Episode 1.0 - The Festival of Great Trade

OOC:

I think it's hilarious that the stormtroopers are better at handling surprise, rather than a reasoned attack. Maybe that's the cause of the "stormtrooper effect"?

Initiative Slots:

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Make sure to discuss initiative slots in the OOC thread. It might make sense for Khan to make his turn last, so the others can clear a path before he's gunned down.

Wuc'vulog's first shot was dead accurate, which struck the first trooper in his chest. That trooper was knocked off his feet and didn't stir once. The two other troopers scattered and were just as quickly cut down.

Meanwhile, the stormtrooper sergeant finishes unslinging his light repeating blaster and takes cover from Wuc'vulog's devastating fire.

(OOC: Next! Assume the sergeant has near total cover from the ventral turret (3 black) but only minor cover from the loading ramp and Pepra's position (1 black))

The stormtrooper sergeant hunkers down behind the crates and shifts out of the incoming fire. He is pinned completely, but spots his opportunity to shoot Valoris. The sergeant takes his time and aims carefully before unloading with his light repeater. Blast after blast hits the clone trooper, crippling his left arm, till the damage is so great that he drops unconscious.

(OOC: Yow! 15 damage vs 5 soak (-1 for pierce) is 11 wounds for Khan. He is now at 17 wounds and is incapacitated, plus takes a critical hit. Khan's left arm is now crippled until the wound is successfully healed (by Wuc'vulog or Eliasan) or replaced (by cybernetics)...)

"He's ducked behind those crates, I'll wait for his head to pop up and then... frag that, duck!" Wuc'vulog squeezes his whole body against the turrent and aims at the center of the sergeant's cover.

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Taking strain for two maneuvers: Brace and Aim.

Fiery death pours from the Turtle's ventral turret and obliterates the crates and the storm trooper sergeant. By the time the smoke clears, nothing else is visible save a heavily charred corpse and wrecked, shouldering crates. The air is acrid with smoke from whatever was in those crates.

(OOC: combat ends, the party is victorious!)

The automated launch systems at the space port control center grant authorization for the Turtle to launch. The hangar doors retract to reveal open sky, and the occasional tie fighter zipping by. No storm troopers have appeared in the bay yet, though it's only a matter of time.

Seven puts Khan down on a cot and straps him in. "Hey, does anyone have a medkit...and know how to use it?"

Dr Eliasan walks into the room behind Seven, clearly struggling to carry her traveling case. It was large and unwieldy, not heavy. She set it down at the foot of the cot with a thunk.

"Yes, I believe I have something better than a medkit here. I'm not merely a researcher, but a doctor as well." She knelt by her case and unlocked it. With a hiss and a puff of evaporating nitrogen, she quickly withdrew a familiar looking bacta applicator and something that didn't look at all like bacta. "Assuming that we don't have any Imperial trouble before we jump, I'll could use some help if anyone else is medically trained. That arm worries me."

Thinking better of using the applicator first, she set it aside and went to an external compartment on the case. With a tap to an external latch, the outside of the case opened to reveal a small medical kit. She withdrew a stimpack and stuck it in her pocket. Eliasan removed Khan's helmet and moved the neckguard aside before she injected him with the stimpack.

She leaned over him and slapped his cheeks gently, saying, "Valoris! Are you still with me?"

(OOC: A stimpack restores 5 wounds, so Valoris is now under his wound threshold [at 12 wounds] and may regain consciousness.)