08.03.3013: Convoy Escort
Summary: House Saimhann request a collection of knights, and medics, to assist in the safe escort of one of the final civilian convoys to Spikka.
Date: 3 August 2013
Related: none
Jarek Agnes Kaedin Thalo Sammel Elodie Aaryn 


Drake Mountains
At the top of the Crescent is the smaller mountain range known as the Drake mountains, the only refuge for the last indigenous creature of Imperious. See poses below as the convoy moves from one of the outermost settlements in the north towards Spikka.
3 August 3013

The outermost settlements of the Drake mountains are mostly farming and/or cattle raising. Usually too small to support a Waysgate need, but often important enough to have regular travel to and from them. With the landing of hostile ships around the mountains, and the possibilty of hostiles in the mountains themselves, the Saimhanns have decided to bring in non-essential citizens to Spikka for their protection. Erek Saimhann, who's been working with the soldiery of his house, sent out the request for additional knights to assist with these convoys. His son, Jarek, has been working hard to set up one of the last ones. This particular settlement of cattle raisers sits on the outermost edges of the mountains, and could be in peril though only reports of a few scouts have been seen and no actual attacks just yet.

Jarek went in the morning with a contingent of knights, soldiers, and medics to fortify the settlement and work to corral the civilians into the crawlers for his return trip. He stands now at the front of the convoy, his face plated split and opened like gull wings to the sides of his head. He's going over something with one of the medics.

Lady Sir Agnes Peake was more than happy to answer the summons to help escort the caravan and protect it. Any time spent with Jarek, on or off the battlefield, seems to make her happy these days. The Bear is in her golden armor, distinctive in its fashion reminiscent of old earth platemail, made with modern materials in golden hues. She has her helm up, her HUD running to give her back reports on the crawlers, and her AI, Winnie, is whining about her being on foot. "Oh Bother. This would be so much faster on horses, Sir," comes the sigh-filled male voice with its comforting rasp. "We're in the Crescent, Winnie, Argent would likely break a leg on this terrain." She unlimbers her Greatsword and stands at the ready for the group to move out.

Having gone during the morning with Jarek, Aaryn is now on the return trip. As a medic, she had taken the trip in case someone was in need of medical assistance. Having donned her 'armor' already she is standing with a few of the other medics, listening to Jarek giving directions.

"Apex, set HUD for defender mode, Unit 'Viper' for attack. Allie combatants in green, civilians in blue, and any hostiles in red. Smart target any ranged attacks." Kaedin says, while his helmet is down, the HUD can be seen covering both eyes, having had abit of practice with it, he has a much better setup. "Setup confirmed, parameters locked in, Apex armor at one hundred percent, Knight 'Viper' at one hundred percent." says the reply from his own AI, which sounds slightly snarky, and with a female, yet mechanicalized voice.

And once more, Sammel has managed to find his way out to help again. Although this time, No Name has been left at home. He's brought that poleaxe of his with him, which probably explains why the horse is left behind today. Glancing around, he offers a brief smile to the others, while waiting for people to move out now.

When the call comes to Ibrahm to lend aid, it's The Wall who answers. Moving towards the front of the convoy, Thalo is wearing his black armor, crossed red hammers of Ibrahm on the chest. His helmet is own, red eyes glowing. "Spike, keep an active detection grid up, alert to new contacts." A growl comes from the armor in reply. He's on his hammer in two handed mode, hefted over one shoulder.

"Medical staff, you have your dispositions. Miss Aaryn, if you'd stay with the front crawler please. We might need you up her with us if anything gets… exciting." Jarek finishes with them and turns to look at the knights who'd answered the call and come along. "Right, Thanks for being here. I'm going to link to your AIs and upload the route we're going to take. There is a Waysgate about half-way between us and Spikka. We're making for that relief station." Jarek pauses, looks to Agnes, "I'm glad your brother was okay with you coming along." then his face plating slides shut and the comm is initiated. "Maya, upload Convoy route on secure link. Friendlies, immediate vicinity only." there is a soft reply and the upload takes place.

The convoy begins its long journey rather smoothly for the first hour, coming to bridge in the side of a mountain passing over what could likely have been a lava flow. Jarek leads across the bride without issue and once on the other side calls a halt to take a break.

"Scanners active, Winnie. Defender mode. Keep an eye out for Hostiles," Agnes murmurs to her AI. "I have no eyes sir, but I assure you my radar is functioning perfectly," Winnie retorts. The first part of their journey is quiet enough, though the Peake Knight is grateful for the gyros and pneumatic joints which keep her from tiring too easily. When the halt is called, she stops, moving to where Jarek is, and lets her helmet draw back into her armor. "It's lovely out here," she says quietly. Well, when one lives inside a mountain, most things probably are lovely.

