SLA Industries: Binary Soul

[Dog Pants]

That's an easy one. It's 10mm std, you've all seen hundreds of them. Pressing down on the rounds gives you just enough room for a couple more, so it's fired off two rounds at most. Popping them out you count 28 left.

[The Shutting Downs]

Okay, I'll reload it and stow it away, no sense leaving it to be used against us...

[Joose]

I think we should do a sweep of the room. Slowly, methodically, and making sure we stay in sight of each other at all times.

Roughly how big is the room, or is it too dark/stuffed with machinery to tell?

[Dog Pants]

Too dark and cluttered for you to tell at the moment.

[Roman Totale]

If my last one expired I'll stick up another Ebb orb. If it's still going then I'll do some wandering around and Detecting (rolls to follow).

[Dog Pants]

How long does it last? You've been in here about half an hour so far. Also, who still has their communicator still on?

[deject]

I've had it on in the background.

[Dog Pants]

What order are you all in then? The machine hall can be roughly divided into five alleys between the machinery, courtesy of the three production lines which meander and merge at various points.

[The Shutting Downs]

Comms are always on here.

You got ane ov dem small cameras? Cud take one each, stik em on da armour and keep eyes on the group?

[deject]

Do you guys hear anything on the radio? I get the feeling something really doesn't want us down here.

All I know about order is that I'm the first one in. I'll keep looking around then for stuff to look at.

[Dog Pants]

Those of you with motion scanners (most likely Deject and Dirk with their HUD overlays) notice among the noise and blips a solid trace from right where the armoured corpse was lying. The machinery prevents either of you seeing what's happening, but you reckon Hal, currently poking about with a flashlight and with his back to the blip, probably has line of sight.

[Roman Totale]

Hal, there's something moving over by you - do you see anything?

I'll walk over to where Hal is and do that Detect roll I forgot about

1,8,+8 = 17

[deject]

I shall also run over that way as well.

[Dog Pants]

Anything from Joose?

[Joose]

Erm...I'll turn around I guess. I kind of don't want to though

[Dog Pants]

Shall we bullet time then?

You turn to see the armoured corpse from earlier standing in the middle of the aisle holding a handgun. His jaw hangs open and his hollow eyes are vacant. It's as though he's a puppet. As you look at him he starts to raise the gun.

[Roman Totale]

I shall take aim. With my hand.

[buzzmong]

Shall we bullet time then?

You turn to see the armoured corpse from earlier standing in the middle of the aisle holding a handgun. His jaw hangs open and his hollow eyes are vacant. It's as though he's a puppet. As you look at him he starts to raise the gun.

Er, hate to interject but:

Okay, I'll reload it and stow it away, no sense leaving it to be used against us...

[Dog Pants]

I shall take aim. With my hand.

You'll have to run over first, this is happening in bullet time, it's just that Joose is slow to post

Shall we bullet time then?

You turn to see the armoured corpse from earlier standing in the middle of the aisle holding a handgun. His jaw hangs open and his hollow eyes are vacant. It's as though he's a puppet. As you look at him he starts to raise the gun.

Er, hate to interject but:

Okay, I'll reload it and stow it away, no sense leaving it to be used against us...

Well observed. Nontheless, he has a gun.

[Roman Totale]

Ghost gun!

I'll starting running over.