Prelude: The Grand Design

[Vardaen]

Onichi blocks his face as a few bits of debris fly his way. He is the lone gunman now, and if he can take down that last Trooper its all over. So he closes one eye, lines up his shot and puts he blaster fire right in the bullseyes center of the enemy's chest. That causes the Stormtrooper to spin around before hitting the ground. Onichi's keen ears do hear the alarms going off now, fire warning, and the klaxons calling for more aid. You have no time to waste before more Trooper show!

Roll

3 Success - 9 Dmg - 5 Soak = 4 = DEAD, Advantage - Notice something aka More Stormtroopers on the way if you don't move NOW

[Hermit]

Not a moment after neutralizing the remaining threat, Onichi wordlessly jams his blaster pistol back within the confines of his holster and makes a hasty embarkation upon Cander's ship. Ensuring that everyone is onboard and accounted for, the detective hastily searches for a panel or lever to interact with in order to close the hatch.

[ManWithDoor]

Cander knows the ship like the back of his hand (admittedly, there's now more blood and flame there than there used to be), and he painfully takes charge. Once all three are up the ramp he toggles the lever, and it begins closing again. He hobbles to the cockpit, reaches into a compartment, and pulls out a Stimpack and jams it in his arm with a loud sigh of relief. Then he slides into the pilots seat and begins the boot-up sequence. "Anyone else hit bad? I've got a couple more stimpacks over there if you need. Always good to be ready for emergencies."

OOC

In case someone else has Piloting, I've got no Training in those skills. The smuggler doesn't dogfight, he generally just auto-pilots from one station to the next. If you've got skills, feel free to speak up! We might need you soon.

[Muskrat]

"I think you're the worst off," says Vashu, looking at Cander with concern. "Let's get out of here before they scramble too many ships to intercept us and than we can you properly treated." She sits down to the side, saying, "I'm afraid I'm no pilot, but I should be able to pull some tricks with your computer systems."

[Vardaen]

The ramp on the ship is closing, everyone on board.

Cander rummages around in his in medpack and injects himself with a stim easing the pain. The bootup for the ship will take a moment, many tense moments, but she's nearly ready.

Nearly, that's when out of the port side view hole you see another four Stormtroopers arrive. At first they are a bit baffled at the scene, but one points at the ship....

OOC

Stimpack Heal 5 Wounds, Back up to 8/11

[Hermit]

"I'm touched that you would care so much for my wellbeing Cander," quips Onichi in melodramatic fashion. The trademark smirk has returned, though there remains a hint of concern behind those citrine eyes. Such concern recedes though as he watches Cander produce a stimpak and ride the wave of relief that follows after injection. With little else to do at the moment, Onichi paces aimlessly about the ship in order to familiarize himself with its interior before joining the others in the cockpit just as the smuggler begins booting up the ship's systems.

A blur of movement from out of the port side window alerts the Pantoran to the arrival of a fresh squad of plastic toy soldiers. "This rig got fangs by chance? I'm thinking we might be needing to bare them and soon."

[ManWithDoor]

"Yep. Nothing fancy, but they'll at least scare off some guardsmen, giving us a clear exit." He pulls up a high-level layout of the ship, pointing out the weapons controls.

OOC

The ship is a G9 Rigger Light Freighter (you can find it in the Vehicles section of the Character Generator. Here are the Stats:

Hull Type: Light Freighter
Categories: Starship, Non-Fighter Starship
Hyperdrive: Primary Class 3
Navicomputer: Yes
Sensor Range: Medium
Ship's Complement: One pilot, one co-pilot
Encumbrance Capacity: 80
Passenger Capacity: 6
Consumables: One month
Cost: 55,000
Rarity: 5
Customization Hard Points: 4 (4 Remaining)
Weapons:
(1) Dorsal Mounted Auto-Blaster (Fire Arc: Forward; Damage: 3; Critical: 5; Range: Close; Qualities: Auto Fire)
(1) Outrigger Turret Mounted Light Blaster Cannon (Fire Arc: Forward, Aft, Starboard; Damage: 4; Critical: 4; Range: Close)
(1) Ventral Wing Mounted Light Blaster Cannon (Fire Arc: Forward; Damage: 4; Critical: 4; Range: Close)

[Vardaen]

Cander has the engine on, the flight controls powered up and he slides into the seat. He's not much of a pilot, normally using his knowledge of smuggler routes, or fast talking to navigate his way around. Still he can fly her, and she lifts off up over the ground. The Stormtroopers race into the hangar bay, and take a moment to see the scene. Then they open fire on the ship. They hit the side of her, leaving some blast marks, but it will take more than a few blasters to bring the G9 Rigger down.

Onichi sits down at the fire controls and scans through the weaponry, he notices the ventral gun and powers it up, but by the time he's ready to fire the ship is banking around to the port and head sky ward. You have caught them by surprise and in minutes you are clear of the gravity well of the planet and Cander punches up the Hyperdrive to make the jump to light speed.

[Muskrat]

Vashu forces herself to hold in her sigh of relief, thinking, It can't be this easy--someone's going to try to intercept us. She sits in front of the ship's computer systems, prepared to jam the enemy's comms if necessary.

[ManWithDoor]

"Seems we're free, so the next minute at least. It'll take some time for them to call in an orbital patrol ship, or warm up some fighters. Regardless, we need to make the calculations for jump to hyper-speed." He hopes the system is an established in in his databases, rather than having to make the calculations on the fly.