Mission 5C: Somedays you just can't get rid of a bomb

Based on his reactions and equipment, Sivu is concerned that Boom may have thought that "disarming" the bombs meant "activating" the bombs, and thus tries to talk him out of it.

"Boom, I understand that you very much enjoy the experience of a large detonation. However, in this case, our goal is to shut off the bombs, not start them, since activating the detonator would kill us and the surrounding populace. However, I have a proposal for you. Since you are the demolitions officer for the ship, I believe it would be your right to take the explosives from these bombs and use them to make your own home-brewed explosives, allowing the 'Booms' you design to be even larger than ever. Is this an acceptable circumstance?"

OOC: Not sure if Boom would actually disagree with this idea, but if so I set up a little check to talk him into it.

Mechanics: Negotiation vs Cool 1A vs 1D. Net result 1 success.

The team encircles the first bomb as Boom and Sivu park their speederbikes and move up to the bomb.

1D2C to disarm. Failure can mean it goes boom. After disarm can remove explosive with just a 1C difficulty roll.

As you are disarming you hear a group of swoopbikes running full out to the south east they circle the fountain at high speed and pass north of you moving to the west now. They are obviously racing and in their focus on the race they don't seem to notice your group.

At a distance to the west you hear the swoops moving then the terrified screams a a half dozen people.

Sivu notes the swoops, for they will have to be avoided until the job is done. After that...perhaps the team can assist in enforcing the order of the planet. All of that is irrelevant until this bomb is defused, however.

Sivu and Boom work together and effortlessly disarm the explosive. As they work, Sivu is thoroughly impressed by Boom's expertise and ability to communicate important details of the bomb without even being able to speak Galactic Basic. Clearly, Sivu has much he could learn from Boom, and Sivu looks forward to future chances to work with him.

OOC: Since Sivu does the disarm check and Boom does the removal check, I guess I'll do all of the disarm rolls and stewalker can do all of the removal rolls.

Mechanics: 4P vs 2C1D. Net result 1 triumph 2 successes 1 advantage. Boom can use the 1 advantage to boost the removal roll. I'm not sure what to do with the triumph, so feel free to do what you want with it.

As you work the swoop bikes come around for another pass. You again hear the screams of fear as the move past your position.

The second bomb is at the south west corner of the map.

What path will you take? South then west(moving through rubble of highest building to fall down or if you go to the edge of the map that is where the swoops are racing), west then south(either through heavily cratered roads or the edge is again the swoop path), diagonal (which is passing closer to the burning and smoke of the center).

You begin down the green path moving over crater and past the rubble and twisted steel of what was once skyscrapers. During many parts of the trip the smoke is so dense you are glad for your breath masks. The speeder race continues to zoom by the outskirts and you notice the screams of terror are getting closer. The smoke from the still burning government center makes it difficult to see the path ahead. You come to where the green and red paths meet and see people staked every 20m along the road. The swoop race zooms by and the racers weave in and out of the screaming citizens tied to the posts. Looking further you see a few posts have been snapped as well as the person who was tied to them.