Kaedin follows along with his sword resting on his shoulder. Apex the whole time is scanning everything, and telling kaedin all about it. "Apex, mute until combat." he says as his AI quiets… He stops when the halt is called and his helm collapses. "I miss this place, made for some kick ass training." he says with a nostalgic smile.

Lacking the AI link, Aaryn does remain near the front in case she is needed if something goes wrong. During the first hour, she relaxes a little, so far so good! Recognizing Thalo's armor, she looked pleased to see him and offered a smile. The bridge is crossed without event and at the call to a halt, she stops and looks around at the incredible view.

Nodding a bit now, Sammel offers a grin to Kaedin as he hears the part about kick ass training. "Most of the Crescent does, I believe," he offers, with a smile, before he adds, "This area more than most, though." A glance around again now, before he adds, "Good to have gotten past that bridge, at least."

The first hour of marching is like any other escort or march for the Knight Lieutenant, so much so that he doesn't seem to really be phased by it. The call to a halt is echoed and he slows, moving off towards the crawlers to inspect them briefly. A gear on his helmet turns and the eyes and the face plate rotate up, "How's it goin, Doc?" he offers as he slides his hammer over his back into its cradle.

Kaedin chuckles to Sammel as he leans against a stopped vehicle. "Yeah, My uncle was a real ball buster too, though, a knight has to be when training a squire." He says with a smirk before looking around. "Might be pretty uneventful, which is good… I guess…"

Once they are stopped, Aaryn had recognized Thalo's armor and since she was near the crawlers as he approached, she steps up to him. When he lifts his face plate rotates up, the doctor smiles. "I am good. How are you? Thought I'd just come along for the ride this time, save you calling me."

"One of these days, Agnes, I hope we can have our honeymoon out here. A hunting-camping trip, perhaps?" Jarek's face plating having has split apart to look at Agnes. He looks at the rest of the group as his comm fires away in his ear about the status of the crawlers. He moves over to Agnes, a lot closer than field protocol would say is appropriate. "I know it's not proper out here, but can I kiss you again? You look amazing in your armor I don't want to resist." he smiles at her as he asks this softly.

Agnes chuckles. "Perhaps. Or maybe I can show you the hidden underground lake in the caverns below Khar-Mordune," she teases. Her cheeks color at the request and she looks around, shifyeyed. "Ah, I don't think that would be proper, Jarek. Can't have the citizenry thinking you're out here for pleasure instead of business."

"You think I'll get injured out here?" Thalo asks, brow raised, smirk spread across his features. "I'm the fuckin' Wall, Doc. I don't get hurt." Well that's just a lie, he gets hurt all the time. "Still, you best keep to the back if we run into anything."

Aaryn almost manages to look offended… almost. "Are you saying I can't take care of myself?" The twitching of her lips gives her away though and she glances around before settling back on him again. "I'm actually counting on you not to get hurt. Deal?"

Kaedin pushes off the vehicle and rolls his shoulders. "Welp, my breaks over." he says as he pops his neck and then has his helmet raise up and close over his head. "When I get back to Spikka… so gonna drink all the beer."

Sammel chuckles as he hears Kaedin. "Well, they probably all had the need to break some of our habits back then," he offers, before he nods to the part about break being over. Getting his own helmet back in place, he shrugs, "Save some for the rest of us as well?"

"You're right, consolation prize is that I would kiss you no matter what you wear?" Jarek offers softly to her before turning to the rest, his comm flicking on as his face plating slides shut. "Right folks, mind your steps, we're rollin' out." With that, the crawlers start up again and Jarek starts them off down the trail.

Little over another hour goes by, nothing exciting save for normal comm chit chat, reports from the medical staff on the crawlers, and the like. They pass through an Alpine section tucked away in one of the valley like regions. The tall trees, thick brush and undergrowth, and the sound of a raging river can be seen, smelled, and heard. As they get to the far side of this beautiful hidden landscape they come to hunting lodge acting as a relief station for the convoy's journey. Here, Erek had asked for a Naval medical team to be stationed to join up with the convoy for the rest of the journey. They were asked to be here, with extra supplies of the medical kind, food, water, and other things to make the trip comfortable.

Agnes triggers her helmet back on, and Winnie's voice chides her. "Really, Sir Agnes, keep the romance off the field, there is no place for it here." The Bear just snorts at her persnickety vocal companion. She returns to her stoic duty, her blush now safely concealed beneath her armor. When the lodge comes into view, she re-checks her readouts from the crawlers and glances around cautiously. The sound of the river might be able to drown out any movement.

