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Umbrafer (9:07:44 PM): Well, Glitch was hanging from a rooftop
MilesMk1 (9:07:58 PM): I'm only familiar with a Level III biolab.
Umbrafer (9:08:13 PM): Taking pot shots at some armed drones
Thematrian1 (9:08:34 PM): that's right, and I was offering rain and lightning, but he was turning me down :(
Umbrafer (9:08:40 PM): MacLeod was poking around the fourth floor, AKA "place where security gets better again"
Umbrafer (9:08:51 PM): He'd actually ducked back down to the third to pick up an SMG
MilesMk1 (9:08:54 PM): Yeah... That was stupid, I should have remembered I have a tool laser.
Umbrafer (9:09:14 PM): What would you have done with it, out of interest?
Umbrafer (9:09:30 PM): And Gem... I forget where Gem ended up *digs for logs*
CirclMastr (9:09:40 PM): She's just run into MacLeod
MilesMk1 (9:09:53 PM): I was thinking of cutting through a window.
Umbrafer (9:10:03 PM): Ah
MilesMk1 (9:10:29 PM): Not the drones.
Umbrafer (9:10:49 PM): Getting right up next to them seems a tad difficult, yeah
MilesMk1 (9:11:12 PM): That's only if I want to stay breathing, but yeah.
Umbrafer (9:11:28 PM): Gem is in Staircase Zone
CirclMastr (9:11:50 PM): I said that some time ago
Umbrafer (9:11:59 PM): Yep
Thematrian1 (9:12:05 PM): ::softly:: "What have you found?"
CirclMastr (9:13:05 PM): ::softly also:: "Hallway upstairs, some guns dug in behind a bunker made of riot shields and such. Not something I can take care of with my sword."
Thematrian1 (9:13:20 PM): "Do you know how many?"
CirclMastr (9:13:27 PM): ::shakes head::
CirclMastr (9:13:46 PM): "You any good with one of these?" ::holds out SMG from the dead ganger::
Thematrian1 (9:14:14 PM): ::strokes her holstered pistol:: "That one's a bit big for me."
CirclMastr (9:15:44 PM): "I'm not one for guns myself. Maybe a spirit could help, if you can get it to work?"
Thematrian1 (9:16:10 PM): "This is a bad, bad place for them. Still..."
MilesMk1 (9:16:30 PM): Are there any drones showing unhealthy interest in me, or am I largely unmolested as I do my Tarzan impression?
Thematrian1 (9:16:35 PM): "Great Deep, speak to me."
Thematrian1 (9:16:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 1 3 2 4 5 3
MilesMk1 (9:16:59 PM): Hmm.
Thematrian1 (9:17:00 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 5 1 4 5 3 6
Umbrafer (9:17:01 PM): Depends. Are you popping your head up to take a look?
Umbrafer (9:17:29 PM): (TN is only +2, this area is cleaner. It has a rather different feel from the stuff below, though)
MilesMk1 (9:17:39 PM): Nope... As long as I don't see any mechanical arms wielding pistols pop over the ledge, and so on, I'm happy.
Umbrafer (9:17:45 PM): Not yet.
MilesMk1 (9:18:15 PM): *moves away and tries to find a window looking into an unoccupied room*
Thematrian1 (9:18:17 PM): Gem forces a Watcher into being.
MilesMk1 (9:18:41 PM): #Hey... I'm thinking of cutting my way through one of the windows. Any suggestions as to where?#
Thematrian1 (9:18:47 PM): "Go up those stairs, past the barricade <describes it>, observe the people on the other side, and return to tell me about them."
Thematrian1 (9:18:51 PM): I pass that on to MacLeod.
Thematrian1 (9:18:54 PM): "Thoughts?"
Umbrafer (9:18:55 PM): The watcher itself doesn't look too grotesque, but you notice that it appears almost partially paralyzed.
Umbrafer (9:19:16 PM): It has no trouble moving in three dimensions, but its movement in relation to itself is almost nil.
