Arc II - Fill the Land With Smoke

[Doctor Who]

The stun shot almost seems to stagger the Devaronian, but he stays standing.

the droids point their weapons at ST-3R and unleash a barrage against him.

Spoiler:

droids; TotOR; attack:
0 Success, 0 Advantage

Their old targeting sensors appear to malfunction, though, as they miss him completely.

[ShadoWarrior]

Arca closes on the Devaronian and opens himself up to the Force. Sweat breaks out on his forehead as he is nearly overwhelmed by a flood of negative feelings emanating from the fallen Jedi. He quickly cuts off his connection lest his control slip further and takes a few stumbling steps back.

Spoiler:

Maneuver 1: move to engage
Action: attempt to Influence (take 1 strain from result)
Maneuver 2: disengage (take 2 more strain, 3 in total, to move out of saber's reach)

Arca Gavalun; Tales of the Old Republic; Discipline check:
1 Failure, 1 Threat, 4 Dark Side

[Doctor Who]

Orcam and his men move into position and fire at the droids.

Spoiler:

Orcam; TotOR; firing:
2 Successes, 1 Advantage

Spoiler:

Co.; TotOR; firing:
5 Successes, 0 Advantage

They destroy one of the droids, leaving only one remaining.

[Doctor Who]

Zyla spins her blade around.

Spoiler:

Zyla; TotOR; attack!:
1 Success, 1 Advantage



7 damage

In his haze, he is unable to block Zyla's swing, although he is still able to avoid a deadly injury. He looks nearly worn out, tired, although there is fight in his eyes as he struggles to come out of the haze Trixie placed him in.

[kanila]

Varc slashes out once more at the rival Devaronian.

Spoiler:

Varc ; Lightsaber :
1 Success, 2 Advantages



Damage 7
Crit roll
Varc; Crit:
Numeric Roll: 1D100+0=99

Crippled: One limb is impaired until healed/replaced. to all checks using that limb.

Managing to hit one of his arms, he was able to inflict a crippling wound.

[Doctor Who]

Varc's slash cuts straight down the Devaronians side, and the opponent is unable to protect his left arm from getting sliced clean enough that it hangs limply from his side. The lightsaber falls from his hand. He crumples to the ground.

The last two crystals around his neck flash and then go dim as he falls.

[ShadoWarrior]

Arca kneels down next to the Devaronian, pulls an injector from his medkit, and presses it against the most accessible artery. He informs the rest of the group, "I have administered a strong sedative. That should keep him from causing further mischief until we are ready to deal with him. I will tend to his wounds in a moment."

Spoiler:

Maneuver 1: close to engage the Devaronian
Maneuver 2: manipulate gear
Action: administer strong sedative

Force check is for what I intend to do next turn...
Arca Gavalun; Tales of the Old Republic; Force power check:
, 2 Light Side
0 Success(es) added from talents or equipment
0 Advantage(s) added From talents or equipment

[ThreeBFour]

Waz'aru is grateful that the Devorian is currently down, but remembers they still have the droids to deal with and a stun pistol won't do anything to them, neither will his ability to distract the mind. "Seeing that he's not using it at the moment, can someone toss me his saber? As much as I like this pistol it won't do anything against inorganics."

[Doctor Who]

The droid opens fire at Carran.

Spoiler:

droid; TotOR; Attack:
0 Success, 0 Advantage

Its faulty targetting against causes it to miss.

[Doctor Who]

Jarkyc takes a shot at the last droid, aiming beforehand to ensure a clean shot.

Spoiler:

Jarkyc; TotOR; Attack:
0 Success, 7 Advantages




Next person to act gets 3 boost dice.

He clips the droid, but doesn't manage to finish it off.

[Vergence]

During the large droid and Jarkyc's vicious firing exchanges, ST-3R charges the foe from the side, and thrusts the ignited staff upward into the ancient chassis. As the droid collapses and immediately ceases to threaten harm, ST-3R starts to confirm there are no other assailants within the room.

Spoiler:

1 Maneuver to engage; Action to strike.

ST-3R; Melee:
4 Successes, 1 Advantage


Breach 1, Damage 12, spending to advantage to heal a strain.

[Doctor Who]

The droid crumples, falling to the ground.

The electric hum of the lights fills the room.

For a brief moment, it seems like the group will have a chance to rest.

