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Post by kyquell on Jul 10, 2014 20:30:23 GMT -6
Stev's eyes widen at the mention of dragons. While there are a lot of creatures named dragon in the galaxy, he'd bet an Imperial animal collector wouldn't settle for anything less than the deadliest: the Krayt Dragon. And it sounds like he has several of them.
"If they're keeping Krayt Dragons with the nobles, we are in serious trouble. However, I think with a few smart moves we can turn this to our advantage. It is VERY HARD to even remotely tame a Krayt, and even if the Warden pulled it off, it probably would only respond to him, not the other troopers. If we use the meat in this kitchen as bait, we could get the Krayts to attack whatever we want them to, whether that's troopers or even the prison's walls."
"Teyjo, you seem to be an expert on prepping edible meat, see what you can do about setting up this bait."
"Makio, take a grounding collar and one of the sets of armor. You and I are going to search for collars for the rest of the team. The droids won't question us, so we'll search the NCO living quarters first. If that doesn't work, we'll move on to the Officer's Rec lounge. I'm sure some Imperials were clumsy enough to drop theirs while on break."
"Bifzik, keep an eye on us during the operations, and be ready to hack on a mirrored screen if we need it. You'll be our eye in the sky running interference whenever we need it. Keep us updated on any troops moving towards our position or any other info of interest."
"Samarion, I hate to sideline you, but we need more than a busy Teyjo and a distracted Bifzik to watch over our dear new allies and to keep everyone safe. I know everything will be fine with you watching over it. Oh, and if any troopers try to access the galley while I'm gone, feel free to exert...proactive defenses."
After giving his orders, Stev directs the team to look at the door to preserve Makio and the female trooper's modesties. Teyjo tried to peek, but Stev anticipated the break in nobility and placed himself right behind Teyjo. After Stev delivers a particularly harsh glare, Teyjo quickly turns back to face the door.
Mechanics: Coercion vs Cool Check 4A vs 3D. Net result 1 success 1 advantage.
After everyone is prepped, ready, and decent, Stev puts on the grounding collar that came with his pilot officer's uniform, Makio puts on one of the cook's collars, and the two of them head to the NCO living area.
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Post by kyquell on Jul 10, 2014 22:36:46 GMT -6
Since Stev needs to keep up the Danger Zone persona, he and Makio pretend to be flirting as though Danger Zone was taking another woman to the NCO bunks for reasons anyone watching the cameras would understand. In actuality, their whispered conversation goes like this:
M: "So, this Krell's keeping Krayts, eh? Sounds like a lot of fun."
S: "Fun isn't exactly my word for it. Camera coming up, laugh like I said something hilarious."
"Hahahaha! So, what would you call fun in this situation?"
"Rancors. Rancors are smaller, slower, and much more receptive to orders. Their thick skulls will accept almost anyone who makes a loud enough noise as master. Really though, every other crimelord, warlord, and psychopathic animal collector in this galaxy has a rancor. How did we stumble upon the one person who collects untamable Krayts?"
"I guess the Force just wasn't with us. Hey, droids ahead."
"Right. Try to act a little drunk." (In a louder and slimier tone) "Hey there buddies! My lady friend and I need to use the sleeping quarters for a few...training exercises, if you know what I mean. Then again, you're droids, so you probably don't! Anyways, yeah, if you could open the door now, that'd be great."
The droids open the door and the two walk through.
M: "Wow, that was terrible. How is it that I get stuck with the one man who can't pull off being a Huttslime? Most do it without even trying."
S: "What can I say? Even that feels...disgusting. I still can't believe people act like that on purpose."
"You do realize you kill people for a living, right? Can you really argue about the morality of a womanizer?"
"That's different, I-okay, we're here. Let's see if we can find any collars or other useful gear."
The two begin to search the room as quietly as possible.
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Post by Art Teach on Jul 11, 2014 10:28:27 GMT -6
You move past the servant droids who just shake their heads as you pass and return to cleaning.
There are 5 rooms and a refresher in the NCO quarters. Each has a personal lock on them but Bifzik can override the locks from the galley dataport (we will assume you told him to override locks of give them all the code 0000 to unlock).
You do hear a shower running in the refresher and someone poorly signing a song by the Love Hammers.
You have room 1 through 5 and a refresher to search. Tell me the order of your search.
Bifzik has also turned off the alarms in this section.
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Post by kyquell on Jul 11, 2014 18:51:11 GMT -6
"The Force is with us after all. Do you want the fun job, or do I get it?" Makio asks.
"After you." Stev replies.
Makio calmly takes position directly outside of the refresher with her blaster rifle pointing at the door. When that officer comes out, they'll have a delightful conversation.
Stev begins to systematically search the rooms 1-5, in that order. If he finishes them all before the singer leaves the refresher, then all three of them will have a delightful conversation when that officer opens the door.
