Worse Than the Disease IC

[Volthawk]

Resting his rifle on the window, Richard picks a target to aim at. This looked bad, he knew that, but he didn't fancy the outcome to surrendering to a group like this, particularly now they've already lost people, much better to the outcome of fighting. Besides, they had the defensive position here and they weren't that bad at fighting. They could manage.

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Taking aim at someone in the advancing group, preferably someone closer to Richard's position and who isn't next to the grenade.

Richard is Overconfident, so he's preferring to back himself over listening to the doubts.

[Shoot Da Moon]

The men around the cars yell at the approaching attackers to pull back as they brace their guns.
Up on the hill, the sniper focuses his weapon.
Tariq is still on open ground, not that far from the minefield’s edge...

[GnomesofZurich2]

Tariq retreats towards the nearest building entrance.

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Move maneuver, moves 5 hexes towards the building

[Shoot Da Moon]

As Tariq retreats (he’s now 18 yards from the base building), Simone continues to overwatch the second entrance into the radio room and the men in the middle of the minefield are disorientated by the explosion.
Fearful of stepping on another land mine, the men turn back and make their way 5 yards towards where the other men are digging in, where the cars are.

TURN 4

Sean and Richard are ready to act...

[u-b]

Sean Pires

Sean proceeds to inject himself with the nanomachines.

[Volthawk]

Seeing his target pull back, Richard takes the shot before the raider can get into cover, hoping that a wounded man might give the enemy pause for thought.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Sean feels better as the injection courses through his body...until he suddenly feels a sharp vertigo for a split-second. His skin starts turning other colours, but quickly slides back into his normal skin tone...His thoughts and body temperature are different, too. What was in that goo?!

Richard’s shot goes slightly wide from his target.

(OOC: Sean heals 2 HP, and gains one mutation (Adaptable Skin 1, AtE 1 page 26) and 2 side effects (Cold Blooded (50 degrees Fahrenheit) and Oblivious).)

The 2 attackers behind the cars try to fire at Tariq and miss.
The sniper on the hilltop shoots at Sean, despite his cover. Thanks to his newly healed body and not hauling his gear, Sean just barely manages to dodge the shot.

Tariq is now ready to act, adrenaline pumping as the bullets fire by him...

[GnomesofZurich2]

Tariq continues towards the building, but begins bobbing and weaving to make him a less appealing target!

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All-Out Defense (Dodge), although I guess he only gets to move 2 hex (Basic Move 5/2, round down)

[Shoot Da Moon]

Simone continues to overwatch. The men in the minefield take after Tariq, and move another 5 yards away from the danger and the base. They are not yet in cover.

TURN 5

Sean and Richard are ready to act...

[u-b]

Sean Pires

Having been shot at by the sniper, Sean thinks he has some time to look at the battlefield relatively safely. He stays marginally exposed and opens the chamber. The case does not get automatically extracted...

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Ready the rifle 1/3. Discover the Stoppage.
Defense (if needed): Dodge and Drop.

[Volthawk]

Stepping back behind the wall, Richard pulls another bullet out of his pocket and starts reloading.

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First reload action, stepping sideways to be more behind the wall and less visible from the window if possible.

[Shoot Da Moon]

The 2 attackers behind the cars keep their heads down as they fiddle with their guns.

The sniper, meanwhile, takes aim again.

Tariq sees the pause in the action and takes the opportunity...

[GnomesofZurich2]

With the pause in the action, Tariq takes off towards the doors.

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Move maneuver, moving 5 hexes towards the door. I think that puts him 11 hexes away

[Shoot Da Moon]

Simone keeps her gun trained on the spot. Meanwhile, the men near the minefield move back even further - another 5 yards - and get behind some light cover.

TURN 6

Sean and Richard are still in the radio room...

[u-b]

Sean Pires

Sean tries to get the used case out of the rifle sticking out just a bit to have an eye on the battlefield. He says loud enough for Richard to hear: "Sniper semi-auto. Others manual."

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Richard should be in officer's quarters and I think you've said radio room has no windows, so Sean is somewhere nearby.

