<Brett> [Day: Thursday, June 19th.  Time: 800 p.m.]
<Brett> [There's a rather loud explosion as a bomb goes off on the roof of
Blitzkrieg Section 3's skyscraper HQ.  It leaves a large hole directly over the
room where Iris Koenig is being held.  She's strapped to the north wall, wearing
a helmet with goggles and wires that run to a machine built all around her.]
<Brett> [Also present are two girls who look like Jamie used to, a chubby
40-something man in a white coat, with a thick beard and round-lensed
spectacles, and Defense Minister Ludwig Bernstein.]
<Brett> [The bad news is that you know that the room adjacent contains 25 armed
Blitzkrieg Section 1 agents, including the four aces and Adya Choybalsan. 
Better think fast.]
<Brett> [Session start, and gimmie init rolls]
<Keiko> 2d8+7
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8+7) and gets a natural 4 for a result
of 11.
<Togo> 2d8+14
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 25.
<Jamie> 2d8+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8+8) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 18.
<Roseli> 2d8+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8+8) and gets a natural 6 for a result
of 14.
<Heinrick> 2d8+8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+8) and gets a natural 7 for a
result of 15.
<Brett> ( Wow. )
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Brett> [The scientist is Dr. Schuhmacher, by the way.]
<Togo> ( Are we in the room, or above it? )
<Brett> ( You're above it, on the roof )
<Brett> ( And the people in the room appear to be stunned. )
<Togo> ( Do I have line of sight to the machine? )
<Brett> ( Yep. )
* Togo levels his assault rifle and fires a burst into the machine. "Take out
that fucking machine before they swarm us!"
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 4.
<Togo> ( Made by 5 )
<Brett> ( Iris is strapped into the machine. You're going to need a called shot
to hit it without hitting her. )
<Togo> ( ... well, that's an issue. )
<Togo> ( RETCON )
<Jamie> (... Then he made by one?)
<Togo> ( ... good point! )
<Heinrick> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a
result of 8.
<Brett> [Togo shoots a buncha bullets into the machine, causing a lot of sparks,
but it still seems to be active.  Karin screams, "Careful! You'll hit Iris!"]
<Brett> ( Oh shit, I forgot to roll init for her. :O )
<Brett> [Jamie!]
* Jamie blinks in confusion as she thought she was supposed to take care of the
machine with her powers, but if the plan is to shoot it...
* Jamie aims and then fires.
<Jamie> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 8 for a result
of 7.
<Jamie> (Lots of making by ones)
<Brett> [Jamie shoots the machine, sending up more sparks.]
<Brett> [Karin spends her action dropping into the room.  She fires a spread as
she goes in, more to keep them at bay than to hit anyone.  Which is good, since
she doesn't.]
<Brett> [Heinrick]
* Heinrick speaks over the comms, hissing but keeping it low. "If we can get the
helmet off first, it should break contact." He gives Keiko a momentary glance
but doesn't give her any orders. "In the meantime..." He throws one of the
syringe daggers at one of the Hotaru clones. Look, he remembered her old name!
<Heinrick> 2d8+4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8+4) and gets a natural 9 for a
result of 13.
<Heinrick> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 4 for a
result of 0.
<Heinrick> (Too used to 3e now.)
<Jamie> (Heh)
<Brett> [The Hotaru gets chloroform injected directly into her bloodstream. Ew.]
<Brett> [And she goes down.]
<Brett> [Rose]
* Roseli hits a series of buttons on her bracelet, then aims and fires at the
conscious Hotaru's Ten doll.
<Roseli> (Bump me up +10 on the init order and... er, what's the penalty on this
called shot?)
<Brett> ( +6 )
<Roseli> (Holy crap.)
<Roseli> (Oh well, decided to shoot anyway...)
<Keiko> (FULL ATTAAAAAAACK)
<Roseli> (Yeah, fuck it, full attack so maybe I can actually hit.)
<Roseli> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 3.