Thematrian1 (9:19:27 PM): ::shudder::
Umbrafer (9:19:36 PM): It burbles slightly and vanishes up the stairs.
CirclMastr (9:20:00 PM): "Maybe he could bust through on the other side of the barricade, catch them by surprise?"
Umbrafer (9:20:20 PM): Perception for Gem.
Thematrian1 (9:20:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 5 2 1
Thematrian1 (9:20:33 PM): ::takes a taxi to Frown Town::
Umbrafer (9:20:58 PM): You see a flicker of motion out of the corner of your eye, but it's gone before you can glance towards it, or even rightly determine whether it was physical or not.
Umbrafer (9:21:24 PM): The taxi is free. It only runs one-way, though word has it that return tickets come on small chips.
Thematrian1 (9:21:34 PM): I relay MacLeod's idea to Glitch, trying to describe the barricade's location relative to the outside
MilesMk1 (9:22:13 PM): #All right... I'll give that a try. I'll get back to you.#
Umbrafer (9:22:16 PM): Meanwhile, Glitch peers around windows. Roll Athletics and Stealth to try to keep from being seen, or just Athletics to clamber past windows and look in.
Thematrian1 (9:22:43 PM): "He says he'll try it."
MilesMk1 (9:22:48 PM): *Change that to - tries to move to a window as suggested by Gem.*
Thematrian1 (9:22:50 PM): #Warn us before you bust in.#
MilesMk1 (9:22:56 PM): #Oh yeah.#
MilesMk1 (9:23:07 PM): Athletics...
MilesMk1 (9:23:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 1 5 3 6 1 5
MilesMk1 (9:23:15 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
MilesMk1 (9:23:25 PM): Stealth.
MilesMk1 (9:23:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 4 2 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:23:32 PM): Fuck.
MilesMk1 (9:23:34 PM): 12.
MilesMk1 (9:23:59 PM): I am especially careful by the window I saw people through before.
Umbrafer (9:24:10 PM): 12 vs. vision, somewhat less vs. hearing. Hopefully no one will investigate things knocking the windows too closely.
Umbrafer (9:24:14 PM): Roll perception.
MilesMk1 (9:24:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 2 1 6
MilesMk1 (9:24:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 2
MilesMk1 (9:24:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:24:32 PM): 13,8,7
MilesMk1 (9:24:38 PM): 5
Umbrafer (9:24:52 PM): In the middle distance, you hear low thunder.
MilesMk1 (9:25:08 PM): #Are you the one making the thunder happen?#
Umbrafer (9:25:10 PM): A very few drops of rain start hitting you, but it doesn't sound heavy anywhere nearby.
Thematrian1 (9:25:28 PM): #No# (unless I am...I sure didn't do it on purpose)
Umbrafer (9:25:42 PM): (If you did, it's news to you)
MilesMk1 (9:26:04 PM): #Ok... this is my cue to get the hell inside, once this stuff gets slippery...#
Umbrafer (9:27:19 PM): You look through some windows. Several of them have at least one person inside, mostly watching the outside. You count four people over three windows. The fourth window opens into a room with an old bed and a closed door, as well as
MilesMk1 (9:27:19 PM): How's my climb/window check going?
Umbrafer (9:27:25 PM): a thick-looking door.
Umbrafer (9:27:36 PM): The door is closed, and no one appears to be inside.
Umbrafer (9:27:47 PM): MacLeod, actions?
MilesMk1 (9:27:57 PM): Is it on the right side of the barricade, as far as I can tell?
CirclMastr (9:28:18 PM): (Just hanging out with Gem until she reports the watcher's report)
Umbrafer (9:28:49 PM): I assumed you had been entirely checking windows that you thought were behind, so this one is most decidedly behind.
MilesMk1 (9:29:14 PM): Ah, excellent.
CirclMastr (9:29:50 PM): "So... after we kill this decker guy, we're going to take his deck, right?"
