[Jack_Spade]

Maxime #37. There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload

The door had closed just in time to prevent the armor from leaving the room. The armored fist that hit the door in frustration rang loudly through the otherwise silent facility.
But the Bloodmage seemed far from being defeated: The armor suddenly extended a small tool from its forearm and ignited the plasma lance of a mini welder. With slow but precise movements she started to cut her way through. Whatever she was, she wasn't dumb.

A quick estimation told bnc, that it would take her about two minutes to get through...

[SgtBoomCloud]

Upon reaching the final stairwell to the floor holding the armored mage, Krestov came to a full stop.  He listened...he was good at that at least... and waited for bnc to finish before adding to the team's comm.  "...you've earned your place in this team, malyutka..." He muttered to himself before speaking up.

"Understood.  Open to suggestion.  Still have flashbang from Slobbertooth, but don't believe is enough.  Slob, Torrent, meet outside room in hall to rearm and ready?"

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth responded to the question on the commlink. "So Ka"

"Refresh me, how many entrances are there to the room the mage is in, and how positive are we that he has spirits listening to us?"

[Sabato Kuroi]

"On our way.I don't think my poor Savalette is going to be much help against an armored behemoth.I wish we could flood one room or two.This armor would make swimming impossible."

[Volker]

After Slobbertooth's question, bnc hesitated a moment, then decided it was time. She took out the deepweed she stored in her pocket, a smile flashed over her face. "Hey, boys, does anyone have a lighter or something?

Let's move to another floor. Here are too many innocents we can't endanger. Let's meet the bitch upstairs!

"There are two entrances. She can either leave the room directly to the floor, or she can move over room 127."

After a short German exchange of words with Dr. Schmitt, bnc frowns. "Warum auch nicht..?"
But before she takes any action, she answers to Torrent's suggestion:
"Nope, that wouldn't be a good idea. This armor is designed for swimming. Give her access to water, and she'll be invincible. She's not very nimble, though, and not very resistant to heat. Maybe we can make a fire trap or something."

bnc tries to bring the cleaning drone closer to the armor. After inhaling deeply, she takes aim and goes for the unprotected servo at her hip.

Did I understand that right, that if I hit, the servos won't work anymore and she's unable to move?
Did I also get it right, that I have a -6 dice pool modifier if I aim for the servo?
I still roll at Logic + Gunnery, don't I?

If everything is correct, I'll shoot: 3x Take Aim for +2 dice and +1 accuracy.

Shoot: 9d6t5 5

Bam!

[Jack_Spade]

Correct. Let's see:
Perception check to avoid surprise: 12d6t5 3
She does get her defense:
Defense: 12d6t5 5
Bam.

She answers with a lightning bolt F6:
Lightning Bolt: 12d6t5 6
the drone defends with 6 dice:
Dodge: 6d6t5 0
ouch: 12P AP -5
Soak: 3d6t5 0
Yepp, that thing is toast.

Drain: 3 Drain: 12d6t5 6


bnc fired and the darts trailed almost perfectly towards its intended target. But suddenly the armor made a step to the side as if the mage inside had noticed the tiny drone. The last thing bnc saw was an intense light and a connection lost display. The other drone recorded a short but intense lightning strike flash across the room and frying the cleaning drone in an instant.

[Volker]

Ernsthaft?? -.-

bnc curses slightly then focusses on the task again.
"Plan B. We try to lay a trap in the staircase. Her weakness is her lack of information and agility. We're gonna use both. And the fact that a grenade, even a single one, will release immense power if you throw them into a narrow staircase. You have only one chance!
"Invite me to mark your helmets, cybereyes or whatever you use to see in the dark. I'm going to create some confusion. We can't win in a fair battle, so what I try is to make her nervous. To make her make mistakes. Jeez, this is so pathetic..."

While Krestov carries her body upstairs, she writes a small program to be released in Tartaros. The lights in the lower floor will turn off and on in a random pattern. But the pattern wil be randomized roughly two seconds in advance. The program processes an override for the automatic adaption of the low-light vision system of bnc's comrades: While Tanja's systems are always one step behind in adjusting on permanently and randomly changing light conditions, our systems adjust a bit earlier, providing sort of a smooth sight even if we are in the same area as she is. As soon as she releases the program, she turns on the sprinklers. With her massively decreased agility Tanja will have a hard time dodging bullets and grenades on wet stairs.
To increase the psychological pressure on her, she uses a trick she learned in psychology: arousal feedback. In former studies, people were exposed to what they believed was a fortified version of their heartbeat. When the heartbeat became quicker, so did the real equivalent: The mere thought of their heart beating quicker, made people indeed more active, that is, more nervous. bnc hacks the blood mages biomonitor and increases the displayed heart beat rate by 15 beats per minutes. Every 6 seconds, the speed increase by one, so that over a period of one and a half minutes she will have reached the destined heart beat rate.

bnc played psycho games against herself. In comparison, the blood mage should be easy...

