The compartment opens fully. Elara steps out beside Marek, her restraint band still glowing, while Xenletetioxr holds Marek's shoulder and the combat droid covers the narrow platform passage.
Seconds later, a red pulse beacon ignites above the transfer machinery. A steady alarm fills the platform, vibrating through the deck and drowning out the compartment's quiet systems.
X-112-16
The remote controls are blocked. A hardwired backup mechanism has seized the doors beyond my access.
Adjoining service passages burst open as Hutt security droids pour onto the transfer route. Their blasters rise in disorder, red bolts striking walls and railing while their command emitters bark for the party to halt.
Marek Solan
Move! Keep Elara between us and the fire. We reach the escape route before the platform completes its transfer.
The party bolts along the narrow platform. Marek guides Elara forward, Xenletetioxr stays at his shoulder, and the combat droid backs them with controlled fire as bolts flash against the machinery.
The escape route appears beyond a sealed junction, its access light shifting from amber to red while the transfer platform continues descending. Security droids close behind, leaving only moments to act.
✓ Quest Accepted
Get Elara clear of Jinxbingju’s security
“I join arrow-r12 with return fire while speed stepping backwards fast enough to stay with the party”
SUCCESS (Fair Athletics, rolled +0)
Xenletetioxr joins the combat droid's covering fire, his military-pattern carbine kicking controlled bursts down the platform. He speed-steps backward with the retreating party, keeping Marek and Elara moving ahead of him.
Natural Weapon Junkie's drilled familiarity with the weapon keeps his aim steady through the reverse movement. Each burst forces the advancing security droids to break formation behind the machinery.
The Combat Droid
Covering fire is effective. Maintain the backward pace.
Xenletetioxr pushes his legs harder than the narrowing route allows, refusing to give ground until the final safe distance. His armored heel slips against the vibrating deck, scraping his shin and costing him a sharp jolt of pain.
He recovers without breaking the pattern, firing one last burst as the party reaches the sealed junction. Marek gets Elara into position, and the combat droid locks its body between them and the incoming fire.
The retreat succeeds: the party has crossed the exposed platform and secured the junction together. Behind them, the Hutt security droids regroup under the fading cover of Xenletetioxr's final shots.
“I continue to gaurd with courage our retreat and keep pace with them”
SUCCESS (Fair Athletics, rolled +0)
Xenletetioxr keeps pace beside Marek and Elara, carbine braced across his armor. Natural Weapon Junkie's drilled familiarity turns each backward step into controlled covering fire.
The military-pattern carbine punches precise bursts through the junction's opening, forcing the Hutt security droids to stay behind the platform machinery while the retreating party reaches cover.
The Combat Droid
The junction is secured. Maintain formation around Elara.
Xenletetioxr's darkash-black body armor absorbs a glancing blast and keeps his stride intact. He drives himself harder, refusing to surrender ground even as his sore shin buckles.
His boundless-minded refusal to accept a difficult retreat costs him: the armored stumble wrenches his knee and sends a hot strain through his thigh. He recovers before the formation breaks.
Marek pulls Elara fully behind the sealed junction, and Xenletetioxr plants himself beside the combat droid, guarding their completed retreat as the security droids regroup beyond the machinery.