[Day 8 - LA] A Nice Day

[Ziandra Thul]

Ziandra is oblivious to the dangers coming but Ser Villainous was already on her path to intercept on behalf of one of the twins.

OOC: Ziandra is going to have a bad day. But Ser Villainous was alert, taking a hit for a twin.

Ziandra Vigilance: 3eA+2eC+2eD 2 failures, 2 advantage, 1 Despair


Ser Villainous Vigilance: 2eP+1eA+2eC+2eD+1eB 1 success, 2 advantage

[Zeno Thul]

Zeno was moving with as much speed as the force would carry him to his other daughter. He wished he could get to Ziandra too, but the attack was too sudden. Whoever was responsible would suffer... if not by his hand then by the Blackguard's.

*protecting other twin*

[Delmi Koor]

Delmi dove….


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OOC: I’ll be gone for a couple hours soon and don’t want to hold this up. If Blai saves Lady Z, then Delmi will dive for cover. If not, she’ll save Lady Z.

[Blai Frayus]

Seeing the danger coming, and already close to Ziandra, Blai moves to shield her - thankfully wearing his usual cargo clothes instead of full Noble Regalia. He brunts the hit and falls down...

OOC:
I'll probably be gone for a couple hours too. Will leave ghosting instructions, and... not sure what I could have on me? I'm guessing Elur is at his feet as usual, and he's got the exploration gear (including stimpacks) minus most of the weapons... so probably the slingshot, one or two bolas and the hunting knife?

Not sure the CryoBan rifle or the Grapnel shooter would make sense in this situation. What do you say DD?

For ghosting: He'll focus on getting others to safety. One round would be spent activating Sense, getting up and directing Elur (2 strain for the second maneuver) unless there's something pressing to do; then shooting to get folks immobilized and/or disoriented with the advantage, using one maneuver to direct Elur.

Elur should either back him and others up by Assisting (which she does well), or get closer to enemies and bite if it seems like it's necessary.

Also, got 2 stimpacks that can be reached as an incidental and used as a maneuver if needed, plus other 6 that need two maneuvers. Keeping folks alive and well is a priority!

[Dapper Dog]

OOC: Guessing a sidearm or equivalent as you are not House Thul.

[Dapper Dog]

[Audience is pumped as the music kicks in...]

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Blaster bolts come in out of the wild... but their intended targets are shielded by the valiant heroes. The Snipers were not going to relent they focused their efforts on Ziandra and she was down, one blowing her hand clean off!

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Rising out of the brush and grass are attack droids, "Targets acquired, eliminate with extreme prejudice."

OOC: Blai, Zeno and Ser Villainous all suffer 12 wounds pierce 3, and due to Despair Blai suffers a critical Injury. Delmi is behind cover.

2 Rist Assassins (Rival) at Long Range and 4 squads of Rist Attack droids (4 apiece) at Medium emerge and move forward. Ziandra is struck twice by the assassins! She is currently out! taking a total of 19 wounds and a Critical Injury, now PC turn.

Critical Injury + 30 Blai: 1d100+30 49 - Head Ringer increaes the difficulty of all Intellect and Cunning checks by one till the end of the encounter.

Rist Assassin Cool: 2#2eP+1eA 3 successes, 1 advantage 4 successes, 1 advantage



Rist Attack Droids Cool: 4#1eA 1 success, 1 advantage 1 success 0 successes 1 success





Rist Assassin True Aim at Long reduced to Medium vs. Ziandra: 3eP+1eA+2eD+1eS+1eB 2 successes, 2 advantage


Rist Assassin True Aim at Long reduced to Medium vs. Ziandra: 3eP+1eA+2eD+1eS+1eB 3 successes, 1 threat


Rist Assassin True Aim at Long reduced to Medium vs. Ziandra: 1d100+30 102 - Maimed, lost hand!

Rist Assassin True Aim at Long reduced to Medium vs. Ziandra: 1d100+10 17 - For Ziandra exceeding wounds.

Initiative

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

[Dapper Dog]

OOC: The Snipers are Prone, setback for ranged, boost for melee.

[Delmi Koor]

Delmi ran out from cover and readied her blasters. Firing with deadly accuracy again and again…

In times of havoc… She fit right in perfectly. No assassin was as deadly as she.


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Soo…. 2 maneuvers for medium. Flipping a Destiny to have jumped behind a table and not been prone.

D8 Round 1 Reroll Natural Marksman Reroll: 3eP+2eA+6eB+3eD+1eS 3 successes, 12 advantage, 1 Triumph


One shot at assassin #1 for 13 Damage pierce 2, 1 adv to dual wield. Pew does 17 damage and using 9 adv to crit for +150 on Assassin #2.

D8 Assassin #2 Crit: 1d100+150 221

Use 3 advantage to Linked on the first assassin again dealing 17 damage. 9 Adv to crit +150. 4 remaining advantage and 1 gained from paired weapons to recover strain. Triumph to reveal something important about the battle.

D8 Assassin #1 Crit: 1d100+150 220

Wounds: 0/16
Strain: 0/16
Soak: 3
Defense: 1

[Dapper Dog]

OOC: On hold, minor issues here, as she dove for cover so she was Prone to start, need a maneuver to stand and it seems like the Aim as an incidental is for short and she is at Medium at best, so going to hold so Delmi can fix those issues as it will have to adjust her roll she has permission from me to use the first strike ability that's fine.

