Rampart shifts the old hickory he had just ripped from its roots and repositions the thick trunk in his hands for a better hold. A bit like his baseball hero, Barry Bonds, he wiggles the gnarled old tree over his left shoulder and BAM ... BamBam ... BAM.

OOC: yep good to go

Shoot!

First off gents, sorry for the extended delay, but between work, the military, and other real life concerns, I've just been really busy the past few weeks. On top of that, I’ve been getting sidetracked working on some other gaming stuff. I had to take a few down days just to recover, and get some much needed sleep, as it has been in short supply the past few days. But with that said, let’s get back to the action.

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Ghost – While maneuvering to attack on of the Robots, narrowly evades the stumbling machine, as it tumbles toward the ground. He watches curiously as the light in its eyes fades out. And he notices something, while the eye's initial appeared to be electronic, as the light fades, you see pupils, pupils that look human.

Rampart - Knocking the dirt and dust from his uniform, swings again, landing a solid blow on his intended target, sending it spinning into the ground. On impact, the glow from its eyes, flickers, then fades out.

Diesel - Diesel lets loose with a blast from his armor's flame thrower, striking robot #3 for 7 points of damage.

Skyhawk – Lets loose with another blast, narrowly missing his target, and striking the tree line behind them, showering the landscape with debris.

Powerchord – Unleashing a bolt of mystic energy, a mere second after The Machinist’s grenade detonates, striking Robot #5, for a staggering 14 points of damage, and causing the immobile Robot, to stagger, before falling flat on its face.   

Thunderbolt – The energy beams are being fired from their heads. The “Scan” beam was emitted from their center torso. Quick question, which Robot are you trying to strike with your Kyogetsu?

The Machinist - Quickly assembling a grenade, the Machinist throws his handy work at between Robots # 4 &5 hoping to catch both (I’m assuming that’s what you intended), within the grenade’s blast. Instead of a booming explosion, the sound of liquid splattering is heard, and both Robots are covered in a sticky goo like substance, that reduces their movement to 0".

At the same time all of this is happening, you all receive a radio transmission from the Thunderwing - “Zzzzzzz…I’m being ..zzz..don’t know by….need help…..” and the transmission fades out.

Actions?

Thunderbolt wrote on Nov 8^th, 2012 at 10:23am:


dsumner wrote on Nov 8^th, 2012 at 3:42am:


Lord Inar wrote on Nov 14^th, 2012 at 6:34pm:


Thunderbolt aimed his Kyogetsu-Shoge at the same robot Diesel fired his flamethrower at, which is the same one Thunderbolt threw Diesel at initially.

Thunderbolt -, hears the transmission and grimaces muttering, 'Which is WHY I suggested she clear this area after dropping us off!'

Louder he says, "You probably shouldn't go alone Rampart, You could take one of the Protectors fliers with you... perhaps Skyhawk?"

OOC: You got my attack right, Dom

IC: Machinist converts his force field device back into a scanner. He will scan one of the down Podbots. While keeping his eyes open for any attacks.

OOC: Machinist's second action will be to evade.

Skyhawk will evade, and attempt to blast one of the immobilized 'bots.

OOC: Dom, we need Tom's mad map skills to keep up with all of this.   I'm trying to follow using notes, but I'm failing miserably.  I'll address the major activities without getting into the minutia if possible.  Can we get a summary of who is attacking whom from a robot point of view?  I'm showing two robots down, 3 and 5, 4 is held, 2 and 4 are damaged but not down, the rest are undamaged.  Is that accurate?

To the team, I'm getting a they have human eyes, where are the students vibe from this?

IC: Go, if you need assistance shoot off one of those flare's, radio's worthless

To the rest of the team, "We need to go non-lethal, something is going on here.  Do your best to contain them without damaging them.  We can't risk hurting innocents.

With that, He casts a hold spell on the nearest unharmed robot.

OOC: I'm still waiting to hear from Dom what effect if any I had.  Did I hit the robot Diesel has been attacking?  If so how helpless is he to subsequent attacks directed at him?

I need to know this before I post MY actions.

OOC: @ Hammer - So you think the droid/bots might be the missing students encased in an alien exo-skeleton of sorts? If true, that'd be some cold shyte 


PS: Hey Dom, did Rampart get any info from his Detect Weakness ability? 

Stalker, you still hanging in there, as it's been a while since I've heard from you.

Lord Inar wrote on Dec 17^th, 2012 at 3:21am:


GM: So you want to "stun" them by knocking them out, or did I miss a post?

GM to T-Bolt. Oops...I'll make a correction then, as your attack was successful. 

dsumner wrote on Dec 17^th, 2012 at 1:49am:


Looks good to me pal. Rampart will take his big "walking stick" with him to "save" the damsel in distress 

I'll post the Robots actions when I get home from work tomorrow, as well as some updates to the EC Source Book. Until then, you guys can talk amongst yourselves, and figure out how you want to coordinate your actions, as long as it's something you'd be able to do within your remaining actions, and it's something your characters would have knowledge of.

After quickly but carefully examining the battle area for probable lines of fire based on damage done to the Thunderwing and the surrounding area, Rampart will fly into the aircraft to look for potential assailants and the missing Iggy.

OOC: this is an effort to determine the direction the attackers might have entered and exited the landing zone. Observation and Tactics Skill rolls maybe?


If not "ambushed" as he enters the craft, Rampart will try and determine if the assault had been carried into the aircraft, checking the pilot's log and blackbox to replay any information she might have tried to communicate before she was forced to defend herself.

dsumner wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2012 at 4:16pm:

GM to Rampart - From what you can tell, it appears as though the firefight took place outside the aircraft. You can follow the robots track, but, it's like they just appeared, and then disappeared from nowhere, as they suddenly stop, at the same point they look to have originated from.

If not "ambushed" as he enters the craft, Rampart will try and determine if the assault had been carried into the aircraft, checking the pilot's log and blackbox to replay any information she might have tried to communicate before she was forced to defend herself.

With the attempt to recover a message off the black box coming up blank, and tracking the droid-bots turning into a dead end, Rampart will race back to he team to report Iggy's status to Power Chord.

We never should have left her on her own. This is exactly why we came to look for Skyhawk


OOC: yes I am fully aware of the irony that Rampart is applying a double standard. Tends to happen to fast bricks with steel hard skin. They are a tad overconfident on occasion - lol

OOC: LMAO . . . Says the guy toting 160 feet of steel cable around his waist