<strong>Hero Points:</strong>2 (Princess Zaburshia), 0 (Jalyers), 1 (Solar Flare)<br/><br/>They played the engineer like a damn fiddle, his desire for the safety of visitors overriding any initial suspicions. The good news is that Jade got in just fine, and had enough time to go around and do some damage. Her bio-mechanical armblade severed the foundations of the engine room with no effort, causing all manner of steam, plasma, and compressed air to shoot out whistling and cause a major scene.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, the attendant drones took notice of the chaos and began flying to exposed sections. But when it became clear that the Earthling was causing more destruction than they could repair, their programming refocused on her!<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/q4s4aiK.png)<br/><br/><em>The repair drones are minions and you can thus take 10 on all attacks. They have Defense scores of Dodge and Parry 10 (small size), Immunity to Mental effects [and thus interaction skills], and rolled a 6 on both Fortitude and Toughness for relevant attacks. There are five of them, so it is up to you how many turns you spend attacking, but they’ll get more free shots at you as a result. Jade can cut her losses and run at any time, but more drones left alive means more repairs that can be done (not enough to undo the damage entirely, but enough that it won’t be as damaging in the final result).</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Round 1</div><div class="spoiler_body">22, 19, 19, 19, 10, 13. Only one hit, make me a DC 21 Toughness save.<br/><br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139101<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139102<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139103<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139104<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139105</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Round 2</div><div class="spoiler_body">20, 14, 23, 23, 21. Make two more DC 21 Toughness saves. Unless you have some unorthodox plan, I presume you destroy one drone per round. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139106)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Round 3</div><div class="spoiler_body">14, 17, 12, 27, 13. Roll me one more DC 21 Toughness save. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139107)</div></div><br/><br/><strong>Gain a Hero Point for sabotaging the engine room.</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Out of the Frying Pan...</span></span></div><br/>Scene Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBD3FO6ozXc)<br/><br/>The temperature levels of the engine room were rising steadily. Molten plasma ate through exposed metal, creating holes in the foundations and damaging even more engines. Smoke and steam soon rose to the point that it was hard for Jade to see. The drone's welding lasers were firing all over the place, most of them missing her but a few managing to make contact. Fortunately an exposed drainage pipe's bars melted open in the chaos, allowing her a hasty retreat.<br/><br/>Then, an incoming transmission from Jalyers.<em>Jade, whatever you're doing is working. But they're rushing to see what's up, and you know they'll blame the new girls first! What's your location?!</em><br/><br/><em>Barring some dreadful Toughness rolls it's likely that Jade managed to escape the engine room.</em><br/><br/>The pipe lead down into the courtyard, if the parked underside of a massive Khanate war vessel was anything to go by. Looking from underneath she saw an emergency crew rushing across in a hovercraft to the now-malfunctioning engine room.<br/><br/>Another transmission, this time from Princess Zaburshia.<em>A team was about to get to the engine room, but I animated the plants to block their progress.</em><br/><br/><em>Does this mean we're going loud now?</em>Solar Flare asked.<br/><br/><em>No,</em>Jalyers answered.<em>They don't know our location yet. Let's keep it that way and play dumb.</em><br/><br/>Although she could not see it directly, Jade heard more explosions, this time from the opposite end of the courtyard. One of the smaller starships caught fire, the trademark blue-black flames a result of some of Jalyers' well-placed detonators. And somewhere more vertical, Solar Flare blew up a broadcast tower.<br/><br/><em>Princess Zaburshia is still up in the Visiting Station. Jalyers and Solar Flare are both somewhere in the Courtyard.</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Station Complex, Alert Level Distracted</div><div class="spoiler_body">Complex Perception 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139108)<br/><br/><del>Captain Jalyers Stealth 7</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139109)<br/>Hero Point Reroll 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139110)<br/>Solar Flare Stealth 22 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139111)<br/>Princess Zaburshia Stealth 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139112)<br/>Everyone made it!<br/><br/>...for now.</div></div>