Friday, August 14, 2015

Stories from Shore Leave Con! (part 5)


There were a lot of unexpected events during a mission where the team was supposed to follow a smuggled shipment of Chiraktis eggs. The eggs, among other foods, were loaded onto a food delivery truck and the characters decided to follow. When the truck broke down (clearly it had been sabotaged), the characters convinced the food delivery crew to allow them to wear their uniforms, and posed as the workers when another truck showed up to continue the delivery. Several of the team hid in the back, while two were in the cab with one of the new drivers—who turned out to be a smuggler. Our alluring, devious Reln (mentioned in these week's posts) held him at gunpoint so he would tell them where the contraband was to be delivered, but he managed to send out a message on his MPC (smartphone.) Two heavily-armored skimcars showed up on either side of the driving truck, with mounted rotary cannons on the front of their vehicles. 

The Reln proved her aptitude with grenades once again by tossing one out the window, right into the cab of a skimcar, blowing it up from the inside and taking out the driver. The second skimcar quickly pulled directly behind the truck it pursued, hoping to use the truck as a shield against the Reln in the front, but suddenly, the back of the truck opened and the rest of the team opened fire. A brave Omul suddenly leapt from the truck, landing right on the skimcar's front windshield with a splat. Another Reln player did the same, and the driver of the skimcar shot through the window at them as they shot back. The Omul was hit and fell off, but the Reln climbed through the opening in the front window and got inside the cab with the driver to finish him off. It was one of the most cinematic battle sequences I've seen—Shore Leave players, thanks for an awesome weekend!

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