Hi everyone,
Note: Have you seen parts 1 and 2?
The gang will be controlled by random dice throws, most of the time.
1-3 Fire then Move. 4-6 Move then Fire.
1-3 Go left, 4-6 Go right or 1-2 Left, 3-4 Straight, 5-6 Right.
I roll for initiative - Our heroes win.
Turn 1
The droids march (6” advance) onto the front courtyard of the maintenance hangar, with Martin, Alex and Ted lagging behind on the right side, with no idea of the danger to come. (Pinky and Dave are still in the cockpit of the hopper, watching the news in comfort on the holo-screen, projected in front of the windows - so they cannot see out or hear what's going on outside).
Alex asks, “Will the droids all fit in the Hopper in one go ?”
Ted replies, “Sure, if there are any problems with the room, we can always get them to lie down on each other, they are tough enough not to take any damage from that, I doubt if it would even scratch their paintwork. I don't think they would complain about the accommodation”.
In the cargo section to the east of the hangar, one of the crates' doors swings silently open on well-oiled hinges and the infamous Scum Gang begins to emerge from their hiding place. (Advance 5”).
Turn 2
The grey droids march towards the bottom of the ramp, with our team strolling along beside them.
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| The Gang advance 5” and splits up following a few hand signals from Pete. |
As Pony moves through the shrubbery and sees the droids for the first time, she remarks to Pete,
“Look how big those droids are, I thought that they were going to be the little ones. Where are we going to put them all ?”
Pete smirks, “Let me tell you a little secret. The bigger the droids are, the more credits we can get when we sell them. My mate, Rusty, we call him Rusty Gold, will take them off our hands with no questions asked. We will have to dump the hopper though, it is too big. We will have to quickly make the transfer to our transports.”
This is when Pete's inexperience in this sort of operation shows, as they have not finished getting into good positions, when he yells out, "
Hold it there, fools! Those droids are ours !"
Turn 3 (Scurry)
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| “What do you want ?”. |
Martin to Alex, “Stay down, I’ll try to distract them.”
He runs over to the nearest container for cover, “What do you want ?”.
Ted gets on the mini-com to the hopper, “
Hey guys, pay attention, somebody’s trying to rob us out here”.
Dave was shocked,”
What’s going on over there? We have been watching the local news on the holo-vid with its sound dampeners turned on.”.
Pinky turns off the holo-screen. “Oh, yes, we can see two of the rats skulking around now and there is some movement in the bushes by the hangar. One has a blaster by the green crate and another woman by the rocks has a shotgun”.
Dave said, “I’ll go out the right mini cargo door and give them a hand. You can let us know what they are up to from here on the com.”
He puts his earpiece in and goes through the hatch. “Bolt this hatch behind me, just in case.”
Pinky, “Will do.”
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Pete yells, ”Nobody has to get hurt today, just give us what we want and we will be on our way, no messing.”.
"Specks" says, “This will wake them up to the situation”. He fires his blaster into the air.
"Blade" retorts, “Aw, I wanted to do that.”
"Specks" comes back, “Well, don’t let me stop you.”
The "Blade" fires his blaster too, ”Yeah. That was good”.
Turn 4 (Firefight)
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| Pete hits a droid |
Martin disagrees, “Sorry, no can do, there are folks depending on these droids and we aim to see that they get to them. So back off, before you get into trouble you can't handle.”
Pete yells, “Well then, see if you can handle this! Let ‘em have it!”
Pony stays put and fires in their general direction. (With no effect).
Pete fires his shotgun at Ted, who has a lucky escape, as it hits a droid in front of him, with a "BLAM".
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| The droid issues a warning |
The droid staggers slightly under the impact, then it slowly turns to face Pete and explains,
“I hereby inform you that I am private property, and if you damage me you will have to pay a fine of 300 credits.”
Pete is amused by that and yells back “That's where you are wrong, metalhead! Your shiny tin butt belongs to me. So get used to it.”
Suzy heads towards the brick fence, to get a good shot at Dave, who she can see has just gotten out of the hopper and is walking into their trap.
"Specs" quietly moves to the edge of the cargo crate with Blade nervously following behind him. (Specks is peeking and Blade is in cover). Specs cannot get a good aim at Martin yet, so he holds his fire.
Blade “What can you see ?”
Martin peeks around the corner of the crate.
Specks, ”I can just see one smarty pants over by the other crate.”
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| Ted shoots at Pete |
Ted fires at Pete, but misses as he dodges aside.
Alex gets on the Com and calls Spaceport security. “
This is Director Hammond. We are being attacked at Maintenance Bay 3. Armed criminals are attempting to steal a shipment of droids. We need help now”.
