[D1, MM] A Merry Chase Thru the Woods (Group 2)

[Flession]

((Second part will come in the morning. Feel free to heal & RP in the meantime))

[Mayrelli Fayedd]

A winded looking Mayrelli shuffles over to a tree stump and plonks herself down with a sigh, injecting a stim pack into her arm.

“So, firstly, ow. Secondly, good job everyone! We definitely showed them something.”

[Mauricio Reeves]

Mauricio lowered himself back to the field of battle, kicking off the thrusters of the pack as his toes barely touched the ground. Both blasters were spun on his trigger fingers, before quickly holstered.

Taking the moment to draw some stims, he went to patching himself up.

"They made the call, yeah?"

[Mayrelli Fayedd]

“Preeeetty sure I heard them call it in. Probably a bunch of bucketheads rushing over here as we speak.”

May pauses loading another shell into her scattergun.
“Wait, am I allowed to say that? Our helmets are kinda bucketish. I might need to work on my insults.”

[Garen Saxon]

Garen gave a hefty shrug, then replaced his hammer on its mount on his back. "I don't think anyone would call us that." He said.

He looked around. "I think I heard the call. Now, we're supposed to leave signs of a base nearby." He crossed his arms over his chest as he considered. "Stomp around to make a bit of a trail, drop a ration wrapper or two? I could drain a blaster pack, leave it nearby."

[Soleene Stryss]

"I'm pretty sure they got some sort of message already, I'm not so sure if there's a need to put more dressing on it," she replied with a shrug. "If they were smart, they would step back and think things over. But, I didn't think they exactly called them Considertroopers."

[Flession]

We Were Here

Now that the Stormtroopers are taken care of, it's time to leave some potential signs of life to signify they were on to something!

One person needs a Deception check at a difficulty of your choosing. The more difficult you make it, the more believable the deception will be. On a success, a roll will be made to determine if it is believable. Advantages and Threats will add a boost or setbacks to the roll made to determine if it is believable. Triumphs will upgrade the difficulty of it.

This roll may be assisted. Everyone who is not making this roll or assisting needs to make a Daunting Perception check with 3 upgrades.

[Mauricio Reeves]

As the gunslinger walked while those better suited to deception did the work, the rangefinder on his helmet slipped into position, and the HUF went into a different view, the screen flashing white and blue, with sounds showing off as points of origins.

Something pinged, as his head scanned the area.

MM1 - A Merry Chase Thru the Woods - What does the scouter say!? (Cunning 2, Perception 1, Omniscanner +1eB, Daunting, Upgraded thrice): 1eP+1eA+1eB+3eC+1eD 2 successes, 3 threat

[Flession]

You notice some leaves blowing along the side of the of a tree. Not at all unusual on the surface: it is somewhat windy, after all, but the leaves seem to be spreading in in a small, circular spread.

[Mauricio Reeves]

"I think I've found something." Mauricio spoke over the comm, heading over to the tree, examining the leaves and the motion they made as he got closer, an armored hand moving over the base of the tree, whatever wind felt at where the skin peeked from behind his gauntlet and the glove.

[Garen Saxon]

Meanwhile, the others were trying to set up the deception, but it wasn't going great...

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D1MM, fake camp, average dif, boost from May and Sol: 2eA+2eB+2eD 0 successes, 1 threat

[Flession]

The, uh, deception was...not your best. Would they be fooled by this? I mean, likely not...in fact, it's kinda a crap job. Good thing Mandalore isn't here to look at the terrible job you just did with his brillian--oh look, Mauricio is there, pointing at something. Probably go focus on that, rather than your failure.

As Mauricio approaches, he begins to see the blowing wind begin to move backwards very slowly, still in that circular motion as it moves.

[Mayrelli Fayedd]

"Look, I'm pretty sure us writing 'Mandalorian Base' with an arrow straight down will keep those bu-, those bumblers busy for a while."
Mayrelli looks up at what Mauricio has found.
"What's that anyway?"

[Mauricio Reeves]

"Not quite sure." He quickly drew his main pistol, the grip comfortable in his hand, "But it's giving me a bad feeling about the situation." His tone was steady, a certain edge of danger to it, as he began to follow the wind.

[Mayrelli Fayedd]

May looks at the pile of dead stormtroopers.
"Uhhh, me too."
Still, best to stick together. She'll join the investigation.

[Soleene Stryss]

Soleene found herself groaning but following along. She had a feeling that going toward the peculiar discovery was never a good idea.

[Flession]

As you all approach whatever has Mauricio's attention, the circular wind begins to stop moving again and for several moments it continues to blow ever so faintly until the droid decloaks and starts to shoot at those who were following it, although it seems to hit a tree and any one of you.

Clearly designed to be a probe droid by its technical aspect, though the cloaking field may be a new one for many of you.

Doesn't seem all that powerful and a single shot will take care of it.

[Mauricio Reeves]

A blaster bolt went flying, into the little probe droid. Mauricio meant to keep his aim to disable it, and hopefully recover the droid for further study.

After a moment, the gunslinger flourished and holstered the pistol.

"Shit."

[Flession]

The droid plops down and a heap of smoke comes out of it.

Safe to say it was destroyed, but the frame at least could be taken with you, if you wish.

[Garen Saxon]

"... huh." Garen said, coming up to join them.

He tilted his head thoughtfully. "I wonder if we can access its data core? Maybe we can make it look like it picked a base up on sensors?" He grunted. "Of course, it's probably more useful to just take it back to study."