True Dave stands at the eastern side street’s mouth, both light sabers ready. His injured ankle aches beneath his weight as Yama and Cheryl Lee close ranks behind him.
Across the narrow street, a portable alarm flashes beside a chained service gate. Taramisu remains at the intersection, firearm trained past the defenders toward every side street.
Taramisu
I have the intersection covered. Watch that gate, and do not let the signaler draw you into the open.
The alarm’s red light pulses faster. Behind the chained gate, something scrapes against metal, then falls silent as the hidden signaler prepares another timed trigger.
Yama
The final signal is near. We move only when we know where the hand is hiding.
Cheryl Lee
Everybody stay sharp! That gate is not going to surprise us!
Marla Voss
One more pulse, and the whole avenue turns.
“I cut the alarm cable”
SUCCESS (Legendary Melee combat, rolled -1)
True Dave steps to the chained gate and brings a light saber down on the exposed alarm cable. The blade severs it cleanly, and the red pulse dies at once.
The scraping behind the gate stops. Across the surrounding streets, answering knocks and alarms fall silent, leaving only the distant rasp of the undead.
Marla Voss
No. The avenue was supposed to turn.
Yama advances beside the gate, weapon ready, while Cheryl Lee holds the street behind him. Taramisu keeps her firearm trained from the intersection.
Yama
The signals are dead. Open the gate, and we end the threat controlling this route.
Taramisu
I have the street covered. Move in before the dead realize they have lost their guide.
With the alarm disabled, the chained service gate stands between True Dave and the hidden signaler. The route forward is quiet, exposed, and finally under the defenders’ control.
✓ Quest Accepted
Get past the chained service gate
“I advance through the gate with Yama, blades ready.”
SUCCESS (Superb Agility, rolled -2)
True Dave advances through the gate beside Yama, his light saber slicing the last chain free. Force sensitivity keeps his balance through the narrow opening, but the effort twists his wrenched ankle and sends a sharp throb up his leg.
Inside the service passage, a young adult woman crouches beside a nest of portable alarms. She has a lean frame, dark cropped hair, a gray jacket, and a scraped cheek; one hand grips a remote trigger.
Marla Voss
Stay back! You do not understand what that avenue is holding.
Yama steps through after True Dave, filling the passage with his broad silhouette and keeping his weapon trained low. Outside, Taramisu shifts her aim to cover the open gate.
Yama
Drop the trigger. The dead are no longer yours to direct.
The signaler lowers the remote as True Dave reaches her position. The disabled alarms and the open gate leave her cornered, while his ankle bears the cost of the advance and begins to buckle beneath him.
Quest Complete
Get past the chained service gate