So, where are we after your last post, Lucius? I'm trying to figure out what I could post.
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Avatar and Cactus
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The last of those who were close to the door had fled, but over half of the diplomats were either dead or cut off from the exit, and the allied soldiers had fared no better. One of the Turians, who Avatar identified as a cabalist based on his use of biotic barriers, was attempting to interface with the door controls, presumably to lock down the exit. Avatar considered this to be inadvisable, considering that he was entirely exposed to enemy fire, especially from the second level. However, organics were prone to making rash decisions when placed in stressful situations.
As expected, now that there were few targets returning fire, the hostile team lead by the Asari shifted their focus to the cabalist. His barriers were depleted quickly by automatic fire from an assault rifle, followed by two shots to his back from a designated marksman rifle. His armor provided some protection, but the rifle was sufficiently high-powered to allow both shots penetrated into his body. Since Avatar was in cover on the opposite side of the same wall, it was in a position to attempt to render aid. Leaning out of cover, Avatar launched an incineration orb, but programmed it to detonate prematurely in mid-air to provide a momentary visual obstruction. At the same time, it reached through the open doorway and grabbed onto the cabalist's arm in an attempt to pull him to safety. He had fallen to the ground after being shot, and presently, Avatar did not possess enough data to determine if he had survived.
Tacticus hugging the doorway continued to fire out at the locals. There were so many bodies on the floor that he could see in the edges of his vision. It was just them and the ones that wanted to kill them now. He picked out a Human that was running at them with a shotgun and quickly began unloading into the charging attacker. He noticed he had adjusted all shielding to be forward facing as was evident from the massive blob of holographic orange that was in front of his body. The assailant now entered range and started firing and cocking back as fast as he could. Tacticus managed to fire six rounds all impacting in the chest before he was forced back into cover when his biotic barrier dropped.
He quickly managed to get another barrier up and continue firing. When he turned back out several machine pistol rounds were impacting into his chest which Tacticus then quickly added his own pistol too. The combined fire quickly dropped his barriers and he took several rounds before tripping into the pile of bodies. More rounds narrowly missed Tacticus and a few even hit the small of his forearm once again dropping his barrier. As he squeezed back into his crouching against the wall he looked over to his right where a Geth was now occupying the other cover. But there was something else, Sul on the ground next to him face down behind cover. Cactus quickly fumbled for his comms and called out. "Sul is down, Poria pull him out! We need a new exit plan, there is no way we're closing this door from here!"
Just then Sul started sliding back as blue tendril of energy grabbed onto him and began sliding him across the floor further into the corridor. Slightly panicked he looked over at the Geth. "Wouldn't happen to have any ideas would you?"
There was no audible response from Avatar. Instead, it went about immediately implementing a potential solution to the problem. There were still allies present in the room, but based on available data, the probability of successfully extracting them was negligible. However, locking the door now would improve the probability of survival for those who had already escaped.
Avatar shifted its shotgun to its left hand, then leaned around the corner and fired two shots into the door's control panel inside the room before quickly ducking back into cover. It was only exposed for 3.28 seconds, so its shields protected it from the few assault rifle rounds it had recieved. With the enemy's ability to interface with the door controls temporarily removed, Avatar simply pressed the button on their side of the door to close it normally. It was not locked down entirely, so it would not be difficult for the enemy to bypass the control console in order to open it, but that option would be more time consuming than taking an alternate path around the door, through a different hallway.
Those who had managed to escape to room had the potential to escape the station, but were still in considerable danger, Now that the door was closed, they needed to act quickly to develop an escape plan, something which Avatar had already dedicated some processes to determining. Firstly, it needed to determine the current state of allied forces, as the presence of wounded would alter how they could move through the station.
"It he alive?" Avatar asked simply to the cabal knelt over the Turian, Sul.
Sul coughed out "I'm go.." Before he started spitting out blood in a coughing spurt.
