Feb 29, 2024 4:50 pm
Holroyd moves to the door and starts working to unlock it using his toolkit.
Rolls
Commtech (Wits) w/ tools + assist - (7d6, 1d6)
7d6 : (5532444) = 27
1d6 : (1) = 1
Scene 2: Let's move like we got a purpose
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Feb 29, 2024 8:39 pm
Holroyd and Macwhirr set to working on the door panel, trying to convince it to open.
But it defeats them. Worse - in the process of trying to get it open, something short-circuits, and the panel goes dead. It doesn't look like there's any way of getting this door open without forcing it physically, or maybe shooting in the observation window...
Dr Komiskey sees the door going dead and she starts to hyperventilate in panic
"Please! Please! You have GOT to get me out of here!!!!!!"
She's getting louder and louder as she starts to panic in earnest.
But it defeats them. Worse - in the process of trying to get it open, something short-circuits, and the panel goes dead. It doesn't look like there's any way of getting this door open without forcing it physically, or maybe shooting in the observation window...
Dr Komiskey sees the door going dead and she starts to hyperventilate in panic
"Please! Please! You have GOT to get me out of here!!!!!!"
She's getting louder and louder as she starts to panic in earnest.
Mar 1, 2024 5:45 am
OOC:
Unfortunately not, because Holroyd who led the roll is a synthetic. They don't have to deal with stress AND the idea is that this also means that they can't leverage stress to push for a re-rollMar 1, 2024 9:36 am
"We have to get that keycard," Holroyd says. He approaches the door and attempts to force it open. "Someone help me try the door," he says.
OOC:
Let me know if a skill would be appropriate here, I just rolled pure Strength.Last edited March 1, 2024 9:37 am
Rolls
Strength - (7d6)
Assuming help, if applicable - (1d6)
Mar 1, 2024 10:18 am
Holroyd tries to push the door open - puts his back into it - but is unable to make it budge an inch, or even a fraction of an inch.
OOC:
The door will absorb 12 damage points before it is opened. It has Armor Rating 6, which means when damage is done to it (Holroyd did two damage with his two 6s in his roll), I roll 6 dice, and for every 6 I get, one of the damage points is negated. So here Holroyd got two 6s, but the door rolled three, so no damage done.Rolls
Door Armour Rating 6 - (6d6)
(316266) = 24
Mar 1, 2024 10:30 am
Holroyd back from the door. "Getting this open with brute strength will take too much time, and make too much noise. It might be best to shoot the glass out - if we do that, we'll need to move quick."
Mar 1, 2024 12:38 pm
Hannah and Holroyd trie to shove the door open, but it doesn't budge.
"I'll shoot the #@#@##$ thing open.", Hannah says. Then she adds, "Unless someone saw a vent or something on the way in that we could crawl through."
She raises her gun pointing it at the glass.
Maybe there's a vent behind medical equipment?
"I'll shoot the #@#@##$ thing open.", Hannah says. Then she adds, "Unless someone saw a vent or something on the way in that we could crawl through."
She raises her gun pointing it at the glass.
OOC:
So, Hannah is not very observant, but if someone else wants to look for a vent we didn't see that has access to the room she will not shoot the door immediately. If no one wants to look, then she will shoot out the window.Maybe there's a vent behind medical equipment?
Mar 1, 2024 3:04 pm
You see two vents emerging from the quarantine room that pass through the examination room you're currently standing in. They don't have any openings into the examination room - presumably they are set up so the air coming out of them can be scrubbed before being vented to the outside - and are getting their air input from some unique source too.
If you wanted to try and access these vents - which are large enough for one of you to crawl through - you'd need to find a way to get inside one of them. Maybe using Hirsch's Cutting Torch, or ripping or shooting the metal open somehow.
If you wanted to try and access these vents - which are large enough for one of you to crawl through - you'd need to find a way to get inside one of them. Maybe using Hirsch's Cutting Torch, or ripping or shooting the metal open somehow.