[Dapper Dog]

The assassins failed to complete there mission.

OOC: Other PC slots.

[Dapper Dog]

Xero held the strap as the shuttle came blazing in from the castle proper, Miyi at the controls. Xero waved as it touched down between the assassins and Ziandra. They shouted, “Sorry I ran late, I was fetching my tools.”

They lifted their tricked out disruptor rifle and said, “I never go anywhere without my tools.”

OOC: Triumph used.

[Blai Frayus]

Seeing the whole thing go south so quickly, Blai screams "Lady Thul, no!", as he jumps in front of her to protect her. Then, his head still ringing from the sound of the bullet that hit a slab of plasteel below his clothes but still hurt as hell, he screamed again, although he couldn't hear even his own voice properly.

"Bloody hitmen!"

The words sound oddly ominous, as a moment later he sees exactly that from the corner of his eyes as the soldier close by makes quick work of the men who has shot Ziandra. Not much time to be relieved though, as attack droids were still coming their way.

"Hang on, Lady Thul", he said again without hearing his own words as he stood holding her as best he could and dragged her to the shuttle, handing them to Miyi. "Eh, miss Thul, yeah? Please keep her safe, will ya?", he says, stumbling a bit over his words. Looking at Elur to make sure she's alright at his feet - which she is, thankfully - then back at the mess that's become the courtyard, he takes a deep breath and draws his senses in, then out...

OOC
2 maneuvers - stand up with Ziandra and take her to the Shuttle, as agreed with DD (2 strain)

Action - commit FD to sense (upgrades difficulty once, two times per round)

Elur is at his heels (automatic)

Soak 4
Defense 2/2
1 upgrade to attacks Vs him, 2/round
WT 9/14
ST 3/13

[Zeno Thul]

Zeno moves to face the assassins, focusing on defending his family. "I need support Carza!" he shouts into his comlink, as he slams a stimpack into his leg. He readied his guard shoto for incoming attacks.

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Spend a Destiny point: Xero called in Deaths Shadow Squadron powerbase for close air support?
Maneuver: Stimpack
Maneuver: Draw weapon (2 strain)
Action: Sense defense commit, upgrade up to 2 attacks against Zeno twice each round
Melee Defense: 1
Ranged Defense: 2

Wounds: 5/12
Strain: 11/13

[Dapper Dog]

The droids open fire on Delmi but they find no way to bring her harm. They take cover behind a copse of trees.

OOC: Maneuver to Aim. Missed take a maneuver to get Cover, from advantage.

Rist Assassin Droids at Short versus Delmi + Dodge + Aim: 3eP+1eB+1eC+1eS 0 successes, 2 advantage

[Dapper Dog]

Ser Villainous seeing that the girl was safe tapped into her anger and rushed forward leapt onto the shuttle and then sprung into the air drawing her blades with ease and crashed into the droids cutting them all down with ruthless efficiency.

They would pay for harming the Duchess.

OOC: Flip destiny to spend Dark pips, suffer 1 to activate and 1 to jump to Medium. 2 strain suffered. Hit for 11 Pierce 2, 2 Criticals to kill 2 minions right off the bat, 2 to recover strain. 1 to assist next ally. Maneuver to aim so at 3 strain, 8 wounds taken.

Ser Villainous Force Leap as Maneuver: 2eF 3 Dark Side


Ser Villainous Wielding Stinger Melee + Aim: 4eP+1eA+2eD+2eB 3 successes, 5 advantage

[Dapper Dog]

The droids continue to lay down the fire on the super dangerous gunslinger.

Xero unleashes fire as the shuttle lifts off to take the Duchess to safety as Zeno’s flight wing comes screaming in… and between them the droids are wiped out.

The assassination is foiled.

But Ziandra is gravely injured.

OOC: Droids fire on Delmi, let me know what you want for Despair. One hits for 10 and the other for 10 with a Critical Injury and damages the Pew with a Triumph.

2xDroids on Delmi + Aim: 2#3eP+1eC+1eB+1eS 1 success 1 success, 4 advantage, 1 Triumph, 1 Despair



2xDroids on Delmi + Aim: 1d100 5 - Minor Nick she takes 1 strain.

[Blai Frayus]

Seeing the threat dealt with, Blai readily takes out a stimpack and with his eyes and a nod he quickly asks Miyi for permission to use it on Ziandra.

OOC:
Using one or two on her, as necessary, then one on himself.

[Zeno Thul]

Zeno remained on the ground, directing the squadron to guard the shuttle all the way back. He would not have his family shot out of the air. In the meantime he rushed to see if any of the assassins fell from the aerial assault, other than the droids.

He hits himself with a second stimpack in the process.

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Second stimpack used.

Wounds: 9/12
Strain: 11/13

[Delmi Koor]

Delmi spit out some blood on the ground and stabbed a stim pack into her leg.

“Fuckin’ assholes…”

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Took 14 Wounds. Got back 5. Down to 9.

[Zeno Thul]

As he went about his search, he opened his comm channel to the one provided a few days ago.

"Duke Bouris, Rist assassins just came after my family. I don't know what is going on, but please make sure to protect your people. I was able to protect my family and my people wiped out the assassins. Be on guard."

He truly believed in the work done at the peace summit. Little did he know...