IC-Ep 3-Iron Fist(Everyone else)

[Mr. Handy]

Reactor Module - Styx Base, Pluto
0815 GMT - Tuesday, August 9, 2112

Captain Juliette Desjardins led Story, Elizabeth, Lucius, and Brook out of the airlock and into the round corridor of the reactor module, where they turned right. They had hardly gone far before they encountered Colonel Patel leading a small group towards them. Accompanying her were Captain Karin Bauer, Sergeant Heinrich Kohl, and General Richard Pryce.

"Captain, what's the situation in the docking bay?" asked Colonel Patel.

A hissing sound came from behind them before she could answer. The next airlock along the corridor, behind the colonel's group, opened. Lt. Colonel Howard Bruce emerged, flanked by Private Robert MacCrimmon and Private Alison Silver. All three of them had their weapons drawn. "Colonel Indira Patel!" called the security chief, his voice booming. "You are guilty of treason and mutiny! The penalty is death. Execution is to be carried out summarily." He nodded to his security team. "Fire!" He snapped off a shot at Colonel Patel, but it went wide.

OOC,We are in a combat round, so everyone will need to act in the correct order. [b]Alison[/b], it is your turn to act next, as your DEX is next highest out of those with drawn weapons. If you wish to shoot someone, you may do so now by making a Handgun roll on 1d100. You get three shots per round with your gun, but only one of them comes now. If you hit, you can go ahead and roll 1d10 for damage. If you choose not to fire, your action will not take place until later in the round, but you must still let me know that you're holding your fire so that I can post [b]Robert[/b]'s action, as he comes after you.

[CrackheadC.]

Alison holds her fire but keeps her gun trained on Colonel Patel, genuinely surprised that the Lt. Colonel immediately attacked Colonel Patel and not eager to fire blindly again at the behest of her commanders. This was probably going to get her in a lot of trouble.

"That was a warning shot. Drop your weapons and surrender peacefully.General Pryce is still the commanding officer." Alison looks, almost helplessly, to Private MacCrimmon and Sergeant Kohl for support without so much as a glance at the outsiders.

Mr. Handy

Spoiler:

Alison is not firing,but keeping the gun trained on Colonel Patel in the event that next round she can fire an aimed shot at a higher percentile rate if she has to. Also how do i format the spoiler buttons to show just the name of the person who should read it like everyone else does?

[Lynx]

mr. Handy,Is Pryce this a correct military procedure? Is it not General Bruce who should decide if she is to be shot, as he is in the room? Needs to know as Juliettes later reactions will be accordingly. Can Juliette still shout out and act non-aggressively. As she has the highest dex of all the players? If she can, she will call out "DUCK!!" Before she will shield the nearest civillian preferably the girl Brook. Or she will do so once it is her turn.

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,[url=http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=68577#p68577]This post[/url] has step by step instructions for using spoiler buttons.

Alison Silver,You can actually fire later in this round, if you still wish. If you use precision aiming, you only get one shot each round at half your normal DEX rank, so you can take that shot at any time from this point forward. What it does is doubles your point blank range, which in this case makes it 30 feet instead of the normal 15 (point blank range is based on your DEX score). This would put her within point blank range for you, thus doubling your effective skill. The base range is also doubled, though you're not far enough away for that to matter.

Juliette Desjardins,I think you mixed up [b]Pryce[/b] and [b]Bruce[/b]. As Security Chief, [b]Lt. Colonel Bruce[/b] has the authority to execute someone. [b]General Pryce[/b] could countermand him, but he hasn't done that at this point. [b]Bruce[/b] does not have to get permission from him first, however. Of course, it's rather debatable who is in command: [b]General Pryce[/b] or [b]Colonel Patel[/b]. The next several seconds may settle that question permanently.[b]Juliette[/b] can still shout out like you want, and she can still draw her weapon and take one shot later in the round at any point from here on out.

Robert MacCrimmon showed no such hesitation. When the security chief gave him the order to fire, he did, his bullet only just striking Colonel Patel, tearing a hole through her side.

"DUCK!!" shouted Juliette, standing between Brook and the ensuing volley of fire.

Lt. Colonel Bruce fired again, but the recoil knocked the gun out of his hand and it fell to the floor at his feet.

OOC,[b]Lucius[/b], you may act now. Then it is [b]Karin[/b]'s turn. After that, [b]Robert[/b] gets his second shot. [b]Juliette[/b] and [b]Alison[/b] may still choose to do something at any time.

[CrackheadC.]

Lines were drawn in the sand and she wasn't going oppose half of the security team, especially not Robert. After all, Lt. Colonel Bruce is within his rights to carry out this order, but that didn't make it any easier.

"I'm sorry." Alison whispers as she pulls the trigger, wincing as the gun jumps in her hands.

OOC,Alison takes her precision point blank shot at Colonel Patel. Doubled Handgun skill is 90% [url]http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3485420/[/url] Roll is hit at 68 Damage roll - 1d10 = 8 [url]http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3485426/[/url]

[Mr. Handy]

The bullet struck Colonel Patel in the chest, slamming her hard into the curving wall, but somehow she remained on her feet, though she was still severely injured.

