Posted by Gamemaster CockRoach (GM) in Main Sim-The High Commandants Base
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The fight down the stairwell was frantic and fast paced. Each flight they came too had them run into another 3-6 followers of the High Commandant. But by working together the two groups finally reached their goal emerging from the confining stair well with minimal casualties and injuries those being mostly of scraps, bruises, and near misses resulting in light cuts or burns.

Emerging from the stairwell they entered a open large room spanning about 100x100ft wide square. The ceiling was 20ft above them with several rows of wooden and metal pews as well as an assortment of steam and other various pipes along the walls and ceiling all converging to a central 10ft raised point near the back end of the room. Upon it the pipes met feeding into and out of a large strange grey toned crystal almost 8ft tall by 3ft wide. In front of it on a plus metal lined throne sat the High Commandant. Nearby arrayed around another 10 or so followers armed with firearms the six scientists they had come to find from the observation team were also present and under his sway. “..Ah, so the insects finally find their way to my lair. Excellent, now to wipe you all out in one fell swoop, and from there to ascend to a higher plane!” he declared.

“High Commandant, stand down, the tyranny your people are experiencing ends now!” Lunan called out, his voice vibrating against the walls around them.

-Lt. Commander Lunan Farrah: XO-

The Commandant laughed, “..No! I think I will not be standing down! Yo—” he began to speak but then a loud ‘band’ echoed through the hall as their allies leader of the locals fired at the Commandant midspeech. But then a ‘ping’ sounded showing the bullet though should have hit the Commandant head on failed to connect. The brief outline of what seemed some kind of energy field faded out then. “…as I was saying, no I will not! You should be the ones to stand down! The crystal protects me, it heightens all that I see and control. You can not defeat me..” he stated, another series of pulses from the crystal and hissing from several of the feeding pipes broke his speech. “..Now surrender or face my wrath!” he demanded.

GM CockRoach

Keitah gasped, “He is protected by some kind of force field.” She squinted her eyes, “If we can figure out what is generating that field we can take him out.”
After Keitah heard him say The crystal protected me, her eyes searched the room. “Crystals?” she thought out loud as her eyes wandered to the strange grey crystal by the throne. “There,” she said to the Commander. We need to find a way to destroy that crystal. It will destroy the field around him.”

Naisyr, Counselor