Alderaan - Love and Intrigue

So they knew the pack was ill-tempered and probably mutated, and that there was someone in the area that might be controlling them. Kat really hoped it wasn't a Sith, or something similarly bad still hanging out... she had read the annals of the Great Sith War, and knew the stories of what the Sith could do with alchemy and modifying lifeforms to suit their needs for conflict.

She had hoped her armor would see a break after the war now, but here she was, covered up in the battle armor. The brown cloak over it marked her clearly as a Jedi. Considering the mission at hand, she had a light backpack with her with a few extra things.

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OOC: This is the group that will be going to fight the Kath Hounds, leaving the other team to do traps and other things. IIRC expecting V1, Aurilie, Keyhote, and Breela.


Wounds: 17/0
Strain: 15/0
Ranged Defense: 1
Melee Defense: 1
Soak: 5

Gear:
Jedi Battle Armor
Lightsaber
Utility belt with Military Belt pouch (holds 2 out of 4 stimpacks)
Breathmask
Scanner Goggles
Backpack: Medpac, Glowrod, Firepaste, Datapad, Comlink.

"Finally, the hour of the hound is at hand! Tonight we rid Alderaan of monsters who bedevil it. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother!-"
Looking around
"-and sister, or close friend. What is important is that today few stood against many, that love stood against hate!"

Wounds: 25/0
Strain: 14/0
Ranged Defense: 2
Melee Defense: 2
Soak: 10 (Cortosis)

The assault droid was finishing the last check of its weaponry.

"All systems operational. Gunnery Sergeant Veeone-Veeoh is ready for deployment."

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Wounds: 22/0
Strain: 12/0
Ranged Defense: 1
Melee Defense: 1
Soak: 10

Gear Carried
DH-X Blaster Rifle
Frag Grenades (3)
Stun Grenade (1)
Emergency Repair Patches (5)
Extra Reloads (2)

Gear Built Into Droid Frame
Rebel Heavy Battle Armour (with Ascension Gear attachment)
Fusion Cutter
Stimpack Probe (3 charges)
Medpack
Medscanner
Comlink
Electrobinoculars
Rocket Boots

Aurilie was dressed in her rugged wear and her nice coat draped around her shoulders for good luck (and extra padding). While she was hoping to avoid the worst of it, animals could be unpredictable and sometimes the hunt takes a life of its own. She never went hunting with a Jedi before. It should be interesting, to say the least. Seeing as these weren't exactly natural beasts, she wasn't so sure she wanted one of these on her wall anyway. The safety of Alderaan was a priority here.

Wounds: 12/0
Strain: 14/0
Ranged Defense: 0
Melee Defense: 0
Soak: 4

Gear:
Model 38 Sharpshooter’s Rifle with upgrades
Kamperdine Custom Tailored Armoured Jacket
Utility Belt
Backpack
Explorer’s Knife
Stimpack x2 in Military Belt Pouch x2
Commlink (Handheld)
Datapad
Extra Reload
Eletro-snares x2

Breela was rested and ready to go. She was arrayed in Jedi Armor beneath her robes with one arm out as she stretched out her nerves. She nods at the others and says a soft prayer before falling in.


Wounds - 17
Strain - 14
Defense Ranged - 1
Defense Melee - 1
Soak - 6

Gear:
SVT-300 Stun Cloak
Sap Gloves
Jedi Battle Armor
4x Stimpacks
10x Ration Pack
1x Canteen
Climbing Gear
Concealed Escape Kit (Monoknife in the boot)
Backpack
Utility Belt

Will liberally use her 1 rank of dodge if targeted.

OOC: Everyone's here.

The plan is that this group will approach openly, thus likely to attract the attention of the Hounds and dealing with them. We want to avoid exploring the tunnels until the direct threat of the Hounds are dealt with, so we don't get boxed in by hounds and whatever is in the tunnels when exploring those.

So this is a direct assault.

OOC: So just marching in and going to battle?

OOC: Giving the Trap-team a chance to set up their traps, then this group is going for a direct assault yes.

The plan is that it's better to deal with what's up here, where we have open ground and can retreat if need be, before we go into the tunnels later (or trap team can explore the tunnels while we fight, if they so decide).

OOC: Give me Initiatives, roll Cool.

Initiative - Kath Hounds: 2#3eA 5 successes, 1 advantage 1 success, 4 advantage



Initiative - Kath Hound Pack: 2eA 0 successes, 3 advantage


Initiative - Black Tooth: 2eP+1eA 3 successes, 3 advantage

D4 EM. Culling The Hounds. Cool for Initiative.: 1eP+1eA 1 success, 3 advantage

Day 4 EM Culling the Hounds, Cool initiative check: 3eA 0 successes, 3 advantage

The hounds proved to be surprisingly fast and were likely going to get the first jump on them. However, despite these odds, Aurilie remained in control, cool and calculating. If potentially she could strike first, she could kneecap their assault. That was her hope at least.

Day 4, Early Morning, Combat: Cool (Presence): 1eP+3eA 4 successes, 3 advantage

D4 Culling Initiative: 1eP+1eA 2 successes, 1 advantage

Cool/Initiative: 2eP+1eA 1 success, 3 advantage


OOC: Sorry, forgot to bookmark the topic

UPDATED: Gonna be making liberal use of my one rank of dodge anytime I get targeted.