"Shut up before you hurt yourself more." Sura said as her omni-tool lit up and began applying medi-gel to Sul who had taken a few rounds in the back. While her Omni-tool delivered life saving aid to Sul she looked up at the Geth quickly and Tacticus. "Yeah he'll live, suprised we only took one casualty." Sul groaned as the omni-gel began to seep into his body."Keep your head down till we get out of here, that's an order." After helping Sul against a wall she quickly returned to the Turian and Geth."My name is Sura leader of the cabal on the station. Right now I'm sure as hell hoping there are more of you geth somewhere on the ship. Those locals are much better equiped than us and I assume you know no one can get contact to the outside. Right now though we need to figure out how to get word to the cruiser or we're all dead." Pausing for a second she looked back at all the terrified diplomats and security who had made it through."If you got any better ideas right now...uh geth I'm all ears. But for now I'm going to go and try to convince the humans to help us raid the stations communications room. Surely they wouldn't cut themselves off from the outside atleast completly anyways."
"I am the only Geth program assigned to these negotiations." Avatar answered. "I recommend we gather all surviving officers to develop a plan of escape. There is a 62% chance of hostile forces reaching us withing five minutes, increasing with time. We should act quickly."
With that Sura turned on to her heels and began her search for the Humans commander. Tacticus turned to the Geth. "Thanks for saving Sul back there. I don't know if he would have made it without you dragging his ass in. Oh and I'm Tacticus by the way, do... you have a name?"
"Acknowledged, I am Avatar." It answered as it started to scan the crowd for faces or uniforms that matched the files it had on record for officers.
Nodding to the less than talkative machine he saw the Human that was now attached to his cabal. After shaking off the severe feeling of deja vu he again turned back to the Geth. "We should probably go see what their planning." He said as he gestured with his arm towards Sura and the Human he had seen giving orders earlier, who were now talking.
Avatar joined the growing group of officers and other security personelle who were frantically attempting to create a plan of action. The Cabal, Sura, was suggesting that they search for a communications center, though Avatar did not find this to be the best option. The unarmed diplomats they would be escorting would drastically increase the difficulty of combat, so it calculated that going directly for an escape route would lead to the lowest probability of casualties. However, given how quickly hostiles were likely to arrive, Avatar concluded that it would be advantageous to select agree on a plan quickly, even if it was suboptimal, rather than deliberate for an extended time. It still intended to give its own suggestion, but would not attempt to defend it if there was strong enough opposition.
Activating its omni-tool, Avatar projected the scematics of the stock-variant of this station which it had downloaded earlier into an empty space between the group. "It is improbable that these schematics are entirely accurate since this station has been modified, but they can serve as an approximation for its layout. The presence of noncombatants among us will increase the difficulty of combat, so I recommend finding a mode of escape quickly, instead of pursuing other objectives. Leaving the station will allow us to contact our allies." It suggested.
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The last of those who were close to the door had fled, but over half of the diplomats were either dead or cut off from the exit, and the allied soldiers had fared no better. One of the Turians, who Avatar identified as a cabalist based on his use of biotic barriers, was attempting to interface with the door controls, presumably to lock down the exit. Avatar considered this to be inadvisable, considering that he was entirely exposed to enemy fire, especially from the second level. However, organics were prone to making rash decisions when placed in stressful situations.
As expected, now that there were few targets returning fire, the hostile team lead by the Asari shifted their focus to the cabalist. His barriers were depleted quickly by automatic fire from an assault rifle, followed by two shots to his back from a designated marksman rifle. His armor provided some protection, but the rifle was sufficiently high-powered to allow both shots penetrated into his body. Since Avatar was in cover on the opposite side of the same wall, it was in a position to attempt to render aid. Leaning out of cover, Avatar launched an incineration orb, but programmed it to detonate prematurely in mid-air to provide a momentary visual obstruction. At the same time, it reached through the open doorway and grabbed onto the cabalist's arm in an attempt to pull him to safety. He had fallen to the ground after being shot, and presently, Avatar did not possess enough data to determine if he had survived.
