Salted Wounds [IC], a Deep Black Sea game Options

[Volker]

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If Jack allows, I'll edit the post accordingly. This is the old version:
bnc slowly eases her out of the driver's seat, nods towards the workers, then walks over to the backdoor. She bends her back before she finally grabs the van door, thus giving the people inside enough time to sneak out and do whatever havoc they plan to.

bnc waits nervously at the front seat, drumming her virtual fingers against a solid piece of virtual wood she loaded for no other reason then to drum her fingers on.

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy begins to move out of the Van

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Sneaking: 13d6t5 4

[Volker]

Going from arm to arm, bnc hacks one gun after the other, rendering it unable to fire (unless one were so witful as to try to actively reboot the gun in troubleshooting mode whilst pointin it at their enemy). When she arrives at number 9, however, she stupidly misses to fool a routine check, and gets caught. Damn! What was that? Oh, frag!
She, first thing, warns her team. "Go now, they're aware of us now!"

[SquirrelDude]

"k" was all Sharkboy said over comms before drawing his bow and shooting an arrow

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If bnc put an ARO over the guard she couldn't hack Sharkboy shoots at that one, otherwise he would just shoot whichever guard was looking his way.

Simple action: Aim
Simple action: Shoot Arrow [8]: 20d6t5 8 Stick'n'Shock with static shaft. 12S(e) AP -7

Free action: Move away from where he shot the arrow

[Volker]

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Not directly (otherwise, I would have had to perform to Tag action, which I didn't.
But bnc provides, as usual, an ARO map in which she displays important information, like which faction they belong to (different colors), whether they're taken out (fading out) or whether they are rank-and-file soldiers or elite soldiers (different icons). Those whose arms are disabled, are marked as such. So you know 8 of the guards with their guns out. You don't, however, know exactly which one she tried next, though Jack might allow you to derive it from the pattern she followed.

EDIT: Looking at the map, there are only 6 guards close by, so she has taken out those you can attack already. Lucky number 9 must be in a different room anyway.

[Gilga]

Initiative 24: Anna sneaks out of the car and fires her pistol at one of the guards not targetted by Nova/Sharkboy.

[Jack_Spade]

Sharkboy's arrow became visible just a fraction of a second before it hit home and knocked over the first guard. After that, the battle began:
With the reflexes born from supra conductors and chrome, the guards became alert to the intruders and immediately started to move so they could evade being attacked too, while they oriented themselves. Their gazes homed in on the imperfections of Anna's veil and they all began to raise their rifles.

[Thanee]

As soon as the action started, Nova fired a single shot from her silenced sidearm at the guard she had been aiming at the whole time and started aiming again.

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At Pass 1 Initiative 23:
Simple Action: Shooting at one of the Guards with her Pistol: 8 hits (Accuracy is 8); Damage 6S(e) AP -5
Simple Action: Take Aim again

[Jack_Spade]

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defend: 12d6t5 3
Soak: 15d6t5 2

Nova hit her target almost perfect, but the guard still managed to catch the tazer darts on his arm instead of his neck, staying upright even if quite a bit wracked by pain

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy scampers up one of the shelves to get into cover behind some boxes before stringing up another stick'n'shock arrow.

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Free: Move Gymnastics: 17d6t5 5
Simple: Get into Cover
Simple: Reload Weapon

[Luckace]

As the shots started flying, Wraith reached out for the telepathic connection to his spirit that he had earlier commanded to stay hidden until the fight would start. Now we strike! Start with the threats outside.
He straightened up and with a flick of his hand, he gently grabbed the crucifix on his wraistband. "Watch over us...", he murmured, as he activated his focus.

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Simple action: command spirit
Simple action: activate combat focus

[Jack_Spade]

The spirit immediately began it's work and wraith witnessed through his mental connection how his angel went all old testament on the howling hellhounds.

[Thanee]

Her first shot had hit home, and she could see the guard having to make an effort not to blank out. Time to hit him again, Nova thought, and pulled the trigger once more.

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At Pass 2 Initiative 13:
Simple Action: Take Aim once more
Simple Action: Shooting at the wounded Guard with her Pistol: 11 hits (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) (Accuracy is 8, so only 8 count); Damage 6S(e) AP -5

[Jack_Spade]

Nova's shot hit true and the guard went down, leaving only two more active - of which one was hit by Anna a heartbeat later...

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy aimed and fired at the guard that didn't yet have Anna or Nova's attention.

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Simple: Aim
Simple: Shoot Arrow: 20d6t5 8 12S(e) AP-7

[Gilga]

Anna attempted multitasking and sent her spirit to aid Wraith's, she moved a few meters and then fired again. Hoping to have her veil of invisibility - as well as Rothanium polymer and thermal dumping, protect her for what was to come. The shot hit true, but it was not very effective, and the guard was far from disabled. She noticed however that Nova and the Shark had better luck, and was happy that they were around.

[Jack_Spade]

All but Anna's guard succumbed to rapid shots of taser darts and arrows.
The one Anna had wounded seemed to have a moment of clarity because he suddenly drew his sidearm and fired at her.

Meanwhile the death cries of the hellhounds grew louder as the spirits outside tore into the caged animals.

[Volker]

As searching for the decker proved to be futile, bnc changed her tactic. She picks the guard who she thinks most threatening, and with a buzz and a fizzle, his gun turns into a heap of molten nonsense.

[Jack_Spade]

The guard's gun begins to spray sparks, just as Anna's next round hits him squarely in the chest, knocking him down, but not yet out.

[Gilga]

Anna feels punch as the bullet scratches her ballistic fabric, luckily for her without penetrating. Without losing her composure, and with a surge of adrenaline for the close call she lobes a well-aimed shot at the guard's chest sending him back.

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy hopped back down from the shelf. He mvoed towards the guard Anna had knocked down, delivering a heavy stomp to the man's knee.

"Take a break."

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Free: Movement
Complex Action Called Shot: Knee: 11d6t5 5 DV 13P AP - Reach 1

• Modifier: –8
• DV Limit: 1
• Effects: Stunned (target must make a Composure (2) Test or receive a –10 penalty to Initiative Score), Knockdown (target must make a Strength + Agility (DV+3) Test or fall prone), Slowed (target’s Movement, both Walk and Run rate, is halved and no Sprint Tests are allowed), Winded (target is unable to perform Complex Actions for a number of Combat Turns equal to the original DV of the attack)

Initiative Round 2: 3d6+11 23

[Jack_Spade]

The sickening sound of breaking cartilage was droned out by the long scream of the guard, whose knee now bent backwards.
In fact it was so loud, that the team nearly didn't hear the steps of the oncoming reinforcements.

[Thanee]

"Oh, shut up already!"

Nova lazily fired her pistol in the last guards direction while moving around the van, to take some cover from the door, where the reinforcements would be storming through in a moment. She holstered her pistol, since more serious weaponry might be necessary now.

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At Pass 3 Initiative 3:
Simple Action: Shoot the last guard with an epic 1 hit (DV 6P S(e) AP -5)
Simple Action: Holster pistol
Walk: Move around the van to the lower right side (i.e. take cover behind the engine block)

[Jack_Spade]

The man on the ground tried to roll away, but didn't avoid the tines of the taser completely. After the convulsions stopped, the man lay still and unconscious

[Jack_Spade]

The team had barely time to change position when a man appeared in the doorway to the office. He was wearing a well tailored suit and had donned some kind of ballistic mask while also wielding a genuine Ares Alpha.
There was barely any delay between him appearing, using the doorframe as cover, and opening up with a long, controlled salvo from his rifle, aimed at Anna.