Thematrian1 (9:30:06 PM): "I plan to, yes. If we can find it."
MilesMk1 (9:30:13 PM): My next actions (as they become available) will be to check for alarms, and start cutting the window - making a slight bevel, so that it doesn't fall in - unless I can see a thick carpet...
CirclMastr (9:30:20 PM): "Would it be alright if I held onto it?"
Thematrian1 (9:30:57 PM): ::eyes him:: "Planning on learning to deck?"
Umbrafer (9:31:12 PM): You see a thick coating of dust, but no carpet.
Umbrafer (9:31:33 PM): Remind me of the Tool Laser description, please? M&M is still MIA.
CirclMastr (9:31:43 PM): "Sort of. I did a lot with the old computers, before the crash, and I'm staying with some tech-heads right now."
MilesMk1 (9:32:15 PM): (Sure, just one sec)
MilesMk1 (9:33:30 PM): Uhh... can cut 5 cm line through material with barrier rating 10 per Combat Turn. When used as a weapon, does 4L damage.
MilesMk1 (9:33:43 PM): Won't cut silvered glass, but regular stuff is ok, I assume.
MilesMk1 (9:33:48 PM): I hope.
Umbrafer (9:34:02 PM): *Nods* So you're cutting at about 2cm/second.
MilesMk1 (9:34:30 PM): About... Just trying to get a hole big enough to squeeze through, and I'm small.
MilesMk1 (9:34:37 PM): And I do check for alarms first.
Umbrafer (9:34:52 PM): What's your Body score again? Meanwhile, roll Electronics to try to check.
MilesMk1 (9:35:14 PM): 6...
MilesMk1 (9:35:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 4 6 5 4
MilesMk1 (9:35:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:35:46 PM): (I have Aptitude in that, as well as Microscopic vision, if it helps)
Umbrafer (9:36:26 PM): (If you want to take time to check it over, microscopic vision will help. Up to you.)
CirclMastr (9:37:36 PM): "So, you don't mind, do you?"
MilesMk1 (9:38:02 PM): Nah, no time
MilesMk1 (9:38:19 PM): Just straight up 1337 talent.
Umbrafer (9:38:29 PM): You find no visible alarm. You cut.
Umbrafer (9:38:49 PM): Gem starts to get the feeling that the watcher really should have come back by now.
MilesMk1 (9:39:00 PM): #I'm cutting the window. If you hear gunshots and something hitting the ground, try to pick me up on your way out.#
Thematrian1 (9:39:11 PM): "Hm. Tell you what; you don't need an excellent deck to start out. I'll trade you..."
Thematrian1 (9:39:15 PM): "Glitch is cutting"
CirclMastr (9:39:21 PM): "You have a deck?"
Thematrian1 (9:39:47 PM): "Yes; it's one of the things I do."
CirclMastr (9:40:20 PM): "Interesting..."
Thematrian1 (9:40:25 PM): "It's an old CMT; not great but good enough for most things."
CirclMastr (9:41:15 PM): "Maybe you could teach me some things, if you've got the time."
Thematrian1 (9:41:47 PM): "I'd be glad to, assuming we make it out."
Umbrafer (9:42:44 PM): About fifteen seconds pass.
Thematrian1 (9:43:15 PM): ::singsong:: "Where's my goddamn Watcher..."
CirclMastr (9:43:27 PM): "Want me to take a look?"
Thematrian1 (9:43:39 PM): "Can you see them?"
MilesMk1 (9:43:40 PM): Yay! A foot!
MilesMk1 (9:43:51 PM): (of cutting)
Umbrafer (9:43:56 PM): (Indeed)
CirclMastr (9:44:37 PM): "No, but I can send a spray of bullets and see if anything moves."
Thematrian1 (9:44:47 PM): "Oh, looking for them."
CirclMastr (9:45:16 PM): "Yeah."
Umbrafer (9:45:51 PM): Unless the other two do anything, Glitch eventually burns his way through.
