(G225 20/12/2014 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, Matt) 25

(G225 20/12/2014  via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, Matt) 25

DAY 83 (thu) cont ...

It was 2100 ship time, about noon local time when they made their way down into the basement area where the
generator room was. After they'd chased out the janitor and his assistant Kirk lobed in an EMP grenade and the
shield generator was taken out and make winding down rumbling noises as it died.

Kirk contacted the AS and requested to be beamed aboard. Crewman Dell did his best but said,
'I'm getting too much interference where you are. I can get a lock on the eggs in the bank though.'
'Get the eggs then.'
Kirk nodded to the others and they headed back up into the terminal.

As they made it back up into the departure lounge where the bodies were still lying about from the fire fight
Dell told them, 'I have the eggs!'

But just as Kirk was going to order him to try and beam them out again there was more comms:

'Something hit us! ... Half the systems are off line! ... Get in the air! Paterson! Get in the air, we are being targeted!'

... Pause ...

'Incoming!!!'

The comms then went dead and the ground was rocked as a series of explosions went off in the space port. They took
cover as a pattern of bombs went off on the west side of the terminal.

Picking themselves up and dusting themselves down they tried to contact the AS again but could get nothing. Just
incase it would help Kirk then used his Tricorder to set off the shaped charge under the bank. Nothing happened
at the spaceport but the Tricorder registered that the bomb had gone off.

They made their way to the main entrance again and saw that half of it had been knocked away be debris and a lot
of girders and cables were lying everywhere.

At that point they were targeted by the AS transporter which got a lock on all of them but only managed to pick
up Mioen. Finding himself just in the company of Endrol, Kirk shrugged and picked his way through the debris
to the exit.

Rounding the corner into the security check area they were suddenly confronted by a Burung Mera charging in
with a big vest of explosives strapped around his body.

About 30 feet away, the portly frame of Mrs Rind came out of one of the offices, dusting herself off. The bomber
then cried, 'For Burung Mera! For freedom! For death!' and then rushed at her before exploding, showering the whole
area with nails, bones, feathers and crispy bacon.

Horrified, they pressed on. Another female Buto Ijo came out of the offices. She was a lot better looking than any
of the others they had met so far. She quivered when she saw Kirk and Endrol and made to flee.

At the entrance more bombers arrived. One went through to the security area where Endrol tried to talk some sense
into him. The Burung Mera did even pause to talk, but was so high on adrenaline that when he saw a security guard
emerge from the western lounge he charged over and exploded.
Endrol hoped that perhaps the sleeping family in the eastern lounge would survive the attack.

Meanwhile at the front the female Babi Ijo (Miss Root) had made the exit but encountered a bomber coming the
other direction. There was some weird logic going on in Kirks head, so he fired and stunned her, sending he
tumbling into the debris.
This didn't have the effect of deterring the bomber though who still came on and Kirk stunned him too.

There was a dead mans switch in his explosives vest though, and as a beeping on it counted down Kirk grabbed
Miss Root and charged out into the open spaceport field, Endrol not far behind him.

The final bomber exploded and brought down the whole entrance. Kirk and Endrol head out across the runway to
where some cars were parked.

Kirk remembered his Burung Mera data pad and left a message for Buto (their Burung Mera minder back on the
the planet Ruma Burung). After a few minutes they got a reply,
'Seeing what i can do my end to help you.'

Using he Tricorder Kirk detected that the AS was about 100 miles away and moving. He looked up at some of the
Babi Ijo cars. They were huge things, with wheels nearly as tall as a man and a small ladder that lead up
into the cab. The Babi Ijo roads were all thick with compacted rubbish, pressed down by the massive
wheels of their ground vehicles.

Still, the Tricorder had no trouble opening the lock of the nearest one and they all climbed inside.
There were just too many knobs and levers though for either Kirk or Endrol to be able to work out how to
drive the thing so Endrol used his medical skills to awaken Miss Root.

She smiled at them and told them a little about herself. She was one a few Babi Ijo that didn't like to
eat aliens, or meat of any kind, and was apposed to the war. She pointed at some of the badges she wore
on her vest and said,
'This says "Aliens are friends too!' and this one says "Meat is Murder"'

She agreed to help them and drove the car out of the spaceport and onto the main highway.

