Ragnor shouts “Wait, these men are sick, we should restrain them!”

Phallon, unable to alter his action, fires his laser pistol (8): 00 2 = black.  Result?

• 1 drops or throws his pistol away
• 2 pistol malfunctions and doesn’t fire
• 3 pistol melts and is destroyed
• 4 shoots self
• 5 shoots someone else in room
• 6 just a very lousy shot.  And maybe Phallon wets himself…

4  Oh boy, minimum hit is blue.  Phallon’s second roll (8): 90 9 = red result.  +1RF not that it matters.  The Programmer, reaching for Phallon, knocks the laser pistol in his hand, which twirls on his trigger finger, and fires into his body.  ZARK!  Base damage 10 – AC4 = 6 x 5 = 30 points of burn damage.  Down to 87 hp.

He also mental blasts (10): 40 3 = white.

Programmer 1 tries to grapple onto Arvak (10): 30 5 = white, its cracked jagged nails scratch down his metal armor.

Programmer 2 does the same against Phallon (10): 80 2 = green result.  It grabs onto him and tries to bite (11): 30 1 = white.  Clack! clack!  Its skin also starts to glow from within, with a green-yellow light, and Phallon feels intense heat emiting from it.  (Intensity X): 00 7 = white.  Phallon will be at -2CS for physical actions unless he breaks or reverses the hold (has to counter with a wrestling attack of yellow or better).

Arvak swings his hammer upwards (16): 8 3 = yellow result.  Whap!!  The blow strikes the upper chest and neck with a cracking noise.  The Programmer is knocked up and backwards like a rag doll and crashes into the floor.  Its helmet falls off.  After only a second of lying motionless, it rises back onto its feet.  Its head is now cocked at an angle on its crooked neck.  Fluid drips out of its mouth, and it lurches back at the heroes, same speed, same low pitched hissing groan.  (blow did base damage of 14 – 3AC = 11 points of damage) 

Initiatives:

• Arvak: 9 +1 = 10, tie breaker 9
• Ragnor: 8 + 2 = 10, tie breaker 6
• Phallon: 6 + 2 = 8, tie breaker 7
• “Programmers”: 9 – 1 = 8, tie breaker 1

What now?