Kaedin sighs and looks around. "Jarek, going to take point guard while they load the crawlers." He says as he moves forward and rests on his sword, looking down the path that they have to travel.

With her helmet visor open, Elodie is one of the Naval medical team waiting with the supplies. She is not in her usual naval medical uniform, however, having been allowed to wear her own protector armor for the assignment. The only thing that marks her as part of the Naval medical team is the white armbands with red crosses on her upper arms. She only glances about the convoy, not really looking for anyone in particular as she waits her turn to load the case of supplies.

Sammel looks around as they reach the Naval medical team, before he moves to a spot where he can keep a close watch on the people while still able to watch their surroundings. Keeping a good firm grip of his poleaxe as he does.

"Deal." Thalo had said before they set out again. They arrive at the next way point with little incident. He keeps to himself during the majority of the trip, all business at the front of the convoy. Now they approach the naval medical team and he slows a bit. "What's our next checkpoint on this route." he says into the comm channel set for the mission.

When Thalo agrees, she can't help but laugh, but does nothing more than nod in return. During the next hour, Aaryn had remained at the front as instructed by Jarek, listening to the conversations around her as sporadic as they were, absent as she is from AI and comm chit chat. Hearing the river, inhaling the scents of the trees and undergrowth, she really enjoys the journey. As they approach the hunting lodge, she watches the medics there load the supplies, stepping forward to offer her assistance.

To answer Thalo's question, Jarek's helmet projects out a map of their surroundings. A small blinking series of triangles denotes their current location at the alpine's edge. "There is a small natural pass through the mountains. It's the shortest route to the settlement with the Waysgate."

Jarek takes a look around, his visor plates sliding shut again once the medical team is done loading up their supplies. "Rollin'." Jarek calls, "May They guide us, and mind your step." comes the prayer and the house motto as he once more begins to lead them.

They make for the pass, an ancient looking lava flow in the mountain's side cutting a nice wide and deep clear path from side to the other. As they head in the pass begins to curve away around the base of the mountain. Just as the group of knights make their way around the bend to insure security, they end up on the heals on a decent group of hostiles. At first, the hostiles don't seem to notice them, but the leader is one of the larger heavier armored badass kind and as it looks back to check on the progress of the others it spots the knights moving from around the corner. It turns and starts to walk towards the group. The other hostiles not yet picking up on what's going on.

<COMBAT> Hostile202 passes.
<COMBAT> Hostile200 passes.
<COMBAT> Hostile2 passes.
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile2 with Greatsword - Serious wound to Neck (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile205 with Greatsword - Serious wound to Left Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile205 passes.
<COMBAT> Hostile203 passes.
<COMBAT> Hostile201 passes.
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile200 with Greatsword - Critical wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile201 with Great Bludgeon - Light wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile203 with Polearm - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile3 passes.
<COMBAT> Hostile204 passes.
<COMBAT> Elodie passes.
<COMBAT> Aaryn attacks Hostile203 with Psychometry and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Jarek has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.

Agnes stops moving the moment the Hostiles are spotted. Her greatsword comes into her hand. "Winnie, two-handed aggressor mode," she barks to her AI. The hilt of the blade extends to a two-handed grip as she leans forward and begins to run at one of the enemy soldiers. When she gets near enough on the surprised creature, she leaps in the air, bringing her sword over her head, and down onto the alien invader's with a resounding crunch and a veritable fountain of blood. "STEADY!" she shouts, the words of House Peake.

Kaedin rushes in with an attack, twirling in the middle of the hostiles as his sword splits into two blades and he comes down with a two sided attack at the hostile's neck. He brings his blades back and twirls them taking an aggressive stance as he slowly circles the Hostile.

"Maya, tangos!" Jarek moves with a speed born of living, breathing, and training in these mountains, running in flows like this one. His sword comes up and nearly cleaves the arm off one of the unsuspecting hostiles.

The larger hostile is now with the rest of the others and eyes the golden knight wickedly. It makes for her with an almost reverent focus. The other hostiles swiftly turn to their attackers and begin to engage them. One of them making off for the flair up of magical aura behind the wall of armored knights.

Frowning as he sees the Hostiles, Sammel starts moving for one of them, while getting the poleaxe ready. When he passes Elodie, he offers a quiet. "Stay safe unless you have to save someone, okay?" before he heads in to smash the axe head side of the weapon into the surprised enemy. Unfortunately only getting a little hit to the creature. But he moves in for another attack now.

As surprised as the Hostiles themselves, Elodie just stares for a moment at them, before she's closing her visor and grabbing a portable med kit to hunker down beside one of the crawlers. "Everyone keep your heads down," she tells the rest in the crawler, and then she receives another surprise as a familiar Cindravale is charging past her into the fray. She barely has time to hear him before he's charging a Hostile. Settling down behind one of the huge treads, she watches over top, toggling her coms to pick up Sammel now, as well as the medical comm.

