[RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Stormrage is a little fatigued from the Telekinetic ascent. Finding the bulkhead door barring their way was... unexpected. Finding no landing she pondered where to land as Sgt. Mjr. Aedin set the repelling line to her relief. Assured they were securely anchored Stormrage released her Telekinetic stress... perhaps a little too quickly and she fell 10 feet slamming against the elevator shaft wall embarrassingly with a grunt. Her Combat Hardsuit easily absorbed the impact but she hung there a few seconds regaining her mental focus. Abruptly she realized Sgt. Mjr. Aedin had repelling down next to her the large man pressed against her as he checked to see she was still conscious from her impact. Stormrage started at his touch as he did when she looked wide-eyed in surprise at his sudden appearance. Giving her a cryptic 'thumbs up' he continued to repel down without a second word.

Stormrage was ...stunned being so close to the large human his armored broad-shouldered frame and large hands - and so... forward and aggressively motivated! Like a female mind in a giant male's body, so unlike the more passive Loroi males she had known. The concept excited her. Storm unfamiliar with the gesture returned it with uncertainty...

Stormrage ruefully chided herself, {Mind back on mission Teidar Sezon!}

But she could not resist the unbidden urge to check out his large framed body as he repelled by...

Stormrage was a little annoyed the Sgt Mjr had decided to abandon the ascent just because of a temporary obstacle... THEIR orders from the Torrai had been to secure a entry point to the upper levels not run around the station chasing Umiak corpses! It was a Umiak station ... of course they were going to run into Umiak and likely dead ones if the station had not been abandoned! Nothing she had not done or seen before herself. But as much as she was not under the Sgt Mjr's command structure... neither was he under hers so she let him disregard orders at his whim..as a command rank officer let his superiors deal with it. She had a task to perform.

Pulling her mind back to the task at hand, Stormrage looked up at the bulkhead overhead. She climbed the rappelling cable to the location it was secured and signaled down, "Stormrage here, the Teidar detected no other lifeforms with living minds above or below. Torrai Sunbloom, there is a bulkhead closed in the above shaft. Crimson-Cloud come back up... but more slowly this time tying off at regular intervals. The shaft is longer than was expected before - bring your marine with you. Try not to fall this time."

Switching her Combat Hardsuit's H.U.D. to thermograph optics Stormrage scans the door for its ambient temperature.

Signalling again, "The bulkhead seems to have the same ambient temperature as the rest of the structure... so I'm going to assume there is still pressure and not the cold vacuum of space on the other side of it, but brace yourselves on my mark when I crack it open."

Stormrage moves to an advantageous location securing herself next to the motor servos that actuate the door. Gathering her will for the electrokinetic effort it will that to open the the bulkhead doors without damaging the mechanisms... hopefully.

Crimson-Cloud says to the Knifebearer, "I'm fine, now sister. My... thanks. I'll try again..."
Her words are cryptic and curt her pride bruised at her previous failure. She turns to the Marine and gestures him over to do the ascent again and scowls at his obvious fearful expression. She does not wait snatching him up with TK and levitating herself up the shaft some 15 meters before pausing to secure a tether line to the wall. The marine cries out shortly but stifles any rebuke when he sees that she pauses and secures a line to hang from and rest briefly with the marine hanging next to her. Again after a few seconds pause... Crimson -cloud levitates herself 15 meters and secures herself, then levitates the marine again. The process repeating 5 times as they make their ascent. Getting use to the pattern the Marine readying his rifle covering their ascent.

Stormrage waits until Crimson-Cloud and her marine ascend her cable. Storm assists them to secure the second repelling line and themselves for Storm's opening the Bulkhead door. Crimson-Cloud is silent ...her embarrassment at falling evident in the proud Teidar. Crimson-Cloud and the Marine ready weapons to cover the bulkhead for its imminent opening.

Gathering her will Stormrage concentrates, and turns her amplifier 'off'...

Electrical arcs begin to flash across Storm's body as she draws on the electrical powerlines of the station imposing her will upon the very powerplant of the station and forcefully drawing current from the main reactor arching power around her to obey her command in a nimbus of electrical power. Not wanting to just force power externally into the electrical system and potentially 'fry' the motors after her efforts Storm uses the normal power line of the electrical system of the station to perform her task...slower .. but less destructive.

Stormrage signals,"On my mark bulk-head opening, 3-2-1, mark!"

Stormrage triggers the door servos to open.

