[Csjarrat]

___Scawire___
Your actions:
Simple: run
Simple: run
free: communicate
please notate it like this for ease of reading

Your skin begins to feel cool again as you run back towards the long corridor, seeking cover behind the cubicle farm walls now to your left..
You manage to break the beam and the intense, scorching pain subsides enough for you to rattle out a short message to the others.

___Lumen___
Your 2nd pass begins

[Lumen]

Knives comes down hard on the drone, the full force of his magically enhanced strength driving his blade into the mass of metal.

Knives 8 + Agility 6 + Personal Grip 1 + Improved Ability 1 + Weapon Focus 1 = 17d6
17d6.hits(5)=3
Spending last point of edge to reroll failures.
14d6.hits(5)=5  Much better!

8 hits all together.  Base damage 5P -1 AP

[Csjarrat]

The drone's sensors pick you up too late. The manic whirring of its wheels on carpet weren't enough for it to evade the full fury of your strike.
pilot 3, defense 3 (6d6.hits(5)=1)
you get 7 net hits, boosting damage to 12 -1AP
(it can't possibly resist this!!)
Your razor sharp blade lands with expert precision, smack in the middle of its forward facing camera. With a burst of smoke and the smell of acrid melting circuitry, the small perimeter drone's power dies.

End of combat

[Scawire]

Mantis hears Knives attack the drone and decides to wait for a reply from his teammate before he does anything. Sub-vocal Hey how is that drone holding up.

Once Mantis hears the drone's condition he grabs his med-kit and starts to apply it to himself. Before he gets started he drops the invisibility spell he has on himself. The bike suit I bought will have to keep me hidden.


Page 253 has the med kit usage.

Attribute Logic (cerebral boost) (psyche) 5(7) ( 8 ) + Med kit Rating 6 - Sustained spells 2 - wound 3 = 9
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4245261/ 4 hits

Ops wound is 2 but then again it will take some time for the med kit to work so I might be jumping out a window well it is still doing it's thing.

[Lumen]

Knives yanks his blade free from the remnants of the drone and hauls ass back to the fallen guard.  He rifles through the man's pockets starting with the ones most easily accessible.  *Come on..  come on... come on...*


Perception 4 + Intuition 3 + Actively Searching 3 = 10d6
10d6.hits(5)=1

[Scawire]

Mantis is shocked to see that once he got out of the drone beam that he was no longer in pain. He was sure he was about to go down for the count. The plan he had then quickly fades as he decides to help Knives out by searching through the pockets of the late night worker for any thing worth selling or any cards that might get him and his fellow runners out of this building before he really does go down for the count.


Perception (Visual) 1 (3) INT (psyche) 2(3) + Vision Enhancement 3 - sustaining spells (Keeping all 3 going) 3 = 6d6
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4247542/ 3 hits

[Csjarrat]

The drone spits and fizzles furiously, filling the air with an acrid smell of burning electronics.
It stings your eyes and scratches at the back of your throats as you frantically search the guard for his swipe card.
Mantis gets the prize and you all burst through the access door as quickly as your legs will take you.

//From: DUnk_227//<<Get a fucking move on lads, you're late and I've got sirens over here. Lots of fucking sirens.>>

The corridor is small, stocked with fire extinguishers and a second door gives way under your momentum onto a short metal balcony with droppable escape ladders to your right.
From your angle, you can see most of the courtyard to your right; the large metal gates nearing the fully closed position and two armed security guards manning the station, supported by a large wheeled and armed drone.
A large jump and a long drop to your left puts you over the perimiter wall and onto the street that you accessed the underground car park on, the distant sound of sirens echoing wildly off the reflective skyscrapers of the central business district.

[Lumen]

Finally outside of the stuffy wage cage Knives takes in a deep breath of night air trying to calm his nerves and clear his head.  He thumbs out a quick message to Mantis, <Tell Dunk to keep his knickers on.  If you can make it down without a load of racket do so.  I'm about out of darts and I'd prefer not to geek these slots.>

Not wanting to draw any attention with what he assumed would be noisy ladder lowering Knives activates his Geeko Tape Gloves and begins to scale down the wall to the ground.  *With any luck I'll be on the ground by the time Mantis lowers the ladder and I can distract these guards.*


Climbing 1 + Strength 7 + Assisted 2 = 10d6
10d6.hits(5)=3

[Scawire]

Mantis Sub-Vocals to there ride. We are out of the building about to make our way too you give us a min. With that Mantis lowers the ladder and descends down. Sub-Vocal to team. Mantis on the ground. Mantis makes his move doing his best to be stealthy, as he tries for the crack in the gate. I hope the spell and the aid of my spirit man is enough for us to go unnoticed.

