Hammer leads the party to the river so they can start pulling out their rafts and get moving down the current quickly.

"I'm still reeling from being in the jaws of a dinosaur. A fascinating ecological experiment of pure happenstance, but I will remember it forever."

Bartja smirks as he instructs Shemp and the Survey Robot to deploy the rafts and stow the gear safely aboard.

"Hammer, you remember EVERYTHING forever!"

Considering the loading and potential watery situation ahead, he adds, "Anything you don't want soaked, stack on the SuRo". 

Looking around, you see you are so close. Hammer and Desi scout and see no more danger from the carnosaur corpses to the river's edge 500 meters away, though it will take a bit to find a clear spot to launch.

Bartja gets the survey robot and Shemp ready to also go toward a spot where they will get very wet, and he points out what appears to be the best place to avoid the mud and water, requiring stepping on stones and rock.



It takes you about 30 minutes to finish the hike to the river and navigate the mud, but the sight of the flowing water and open air is refreshing.

It takes another 30 minutes to pack up the rafts and get ready for push off into the river. That is when Orvo encounters a problem.

As he steps into the water to get into the raft, Orvo's leg is sucked into what looks like a long, almost transparent, tube of durable, jelly-like organic matter. It draws Orvo's leg in all the way up his uniform to his hip. He does not feel any damage, but he can tell it acts as a giant siphon, sucking in water and particles at one end and expelling them at the other. His leg is stuck, but he is unharmed for now. Even worse, the rough riverbed makes it hard to gain solid footing as the thing is sunk 3 feet down into the water to the loose mud and dirt below.



5:00 p.m. (17 hours remaining) (8 hours with no rest)
Rations remaining: 60 (each survival ration is for one person for one day)
Bivouac Units: 1 (30/30 SP (structural points); 10 kg each); second one is kept as scrap (10 kg)
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Hammer says, "Maybe we can shoot it and it will let you go. I don't know if we should chance it though. What do you think?"

While Orvo begins to struggle with whatever has suctioned on to his leg, your attention has been distracted so that you almost don't see the thing rise up above the treeline on the far side of the river. It is an approaching robot about 90 meters in the air and coming from the general direction of the Moraes.

You barely look up in time to see its approach when it opens fire! A heavy laser fires down and hits S'krllk. (28 STA damage.) A laser rifle also fires a burst down near Desi and Hammer but misses them.



NOTE: The attack robot is a distance of 100 meters (90 above you). Appropriate modifiers will be in effect.

In reply to GM Heath (msg # 54):

As soon as Sgt Min hears the weapons fire he ducks behind the nearest tree or boulder and brings his own weapon to bear.  Checking the selector is set to fully automatic he yells,  "Contact front!" as he unleashes a burst of fire at the hovering robot.  "Hammer, Desi, lay down suppressing fire.  Bartja see if you can help Orvo."  He calls out to his team members as he watches to see if the enemy robot is closing in on them or holding position.  "S'krllk, are you OK?"

(OOC)
Sgt Min will fire two full busts and empty his magazine, then assess the situation.
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The robot is holding position 90 meters in the air (about 100 meters total distance from you) to take advantage of its height advantage.

"Perhaps, try cutting it below where my foot is, or rather should be?  I don't anything blunt will cut it, HA!  Get it?  Cut it with a blunt weapon!  Even in the face of danger, my humor still holds true," Orvo jokes as he tries  to figure out how to get this thing off of him.  He knows he doesn't have a cutting implement that he has on him within easy reach either as he laughs off his attempt at Dral humor.
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Desiraye recoils some from the surprise of the laser fire at them.  She turns her attention to the sky and brings her Gyro-Rifle up on the hovering robot. She fires a single burst at it.

Firing burst +20%) at hovering robot @100 meters (Long Range)

PUNCHING DAMAGE: 7
CURRENT STA: 51/62

SKILLS:
Beam Weapons: 6 [DEX:30 + 60 = 90%]
Martial Arts: 3 [DEX:30 + 30 = 60%]
Melee Weapons: 2 [STR:32 + 20 = 52%]
Demolitions: 2
Gyrojet Weapons: 4  [DEX:30 + 40 = 70%]
Projectile Weapons: 3  [DEX:30 + 30 = 60%]
Thrown Weapons: 2  [DEX:30 + 20 = 50%]
Technician: 2

[1] Civilian Skeinsuit [26/50]
[1] Albedo Screen [95/100]

[1] Power Backpack  [50/50]
[1] Power Beltpack  [95/100]

[1] War-Tech GAR-10
- [11] 20 round GAR-10 mags  Current MAG: 10/20
- [1] Bandoleer Sling (holds x10 mags)
      Bandoleer: [1] MAG 2/20
- [1] Muzzle Extender: Eliminates the Medium Range combat modifier and reduces the
   Long Range combat modifier from a -2 Column Shift to a -1 Column Shift
- [1] x3 Magnification scope w. Infrared optics
- [1] Rifle Holster
- [1] Power light  [1.5 kg]

WarTech GAR-10 Gyrojet Assault Rifle (#12 p.49)
Wgt: 5.5kg, Damage: 3d10/8d10,
Ammo: 20 rounds, Rate: 3(1), Defense: Inertia,
Range: -/5/75/150/300
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Bartja punches a few buttons on the Survey Robot controller, turning it on Auto so he can focus on the other tasks at hand.  "I think that's the other survey robot from the Moraes.  If we can disable it, I may be able to add it to our collection of firepower!"