Black Tooth lumbered it was a massive corrupted kath hound, nearly as tall as small freighter and rippling with savage muscles and rage. It howled at the hunters a blood curdling sound as it crashed through buildings with easy and ripped into the Hutt and all around him with a savage fury!

The battle was joined.

OOC: Black Tooth (Nemesis, Defense 1/1, Adversary 2 [Upgrade difficulty twice]), 2 Kath Hound Mates (Rival, Adversary 1), Kath Hound Pack (Minions, 5 Members) they all start at Medium range.

Black Tooth charges forward and bites the Hutt for a total of 14 wounds Pierce 3, uses 3 Advantage to hit the whole party and generates a Critical with a +10 bonus on the Hutt (2 advantage spent). Black Tooth is now engaged with the party. The rest are still at Medium range.

Critical Injury of 110. Each player should make a Fear check at 3, Cool or Discipline. Now PC turn.

Black Tooth Brawl vs. Hutt: 4eP+2eA+2eB+2eS+2eD 5 successes, 5 advantage


Black Tooth Brawl vs. Hutt Critical Injury +40: 1d100+40 110

Initiative

NPC 5 successes, 1 advantage
PC 4 successes, 3 advantage
NPC 3 successes, 3 advantage
PC 2 successes, 1 advantage
NPC 1 success, 4 advantage
PC 1 success, 3 advantage
PC 1 success, 3 advantage
PC 0 successes, 3 advantage
NPC 0 successes, 3 advantage

V1-V0 advanced forward ready to bust this mobile bunker and fired on the pack with their armament.

“Roger, roger.”

Somehow his circuits process the fear protocols.

OOC: Hits for 15 wounds total, Pierce 2, and grants Kataryzna a Boost die with the advantage. Killing 2 of the pack, leaving them with 3 left. maneuver to move to Short of the Pack.

Grant a boost to the next player's Fear check.

V1-V0 Fear: 1eP+1eA+3eD 3 failures, 2 advantage


V1-V0 - Short Ranged Heavy + Mod: 3eP+1eA+1eB+1eD 4 successes, 2 advantage

One of the large Kath Hound Mates moved forward and howled at Kataryzna shaking her resolve!

OOC: Kataryzna suffers 2 strain.

Kath Hound Mate Howling Tirade vs. Kataryzna: 1eP+2eA+2eD 1 success, 1 advantage

Initiative

NPC 5 successes, 1 advantage
PC 4 successes, 3 advantage
NPC 3 successes, 3 advantage
PC 2 successes, 1 advantage
NPC 1 success, 4 advantage
PC 1 success, 3 advantage
PC 1 success, 3 advantage
PC 0 successes, 3 advantage
NPC 0 successes, 3 advantage

Black Tooth's charge was met by Hutt steel and there's a horrible grinding sound as the huge beasts clamps its fangs down on Keyhote's tail, savaging the appendage and drawing blood.

Day 4 EM Culling the Hounds, Horrific Injury crit on myself, which characteristic?: 1d10 5
((Agility reduce by 1 until critical injury is healed))

Keyhote for his part stands tall, locking eyes with the creature before slamming his forehead into its skull with a great crash to drive it back

Day 4 EM Culling the Hounds, Fear check, hard difficulty, boost from V1, intense focus, spending a destiny: 3eP+1eA+1eB+3eD 2 successes, 2 advantage


((1 destiny spent, boost dice to next fear test))

And then he saw that the creature's claws had found the good Prince Aurilie. And Keyhote's eyes blazed gold and furious.
"How dare you?!?!?! Vile fiend, your fight is with me!"

And with a roar he brought his great blade down on Black Tooth's face leaving a savage wound that laid bare the evil within

Day 4 EM Culling the Hounds, melee attack on Black Tooth, maneuver for aim: 2eP+3eA+1eB+2eC+1eS 1 success, 3 advantage, 1 Despair


Day 4 EM Culling the Hounds, crit #1 on Blacktooth, spending 3 advantage: 1d100+50 54

((13 damage pierce 2, fearsome wound. Also a despair in there :O ))

Wounds: 25/4
Strain: 14/2

The two engage in combat and although the Hutts strikes a solid blow it slides off the thick hide and strikes errant hyper fuel igniting it! Creating a massive wall of fire and heat! The other mate of Black Tooth moved forward and howled at the Hutt. The forceful howling startles the Hutt causing him to drop his weapon.

OOC: The creature suffers 6 wounds and the Critical Injury reduced to 24, Off-Balance so a setback to next action. Despair used to create a wall of fire cutting off the Hutt and Black Tooth, including the pack, from everyone else without jumping over it or rushing through it! The hyperfuel flames are a Hazard of 9 if one wants to move through it.

Hutt missed but uses advantage to force the Hutt to drop his weapon.

Kath Hound Mate Howling Tirade vs. Hutt: 1eP+2eA+2eD 2 failures, 3 advantage


Initiative

NPC 5 successes, 1 advantage
PC 4 successes, 3 advantage
NPC 3 successes, 3 advantage
PC 2 successes, 1 advantage
NPC 1 success, 4 advantage
PC 1 success, 3 advantage
PC 1 success, 3 advantage
PC 0 successes, 3 advantage
NPC 0 successes, 3 advantage