I intend to update the game tomorrow as planned, so if you haven't posted by then I will probably NPC your characters.

Ayrn, unless you say otherwise, I will assume Benjamin will go for the blast door and get it open.

Of course, if nobody is going to post anyway, I probably won't be updating anything.

I am intending to post tonight or in the morning, but if I do and no one else does please don't NPC the other characters and wait some more time for them to post.

Due to players' inactivity (most likely caused by real life activities) I'm not going to update today. I aim at updating next Wednesday but because I have to turn in a big essay on the 24th (Thursday?) I may not have the time for it. Assume that I will, though.

I assume you have good reasons for not posting for today but I am still going to stick with my original plan of two updates per week. If nobody adds their posts in the game before Wednesday, I am going to start asking around.

One of those "Just worked 3 days" things, and then yesterday was tabletop day, then heading out to work again in about an hour today.

I'll have a post up by the next update

OK

I don't have time to post up at the moment and I'm not sure if I will before Wednesday but I don't want to delay the game, this is what my character is going to do.

Turn her speeder around and move towards, and gun down, the last mandalorian with it's blaster because she doesn't want to stay too close to the droid.

I don't want to be the GM that gives you too many ideas or tries to shoot down your own ideas, but I still don't think that shooting at the Mandalorian is the best tactic in this situation.

The droid is already damaged and the Mandalorian has Awvoor and Kate gunning at him. Personally, I would try to take down the droid first.

But I am in close quarters with the droid, have no melee weapon and the longer I stay there the longer I'm at risk.

Anyway, this won't be a prolonged combat with the mandalorian, more of a drive-by-shooting allowing me to come round and have a shot at the droid. I know what I'm doing, I'm just hoping that the ship's gun doesn't shoot me.

Ah, and precise shot, I think it would apply to vehicle combat but a DM ruling is needed.

I believe I told you when the encounter started that Precise Shot would not apply because the speeder's weapon system is so different. Besides, I just noticed that you do not have a proficiency with heavy weapons (which includes vehicular blasters) so technically you should also be taking a -5 penalty (but I'm a nice guy so I'm not applying the penalty for this encounter), but I would definitly rule that without that proficiency you can't apply questionable feats to the attack such as Precise Shot.

Since so much is coming into light now, I will allow you to make changes to your characters after the encounter as needed.

Back to the droid thing: If you intend to move away from the droid anyway at a safe speed, I would rule that you could move the speeder away from the droid, turn around, and blast the damn thing with the vehicle's weapons. But if you are certain, then Arruna can do what you want.
Of course, I would prefer that you would actually say so in character so that you could get the activity XP, seeing as you have had enough time to do it (posting IC does not require an extencive post detailing every small action, it can be a one-liner). Just something to think about.

I will be away from this Thursday until next Tuesday,and probably won't be able to post until next Wednesday. (maybe this Wednesday if the update comes early in the day).

If case I don't get to post, here are Ben's short-term goals:

1) Make a connection via commlink to the Embassador or the Republican squad leader on the otherside of the blast doors to assess the situation (Is it safe to open the door? Are you all already dead?)?

2) If contact has been made and it seems safe enough, Ben will open the blast doors and grab the Embassador, and head quickly for the ship, deflecting blaster fire in an effort to protect the Embassador. (hoping the good doctor might fire into an incoming mandalorian crowd too)

3) If contact has not been made, Ben will use his farseeing power to see what is going on on the otherside of the blast doors.

4) If rescuing the Embassador seems absolutely futile, Ben will make his way to the ship, engaging the droid or the Mandalorian as needed.

5) Get the truck outta dodge!!

I have updated. Here's a quick recap:

Kate scored a critical hit and destroyed the battledroid.

Arruna scored a critical hit and dealt an impressive 43 points of damage. Did not kill the Mandalorian though.

Awvoor did not score a critical hit but dealt 38 points of damage, enough to kill the Mandalorian.

For those interested, the Mandalorian is speaking Mando'a. If any of your characters know the language, I'll add a translation soon.

As for the Darth Kitty's loot, I'll add a list of items soon as someone has made a more detailed search. For now, you only notice the lightsaber in his hand. It's a bit bigger that usual, mostly so that he could hold it with both hands. It is also crude and doubles as a dagger when not switched on. You don't see any pouch (not with a quick look anyway), and his belt is just a leather strap and of no exceptional value.

Maps will be up soon.

EDIT: And I meant very soon. The maps are up.

Is there enough of either of the droids lefts to salvage any of there systems?

Before I post in the game I'd like to know a one thing, firstly what is there for me to pillage and how long will it take.

I should also say that I intend to take it all, surviving droid systems, mandalorian armor and weapons and anything I might find laying around the hanger.

If you open the door now, you won't have time to loot the stuff before the hangar will be swarming with Mandalorians and droids. If you loot first and open the door second, the Republicans on the other side will suffer greatly while you do. Decissions, decissions.

The droids are pretty banged up and the Mandalorians as well, but you can't tell if there's anything salvagible with a quick glance. You might want to drag the corpses and droids into the ship to have a good look at what you have, but that too takes time.

I think a speeder would speed things up a little bit. The droid Kate blasted and got blasted apart by my speeder is too far gone to be worth the effort but I think I'll salvage the other droid if it isn't in too many peaces and drag the mandalorains corpses onto the ship.

How long would this take? (Has no stand on if I do it or not, I'll just ask for some help and that the jedi try to hold of the mandalorains for as long as possible before boarding the ship)

I could give you an estimate. Move action to get to the first Mandalorian (the one Kate cut), Move action to haul him onto your speeder, Move action to get to the other Mandalorian and the droid by the ship, two Move actions to haul them both onto your speeder, finally a Move action to get the speeder into the ship (cargo bay).

All in all, it would take you at least three rounds (two Move actions per round), and that's me being generous and not very accurate (I could ask for a Swift action to get out of the speeder and another to get back in). During that time, the Republic troops might get killed and the Mandalorians start rushing into the hangar along with their droid friends.

But once on the ship, you'll have plenty of time to examine the loot.

:: Haha! Seriously, Loki, you are like super hard-core about looting bodies! And Skari-dodo, I'd say you were being super generous about how long it would take to load up the bodies.

Anyway... just so that there are no hard feelings later on... Ben will be grabbing the Embassador and heading for the ship. (if the Khil is still alive). Only person I'll be defending is him. Top priorities for Ben:

1) Get the datacard to his Jedi master (aka "get off this ship").
2) Save the Embassador.
3) Help the Republicans get off the ship.


Truth is, Ben will not be able to understand why Arruna is looting the bodies (especially at a time like this). Well... he'll probably chalk it up as "greedy-little Twi'lek", and leave her to her own devices.

Just giving you a heads up. While I as a player understand trying to get "the loot" (although, to be honest, I expected Arruna to be choosing her life over loot right now... I had expected her to park her speeder in the cargo hold first chance and then try to convince the good doctor while he should leave right now!), Ben the character does not care a bit about the loot.