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Post by Art Teach on Jul 11, 2014 23:50:26 GMT -6
Each room has a 2 triple bunks and you note no officer uniforms in the Non commissioned officers barracks. Searching you find odds and end, personal items, but no ground collars until you go to the last room. You notice it has cooks jumpsuits on the racks and 2 of the desks have ground collars sitting on them.
The shower singer begins a rockin rendition of "Ghosts of Alderaan" when he reaches out for a towel and Makio hands him one. He take it begins to dry off throwing the towel over his head and flipping open the refresher door. "The say they hear them calling, reaching through the void. The Ghosts of Aldeer.. hey." He looks from under the towel and screams in shock at the heavily armed Twi'Lek girl in his shower.
"Must have been a cold shower," Makio says with a smirk.
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Post by kyquell on Jul 13, 2014 0:12:55 GMT -6
Blast, Stev thinks to himself, let's hope the droids are used to tuning this man out, otherwise we may have trouble. Still, we have five collars now, not bad. Three more and we can cover the whole team, a decoy cook, and the nobles. Now to find those...
"I'm going to give you a choice. You either keep the volume low and answer our questions, which lets you take a little nap, or you make a loud noise or struggle, in which case you're never waking up. Tell us: Where do the officers store any currently unused grounding collars?"
Mechanics: Coercion Check 4A1B (Makio's helping with her big gun) vs 2D. Net result 4 successes.
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Post by Art Teach on Jul 13, 2014 8:26:48 GMT -6
The man wraps the towel around his waist and shuts up. "I'm just a cook man. My collar is my room and you are welcome to it. (you already found that one) Just don't kill me. The Warden keeps the extras in his office, but every officer has one. You go into the officer's quarters or the command operations you will find a lot of collars. The one is all I have man."
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Post by Art Teach on Jul 13, 2014 8:31:01 GMT -6
OOC You do have 5 ground collars now.
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Post by kyquell on Jul 13, 2014 22:21:30 GMT -6
Stev and Makio lead the cook to his bunk in the hopes of muffling any potential noise and limiting the cook's potential avenues of escape.
"So," Stev says "since you work as a cook, have you made any deliveries to the nobles of Shador or fed the Krayts housed in the central area? If so, what can you tell us about the layout and security of the area? How many guards and dragons are there, and what kind of armaments are kept there? What about electronic security systems or demolitions?"
"Oh, and if you don't know, I'd like to know who would."
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Post by Art Teach on Jul 14, 2014 10:03:05 GMT -6
The cook dresses and speaks quickly,"Hey man I'm just doing a job here. I'm not an Imperial or a Rebel I just want to get by. The Warden has raised these Krayts from the egg and they are getting pretty big and hungry. We normally loan the collars out to 4 troopers to push the big carts of raw meat to the dragon's lair. The Warden pulled out most of the detention center and replaced it with a domed lair for the Krayts. It has rock formations and everything. In the middle, he has a force fenced area the Nobles survive in. The two have lived in the middle of a Krayt lair for decades now.
The guardposts where removed from the area. There are large barred gates that lead to the dragon's lair. The Warden has a viewing room to the south of the lair and what is left of the prison block is to the north. He has no armaments he has Krayts. Security or Demolitions hah he has Krayt dragons."
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Post by kyquell on Jul 14, 2014 19:27:17 GMT -6
"Well, to be fair, you've answered all of our questions, so I'll make this as easy on you as possible. Just lie on your bed, and I'll put you to sleep. There's no pain, and you're in no danger. We just don't want you telling anybody about us or anybody seeing you, so good night."
Stev places the cook in a sleeper hold, and, after the cook loses consciousness, places his covers over him. Any observer would guess he just took a nap.
S: "It looks like we've got five collars. That's not enough for the whole team plus the nobles, but since somebody has to watch over our prisoners, we can't bring everyone anyway. Let's regroup at the galley."
M: "Are you sure we've been here long enough for the ruse to work?"
"Well, I guess I can walk out looking really smug while you walk away without really minding me. That could send the proper message."
"Deal."
The two walk out of the barracks in the manner they mentioned, much to the joy of the gossiping droids outside. They arrive at the galley and begin going over a battle plan.
OOC: Were there any trooper armor sets in the barracks? The normal crew complement is 4 troopers for the cart, so we'll need more armor sets if we hope to fool the cameras. |
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Post by Art Teach on Jul 15, 2014 0:07:25 GMT -6
The droids snicker as you move past. You stand in the galley with the team looking at what assets you have and how to best use them. You do know you don't want to have the other teams find their nobles and them be put in the situation of waiting on your group.
