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  1. - Top - End - #91
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    That is troubling. They will forget how to fight like men if they rely too much on these.. rifles and lasguns… but consider, if they have money to spare on these powerful guns, they have money to spare for the Credit Guild. Xerro, you had a friend who was living down here? Should we seek him out before our meeting with Clan Tora?"

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    Returning to the group, Xerros-926 briefly tilts his head to the side upon hearing of the supposed 'weapons with no place', but says nothing.

    Turning to the savage, he replies:

    "Statement: I would not consider him to be a friend, merely an associate of an associate. Addendum: However, I would consider it to be wisest to seek him out before attending to any other business, given his use."

    Turning back to the two hivers again, he continues:

    "Interrogative: Do you know the whereabouts of a scavenger named Harl Kander?"

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    ”Las weaponry should, as I understand it, not be available to an Underhive gang without the appropriate credentials with the Departmento Munitorum.” Severine said, pursing her lips in thought. ”It is concerning that there could potentially be someone diverting Imperial resources away from the Astra Militarum and sourcing them to these gangs.”

    Severine pulls a data-quill from her messy bun, and makes a few quick notes on her data-slate.

    ”I do agree that our best option is to reach out to Xerros’ associate.”
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    "Are we talking just a few rifles and las guns or something more sinister? I could see one of the larger players being able to get a few, just as they get their snub pistols. But if it is more than the odd one, there may be something afoot... weapons cost money, as a rule, and I don't see a way that any of the clans generate the kind of Thrones for a wholesale upgrade. Besides, fighting is bad business and bad for business. With that, Arl began cleaning his rifle, careful not to jostle the sighting scope
    Url shrugs and replies, "I'd say de firepower dey carry is pretty abnormal for what most anyone can get down here. It certainly ain't normal."

    "That is troubling. They will forget how to fight like men if they rely too much on these.. rifles and lasguns… but consider, if they have money to spare on these powerful guns, they have money to spare for the Credit Guild."
    This draws an almost immediate response from Url, who raises a hand to scratch a bald and scabby patch of his scalp. "Well dat's just de question. Where is Boss Half Face gettin' de thrones for it. Honestly, I figured yous was here to deal with Clan Tora if anyting. De last group of Guilders actually met with him, though theys was a different group than yous," he says matter of factly.

    Turning back to the two hivers again, he continues:

    "Interrogative: Do you know the whereabouts of a scavenger named Harl Kander?"
    "Kander?" Url asks with a mix of surprise and disdain, "Kander is a rogue and a scoundrel 'Es not hard to find; jes look for de hole wit the cheapest booze. De'se days he mostly hangs around De Squat's Behind. It's not far from 'ere. I'll scrawl yous directions."
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  5. - Top - End - #95
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    "Yeah, that other group. They weren't pro-fesh-inn-ells like us. Ah, teck priests. So funny. No time like the now. Anyway, let's go see your "friend" so you can have a "friendly conversation" with him, ya ken? And of course you want to bring your work-buddies to meet this "friend"," says Luis, trying nudge Xerros.
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    ”It is actually concerning that more of our…colleagues…from the Guild have been in contact with Clan Sabay.” Severine said absently, as if to herself. ”Thank you, sir. You have been very gracious. If we have any further questions, perhaps you will acquiesce to us contacting you again?”
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    (OOC: to clarify, Guilders had seen clan Sabay)
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    Xerros-926 bows his head, facing Url.

    "Expression: Gratitude."

    He gestures for them to provide the map.

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    Arl finishes cleaning his rifle and replaces it in the hold-all. "When d'you think we should seek out this associate of an associate of yours?"

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    Marcella watched the conversation, talk about cheap booze divebars and gangs having extra-ordinary firepower retaining her interest and making her think. She was surprised that lasguns were considered out of the ordinary. Perhaps it was just where she was brought up, but an idea that the most common military weapon in the Imperium was out of the norms for underhive gangers...she was sceptical, to say the least.

    "What were your colleagues from the guild seeing Clan Sabay about?" she asked out of reflex. "Are you able to say?"
    "Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""

    "The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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    ”It is actually concerning that more of our…colleagues…from the Guild have been in contact with Clan Sabay.” Severine said absently, as if to herself. ”Thank you, sir. You have been very gracious. If we have any further questions, perhaps you will acquiesce to us contacting you again?”
    Url shrugs and gruffly says, "I suspect you'll be seen' me 'gain if you's is stayin' here. You's can ask me anyting you's like."