Tacticus hugging the doorway continued to fire out at the locals. There were so many bodies on the floor that he could see in the edges of his vision. It was just them and the ones that wanted to kill them now. He picked out a Human that was running at them with a shotgun and quickly began unloading into the charging attacker. He noticed he had adjusted all shielding to be forward facing as was evident from the massive blob of holographic orange that was in front of his body. The assailant now entered range and started firing and cocking back as fast as he could. Tacticus managed to fire six rounds all impacting in the chest before he was forced back into cover when his biotic barrier dropped.
He quickly managed to get another barrier up and continue firing. When he turned back out several machine pistol rounds were impacting into his chest which Tacticus then quickly added his own pistol too. The combined fire quickly dropped his barriers and he took several rounds before tripping into the pile of bodies. More rounds narrowly missed Tacticus and a few even hit the small of his forearm once again dropping his barrier. As he squeezed back into his crouching against the wall he looked over to his right where a Geth was now occupying the other cover. But there was something else, Sul on the ground next to him face down behind cover. Cactus quickly fumbled for his comms and called out. "Sul is down, Poria pull him out! We need a new exit plan, there is no way we're closing this door from here!"
Just then Sul started sliding back as blue tendril of energy grabbed onto him and began sliding him across the floor further into the corridor. Slightly panicked he looked over at the Geth. "Wouldn't happen to have any ideas would you?"
There was no audible response from Avatar. Instead, it went about immediately implementing a potential solution to the problem. There were still allies present in the room, but based on available data, the probability of successfully extracting them was negligible. However, locking the door now would improve the probability of survival for those who had already escaped.
Avatar shifted its shotgun to its left hand, then leaned around the corner and fired two shots into the door's control panel inside the room before quickly ducking back into cover. It was only exposed for 3.28 seconds, so its shields protected it from the few assault rifle rounds it had recieved. With the enemy's ability to interface with the door controls temporarily removed, Avatar simply pressed the button on their side of the door to close it normally. It was not locked down entirely, so it would not be difficult for the enemy to bypass the control console in order to open it, but that option would be more time consuming than taking an alternate path around the door, through a different hallway.
Those who had managed to escape to room had the potential to escape the station, but were still in considerable danger, Now that the door was closed, they needed to act quickly to develop an escape plan, something which Avatar had already dedicated some processes to determining. Firstly, it needed to determine the current state of allied forces, as the presence of wounded would alter how they could move through the station.
"It he alive?" Avatar asked simply to the cabal knelt over the Turian, Sul.
Sul coughed out "I'm go.." Before he started spitting out blood in a coughing spurt.
"Shut up before you hurt yourself more." Sura said as her omni-tool lit up and began applying medi-gel to Sul who had taken a few rounds in the back. While her Omni-tool delivered life saving aid to Sul she looked up at the Geth quickly and Tacticus. "Yeah he'll live, suprised we only took one casualty." Sul groaned as the omni-gel began to seep into his body."Keep your head down till we get out of here, that's an order." After helping Sul against a wall she quickly returned to the Turian and Geth."My name is Sura leader of the cabal on the station. Right now I'm sure as hell hoping there are more of you geth somewhere on the ship. Those locals are much better equiped than us and I assume you know no one can get contact to the outside. Right now though we need to figure out how to get word to the cruiser or we're all dead." Pausing for a second she looked back at all the terrified diplomats and security who had made it through."If you got any better ideas right now...uh geth I'm all ears. But for now I'm going to go and try to convince the humans to help us raid the stations communications room. Surely they wouldn't cut themselves off from the outside atleast completly anyways."
"I am the only Geth program assigned to these negotiations." Avatar answered. "I recommend we gather all surviving officers to develop a plan of escape. There is a 62% chance of hostile forces reaching us withing five minutes, increasing with time. We should act quickly."