Security officer
: “This is Pat Clark, Director. How many are there ?”
Alex, “
At least four of them, in the container area to the east of the Depot. I'm not sure what weapons they have, but at least blasters.”
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| Pete shoots at Suzy |
Pat
,” Understood. Help is on the way”.
Dave peeks around the corner to see if things have changed from when he was in the cabin. He can see Suzy looking menacingly at him. She might get Martin from there. He takes a shot at her and misses.
"Pinky, let me know which way I should move next, or if they make any moves from where they are."
Pinky, “
Ok, will do, but let me know if you want me to come out and assist you. But all I have with me is my shock wand, no proper stuff.”
Turn 5 (Standard)
Pony gets into cover as the blast from Ted hits a tree behind her. (Hiding).
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| Arrrggghhh |
Pete goes down on one knee and fires at Ted again. Having taken better aim this time, he hits and knocks him off his feet.
(1 Knock Down, random roll for hit location)
. Pete gets +1 xp for First Blood."
Ted, “
Arggh.”
Wounded., Gets 1 Xp".
Pete, “I got the ugly brute”.
Bravely, Alex dashes forward to him and drags Ted back into cover. (He Recovers from Knock Down on a 5.
) Alex gets +1 xp for Bravery under Fire.
Ted, “Don't worry, it's only a flesh wound, I've had worse”.
Meanwhile, "Specks" sees an opening and fires at Martin with his blaster, narrowly missing him, but hits another droid in the process, the shot pings off it's casing.
Martin returns fire at "Specks", but he hits Suzy, who had blundered into the crossfire, while trying to get a better shot at Dave.
"Uggh", Suzy drops her shotgun, holds her chest and then slumps to the floor. (Out Of Action).
Martin gets +1 xp for First Blood.". Suzy Wounded, .Gets 1 Xp".
Specks yells, “They shot Suzy”.
Blade, “I’ll get her.”
Specks, “
No !”.
But Blade is very quickly on the move, going around Specks, leaping on the rock pile and over the wall.
(7" Move for extra drama).
Pinky,
“Dave, one of the thugs is going for the girl Martin hit, go left to the container corner, he should be wide open.”
Dave is swiftly in position and has no trouble hitting Blade (Out Of Action), who had all his attention focused on Suzy.
"Blade" collapses, motionless, on top of Suzy., who lets out a muffled groan.
Blade, Wounded. Gets 1 Xp".
Seeing two of the gang members go down so quickly is just too much for "Specks" to handle, (Despair = 2), “Oh no, they got Blade too.“
Turn 6 (Standard)
"Specks" heads towards their bikes, which were hidden behind the blue crate they were hiding in originally.
He yells, “
You can count me out of this job, it sounded too good to be true. You‘re on your own from now on !"
Pete, “
You stinking yeller rat !”
He turns and fires at "Specks", but misses by a whisker.
Pony does not have so far to turn round and has a better line of sight with no foliage in the way, manages to get a better shot off and brings him down. (OOA).
”
Gottim!”.She yells in triumph.
Hit. .Gets 1 Xp".
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| Gottim. |
On hearing this exchange between the gang members, Martin and Ted break from cover and fire at Pete, while he has been shooting at "Specs".
Martin misses narrowly.
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| Yaaaaa |
Ted gets revenge on his foe, with a sweet hit."
Yaaaaaa."
Hit. .Gets 1 Xp".
Pete collapses into the dirt with a crack (OOA). Wounded. Gets 1 Xp".
Pony is
terrified by this raging beast running at her, who has just shot her leader, she drops her gun and runs into the trees.
”
Don’t let it kill me too, I give up. I give up.”
Martin and Dave carefully approach the tree she is hiding behind from either side, while Ted keeps an eye on Pete. Pinky keeps alert for any others that may be lurking about.
Dave demands,
“Show us your hands, now, blondie. Keep them where we can see them and stand up slowly.”
Pony does so, still trembling with fear at the sight of Ted.
They frisk her and take her to one of the droids, which they use as a giant set of handcuffs, by getting it to hold onto her wrists.
Pinky rushes down the ramp and over to the group. “Is it always like this? I thought civilian life would be boring.”
Martin replies, laughing to relieve the stress, “Why don’t you stick with us and find out? You did well today, all of you did.”
Ted agreed, “Alex certainly got me out of a tight spot, thanks again.”
Alex disagrees with him, “Nonsense, it was you protecting me most of the time."
She looks up, "Ah, here comes security now, along with a medevac hopper.”
Pinky says, “I told them we had some casualties here, I‘m just glad it was not any more of us.”.
