>>5541546>Rolled 4, 10, 2, 9Your eyes widen as the Spiker you had thought was still out of range peppers your position with spikes. Most of the shots crack harmlessly against your cover or the floor but you feel your head jerk back violently as the final shot strikes true. Your visor cracks but holds steady, the ablative outer coating doing its job and shattering away in a shower of powdered nano-mats, deflecting the spike.
<span class="mu-r">Dallas takes 1 armour damage. Helmet ablative protection depleted.</span>
“We have a casualty, A1 is down, and I’ve lost my head protection.” You report, keeping your crew in the loop.”
“Then you should probably keep your head down, Sir.” Cleo ribs. “Not all of us are built like tanks!”
“Be careful, Dal. I’m not there to watch your back.” Kiro also calls, with a little more concern than his current battle buddy did.
“Captain.” Coen interjects, “S4, S5 and C2 are all on the move. All but S4 have left my field of fire. Shall I hold my position?
“He’s right,” Kiro says, “I can see them all heading right for us. I think Clifton got their attention.”
“What can I say, squirt? I’m a hard gal to ignore.”
Despite the banter, you can hear the nerves in the voices on the comm - translated or not. You assess the situation with what little time you have and form the next step in your plan of attack.
<span class="mu-g">S4 and S5 move 2. C2 moves 3.</span>
<span class="mu-b">No further weapons are fired, seemingly out of range.</span>
<span class="mu-b">All allies have completed their standing orders, your Leadership reroll bonus fades. You can issue new orders to each of them to refresh this bonus or allow them to continue acting on their own best judgement.</span>
What do you do?
>Order an advance. Don’t let the enemy find cover. (Who to where?)>Order hold position. Holding our own defensive positions matters more.>Order a retreat. Avoid being outnumbered and caught out of position. Draw them into our field of fire. (Who to where?)>Order the remaining security officer to do something. (What?)>Attempt to comm for reinforcements or medical aid. Seriously, why hasn’t anyone else come to help?>Some variation of the above or something else? Write in.Also our helmet has cracked. Do we want to commit to a face at this point or shall we find a replacement. There have been some suggestions already, but if you pick any reference image I can translate that into the right style. 