Rifts Adventure - IC Thread

Raven quickly moves to put the staff in the way of the claw strike, and if it were not for his great strength, the staff would have been knocked clear out of his hands.

Sylvie casts another spell, this one lobbing a ball of fire at the Slaver. It hits, causing the big monster to yell in pain.

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Forgot to add this:

Initiative order so far:
19 - Dreamy [1]
17 - Oleg [2]
17 - Altarian 1 Netted [2]
16 - Rab [2]
14 - Altarian 2 Netted [2]
13 - Raven -22 MD [2]
12 - Slaver Partially Netted [3]
12 - group of unknown attackers [2]
11 - Altarian 3 Netted [1]
10 - Sylvie [2]
2 - Takuma [2] <====

Takuma Takes out his paralysis rifle,
jumps off the slaver and fires at him hoping that would take it our of the fight for a bit.

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Takuma Takes out his paralysis rifle,
jumps off the slaver and fires at him hoping that would take it our of the fight for a bit.

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Can I get a to-hit roll, please?

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If it hits the target is paralyzed but takes no damage

Takuma lined up his shot and the pulse of energy strikes the Slaver square in the chest. At this point you don't know if it has been successfully paralyzed or not; you'll have to wait for its next action.

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Initiative order so far:
19 - Dreamy [1] <====
17 - Oleg [2]
17 - Altarian 1 Netted [2]
16 - Rab [2]
14 - Altarian 2 Netted [2]
13 - Raven -22 MD [2]
12 - Slaver Partially Netted [3]
12 - group of unknown attackers [2]
11 - Altarian 3 Netted [1]
10 - Sylvie [2]
2 - Takuma [3]

Dreamy yells a warning to Raven. "We have to destroy that evil staff!"

If there is cover nearby, Dreamy gets Oleg's attention and wishes to move with him towards it.

In the meantime, she draws her JA-12 laser rifle while placing her Blackwood Bow in her off-hand. Her reasoning is simple - the laser, while silent, has no kick and her strength is more than enough to wield it one-handed. She is proficient in its use and it will do the most damage to the Slaver Minion's staff.

In a flash, Dreamy shifts her grip on the bow and readies the laser rifle for use on her next action, all the while trying to signal to Oleg to get to cover.

Luckily for Dreamy, Oleg is a pretty smart kid and he picks up on the hints to move away to somewhere safer. He turns and starts to run off in the direction of the large transport that he's been riding in, knowing that the MDC walls of the heavy truck would help to keep him safe.

Rab takes careful aim at the staff before firing a burst from his plasma pistol and scoring a solid hit, showing his own skill with a sidearm.

The two Altarian women are both stuck tight, and it will take several minutes to get free of the Magic Net.

The Slaver remains stuck in the Net, not moving at all, so it is very possible that Takuma was successful in paralyzing the monster.

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Initiative order so far:
19 - Dreamy [2]
17 - Oleg [3]
17 - Altarian 1 Netted [2]
16 - Rab [3]
14 - Altarian 2 Netted [2]
13 - Raven -22 MD [2] <====
12 - Slaver Partially Netted [3]
12 - group of unknown attackers [2]
11 - Altarian 3 Netted [1]
10 - Sylvie [2]
2 - Takuma [3]

Seeing that the Slaver is, at least for the moment, out of the fight, Raven throws the staff away from having it in hand and then takes aim with his shotgun and fires a six round burst at it. Best to destroy it and keep it from the hands of those that would use it for evil.

EDIT and I can't hit shit. Damn!

The awkward size and shape of the staff sends it tumbling off at an odd direction and causes Raven to miss with his shotgun burst.

The Slaver remains stuck in the Net, and it also appears that he is paralyzed as the monster glares with eyes filled with hate at the lot of you.

The trio of rail gun wielding attackers continue to advance, pouring fire at the Slaver and causing some sizable damage to their helpless target.

Sylvie casts another spell, this time she throws her ball of fire at the staff and does some small amount of damage to it.

