Perseus Expansion – Episode 2
Dr Klaus was extremely intrigued by the propulsion systems on the city drone that hovered knowingly over the street. (Assessment 6-) He discovered that they have facial recognition scanning as he was duly bathed in a blue arcing laser light.
Kerin’s Bar, a reasonably clean joint just off the Cityplex main throughfare.
A series of encounters include the off duty city cops, a gambling terminal, and the Arcball game. Yes, Nadia was here and surely no coincidence, talking intently to another patron, a rangy youngish man with straw coloured hair and the ragged approximation of a beard. The swaying bacta dancer diverted to the thumping sound of Mass Effect.
Nadia, having concluded whatever business or pleasure she was indulging in left the bar, giving Tyrrell a knowing wink as she left. Tyrrell followed her to the rubberised flap doors that provided a warehouse like exit tot he bar. To see a number of metallic forms arrive into the lobby. Meanwhile Klaus’ picture scan appeared on the advert brake screen that had been showing the local arcball game. As Gorm tried to distract teh offduty citycops he only managed to draw their attention to the actual Klause sat in a booth not far away.
Mayhem. The metallic forms were Union light combat droids armed with pulse rifles. They burst into the bar as the city cops rise to capture Klaus. Gorm covers the back door as the group flee, along with Nadia’s contact, who turns out to be Jones. Gorm is captured by two of the droids who escort him back out into the lobby. He then struggles and a fight ensues (Launch Assault – 7 result. Success but undesirable collateral damage) Gorm takes out the two droids, bending the arm of one and throwing the other intot he lobby and splintering it. In a close quarter spray of cross fire the first droid is shot point blank in the head and the second is downed with a tight burst of fire.
Mechanically we just rolled one for the Move and then just narrated the outcome. The spray of fire probably took out an innocent bystander, but I didn’t emphasise this. So, one roll, some too and fro conversation narrating the battle and it is all resolved.]
At a safe house not far away Ferris provides details of the Cyracuse Vault, that the data box is being held in the vault, and that the complex is run down and secured by a low grade private security company, Trojan Securities. The vault itself is down a now overcrowded semi residential district, overgrown with mushrooming tenement blocks.
Further intelligence was gained, systems were hacked and the extraction begins tomorrow… (next week).