<Roseli> (Woot!)
<Brett> [Rose decapacitates Ten.]
<Brett> [Keiko]
<Roseli> (Yay!  That's my third one!)
<Keiko> (Does the machine _look like_ I could rip the helmet off?)
<Keiko> (I have had bad luck with removing helmets from people in the past.)
<Brett> [It looks a bit like a pilot's helmet, with goggles.  It's pretty hard
to tell at that distance.]
<Heinrick> (You need little Ten notches to put on your belt or the side of your
gun)
<Keiko> (Are we more than 10 meters away, then?)
<Keiko> (Because that's, like, 3 stories.)
<Brett> d2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 1 for a result of
1.
<Brett> ( No. )
<Keiko> (Hooray!)
<Keiko> (I'm gonna fly down to her, then. Then I'll be able to see!)
<Brett> ( Go ahead )
* Keiko angles downward, flying into the room now that a number of the threats
were neutralized, to try to get up close and personal with Iris and the machine
and the 'removing the helmet.' She's got a frown on her face.
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Keiko> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 10.
<Togo> ( I assume I can't get down there and to Iris and the helmet on the same
turn? )
<Brett> ( Nope )
* Togo gets into position to cover the door from the roof, and holds where he is
for now.
<Togo> ( Hold action )
<Brett> [Jamie]
<Jamie> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 8.
<Jamie> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result
of 10.
<Brett> [Karin makes for Iris.  She fires on Bernstein on the way, but he ducks
behind a computer.]
<Brett> [And then he's up almost immediately, rushing at her with his punching
daggers.  She dodges the first, and manages to catch the second on her gun. 
Meanwhile, he shouts, "They're here! Hurry up!"]
<Brett> [There's a pounding at the door to the room.]
<Brett> [And then it's Heinrick's turn!]
<Heinrick> (Who *can* we get to in this turn?)
<Brett> ( Anyone but Iris )
<Keiko> (I'm to Iris!)
<Keiko> (It's pretty sweet being me.)
* Heinrick nods slightly and jumps down to assist Karin, rushing forward to grab
Bernstein and pull him off her. If for nothing else than a hostage.
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a
result of 9.
<Brett> [That plan doesn't work quite so well, though.   Heinrick fails to get a
grip on Ludwig.]
<Brett> [Rose]
* Roseli fires at the defense minister from above. Bullets from above!
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result
of 1.
<Brett> [Rose shoots the Defense Minister.  A glancing hit, but nonetheless he
screams, "Treason! I'll have your heads for this!"]
<Brett> [Meanwhile, the doctor runs to a computer terminal and starts rapidly
typing.]
<Brett> [Keiko!]
* Roseli spots the doctor and his typing. "Stop the machine, Jamie."
* Keiko mutters, "Fuck off," as she telekinetically removes the helmet from
Iris.
* Jamie nods and grins. Orders are wonderful things.
<Brett> ( Go ahead and roll for it. )
<Jamie> (Keiko?)
<Keiko> (Didn't think I had to roll for 'lift object'. Sorry.)
<Keiko> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result
of 11.
<Keiko> (Well, if it's a non-modified difficulty task, I just failed to lift a
helmet.)
<Roseli> (I am rather surprised she has to roll for it - unless Iris is
resisting?)
<Keiko> (By 1.)
<Brett> [Keiko attempts to lift the helmet, causing Iris to cry out.  Apparently
it doesn't come off so easily.]
<Roseli> (Should have full attacked!  er, lifted.)
<Keiko> (Can't.)
* Keiko can't feel her pain. That makes this easier. She comm-mutters, "Sorry.
Must have missed something."
<Brett> ( Keiko, gimme a def roll, +2 )
<Keiko> (Is it from one of the people in the room I have telepathy to?)
<Brett> ( Nope )
<Keiko> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 11.
<Keiko> (Fail.)
<Keiko> (Hits the shield.)