Suddenly, from the entrance to the cave, the group hears a high pitch whine and crackle.

Three glowing, crackling, red and black orbs fly through the air towards the group.

[DeepSpacer]

Maneuver by Trixie to take cover.

[Doctor Who]

The soldiers take aim and fire at the things, but the energy blasts seem to almost burn out when they hit the orbs, as if there's not enough energy in a single blast to disrupt whatever these things are.

[kanila]

As the orbs quickly approached the group Varc reached down and attempted to remove the tainted necklace. But grabbing it and removing it proved to be the wrong idea as he began to have a mental battle with the object.

Spoiler:

Varc ; Discipline :
0 Success, 1 Threat, 4 Light Side


Used a LS unless you used one to upgrade the difficulty already. Then I’ll need to fix my roll.

[Doctor Who]

As Varc grabs the necklace, he suddenly feels every doubt and every fear he's ever had storm into his mind at once, intrusively butting in to his normal thought pattern. He thinks about his desire to prove himself, to show his bravery, his trouble with his anger, but he's able to control his own thoughts, drawing on the Force.

He blinks several times as his head clears, and he notices that the amulet is now glowing in his hand, and one of the orbs appears to have stopped moving.

[kanila]

Shaking his head to clear any remaining fog, he looks at the now glowing necklace. Throwing the necklace against the ground, shards of it scattered throughout the area. He hoped that it would get rid of the orbs.

[Doctor Who]

The Orb that had frozen when grabbed the necklace starts moving again.

[DeepSpacer]

"Varc! The crystals stop the orbs!" yells Trixie, knowing perhaps that the crystals had an unpleasant effect on Varc but hopeful something remains to stop these things. She uses the GP Scanner to detect lifeforms again towards the orbs. 'They didn't appear on my scanner before! Maybe they weren't HERE before when I scanned!' she thinks to herself.

[Doctor Who]

They don't detect as living things.

[Doctor Who]

Zyla moves to put herself between the group and the new intruders.

Spoiler:

Two maneuvers to get between the bulk of the group and the orbs

"Blasters don't seem to do anything, we'll see about lightsabers."

[ThreeBFour]

Waz'aru concentrates as hard as he can trying to stretch out with the Force to grab the unattended Lightsaber. The saber doesn't even twitch, not that he really expected it to. Waz'aru had realized a while ago he had not yet developed a talent for telekinesis, but he had hoped that in dire circumstances it might come to him. He was just going to get it the way those without any Force abilities normally did, pick it up.

Spoiler:

Flipped a LS to upgrade Discipline once.

Waz'aru; TotOR; Discipline:
1 Failure, 1 Threat



@Doctor Who your choice on the . I guess the next step it the tuck and roll to come up with the saber in hand. What roll do you require for the fancy flip in the next round?

[Doctor Who]

The Orb that had briefly stopped when Varc had grabbed the jewel turns tail and bolts out of the cave, passing out of sight.

The other two Orbs move forward. They ignore ST-3R and move straight ahead.

The first attacks Zyla, charging straight at her.

Spoiler:

Orb1; TotOR; attack:
1 Success, 1 Advantage

it dips under her blade and flies straight inside of her, not passing out the other side.

Spoiler:

Zyla; TotOR; discipline:
1 Success, 1 Threat

Zyla gasps, and for a brief moment she twitches, then the orb launches out of her and everyone can hear her gasping for breath. The orb angrily buzzes around her, looking like it will try it again.

The other orb advances, but stays out of range of Zyla's still active blade.

[Doctor Who]

Jarkyc, seeing that guns weren't working, decides to let the Jedi handle it. He grabs the hoversled and pulls it closer to the wreckage, moving himself away from the Orbs.

[ShadoWarrior]

Arca reaches out with his feelings and senses the thoughts going through the Devaronian's mind. Then, not unaware of the other events going on nearby, he picks up the lightsaber that the Devaronian had dropped and holds it out for Waz'aru to take while he assumes a guarded stance.

Spoiler:

Action: Force dice rolled in my previous IC post.
If he's properly sedated to the level that Arca has been assuming that he should be at then there shouldn't be any thoughts for him to sense. OTOH, if he's not as deeply asleep as he ought to be then Arca will sense that.
Maneuver 1: pick up saber
Maneuver 2: Guarded Stance (+2 strain; 5 total strain)