Ch. 8 - Back in Action

[Tori]

Tori shot a look to Janxi, Tacky and Scope. Her stubby little tail swished back and forth with uncertainty. She was a point man, not a tracker. Told where to go, she would find her way. She took a moment to replace the shots she expended.

She went to her patient and looked at the boot, expectantly. "Well ya heard tha guy. Let's have a look. Take-it off." Tori examined the bum toe to see what shape the toe was in on Thing 1.

First aid1d100 needs 70
Paramedic 1d100 needs 45

[Sam]

"Ready when you are. Let's make this quick." Sam checked her rifle and gave Tori a nod. She heard Takota's stomach grown and gave him some jerky from an MRE.

[Janxi]

Janxi studied the trail and gave Tori a general direction. The trail was quite indistinct. She readied Samson and looked up to Six. "Let's git some!"

Judge distance and location of source of sound 1d100 /84 pass
Recognize and identify prey by sound 1d100 / 76 pass
Sense psychic and magic energy 1d100 /40 fail
Sense supernatural beings 1d100 /56 fail
Camouflage self1d100 /50 pass
Camouflage Tori1d100 /50 fail
Land Navigation 1d100 /64, pass
Tracking: 1d100 / 65, fail

[dakota]

Scope grumbled something as he first took off his helmet, then sat down to take off his boot. "It's not that bad, Tori. Don't worry about me." Tori on the other hand quickly recognized two things, soldier's bravado and the stench of infection. Scope's foot was getting worse, and despite Tori bandaging up where the skin had cracked open, it had continued to bleed and now she found it was discolored, now back passed the joint.

Scope looked at the fishercat as he picked up his boot to put it on and his voice dropped,"Really Tori, it's okay. Just give me some pain pills and a shot of penicillin and I'll be fine until we get back to base."

Shep's shadow fell over Tori as he stood there, helmet off of course," Well kiddo, is it one for dustoff or two? It's your call."


As Janxi and Kain (Tak?) slipped ahead to scout, both of them soon found there was far too much animal traffic in the area to really track anything well. Kain came across the tracks of some human sized movement, but they were not like any boot prints he had ever seen. There were clearly two different sets, but they were perfectly symmetrical, so much so that if one set had not stepped over the other, it would have appeared to only be one set.

Janxi saw and smelled many thngs, but it was her ears that got the most attention. somewheres ahead, she heard the predatory roars of a T-Rex, joined by the distinct discharge of a distant plasma cannon. She knew both could carry a long ways, but they were not that far off, prehaps a mile or two.



"There!"One of the mercs shouted, pointing over the canopy. Ahead of them, a bright flash of something was followed by a smoke trail rising into the sky.

[Tori]

"It is mah ad-vice that we dustoff two."

Tori's gaze fell on Scope. "Yew got swampfoot in that wound. This ain't the clap. It's gangrenous, and all the penicillin in the world ain't gonna fix that. Yer gonna need woundcare, maybe remove some of that necrotic tissue. If we get you out pretty quick, yer gonna be fine."

Tori heard the battle and the laser zap and the holler of the Merc. "Fox's sake, next time juss yell 'CS and Mercs right here.'" Her tail swished with anger, and narrowed her eyes at the merc.

"Shep, I got one more patient, and yew ain't to be trusted to tell tha truth. But... We ain't got no time fer this. We gotta schwack the gun and git tha hell out. I reckon we need ta move."

[foxx]

"Kain here; picked up some foot traffic going in the direction of our target." Kain says over the radio. He takes a knee to take a closer look, still cautious of the area. "Looks like it might be mechnical in nature, heavy armor or something else. Gimmie a kitty to look at it."

Kain looks towards the raising smoke, zeroing in on it with his cyber-eye bringing the scene closer. He would study the area to see if anything else would reveal itself. Not like they just didn't advertise their location with a big ass gun. May was well set up a big neon-sign saying 'we are here.'

Perception: 1d20

[Takota]

Moving ahead with the others Takota keeps alert hoping to catch any sign of an enemy before they get ambushed. When Kain stops to investigate the tracks Takota keeps moving forward making his way next to Janxi. He is about to say something but then cringes slightly when the merc shouts out. "Damned idiot. We should shoot 'em and be done with it!" he whispers to her before moving ahead a few more paces toward the smoke in the distance.