<Brett> [At this point, Eileen Rhodes pops into the room, directly behind Keiko,
and jabs a needle at her back.  A really long, thick needle made of bone, coming
from the inside of her wrist. "Miss me, dear?" Luckily for Keiko, her shield
absorbs most of it, so the impact only scratches her skin.]
<Brett> [Togo]
<Brett> ( Incidentally, for those still up top, jumping into the room and
attacking at the same time carries a +2 )
<Brett> [Oh, and the pounding on the door suddenly stops.]
<Heinrick> (They're not as close range as the rest of us!)
<Heinrick> (Well, except Rose. :o)
<Roseli> (:o)
<Roseli> (I decided to keep my distance because it's hard to fly me up!)
<Keiko> (She's so considerate.)
* Togo switches aim, and fires a burst at Eileen. "Goddammit! Someone shut that
thing off!"
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 9.
<Togo> ( Made )
<Brett> [Togo first a burst of bullets at Eileen, most of which miss.  One
almost hits her, though, but she deflects it by turning her non-Keiko-impaling
arm into a shield.]
<Brett> [Rose, then possibly Jamie go.  I need to AFK a min]
* Keiko gasps as she gets scratched by the needle, then hisses back, "No. Just
waiting every day."
<Roseli> (I'ma hold my turn for Jamie.)
* Jamie attempts to stop the machine that the former high priest is typing into.
<Jamie> 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-6) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 6.
<Jamie> (Made by 2 before any extra negative mods you want to put on there)
<Brett> ( Back )
<Jamie> (Yay)
<Roseli> (Oh good, I was about to fall asleep! ^^)
<Brett> ( K. Rose? )
<Heinrick> (Me too. ^^;)
<Roseli> (I wanted to know if there were any results to Jamie's actions, but if
not...)
<Brett> [Nothing evident.]
* Roseli fires at the doctor typing away at the keyboard while his attention's
distracted. Not very sporting of her. "Get that helmet off of Iris," she comms
to her team (+ Karin).
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 12 for a
result of 8.
<Brett> [Rose shoots the doc. He screams, but struggles to keep typing.]
<Brett> [Karin fires at the Defense Minister, but he's a slippery bugger.  He
ducks out of the way, then comes up slashing with his daggers.  Karin manages to
dodge one, but the other scores a long cut on her arm.]
<Brett> [Heinrick.]
<Heinrick> (*again awaits Brett's answers to his several questions in /msg*)
* Heinrick figures Karin has a handle on the situation, draws one of his daggers
out of his coat and glances at Keiko. He lets out a brief heh. "Priorities." He
throws the dagger at the one of the bundles of cords connecting to Iris's
machines. Time for plan B.
<Heinrick> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 4 for a
result of 0.
<Brett> ( Karin just got her arm cut open >.> )
<Brett> [That said, Heinrick manages to cut one of the cords.]
<Heinrick> (She chose to focus on the Defense Minister rather than let Heinrick
take care of him!)
<Brett> [Herr Dr. continues to type.]
<Brett> [Keiko!]
<Heinrick> (So *someone's* got to work on Iris!)
* Keiko comms, "Gonna be hard to help Iris..." as she whirls on Eileen, trying
to establish mental contact as she puts her shield back up. "Come on, Eileen,
let me in." She manages a thin smirk. "That's why you keep coming after me,
isn't it?"
<Keiko> (Am I gonna have to roll for it?)
<Brett> [She smiles. "Actually, it's because I want to see you suffer."  And
jabs the needle-appendage at Keiko again.]
<Brett> ( And that'sa need a def roll. )
<Keiko> (Telepathy first? It kinda affects the defense.)
<Brett> ( Sure. )
<Keiko> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 6.
<Keiko> (Make by 4. Dunno what her mind shield's at.)
<Brett> [Keiko avoids impalement.]
<Brett> [And the door to the roof bursts open. A guard steps out, more rapidly
following behind him.]
