Amethyst
HP: 1 +2(setback) = 3 / Condition: Fatigued
Amethyst tosses away her gatling cannon in utter disgust, and it warps out of realspace before it hits the floor. She will be damned if she has to explain to Barrett that a bunch of ninjas snuck by them and flew off in the hypersonic jet he loaned them, complete with the crew and/or Celeste as hostages, and on top of that, they still have Jason's kidnapping to deal with. They need to get this situation resolved so they can go back to dealing with Jason's assailant and the whole business of the dragon.
Amethyst walks over to the other heroes, warping in a megaphone as she does.
"Help me tie up the one that got knocked out. He might be useful," she says, pointing at the K.O.ed #4, in a low voice so the people on the jet can't hear her.
"I'm going to start hostage negotiations, to stall for time and to see if they reveal anything useful. Ideally, we can get them to surrender; if not, then be ready to act if an opportunity arises, but don't do anything rash."
Amy says speaks through one of her drones, focusing its camera on Celeste.
"Do not worry. We are not sending you into their jaws without a plan."
Amethyst points the megaphone at the jet and turns it on.
"That's not what you said. First you said you would kill them if anyone came on board. Then, you said you would kill them if we didn't send up Celeste. How can we trust you if you keep moving the goalposts?"
She plants one hand on her hip as she keeps talking.
"Let me point out some issues you face: 1) you are now trapped in an aircraft that is low on fuel, 2) that you can't fly, 3) that is AEGIS property and will be tracked wherever it goes, 4) that is surrounded by heroes, and 5) that is surprisingly close to a National Guard airbase sending up some F-22's." She actually doesn't know they can't fly the jet; it's just an assumption, but how they react to that point might reveal if they can.
"Right now, you are only guilty of assault and being accomplices in a kidnapping. If you kill any of the personnel, that's murder and crossing that line is a very serious deal. Even Lord Steel didn't kill people willy-nilly, much less send out dismembered corpses."
"We're reasonable people, but we need a show of goodwill to prove that you're negotiating seriously. Send down one of the hostages first, in one piece and unharmed, so that we can establish some trust."
Amethyst doesn't actually care if they send down anyone, at least not immediately. She just needs to get them talking. If they're talking, they're not escaping, attacking, or killing. And there might be some useful information in their response.
OOC
Amethyst exits combat.
The shadow clan will probably be hostile since they were just in combat. Persuasion to improve roll:
AA Amethyst Persuasion: 1D20+10 = [15]+10 = 25
She will then ask them to send out 1 hostage. She is expecting that they won't agree, but this is just an exploratory move. I can't decide what to do until after I see how they react first.