MilesMk1 (9:46:07 PM): Yay!
MilesMk1 (9:46:19 PM): *tapes the pane of glass out of the way if possible*
Umbrafer (9:46:30 PM): If they do do something, the glass magically turns invulnerable ;)
Umbrafer (9:46:39 PM): Do you have anything properly adhesive?
CirclMastr (9:46:52 PM): ::sets the SMG to FA, goes carefully up the stairs, points the gun around the corner and holds the trigger down::
MilesMk1 (9:47:05 PM): (Surgical tape from first aid kit? ;))
MilesMk1 (9:47:26 PM): If there's a window ledge, I'll just set it down leaning against whatever glass is left.
CirclMastr (9:47:26 PM): (Supressive fire)
MilesMk1 (9:48:03 PM): I think I'd be lying if I said I had my medkit with me, and I didn't specifiy duct tape. Next time, I'll have it, along with damn grenades.
Umbrafer (9:48:11 PM): You can try, but there's no guarantee it'll stick. It's now quite definitely raining outside, and the folks inside are starting to hear some thunder.
Umbrafer (9:48:23 PM): And by stick, I mean stay on the ledge
CirclMastr (9:48:38 PM): (*waits for my turn*)
Umbrafer (9:49:02 PM): MacLeod walks up the steps, fiddling with the selector.
Thematrian1 (9:49:10 PM): ::follows MacLeod, staying out of view::
MilesMk1 (9:49:18 PM): #Going in soon.#
Umbrafer (9:49:33 PM): MacLeod opens up on the crowd.
Thematrian1 (9:49:48 PM): #MacLeod's firing#
Umbrafer (9:49:52 PM): Glitch hears gunfire inside as he's finishing the last delicate adjustments to the pane of glass.
Umbrafer (9:50:05 PM): And by gunfire, I mean a lot of gunfire. Fully automatic, unsuppressed.
CirclMastr (9:50:06 PM): *Rat-a-tat-a-tat*
Umbrafer (9:50:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 6 2 4
MilesMk1 (9:50:46 PM): *moves into the room, scanning for threats or security devices*
Umbrafer (9:50:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
Umbrafer (9:50:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 2 5 3 5 4 4 2 6 4 4 6 2 4
Umbrafer (9:50:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Umbrafer (9:51:00 PM): /roll-dice2
Umbrafer (9:51:04 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 6
Umbrafer (9:51:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:51:10 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 5 5 3 4 6 6 4 6 2 4 2 1
Umbrafer (9:51:13 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 4
Umbrafer (9:51:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:51:22 PM): Attack test for MacLeod
CirclMastr (9:51:31 PM): (Default to Pistols)
CirclMastr (9:51:48 PM): (I don't really care about hitting anything, just making them fire back or something)
CirclMastr (9:51:53 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 6 3 3
CirclMastr (9:51:54 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (9:51:57 PM): (10)
Umbrafer (9:52:23 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 3 4 6 6 1 2 1 5 1 3 2 1 3 6
Umbrafer (9:52:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 5 3 2
Umbrafer (9:52:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:54:47 PM): You feel a nasty shock to your hand and your gun stops firing properly.
CirclMastr (9:55:17 PM): ::pulls it back:: "The hell..."
CirclMastr (9:55:27 PM): (After letting up on the trigger of course)
Umbrafer (9:55:57 PM): It looks like if someone's aim had been slightly lower, you'd be down a hand now.
Umbrafer (9:56:22 PM): Glitch moves into the room and looks around. Perception?
Umbrafer (9:56:27 PM): Gem, any actions?
MilesMk1 (9:56:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 4 5 6
CirclMastr (9:56:29 PM): "Huh, wonder if it would have grown back..."
Umbrafer (9:56:32 PM): Um
MilesMk1 (9:56:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
CirclMastr (9:56:44 PM): ::tosses the gun aside::
MilesMk1 (9:56:45 PM): Grrr...