Sense psychic and magic energy ~ 40% 1d100

Sense Supernatural beings ~ 58% 1d100

Track human-(oids) ~ 50% 1d100

Track Animals ~ 45% 1d100

Detect Concealment ~ 45% 1d100

Recognize/identify prey by sound ~ 76% 1d100

Judge distance and location of source of sound ~ 84% 1d100

Prowl ~ 70% 1d100

[dakota]

"Great, we haven't got the firepower to take on power armor." Shep sputtered in reply to Kain . He looked at Tori, " Nothing more you can do with him then, Tori. Join up with Kain and see if you can track those prints." He keyed his comm, " Kain, Tori is coming to you. Tak, Janxi, form up on them, we go from there."

He looked at Sam, then the mercs, "Det you stay on the bosslady so Janxi is free to do her thing. Sam, Scope may not be mobile, but he can still watch over the merc boss until we can get him a dust off. Recommend we leave them here concealed for now."

" I can leave One of my guys, not much for med training, but can help if we get flanked." The merc replacement leader suggested.

"Your call Bosslady." Shep said


As Takota slipped into the bush, he knew that ther was definitely something not right aroundthem. Maybe it was the firefight and roaring T-rex, but something had the jungle all the animals around them spooked.

Kain focused in on the firefight in the distance and could see something through an opening in the canopy. It looked like a bunker of some sort at his maximum range. It was definitely man made, and another flash told him it was the location of the firefight .

[Mierin]

Sam listens to Shep and looks at the merc replacement leader and nods. "Sure, leave one of your guys here. Any help we can get for medical, the better off we are. I also have basic first aid training." Sam looks to see if everyone is ready to head out.

[foxx]

Kain continues his observation of the bunker like building and the smoke raising from it. Someone was defintely having trouble with the local wild life and they came prepared with a little hidey-hole. He takes a moment to mark it on his map and update it with some quick notes.

"Watching the area where the bunker is, about a klick out. Seem to be where the shooting is coming from." Kain says over the radio, putting his gear away and taking up his rifle once more. He waits for Tori to come up to his location before going on their little snipe-bot hunt.

perception 1d20

[Tori]

"Aye-aye," Tori said, heading up towards Kain. She thought the three cats might be able to fry the gun if given enough explosives. Power armor could be avoided.

Tori joined Kain almost silently. "Shep sent me up to lend a hand. What have we got up here, other than whoopin' mercs?"

Wait for sixth sense to engage
Intel 1d100 needs 55
prowl 1d100 needs 90
Camouflaged
Detect concealment 1d100 needs 50
Detect ambush 1d100 needs 60
Detect mines/traps 1d100 needs 50
Judge distance and location of source of sound 1d100 needs 84
Recognize and identify prey by sound 1d100 needs 76
Sense psychic and magic energy 1d100 needs 40
Sense supernatural beings 1d100 needs 58

[Janxi]

Janxi looked to Takota, searching for a course of action. She'd love to sneak down and mine the fuck out of the gun, and blow it up. At the moment, she was content to watch, wait and think.

Judge distance and location of source of sound 1d100 /84
Recognize and identify prey by sound 1d100 / 76
Sense psychic and magic energy 1d100 /40
Sense supernatural beings 1d100 /56
Camouflage self1d100 /50
Camouflage Tori1d100 /50
Land Navigation 1d100 /64
Tracking: 1d100 / 65

[dakota]

"Hicks, you're on the Boss" the merc team leader said, "The rest of you saddle up and follow those cats lead. From here on in, we have their six. Shiv, take them out."

The juicer nodded and started off in the direction Tori had gone, followed by the other three. " Harm and Tweak are good in a firefight, and the short one is Tanner, he's an artist with explosives. They wont get in your team's way."

"Explosives. Bosslady, we might be able to slow down that thing afterall." Shep grinned widely


As the cats started to form up on Kain and he pointed out the bunker, something odd happened. The bunker moved out of sight under the canopy.

[Tori]

"Primary acquired. It's on the move. Please advise lase and strike when stopped, dispatch infantry escort, track and observe or do yew want us takin' di-rect action, over?" Tori barely breathed into the mic and continued to observe for the gun, gesturing for Kain to follow and stay low.

Wait for sixth sense to engage
Intel 1d100 needs 55
prowl 1d100 needs 90
Camouflaged
Detect concealment 1d100 needs 50
Detect ambush 1d100 needs 60
Detect mines/traps 1d100 needs 50
Judge distance and location of source of sound 1d100 needs 84
Recognize and identify prey by sound 1d100 needs 76
Sense psychic and magic energy 1d100 needs 40
Sense supernatural beings 1d100 needs 58

[foxx]

Kain quickly, but quietly follows after Tori, keeping his eyes open and trying to track the now apparently moving bunker. More likley their target but they had to make sure. Hopefully it would stop once more so they could catch up with it. Maybe the T-rex spooked them and they felt they needed to move it.

Perception: 1d20

Prowl: 1d100 /48%, fail