they probably didn't even know they were dead before it happened. Their sergeant, however, was thrown back a good five feet from the blast. Surely, when she could make sense of the world again, plans were going to have to change.

Group 5 is eliminated.
Sergeant is affected by Blast.

[Meiyokashi]

Pressure. Pressure. So much pressure. If they didn't act now they were going to be wrong, but what if they choose poorly? Run? Fight? No good options. Never good options. An explosion goes off, taking with it a couple more lives in this fight that feels so senseless.

Safety. Hope. Survival? Take down the danger, be a hero? Fight. Fight.

Last of their squad the trooper lines up a shot against Lysa. Bolts fling past, around, but never quite through her. Some so strike though, right against the beskar sending her into a spin. She was left open. Would someone save them?

[OOC:]

Manuever: Aim
Action: Attack Lysa

MA5| Group 1(1) Heavy, Aim vs Lysa, D2, Short, Forte: 3eA+1eB+1eD+3eS 1 failure, 4 advantage


Three advantage to remove Lysa's defensive bonuses.
One to boost next.

[Meiyokashi]

They weren't going to let their comrades down. After an attack like that? The way she pushed down into their line like some kind of crazed maniac? Maybe the Empire should do something about these Mandalorians. They are clearly too dangerous to allow to continue on. They're only going to hurt themselves and others.

With Lysa exposed, they opened fire.

[OOC]

Manuever: Aim
Action: Attack Lysa

MA5| Group 2 (5) Heavy, Aim, Boost vs Lysa, Medium: 3eP+1eA+2eB+2eD 6 successes, 1 advantage


Group 2 deals 15 damage before Soak to Lysa.
Boost to next.

[Meiyokashi]

Honor? Patriotism? Kriff all that. They were here for a job, and these Mandalorians were the targets. Soon as they were dead on the ground they could go off to some other assignment that might be a bit cushier than all this extra work. Just had to keep fighting, push through, and finish this.

[OOC:]

Manuever: Aim
Action: Attack Forte

MA5| Group 3 (4)Heavy, Aim, Boost vs Forte, Scathing, Short: 3eP+2eB+1eD+2eS 2 successes, 2 advantage, 1 Triumph


Group 3 deals 11 Damage to Forte before Soak.
Triumph to score a critical hit.
Advantage to Manuever for Cover, gaining 1 Ranged defense.

MA5| Group 3 (4)Heavy, Aim, Boost vs Forte, Scathing, Short: 1d100 39

Stinger: Increase difficulty of next check by One.

[Meiyokashi]

That Freshie kid was good to them once. Sat with them while they were having their meals and told them her story. Not all of the team could really relate, but a couple could. No one could imagine the strength it really took to dedicate to a path like hers but she had. If this was what she wanted.. well, maybe they could help her even the odds.

[OOC:]

Manuever to Medium/Short.
Action to attack Raven.

MA5| Group 4 (5)Heavy vs Raven, Medium, D2: 3eP+1eA+2eD+2eS 2 successes, 2 advantage


MA5| Group 4 (5)Heavy vs Raven, Medium, D2: 1eS 1 failure


Group 4 deals 10 Damage to Raven before Soak.
Advantage to Boost Freshie.

[Meiyokashi]

{Round Intermission Summary:}

Lysa takes 15 Damage before soak.
Forte takes 11 Damage before soak.
Forte takes a critical injury, Stinger.
Raven takes 10 Damage before Soak.

Raven and Praxton are at Medium from center.
Lysa and Forte are Short from center.

Freshie is short from center.
Crow is short from center.
Group 1, 3 are short from center.
Group 2, 4 are Medium from center.
Sergeant is Medium from center.

Sergeant, and Lysa are both Prone.

Crow confers 2 upgrades, and 1 Setback to attacks against him.
Freshie confers 2 upgrades, and 1 Setback to attacks against her.
Sergeant confers 1 upgrade to attacks against her.
Group 3 confers 1 Setback to groups against them.

Forte's next action has increased difficulty ln his check by One.

[Praxton]

"Thin the numbers! Watch yourselves," he shouts, speaking to the others in Mando'a. There was worry in his movements that Raven could see, the way that Forte and Lysa had become exposed was dangerous. Now it was a scramble to see who would be left standing.