Umbrafer (9:56:46 PM): That was quite the roll
CirclMastr (9:56:54 PM): Someone save that roll
Umbrafer (9:57:17 PM): Saved in two separate logs on this computer
Thematrian1 (9:57:20 PM): I have no actions
MilesMk1 (9:57:25 PM): So, what does a straight get me?
CirclMastr (9:57:37 PM): 30 points in Yahtzee?
Umbrafer (9:57:57 PM): Beats an ace high. Nothing you can see, it looks like this room has been locked up for a long time.
Umbrafer (9:58:03 PM): Outside, the rain continues to get heavier.
MilesMk1 (9:58:12 PM): Only one door to the outside?
Umbrafer (9:58:20 PM): Correct.
MilesMk1 (9:58:22 PM): (Out of the room, I mean)
Thematrian1 (9:58:30 PM): #I have nothing to do with the rain, I promise#
Umbrafer (9:58:31 PM): It's a small room, so it doesn't need a second means of egress.
MilesMk1 (9:58:34 PM): *Moves up to examine the door carefully*
CirclMastr (9:58:54 PM): "Guess we get to walk home in the rain"
MilesMk1 (9:58:57 PM): #I'm in, so it's all good. Background noise helps me.#
Umbrafer (9:58:59 PM): Ok, I have a question for the group here quickly:
CirclMastr (9:59:19 PM): We told you, we aren't doing any yaoi
Umbrafer (9:59:28 PM): Aww, just a little?
CirclMastr (9:59:31 PM): No.
Umbrafer (9:59:48 PM): Does anyone mind if I retcon Adam's character out of this run? It doesn't seem terribly fair to throw Rigger-directed threats while he's absent.
Umbrafer (10:00:01 PM): I just want to make sure people weren't absolutely depending on having him right outside.
MilesMk1 (10:00:10 PM): Um... I don't mind.
Umbrafer (10:00:19 PM): Either retcon or have him have had to leave for another reason
Thematrian1 (10:01:02 PM): suits me fine
Umbrafer (10:01:33 PM): So let it be written, so let it be done.
MilesMk1 (10:01:34 PM): There's a Yaoi con coming up in San Fransisco in eight days.
MilesMk1 (10:01:52 PM): (The things you learn through internet searches...)
Umbrafer (10:01:55 PM): You examine the door while the GM pretends you didn't just admit to knowing that.
Umbrafer (10:02:21 PM): Perception.
MilesMk1 (10:02:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 4 5 1
Umbrafer (10:02:37 PM): (In case it needs to be said, still no Watcher)
Thematrian1 (10:02:42 PM): (It doesn't)
MilesMk1 (10:02:47 PM): This time, I'm using microscopic in likely places.
MilesMk1 (10:03:03 PM): Not the whol door, but around the lock, around the edges, etc.
Thematrian1 (10:03:07 PM): "So, my watcher wandered off or was banished, and someone stopped you from killing them without hurting you."
Umbrafer (10:03:14 PM): You see that it's a nice, solid door and appears to be locked. No immediately visible alarms.
CirclMastr (10:03:23 PM): "Either through good aim or good luck."
MilesMk1 (10:03:26 PM): Mag-locked?
MilesMk1 (10:04:07 PM): #I'm inside... I'll try to open a door to the hall. What's going on at your end?#
Umbrafer (10:04:15 PM): It does not appear to be a maglock, oddly enough. Examination suggests an old-style deadbolt.
Thematrian1 (10:04:35 PM): #Something shot MacLeod's gun, and my watcher went missing. I don't like this..."
MilesMk1 (10:05:10 PM): *Slots in Locpick and proceeds to open it*
MilesMk1 (10:05:34 PM): #Hmm... Vintage lock. Yell if you notice them moving towards me...#
MilesMk1 (10:05:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 5 5 6 6 3 3 2
MilesMk1 (10:05:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 3
Thematrian1 (10:05:50 PM): #We're not really set up to...#
MilesMk1 (10:05:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (10:06:05 PM): #I'll be quiet about it.#
MilesMk1 (10:06:14 PM): #Just picking the lock for now.#
Umbrafer (10:06:46 PM): The pins click into place and the deadbolt slides back.
