In Flaxville- Lara, Caitlin, Sven, Mary, and Veronica got out of the vehicles after they parked them outside the warehouse. The town was deserted, and there was no sign of anyone, living or dead, in the area other than themselves.
On the road- Jake drove south along State Route 251. After a mile, he came to a four way intersection with a dirt road heading east and west. He was still about a mile north of the approximate position of the helicopter''s landing site.
Jake Bell,Track would only help you if you went back to where you saw the skinheads' vehicles outside the ranch and you wanted to follow the tracks back, but you already have a pretty good idea that they returned to the compound and you don't want to go there. Helicopters don't leave tracks.
Natural History won't really help in this situation, but Navigate would help you find a good route from which to approach where the helicopter landed.
On the road- Clydewasn't sure which route to take himself, so he relied on his father's directions. They were more or less correct, and they proceeded another mile or so before he turned right. There was no road going in that direction, so they had to go off-road. Fortunately, the pickup truck had four wheel drive and was designed for off-road travel. They were now a few miles east of the estimated landing site.
Lara brushes her hands against her sides and starts walking into the warehouse. When she reaches the large doors, she reaches for her gun and gets it up, pointing it at the ground. She pulls one of the doors open. "Hello? Anyone?"
ON THE ROAD... Jake tries to gauge their surroundings... "If we can get close enough, maybe we can creep in on foot." He looks over at Clyde."No doubt we're kickin up a helluva dust trail with the truck cross-country..."
OOC,Do we have any natural cover or any way we can approach without being blatantly obvious? Just in case things went bad for the army boys...
Lara checks the lock to see if a crowbar could be used to pry the doors apart. "Sven, can you get this up? With crowbar?" While letting the question hang, she checks for low placed windows...and garbage bins. "Caitlin, do you see way in?"
Caitlin looks around. "No. Unless there's another door to get in. Let's check around back. If not, then, you can try to lever open the doors or maybe a window. And until we make sure there's no one else, let's try to be quiet, okay?" Caitlin makes her way cautiously around to the left of their position and waits for the others just before getting to the corner.
In Flaxville- Lara, Caitlin, and Sven circled the warehouse while Mary and Veronica waited out front. There were no windows at ground level; they were all high up on the wall. There were some garbage bins behind the warehouse that could be placed under the windows and used to climb. There was a door in the rear, but it was locked too. A crowbar could be used to force it open. It was impossible to see the helicopter from here, and there were no aircraft visible in the sky.
OOC,It will take a Climb roll to reach the windows, or a STR vs. STR Resistance table roll to force open the back door, which has a STR of 10.
Off the road- Clyde drove west for another mile, though the landing site was still about two more miles away. They were now directly southwest of their ranch. "There's some rough terrain near where that bird set down, Pa," he said. "We should be able to approach under cover with a slight detour. We can stop when we're about a mile away and go in on foot, but it'll take longer."
In Flaxville- Lara couldn't find sound footing on the tall bin. The curved lid was slick with rain from the night before, and she kept slipping.
Caitlin was trying to do the same thing with another bin beneath a different window, and she had better luck. "I'll get inside and open the back door for you," she called down. She opened the window easily, slipped through lithely, and lowered herself by her arms, dropping down inside the warehouse.
Off the road- Clyde drove on for another mile.
OOC,[b]Clyde[/b] and [b]Jake[/b], please roll Spot Hidden. The base skill is 25%.
In Flaxville- Sven went with Lara around to the back door. "How do you go on?" he asked. "How can you keep going when you've lost everyone and everything you've ever loved?"
A moment later, Caitlin opened the back door from inside, revealing a hallway leading to the warehouse's interior. "Ta-dah!" she said.
Off the road-
Jake Bell and Clyde Bell,[b]Jake[/b]'s old eyes [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3847060/]didn't notice anything[/url], but [b]Clyde[/b] [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3847061/]saw everything[/url]. "Dad, I see the chopper!" he called, pointing ahead and to the left. "It's up on that plateau, and there's a winding track right there that makes its way to the top, too. Definitely USAF markings. There are two pilots inside, one man and one woman. There are five men out in front of it in a defensive perimeter. One of them's a sniper, and another looks like...yes, those are a major's oak leaves on his collar tabs. There are also three women behind it. One of them is working on the engine, and the other two...damn, they're hot, especially that redhead. Uh, they're just standing around. The two of them are wearing Air Force gear, but they don't carry themselves like they're military."
Off the road- Clyde drove up a winding track that led up the side of the plateau. Jake found a greasy rag lying around that was still recognizable as white and stuck it on the end of the antenna.
OOC,[b]Jake[/b] and [b]Clyde[/b] are moving to the thread linked below. Please stop reading the current thread at this point. Everyone else remains in the current thread.
On the main floor-
"Here goes," said Sven raising his axe overhead. He brought it down on one of the crates. The blade pierced its side, but he hadn't broken it open. "Heh, this is tougher than it looks."
