Episode 3: Rouge Tower [ON HOLD]

1. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #81

   She had felt Steel's dropship land somewhere in front of her, and based upon this feeling Curie headed towards the hangar doors. Some carnival goers had already begun pushing one aside, and the ecstatic people began pouring out of the building.
   
   On the yard in front of the building she spotted a woman, alone, lying on her hips, supporting her torso with her left hand.
   
   "Someone help me!", she cried in a broken wastelander accent.
   
   "Sure, we'll help you!", the bald man cried back, and with a sadistic gleam to his eyes he half ran towards her.
   
   There was something to the woman, Curie thought.
   Curie, make wifi check against 105. 96-100 is always a failure. (Roll 1d100)

2. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #82

   Riv shrugged and followed steel into the crater, carefully watching for threats and assessing what guards Steel had brought with him into the fray.
   
   

3. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #83

   Curie could sense packets of encrypted wireless traffic to and fro the woman on the ground. The encryption was hard, Curie had serious doubt that she could crack it even had she had an entire hour, but the protocol was military, of that Sachmeth was sure and so it told 13. That could only mean a couple of things; Either, the woman had serious heavy duty military grade implants, meaning she was a cyborg, or she was a fully fledged military fleshbot, a killing machine in its own right. Either way she was dangerous.
   
   Curie knew she could confuse the woman with her superior networking and hacking abilities, but the confusion would last for a minute at best, a few seconds or not at all at worst.
   
   "I am gonna save you from virginity!", the bald man said, pulling his pants down as he ran across the yard, several other men in tow.
   
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   Riv gaped when he saw another dropship which had been torn to bits, bodies lying scattered everywhere. Steel seemed not to mind and when he passed the body of an elderly man who had lost his mask, he dryly commented "That is councilor Mechanath... Such a shame... Oh well, now he can't oppose the armament bill I suppose".
   
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   Walking down the corridor, Riv felt sweat trickle under his heavy breastplate. Still, the cumbersome panzer had saved his life before, and he was not about to dispose of protection in this foreboding place.
   
   In front of him Steel was using the hydraulics enhanced muscle of his powered armor to force a blast door open. His two personal guards stood behind him, with their backs to Riv, one wielding an automated shotgun, the other holding an assault rifle. Beside the two guards, Riv and Steel, none of the guests had entered the corridor. When he had last seen them, Riv had noticed terror in their eyes and how they looked in every direction, as if seeking a place to hide.

4. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #84

   Mason looked around, and something didn't feel right. As the other party goers pushed open the hangar doors, he held back, watching and listening carefully. The faint sounds of carnage reached him through the broken roof. He could see Curie intent, clearly concentrating.
   
   He broke the injector away from his delicate mask, throwing the gilded porcelain on the floor casually. His eyes were still concealed by a black silk band, two intent slits, peering in the darkness.
   
   Go with the flow, he told himself.

5. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #85

   Apparently these stun sticks are not going to cut it,  thought Riv.  It began to make sense to him - this was no casual outing, but there was a plan here. 
   The stun sticks were to cause false security, false courage.
   
   The guests, one and all, were cannon fodder. A human smokescreen while Steel did his work here.
   
   So Riv, was going to do his work as well.  As soon as one of the guards dropped, he would have his chance.
   
   

6. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #86

   Curie shrugged, seeing the rabid celebrants charging towards what could have as well been a rabid Chinese cyber-panda, like those she saw in the Last War footage.
   While she was indifferent to the fate of Steel's guests, the bot, or whatever it was, could be sand in the gears of her plan. So, she hid and watched the crowd advance.

7. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #87

   Mason followed at the rear of the crowd as they ran towards the hapless wastelander woman. Then the screaming began, and soon waves of heat washed against him and the people in front of him ignited like kerosene drenched torches, the smell of burnt hair and flesh following short thereafter.
   
   I need a dodge skill check from Mason. 1d100 against base 50 dodge + 30 (in the rear of the crowd) = 1d100 against 80
   
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   Curie hid behind the corner of the hangar and watched the crowd advance. The eager bald man had his pants down on his thighs and his manhood ready as he greedily reached his hands and yanked her hair back. Surprise was evident on his face as her head did not budge, and she reached out with her right hand towards him. 13 was uncertain what happened next, but suddenly flames washed forward, greedily devouring the foremost of the crowd before engulfing those in the aft one by one. She saw Mason dive to the side, then she had to pull her face back to avoid having it burnt off.
   
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   Steel forced the door open, a maneuver that left a noticeable grip mark in the steel, and entered the dusty hall beyond. The walls were white, with a black marble floor, and there were some elevators there; six of them, three on one wall, three on the opposite. On the other end of the room a glass wall separated the hall from a huge office with equally huge, broken, windows revealing a stunning nighttime vista. An overturned table and several piled chairs were in the office, while two broken busts of once important men decorated the hall and elevator entrances.
   
   Steel walked with determination towards the elevators. Looking back he seemed to notice Riv for the first time.
   
   "What? Why are you here and not cringing out there with the rest of these pathetic creatures?"

8. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #88

   Quite obviously, the denizens of that place were no common wastelanders bereft of the basic necessities of civilization. Curie crossed off the dead invaders, making a mental note about which dropship they likely came from, then checked for the presence of the 'woman'. Curie would not mind getting in contact with its makers, allies or whatever they were, but they'd likely shoot on sight.
   
   Thus, she waited whether the air was clear, and rushed towards Steel's ride.

9. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

   #89

   Riv grinned, bringing the light of chaos into his eyes, "For one, I'm not a pathetic creature - poorly equipped perhaps, but not a weakling.  Second, there has been nothing much so far, and the party seems far from over."
   
   "Seriously, can one of you lend me something better then this piece of shit?" Riv said, indicating the weapon he had been issued. "I'd likely be of more help."
   
   Riv knew he was playing with fire here, but then, it was what he enjoyed the most..

10. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

    #90

    valadaar: Make a persuade roll for Riv against base 15 (1d100 against 15)

11. Re: Episode 3: Rouge Tower

    #91

    dodge skill check:Rolled 1d100 : 60, total 60
    
    Mason felt the peculiar tingling sensation on his skin that came from the pressure of the heated air from the human candles, and soon after, the heat started to singe the hairs on his arms. He made a desperate dive for the ground...

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