MilesMk1 (10:07:09 PM): *Listens for anything happening on the other side*
MilesMk1 (10:07:29 PM): #Got the lock open... Are you having second thoughts about this?#
Umbrafer (10:07:32 PM): Perception.
MilesMk1 (10:07:36 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 3 3 6
MilesMk1 (10:07:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 4
MilesMk1 (10:07:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:07:49 PM): 15,9
MilesMk1 (10:08:02 PM): 15,10, rather
Umbrafer (10:08:32 PM): "--ill out there?"
Umbrafer (10:08:41 PM): "Yeah, so stay sharp."
Umbrafer (10:08:53 PM): "Can't we just leave it to the pros?"
Umbrafer (10:09:28 PM): "If you want to walk, the door's that way. Don't come whining to me for a job next time."
Umbrafer (10:09:43 PM): "But they're that way."
Umbrafer (10:09:52 PM): "Guess that makes your choice easier."
Umbrafer (10:09:56 PM): *Pause*
MilesMk1 (10:09:58 PM): #Hmm... Someone in hall asking whether they should 'leave this to the pros' and whether you guys are still out there.#
MilesMk1 (10:10:25 PM): Anything else after the pause?
Thematrian1 (10:10:28 PM): #Well, we are.#
Umbrafer (10:10:41 PM): "Can't we at least get this damn chunk of metal out of here? It's giving me the creeps."
Umbrafer (10:11:00 PM): "First you want it left to the pros, now you want to kick the pros out."
Umbrafer (10:11:15 PM): "What? How is that thing a person?"
MilesMk1 (10:11:43 PM): *starts to rely the conversation verbatim as it goes on*
Umbrafer (10:11:47 PM): "You don't know very much about Riggers, do you?"
MilesMk1 (10:11:50 PM): relay, rather.
Umbrafer (10:11:51 PM): "But I thought..."
Umbrafer (10:12:02 PM): "Shut up, you're interfering with my concentration."
Umbrafer (10:12:42 PM): There's some muttering and the sounds of someone eating a candy bar with nuts in it, but otherwise nothing more of apparent interest.
MilesMk1 (10:12:48 PM): #Hmm... Could that be the magician talking?#
MilesMk1 (10:12:57 PM): What kind of nuts?
Thematrian1 (10:13:04 PM): (Sound of someone eating a candy bar with nuts in it? ::worships in Glitch's direction:: )
Umbrafer (10:13:13 PM): You didn't get that many successes ;)
MilesMk1 (10:13:34 PM): #Well, in any case, I think I'm ready to shoot some people. It's up to you guys.#
Umbrafer (10:13:40 PM): You hear a slight sound of servos.
Thematrian1 (10:14:05 PM): #I'd like to, but we're somewhat outclassed here#
MilesMk1 (10:14:16 PM): #Hmm... I hear servos. They have some kind of drone back there, definitely.#
MilesMk1 (10:14:26 PM): Getting closer, or just stationary?
Thematrian1 (10:14:27 PM): ::passes everything on::
Thematrian1 (10:14:37 PM): "To sum up: rigger, mage, guns"
Umbrafer (10:14:40 PM): The sound seemed stationary.
CirclMastr (10:15:01 PM): "This isn't that good..."
MilesMk1 (10:15:31 PM): Does the door open into the room, or out into the hallway?
Umbrafer (10:15:59 PM): Into the room.
MilesMk1 (10:17:24 PM): #I'm going to take a look out into the hallway.#
Thematrian1 (10:18:01 PM): ::relay::
Umbrafer (10:18:15 PM): Anything from MacLeod?