Then he instructs Shemp directly "Collect the creature from the river that has attached itself to the Drallasites appendage." he instructs, hoping that the rudimentary programming of the robot will enable it to follow these simple instructions.

He then pulls his gyrojet rifle around and takes careful aim at the threatening bot hovering over the treeline.

S'Krllk chitters in pain. "Drone pellets. I hate it when the universe listens."
As he crawls to cover he instructs his body-comp to "see if you can locate a channel to the robot that just shot at us"

Hammer hands Orvo the vibroknife to cut himself out before diving for cover. He pulls out his laser pistol (SEU 5) and fires twice. "You're right, Bartja. It has to be another survey robot. ANyone remember how many he had at the ship?"

In reply to Sgt. Porter Min (msg # 55):

(OOC)
Been a while since I played SF, just realised I need to turn on my albedo screen.

(IC)
As soon as Porter finds cover, he flicks the switch on his albedo screen before taking aim at the robot.
"I think the only way we are disabling this thing is by blowing it our of the sky", he calls out to Bartja.  "Unless somebody packed a jet pack?"  He pulls the trigger.
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OOC: I will typically assume you turned on a screen, but if you have more than one, you do need to specify since you can only have one on at a time.

Also, when you take damage, I do not take the damage off the screens myself. I will just say something like (-30 STA). You will need to do that yourself and just report back in your next post how much was absorbed and how much was damage, and make the adjustments on the character sheet.

ROUND 2
Everyone scatters for cover as the new robot opens fire.

Bartja redirects the survey robot. It fires on the new attack robot and hits once with the heavy laser. (67 dmg.)

Porter fires a burst...but misses.

Hammer fires his laser pistol twice...hitting once. (28 dmg.)

S'krllk is heading for cover by the nearby trees as he begins instructing his bodycomp...

Orvo takes the vibroknife from Hammer and begins looking for a way out of the suctioning creature that has him attached all the way up the leg. He can try to pry it loose or cut it with the knife, shoot it below his leg, try to reform his leg as a dralasite (which will take time), or something else.

Bartja directs Shemp over to help Orvo before pulling out his gyrojet to attack next round.

Shemp, a small humanoid maintenance robot, marches over to Orvo and begins assessing the situation.

Desi fires a burst from her gyrojet rifle...hitting it barely but causing a good deal of damage. (48 dmg.)

The survey robot fires back...

The heavy laser fires at Bartja...and just misses, coming within inches of Bartja's head and creating a small crater in the dirt behind him.

It fires a burst at Shemp and Orvo...making a direct hit! (Critical hit! They each are hit for 32 dmg.)

Porter continues to lay down covering fire with a second burst, emptying his autorifle clip.

Automatic Rifle [hit 65% burst 85%, dmg 1d10/5d10, RoF 3/1, Range 10/40/100/150/300
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Hammer also empties the last 10 SEU of his laser pistol with two more 5 SEU shots.

Bartja abandons his plan of aiming carefully and unleashes the full gyrojet volley at the murderous bot. "Well, if we take it out now, that's one less resources LeGrange will have once we reach the ship."

In reply to GM Heath (msg # 64):
Desiraye contiues to keep her sights on the hovering robot and fires another burst at it;

- Firing burst (+20%) at hovering robot @100 meters (Long Range)

PUNCHING DAMAGE: 7
CURRENT STA: 51/62

SKILLS:
Beam Weapons: 6 [DEX:30 + 60 = 90%]
Martial Arts: 3 [DEX:30 + 30 = 60%]
Melee Weapons: 2 [STR:32 + 20 = 52%]
Demolitions: 2
Gyrojet Weapons: 4  [DEX:30 + 40 = 70%]
Projectile Weapons: 3  [DEX:30 + 30 = 60%]
Thrown Weapons: 2  [DEX:30 + 20 = 50%]
Technician: 2

[1] Civilian Skeinsuit [26/50]
[1] Albedo Screen [95/100]

[1] Power Backpack  [50/50]
[1] Power Beltpack  [95/100]

[1] War-Tech GAR-10
- [11] 20 round GAR-10 mags  Current MAG: 5/20
- [1] Bandoleer Sling (holds x10 mags)
      Bandoleer: [1] MAG 2/20
- [1] Muzzle Extender: Eliminates the Medium Range combat modifier and reduces the
   Long Range combat modifier from a -2 Column Shift to a -1 Column Shift
- [1] x3 Magnification scope w. Infrared optics
- [1] Rifle Holster
- [1] Power light [1.5 kg]

WarTech GAR-10 Gyrojet Assault Rifle (#12 p.49)
Wgt: 5.5kg, Damage: 3d10/8d10,
Ammo: 20 rounds, Rate: 3(1), Defense: Inertia,
Range: -/5/75/150/300

Orvo had try to begin trying to slice the sucking tuber off of his leg below where his foot would be with the vibro knife.  He's hit by fire and tries to continue to free himself.