OOC:
You can fire into the viewing window without a roll - you couldn't miss it. You keep firing at it until it breaks with whichever weapon you're using. This isn't an under-pressure action, so no STRESS dice are being rolled.Mar 1, 2024 10:37 pm
WAIT! Janice raises her hands and steps forward, but stays well out of range of Hannah's gun. Shooting out the glass is going to bring holy hell down in us. It's too loud. There has to be another way in.
She takes up Hannah's clue and searches the ceiling for vents. There is a vent up there. Help me pull this table over so we can reach. Janice grabs a table and pulls it towards the nearest vent.
She takes up Hannah's clue and searches the ceiling for vents. There is a vent up there. Help me pull this table over so we can reach. Janice grabs a table and pulls it towards the nearest vent.
Mar 1, 2024 11:09 pm
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There are no vents you can enter to get into the quarantine area - there are ventilattion tubes coming out of it, and through the examination room you'r in - but there aren't any vents in them, you'd have to cut a hole in them to be able to get inside them.
Mar 1, 2024 11:27 pm
Morgan peeks behind him into the room and sees Hannah about to shoot the glass. Then Mac starts dragging a table and is talking about a vent.
"Hey, slow down there, Mac." He comes back in the room. "I got this torch, see? Make quick work of those vents, but lemme get a look at that door. Might be easier than trying to shimmy through the ducts."
"Hey, slow down there, Mac." He comes back in the room. "I got this torch, see? Make quick work of those vents, but lemme get a look at that door. Might be easier than trying to shimmy through the ducts."
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I'm assuming Hirsch will know which of the options will be easiest and quietest to get through with his torch, and he'd go for whichever option that is - door, window frames, wall, vents...Mar 3, 2024 12:56 pm
Hirsch takes out his cutting torch.
The metal in the overhead piping that lead into the quarantine room is much thinner than the metal of the door. They are considerably smaller, however, than the main base ventilation system - as they serve only the quarantine room. Going down the pipe would involve crawling, and it would be hard to get someone up and into the space without others around to help them in - making getting out of the quarantine room again a challenge.
The door is thick, as are the walls - thicker than elsewhere on the base, to protect the quarantine room against damage in case there are pathogens in the quarantine room. The challenge will be making a hole big enough to get through, given the torch is only half-full.
Going through the window will be much quicker - and will smell awful, it's made of some kind of plastic polymer that will melt fairly quickly, but will give off strong toxic fumes, which would make breathing difficult and perhaps set off alarms.
It's hard to know what to do.
In the end, Hirsch decides to go through the metal pipe - making it less likely that the torch will run out before making a big enough hole - and if things get desperate, if they can't get out of the room, then in the worst case they can shoot the window in and get out that way.With the help of the others, Hirsch is able to haul himself up into the pipe - glad for the heavy overalls he's wearing, as he has to clamber over the sharp edge cut into the pipe. It takes him then about a minute to crawl through to the quarantine room, several minutes to calm Dr Komiskey down enough to be able to help her up and into the pipe, five more minutes for the doctor to get through and, with the help of moving examining tables and so on, lever himself up in behind her.
Komiskey and Hirsch are helped out of the pipe by the others, so all are together with Komiskey in the examination room.
Komiskey is overwhelmed by the experience of her escape, and starts to talk louder and louder - she's confused, panicking, and keeps saying
"We didn't know this would happen! Happen so quickly! It's not my fault!!"
The metal in the overhead piping that lead into the quarantine room is much thinner than the metal of the door. They are considerably smaller, however, than the main base ventilation system - as they serve only the quarantine room. Going down the pipe would involve crawling, and it would be hard to get someone up and into the space without others around to help them in - making getting out of the quarantine room again a challenge.
The door is thick, as are the walls - thicker than elsewhere on the base, to protect the quarantine room against damage in case there are pathogens in the quarantine room. The challenge will be making a hole big enough to get through, given the torch is only half-full.
Going through the window will be much quicker - and will smell awful, it's made of some kind of plastic polymer that will melt fairly quickly, but will give off strong toxic fumes, which would make breathing difficult and perhaps set off alarms.
It's hard to know what to do.