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{Stormrage}
[TK-C20/TK-P10] 'Electrokinetically Open Door'
Telekinetic Power {Electrokinesis} - 6rks
Telekinetic Control {Electrokinesis} - 6rks
[SR] 1d20 + 6{ranks} → [9,6] = (15) -1{fatigued}, +? Taking extra-time, +? {Detail modifier} (14) 'Telekinetic Power'
[SR] 1d20 + 6{ranks} → [19,6] = (25), +? Taking extra-time, +? {Detail modifier} 'Telekinetic Control'
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{Crimson-Cloud}
[TK-C10/TK-P8 to 14] 'Levitate Self and marine in short bouts up shaft securing off every 15 meters to rest'
Telekinetic Power {Electrokinesis} - 6rks
Telekinetic Control {Electrokinesis} - 6rks
[CC] 1d20 + 5{ranks} → [10,5] = (15), +? {Detail modifier} 'Telekinetic Power'
[CC] 1d20 + 5{ranks} → [9,5] = (14), +? {Detail modifier} 'Telekinetic Control'
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Revealing the bottom of the elevator and the hole in the floor of the lift.

Stormrage signals, "Elevator located seems to have been holed through for access to upper levels. Torrai Sunbloom, We are securing the elevator and the upper lift room."

Always one to be the first in... and last out, Stormrage levitates the short distance through the whole in the elevator platform floor LazAssault in hand and ready she lands and moves to the side allowing Crimson-Cloud and her marine to in-turn through the hole weapons ready.

Pausing they scan around ready for hostiles. Stormrage gestures to the Marine to secure both Crimson-Cloud's line and hers while they keep the elevator doors covered with Loroi LazAssaults.

Stormrage signals, "We have secured the elevator... securing repelling lines and holding position as per orders. Any new orders Torrai Sorimi Sunbloom?"
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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Sunbloom listens to the incoming transmission from Stormrage as well as the plan by Sgt. Major Aedin before considering it all for a moment, then frowns slightly in concentration, "We'll be ascending shortly Teidar, wait one." Turning towards Mord, she continues, "And while there may be advantages to be gained in a vacuum environment, the possible disadvantages would far outweigh them, Sergeant. It is a bold plan, but the risk to our men is too great." She pauses, letting it sink in, before continuing, "However, the suggestion to breach the control center from outside is sound, and would gain us both a route to our objective and an ability to clear some of the mists around us. Assemble a fireteam and do so. We should be able to access the stations internal monitoring from there, as well as the logs."

Cupping her hand to the side of her helmet, she radio's Tempest, "Fifty-One, Sorimi Sumbloom. We have encountered unusual activity. One heavy Shell, dead. The opponent is what is in question." So saying, she activates the imaging system in her HUD, transmitting the grisly find to the bridge, "Suggest a fireteam attempt to breach the control room from outside, while the remainder work our way en masse up from here. Please confirm, Fifty-One."

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In typical fashion, she assumes that orders are enough, but there are multiple reasons for her decision, if they need to be voiced.

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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Switching to Sanzai...
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"Teidar Darksun, Teidar Silverwind... what is the situation?"

Darksun replied, "Sezon, there is are several Umiak that are slain down here... looks like physical trauma but seems to defy any conventional identifiable weapon damage?"

Silverwind chimed in, "Sezon, the Umiak look like they were torn apart and the very structure of the Station was turned against them like a weapon!"

Stormrage ponders and sends to all Teidar within range, "Attention all Teidar, scan your surroundings for any psionic signatures that are not recognized. Its possible this station was either attacked by our Loroi Teidar forces and not recorded... or perhaps some other race unknown to us thus far - that may utilize psionic techniques as a weapon! We need to know this for a certain."
Stormrage gestures her to fire-team and they cover the door of the elevator while she telekinetically prys it open. Waiting a few seconds she moves out of the elevator to survey the connecting hallways while her fire team moves forward to also cover the hallways looking for targets. Nothing spotted again Stormrage motions the fireteam forward to cover the connecting corners of the hallways just outside the elevator each member staying within sight of the other.

Stormrage signals on the comms, "Marines the elevator is secured you may make your ascent, and re-enforce our position."

While the marines make their ascent up the line Stormrage and Crimson-Cloud scan for psionic signatures.

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1d20, rolled 4 times.