With that Sura turned on to her heels and began her search for the Humans commander. Tacticus turned to the Geth. "Thanks for saving Sul back there. I don't know if he would have made it without you dragging his ass in. Oh and I'm Tacticus by the way, do... you have a name?"
"Acknowledged, I am Avatar." It answered as it started to scan the crowd for faces or uniforms that matched the files it had on record for officers.
Nodding to the less than talkative machine he saw the Human that was now attached to his cabal. After shaking off the severe feeling of deja vu he again turned back to the Geth. "We should probably go see what their planning." He said as he gestured with his arm towards Sura and the Human he had seen giving orders earlier, who were now talking.
Avatar joined the growing group of officers and other security personelle who were frantically attempting to create a plan of action. The Cabal, Sura, was suggesting that they search for a communications center, though Avatar did not find this to be the best option. The unarmed diplomats they would be escorting would drastically increase the difficulty of combat, so it calculated that going directly for an escape route would lead to the lowest probability of casualties. However, given how quickly hostiles were likely to arrive, Avatar concluded that it would be advantageous to select agree on a plan quickly, even if it was suboptimal, rather than deliberate for an extended time. It still intended to give its own suggestion, but would not attempt to defend it if there was strong enough opposition.
Activating its omni-tool, Avatar projected the scematics of the stock-variant of this station which it had downloaded earlier into an empty space between the group. "It is improbable that these schematics are entirely accurate since this station has been modified, but they can serve as an approximation for its layout. The presence of noncombatants among us will increase the difficulty of combat, so I recommend finding a mode of escape quickly, instead of pursuing other objectives. Leaving the station will allow us to contact our allies." It suggested.
"Thank you." Meesei said with an appreciative smile. "I will understand if the test does not produce an answer, but the attempt is worth the effort. Take as much time or as many resources as you need. I doubt you will be in any danger, but I will make sure there is someone here to guard you anyway. I will make sure to send Ahnasha here after I leave. I trust that you two will do all you can, and I thank you for your help."
When Sabine asked about revealing part of her past, Meesei nodded. "Of course. If there is anywhere we can find trust, it is among our own kind. In a clan like this, its members come from all places and backgrounds. If I were to guess, I would say that your past may not even be the strangest of those in the clan."
When Sabine asked about revealing part of her past, Meesei nodded. "Of course. If there is anywhere we can find trust, it is among our own kind. In a clan like this, its members come from all places and backgrounds. If I were to guess, I would say that your past may not even be the strangest of those in the clan."
@Lucius Cypher, since Donny is with the Cabal, you might also join the collab, though it won't be a combat heavy one. By this point, everyone should probably be through the door. I just need CQB because it involves a cabalist.
@cqbexpt, I would like to collab my next post, when you are able.
One moment, let me check. I may need to edit.
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Ssarak Dyreackthanose
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Ssarak nodded to Alaira. She had been searching around the surface of the camp, so he supposed he could trust her assessment. "Very well. Perhaps you can...find a way to aid Darius in searching the underground portion. He could use a light source; perhaps you could ignite something with your magic, as long as it does not create too large of a flame. I cannot sense any more thoughts or wards other than ourselves, so the caves should be safe."
He found a reasonably open space before turning his head back to Alaira and Darius. "I shall fly back to the others. Try to have what you intend to salvage ready as soon as possible. We may need to move quickly."
With a running start, Ssarak leaped up, powering himself into the air until he could catch the wind above the trees. He glided wherever he could to conserve energy, but speed was his primary goal. He had paid enough attention to landmarks around the carriage that it would not be difficult to locate it once he was upon it. As expected, the direct flight to the carriage did not take long, though the return trip to the camp, with the carriage, would take considerably longer.