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Post by kyquell on Jul 15, 2014 20:30:04 GMT -6
As Stev puts on trooper armor from the barracks, he thinks on their next move. With their current resources, they could send the cart with himself and Makio disguised as troopers with Samarion hidden within, leaving Teyjo and Bifzik in charge of watching over enemy comms and guarding the prisoners. However, Commander Adrimetrum was still delivering crates with the men of Shador. Kem had an officer uniform, so he should have another collar on his person, so if Stev could get Kaiya to join them, they would then have three disguised troopers, which is much closer to the anticipated four, and they would also have one of the best soldiers in the galaxy aiding their rescue. The conclusion seemed obvious.
"Bifzik, can you locate the Commander right now and point us in her direction? I think we'd all feel better if our Commanding Officer had our back again, and we need as many disguised troopers as we can get for the noble rescue."
Once Bifzik gets a lock on her location, Stev looks to Makio. "Makio, there shouldn't be any cams between us and the Commander, but I think the two of us should go alone just in case. Let's move out and hope for the best. Even if we can't have her join us, having some info on how her side of the op went will be useful anyway."
He turns to the rest of the team. "Everyone else, get everything ready for our meat delivery to the Krayts. We'll want to move out as fast as possible, so the sooner everything's prepped, the better."
Then, he and Makio proceed southward to Kaiya's location. If nobody's watching them, Stev will greet Kaiya with the Shador phrase they learned to indicate allies, and then will explain the situation and plan.
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Post by Art Teach on Jul 16, 2014 9:47:52 GMT -6
Shortly Kaiya appears with 10 Shadormen pushing crates of foodstuffs to the kitchen. Kaiya, Stev, and Makio each push a cart of raw sides of bantha (one has a live side of Starwolf) to the restricted area. The clankers register your collars and do not even respond as you push past. Turning to the entrance you wall down a ramped area going about 10m down and notice the temperature increasing greatly. You have to turn on the cooling unit of you trooper armor just to resist the oppresive heat. In his heavy armor, clothing, and thick fur Samarian is starting to pant. You see large 2m thick shafts of steel that close off the hall from the area beyond. There are 2m wide gaps between the vertical bars. Large enough to enter or toss some sides of bantha through. Beyond the gates is a room almost 30m wide. It is covered in sand with large rockformation built from floor to the domed ceiling 30m above. In the large area sleep 4 large reptiles, each at least 12m from oversized head and jaw to tail. Their heads arc up as they smell the meat coming and the begin to move toward the gate casually. Beyond the reptiles in the center of the room are two men bare from the waist up locked in a wrestling hold in the sand. Both are tall easily more than 2m high with thick corded muscles and bushy manes of red hair and long beards. From the images on the datapad you believe them to be the King Oric and his brother. To the south you see mirror panels that stretch along the entire wall.  Red squares are food carts. White dots are you. Purple dots are nobles. Big lizards are dragons. |
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Post by kyquell on Jul 17, 2014 22:06:14 GMT -6
Stev thinks back to everything he's ever learned about Krayts, and tries to come up with their weaknesses. He remembers talking with a man who had spent years working with the more peaceful Tusken Raiders, who are master Krayt hunters. Krayts possess three weaknesses: they can't resist a bantha, they can't tell 2D shadows from 3D people, and firing into its unarmored nasal cavity will go straight to its brain, instantly killing it. He'd prefer to avoid the third option, but they may give him no choice.
Stev relays this info to the other three and hatches a plan. Makio and Kaiya will act as though they're standard troopers who are bored enough to begin harassing the Krayts, and thus Makio will activate her helmet's light so Kaiya can cast shadow-banthas on the western wall. They'll joke around while Samarion, who anyone in the observation room wouldn't account for, heads to the observation room, and Stev sneaks his way to the nobles so he can free them quickly if anything goes wrong, checking his steps for any pressure detection plates or other alarms hidden in the sand. He got caught napping with hazards hidden in the sand once, and he won't let it happen again.
As the two boys sneak off, Kaiya manages to form her hands into what may be the greatest replica of a bantha ever made by human hands. She recreates all the smallest nuances involved in its shambling movement, drawing all the Krayts away to the western wall.
"Stupid animals!" Makio calls out in an effort to draw out the Warden if he's hidden in the observation room, "I don't know why anybody'd be scared of you!"
Mechanics: Survival Check 2P vs 3D. Net result 1 triumph 1 success 2 threats.
Deception Check 3P1A vs 1D. Net result 2 triumphs 1 advantage. Those Krayts are completely fooled. Passing boost to Samarion.
Stealth Check (Samarion) 4A1B vs whoever's trying to detect him. Raw roll 2 successes 5 advantages to be mitigated by any opposition.
Stealth Check (Stev) 3P1A1B vs whoever's trying to detect him. Raw roll 5 successes 3 advantages to be mitigated by any opposition.
Perception Check 2P vs anything hidden. Raw roll 4 successes (awesome!) to be mitigated by any opposition.
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