Thalo's never been much for talking in battles. No war cries or house words. He pulls his hammer out of its cradle and rushes forward when the others do. He calls over his shoulder, "Stay back!" to the medical teams and any non-combatants. He catches the hostile off guard and slams his hammer at its chest. Unfortunately it managed to turn away the brunt of the attack, so his hit doesn't crush a spine just yet.

When the notice is given of the Hostiles, Aaryn turns and faces them, taking a deep breath, she centers herself before her eyes do that weird thing they do and go all white before she is attacking it. Not so experienced at combat, she misses, completely, and finds herself to have only angered it so it is now after her! Ack!

<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile205 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Hostile2 attacks Kaedin with Spear - Serious wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile201 with Great Bludgeon - Moderate wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile203 with Polearm - Light wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile2 with Greatsword - Light wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile3 attacks Agnes with Greatsword - Critical wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile203 attacks Sammel with Spear but Sammel DODGES!
<COMBAT> Hostile205 attacks Jarek with Spear - ARMOR on Left Leg stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Kaedin with Spear - Moderate wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Aaryn with Spear - Moderate wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile201 attacks Thalo with Spear - ARMOR on Left Hand stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile200 attacks Jarek with Spear - Moderate wound to Left Leg (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Elodie passes.
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile200 with Greatsword - Light wound to Left Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Aaryn attacks Hostile203 with Psychometry - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Jarek has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.
<COMBAT> Hostile205 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Kaedin has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Kaedin spends a luck point to keep fighting!

Kaedin winces as his hand is stabbed, and then he gets a slice across the abs. Backing up, he locks his swords together and switches so that his dominate hand is his right hand. he doesn't make a noise, and moves in to go after the same hostile again.

There's a chuckle, kept off the comms, as Sammel hears something over one of the comms. He then moves in attacking the Hostile again, once more hitting it a little bit, while managing to duck out of the way of the return blow. Stepping back a little, so he can bring in the head spike of the poleaxe, to stab it at the enemy.

The Hostile Thalo is tussling with jabs at him with a spear. He deflects it with his gauntlet, taking a quick step left and slamming his hammer into the hostiles gut. He hefts the hammer back and keeps on the offensive, pressing his advantage.

Agnes takes a strong strike to her chest by the largest of the Hostiles, which splits open her armor and finds flesh beneath. The blow off-balances her, and her own strike, once more at the Hostile she had been attacking, becomes a glance to its arm rather than a coup de grace. She grunts. "Heavy Damage Sir!" Winnie reports. "Recommend retre-." "Shut up Winnie," Agnes barks.

There is nothing more than what would be called extreme hatred mixed with disappointment from the large metal creature. It's strike was well placed but the thing it was hitting didn't die. It turns as Jarek calls a challenge. "The devil take you!" His own hostile a heap of cybernetic and organic dead. The hostile's gaze turns back to the human it was killing. Jarek swings his blade at the thing's neck.

Since Aaryn had gone and grabbed the attention of the Hostile, the warning Thalo had shouted earlier makes it impossible to heed, and when her psychometry once more fails her, she feels the spear puncture through the only armor she had been able to find at the last minute. A hand flies to her abdomen and blood seeps onto her finger, but if she turned to run, she would just get attacked in the back, so she continues on.

Elodie's eyes scan the battle field as it's joined, and she notes Agnes taking a hard hit, and the blood that flows there. She starts to rise up a little, but the woman keeps going, so she settles back down and watches the battle, but her eyes keep straying back towards Sir Agnes.

<COMBAT> Elodie passes.
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile203 with Polearm - Critical wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile2 with Greatsword - NEAR MISS!
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile203 attacks Sammel with Spear - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile201 attacks Thalo with Spear - ARMOR on Head stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile2 attacks Kaedin with Spear - Serious wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Aaryn attacks Hostile202 with Psychometry but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile201 with Great Bludgeon - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Hostile3 attacks Agnes with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Left Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Sammel with Spear - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Aaryn with Spear but Aaryn DODGES!
<COMBAT> Hostile200 attacks Jarek with Spear - ARMOR on Head stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile200 with Greatsword - Light wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Jarek has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.
<COMBAT> Agnes has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Kaedin has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Kaedin spends a luck point to keep fighting!

Kaedin takes another hard blow, this time to the chest, stepping back he takes in a painful breath. "Apex, outgoing comms off." he says, and his comm goes quiet, then he grips his blade and charges back in, most people would be smart enough to stay down, but Kaedin doesn't know the word quit.