{Stormrage} Signature Detection - 3rks
Roll set 1 [SR]
Die rolls: 18 = (18) + 4{ranks} -1 {Fatigue}, +? {Detail modifier}; Total 21+DM

{Crimson-Cloud}, {Dark-Sun}, {Silver-Wind} Signature Detection - 3rks / 4rks / 4rks
Roll set 2 [CC]
Die rolls: 15 = (15) + 3{ranks} +? {Detail modifier}; Total 18 +DM
Roll set 3 [DS]
Die rolls: 20 = (20) + 4{ranks} +? {Detail modifier}; Total 24 +DM
Roll set 4 [SW]
Die rolls: 18 = (18) + 4{ranks} +? {Detail modifier}; Total 22 +DM
*Invisible castle was down so I used...
http://www.rpglibrary.org/software/securedice/index.php
...but I'm unfamiliar with how to set up verification... sorry!
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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Finding nothing suspicious about the exterior of the central part of the station, and after hearing through his link to the boarding party that the station appears to be devoid of opponents, Wolfe decides to leave Alpha 2 and Bravo 2 in their patrol and carefully guides his fighter towards the Bridge at the tip of the 'upper' sphere, keeping a close eye on the sensor readouts lest the plasma-focus cannon somehow activate. At this close range something becomes clear which the fly-by and more distant observation could not have shown: The armor plating around the Bridge is far heavier than is usually the case.

Wolfe keys his comm, "Torrai Sunbloom, this is Major Wolfe. I've had a close look at the Bridge from out here, and the armor around it appears to be much thicker than usual. And we know standard Umiak proceedure is to use the Bridge as a final bastion, with uniformly thick armor at all points. Gaining entry though brute force could prove...highly problematic."
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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Four more Marine troopers ascend the lines and take up cover positions.

The fire-team leader signals, "Corporal Wyatt, Prophet Squad 3rd fire-team in position at top of elevator. Area secure. Holding position. Orders Sgt Mjr?"

Stormrage replies on Comms, "Corp. Wyatt, hold your position and secure that location for the next fire-team advance. 6th fire-team make your ascent. Torrai Sorimi, I am advancing forward to sweep this level making our way to secure the bridge with my fire team."

With that, Stormrage, Crimson-Cloud and their one marine surrender their positions to the 3rd fire-team marines while Corp. Wyatt stands watch over the lines with the ascending 6th fire-team in-route.

Stormrage is on point Loroi LazAssault ready, followed by the marine a, Lance Corp. Wests, and Crimson-Cloud, Blade Squad's resident medic as tail guard.


Moving through the alien designed hallways Stormrage is quite familiar with the tactics of her races' implacable enemies - she is mindful to check the ceiling recesses, and for floor traps and wall recesses the Umiak are fond of using to deny an assaulting force from surprise. Storm is poised to lash out with telekinetic force as needed, directing her fire-team with gestures indicating potential hiding places that need covering as they advance rapidly but thoroughly.

They quickly reach a stairwell ramp that spirals up an open shaft in the middle to higher levels with lots of cover positions for defenders to shoot down upon any ascending forces... deadly silent and deserted save for the tale-tell signs of an intense fire-fight.


Stormrage signals, "We got signs of a serious firefight up here, mostly small arms energy weapons. No bodies... yet."

The recreation room is hard to determine its purpose at first. But the ... now dead small vermin used for the games of manual dexterity and ...snacking lie dessicated in their little compartments under the 'game-table' to which they are released onto for sport. Stormrage is glad their suits are sealed from the likely gut-wrenching stench of their rot. The Game table is still stained with the blood of past sport. There are other ...incompehensible games or pass-times in the room ...including a cybermechanical maintenance station with strange tools... still darkly stained with old Umiak icor from past...'adjustments' to Umiak Hard-trooper implants. Storm passes them by.

Storm signals, "Found an Umiak ... recreation room. Don't ask."

Going back to the stairwell, they ascend further to the armory... or at least whats left of it. A charred hole of fused duralloy plating obviously blasted with some ordinance charge that fusion burned the entire room laying waste to any weapons or ordinance still within. The room was obviously build like a vault so the hull was likely not breached by the exploding ordinance detonation that ensued. The evidence of the ferocity of the conflagration is scorched on the walls and spiraling ramp of the shaft, the corridor plating seared down to its base metal by the intensity of the plasma fire that raged briefly when the armory was destroyed. All long cold now - only the blackened metal slag leaving any sign of what was once here.

Lance Corp West signals, "...found what might have been an armory... Damn! It's nuked!"

Storm replies, "Cut the chatter Marine. Armory found, destroyed... very thoroughly!"

Finally the barracks are discovered at the top of the spiraling ramp and another small ramp stairwell leading further up into the station.

The barracks are nothing more than a scene of efficient slaughter. Umiak resting pods shot out.