Hacking on the Fly: 19d6t5 8
Control Device: 17d6t5 4

[Sabato Kuroi]

Is the suit fully sealed?If we could create an opening I should be able to  target her nerves.

@GM :Is there a way to position the mage between us?Assuming she keeps chasing after the rest of the team is there a way for Torrent to get behind her (and roll Sneaking)?
Knowledge Architecture: 4d6t5 0 :/


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Torrent suddenly stops moving and looks back, as if weighing his options.Finally the elf throws away Schmitt's medical robe and turns to the team

"I think we should split, keep her off-balance.I'll wait for my shot.Stay safe team."

[Jack_Spade]

The mage had resumed cutting through the door. About a minute of work remained, while Torrent found a place to hide in the conference room opposite the stairs.
Schmitt waited for the team to move.

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth slowly loaded his Ruger Magnum with APDS rounds, and readied activate the smartlink. "Hey bnc, are we good for the advantages of a wireless Matrix now?

As he said this he raised his hand and practiced aiming his Superwark, and magical energy flowed through his hands, helping to steady his aim.

Agility Boost [2]: 8d6t5 4 +2 bonus to Agility for 4 rounds.

[SgtBoomCloud]

Krestov gave a nod at bnc's request, linking up his cybereyes and helmet visor to the hacker's systems, smirking a bit at her creative thinking whilst he rendezvoused with the others.

"Not have much time.  Take these, will pin her down good"good". Keeping one Alpha for himself, the troll handed another to Slobbertooth and the last one to Schmitt or bnc, making sure to give each two clips of regular, gel, flechette, and the glorious EX-EX rounds.  Once done, he took up a postion opposite Torrent, Alpha in one hand whilst the shield in the other, bbc behind him as he awaited their fates...

[Volker]

"Positive. The matrix is under our control. You can use it fully, if you don't try to access your favourite porn host.
"Don't forget that via your smartlink systems you are able to fire at the mage without her having a line of sight at you. That is, firing around the corner you can attack her while you're immune to her spells.
"I suggest:
"Phase 1: grenade in the stair case
"Phase 2: Indirect via
"Phase 3: Let's home we won't come to that one.
"I'm ready when you are, boys."

bnc steadies herself for what is to come. She assembles some cleaning drones and exhales.

INI roll: 4d6+10 27

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth holsters his Ruger, and pats it with his hand. "Just in case the drek goes to drek."[Orzet] He then raised his hand up to Krestov, "Gimme," and received the loaner Ares Alpha, slammed a box magazine of EX-Explosive into the rifle and switched it to full automatic. "No real point in using anything else right now"

"If one of us is going to be just trying to spray bullets down the hallway, it might be best if they didn't waste the Ex-Explosive ammunition doing so. Just a thought."

Weapon Dice pools (For next 4 rounds)
Ares Alpha: 17 (6 Automatics +6 Agility +1  Smartlnk +2 Improved Ability +2 Agility Boost) RC: 10
Ruger Magnum: 15 (6 Pistols +6 Agility +1 +2 Agility Boost) RC: n/a

Initiative Round 1: 13+4d6 26

Damage Moniters: Stun 10/10 and Physical 12/12
Remaining Edge: 3

[Jack_Spade]

Schmitt took the weapon, since bnc seemed to be content to stay in the matrix. Two flying drones had managed to come to her in the short time, the others were still fighting with the stairs.

Schmitt loaded the weapon and aimed over the iron sights:
"I'll try to lay down some suppressive fire, but don't expect me to stay for a prolonged fire fight. Verdammt. How do I always end up in these situations..."

Schmitt took position in the cover of the stairs while Slobbertooth and Krestov went for their own places.

Not a moment to soon - with a loud BANG the almost perfectly circular cut fell out of the bulkhead.


Blood Mage Ini: 13+3d6 19
Schmitt Ini: 10+2d6 15



There she was, clad in high tech hardened armor with a freaking gatling gun mounted to her left arm. Something black and viscous like a mixture of blood and tar seemed to cover her. Bubbles filled and broke all over as if the amor beneath was scalding hot. Yet, thermo-vision showed her armor to be cold.
She moved fast - faster than you'd expect from such a massive thing - but not fast enough for the adept.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Initiative: 11+4d6 23

Trying to remember if anyone gave Torrent explosive rounds / APDS rounds...

Since there's going to be suppressive fire, Torrent won't be able to close the distance and go for a Nerve Strike.
If things start going south I'll probably try a called shot with the pistol.The mage will probably be unaware unless she's under the influence of  a combat sense spell.