Zola and Sen dash through the chaos and smoke out of the back door of Hypermall #1994 into the backstreet. There they see Volley, wandering around looking rather confused and sad, and Doze in conversation with a strange, short balding man with a cybernetic eye, who has mechanically jacked himself in...

Wrathbone wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 28, 2025 5:06 pm

Would the smokescreen give us chance to flee out the back door or hide in the WC?

I believe so, but I would council fleeing out of the back door rather than hiding inside this building!

Outside in the backstreet, behind the Hypermall, 8D-7 nods at Doze and strolls up to the bike. Keeping his hands where Doze can see them, hanging on the lapels of his worn coat, he pulls the coat open slightly, exposing his chest beneath. A robotic articulated cable coils out like a metallic serpent...

It seems you just feed fresh meat into the slot, and you receive a cred-stick in return. I force the biker into the slot, booting limbs in where necessary. Sorry, I missed this message! :o + + + Meanwhile, after forcing the whole biker into the Organ Booth with some savage kicks, the slot closes au...

Volley's trip now wholly worn off, he sees Doze in conversation with a small, balding, worn-coat-wearing stranger in the back-street between the dumpster and Zola's taxi.

He doesn't know where Zola and Sen have gone.

8D-7 nods.

"Mind if I take a look?"

He jerks a thumb toward the bike.

Volley, meanwhile, staggers about the street in the background, mouth open, looking around at everything with amazement.

The man, Talsequin 8D-7, flicks his one natural eye between you, the drone and the bike.

"Is this your...workshop? Here in the street?"

Pulling out her multi-tool, Doze is able to easily repair the drone. She can now attempt to control it via her RCD, just like Boris. While she works on the drone, a man comes wandering up the backstreet toward her. He is fairly short, balding, and wears a worn coat. Looking up, she notices he has a ...

Doze: Make a Knowledge test! d20 + 3

Will Doze attempt to repair the drone now, or put the scrap in the taxi for later?

While the hacker pilot moves the drone to get a better angle on Doze, she leaps out from cover and slashes the machine with her monosword.

The blade slices right through in a shower of sparks. The flyer falls to the ground with a metallic crash.

And now a d8 for damage!

Yes! Right now!

+ + +

Doze ducks back behind the dumpster as the SMG bullets rattle against its steel exterior. Now is the moment to strike!

Doze is struck with minor flesh wounds that rip through her heavy jacket, but manages to get out of the way of the spraying SMG, diving for cover behind the dumpster. "Think you can hide from me?!" screams the hacker through the speakers. "I don't think so!" The remote pilot moves the drone into a b...

Volley is now wandering outside in the backstreet again, where Doze continues her battle with flyer drone #BHFJ4OT17X. + + + Doze: roll to dodge bullets a third time! (d20) + + + Meanwhile, Sen and Zola enter the Ripper Clinic with the biker's corpse. There's no sign of anyone about inside the clini...