As he landed in the closest clear area to the carriage, Ssarak spotted the evidence of the battle that had taken place in the form of the bodies scattered around. At first, fear took hold of him, causing him to rush to the carriage, but his mind calmed as soon as he saw Meirin, Lyn, and the caravan master all apparently free from harm. It seemed their plan of hiding the carriage had failed, but at the very least, he now had an idea of why the bandit reinforcements had not arrived back at camp.
Ssarak looked at Meirin as he approached, his helmet hiding his smile. "Well, it seems you were correct in your worries; I am glad you convinced me of them. Are you and everyone else unharmed?" He asked, though looking at the caravan master, he guessed that he might be impatient for an update. "Our attack on the bandits' main camp was a success. We eliminated their leadership, and the rest scattered. No casualties on our side. We should be able to bring the carriage through now. There may also be some items of value we could load onto the carriage when we pass through, if we have time."
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Ssarak nodded to Alaira. She had been searching around the surface of the camp, so he supposed he could trust her assessment. "Very well. Perhaps you can...find a way to aid Darius in searching the underground portion. He could use a light source; perhaps you could ignite something with your magic, as long as it does not create too large of a flame. I cannot sense any more thoughts or wards other than ourselves, so the caves should be safe."
He found a reasonably open space before turning his head back to Alaira and Darius. "I shall fly back to the others. Try to have what you intend to salvage ready as soon as possible. We may need to move quickly."
With a running start, Ssarak leaped up, powering himself into the air until he could catch the wind above the trees. He glided wherever he could to conserve energy, but speed was his primary goal. He had paid enough attention to landmarks around the carriage that it would not be difficult to locate it once he was upon it. As expected, the direct flight to the carriage did not take long, though the return trip to the camp, with the carriage, would take considerably longer.
As he landed in the closest clear area to the carriage, Ssarak spotted the evidence of the battle that had taken place in the form of the bodies scattered around. At first, fear took hold of him, causing him to rush to the carriage, but his mind calmed as soon as he saw Meirin, Lyn, and the caravan master all apparently free from harm. It seemed their plan of hiding the carriage had failed, but at the very least, he now had an idea of why the bandit reinforcements had not arrived back at camp.
Ssarak looked at Meirin as he approached, his helmet hiding his smile. "Well, it seems you were correct in your worries; I am glad you convinced me of them. Are you and everyone else unharmed?" He asked, though looking at the caravan master, he guessed that he might be impatient for an update. "Our attack on the bandits' main camp was a success. We eliminated their leadership, and the rest scattered. No casualties on our side. We should be able to bring the carriage through now. There may also be some items of value we could load onto the carriage when we pass through, if we have time."
"The cork itself should be what holds most of the scent, not the interior of the vial. After all, the one would need to touch it directly to use the poison." Meesei responded. "You could try to isolate the scent from that instead, so you could do whatever tests you need on the poison separately. I even have something to which to compare it." She added, carefully pulling the rag from her satchel by the same corner from which the others had handled it.
"This rag carries Harriet's scent, along with mine and the same individual who found the vial. There were also some others who handled it, but I ensured they only touched this small corner. I understand that it may not be possible to find anything, but I would like to try. If you need any more supplies, I would be happy to gather them while you start on the tests for the poison." She offered. The ability to link the vial directly to Harriet through her scent, or alternatively, to show that it was planted, was information that could be of great use in the investigation. Even if it was not guaranteed to work, it was worth an attempt.
"This rag carries Harriet's scent, along with mine and the same individual who found the vial. There were also some others who handled it, but I ensured they only touched this small corner. I understand that it may not be possible to find anything, but I would like to try. If you need any more supplies, I would be happy to gather them while you start on the tests for the poison." She offered. The ability to link the vial directly to Harriet through her scent, or alternatively, to show that it was planted, was information that could be of great use in the investigation. Even if it was not guaranteed to work, it was worth an attempt.
