ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Mr. Hurricane]

Tippy graciously helps Jaakko get his food. They return to the table.

"Where'd Walt go?" Jaakko asks.

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[Qwepir]

Walter goes to speak to Coaxoch before she leaves but stops himself thinking she has something more important to do, he instead turns over to Musashi.

"Musashi correct? I always get Raiden's pilots mixed up."

Coaxoch stops with Musashi anyway.
: Yes, that would be me.

Meanwhile, Gus begins having a bizarre dream. A voice is speaking to him over the communication system of the suit of power armor he is currently wearing.
: Those you once considered your allies have betrayed the Coalition, and sold military intelligence to the Porlaqi government. Destroy them.

Gus is inside a claustrophobic and dimly lit room, with a locked but flimsy looking wooden door before him. He can hear voices on the other side, though what they are saying is incomprehensible.

[Gojira]

"He said something about going over to the hangars."

[Badger]

"I guess coaxoch too, what are your thoughts on aircraft decorations or insignias?"

[CypherX]

Gus looks around in surprise. Instead of being tethered to a hospital bed and dialysis machine, he is suited in two thousand pound imperial power armour. He wills his body to move, and it moves, but almost not of its own accord, as if assisted by some external force, like a puppet on sluggish strings. He looks over his body. On his left arm, a colossal device with three enormous claws encases his hand. Moving his fingers also moves the claws, if somewhat slower. In his right glove he holds a monstrously oversized machinegun, more of an anti-aircraft weapon, as if it were nothing more than a water bottle. The helmet, which is distinctly fixed, displays on HUD that he has a rocket launcher and a strangely familiar Zent rifle on his back. Despite being naturally quite tall himself, he now stands well over eight feet.

The voice over his radio jolts him back to his dream, and something compels him to obey and move onwards. He steps towards the door, and then begins to sprint as best as one can wearing a miniature car.

[carolcat]

Gus looks around in surprise. Instead of being tethered to a hospital bed and dialysis machine, he is suited in two thousand pound imperial power armour. He wills his body to move, and it moves, but almost not of its own accord, as if assisted by some external force, like a puppet on sluggish strings.

[Qwepir]

"I guess coaxoch too, what are your thoughts on aircraft decorations or insignias?"

: I never decorated my aircraft other than tally marks to denote victories.
: I'm the same way. Why do you ask?

Gus looks around in surprise. Instead of being tethered to a hospital bed and dialysis machine, he is suited in two thousand pound imperial power armour. He wills his body to move, and it moves, but almost not of its own accord, as if assisted by some external force, like a puppet on sluggish strings. He looks over his body. On his left arm, a colossal device with three enormous claws encases his hand. Moving his fingers also moves the claws, if somewhat slower. In his right glove he holds a monstrously oversized machinegun, more of an anti-aircraft weapon, as if it were nothing more than a water bottle. The helmet, which is distinctly fixed, displays on HUD that he has a rocket launcher and a strangely familiar Zent rifle on his back. Despite being naturally quite tall himself, he now stands well over eight feet tall.

The voice over his radio jolts him back to his dream, and something compels him to obey and move onwards. He steps towards the door, and then begins to sprint as best as one can wearing a miniature car.

Gus smashes through the door and finds himself in Mjolnir's briefing room. To your right, at the podium 10 meters away, is a Porlaqi overseer addressing the ten soldiers seated in the room.

Rolling for Initiative:
Porlaqi Overseer rolls 1d10: 1
Adding Agility Bonus (3): 4
Fake Gus rolls 1d10: 1
Adding AB (2): 3
Porlaq takes initiative.

Finding almost a dozen Porlaqi soldiers inside an Aesthian installation is startling to Gus, but not nearly as startling as his sudden appearance is to the Porlaqis. Thus, they are surprised, and lose their turn. The nearest soldier is 4 meters away.

[CypherX]

Gus raises his right arm and sprays down the crowd of seated Porlaqis with the MG.

[Qwepir]

Gus raises his right arm and sprays down the crowd of seated Porlaqis with the MG.

