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End of Combat

Carl grapples the creature and skewers his blade into its abdomen while simultaneously forcing it to the ground.  Serina calmly walks over to the creature and executes it with a quick shot to the back of the head.

With the final blow struck, the majority of the hopping insects dissipates, disappearing into the jungle.  The droids continue working on removing the droppod's passenger bulkhead, and the fire burns quietly, slowly eating the fresh tree limbs Selina had gathered to serve as firewood.  With a loud screech, the bulkhead separates from the droppod itself.  The loud thump of its landing is quickly followed by a quiet thump.  Carl inspects the noise first and nearly retches from the horribly disfigured human corpse now lying on the ground beside the bulkhead.  None of the belongings of the corpse are intact, however their remains might be worth something when salvaged.

Having finished their programming, the droids switch into inactive mode.  Carl is capable of restarting the droids, but the sun will soon have dipped too low to provide enough light for them to run on solar power.

While Carl is contemplating his next action, a large number of the insects have swarmed the corpse.  The rest of the clearing is quiet, but the hum of the insects' activity fills the silence.



(Edit) : Current Armour Values
Harvey: 10    Selina: 4!    Carl: 13    Serina: 11
Once Armour has been depleted, the Damage Reduction is also lost.

Combat

Harvey shoves off the hound charging at him, shooting it in its had as it passed, before levelling his gun on the new arrivals.  He let's loose a quick shot as Serina quickly finishes off the monster assaulting her and joins Harvey in killing the new creature.  Carl continues holding off one of the creatures with brute force, which gives Selina enough time to fire a pair of shots into its head.  It slumps, dead, in front of Carl, but another bounds out of the jungle and blindsides him, dealing 9 damage.

Carl acts next!

(Would have assumed you wanted to melee, considering last turn, but that's probably inappropriate.)

Keep up the fire!

((I think you may be confusing Cado and I more than a few times though ))

(After this fight, you're going to be Ms. Martin and Ms. Talv.  Not going through this again!  I suppose it'll be moot when one of you dies though.  Although, other than the ridiculous awkwardness of my post, I don't see any issues?  It was targeting Serina.  There was 1 on Harvey, 2 on Selina (one of which is dead), and 1 on Serina.)

Combat

Harvey aboutfaces to bear his rifle on the monster that had nearly hit him, before firing a pair of shots towards it.  The first one nearly skins the creature, but Harvey quickly adjusts his aim, and the second shot impacts on its torso.  Its entire body recoils, with a red searing hole in its hide.  Greenish brown blood seeps out of the hole, however it remains standing.

Selina recovers from the assault and brings her own rifle to target the creature squarely.  She fires two shots in quick succession, the first hitting it in the 'shoulder' joint, and the second in the head.  It collapses in a pile, smelling foully of burnt blood.

Harvey, Carl and Selina can tell that the beast Harvey is fighting is nearly dead.  Serina is too distracted.

Serina is next to act.

(( How far away is the one that missed me? ))

(If you really want to, you can hustle up to it and punch it.  Not going to use distance modifiers until you get out of the jungle.  If you can see it, assume you get your full attack bonus.)

(GM OOC: Pretty tired, so less detail than I wanted to put in.  First combat!)

Carl watches over the Droids as they cut their way into the droppod with their industrial lasers (which are not suitable for combat.  They have a long charge-up time and are inaccurate.)  Serina and Harvey patrol around the droppod, watching for activity in the jungle.  As the sun dims, the plant changes colour from green to a more yellowy shade.

Selina begins piling fallen plants for a fire and shoots it with her laser rifle, igniting them.  A thin trail of smoke rises into the air.

Harvey hears some rustling, but is incapable of pinpointing where.  Both Harvey and Serina hear a very quiet buzzing noise.  Branches snap loudly, and Harvey wheels towards the sound, bearing his Laser Rifle towards a grotesque creature charging into Selina.

The creature's green skin looks stretched over its body, with four segmented limbs running against the ground.  Its head bears some similarity to an Earth mosquito, although its lack of antennae and presence of large mandibles disuades the similarities.  The creature's relative size is about equal to that of a wolf, though its appearance is effectively synonymous with a bug.

Harvey fires a shot at the creature before it barrels into Selina, but it singes the ground next to the creature.  Its limbs punch into Selina, dealing 4 damage.  It then bounds off a few feet away from her, preparing for its next strike.

Immediately after this attack, Serina, who had recovered her wits quickly, fires her own attack at the creature, but her shot also goes wide.

Three more creatures of similar, though not quite the same, appearance also emerge into the clearing.  One charges Harvey, but overshoots and misses him completely.  Another one charges Serina, faring better, tackling her and dealing 8 damage.  The fourth creature, tailing behind the others, hisses and follows the same course as the first; it practically leaps onto Selina, striking her for an additional 4 damage.

Everyone also notices the presence of many small insects, similar to grasshoppers in appearance, hopping on top of everything in the clearing.

Harvey and Serina act first.

(Quickly popping in; I'll try to do an update when I get home tonight, if Rem hasn't done one by then.  Don't really have time right now.)