CURRENT STAMINA: 35/60
PS/IM: +3/+5
Ranged: 25%
Melee: 30%

Lie Detection 10%
Elasticity

SKILLS:
PSA: Bio-Social
Psychosocial Lvl 2
Medic: 2
Beam Weapons: 1
- 1/2 Dex (25%) + Lvl= 35
Thrown Weapons: 1
- 1/2 DEX (25%) + Lvl= 35
Martial Arts: 2
- 1/2 STR (30%) + Lvl= 50

DEFENSES:
Albedo Screen: power beltpack 46/50 seu
Military Skeinsuit: 41/50

WEAPONS:
Martial Arts: DMG: 3| ROF: 2|
Laser Pistol x1: DMG: 5d10/seu| RoF: 2| (1 @ crash sight)
Laser Rifle: DMG: 4d10/SEU | RoF: 2| power backpack 65/100 SEU
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S'Krllk huddles behind a tree and talks with his bodycomp.

ROUND 3
Porter fires, hitting the robot.

S'krllk is talking to his bodycomp.

Orvo begins cutting into the tuber below his leg with the vibroknife.

Desi fires and hits the survey robot.

It fires back with heavy laser and a burst from the rifle. The burst hits Shemp and Orvo. Orvo takes 14 dmg and Shemp takes 27 dmg. The heavy laser fires at Bartja but misses.

The attack survey robot is now smoking and damaged.

Bartja fires his gyrojet and makes a sweeping hit.  The survey attack robot spins in midair. Rather than continue, it turns around and begins flying back in the direction of the Moraes.

Meanwhile, Orvo is still struggling with the tuber that has sucked up his leg. He is finding it almost impossible to find solid footing, but when he reaches down to stab it to release himself, that's when things go from bad to worse. (Tuber/Thalian damaged for 12 STA.)

Orvo is suddenly dragged underwater beyond your view about 15 meters toward the center of the river and about 5 meters below the surface.  Orvo now has no way to get oxygen. He still holds his vibroknife but is holding his breath now. (You can hold breath a number of turns equal to your stamina score divided by 5 before taking damage from drowning.)


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Porter ejects his empty magazine, grabs a fresh clip and slams it into his autorifle while keeping a close eye on the retreating robot.  "I'll take a bearing on that robot," he says as he fumbles for his compass.  "You guys help Orvo!"

Desiraye drops the empty magazine from her rifle and retrieves a full one from the bandoleer sling,slamming it home, making sure the bolt went forward, chambering the round.  "You sure you got this Sarge?"

- Reloading GAR-10 Rifle

PUNCHING DAMAGE: 7
CURRENT STA: 51/62

SKILLS:
Beam Weapons: 6 [DEX:30 + 60 = 90%]
Martial Arts: 3 [DEX:30 + 30 = 60%]
Melee Weapons: 2 [STR:32 + 20 = 52%]
Demolitions: 2
Gyrojet Weapons: 4  [DEX:30 + 40 = 70%]
Projectile Weapons: 3  [DEX:30 + 30 = 60%]
Thrown Weapons: 2  [DEX:30 + 20 = 50%]
Technician: 2

[1] Civilian Skeinsuit [26/50]
[1] Albedo Screen [95/100]

[1] Power Backpack  [50/50]
[1] Power Beltpack  [95/100]

[1] War-Tech GAR-10
- [11] 20 round GAR-10 mags  Current MAG: 20/20
- [1] Bandoleer Sling (holds x10 mags)
      Bandoleer: [1] MAG 2/20 /[1] MAG 0/20
- [1] Muzzle Extender: Eliminates the Medium Range combat modifier and reduces the
   Long Range combat modifier from a -2 Column Shift to a -1 Column Shift
- [1] x3 Magnification scope w. Infrared optics
- [1] Rifle Holster
- [1] Power light [1.5 kg]

WarTech GAR-10 Gyrojet Assault Rifle (#12 p.49)
Wgt: 5.5kg, Damage: 3d10/8d10,
Ammo: 20 rounds, Rate: 3(1), Defense: Inertia,
Range: -/5/75/150/300

In reply to Desiraye Lipost (msg # 73):

"Yeah Desi, I'm good" Porter replies, scanning the treeline where the robot disappeared.  "I don't think it's coming back.  My guess is Terry probably had the robot set here to ambush us with an alarm to alert him, maybe motion sensors.  He was probably watching when the robot attacked and when we damaged it so quickly he activated an auto recall."

Porter thinks back to the crash and their original evaluation of the situation.  "If he has 48 hours worth of work to do overhauling the engines, then he doesn't have time to be constantly monitoring his robots or redirecting them to come back and attack us.  What's more, we just put a rocket under his ass now that he has an idea of our progress."

Then he thinks about Orvo under water.  "Anyone know how long a dralasite can hold it's breath?"