The party takes stock of the situation and their original goal of capturing/destroying the force crystal that they had when they first arrived on the AoD
Just then, they recieve a message from R2 that a couple of badguys are sneaking up on them from the outside of the AoD. Beaker, Joruss, and Grarwarr go out to investigate.
BarBar orders R2 to "take them out" and R2 fires a laser turret on the Y-wing and hits them, dislodging them from the AoD.
As the group outside the ship move to attack, an explosion yakes out the inner door to the landing bay
Bar Bar and Boppa man turrets while Mater Dee - feeling a bit peckish - makes a sandwich
One free floating badguy throws the other at Joruss and hits. Unfortunately, the thrower is pasted, and drifts off leaking air.
Boppa and Bar Bar make rubble out of door while Mater Dee makes toast.
After two failed attempts, and a couple minor beatings - Joruss removes the badguys helmet, while Grarwarr and Beaker snipe holes in him.
Just up the wall from the landing bay door, a hole appears and through it steps an incredibly menacing meticulously prepared (including 18 page backstory) Dark Jedi. She is immediately reduced to a small greasy stain on the wall behind her, except for her lightsaber which slowly floats to the floor of the landing bay.
About this time two more black suited figures appear sneaking into the landing bay. Mater Deetakes his sandwich and moves to the shuttle bay.
The two new attackers are immediately sniped/assaulted by various party members, and ship weapons.
One survives the initial onslaught and gets into the Y-wing landing bay. BarBar observes him placing thermal detonators on the door.
Mater Dee and BarBar coordinate on opening the door, and force moving the Thermal detonators out of the landing bay. Unfortunately, in a fate worse than death, Mater Dee's sandwich escapes into space, and eventually burns to a cinder as it spirals into the sun. Unknown to our heroes, the mayo on the sandwich had developed some peculiar organic properties after being left out on the counter by a careless Ugnaut. If left alone, on a nice warm dry planet or moon, they had the possibility to develop into a race of such dignity, poise and charisma, that they could have ushered in a new and lasting era of peace and prosperity for all sentient beings in the universe. Alas, they were cruelly and carelessly incinerated by a the heat of a star. Or they would probably just have been eaten.
This leaves the lone badguy in a less than defensible spot, a mistake that he pays for with his life.
One last badguy peaks in the hole in the landing bay carved by the now infamous jedi grease spot - becoming a grease spot himself thanks to Boppa's excellent ability with a laser turret.
With the current threat contained, and a nice collection of black armor, the party settled in for some healing.
After considering their options, another expedition to the center of the AoD commenced. The site of the last slugg battle passes uneventfully, and as they progresse deeper into the AoD, the feeling of darkness and dread groes in the hearts of those sensitive to the force. After a few minutes of weaving through tunnels, Joruss (with a little help from the force) spots the dark circular entrance to a large cavern that he guesses is near the center of the AoD.
The two swoop bikes are idled while Beaker, Boppa, and Joruss move cautiously toward the entrance. This approach lasts approximately 6 seconds. Bar Bar uses the force to rush directly into the room and is promptly captured by a net that was waiting to trap the first being through the entrance. Abandoning all hope of stealth everyone moves to the entrance of the tunnel.
They are confronted with a large egg shaped cavern with four stone pillars extruding from the top and a matching set protruding from the bottom. At first glance, it looks like they should meet in the center of the cavern, but something or someone removed their center sections. Placed on one of the top and one of the bottom stone pillars are matching laser turrets. Lastly on the "bottom" of the chamber is a man-made structure that looks like a small square bunker. It is on the "floor" of the chamber between the four pillars.
Grarwarr, with Mater Dee as a passenger, speeds into the chamber on his swoop bike, and promptly has it shot from under him by one of the turrets. Beaker begins sniping at one of the turrets, while Boppa uses the force to whip stray parts of the swoop bike around another.
Bar Bar uses his shiny new red lightsaber to cut his way free of the net. And Mater Dee decides to try and use gravity as his friend to send Grarwarr towards the "bottom" of the cavern to see what mayhem he can cause.
We will rejoin our heroes as they work their way out of this predicament...next week.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Survival, Rates of...
We begin the night already in combat.
Bar Bar and a dark trooper are inside a slug. Boppa, Zak, and Beaker are on the swoop bike with sidecar at the tunnel intersection. Grarwarr is on the other swoop nearby. Jorrus and Mater Dee are fighting a second slug. The Force illusion created by Boppa is keeping the third slug in a state of confusion a short distance away.
Even though Joruss is disturbed by Mater Dee and his two Dark lightsabers entering melee combat, they continue to harass the slug before them. Beaker swings his swoop bike around and heads up to the slug containing Bar Bar, getting a single ineffective shot against the slug's thick hide on the way. Zak takes several shots too, as Boppa maintains her illusion.
Bar Bar is in trouble inside the slug. The trooper puts his helmet back on, so Bar Bar takes it off again. Or at least he tries, but the trooper resists The Force and keeps his helmet on instead.
