The Mission

@Harrigan please make a Persuasion roll. One success, he'll keep talking, ignoring (for now) the fact that a worker from they mines would be carrying so many weapons, or any weapons, and with two successes he'll accept your story.

The man takes in Sabine's weaponry, the way the other two are defensive, and the seeming trust between you all. That and her French accent.

(In German) <"Intruders! Guards, come now!">

Combat has started. A PC may act first, then the engineer will. A few things to note:

The bodyguard Dietmar had dropped a sabre on the floor, but also had a repeating shotgun someone can grab. He didn't use it so it's likely fully loaded.

Behind him you see the cramped two by two-metre cabin contains a desk, cabin bed with storage underneath and a bookshelf containing many books, papers, and engineering diagrams.

Beyond the navigation room is the bridge. There are a couple glass windows between those rooms and a face flickers into view behind one. There are people in the bridge and they're likely going to join the fight.


Status Table
Momentum: 0
Threat: 2

Irish groans and moans on the floor, clutching his wounds. Visions of heroic sacrifice fill his mind; of lunging over the edge of the zeppelin, dragging the German boffins along with him until they hit they rocky floor of the camp below.

Swann brings up his revolver and Aim's for the Engineer and fires.

The engineer is unarmed so the shot hits him full force. He takes 4 Stress.

Someone can spend those two Momentum to act first, or he will go.

For openness and education on the system, here are his stats:
Armor 0, Stress 4/12, Injuries 0/3
Coordination 9, Fighting 2 (melee weapons)

Status Table
Momentum: 2
Threat: 2

Dan thinks about making a dash toward the shelf with the diagrams but realizes that it is best left until after this German is dispatched. Perhaps Irish can make the grab and anyone with a grenade could chuck it into the bridge.

He fires at him and shouts at Irish. "Grab those engineering plans! Anyone with grenades, chuck them into the bridge!"

If they end up scuttling the ship, they would still have the plans presuming they came out alive.

The engineer, taking a few shots, and seeing the others raising their weapons, drops his weapons and holds up his hands. In decent English, he says, "Nein. No, stop, don't kill me! I beg you!"

Status Table
Momentum: 0
Threat: 2

Sabine aims her pistol at the engineer’s face and advances towards him, speaking German as she goes.

<"Tell those in the bridge to stand down, to drop their weapons! Or you will die next, German!">

Irish stutters to a start, as he tests how painful it will be to even move with such fresh wounds. He knew that at any moment, advancing on the plans could be met with a desperate hail of bullets from the defenders.

Yet, he marched forward. Steadily and unsteadily, he moved towards the plans, until he could clutch them in his hands; carefully trying to keep them free of blood.

Dan spies Irish struggling toward nabbing the plans and nods. When Sabine threatens the German he tries to stop 'er.

"No, they won't listen to him, Sabine. That's surrendering the entire ship and I would bet they outnumber us. The bastards will probably sacrifice him. We need another plan. If Irish has the ship plans we'd at least have those and whatever else he can grab and then leave with our lives. We can blow up the ship and complete our mission."

The engineer looks at Dan, holding his hands up "No, I can, they'll listen. You can't trust them, but ... They listen to me! I built the Huginn. It's mine!" He turns to the bridge.

(In German) <"Come out. Now, I demand it! We are surrendering.">

The door opens and a junior airmen steps out, hands raised.

"Let's give them a chance Dan."

Swann holsters his pistol and brings up the Sten in case the crew disagree.

Dan shrugs but keeps his weapon ready.

"Alright." Turning to the Nazi he says with a glare, "You've got one chance."

With the engineer's selfish instinct for self-preservation above anything, you capture the Captain and the two airmen on the bridge. You have control of the Huginn it seems, except ....

After you have tied up the captain (Captain Klein) and the airmen, the engineer (Johannes Vester) tells you in his accented English, "There is an auxiliary bridge in the superstructure near the stern. That's where the powerplant is, and the controls for the engine. The bridge gives commands via a wired telephony system, there, hanging from the ceiling." He's quite proud of his design, and makes no bones about showing it off.

Assuming you take ten or fifteen minutes to recuperate, sip some water, and have a snack, you can all recover all of your Stress.
Your injuries remain.

Irish looks to the big brains on his own squad, as he gets patched up a little further.

"What in God’s name does all that mean? Is this not the place? What kind of a machine doesn’t have command over its own engine??" Irish asks irritated, as the language was all a little over his own head!

With a pat on Irish's shoulder, Swann says quietly, "Catch your breath Irish and have a biscuit." Turning to the Engineer, "Alright, so what do we need to do to get underway?"