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OOC we are at a point that the enemy are all incapacitated/netted/paralyzed and cannot fight back. If you are not planning on firing at the three new arrivals, we can move out of combat time and then we'll wrap up the encounter.

Once all enemies were dealt or rather were incapacitated, Miss my old kill them all arsenal lamented the cyborg as he keeps his gun pointed at the newcomers “Are you hostile?” Was his only question to them as his paralysis riffle is not a good weapon to kill but taking prisoners it is the best.

The borg doesn't say anything to Takuma's inquiry, but instead keeps his weapon leveled at the still paralyzed Slaver and the three Altarian warriors. The guy in the Juicer armor is more animated, shouldering his rail gun and saying, "Hostile? Not to you unless you provoke us. We are here to kill these scum, and it was your good fortune that we came along when we did. I'm Pygar, by the way."

The third man of this group is eyeing the discarded staff with disdain. "Damn. It's damaged. These idiots shot it up." He doesn't seem to care that you can hear him at all.

What do you do?

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The third man of this group is eyeing the discarded staff with disdain. "Damn. It's damaged. These idiots shot it up." He doesn't seem to care that you can hear him at all.

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Nor is Dreamy paying any undue attention to the third man.

Instead, her sightless eyes covered completely by her visor turn toward the helpless Slaver Minion. Out comes Flare, her burning short sword - or more importantly, her Mega-damage burning short sword. Unable to see the hate from the Slaver Minion, she performs a technique she knows all too well for removing the Splugorth's enemies - a hearty decapitation. Starting from one side of the Minion's neck, she casts Supernatural Strength upon herself, and makes the neatest cut possible until the Slaver's head is off of its body.

She proceeds to summon Troy, her robot unicorn to her side, and there she begins lashing the Slaver's head to Troy's side - a trophy and warning to all who might wish to follow in its footsteps. Unwilling to show her emotions before these armed adventurers who are acting like mercenaries, Dreamy proceeds to move straight to her Altarian brethren whom she begins to disarm while loading up Troy. She is especially searching for their infamous Net Guns. If she can also find the opportunity, Dreamy attempts to bring for the Slaver's collection of symbiotes - to secure them before anyone else can.

All of this she does with great determination in her movements and with as little speaking as possible. To Takuma, Raven, Sylvie, and the Rabsons, Dreamy raises her finger to her lips and points both to the Blind Warrior Women and the armed trio - the less clues and names spoken before these, the better.

And while neatly using her flaming sword to cut off the head of the Splugorth Slaver does not in any way bring back the countless dead in her life nor redeem even a single deed she performed during more than twenty centuries under their shackles...

... BUT DAMN, DOES IT FEEL GOOD! =)

Raven is more irritated at himself than anything else right now. He is a bloody Cyber Knight, and the most good that he was able to contribute was to be a bullet shield and took a hit that might have gone to someone else. Not the worst thing, but his instructors would shake their heads in disappointment for his poor marksmanship.

With a shake of the head, he pushes that thought away and checks the surroundings for additional threats. The Slaver has been dealt with, and the three Altarians are netted up, so that leaves these three newcomers to size up.

Raising up his shotgun to point at the sky and away from people, Raven turns to address the three new arrivals.

"Well met, neighbors. Your arrival was most fortuitous, and I thank you for the help. I am called Raven. May I ask you for your names? It is only courteous to know to whom you are talking."

The three new arrivals don't bat an eye when Dreamy beheads the Slaver, showing that they have seen such carnage before. The one talkative guy in the Juicer armor says, "I did say to your friend there that my name is Pygar. My two comrades are," he points at the other normal looking human, "Stanley Kershaw, and the tall silent Borg is Stone. He doesn't answer to any other name than that."

A closer look at the trio shows that all three have weathered some fighting that has damaged their armor a bit, and even their weapons look a bit beaten up. They have clearly seen a fight or two.