Agnes battles on through her wounds, and manages to strike another light blow to the hostile she'd been fighting, before the giant monster slams it's sword into her left arm. She goes down hard, landing on her back in the midst of the chaos.

Down the human goes, now for the next one. Jarek's blade doesn't reach the neck when he sees the thing's blade strike Agnes again, and for just a moment his step falters. He's back on it though, and attacks with a new force, the hostile turning his attention on him. Jarek sees the one Agne's had been fighting still not go down, and he turns his attention to it to kill it and not be attacked from both sides. He stands before the body of his friend, and… yes damn it his beloved. He'll protect her from their advance. Swinging at the shorter hostile's head.

Managing to push the head spike far into the Hostile, Sammel takes a light hit to his chest as well. But he manages to avoid the other Hostile as he pulls the weapon out again, once more moving in for the kill.

There's a quiet, 'yes!' from Elodie's comm as Sammel strikes at his hostile, but then Peake's knight goes down. "Sir Agnes is down, on the move," she reports in to her medic team. With kit in hand, she's down low and scurrying to the fallen woman.

Once more that spear snakes out and it glances off Thalo's helmet due to a jerk of his head and shoulders. Once more his hammer lashes out slamming once more into the Hostile's chest, caving in a small section of the armor there. His armor growls, sockets on his helmet glowing red. He once more half circles the hostile and goes on the offensive again.

It's not going as well as Aaryn had hoped, everything she casts at the Hostile is dodged. This time though she manages to avoid the spear that had been aimed for her as she spins away from it only to try once more to damage it.. at least in some way to weaken it for the others.

There is a short metallic growl from the large hostile as it's attention falls on Jarek. It regards the thing that challenged it, and now stands in the way of the killing strike. The little one moves in eagerly to fight the thing. It lofts the blade, and will just kill them both. Unworthy things.

<COMBAT> Hostile2 attacks Kaedin with Spear - Moderate wound to Right Hand.
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile201 with Great Bludgeon - Moderate wound to Abdomen.
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile2 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Neck (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile201 attacks Thalo with Spear - Serious wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Elodie treats Agnes:
< Chest (Critical): successful
< Left_Arm (Moderate): successful
< Agnes is still KO'd.
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile203 with Polearm - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile200 with Greatsword - Serious wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Hostile3 attacks Jarek with Greatsword - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Sammel with Spear - ARMOR on Abdomen stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile203 attacks Sammel with Spear but Sammel DODGES!
<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Aaryn with Spear - Light wound to Left Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile200 attacks Jarek with Spear and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Agnes passes.
<COMBAT> Aaryn attacks Hostile202 with Psychometry but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Jarek has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.
<COMBAT> Hostile2 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Hostile200 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Hostile203 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Kaedin has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Thalo has been KO'd!

Agnes gasps as Elodie treats her wounds, and she climbs back to her feet, intent on returning to the fray. "Thank you, Milady," she rasps out, before heading towards the massive hostile that has turned on Jarek.

Quick to make it to Sir Agnes's side, Elodie is able to work mostly unseen while the Hostile turns it's attention to Jarek. She works quickly, setting blocks on the major bleeding and setting temporary skin over the wound that she pulls together, so that it can be properly taken care of when it's time for her to go into surgery.

Kaedin finally takes his hostile down, and stumbles a bit, before letting out a growl and spotting the big hostile attacking his cousin. He makes an running attack and leaps up with a spin, trying to use momentum to bring enough force to remove it's metal head, from it's pile of crap shoulders.

Managing to take out one of the Hostiles going for him, Sammel only gets a glancing blow in return from one of the creatures. Grimacing a bit, he looks to the other Hostile that was attacking him. "Okay, it's on…" he mutters, as he turns the weapon for the other Hostile now.

Agnes is up again? Praise the Six. Jarek's swing fell true and took down the hostile she'd been attacking. The larger one's sword stops when it hit his armor. Jarek eyes it warily, pushing the blade to the side and looking to Agnes, "You go high, I'll go low. Not a height joke." and then he's lunging foward to run the thing through the middle.

Only able to toy with the female one, the hostile attacking Aaryn loses interest it seems. As Sammel strikes down it's comrade the hostile turns it's attentions to him and walks away to take up the fight with this other armored human.

This time, Thalo's luck ran out. He rushes in, swinging his hammer into the Hostile's gut once again, but he leaves an opening. That spear snakes in between his chest plate, and the plate covering his abdomen. The spear sinks deep into his flesh and he staggers back several steps. And that fucking hostile isn't down yet. A growl escapes his suit, but he's still down for the moment.