    "What were your colleagues from the guild seeing Clan Sabay about?" she asked out of reflex. "Are you able to say?"
    Url simply shakes his head in the negative. "No idea. It wasn't my bidness. I just know they saw 'im."

    With the questions out of the way, the Acolytes gather there things and head off, following the directions Url had given them to find "The Squat's Behind". It is a little after midday and the streets are mostly empty. Not even the homeless seem to litter this area; though there is the occasional burrowing noises coming from piles of trash, likely the scavanging of the local rodent species, often referred to as Ryders.

    The streets are dimly lit with the flickering of dying fluorescent lights, and narrow, though not tunnels like the acolytes had previously taken.

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    Of course, you don't have to walk around concealing your equipment, it just may draw further attention and affect how others view the group.
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    Severine milled about in the center of the group of her companions. Conventional wisdom indicated that it was the safer place, as she was neither heavily armed nor incredibly skilled in the ways of combat. But that didn’t stop her from keeping one hand settled comfortably on the butt of her pistol, tucked under her robes.

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    Wearing Shield Robes under the Guild Cloak, with her pistol and all her extra ammunition for reloads – just in case. She’s got her backpack with her, and in it is her rebreather. But she’s leaving the helmet back at their hab suite. Also, she’s taking her staff. Since it easily masquerades as a walking stave.

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    Marcella

    Marcella followed along with the others, her large coat covering the flak vest she wore - about the only physical protection she had. Aside from the two guardsman, that is. She carried a las-pistol on her with two extra power-packs, while a knife was sheathed against her lower back. A psi-focus was hidden within her pocket, while her only ordnance, a frag grenade, had been left back at the dingy apartment. No need to bring that along. She hoped.
    "Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""

    "The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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    Arl took up the drag position in the group, his knives hidden under the Credit Guild cloak which he had pulled over himself, as if cold, to better hide the blades.

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    Taking the lead, as was necessary, given the fact that he would be the one making contact with the scavenger, Xerros-926 strides along, staff in hand, though his lascarbine is secreted beneath his cloak.

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    Luis followed, his quiver on his back and his bow in hand. His axe and pistol concealed beneath his coat. The first time he heard one of the rodents shuffling through the garbage, he nocked an arrow and began scouting for one; if he sees one he will let fly with an arrow. "Looks like good eatin' on them things," he says.

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    Marcella

    Hearing Luis' suggestion, Marcella shuddered.
    "Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""

    "The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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    ”Perhaps, Luis, though I would be wary of consuming the flesh of such a creature. We do not know what pathogens it may have been exposed to down here. Best to leave that which feasts upon rot alone.” Severine said, eyeing the skittering things out of the corner of her eye.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dojango View Post
    Luis followed, his quiver on his back and his bow in hand. His axe and pistol concealed beneath his coat. The first time he heard one of the rodents shuffling through the garbage, he nocked an arrow and began scouting for one; if he sees one he will let fly with an arrow. "Looks like good eatin' on them things," he says.
    "Filthy things, unworthy of being hunted... save your arrows and your effort for more worthy game. With that, Arl marched on. following his comrades' lead.

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    Luis lets his arrow fly at one of the piles of garbage, a collection of moldering bags of refuse that was rustling with activity.

    Out of the pile scurries the rodent thing. The horrible thing is about the size of a human head, a fat black thing with eight short scrabbling legs and a stubby fang filled head with four black blind eyes. It's body enclosed in a bivalved onyx carapace sparsly growing spikey thick hairs. It hisses at Luis, it's long pink tail whipping back and forth. In moments others are crawling forward, out from the cracks in the pavement, and the piles of garbage and the shadows.

    Now a pack of six of the horrible little abominations stand before the acolytes, hissing and chittering about five meters away.

    (OOC: I wasn't going to do this, but since someone had to poke the bear, we are gonna start out with our ubiquitous entry level rat fight. Everyone please roll initiative and go ahead and roll for/describe your first turn )
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    As the horrid little abominations scampered out of the pile of refuse, Severine pulled the stub revolver from inside her robe and raised it before her.

    Severine fired a single bullet at the closest after lining up her shot with a thin red-dot laser.

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    Initiative (1d10+3)[6]

    Half Action - Draw Pistol
    Half Action - Fire Pistol (1d100)[18] TN 45
    Damage (1d10+3)[7]

    Dodge if necessary (1d100)[7] TN 17

    5/6 shots remaining

    Edit: Wow. That dodge roll!

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    Loosing an angry binharic blurt at Luis, Xerros-926 disdainfully pulls out his laspistol and takes a shot at the closest creature.