As Pygar talks, the Borg called Stone slowly walks over to the now deactivated barge and sets out to climb up to the deck where the three captive Altarians are struggling against the Magic Net and snarling out profane language and where Dreamy is currently looking for any gear and symbiotes that the Slaver was carrying. He plants his foot on the chest of one of the Altarians and lowers the barrel of his rail gun until it is pointed at the woman's head. She stops struggling, and cries out, "No! Please, don't!"

The Borg replies with, "Do you know what you are? You're a zit on the ass of the world. And a pretty thing like you must know what you do to a zit. You pop it. Goodbye, bitch."

It is clear he is about to shoot the bound woman in her head unless someone stops him.

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The moment the Borg puts his foot on the barge that does not belong to him, Dreamy casually reaches for her JA-12. The moment he touches the Altarian, Dreamy is discreetly casting in the ways of the Ninja Undead Hunter. Her spell? Armor of Ithan on the Altarian at the moment the thug decides to aim his gun barrel at her.

Dreamy returns the favor by aiming her JA-12 at his metal groin (and no, her gun barrel is nowhere near the Borg's melee reach for him to bat it or grab at it).

"Into killing the helpless, huh?"

She calls out to the more reasonable fellow in the Juicer armor. "Pygar, is it? Either you remove this 'Stone' from our barge or I reduce him to pebbles." In a show of intimidation, Dreamy turns on her own wrath in the Borg's direction. "All of that fancy hardware and you didn't invest in decent optics? How could you miss what is clear for all to see?"

Dreamy removes her visor displaying her blindness.

"You're aiming a gun at my family!"

Dreamy smiles sweetly and places her finger on the trigger, aiming on him.

"There is a lot more going on here than meets your eyes. Your actions dictate mine. Do as I say or I'll do something none of you will like."

Raven can feel the tension in the air ratchet up and he is no longer carrying his shotgun in a non threatening manner. Keeping his eye on all three of the newcomers, he says, "Whoa there, neighbor. Let's not be too hasty. No one here would fault you for taking a life in the middle of combat, but I cannot and will not stand here and let you murder these women. Don't get me wrong; I have no love for them, but by my oath as a Cyber Knight, I will not stand by and let you do this. I suggest you step back and let emotions cool before anything happens that we would all regret."

Takuma watched the borg and then at the his team "Id be joining you guys on the killing thing as they are no longer a threat buuut..not this time" Said the machine man "They are on a contract which means that woman is dead no matter what we do, even if we eliminate those cyber-men we would make their entire clan as our enemy." He looks to dream and tries to put her gun back into its holster and looks at the others "Tell me, how confident are you guys that you can take them on considering out current...situation"

The machine spoke in a way of rationality and logic as to him he sees 3 fully equipped cyber ninja with who knows what kind of armament they have. His computer brain gives them a 10% survival chance if they fight them with their current equipment. Takuma knows the capabilities of some of them, the juicer especially is a danger if he gets his chemicals pumping at least they did not have ninja crazy as those guys are weird with a capital w.

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He looks to dream and tries to put her gun back into its holster and looks at the others "Tell me, how confident are you guys that you can take them on considering out current...situation"

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With her enhanced hearing, Dreamy picks up Takuma's every word with crystal clarity. "Very," is her chilly and sure response. She smiles a little. Keeping her rifle out and aimed, she says, "We have resources we haven't even tapped yet and these guys are damaged."

"Sure, these are Blind Warrior Women. But they're helpless. Just like I was. Just like you were back in you-know-where." Dreamy does not mention Atlantis by name before the likes of these selfish characters. "If we let them blow away these women, how are we different than the Splugorth who enslaved them? And besides... like it or not..."

Very briefly, she turns slightly in the direction of the helpless Altarians, "... these people are my race. My family. This is their shot - probably their only shot - at freedom."

Dreamy backs up her words with action, casting Armor of Ithan a second time on the second helpless Altarian, and placing her own body between the borg and the third Altarian.

"I know this is my fight," Dreamy gently tells Takuma, Raven, and Sylvie, "but I'll understand if you don't see it as yours. This is just something I must do."