Despite taking another hit, this one to her hand, Aaryn is intent to keep on. That is until she notices Thalo go down. Ignoring the Hostile and his spear, she rushes to his side, "We made a deal. Why aren't you keeping your end of it?" Though she is making a joke, she looks anything but playful, biting her lip as she tends his wound, attempting to stop the bleeding.

<COMBAT> Elodie passes.
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - Critical wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Thalo passes.
<COMBAT> Hostile3 attacks Jarek with Greatsword - ARMOR on Neck stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Sammel with Spear and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile204 with Polearm - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - Serious wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - Light wound to Left Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Sammel with Spear - ARMOR on Head stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Hostile201 attacks Kaedin with Spear - Light wound to Left Hand.
<COMBAT> Aaryn treats Thalo:
< Chest (Serious): successful
<COMBAT> Kaedin has been KO'd!

Agnes grunts her agreement with Jarek and the lady Knight swings at the head of the massive Hostile, her armor triggering to let out a roar like a grizzly bear. Clearly, knocking her down only made her more ferocious. Her sword slams down into the head of the huge Hostile, and blood flies everywhere.

Kaedin leaps into the fray with the huge Hostile, slamming it in the chest before another one stabs his already open left hand, he then is flung towards the crawlers as he slides along the ground, Apex beeping at him. "Viper, it would be best to stay dow…" Once the Ai realizes that there is no cognitive response, it sends a comm to any medic.

Thalo doesn't give much time for treatment. Staunch the bleeding, let the adrenaline do the rest. He grunts, getting up off the ground with visible effort, hoisting his hammer back up, "I'm good, keep back now." And once more he charges in after the Hostile who stabbed him. At least this time he takes a more defensive posture.

Oh man is that hot! Jarek's brain might cat-call Agnes, even as his focus remains on attacking. The hostile's swing to his neck brings his sword up to strike it's arm lightly as combination of sword and armor keep it's blade from taking off his head. He moves once more to the side to protect his cousin's body, finishing the call for a medic, "Medic!" then he's bringing his sword in a grand arc at the thing's body.

And Sammel's attack only bounces off the Hostile's chest this time, just as the enemy's blow hits his head, but the armor takes care of it. "Nice try," he mutters, stabbing forward with the spiky end again now. Thankfully the other one wasn't able to hit him either.

Kaedin's call goes out, and Elodie pauses to look around. "I'm closest," she replies in the com, and heads in his direction.

When Aaryn manages to staunch the bleeding at least, she steps back when Thalo stands, going for the attack. She does indeed step back as directed, not wanting to get in his way.. so she decides to attack from a short distance away, if able.

<COMBAT> Kaedin passes.
<COMBAT> Elodie treats Kaedin:
< Right_Hand (Moderate): unsuccessful
< Left_Hand (Light): successful
< Kaedin is back in the fight!
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile201 with Great Bludgeon - ARMOR on Right Leg stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Left Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile3 attacks Jarek with Greatsword but Jarek DODGES!
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Sammel with Spear - ARMOR on Left Arm stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile204 with Polearm - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Sammel with Spear but Sammel DODGES!
<COMBAT> Hostile201 attacks Thalo with Spear - Moderate wound to Left Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - NEAR MISS!
<COMBAT> Aaryn attacks Hostile202 with Psychometry - Moderate wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).

No matter how many times she wails on the big ones, they always seem to take forever to go down. Agnes growls at the giant Hostile, and her sword swing just misses the thing's head.

Kaedin rises up to a sitting position. "Apex, ranged mode.' he says as he jams his sword into the ground and takes his bow out, knocking an arrow back as he lines up a target.

Ha! Take that metal buckethead, Jarek's strike hits the arm pretty nicely making some sort of fluids from the gash. Kaedin's started to speak again, but Jarek doesn't bring attention to him, not when he's going for his bow. Jarek looks to Agnes for a moment, then puts in his own attack once more.

What was that? The soldier turns around to look in the direction whatever hit it in the back squarely. It spots the glow of the magic one, and turns once more to face Aaryn. It's spear lashes out at her.

When Aaryn actually manages to hit the hostile, she is momentarily stunned so that when its attention is back on her it takes her a moment to realize, but as soon as she does, she takes a deep breath, centering herself once more, to make another attack.

Once more managing to chip into the chest of his target, Sammel smiles momentarily to himself, as he sidesteps one attack, and takes another glancing off his upper left arm. "You know I'll cut you into little pieces if I have to," he mutters, moving in spike first again now.

With Kaedin up once more, Elodie finds her way back to the transports to take a rest.

Once more that stupid ass Hostile's spear gets in past his defenses. He winces as he tries to turn the blow, but the spear gets between the joints of his armor, it causes his hammer blow to go short, hitting the leg and doing nothing. He grunts and moves back a step, still keeping a defensive posture.