[Csjarrat]

____Scawire___
The ladder deploys with the sound of tearing steel, everyone within 3 blocks will definitely have heard you, especially the guards in the compound below.

___Lumen_____
the gecko kit goes into rapid descent mode, griping and releasing thousands of times a second. you gracefully slide down the side of the building and tuck your momentum into a roll.

Both:
ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!!!

[Lumen]

*Damn that ladder has louder than that old ass lift!  So much for the stealth approach.*


Reaction 5 + Intuition 3 = 8d6
8d6.hits(5)=2
Initiative 10 IPs 2

[Scawire]

The cries hell scream from the ladder as Mantis's hope for a stealthy escape are gone.


Initiative
Reaction (Adept ability) 2(3) + INT (psyche) 2(3) - Sustaining Spells 3 =3 + 3d6
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4249274/ 2 hits
Initiative = 5 w/ 2 passes

[Csjarrat]

Pilot x2 (8d6.hits(5)=2) drone ini 10, 3ip

Reaction 4 int 3 (7d6.hits(5)=1) guard 1 ini 8 1 ip
Reaction 4 int 3 (7d6.hits(5)=1) guard 2 ini 8 1ip

Drone and knives simultaneously, guards then mantis.

___knives___
The delivery area is a large expanse of tarmac surrounded by a high perimeter wall. The large gate is the only exit to the street, and your opposition are guarding it, looking your way at the source of the noise.
A delivery van is parked up on the rear wall, about 15 metres away from you and provides the only real cover. It has a high back but the sides are canvas and removable.

[Lumen]

*Man I'm glad I went back for this.*  Knives pulls the Flash Bang out from his vest and lobs it at the feet of the, hopefully, last bit of resistance keeping him from his get away.  As the grenade erupts in light and sounds he moves towards the delivery van and draws his fineblade preparing for any soon to be incoming attacks.


Simple Action 1: Throw Flash Bang
Thrown Weapon 3 + Agility 6 = 9d6
9d6.hits(5)=4
If it's within 10 meters of them it's 6S -3 AP, let me know if you want me to roll for scatter.

Free Action: Walking toward van

Simple Action 2: Draw Melee weapon (Fineblade Weap Focus)

[Csjarrat]

omg hate grenades. I assumed you chucked it in the middle of the two dudes and ignored the drone for maximum effect here.
threshold 2 success test @ -2 range; 4hits = success.
scatter direction: scatter direction (1d6=4) (back towards you)
scatter distance: scatter distance (1d6=4) 4m scattered (no net hits)
The grenade falls a bit short, so will be easier to dodge.


___INI 10____
The flash bang sails through the air, flying true out of your hand but lands just short of the two guards, nearly landing on top of the drone.
You tuck in behind the bumper of the delivery van's cab, giving you a full vantage view of the gate, delivery bays and your opponents.
The grenade leaves the field of Mantis's spell and "appears" in the air, causing the guards to scatter in panic. The large wheeled drone had been quick off the mark as well, firing directly at the sources of the noise

Drone perception:pilot 4, clearsight 4, recognizer 2 (10d6.hits(5)=4) 4 hits, using audio and ultrasound (can't see you as spell still up)
Drone firing: Pilot 4, Targeting 4, smartgun 2 (airburst) (10d6.hits(5)=4) 2 net hits
Scatter:scatter direction (1d6=5)
Scatter distance[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4251712/]scatter distance (1d6=4) 2 net hits, scatters 2m.[/url]


The turret spun to face you as you wound up to throw the grenade; a thin metallic "thunk" followed and a streaking vapour trail winged its way towards you at high speed, airbursting 2 metres away from Knives and dispersing a noxious white gas. the cannister lands with a hefty thunk, trailing even more of the irritating chemicals, clouds billowing out of each side.[/color]
i'll need toxin resistance tests (5) from each of you at the beginning of the next combat turn

___INI 8___
Upon seeing the grenade appear out of thin air and the drone begin to fire at nothing, both guards make a break for the nearest door, shouting into their comms to report the location of the "magic users"
Guard 1
Simple action: run
Simple action: Use item (open door)
Free action: short message

Guard 2
Complex action: Sprint
Free action: short message

The first guard punches the external controls by the delivery bay as the 2nd guard sprints through the open door

______Mantis_____
you're up!