Ready the rifle 1/3 (paused). Trying to clear the stoppage 1/3.
Defense (if needed): Dodge and Drop.

[Volthawk]

Still staying away from the window until he's finished reloading, Richard calls back. "Got it!" He wasn't exactly sure how to deal with the sniper yet, but he figured the people closer to them needed dealing with first.

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Keeping on reloading, 2/3 turns through.
How far away is the sniper, again?

[GnomesofZurich2]

Tariq continues running towards the door.

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second consecutive Move action, he is now sprinting for +1 to Move, covering 6 hexes

[Shoot Da Moon]

(OOC: the sniper is 50 yards away from Sean, I believe.)

There is a still as the distant men do not attack. Tariq can not see what the men behind the cars are doing...

Simone has not changed her position, either.

The attackers who fled from the minefield seem to be yelling to each other, arguing behind their cover.

TURN 7

Sean and Richard make more headway on their shot...

[u-b]

Sean Pires

Sean gets out of the window, this time completely, and continues fumbling with the rifle.

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Ready the rifle 1/3 (paused). Trying to clear the stoppage 2/3.
Defense (should not be needed): Dodge and Drop.

[Volthawk]

From his covered position, Richard continues reloading.

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That's 3/4 needed to reload.

[Shoot Da Moon]

The raiders behind the cars continue to focus on themselves.
Sean can’t see the sniper on the hilltop from where he is.

[GnomesofZurich2]

Tariq at last reaches the building entrance.

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Move maneuver, and I believe the grenade he threw finally goes off. Whether anyone is in range is another question.

[Shoot Da Moon]

As Tariq’s jam-tin grenade explodes, setting off a few landmines in a chain of unholy noise and violent force, Simone concentrates on keeping watch.

The three raiders nearest the minefield are too far away to get hit by the explosions, but they are shaken pretty hard by the display of fire and dirt. All of them keep their heads despite the loud horror, the adrenaline of the fight steeling their wills.

TURN 8

Meanwhile, Sean and Richard have their own problems..

[u-b]

Sean Pires

Sean finally got that stuck case out of the chamber. "The sniper may have aimed at your window." he says loud enough for Richard to hear.

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Where's the sun currently relative to us and them? Are there any dark enough places from which the opponents can be attacked, like maybe the first or second floor corridor not adjacent to the window (so as to be shooting through the room while being on the other side of it from the window or the entrance)?

Defense (should not be needed): Dodge and Drop.

[Volthawk]

Hearing Sean's warning, Richard stays behind the wall as he finishes reloading. Taking advantage of the silence in the wake of the massive explosion, Richard shouts out at the enemy raiders. "You can still walk away from this! You've already lost people, you don't need to lose more!"

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OK, this turn Richard finishes reloading.

Not expecting Richard's shout to do anything, but he has the quirk of offering surrender so I figured I should make the offer.

[Shoot Da Moon]

(OOC: It is midday, the sun is shining down on you all equally. The first floor rooms may have windows that are darker than the second floor window.)

The bad guys seem very quiet all of a sudden.
Tariq cannot see the men behind the cars. The sniper is as still as a statue.

[GnomesofZurich2]

Tariq continues into the building, looking for cover.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Simone does not move.
But the men who tried to reach the base through the minefield do move, they move all the way back into the cars they came in. It seems they'll try to start the cars and drive away soon...

TURN 9

Sean and Richard have a chance to act...

[u-b]

Sean Pires

Unaware that the men are back in their cars, Sean takes a rifle round out of his pocket.

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Ready the rifle 2/3.
Defense (should not be needed): Dodge and Drop.

A question. I'm reading B390 and it seems one can take aim+wait only if he watches one hex. Would being on the other side of the window or one step back into the room really prevent the sniper's aim+wait assuming he is aiming at the same hex Sean was last seen?

Also, how high are the windowsills? Can Sean crouch to be completely under it or would it require a different posture?

[Volthawk]

Stepping up to the window again, Richard watches the retreat, happy about how it was looking but not putting his gun away yet.

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If there is anyone who isn't in the cars yet, aiming at them, otherwise a passenger in the closest car.