[SgtBoomCloud]

Krestov nodded and took up his position in the hall, a very open, very large troll with an Ares Alpha in his hands, his finger barely squeezing around the trigger.  He spent the last few seconds linking the smartlinks to his guns and following Slobbertooth's lead, swapping out the rifle's magazine with the Ex-Ex rounds.  Kneeling down, he rested the shield against his left shoulder, taking aim at the door.

"Если я умру , я умру с моими братьями и сестрами !"  He shouted out in his native tongue as the door was cut open, eyes going wide as the black inky figure revealed herself.  A moment later, his eyes narrowed as he focused.  Time to act

Deep Black Sea...it all makes sense now!

Initiative: 1d6+8 12

Dice Pools:
Ares Alpha: 10 (Automatics 4 + AGI 6 + 2 smartlink -2 Weapon Size).  RC 10.  Damage 13P, AP -3.  Ammo 42/42 EX-EX
Ares Crusader II: 12 (Automatics 4 + AGI 6 + 2 Smartlink). RC 6.  Damage 7P, AP 0.  Ammo: 40/40 reg

Edge Remaining: 1
HP 13/13.  Stun 2/10

[Volker]

"Stay put, boys, in the upper floor. And don't forget to throw the damn flashbang as soon as she enters the staircase!"

bnc stays ready for the approaching mage.

Delayed Action ;-)

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth steadied himself, confirming his grip on his new Assault Rifle, and aiming down at where he expected an enemy to be coming from. "Here comes the mojo boys and girls."

Reminder of equipment:
Flashbang Grenades: 1 w/ Krestov
Smoke Grenades: 1 w/Slobbertooth
Thermal Smoke Grenades: 3/Slobbertooth
Flash Pak: 2 w/Slobbertooth

Also OOC question: Is there a way to make it so that this forum displays more posts per page.

[Jack_Spade]

Yes, actually: Go to profile - look and layout and you can have up to 50 messages displayed

The armor reached the foot of the stairs and looked confused around for a moment. The erratic flashing lights were clearly irritating her and she had passed Torrent without noticing him.

Torrent for his part had gotten a good whiff of the stuff that coated the armor: It smelled like a mixture of congealing blood, rotting bodies and a tarpit.

She was about to move in the direction of the hangar when she stopped again and seemed to listen. With two quick steps she came into view of the team.

Slobbertooth was the first to react.

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth decided to not waste time aiming. Better to make it harder for his opponent to dodge. He quickly checked AROs for Torrent, saw that all was cleared and unleashed his new toy on their apparent nemesis.

Full Action Automatic Burst: -9 to opponent Dodge. 10 Recoil is controllable for Slobbertooth.
Spend Edge: Push the Limit: Add 3 to the Dice pool, exploding 6s, ignore limits

Full Automatic + Spend Edge: 20d6h5 11
Damage Code: 24p -3AP. (Ex Exploding Rounds)

While I fully expect the Mage to dodge and soak a not insignificant chunk of that damage, this seems like a good time to bring up the rules for Knockdown (page 194)

If a character takes a number of boxes of damage (Stun or Physical after DR test) from a single attack that exceeds his Physical limit, then the attack automatically knocks him down (this acts as a forced, free Drop Prone action). Any character who takes 10 or more boxes of damage after a resistance test in a single attack is always knocked down.

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[Jack_Spade]

Dodge: 4d6t5 1
Hardened armor exceeded, you do damage
23 P AP -3 vs. 23 Armor:
Automatic soak: 10
Soak: 20d6t5 7

6P damage

Well done!

New Ini Blood Mage: 17



Slobbertooths salvo hit the monster armor like the proverbial fist of god. The blood mage stumbled back but didn't fall. The face plate had a large crack where two bullets had hit the same spot.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Seeing Slobbertooth's shots punch through  the heavy armor almost made Torrent  join the fight.

Not yet.Can't play my hand so soon...can't risk it.


(Delay)

[Jack_Spade]

The armored mage lifted the HMG to unleash a hail of bullets with its rotating barrels. But instead an external display turned into a flashing red and the weapon deactivated. bnc's little trick had worked: The gun thought it was dangerously hot and jettisoned instead the remaining ammunition to prevent a cook off.

Even through the thick armor the scream of rage and the Spanish curse words could be heard.

Schmitt had finally managed to bring his own gun into position and opened fire. The mage went to ground to prevent being hit.