<Brett> [Togo]
* Keiko 's mouth parts as she gets in contact with Eileen, and just sidesteps
the appendage. "Not... this time, Eileen. We're gonna share this pain."
* Togo pulls out a flash grenade, and tosses it through the doorway at the
oncoming horde. "I can't hold them off without blowing them the fuck up much
longer!"
<Togo> 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result
of 6.
<Brett> [There's a big flash. Woosh.]
<Brett> [Rose!]
<Roseli> (How much is "more"?)
<Roseli> (Like, are there two guards?  Four?  Fifteen?)
<Brett> ( You can't tell. All you know is there's an open door to a stairwell
and there's people coming up it. )
* Roseli looks. "Company," she comms. "Get Iris detached." That done, she rushes
the guard that had the nerve to show up first and tries to grab him, putting her
gun to his head.
<Roseli> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8-4) and gets a natural 3 for a result
of -1.
<Brett> [Rose grabs the guard.]
<Brett> [Jamie.]
* Jamie tries to get the machine unlocked so she can get in and stop Shumacher,
as per orders.
<Jamie> \
<Jamie> 2 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2 2d8-6) and gets a natural 3 for a
result of 6 -3.
* Jamie frowns and starts to get a bit frustrated.
* Heinrick comms back. "I'm working on cutting the power now. It should break
the control. Karin, get ready to guard Iris if they go after her."
<Brett> [Karin fires at Ludwig again, and hits him with a few glancing bullets,
but not enough to bring him down. "I was fighting monsters before you were even
born, girl!" He shouts as he delivers an X-shaped cut to Karin's chest.  She
staggers back, holding a free hand to her wound.]
<Brett> [Heinrick!]
* Heinrick , with that, throws a dagger to cut the back-up power too.
<Heinrick> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a
result of 10.
<Heinrick> (...)
<Keiko> (Wanna use that free crit now? ;)
<Heinrick> (I WOULD VERY MUCH SO LIKE TO YES)
<Heinrick> (;_;)
<Brett> [Contrary to his claim, Heinrick does not cut the power.]
<Brett> [And the doctor types!]
<Brett> [Keiko!]
* Heinrick curses and comms. "We need that power cut. *NOW*."
<Jamie> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-1) and gets a natural 10 for a result
of 9.
<Keiko> (Can I determine what cable Heinrick was trying to cut?)
<Brett> ( With a mechanics (micro roll) )
<Keiko> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 9.
<Keiko> (Make by 1.)
<Keiko> (So yes?)
<Brett> ( Yes )
* Keiko 's face twitches and she murmurs, "One moment, Eileen," before she looks
over her shoulder a moment, towards the machine and where Heinrick was throwing
his daggers, and reaches out a hand to telekinetically rip the cable out.
<Keiko> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result
of 9.
<Keiko> (Nope.)
<Brett> [Nothing happens!  Except Eileen makes another stab at Keiko.  And then
another. "It's what you wanted? Right?"]
<Keiko> 2d8-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-4) and gets a natural 13 for a result
of 9.
<Keiko> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result
of 12.
<Keiko> (Two hits.)
<Keiko> (The dice are seriously not with me tonight.)
<Heinrick> (Any of us.)
<Brett> [Ouch.  The first stab breaks Keiko's shield.  The next one goes clear
through her arm.  Eileen smiles as Keiko's blood spurts onto her face. "There, 
that's better."]
<Jamie> (I need to AFK, if I'm not back by my turn I keep at the locks)
<Brett> [Togo!]
<Jamie> 2 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2 2d8-6) and gets a natural 9 for a
result of 2 3.
* Keiko lets out a sharp cry of pain as she's brought back to paying full
attention to Eileen. "Alright, fine..." she says, mouth open as she starts to
breathe heavily. "... no more distractions."
<Togo> 2d8-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-1) and gets a natural 7 for a result
of 6.
* Togo takes a deep breath, focuses, trying to envision where Heinrick was
trying to hit... then adjusts his aim and fires a burst at the backup generator
with his assault rifle.
