Rolled 4, 4 + 5 = 13 (2d4 + 5)
The crate balanced precariously on the chassi of the Valiant as it slowly moved the cargo to the waiting carryall. Kerberos hadn't managed to get the crate open, but he was sure it was something valuable; the little machine voice had said so! He giggled to himself in excitment. His first drop and he'd already found something cool. He almost lost control of the handover, the crate wiggling unsteadily on the edge of the carryall cargo bay before he caught himself and finished depositing it properly. He watched the carryall carry the spoils into orbit when one of the mercs, passing by on his way deeper into the facility, hailed him on the company frequency.
>>6448497He cleared his throat before answering:
"Yeah it's my first. Don't worry, I won't slow y'all down. I can take care of myself."
He tried to make his voice sound more mature than it was, but it just wouldn't do it. Not that Kerberos noticed, or wanted to notice.
The little machine voice emenated once more from the side console, interrupting him before he made more of a buffon of himself on the comms:
"Duck."
"Duck?" Kerberos responded in confusion. A second later he was spinning out of control, something having collided heavily with his machine and sending him flying. He crashed into one of the support pillars holding up the monorail, the machine coming to an abrupt stop which knocked lose a maintenance hatch in the cockpit. Sparks flew from the lose panel as he attempted to reorient himself.
"Unplanned velocity change detected." Pipped the little voice. "Cause: Unknown hostile. Analyzing…"
Kerberos shook himself to try and clear his head after the crash while the machine worked hard to evaluate the new threat. It beeped out a little tune as it focused the camera on the bipedal walker as it strode through the inferno of the destroyed foundry, the flames greedily licking it's hull as it did so.
"Shin-Rai PROTOTYPE Redline— Capability: ???, Strengths: ???, Weaknesses: ???. Extreme caution recommended!" The little voice inclined it's tone slightly, concern almost, but not completely, totally absent from the delivery.
The two rotary cannons however were already spinning, ready to unleash it's furious wrath on the interloper.
"Yeah yeah, that red-WHATEVER has another thing comin' if he thinks he can mess with me!" Kerberos shouted as his weapons discharged a frantic volley towards the hostile mech.
>>6448737>Attack Redline Prototype 2 (2d4+5)>Bank 1 MovementROTARY CANNON//BANSHEE — +3 DMG/ALL | REROLL ON EVEN HIT ROLLS. EVERY EVEN ROLL DEALS +3 ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
ROTARY CANNON//PITONE — +4 DMG/ALL | -1 EVASIVE | REROLL ON EVEN HIT ROLLS. EVERY EVEN ROLL DEALS +4 ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
FCS/BML-CL — 2D4 | 2+ HIT/HEAVY
RADAR//OCULUS — +3 SCOUTING | +2 HIT/ALL | +1 HIT/HEAVY
I realize now that the EMP Rifle won't actually do me much good since I have such a low hit chance against light targets. Whoopsie. We'll have to replace that before next drop.