[Taocow PBEM] [Koba, Carlos, Lyle, Talas] Book 3 - Chapter I - Engine Room

[Rich]

[Lyle]
Lyle scrambles out of the whole after barely dodging that blast. He
heads for the door and starts to spin the wheel.

ooc: he'll do what he needs to go get that door open from brute
strength to going Qi Gon Jin on it.


On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Koba Rowers <koba.rowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> [Koba]
> With the fish men out ofthe way and the eerie eye no longer blocking
> the way, Koba will attempt to open the hatch and get the group through
> while Talas is holding the crew back. As soon as everyone is through,
> he will attempt to bar the door shut with a lock or anything avaliable
> on the other side. Now they will try to make it to the actual engine
> room.
>
> [/Koba]
>
> On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:31 AM, Troy Imlach <troy_a_i at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>> [Talas]
>> Seeing how poorly a large weapon such as a rail gun performs in such
>> tight quarters Talas switches weapons and pulls out his P-Beam
>> pistol. Talas also activates his Armour of Ithen and puts himself
>> between the crewmen and the rest of his party. Talas will hold off
>> an firing at the crew. In the hope that the door can be quickly
>> opened.
>> [/Talas]
>>
>> --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Koba, Carlos, Lyle, Talas] Book 3 -
>>> Chapter I -  Engine Room
>>> To: "The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM" <taocowpbem at zork.net>
>>> Received: Friday, November 20, 2009, 3:06 PM
>>>>> [GM]
>>>>> One of the fish men opens fire on Carlos [Strike:
>>> Natural 20].  The
>>>>> blast knocks Carlos back [Damage: 60MD], severely
>>> damaging his
>>>>> armor.
>>>>> [/GM]
>>>
>>>> [Lyle]
>>>> "Holy crap!" yells Lyle when he sees Carlos take the
>>> hit then stand back up.
>>>> [/Lyle]
>>>
>>>>> [Talas]
>>>>> "Grab your weapons and get down!" Talas shouts as
>>> he opens fire
>>>>> [Strike: 4].
>>>>> [/Talas]
>>>
>>>>> [GM]
>>>>> The shots go incredible wild, striking the
>>> reinforced hatch of the
>>>>> engine room, but doing no great harm other than
>>> scoring it.  Still,
>>>>> the two fish men dive for cover.
>>>>> [/GM]
>>>
>>>> [Lyle]
>>>> Keeping his head low he watches as the two fish guys
>>> dive for cover.
>>>> [/Lyle]
>>>
>>>>> [Carlos]
>>>>> "Get your heads down." Carlos shouts.
>>> "Crappy shooting, Talas,
>>>>> but enough.  Lyle, can you get that engine
>>> room door open if we buy
>>>>> you time?"  Carlos doesn't seem to notice
>>> that his armor is a smoking
>>>>> ruin.
>>>>> [/Carlos]
>>>
>>>> [Lyle]
>>>> "You bet your ass I will!"
>>>>
>>>> He draws his pistol and takes aim at the eye on the
>>> door
>>>> [Strike: 18,17,18].  Once it's dealt with, he'll
>>> hoist himself up
>>>> and make way to the door.
>>>> [/Lyle]
>>>
>>> [GM]
>>> Lyle's three excellent aimed shots strike the eye
>>> [Total Damage: 29MD].  The eye is unharmed, and fires
>>> a
>>> bolt of energy back at him [Strike: 11].  Lyle is just
>>> barely able
>>> to dodge [Dodge: 11], and the energy attack takes a
>>> sizable
>>> chunk of decking away [Damage: 15MD].
>>> [/GM]
>>>
>>>> [Koba]
>>>> As the D-bee's fire on Koba he can catch a glimpse of
>>> the tubing
>>>> behind them. Having spent his life working with
>>> computers and
>>>> electronics, he notes that the those tubes on their
>>> backs must
>>>> have some electrical component. Not wanting to end up
>>> with a
>>>> smoking hole like Carlos, Koba focuses his energy on
>>> the two
>>>> fishmen.
>>>>
>>>> "Hold on, we may lose the lights here for a second."
>>> Koba warns.
>>>> With that he attempts to pull the energy from the
>>> mechanics
>>>> attached to the fishmen and from their e-clips
>>> directly. With that,
>>>> the dull crackling energy around him becomes more
>>> energetic
>>>> and brighter.
>>>> [/Koba]
>>>
>>> [GM]
>>> Just as Koba predicted, the lights dim and sputter.
>>> The two fishmen
>>> quickly scrabble up, but within moments can be heard
>>> hacking
>>> and coughing in their odd, aquatic way.  They're
>>> grasping at the
>>> tubes, clearly trying to figure out what's going on, and
>>> they don't
>>> look at all well.
>>>
>>> More interestingly, the organic eye thing seems to turn
>>> several
>>> shades of white.  It seems, whatever it is, it's
>>> energy was being
>>> taken from some sort of electrical source nearby, and
>>> without it,
>>> the thing, whatever exactly it is, isn't doing too well
>>> either.  After
>>> a few seconds it shrivels a bit and falls off.
>>> [/GM]
>>>
>>> [Carlos]
>>> "Now Koba!" Carlos shouts.  "Get that door
>>> open."  He opens fire
>>> on the fish creatures with a vengeance, spraying them until
>>> they
>>> fall over dead.
>>>
>>> "I'm out of e-clips!" Carlos declares grimly as he looks at
>>> the smoking
>>> creatures.  "Anybody care for some fish and chips?"
>>> [/Carlos]
>>>
>>> [GM]
>>> They do not appear to be out of trouble yet, however.
>>> Three
>>> crewmembers are coming towards them, climbing up the
>>> passage
>>> and firing.
>>> [/GM]
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron Clausen
>>> mightymartianca at gmail.com
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