There is silence for a long moment before Rab speaks up. "Gentlemen, we are willing to extend some latitude to you for your assistance, but you have heard my companions. We will not tolerate any action that brings harm to the three women. Please, lets all act civilized and we can talk and not resort to armed conflict."

Pygar offers up a charming smile, saying, "Of course we can be civilized. Stone, put your rail gun away. Our goal here has been met with the death of that thing, and the acquisition of the Staff. We can split the rest of the loot on there without too much difficulty I'm sure." As he talks, the Juicer shoulders his own weapon and stands in a relaxed pose, trying to put everyone at ease.

It Stone had a face, Dreamy thinks he would be sneering at her, but as it is at the moment he has one hell of a poker face, completely unreadable. He finally says, "I can think of one proposal to make here: we take what gear we want from our quarry and leave here with the three women alive, unhurt and in your custody. What you do with them is up to you. That will get each of us what we want; you have the women, and we have our payday with no more shots being fired."

Pygar nods, saying, "I can agree to that. What do you say? Do we have a deal?"

Rab replies, "I personally have little desire for material goods, so I don't care if you take the lot, but it is not my call to make. Dreamy? Raven? Takuma? I will stand with whatever decision you make."

By now, Oleg is safe inside the large transport truck, but he is watching out of the windows at what is going on, and at the moment, there is no sign of Sylvie, but she is very small and is hard to spot.

What do you do now?

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"I know this is my fight," Dreamy gently tells Takuma, Raven, and Sylvie, "but I'll understand if you don't see it as yours. This is just something I must do."

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Raven shakes his head, saying, "No. This is not your fight; it is our fight. We stand together, no matter what may come."

A casual observer might think that Raven is relaxed, but the Cyber Knight is a mere twitch away from taking action. He listens to what Rab says, and takes some hope in the response from the one called Pygar. Then when Stone makes his proposal, Raven is not too pleased with the idea of these jokers taking everything fit themselves, but it does spare the lives of the three Altarian women.

He finally says, "I care about the lives of these women more than the items on the barge. However, I am not the leader here. We are a team, and any such decision making is up to all. Dreamy? Takuma? What do you think?"

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It Stone had a face, Dreamy thinks he would be sneering at her, but as it is at the moment he has one hell of a poker face, completely unreadable.

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In all fairness, Dreamy probably thinks no such thing given that she's blind and can't read his face.

"Not so fast. First, you want to blow away helpless people. Second, those helpless people are related to me. And third, you experienced how quickly we killed the Slaver Minion without your help and now you want to deal?"

She points at "Stone." "All the while, you've still got your rail gun pointed at her chest?" The Juicer's weapon may have been stowed, but Dreamy knows he can draw that back out in a lightning flash. As for Stone the Borg, his weapon doesn't seem to have moved at all.

She examines the battered (and probably desperate) three and reminds herself that her team hardly got hit at all.

"No deal while you're on our barge pointing guns. Period! We didn't ask for your help and we sure didn't need it. Now get off of our barge... while you are still able." She drops the safety on her rifle aimed at Stone. (Because his weapon remains aimed at the helpless Altarian.)

The big Borg eyes Dreamy with caution before he finally raises up his weapon from the dangerous position of being pointed at the one Altarian's head. Without a word, he slowly turns and climbs down off of the barge, all the while he watches Dreamy for her reaction.

Pygar waves his arm over at Stone and says, "See? We're playing nice. There is no need for all this hostility. You keep the women, and the three of us will take the staff and whatever bio-tech we can find. Sounds fair to me. So, what do ya say?"

“Troublesome” Muttered the cyborg “How about 50/50 cause we had it handled before you came in here” said as he got a hunch that the women were not even worth a dime to these guys but the bio tech is worth more to them borgs

“How about it sounds like a fair deal as we already got the thing trapped before you came. So we will take half of the bio tech, the women and you guys can take that fat waste there with his staff and the other half of the bio tech” proposed the machine man