Blood Mage: Complex Action: FA -> autofail, weapon deactivated

Schmitt Suppressive Fire: 8d6t5 4

Blood Mage uses: Interrupt "Hit the dirt" to prevent being hit

New Ini:
bnc: 27 (Delayed)
Slobbertooth: 16
Torrent: 23 (Delayed)
Krestov: 12
Schmidt: 5
Enemy Mage: 2

Delayed actions must be used now or they will forfeited

[Volker]

Now or never.

bnc aims for the weak part of the armor again. This time she wouldn't mess up again, she prayed. The bloodmage is disoriented and wounded. But she's still a terrible opponend.
Holding her breath, bnc releases another taser dart.

I spend edge to boost this shot. It's again a called shot. I should be in control of environmental modifiers. If I missed something, feel free to remove some dice.
1x Take Aim für additional dice.
13 (pool) + 1 (Take Aim) - 6 (Called shot) + 4 (Edge) = 12d6
Called Shot: 12d6t5 3
Exploding 6: Called Shot: 1d6t5 1
Exploding 6: Called Shot: 1d6t5 0
4 hits. Well. I might still hit het. If she tries to dodge, she might get a dice pool modifier for the wet ground and her relative inability to move.

[Jack_Spade]

She has -6 to dodge from suppressive fire and wounds
Dodge: 7d6t5 1
Solid hit with 12 S vs. the actuator
Actuator soak: 6d6t5 2

Yup, that's enough: Her legs stop working. She now has an impressive speed of 1 and can't dodge anymore.




The shot hit true. There was a reason, this armor was still labeled as a prototype: The exposed actuators were a small but nontheless exposed target vulnerable to electrical damage. And now the leg servos had stopped working. Yet her arms were still working although the large HMG wasn't much more than an expensive club. And still that ominous bubling substance coated the surface of her armor.

[Volker]

"BOOYAAAH!!
Launch the friggin' grenade!"

Is there any chance I could hack the armor via the drone, i.e. attaching one of the drone's cable at the universal port of the armor and accessing it that way. I assume it won't work that way, considering she toasted my last one already...

[SgtBoomCloud]

Krestov gave a nod as she saw the armored beast go down, hearing the foreign cursing.  Nodding in affirmation, he opened his right hand, reaching to his belt and pulling off the grenade.  Arming the motion-sensor activation, he brought his arm up to toss it, the balancing of his shield catching his follow through as he chucked the cylindrical object towards the mage.

Throwing flashbang: 5d6t5 2  I know that scatters...as long as I'm within 10 meters, right?

[Jack_Spade]

The grenade went a tiny bit of course, but enveloped the armor nevertheless with its bright flash and loud bang.
Unfortunately, the armor absorbed the superficial damage without any problems. Flash bangs - it seemed - where not the solution to this problem...


Hitting is not the problem:

to quote core p. 397:
There’s Armor, and then there’s Armor. This is the latter. This power provides its rating in Armor, and functions just like the Armor power. It differs from the Armor power as follows.
If the modified Damage Value of an attack is less than the Hardened Armor rating (modified by AP), the attack does no damage. Don’t make a Damage Resistance test for the critter; it might not even notice the attack was made in the first place.
If the modified Damage Value of an attack is greater than the Hardened Armor rating (modified by AP), then perform a Damage Resistance test for the critter as normal. Additionally, half of the Hardened Armor rating (modified by AP, rounded up) counts as automatic extra hits on this test.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Torrent sees the mage go down.
He knows he can't let her recover.


Edge : push the limit (+3 dice, no limit)
Free action : called shot (headshot) (-4 attack, +2DV)
Simple action: take aim (+1 attack)
Simple action: Attack
Shoot the mage ( 10 AGI + 8 skill + 1 aim + 1smartlink +3 edge -4 called shot): 19d6t5 5
Rule of Six ( 2 sixes): 2d6t5 1
DV: 8 pistol + 2 called shot +6 total hits = 16 P -2 AP
No dodge

I'm also under the impression that Hardened Armor automatically soaks the halved armor value minus the armor oenetration value of the attack.I may be wrong though

[Jack_Spade]

Yes, automatic soak of 10
Soak: 21d6t5 9

Sorry, the armor holds

Ini phase two:
bnc: 17
Slobbertooth: 16
Torrent: 13
Krestov: 2
Schmitt: 5
Enemy Mage: 2



The shot hit true, but the bullet didn't penetrate the heavy armor.