Kate draws her pistol and fires at the approaching clansman, who flattens himself against the floor for cover. He returns fire and his bullets hack through the stalagmites behind which you are hiding, mowing them down as if they were sheaves of dry straw.
Kate rises to fire again but her pistol jams. With a mocking laugh, the Angelino gets to his feet and advances, confident that she is no longer a threat. In desperation she throws her pistol at him, a move so sudden that it takes him aback. The pistol hits him in the face and he drops his weapon and clutches his hands to his bleeding nose. Instinctively, you snatch a broken stalagmite from the floor and rush forward to attack the clansman with it before he has a chance to retrieve his fallen machine pistol.
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Chinatown: CLOSE COMBAT SKILL 12 ENDURANCE 25
Owing to his wound, and the speed of your attack, ignore any ENDURANCE point losses you may sustain in the first round of combat.
You can evade the fight at any time by turning to 152.
If you win the combat, turn to 36.