Storm signals, "Found barracks, four large resting pods for Hard-troopers, eight normal. All hard-trooper pods empty. Five of the umiak are dead in pods killed in rest-mode. Messy."

Lance Corporal West feels the bile begin to rise in his throat at the sight of the rotting, black icored, insect-like bodies of the Umiak brutally shot to pieces with plasma-pulse shots in their rest pods. Black dried icor pooling in the curve of the bottom of the pods.

Storm sees his difficulty and speaks, "Keep it together Lance Corp. West... at least we can't smell them. We still have a sweep to complete!"

West nods in silence.

Storm Signals, "Proceeding on."

Going on to the stair ramp they make their way up to the main gunnery deck for the station.
The hatches to the plasma focus gunnery turrets are all closed. Quickly and covering each other Storm and her fire-team check them all leaving the hatches to the plasma focus turrets open.


Storm signals, "Main gunnery deck secured. Three plasma focus turrets all appear to be functional, if you have four arms, but are without power. I think these Umiak here were taken completely by surprise they were not ready for attack. Perhaps their enemy was cloaked somehow and stealthed on-board. I would suggest, just for security sake, we have our Barsam Troopers take up guard positions at the Tempest's airlocks and hanger bays as a precaution. There is no way to know if whoever did this is still around if they were able to hide themselves enough to attack this station so... seemingly from surprise! Proceeding on."

They discover another stairwell ramp that leads down to only one level. Obviously an auxiliary generator room.

Storm signals, "...I think there is an auxiliary power room, currently on standby power flow. I think it was to provide additional power for the plasma focus batteries in the case of heavy combat without reduction of the stations other power needs. Proceeding on their is one more stairwell ramp that leads up... probably to the bridge."

Returning to the only other way up from the main gunnery deck level the ramp is heavily scorched with energy weapons fire. Obviously it was furiously fought over the defenders not giving up easily.

At the top of the ramp the circular iris door to the bridge is found... and the torn remains of two Umiak Hardtroopers - torn, not blasted.


Stormrage signals,"We have... found the... bridge. Two more hard troopers found... very dead. Torn apart... floor slippery here."

Even Stormrage, having done similar to Umiak before, must stifle down her guts wrenching at the sight... Lance Corp. Wests is not so fortunate and the whir of his helmet's self-cleaning function sounds cleaning the bile from his face plate his stomach in rebellion.

Stormrage reports, "Torrai Sorimi, we are outside the station bridge. There are no hostiles we have discovered at this point this station is dead. Should we enter or hold for your arrival?"
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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Sunbloom listens intently to the combined reports of the fireteams inside thes tation as well as Major Wolfe's flight outside the hull before responding, "Understood, Major. Please advise of any change in the stations activity that you may encounter." Switching frequencies, she continues in a calm, level voice, "Scratch that external entry, Sergeant, the armor is too thick. Captain Stone, gather the squads, we're advancing to the bridge to retrieve the logs. After that is accomplished, we are falling back aboard Tempest until we can ascertiain what happened here. Teidar, hold and wait for the remainder of the squads before affecting entry."

Frowning to herself, Sunbloom considers the situation based on what little more information she now has...

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Sunbloom's flawed Sanzai may or may not be overheard by the Teidar... Those who do would faintly pick up on the thought, laced with an unusual, unpleasant, 'buzzing' undertone...

...I refuse to put everyone here at needless risk until we know what we may be up against...

She seems to be unaware that she is sending at all.

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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Stormrage replies,"Understood Torrai Sorimi. Holding position."

Stormrage usually in charge of a Teider assault fire-team is used to keeping her mental senses sharp to hear even the weakest of Sanzai transmission in the case of wounded or incapacitated Teider or other Sozin.

Sending in Sanzai a tight Loroi to Loroi mind link only for Sunbloom...
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"Do not... concern yourself overmuch, Torrai Sorimi Sunbloom. We are Unsheathed, Always. It is our privilege to 'risk' our lives for our sisters. 'RISK' is what we do..."
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Re: [RP] Tempest Expedition (IC)

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Sunbloom frowns and sighs to herself, blushing a bit blue as her damaged Sanzai betrays her yet again... However, with no rebuke of its unpleasant undertone, she replies similarly...

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I understand that fully... But with no clear picture of what we may, or may not, be facing, we are at needless risk... I am willing to take risks when they are calculated. As it stands, we are 'running blind', as the human saying goes. In any case, we will finish our primary objective, recover the logs and any security footage, and pull back to Tempest for now. We will be arriving shortly.

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