<COMBAT> Hostile3 attacks Jarek with Greatsword and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile201 with Great Bludgeon and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile204 with Bow - Light wound to Head (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile201 attacks Thalo with Spear - ARMOR on Right Leg stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Elodie passes.
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile204 with Polearm - Serious wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - Serious wound to Abdomen.
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Sammel with Spear - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Aaryn with Spear and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile3 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Right Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Aaryn attacks Hostile202 with Psychometry - ARMOR on Chest stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Jarek has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.
<COMBAT> Hostile3 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Sammel has been KO'd!

Kaedin fires off his arrow, only getting a glancing blow, but he reknocks the arrow and fires again, especially since Sammy has gone down. "Elodie! Sam's down, I'll cover you." he says as he moves as well as shooting a bow, keeping his cousin between the hostiles and himself, and keeping himself between the hostiles and the medics, yeah bitches, you gotta go through both of us.

Agnes just won't give up til this stupid thing goes down. "Take him down!" she shouts to Jarek, as she slices into its right arm with her massive sword. She turns and sees one hassling the medic who tended to Thalo. "Oh no you don't!" she challenges it.

Poking the poleaxe into the head of the Hostile, Sammel doesn't manage to get out of the way of the spear making its way for his chest now. Letting out a bit of a yell, he stumbles backwards, and loses his footing after a few moments. This is followed by a few words that he should have tried keeping off the comms when he lands on the ground.

Thalo grunts as he swings his hammer high, and the Hostile goes low. He once more takes a glancing blow on the armor. His armor growls and he barks out "Keep on the other two, keep them away from the convoy!" And he, for his part, goes back into an aggressive posture, charging the hostile.

She's almost back to cover where Sammel had urged her to say, when Elodie hears Kaedin's call. She spins on the spot, turning automatically to where she had seem him fighting last, and breaking into a low run. She understands the meaning of someone covering for her, and she wastes little time getting to the Cindravale's side. "I'm going to have to wash your mouth out with soap after that one," she tells him as she slides to her knees next to him.

As her own attack fails her, Aaryn is also able to avoid the spear of the Hostile and refrain from gaining more damage herself. When Sammel falls, she tears her gaze from the enemy to check but sees another doctor going in, so turns for the Hostile once more.

Yup, they work well together… if only his father could see how well they do this whole working like a team thing, he wouldn't be putting Jarek through the ringer when it comes to reasons for considering a match. "Like this?" he asks with an almost tease, as his swing brings his sword swing deep enough into the side of the hostile that different colored fluids start to spray out and the knees buckle under it.

Even as the large hostile stops moving, or functioning, who really knows with hostiles?, Jarek turns to look at the scene and moves wish his cousin, keeping himself in front as they work their way towards Sammel's attackers.

<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Agnes with Spear - ARMOR on Abdomen stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile201 with Great Bludgeon - Moderate wound to Right Arm (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile204 with Bow - Moderate wound to Abdomen (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile204 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Hostile201 attacks Thalo with Spear - ARMOR on Left Hand stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Aaryn attacks Hostile202 with Psychometry - Light wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Sammel passes.
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Jarek with Spear - ARMOR on Neck stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Elodie treats Sammel:
< Chest (Moderate): successful
< Sammel is back in the fight!
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile202 with Greatsword but Hostile202 DODGES!

Agnes shifts to help defend Aaryn from the Hostile trying to skewer her. Its spear clatters against her armor just as it dodges her sword blow. The roar from her armor repeats this time.

Kaedin scores a hit to the metal freak's stomach. "Damn bastard wont go down." He says as he draws another arrow. "Elodie, fall back!" he says as he moves forward with his bow ready to loose another arrow.

It doesn't take Elodie long to treat Sammel this time, and she gives him a thump on the shoulder with her hand as she finishes patching him. "It wasn't as bad as last time. Don't scare me like that again," she commands him, before sliding back onto her heels to give him room to get up.

Thalo's armor on his gauntlet sops another spear strike and Thalo uses the momentum to shove a shoulder into the hostile, knocking it back. He brings his hammer around ina horizontal arc, slamming into the Hostile's lowered arm, shattering it completely. The hostile falls to the ground, and Thalo moves to help with the Hostile attacking Aaryn

Kaedin and Jarek work together like they used to when they played all those arcarde co-op games at FUNtasia as kids. As the arrow sinks into the things abdomen, Jarek's sword slashes across it's chest just as the spear comes up to graze off his neck plates. When Sammel rises, Jarek moves in to provide cover for him too. "Sammel, get behind me. Use that poleaxe from Kaedin's neck of the woods."