Joruss and Mater Dee are still fighting the second slug. Grarwarr takes a few shots at the slug too. Beaker brakes hard on the swoop bike and with a heroic surge, dives into the slug's mouth, taking a shot at the inside on the way toward its gullet, woohoo! Boppa's illusion continues as she moves into the driver's seat of the swoop, and Zak takes another set of shots at the slug's head.
The first slug tries to chew a mouthful of Beaker, but can't get a decent bite in. With incredible dexterity for a slug, Joruss is swallowed by the second one! The trooper near Bar Bar has had enough and blasts Bar Bar, wounding him. Bar Bar is able to remain conscious, but barely. So Bar Bar responds with his last thermal detonator, which hits the trooper hard.
As Joruss slides into the throat of the second slug, he makes short work of it with his lightsaber from the inside. It stops moving with Joruss' legs sticking out of its craw. Beaker pops partly into the stomach of the first slug and pops off a couple shots into the dark trooper. Zak and Boppa argue like an old married couple about who should make an exit hole in their slug. Zak fires his blaster anyway, and Boppa maintains her illusion. Grarwarr uses his bowcaster to strike the slug with Bar Bar and Beaker inside.
The first slug strikes at Zak and Boppa but misses. The trooper inside does not miss Beaker. In fact he gets in a crit. Beaker is barely able to shake off the blast. Bar Bar, being out of his customary thermal detonators, swings at the trooper with his atlatl but misses.
Mater Dee helps pull Joruss out of the slug. Joruss turns and uses The Force to fly over to the third slug. Grarwarr fires a few rounds into that slug as well. Beaker caps the dark trooper, and Zak and Boppa continue to argue as they finish off the first slug. At this point their union is common law. Mater Dee joins Joruss on slug three. Bar Bar loots the body of the dark trooper. He gets the helmet back!
As Boppa and Zak help Beaker and Bar Bar out of the first slug, Joruss is again swallowed by an unusually lucky slug (it may be necessary to secretly curse the DM's dice soon). Grarwarr is attacked from behind! Another dark trooper has emerged from the remains of the second slug.
As Joruss slides into the stomach of the third slug, a dark trooper awaits, and takes several stunning punches at Joruss. Joruss is unimpressed and shrugs off the attempt. Grarwarr is angry! He rages toward the second trooper, calls upon The Force and hacks into him with his vibroblade. The third slug swallows Mater Dee with relative ease.
Grabbing the swoop controls from Zak, Beaker guns the swoop back up the tunnel to the intersection. Zak fires at the final living slug while Boppa ignites her lightsaber and joins Grarwarr on dark trooper two. Mater Dee enters the stomach of the slug, then cuts a hole in the side. The trooper punches Mater Dee, and it's lights out, Mater Dee is stunned. The trooper then turns on Joruss but is ineffective.
Taking a play from Bar Bar's book of dirty fighting, Joruss uses The Force to pull the helmet off the dark trooper and fling it out the hole in the side of the slug. Zak and Beaker fire into the last slug, as Boppa and Grarwarr struggle with the other trooper.
The slug moves toward the swoop in the intersection, then chomps on Zak. This is definitely bad for Zak, and a moment later Boppa is a widow. The trooper on Boppa and Grarwarr fights on, doing more damage but disabling neither party member. The trooper on the inside of the slug rushes out after his helmet, but Joruss takes him down with an opportune strike, removing his head also.
Bar Bar loves helmets, and so is especially pleased when Boppa uses The Force to pull the helmet off trooper two and send it down the tunnel nearby. As Bar Bar prepares to fetch it, dark trooper two tumbles to get it himself, but does so quite poorly. Grarwarr takes a shot, then Boppa, and finally Bar Bar whacks him with his stick and the last dark trooper is down.
Joruss works his lightsaber on the final slug from the inside, and Boppa moves to help from the outside. Beaker moves his swoop into the adjoining tunnel and fires from there. Grarwarr fires at the slug from a distance as well. Bar Bar resorts to a frag grenade (not his first choice), but misses the mouth and gets both the slug and Boppa.
The last slug succumbs to Joruss lightsaber, and Mater Dee regains consciousness. The party rounds up dark trooper loot, and retrieves Zak's body from the dead slug. Some quick healing using The Force and Mater Dee's skills, then the group heads back to the Swag Bag to further recover and reflect.
Everyone is saddened by the loss of Zak, especially Boppa. But another character level and a couple of Force points lightens the load a bit.
Bar Bar and a dark trooper are inside a slug. Boppa, Zak, and Beaker are on the swoop bike with sidecar at the tunnel intersection. Grarwarr is on the other swoop nearby. Jorrus and Mater Dee are fighting a second slug. The Force illusion created by Boppa is keeping the third slug in a state of confusion a short distance away.