Fake Gus Ballistic Skill 40
MG03 range 100
Full Auto provides penalty of 10
Target at 4m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 40
Roll: 2 - success by 4 degrees
Result: 2 hits to arm
Additional hits allocated to nearby target: 1 hit to body, 1 hit to head
Magazine: 110/120

F.G. BS 40
MG03 range 100
Full Auto provides penalty of 10
Target at 4m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 40
Roll: 7 - success by 4 degrees
Result: 2 hits to body
Additional hits allocated to nearby target: 1 hit to body, 1 hit to head
Magazine: 100/120

MG03 Damage = 1d10+3: 2, 9
18 total damage
Porlaqi Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Porlaqi takes 15 damage
HP Remaining: -5/10

MG03 Damage = 1d10+3: 2, 8
17 total damage
Porlaqi Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Porlaqi takes 14 damage
HP Remaining: -4/10

MG03 Damage = 1d10+3: 3, 4
13 total damage
Porlaqi Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Porlaqi takes 10 damage
HP Remaining: 0/10

MG03 Damage = 1d10+3: 6, 5
17 total damage
Porlaqi Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Porlaqi takes 14 damage
HP Remaining: -4/10
Gus's opening barrage reduces arms, heads, and torsos to so much meat, and strikes terror in the hearts of the men still standing.

Porlaqi Overseer Willpower 45
Roll: 82 - failure

With a cry of "Every man for himself!", the overseer forsakes his duties and begins dashing for the door while the rest of his men go to ground, pinned.

The overseer is now 18m away, about to run through a separate exit. The nearest soldier is now 7m away.

[CypherX]

"DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!" Gus shouts with murderous glee as the light of the rounds being fired illuminates his helmet.


Gus aims at the overseer and lets loose a burst.

(half turn aim + full auto burst)

[Qwepir]

"DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!" Gus shouts with murderous glee as the light of the rounds being fired illuminates his helmet.


Gus aims at the overseer and lets loose a burst.

(half turn aim + full auto burst)

F.G. BS 40
MG03 range 100
Full Auto provides penalty of 10
Target at 18m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10
Aimed shot provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 50
Roll: 13 - success by 4 degrees
Result: 2 hits to body, 1 hit to arm, 1 hit to head
Magazine: 90/120

MG03 Damage = 1d10+3: 9, 7, 7, 4
39 total damage
Porlaqi Toughness Bonus 3
Total Damage Reduction: 3
Porlaqi takes 36 damage
HP Remaining: -21/15
The overseer is reduced to a pile of meat and bones.

Two of the soldiers pick up the courage to fire their rifle from "cover" (note: chairs are not cover).
Porlaq BS 25
MoNg range 100
Single Shot provides bonus of 10
Target at 8m. Short range provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 45
Roll: 6 - success
Result: 1 hit to body

Porlaq BS 25
MoNg range 100
Single Shot provides bonus of 10
Target at 8m. Short range provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 45
Roll: 20 - success
Result: 1 hit to head

MoNg Damage = 1d10+3: 7
10 total damage
Gus's Toughness Bonus 5
Power Armor AP 8
Total Damage Reduction: 13
Gus takes 0 damage
HP Remaining: 18/18

MoNg Damage = 1d10+3: 9
12 total damage
Gus's Toughness Bonus 5
Power Armor AP 8
Total Damage Reduction: 13
Gus takes 0 damage
HP Remaining: 18/18
The bullets plink off his armored carapace, only marring the aquila relief right below the visor.

Six targets remain
Nearest target: 7m
Farthest target: 9m

[CypherX]

Turning the suit in annoyance, Gus walks through the chairs, firing off a burst and flexing his left hand.

(movement + FAB)

[Qwepir]

Turning the suit in annoyance, Gus walks through the chairs, firing off a burst and flexing his left hand.

(movement + FAB)

The chairs are no obstacle, cast aside with the same indifference as your previous targets.
F.G. BS 40
MG03 range 100
Full Auto provides penalty of 10
Target at 4m. "Short" range provides bonus of 10
Aimed shot provides bonus of 10
Test taken at 50
Roll: 63 - failure
Result: miss
Magazine: 80/120
You miss, but it's enough of a display to make the remaining six begin attempting to surrender.

Six targets remain
Nearest target: 4m
Farthest target: 6m

[CypherX]

Gus charges the nearest soldier, swinging his left arm with claws extended as one may swat at a fly.

[carolcat]

Two of the soldiers pick up the courage to fire their rifle from "cover" (note: chairs are not cover).

not with that suit, at least