The two security officers, stunned, stood there gawking at the Jedi and the trooper as they introduced themselves. "Oh, oh..." The officer on the harpoon gun mounted to the rear of the speeder nodded, "Ma'am... Uh, Jedi! Yes, o-of course."<br/><br/>In a haze, he eased himself out of the speeder, followed more reluctantly by his partner. When Kailen's hand touched Merryn's shoulder, she was awoken out of her reverie. Instinctively, she raised her own fingers to touch his in thanks. When he left, the Twi'lek visibly missed his absence, watching as he ran.<br/><br/>Further down the airlane, an identical 228 speeder's mounted harpoon gun shot out and plunged into the back of the luxury speeder. The alternating blue and red flashing lights illuminated the officers and the vehicle they were pursuing, in contest with the soft lights of the senate district towers rushing beside them.<br/><br/>It was just then that they passed by the Galatina... a figure stood up from the luxury speeder. He was tall and imposing, though Linzi and the Jedi only saw him at a distance. The Kel Dor's gaze locked onto them, fixed upon the group as they were just climbing into their own vehicle.<br/><br/>As they passed, he turned to his comrade in the seat beside him, the scarred and bald headed human, "More trouble." The Kel Dor grunted as the younger human climbed into the back seat with a fusioncutter. Chairman Valorum nervously looked back, sitting beside the driver, a young woman with black hair and blue streaks. The alien bruskly tapped the businessman on his shoulder and flicked his open hand, "The gun, under the seat."<br/><br/>After a moment looking for it, Stayr found a micro grenade launcher and looked at it with alarm for a second before the Mandalorian behind him seized it and tucked it under his armpit.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">T Minus one post until I'll have you rolling initiative and making other checks...<br/><br/>Though, for Linzi; a DC 15 Pilot check to pull out of the dock through oncoming traffic to chase the Mandies.<br/><br/>Success means you're about 10 squares behind the other pursuit vehicle (which is 5 squares behind the PL-90)<br/><br/>Failure means you're 13 squares behind the other pursuit vehicle, meaning you just had to slow down to avoid a collision is all. Either way, it's a full-round action so that distance is where you'll be at the end of your next post.<br/><br/>Other notes: It's a narrow airlane. Once you get on it, there's nothing but speeders to your immediate right. The airlane itself is a like a tunnel with a barely visible frame- a safety barrier made up of energy that simply counts as difficult terrain entering or exiting. It's basically meant to reduce speed in case of an accident and help drivers recover if they veer off the lane. It's also what supports groundspeeders so high up in the city.<br/><br/>Your speeder is identical to the Twin 228 described in the KOTOR book (pg. 95) except that the passenger is instead a gunner. The gun is a harpoon and tow cable that more or less functions like a tractor beam for ground vehicles.<br/><br/>For the purposes of this encounter, moving 0 spaces does NOT mean you are going 0 mph, it just means you are not decelerating or accelerating in relation to anyone else in the encounter. <br/><br/>Make sense? Am I overcomplicating it? I tend to do that...</div></div>