Even though Joruss is disturbed by Mater Dee and his two Dark lightsabers entering melee combat, they continue to harass the slug before them. Beaker swings his swoop bike around and heads up to the slug containing Bar Bar, getting a single ineffective shot against the slug's thick hide on the way. Zak takes several shots too, as Boppa maintains her illusion.
Bar Bar is in trouble inside the slug. The trooper puts his helmet back on, so Bar Bar takes it off again. Or at least he tries, but the trooper resists The Force and keeps his helmet on instead.
Joruss and Mater Dee are still fighting the second slug. Grarwarr takes a few shots at the slug too. Beaker brakes hard on the swoop bike and with a heroic surge, dives into the slug's mouth, taking a shot at the inside on the way toward its gullet, woohoo! Boppa's illusion continues as she moves into the driver's seat of the swoop, and Zak takes another set of shots at the slug's head.
The first slug tries to chew a mouthful of Beaker, but can't get a decent bite in. With incredible dexterity for a slug, Joruss is swallowed by the second one! The trooper near Bar Bar has had enough and blasts Bar Bar, wounding him. Bar Bar is able to remain conscious, but barely. So Bar Bar responds with his last thermal detonator, which hits the trooper hard.
As Joruss slides into the throat of the second slug, he makes short work of it with his lightsaber from the inside. It stops moving with Joruss' legs sticking out of its craw. Beaker pops partly into the stomach of the first slug and pops off a couple shots into the dark trooper. Zak and Boppa argue like an old married couple about who should make an exit hole in their slug. Zak fires his blaster anyway, and Boppa maintains her illusion. Grarwarr uses his bowcaster to strike the slug with Bar Bar and Beaker inside.
The first slug strikes at Zak and Boppa but misses. The trooper inside does not miss Beaker. In fact he gets in a crit. Beaker is barely able to shake off the blast. Bar Bar, being out of his customary thermal detonators, swings at the trooper with his atlatl but misses.
Mater Dee helps pull Joruss out of the slug. Joruss turns and uses The Force to fly over to the third slug. Grarwarr fires a few rounds into that slug as well. Beaker caps the dark trooper, and Zak and Boppa continue to argue as they finish off the first slug. At this point their union is common law. Mater Dee joins Joruss on slug three. Bar Bar loots the body of the dark trooper. He gets the helmet back!
As Boppa and Zak help Beaker and Bar Bar out of the first slug, Joruss is again swallowed by an unusually lucky slug (it may be necessary to secretly curse the DM's dice soon). Grarwarr is attacked from behind! Another dark trooper has emerged from the remains of the second slug.
As Joruss slides into the stomach of the third slug, a dark trooper awaits, and takes several stunning punches at Joruss. Joruss is unimpressed and shrugs off the attempt. Grarwarr is angry! He rages toward the second trooper, calls upon The Force and hacks into him with his vibroblade. The third slug swallows Mater Dee with relative ease.
Grabbing the swoop controls from Zak, Beaker guns the swoop back up the tunnel to the intersection. Zak fires at the final living slug while Boppa ignites her lightsaber and joins Grarwarr on dark trooper two. Mater Dee enters the stomach of the slug, then cuts a hole in the side. The trooper punches Mater Dee, and it's lights out, Mater Dee is stunned. The trooper then turns on Joruss but is ineffective.
Taking a play from Bar Bar's book of dirty fighting, Joruss uses The Force to pull the helmet off the dark trooper and fling it out the hole in the side of the slug. Zak and Beaker fire into the last slug, as Boppa and Grarwarr struggle with the other trooper.
The slug moves toward the swoop in the intersection, then chomps on Zak. This is definitely bad for Zak, and a moment later Boppa is a widow. The trooper on Boppa and Grarwarr fights on, doing more damage but disabling neither party member. The trooper on the inside of the slug rushes out after his helmet, but Joruss takes him down with an opportune strike, removing his head also.
Bar Bar loves helmets, and so is especially pleased when Boppa uses The Force to pull the helmet off trooper two and send it down the tunnel nearby. As Bar Bar prepares to fetch it, dark trooper two tumbles to get it himself, but does so quite poorly. Grarwarr takes a shot, then Boppa, and finally Bar Bar whacks him with his stick and the last dark trooper is down.
Joruss works his lightsaber on the final slug from the inside, and Boppa moves to help from the outside. Beaker moves his swoop into the adjoining tunnel and fires from there. Grarwarr fires at the slug from a distance as well. Bar Bar resorts to a frag grenade (not his first choice), but misses the mouth and gets both the slug and Boppa.
The last slug succumbs to Joruss lightsaber, and Mater Dee regains consciousness. The party rounds up dark trooper loot, and retrieves Zak's body from the dead slug. Some quick healing using The Force and Mater Dee's skills, then the group heads back to the Swag Bag to further recover and reflect.
Everyone is saddened by the loss of Zak, especially Boppa. But another character level and a couple of Force points lightens the load a bit.
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