After the Paramedics have put a dressing on Ted’s wounded arm, the Medivac hopper flies off with the casualties and security detail, and then two officers take Pony into custody to be charged.
“Right”, said Martin, “Let's get these droids loaded and be on our way. Alex, would you like to do the honours.”
A few precise commands are given and they are soon secure in the hopper's hold, with command authorization transferred to Martin and his crew.
Our team say their farewells to Alex, Pat and Rick; They climb aboard the hopper and after gaining clearance from the tower, take off.
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| With a slight wobble, the hopper takes off |
The security radio channel crackles into life,
“Cy here, Sir. We have just received a notification from Med center 2.
Officer Benson reports that Peter Janse, alias “The Poacher”, has a concussion and a broken left wrist.
Suzy Singleton, alias “The Slasher”, is currently still unconscious with deep lacerations to her head, three fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
Joe Morales, alias “Blade”, was dead on arrival at the Medcenter. Over.”
Rick replies,” Thank you, Cy, Tell Benson to put them in the secure section, give their weapons and stuff to Intelligence and I’ll be over to see them later. Out”.
Alex asks, “But what about the other one ?”.
Rick looks puzzled, “What other one ?”.
Alex replied, “The other one, the one the woman with the ponytail shot over by the small containers. I thought the Medical team had taken him as well in all of the commotions. Is he still there ?”
“Let's find out”, says Pat.
They carefully make their way through the garden to the small containers.
They find no body lying in the dirt, but tracks leading to the container with an open door, where they vanish.
The officer immediately checks in, “This is King to Control. One of the felons from the attempted Hangar Bay three robbery has managed to escape on some sort of speeder. He may be injured. I want him found. He is armed and dangerous. If seen, report the location, but do not approach. Wait for backup. Over.”
“Yessir. I will alert all units. Control out.”
He changes channels, “King to Hopper 3, be advised, one of the gang members from this morning has managed to escape. Assume they are still armed. Watch your back. Over.”
“Pinky here, Officer King. Thanks for the warning. We will do. Stay safe too. Out”.
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When they arrived back at The Magic Carpet, Ted went to the med bay to let Lucy check on his shoulder wound, while the others got the Droids into the cargo hold.
Martin orders, "COMMAND: Droid 834, Since you like doing new things, there are three charger hoses, connect one to Droid 811 and see to it that it is fully charged, then do the other droids, in order of battery status, yourself included. After each droid has been charged, run a diagnostic program on it and save the results to this pad."
He gives the droid an epad.
"The other droids can sit along here and grasp the tether points and then go into standby mode. You will then report to the bridge. You will find all the information you need on the pad. If you have any problems ask one of us for help :End Command. Understood, 834 ?"
Droid 834,
"Understood, Martin."
Martin ,"Then you can begin, 834, and call me Captain, not Martin".
Droid 834
, "Yes, Captain not Martin.", he pauses for a moment, "Only kidding, Captain."
Martin, "That will be all, 834.", but he was smiling as he turned and headed for med bay.
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In the Med bay, Lucy gives the Captain a warm greeting. "Hi Captain, have you come to check up on our real life local hero, Ted here ?"
She pats him on his good arm. "There has been no long term damage done to him, but he is just on light duties, like eating, once he gets out of here. Which will be in about ten minutes, after I change his bandages, so scoot and let me finish off, while YOU can prepare lunch."
Martin retreats, "Yes Doc. Glad you're going to be ok, Ted."
"Thanks, Captain."
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Martin goes to the bridge and flicks on the ship-wide com..
"Good news, bad news, people,"
"Good news, Lucy agrees that Ted is going to be fine."
"Bad news, its my turn to do lunch."
He pauses. A deathly hush....
"Good news, I'm taking us all to 'The Admiral's Table' tonight, on me".
He hears assorted shouts of delight coming from the crew.
In the cargo hold, Droid 834 wonders to itself,
"Does that include me ?, probably not, I don't eat."-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------After battle awards.
Martin gets 3 xp for being victorious and 1.5 xp for first enemy down.
Dave gets 3 xp for being victorious and 1 xp for the hit.
Ted gets 3 xp for being victorious and 0.5 xp for Knock Down..
Pinky get 3 xp for being victorious.
Alex gets 1xp for Bravery under fire.
Pete gets 1.5 xp for First Blood and 1 xp for being a casualty, 2 xp for being a survivor.
"Specs" gets 2 xp for being a survivor and 1 xp for escaping.
Pony gets 2 xp for being a survivor and 1 xp for the hit on Specs.
Suzy gets 2 xp for being a survivor and 1 xp for being a casualty.
Awarded 8 Credits for Bounty Award.
No Battlefield Loot.
Not an Invasion Force.