In the end, Hirsch decides to go through the metal pipe - making it less likely that the torch will run out before making a big enough hole - and if things get desperate, if they can't get out of the room, then in the worst case they can shoot the window in and get out that way.
OOC:
I'll wave my GM hands and say that making the holes to get into the pipe, and out of it again in the quarantine room takes the power level of the torch down from 3 to 2 - I rather do that than make up some HP for the tube or something like that.Komiskey and Hirsch are helped out of the pipe by the others, so all are together with Komiskey in the examination room.
Komiskey is overwhelmed by the experience of her escape, and starts to talk louder and louder - she's confused, panicking, and keeps saying
"We didn't know this would happen! Happen so quickly! It's not my fault!!"
OOC:
If you don't want to haul Dr Komiskey with you by force, someone would need to try and calm her down, using a COMMAND roll, for her to quieten down and start to be able to talk properly with you.Mar 3, 2024 3:29 pm
Janice grabs Dr Komiskey by the shoulders and looks her in the eyes. We don't have time for this. We need to get to the ship and get out of here. I need you to calm down. Janice shakes Dr Komiskey lightly. Listen to me! I need you to calm down!
Rolls
Command (Empathy) - (8d6)
(55225344) = 30
Stress dice - (4d6)
(6563) = 20
Mar 3, 2024 5:51 pm
"We should shoot her.", thinks Hannah. The thought slithers through her mind leaving a slick oily ooze in it's wake.
She tightens her grip on her gun and pushes the thought back before it's tendrils take hold and causes her to do something rash.
She tightens her grip on her gun and pushes the thought back before it's tendrils take hold and causes her to do something rash.
Mar 3, 2024 7:00 pm
If she doesn't shut up, I'm going to knock her out, thinks Morgan, hefting his pulse rifle, thinking about whacking her square in the forehead.
He looks at Mac, "Get her to shut up, or I'll tape her mouth and wrists and drag her out like a sack of laundry." He looks back toward the door nervously. "She's drawing attention..."
He looks at Mac, "Get her to shut up, or I'll tape her mouth and wrists and drag her out like a sack of laundry." He looks back toward the door nervously. "She's drawing attention..."
Mar 4, 2024 5:46 am
Even as Macwhirr appears to be calming the doctor down, Holroyd steps close to her and quickly places a hand under her jaw, the other on the back of her head and gives a single sharp twist, intending to kill her as quickly and quietly as possible.
He will quickly explain his actions, but I need to see the results first.
OOC:
I would let BeardHare adjudicate this how they'd like, but the intent is for Holroyd to make the hard decision here. I think with the context of the scene, the facehugger curled up in the room, the fact she was trapped in quarantine, and the medical records he would determine keeping her around isn't worth the risk.He will quickly explain his actions, but I need to see the results first.
Last edited March 4, 2024 5:54 am
Mar 4, 2024 10:05 am
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So, a grey area here of a synthetic killing a human. If we were playing this live at a table, I'd check in with you all how you'd like the "It is illegal to program an android for violence against humans." part of the Alien RPG core rulebook here.I could see this as either
1. WY have programmed Holroyd, as they did Ash, to be able to kill humans
2. Holroyd is able to do the math and decide that risk is higher to humans if he doesn't do it.
My choice here is 2. AND that doing it is hard for Holroyd as maybe his estimation is wrong, and is going to suffer -1 to AGILITY-based rolls until he gets a chance to repair himself (which would take a shift and successful COMMTECH roll).
Also DAMN I didn't see that coming! Love being surprised by the PCs!
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Please give me a CLOSE COMBAT roll to see what happens to Dr Komiskey as Holroyd attacks her.Mar 4, 2024 12:34 pm
As Holroyd linges for the Doctor's neck, Hannah draws her gun and points it straight at the android.
"What the hell was that!", she says.
"What the hell was that!", she says.
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I edited this post because I originally read the previous posts as if Holroyd already killed the Doctor. So, I removed the finality of Holroyd's action from this post.Last edited March 4, 2024 5:56 pm
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