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Sam unleashes a gout of flame at the ARM, immolating it.

Firearms(Flamethrower) roll firing the incinerator at the ARM:
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Bonus die:
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“Good shooting, er, flaming,” says Kiara.

“Let’s get everyone out of here,” she continues, eyeing up the open duct. “In case Virgil doesn’t come back but Kingsley does.”

She turns to Isabella.

“If CENTRAL’s offline, now might be the time to try that reset? None of us are going to get very far if the system doesn’t obey us. I’ll help if you want.”

"Thanks," says Sam. "Do you think we should try to repair Jojo first?"

“Oh yeah, of course,” Kiara stammers.

The flames from Sam's incinerator lick around the ARM, charring the paintwork, while the cables and tubing at its base blacken and shrivel. 'Uh, yeah, that's what I was going for' says Moses.

Isabella helps Nicole to her feet, she continues to look unsteady and strained. 'I suppose now's as good a time as any, but let's get Nicole and Jojo some help first.'

"Then let's get them to Engineering," says Sam. "We may also need some medical supplies."

rolls, dexterity 70 roll: 3 spot hidden 50 roll: 36

The duct is cramped but Virgil’s strict martial arts training gives him the suppleness and mental discipline he needs and he works his way along the confined space following the goo.

Virgil is moving here

So are Kiara and Sam going to try and get Jojo out past the fried robot and on to Engineering? Who wants to go through first?

Once it looks like the ARM is cooling off, Jojo will move past it and head to engineering with the others.

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Kiara follows Jojo, gingerly edging past the ARM.

One by one they squeeze past the charred and still warm robot. It doesn't move or show any other sign that it is still functioning. Fortunately they don't need to try and heave Jojo through the gap as he is able to struggle through under his own power. Nicole takes a bit more coaxing.

As they set off through the Administrative Complex for Engineering they can see lights on in a few of the offices despite the early hour. Presumably the standard day-night cycle is less important on a mining colony.

Down the centre of the otherwise deserted corridor an ARM trundles towards them at walking pace.

Sam levels her incinerator at the ARM and takes aim until it moves into range.

"If we keep roasting these things, we'll run out of fuel way before we can get past them all..."

Kiara mutters, looking around for a control terminal.

"Perhaps we can access the command network..."

"We have no choice, it's in our way," says Sam. "It would be better to hack them, but if we run out of fuel, we still have the cutting torches, and the Marshal has her pistol. I'm just hoping they don't bill me for destruction of Company property."

As if hearing what was said the ARM immediately stops and then reverses back down the corridor at the same walking pace.

Kiara looks around for any kind of access point or control terminal but she can't see anything other than the CENTRAL fish eye lens in the corridor. 'Looks like we have it on the run' says Isabella. 'Are we going to run past or run it down?'

Moses hefts his incinerator gingerly, probably embarrassed after failing to hit the stationary robot last time he used it.

Virgil took the Marshal's pistol. Currently Sam and Moses have incinerators. Kiara has a cutting torch and so does Sam.

"If it doesn't interfere with us or block our path, I don't see any reason to destroy it," says Sam. "Let's just run past it."

“Yeah, agreed. No point causing a ruckus unnecessarily,” replies Kiara.

Jojo will attempt to move as quickly as possible past any other ARM's controlled by CENTRAL.