Readying for the long haul, the seasoned warrior takes the moment to fill his veins with life saving medical intervention. Breathing in deep in the wake of the rush he ducks out to fire two well aimed shots taking down a trooper each.

[OOC:]

Manuever: Draw Stim.
Manuever: Stim.
Action: Attack Group 3.

MA5| Light, Accurate 1, Threat vs Group 3, Medium, D1: 3eP+1eA+2eB+2eD+1eS 2 successes, 2 advantage


Praxton deals 8 damage to Group 3 before Soak.
Praxton scores a.critical hit.
Praxton heals 5.

Group 1 is 1.
Group 2 is 5.
Group 3 is 2.
Group 4 is 5.

[Meiyokashi]

"Damnit," the sergeant hisses. Her head ringing from the blast. Comm chatter screaming in her ear, but a quick glance shows none of the other troopers are hearing what she's hearing. Dusting herself off the sergeant comes to a stand as quick as she can, scrambling to her feet.

"Hold the line! Reinforcements are on the way!" she calls out, and then retreats back into the previous chamber from which they entered.

[OOC]

Manuever Stand.
Action Manuever to exit battlespace.

2 PC turns next!

[Raven Cadera]

Seems confronting the real warriors would have to wait a bit, as Raven redirected her focus at Praxton's orders. The carbine in her hands hummed with energy as she advanced steadily forward. She didn't like leaving Praxton's side when there were someone specifically after him, but Lysa needed help, and well... she was someone who preferred fighting up close and personal.

Firing off shots to cover her advance alongside Praxton's shots, she quickly pulled a stim from her pouch and injected it into her colorful sister, hoping it would keep her going a bit more. "Don't leave us yet, Boom-Boom," she said, continuing the barrage of point blank bolts at the same group Praxton was firing at, focusing their assault.

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Maneuver: Move to Lysa
Incidental: Draw Stim (Military belt pouch)
Maneuver: Stim Lysa [2 strain]
Action: DAKKA

D5 MA Secure The Relic. Round 3. Ranged: Heavy/Agility vs Group 3. +1B Accurate. -1S Custom Grip: 1eP+3eA+1eB+1eD 2 successes, 2 advantage


9 Base damage + 2 successes + 1 Point Blank talent = 12 damage to Group 3.
2 Advantages for Critical Hit = Takes out 1 minion from the group.

Wounds: 3/20
Strain: 5/14 (Indomitable Heart: +1 Strain Threshold)
Soak: 7
Melee/Ranged Defense: 1/2 (Moving Target)

[Forte Kryze]

(military pack quick draw stim, maneuver to use stim on Lysa)
"Come on, we don't stay down here against these buckets." He then looks straight at the imperials and then at the professionals.
(spend 2 strain for second maneuver, 1 stain for supreme Scathing Tirade)
"Is this what you fight for? A nation that turns its back the second things get rough. I might have expected this from Gar Saxon's cronies, but you should all know better than that! There was a whole war that started because of treachery like this, and you just want to keep it going?"
D5 MA, Round 3, Supreme Scathing Tirade, Average Difficulty, crit upgrade difficulty,: 2eP+1eA+1eC+1eD 4 successes, 2 threat, 1 Triumph

Triumph for big voice, extend range to medium, targeting Groups 1,2, and 4, and Freshie, each suffer 1 strain and add 1 setback die to any check for the next 2 turns.

He then points the gun at the next leader, Crow. His aim true, Forte lands a good shot. (ESS free aim)
D5 MA, Round 2, Ranged Heavy vs Crow, short range 1 difficulty, aim x1, accurate 2, adversary 2, upgrade dificulty twice: 2eP+1eA+3eB+1eC+1eD 1 success, 4 advantage

(Copy pasta error, meant to say round 3, 8 damage before soak, use 4 advantage to crit, also custom grip -1 setback)
D5 MA, Round 3, Crit vs Crow: 1d100 74
Crit Result: 74, hamstrung: Target loses their free maneuver until the end of the encounter.

Wound: 5/17 (counting down)
Strain: 10/14 (counting down, threat pending)
Soak: 5
Defense: 1/1

Use dodge to upgrade difficulty of ranged attacks against Forte.