[Lynx]

Juliette drew her blaster. She pushed the girl Brook behind her, further out of harms way and shouted. "Please, cease fire. S'il vous plait, the situation is to unresolved to decide who is beeing in command, and who is a traitor. All hostility is playing into the interest of the Mi-goo whom just wants us all dead to make sure their secret abode is safe! We must follow protocol. Colonel Patel is by protocol the acting chief. Please confirm this Captain Bauer!" Juliette was turned towards Lt.col. Bruce, but her blaster was aimed at the floor.

[Thorn]

Brook gasps and is half pushed, half throws herself to the ground when the shooting starts. She looks around frantically to see if any of her friends are hurt. Seeing the colonel getting shot in the chest, she screams, and crawls as fast as she can towards Story. "Do you think that Bruce guy is part of the hive mind to now? Do you think there's a way to overload it, like a white noise or something?" She whispers urgently to Story.

[aine]

Karin ducks towards a bulkhead hoping not to get shot by stray bullets and it does seem like they are all hitting the mark. "It's a bit more complicated than that Captain!" She shouts over the noise, "But not something we can discuss right now!" She winces as she sees the Colonel hit, "But we do need a ceasefire!"

agility,In case i need the roll: Agility (14) [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3486069/]1d100=23[/url]

[Dr. Bloodworth]

"Agreed. I think it safe to say the colonel has gotten the idea you were trying to express," Heinrich says as he takes cover. "Capt. Bauer's examined the general and has found no injury to him suggesting he is unfit to command - his actions were likely just his instincts taking over in a state of shock. Nothing more permanent than that." He cautiously looks out from behind his cover.

[yockenthwaite]

OOC Question for Mr Handy,As a non-armed person can Elizabeth react at all during this first round? If so she drops to the floor, as soon as she can. Or if not as soon as possible after!

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,Yes, people who are not armed can still act this round. All people who started out with weapons drawn already acted in the first part of the round, and we're into the second DEX cycle. [b]Elizabeth[/b]'s action will take place at DEX 9. [b]Juliette[/b] and [b]Karin[/b], please roll Fast Talk. [b]Lucius[/b] may attempt a Fast Talk roll too. Nobody else may do so yet, as [b]Robert[/b] gets his second shot before anyone else who hasn't already acted has a chance. There is no time to use Persuade.

[Lynx]

zips it,[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3487516/]fasttalk failure[/url].

[aine]

Karin can't think straight with all the noise going on, let alone talk sense:

Fast talk,Fast talk (05%) [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3487747/]1d100=86[/url]

[jaysun81]

Mr. Handy,Can I do anything? I didn't see my name in your spoiler post above.

[Mr. Handy]

Robert fired again before his brain could even start processing what everyone around him was saying. Another round hit Colonel Patel, and this one struck her fatally in the heart. She fell in a rapidly spreading pool of blood, without even a chance to say anything. Finally, the reality sank in for him, and he almost reached the breaking point. "Ach, what have I done!" he cried.

"Your duty," said Lt. Colonel Bruce without a trace of emotion.

OOC,Combat is now over (unless someone wants to continue it). Everyone must now roll Sanity for seeing [b]Colonel Patel[/b] gunned down. Sanity loss is 0/1d6 - except for [b]Alison[/b], who participated in shooting her. [b]Alison[/b], your Sanity loss is 1/1d10, so you lose 1 Sanity point even if you succeed or 1d10 if you fail. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, you must make an Idea roll. If you [i]succeed[/i] at that roll, you go temporarily insane, but if you fail it, you do not. As long as you do not go insane, you may now act freely.

Story,Your turn hadn't come up yet in the combat order, but you may now act.

[Lynx]

Juliette glances at Colonel Patel, then keeps her eyes on Lt.Col. Bruce, void of words, her mind races. She stands as frozen, but is mentally awaiting that he will attack the rest of the crew. Her mind speedsorting through safetyprocedures for what to do when your co-travelers go insane during spacetravel. Her survivalinstinct is on highest alert, ready for anything.

sanityroll success,[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3488703/]roll 14 against 67[/url]

mr.handy,If the LT.COL makes a quick dive for his dropped gun I think Juliette will startle and jump for it if it is close enough for her to reach it before or the same time as him.

Edit: spelling and such

[Thorn]

(Could someone please roll for me, I don't know how to do that fancy roll link.)

Brook had crawled over to Story and was speaking to him when the colonel was shot dead.

[yockenthwaite]

OOC pass sanity roll,[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3488724/]Sanity roll (stat 56%) plus possible loss (1d6) at seeing Colonel Patel gunned down (1d100=18, 1d6=5)[/url]

Elizabeth gasps as the Colonel is shot fatally. But she seems to cope well otherwise with the sight. She looks around her, desperately hoping that sense prevails.

[aine]

Sanity roll,Sanity (55%) [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3488922/]1d100=20, 1d6=6[/url]

Karin is horrified at seeing the Colonel shot down but it is nothing worse than she has seen before. She is almost more alarmed at Lt. Colonel's lack of emotion and is determined to examine him as soon as she has seen to Colonel Patel: she'll wait for the guns to stop firing before hurrying over to the Colonel with her med bag to see if there is anything she can do for her.