<Togo> 2d8-6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-6) and gets a natural 11 for a result
of 5.
<Togo> ( Made by 4 )
<Brett> [Togo destroys the generator, which has the same effect as cutting the
wire.  The machine goes BEEEEOOOOOOOO.....p.  And the Doctor shouts, "No! My
preciousssssssssssss!"]
<Brett> [Rose!  Who's holding onto a guard.  Who's like, "Huh? What am I doing
here? Why do my eyes hurt?"]
<Jamie> (Back)
* Roseli blinks at that, then loosens her grip and lets the guard go. She backs
away, lowering her gun and watching him. "Friendly," she tells him. "You were
controlled."
<Brett> [Jamie]
* Jamie suddenly doesn't have locks to deal with, or a machine to deal with or
an anything else with clear orders to do so she looks at Rose. (holding)
<Brett> [Karin focusses on defense for the moment.  Probably a good thing, since
she looks to be in terrible condition.  Fortunately, she manages to avoid
getting cut up any worse than she already is.]
<Brett> [Heinrick.]
<Heinrick> (Bernstein's still attacking, yes?)
<Brett> ( Yep )
* Heinrick goes up to Bernstein and attacks him with a face punch from his left
arm, interposing himself between Karin and him regardless of whether it connects
or not. He asides to Karin. "I'll cover. You get her out of there. Otherwise,
she's a sitting target."
<Heinrick> 2d8-2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-2) and gets a natural 8 for a
result of 6.
<Brett> [Heinrick punches Ludwig, a hit which knocks him off his feet.  He goes
down for the count.]
* Heinrick blinks and then straightens up, adjusting his duster. He didn't
expect it to be that easy after all that talk.
<Brett> [The doctor screams, "Backup plan! No choice but to use the backup
plan!" He runs towards Keiko, Eileen, Iris and the machine.]
<Brett> [Keiko]
* Keiko yells out, "SHOOT SOMEONE, JAMIE!" as she brings her forcefield up,
stepping into Eileen to cut off her easy attack angle. Her arm dangles to her
side as she then looks right into Eileen's eyes with her blue ones, focusing on
sending the pain of her arm through their telepathic link. "Feel the pain,
Eileen. It's what you want."
<Jamie> (Yay orders! I'll take my action next)
<Heinrick> ({System_msg} USER "Someone" does not exist)
<Keiko> 2d8
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of
5.
<Keiko> (Jamie should go.)
<Brett> [Eileen grins briefly, then suddenly scowls at Keiko. "Next time....
Next time I'll carve you up."  Then she dashes at the doctor, colliding with him
mid run, and they both vanish.]
<Brett> ( And since that ends the combat, how about we end the session, too? )
<Jamie> (Aww, I don't get to shoot Shumacher and stop his backup plan?)
<Heinrick> (I would think held action takes precident.)
<Jamie> (;_;)
* Keiko starts to wince in pain as she stands there, even trembling slightly,
and then when Eileen breaks and disappears, she drops to her knees, panting and
bleeding.
<Brett> ( Alright, take your action )
<Keiko> (I wanna see a critical.)
<Keiko> (C'mon Jamie.)
* Jamie shoots her creator, if only she could apreciate the irony.
<Jamie> 2 2d8-3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2 2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a
result of 11 9.
<Keiko> (Neither of those are criticals!)
<Jamie> (Never mind. :()
<Jamie> (They arn't even hits)
<Jamie> (Clearly it'll have to wait for a more themeatically apropriate moment.)
<Heinrick> (*offers up his non-existant DR for Jamie!*)
<Keiko> (I'd have thought you'dve used that when you missed the power cords.)
<Brett> [Jamie shoots at the Doctor, but he vanishes with Eileen, and her
bullets ping off the walls.]
<Jamie> (If you give away nothing, you still have nothing to give away!)
<Brett> [And now I'm ending.  End!]