As the drove Kirk's alien data pad bingled and he saw he had a message from a Burung Mera called 'Captain
Leghorn'.
He was in charge of operations in this area and told them to drive to the city of 'Des Loins' about 150 miles
to the east where a safe zone was being provided for alien vessels caught up in the conflict. The AS had been
routed there and waited for them. It was under a forcefield though so transporters could not be used.

Miss Root drove along the highway as fast as she dared. The battle was really kicking off now.
Atmosphere capable spacecraft streaked overhead in aerial dogfights. Missiles flew through the sky in all directions.
Large Babi Ijo grav ships float about like mobile fortresses and attracted Burung Mera kamikaze attacks.

Using the ground vehicles navigation system they plotted a course around all major settlements. At one point they
were pulled over by a police truck, out rounding up civilians to get them into air raid shelters presumably, but a hefty
bribe of diamonds and they were soon on their way again.

The drive took well into the evening and Kirk, jetlagged, got some sleep in the back while Miss Root and Endrol chatted in a
friendly fashion.

DAY 84 (fri)

It was 0400 ship time (about 2100 local time) when they reached Des Loins. They saw a police road block up ahead though
and to avoid it turned off the main road. Going down side streets they found themselves in a financial and department store
area next to the city jail and a multi story car park.

Any further progress was blocked by yet another police road block. They abandoned the car and jogged over to the car park
then went up a couple of stories. Looking out the other side of it they could see an open lot which was being used as a
command post by the Buto Ijo Army and consisted of ten very large military vehicles. They could hear the crackle of
radio chatter.

All around the city there was a battle being fought and distant gun fire and explosions was a constant background noise.
Kirk contacted Captain Leghorn who sent back a reply,
'I can see you location. If you can fight your way past police I can clear the rest of the way for you.'

Kirk found that he could contact the AS now too and asked if they could hack into the local power plant to 'set of alarms'
to help cover their escape. Dell tried his best but contacted Kirk later and said,
'Seems like the Des Loins powerplant is in lock down and their is a battle going on around it. Even if I could set off
some alarms there, I doubt they'd take much notice, having bigger things to worry about.'

Kirk, Endrol and Miss Root had to fall back on their own resources. Kirk came up with the idea of using an incendiary
grenade to start a fire in the car park to lure away the cops from the road block. This didn't really work though, the city
was full of random fires right now and they were guarding the jail which apparently was more important.

Finally they noticed that most of the buildings in the area were connected by glass covered walkways. The first one went
right across the road block but they decided to risk it.

They scuttled across but one eagle-eyed Babi Ijo cop spotted them and fired a couple of wild shots. The next building
they entered was a department store. To get to where they wanted to go they needed a walkway that lead past the road
block, but this lead to a financial centre and the doors were locked with metal mortis locks.

Instead of wasting precious moments shooting out the locks while the police came up after them they rushed over to another
walkway and took it across to an office block. The next walkway after that lead through to a pizza restaurant and Kirk
left a stun and smoke grenade beside the door on proximity switches as a nice surprise for the pursuing cops.

From the restaurant they went out onto the street and continued on their way. Looking over their shoulders they could
see that they were not being followed.

They covered the rest of the distance to the Extraction Point on foot. Being as stealthy as they could they found
their way to where the forcefield was, but unluckily ran into a large squad of Babi Ijo Warbots.

They initially hid behind a half ruined house, but the Warbots were patrolling the area and spotted them. Miss
Root and Endrol made a dash for it while Kirk drew their fire.

Endrol ran into more of them down the alley he had chosen to flee down and the Warbots launched Interceptor Bots
into the air, small flying robots armed with phasers and viscous whirling blades.
Endrol shot at them, but he was a medic first and a soldier second so he did little damage to the enemy until
Kirk turned up.
Kirk was a lethal shot with his phaser rifle and quickly shot down the Interceptors and then two more of the
Warbots.

Sensing the time was right they all charged over to the safety of the forcefield and were teleported onto the
Aeroshuttle.