Rigel and Kahn continue battling the pirates in front of them and its a blood bath; Rigel takes two hits from the laser [28 STA putting him down to 23 which is below half] but his blast pistol drops the pirate. Kahn takes two laser hits [for 20 STA dropping him to 2 STA] but cuts the pirate down with his kah'dan.
Gekka is able to move into the next tree with cover but the pirate she's closing in on seemingly turns and runs, she opts to run as well to keep him in range and covers the 40m distance [DEX check passed]. This puts her directly under the pirate and she and the yazirian blast away at each other to no effect.
Kriss turns to get a shot at the pirate behind him and spots P3 coming to the edge of the tree and they shoot at each other with no effect.
Dalmar doesn't have a shot at Skragg with him being over 30 meters away due to the foliage so he opts for the closest pirate (P2) and hits and the return fire is non effective. Gedion dives the from 10 m away and above onto the pirate and grapples him but the momentum and impact of the diving yazirian knocks the pirate from the branch. Gedion and the pirate fall off the branch and begin to plummet to the ground. Realizing that the human pirate might not make the best airbag, Gedion attempts to grab one of the hanging vines and swing onto a branch on the way down [dex check with a bonus +20 due to this being in a yazirian's wheel house]. The human crashes to the ground with a thud and doesn't move but Gedion manages to swing onto a branch 10m above the ground.
JJ is actually lower in the branches then the action that is going on and is surprised when he sees Captain Skragg fast rope down a vine past him to the ground. He wondering what Skragg is doing when he hears a female cry out in fear from below and ahead of him. This spurs him to run along the branch (Dex Check pass). Through the branches he can just see a woman in a white medical coat cowering back from Skragg. He cant see Skragg's face but his memories supply an image of the frag hole's face with the joy of hurting someone else on it.
Kahn knows he's close to losing consciousnesses so he stops and does some some quick first aid to stabilize himself medically [+10 STA]. He tries to tell Rigel to let him look at his wounds but Rigel's heard Dr Redd's scream and moves to help her [unfortunately his many wounds enforce the -20 pain penalty to all actions].
Gekka continues to pursue the pirate from below to the edge of the tree expecting that he will probably dive off and glide to the lower tree due east. She hopes to shoot him mid air but is surprised by what happens next: The yazirian comes flying down but ungracefully as his foot is tangled in a vine. She's going to shoot from point blank range with the stunner when two arrows fly from right and left of her and hit the pirate who dies choking on his own blood dangling from what she now realizes is a snare and she perceives the presence of two individuals flanking her from just meters away.
Kriss and Dalmar shoot at the pirate they can see in the tree across from them and both hit. The pirate does a dramatic slow motion topple and falls off his branch. Both Dalmar and Kriss do a double take unsure of what they thought they saw as the pirate fell and Kriss says to Dalmar, "Were those arrows sticking out of his back?" and Dalmar shrugs, "That's what I thought I saw."
Gedion is orienting himself to shoot up at pirate P3 when the man is caught in a cross fire of modern weapons and arrows. The pirate tumbles down and lands dead on Gedion's branch. Gedion turns as two humanoids materialize out of their camouflage of branches and vines. They are both armed with bows and stone knives and dabbled with dried mud.
JJ glances up and sees bodies and two other people above him and Skragg below menacing the woman. He's not sure who might be a friend but he knows who his foe is, Skragg and he has a promise to keep to a dead friend. JJ is only 20m above Skragg and attempts to fast rope down like the pirate and plant his big ole size 12's in the back of Skraggs head but the pirate senses him coming down from the movement of the vine and dodges aside. His eyes go wide as he recognizes JJ and snarls, "You! I'm gonna kill you!"
....meanwhile, elsewhere in the trees Gekka's antennae twitch in surprise and Gideon's eyes widen in surprise as hairy humanoids that they have never seen the likes of before address them each in broken Pan Gal: "You...fight...Sky....Demons?"
OOC: early turn advance due to active posting; good job guys.