Chapter 9 - Boom, Anyone?

OOC:

Could Ad-hoc drill a little hole in the panel and take a look?

Oct 1, 2023 11:00 pm

OOC:

and lower the resale value?
Good idea. Either that or try to make out what they are saying

Oct 2, 2023 12:13 am

All of thee above. Pick one :) Or burst into the room and wing it...

Oct 2, 2023 5:43 am

OOC:

I think I'll go with burst, mostly because of the time pressure.

AD-hoc doesnt waste any time entering the engine room. He tries to sound indifferent, and authorative at the same time. "Insurgents incoming. Evacuate, sealing the room behind you. They can not be allowed access here. Find an escape pod unless different orders come in."

Rolls

Deception

3 Success, 2 Failure

Total: 1 Success

Oct 2, 2023 11:55 am

One of the three tech's in the room drops his tool box at AD-hoc's appearance. Jumping back a bit he stumbles "Dank Farrak, you scared the pudu out me."

A second tech pauses only for a second, "You heard him, lock your stations and let's get out of here."

The third tech punches some buttons and as he steps back from his console, "Why did he come through the maint shafts?"

The second tech is almost to AD-hoc when he replies, "Because the comms are down and the hallways are full of pirates or what not. Now come on, with this panel off, I can get us to the escape pods."

The three techs then disappear into the maintenance corridor without a second look at AD-hoc.

Oct 2, 2023 7:46 pm

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mostly please with the results, AD-hoc looks over the computers and machinery all around. "Nox, there were three techs in the engine room. Just alerting you that I inadvertently sent them your way." he says in the commlink. Then he tries to figure out the best way to make the engines permanently stop doing what they're normally supposed to.

Nox

Oct 2, 2023 7:51 pm

"Thanks for the heads up. I'll make sure that they know our taxi's already spoken for."

Nox moves to a visible but protected position and keeps his eyes open.

Oct 3, 2023 3:27 am

OOC:

AD-hoc, you can spit ball some idea on how to break the engines and we can throw some dice at it. Or you could make a mechanics or computers roll to come up with a plan. The plan would center around either computers or mechanics, depending on the one you roll.

Oct 3, 2023 5:29 am

AD-hoc is a repair droid, he fixes things, destroying them on the other hand.... He reached for his hammer, knowing that was a surefire way to break something, but decided to stop and think if there was a better way to render the engine inoperable. If he could make it seem like the Empire was responsible, even better.

OOC:

will go with mechanics since I think those techs locked the computers. Please add dice if the difficulty is more tham average

Rolls

Mechanics - sabotage plan

1 Success, 4 Advantage, 2 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 2 Advantage

Oct 5, 2023 4:12 am

AD-hoc considers the Engines, these old Dreadnaughts have been around since the Clone Wars. They have antiquated fuel igniter systems, why just pulling the igniters out of the six engines would stop the ship, until someone replaced them. Then there's the fuel regulator, re-calibrate it to low and the engines would just spark and putter, calibrate it too high and the engines would over thrust. They might melt, unless they were turned off. Continuing around the room, AD-hoc sees at least 40 workstations, but there were only 3 techs... That's right, these ships used to be crew heavy, like 16,000 crew. With some upgrades and lots of slaved systems, the crew got down to a couple thousand. If the slaved systems were disabled, it would take 30 or more people to do anything with the engines. Like if the fuel regulator was set too high and 3 of the engines were set to reverse thrust and the controls were disabled; then ship would just shake and rattle while the engines melted themselves.

Oct 6, 2023 8:30 pm

AD-hoc put away his hammer, deciding this situation requires more finesse. He opts to re-calibrate the fuel regulator way too high, so that the engines over thrust and hopefully melt. Unless the pirates can fix it fast enough, but he doubted that, based on the passengers they brought over.

OOC:

type of check and difficulty please?

Oct 6, 2023 10:52 pm

OOC:

It's an Average Mechanics check to change the calibration. If you want to disable the linked control systems, that's either a hard Mechanics or an Average Computers. They don't have to be done together.

Oct 7, 2023 5:14 am

AD-hoc works to calibrate the regulators. When he's done, he checks in to see if he has time to seal the doors before leaving. "How are our passengers progressing?"

OOC:

ugh, i'm not sure if he would know he failed?

Last edited October 7, 2023 5:15 am

Rolls

Mechanics Check - calibration

1 Success, 1 Advantage, 3 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 2 Failure

Oct 9, 2023 11:26 am

Right, without running some diagnostic check on the system, he wouldn't know how the fuel mix was running. You can hear blasters in the hallway, but it doesn't seem they've made it to you yet.

Oct 10, 2023 6:59 pm

AD-hoc, still not as familiar with breaking things as he is with repairing them, figures that if time allows, he'll also disable the slave systems before leaving. Then he'll use his goo-gun to seal the doors, and leave the way he came.

OOC:

Feel free to add dice if that check should have been more diffucult.

Rolls

Disabling the slave system

3 Success, 5 Advantage, 2 Failure, 1 Threat

Total: 1 Success, 4 Advantage

Oct 11, 2023 4:07 pm

OOC:

Nice roll. Lots of advantage :)

AD-hoc unhooks the various cables slaving the 30 or more consoles to just the 3 that the Techs had been using. Tossing the cables in a pile simply makes it impossible for someone to guess how they might have been connected. As he is finishing up AD-hoc notices a fuel regulator screen, showing the calibration is currently in normal limits...

Ken has been stealthy following the pirates as they make their way towards the main doors for Engineering. Staying about a corridor behind the prirates, they ran into a few crew and only about a dozen stormtroopers. It didn't slow them down with the two light repeating blasters creating a gap in the Stormtroopers. They're getting pretty close to Engineering when Ken hears the running boots of Stormtroopers coming from his right, from the front of the ship.

OOC:

For reference, to your front are the pirates, moving towards the center line of the ship, your left takes you aft, backing up moves you toward your ship.

Keno 'Ken' Tetsu

Mephistophilis

Oct 11, 2023 6:09 pm

Flattening himself against the wall, Ken tries to make himself as unobtrusive as possible. He observes the stormtroopers to make sure they aren't flanking the pirates. He doesn't want to have to get involved in the fighting but he also doesn't want the Imperials getting the upper hand.

Rolls

Stealth

5 Success, 1 Failure

Total: 4 Success

Oct 11, 2023 6:11 pm

although no one would know it based on his lack of ability to make facial expressions, AD-hoc is giving a perplexed look at the fuel regulator screen. Either his optical sensor was malfunctioning, the sensor was malfunctioning, or . . . hey activated his comlink. "Ken, would it be possible to buy me a bit more time?"

Mephistophilis

Oct 11, 2023 6:14 pm

OOC:

Where is AD-hoc and the engines in relation to Ken and the pirates?

Oct 12, 2023 12:25 am