This technology...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yg6ljnASxw
Edit: You might also find this screenshot to be of interest: http://i.imgur.com/IoWOGTr.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yg6ljnASxw
Edit: You might also find this screenshot to be of interest: http://i.imgur.com/IoWOGTr.jpg
Ssarak Dyreackthanose
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After a few moments, it became clear that the vampire would not be getting back up. From all that Ssarak could tell, the impact had killed him, so he finally pulled his weapon away and performed a more thorough search of the body and his belongings. The journal seemed to be the item with the most potential usefulness, though a quick glance through revealed that not all of it was was written in a form he could easily understand. There would be time later to look through it in greater detail, so he packed it away and continued with his search. The sword, while it did not seem to be magical, did have runes inscribed upon it. The runes could have meaning, and if nothing else, the blade itself would be valuable, so he tied it and its scabbard to his own belt at his waist. As well, he took the coin purse and the ingredients for similar reasons. His search of the body itself produced little of note except for a tattoo on his chest. If it was a symbol, Ssarak did not recognize it, but he made a mental note of it regardless.
Ssarak headed back to the bandit camp to meet back up with Alaira and Darius. Despite their successes so far, they were still not finished. They had to move the carriage through safely, and there was still the matter of the reinforcements they had learned about while listening to the bandits. However, they had no way of knowing how long it would take for those bandits to return, and they did not have unlimited time. Ssarak reasoned that it might be best to move the carriage through sooner rather than later as, at the very least, most of the enemy force had been depleted, and they might be able to frighten away any reinforcements with proper intimidation.
"I believe now may be the time to move the caravan through. There is still that group away from camp we overheard the bandits talking about, but we have no way of knowing how long they will take to return. I can fly back to the others quickly, update them on our progress, and see if the caravan master wishes to go ahead and move through. In the meantime, it might benefit us for you two to search the camp more thoroughly, particularly the underground portion. There may be information to be found in the cave or, at the very least, items of value. The caravan master may be more willing to forgive the problems we have faced if we can help to make him more coin. Any kind of trade goods or other valuables you can find would be helpful." Ssarak suggested. Alaira certainly would not want to search the caves, but she could always stay on the surface while Darius searched underground.
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After a few moments, it became clear that the vampire would not be getting back up. From all that Ssarak could tell, the impact had killed him, so he finally pulled his weapon away and performed a more thorough search of the body and his belongings. The journal seemed to be the item with the most potential usefulness, though a quick glance through revealed that not all of it was was written in a form he could easily understand. There would be time later to look through it in greater detail, so he packed it away and continued with his search. The sword, while it did not seem to be magical, did have runes inscribed upon it. The runes could have meaning, and if nothing else, the blade itself would be valuable, so he tied it and its scabbard to his own belt at his waist. As well, he took the coin purse and the ingredients for similar reasons. His search of the body itself produced little of note except for a tattoo on his chest. If it was a symbol, Ssarak did not recognize it, but he made a mental note of it regardless.
Ssarak headed back to the bandit camp to meet back up with Alaira and Darius. Despite their successes so far, they were still not finished. They had to move the carriage through safely, and there was still the matter of the reinforcements they had learned about while listening to the bandits. However, they had no way of knowing how long it would take for those bandits to return, and they did not have unlimited time. Ssarak reasoned that it might be best to move the carriage through sooner rather than later as, at the very least, most of the enemy force had been depleted, and they might be able to frighten away any reinforcements with proper intimidation.
"I believe now may be the time to move the caravan through. There is still that group away from camp we overheard the bandits talking about, but we have no way of knowing how long they will take to return. I can fly back to the others quickly, update them on our progress, and see if the caravan master wishes to go ahead and move through. In the meantime, it might benefit us for you two to search the camp more thoroughly, particularly the underground portion. There may be information to be found in the cave or, at the very least, items of value. The caravan master may be more willing to forgive the problems we have faced if we can help to make him more coin. Any kind of trade goods or other valuables you can find would be helpful." Ssarak suggested. Alaira certainly would not want to search the caves, but she could always stay on the surface while Darius searched underground.
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