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    Initiative: [roll]1d10+2p/roll]
    Half Action - Draw Laspistol
    Half Action - Fire Laspistol (1d100)[83] TN 45
    Damage: (1d10+2)[12]

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    Relying on his knowledge of animals, particularly small scavengers, Arl grabs the hems of his cloak and spreads it wide, making him look far larger than the "small" rodents and gives a roar, attempting to scare off the filthy beasts before things get out of hand.

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    Initiative = (1d10+3)[13]
    Intimidate / Survival (Full Action) = (1d100)[67]
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    "Hah! Going to have to fight for dinner. Makes it taste better." Luis quickly nocks another arrow, draws, and looses it at one of the beasts.

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    (1d10+3)[13] init, (1d100)[14] v. 37, (1d10)[2] dmg

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    Marcella


    Marcella seemed to take the emergence of the disgusting creatures rather well, for a girl who was ostensibly a cloistered scholar. The truth was, however, that she'd seen these type of little uglies many, many, many times before, when she was much younger, and the kids of her habitat would band together to catch them to cash in on the ransom offered for the tail of each ghastly ROUS.

    But now, she had a gun.

    Withdrawing her laspistol, Marcella winked one eye close to aim and pulled the trigger.

    ooc:

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    Half-action: Drawing weapon.
    Half action: Shooting: (1d100)[71] vs TN 38.

    Damage: (1d10+2)[12]


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    "Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""

    "The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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    Luis is the first to act as the swarm of rodents (known locally as Ryders) assembles. He knocks a second arrow and fires, this one lancing straight into the the nearest rodent's chitin covered flank. The arrow pierces the thing's natural armor, but seems to do little to slow it down, instead causing the multi-legged thing to begin charging straight for him.

    (OOC: Hit to torso, but damage negated by natural armor and toughness bonus.)

    Arl begins running around flapping the hems of his cloak and making strange noises. The rodents seem completely undeterred by his attempt to intimidate them.

    (OOC: Arl's roll fails. Magicarp uses splash... it is not very effective )

    Xerros is next to draw his weapon. He raises his las pistol and urgently fires. A beam of red light shrieks out from the muzzle of the weapon, scorching a pock of rockrete ground just a half meter away from the nearest Ryder.

    Severine pulls out her stub revolver and fires, the weapon barking an ear shattering report and a cloud of black smoke. One of the nearest ryder's shrieks in pain, the meat of its leg leaking black fluid where a solid round had struck it.

    (OOC: After armor and T, Severine does 3 wounds)

    Marcella's shot goes wide as well, her las pistol barely bucking in her hand as it discharges a bright red beam.

    By then the rodent things were upon the acolytes, in a blur of scurrying appendages and gnashing teeth. Most of the ryder's darted in and out nipping at the boots of the nearby acolytes, though one was able to launch itself into the air to attack Luis, its blind eyes shining in the streetlight as its jaw searched for the fleshy parts of Luis' chest.

    (OOC: Out of the 6, only one gets a strike, landing a blow at Luis' torso. Please roll dodge. Also in your character sheet, I don't see any armor listed under equipment, though I would assume Luis has flak armor???)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bennosuke View Post
    Arl begins running around flapping the hems of his cloak and making strange noises. The rodents seem completely undeterred by his attempt to intimidate them.
    Arl draws a throwing knife and hurls it at the wounded scavenger!!

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    Half action - draw throwing knife
    Half Action - throw same
    (1d100)[36] against a 44 base
    (1d10)[4]

    So, two whole points of damage. (I rolled a d10, due to the need to check for righteous fury...)

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    Having scored a wound on the ryder, Severine steeled herself for another attempt. This time, with weapon already in hand, she was able to focus further to ensure her next shot was a success as well.

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    Half action to Aim
    Half action to fire the pistol

    (1d100)[27] TN 55 (35+10 laser sight +10 aim)
    Damage (1d10+3)[7] Impact, Pen 0

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    Cursing in binaric, Xerros-926 fires again, targeting the nearest ryder.

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    Half Action Aim
    Half Action Standard Attack: (1d100)[3] TN 55 (BS 35 +10 Short Range +10 Aim)
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    Luis tries to fend off the beast's teeth, while drawing his trusty axe, so he can split the creature's skull open


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    (1d100)[84] v. 32 for dodge, quick draw axe amd attempt to chop up the one attacking me. Aim + attack. (1d100)[48] for the chopping, V. 54. (1d10+4)[12] dmg. Yeah, guard flak. Will add it to the sheet.

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