"Shh," Hathis said, "There could be guards everywhere."
She entered the Imperial bunker, while wasn't far from the now-destroyed shield generator, along with Duro tech specialist Rorrk (Rep 4) and troops Frace and Nelis (both Rep 3). Using a comlink from a fallen storm trooper, they had tracked the runaway shock trooper, whose name they found out was Col. Krast, to this very bunker, and they hoped to eliminate him before he could alert reinforcements.
Listening to the comlink, Rorrk pointed. "He is in a control room." Looking around the storage shed, he motioned to a door. "I believe that way."
Entering the weapons locker, they stocked up on what they could carry. Hathis began pocketing some thermal detonators when she heard a electronic speech from the next room. Raising her hand in a caution sign, she peeked around the corner.
Two storm troopers conversed with an Imperial technician while a third stood guard over a bridge. Wasting no time (and winning In Sight), Hathis pulled out her pistol and opened fire, catching one trooper in the chest. Rorrk followed by taking out the second trooper, while Nelis eliminated the tech.
The last trooper spun around and charged forward. He scored a shot on Nellis, but before he could rdo anymore damage, Frace gunned him down, causing the trooper to Wilhelm scream into the pit below.
Pulling out the comlink again, Rorrk listened and then fiddled with some controls. "According to this, Col. Krast is not far."
They proceeded down a corridor and found the control room. Krast, his rocket launcher attached to his back, spoke to a tech who stood just outside the room.
"Now's our chance," Hathis whispered, as they attempted to sneak up on the trooper.
(In Sight check.)
(FAILED!)
Spinning around, Krast pulled out his pistol and fired, with Hathis and Rorrk diving for cover.
"Try and Flank 'em!" Hathis yelled. Ducking around the corner, she fired a few shots, but only hit the nearby wall. Krast backed into the corridor, covering himself with his pistol.
"He flees again," Rorrk said.
Another storm trooper suddenly bolted out, firing wildly, but Hathis, who hid behind the wall, ducked out and dropped him.
"We can't let him get away! "
Hathis fired into the corridor to distract Krast while Frace and Rorrk slipped into a nearby hallway and fired on him. They managed to drop the tech, while Krast ducked behind some crates.
"That was easy enough," Rorrk said.
Suddenly and explosion sent both him and Frace through the air as Krast appeared again with his rocket launcher out.
Frace took the blast head-on and was dead before he hit the ground, while the blast sent Rorrk hurtling into the bulkhead. (OOF)
"You son of a-" Hathis lunged forward, and before Krast could get his gun turned around, she slammed into him. She tried to wrestle the gun from him, but he smashed her in the jaw with it and shoved her away.
She hit the ground with her head spinning and rolled out of the way just as a rocket exploded near her head. (Star Power prevented an OD.)
She fired a few more shots before rolling along the wall and pulling out a thermal detonator. Just as Krast peeked around the corner, the tossed it. She heard him curse as he leaped out of the way, but the explosion still did its job.
Running over, she checked on him and found the trooper was still breathing. (OOF, though how he survived that, I have no idea!). Slapping some cuffs on him, she took away his weapons, and then ran to find Rorrk.
She found her friend groaning on the ground and burned on his arms and part of his face.
"Are you all right?"
He held his head. "I shall need some aid for the pain but I believe I will survive." He stood with her help. "Did you stop him?"
"Yeah," she answered, "and he's alive so we can take him back to base for questioning."
"I am curious about the computers, though," he said. "I wonder if they still hold valuable information."
Returning to the control room, Hathis stood guard as Rorrk opened the computer program.
(Mental Challenge: Passed 2d6.)
"Interesting," he said, "it appears part of the fleet fled to the Hoth system to reorganize."
"They must be planning to use Echo base as a temporary HQ," Hathis said. "We better return to base. Alert Admiral Ackbar about this place and that we'll be returning soon." Glacning back at their fallen foe, she added, "And let them know we have a prisoner to interrogate."
(Advancement Rolls: Hathis passed and advanced to Rep 6. Rorrk passed and advanced to Rep 5.)
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