"Hmm? Wash my mouth out with soap?" Sammel asks, blinking a few times, before he nods at the part about it not being as bad as the last time. "That's good. And I'll try not to." Getting to his feet again, he nods a little as he hears Jarek's words, and attempts to attack the Hostile with the head spike again now, using Jarek as a shield.

Attempting to dodge a strike from a spear, Aaryn manages to attack successfully once more, though after a moment, she steps back when Thalo arrives to assist, and the Hostile is no longer attacking her. She moves several more steps back, favoring the wounds she had received, just trying to stay out of range of any more.

<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile204 with Bow - NEAR MISS!
<COMBAT> Hostile202 attacks Agnes with Spear - Moderate wound to Chest (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile202 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Thalo attacks Hostile202 with Great Bludgeon - Critical wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile204 with Polearm - ARMOR on Head stops the attack!
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile204 with Greatsword - Serious wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Jarek with Spear and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Elodie passes.
<COMBAT> Aaryn passes.
<COMBAT> Jarek has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.
<COMBAT> Hostile202 has been KO'd!

Kaedin chuckles as one is left standing. "Dust this bitch!" He says, though wit hall the enthusiasm he has, his voice sounds raspy, and the green color of his armor is quickly turning red.

Agnes feels the tip of the Hostile's spear slide into the gash in her armor, and pain lances through her chest. That doesn't keep her from slashing the thing in the head with her sword as she staggers back from it though.

Hitting the Hostile's head with the poleaxe, Sammel frowns a bit as it doesn't go down. "Thick skull there…" he mutters, before he moves a little to the side to get a better angle for attackidng now.

Thalo, having moved to help defend the Doctor brings his hammer down in an overhead strike. Agnes managed to strike true and a moment later Thalo's hammer slams down onto the Hostile's head, smashing it like a pumpkin the morning after Halloween. The crush is sickening and the gore and ichor splashes all over, but it is down. Once he realizes no one is left he sighs, "Let's get back to the caravan…"

<COMBAT> Hostile204 attacks Jarek with Spear and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Jarek attacks Hostile204 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Chest.
<COMBAT> Sammel attacks Hostile204 with Polearm - Moderate wound to Head.
<COMBAT> Elodie passes.
<COMBAT> Thalo tries to attack but has no target!
<COMBAT> Kaedin attacks Hostile204 with Bow and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Agnes attacks Hostile204 with Greatsword - Moderate wound to Abdomen.
<COMBAT> Hostile204 has been KO'd!

Agnes sweeps her sword at the final hostile and slashes through it's belly, alongside the attacks of the others. Then, when it falls, she staggers, leaning on her sword with one hand, and holding the other to the gaping hole in the chest of her armor.

Kaedin wobbles a bit as he places his bow on his back, and then his sword is sheathed, and then he smiles as his helmet comes off. "That was fun…" he says before falling backwards and passing out due to blood loss, and the endorphins of battle wearing off…

The last of them is dispatched, and the comm call is sent out for the convoy to get moving again quickly so they don't run into more. Jarek moves to Agnes' side, his helmet sliding open to he can look at her. His arms go around her, "Agnes, think you'll be alright? We're getting you a thicker chest plate. I'd pay for armor like mine if my father would allow it." He glances over at his cousin, "I'll collect him and put him on the convoy when they get here. You're riding too, no arguments." of course, there's blood seeping from a gash on his leg.

Elodie chuckles as she hears Sammel. "It takes one to know one," she tells him as he mentions the thick head of the Hostile he's fighting. She looks around, and noting Kaedin, she sends in a call to the medics, who bring a gurney to get the large knight up and stabilized, and into one of the convoys. After Kaedin is safely stowed away with the doctors, she looks around for the Cindravale knight that she hadn't expected to see today.

Normally, Agnes would argue she's fine and can walk. However, her lungs are having trouble with that whole air-moving thing, so all she can do is nod once and slump against Jarek as he leads her to one of the crawlers. Once inside, she's unconscious.

As the convoy rounds the bend, medics rush out to the field as soldiers move up to cover the area and scouts move out ahead all reporting the rest of the way clear. Jarek makes sure Agnes is secured and speaks with the medics, impressing on them to make sure she's alright and everything recovers to normal, scarring not an issue for him. If they can do that, he'd consider it a personal favor. With that, he sees to Kaedin's treatment, "So long as he lives, and keeps use of his extremities is all that matters. Oh, and he's got to be able to have kids, I want nieces and nephews." then he goes back to leading this whole mighty fine shindig.

It's nearly another hour before they arrive in the settlement, then they line up and proceed through the Waysgate to Spikka.

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