CirclMastr (10:18:16 PM): "Okay"
MilesMk1 (10:18:45 PM): *inches the door open as quietly as possible*
Umbrafer (10:18:49 PM): Or Gem, for that matter?
Umbrafer (10:18:51 PM): Roll Stealth
MilesMk1 (10:19:00 PM): (just enough for me to stick my head out)
Thematrian1 (10:19:03 PM): No, we're trying to come up with a plan.
MilesMk1 (10:19:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 3 4 5 6
MilesMk1 (10:19:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (10:19:23 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 6 2 1 1 3 6 6 1 1 3 4 6 1 4
Umbrafer (10:19:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 2
Umbrafer (10:19:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (10:19:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 2 6 2 6 3 5 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 1
Umbrafer (10:19:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 5
Umbrafer (10:19:45 PM): You inch the door ever so slightly open
MilesMk1 (10:20:32 PM): If I don't hear anything from the outside indicating I was spotted, I look out.
MilesMk1 (10:20:44 PM): Gun ready, but not poking it out into the hallway yet.
Umbrafer (10:21:28 PM): Behind it, you see a human and an ork reclining on opposite sides of the hallway, assault rifles laid across their laps. Further down the hallway is the barricade, with two elves and a dwarf similarly armed in shooters' sprawls
Umbrafer (10:22:05 PM): Between the two, there sits a drone similar to that you saw on the roof. The mechanical arm looks larger, though.
Umbrafer (10:22:41 PM): There is either a LMG or an assault rifle mounted on the front, the angle isn't right to tell properly.
MilesMk1 (10:22:53 PM): *relays that information*
MilesMk1 (10:23:18 PM): They don't happen to have, say, a case of grenades placed conveniently ready for use, do they?
Umbrafer (10:24:02 PM): Not as far as you can tell. Roll Intelligence?
MilesMk1 (10:24:17 PM): Encephalon applies?
Umbrafer (10:24:24 PM): Sure.
MilesMk1 (10:24:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 1 6 6 1 2 6 3
MilesMk1 (10:24:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 5
MilesMk1 (10:24:43 PM): 11,10,10
Umbrafer (10:25:49 PM): You notice that the Rigger has made a tactical error placing the drone so far forward. The drone would have difficulty turning around inside the hallway, if it's even small enough to manage it.
Umbrafer (10:26:20 PM): Incidentally, this also means that it will be difficult for it to dodge effectively.
MilesMk1 (10:26:34 PM): Will it make it hard for it to turn around and shoot me?
Umbrafer (10:27:02 PM): It may not even be possible for it to do so without finding some way to get beyond you. The mechanical arm, however, is unmitigated as a threat.
MilesMk1 (10:27:38 PM): So... The MMG can still be pointed my way, or is it just the arm, if it moves back close enough?
Umbrafer (10:28:09 PM): Only the arm. The gun is on a fixed mount.
Umbrafer (10:28:54 PM): That isn't to say that the mechanical arm can't use a gun, it can. It does not currently have one, however.
MilesMk1 (10:29:15 PM): #Well... The only good news I can see so far is that the way they placed the drone, it won't be able to shoot me. Probably.#
Thematrian1 (10:29:42 PM): #Oops#
Umbrafer (10:29:44 PM): The drone is clearly armored, but not all that heavily. It's probably on par with the ones above.
MilesMk1 (10:29:57 PM): Do I see any open doors on my side of the barricade?
Umbrafer (10:30:30 PM): There is one visible across the hall.
Umbrafer (10:30:48 PM): It's across the hall and past the ork and human, though, and near the drone.
MilesMk1 (10:31:33 PM): #Well... I can probably really ruin their day, but I don't know if that'll be enough. It depends on how good they are.#
MilesMk1 (10:31:52 PM): #I can almost certainly kill two before the others know I'm there.#
MilesMk1 (10:32:59 PM): BTW, can I try to figure out which one was the leader, based on how the voice sounded? Assuming elves, humans dwarves and orcs all sound somewhat different.
Thematrian1 (10:33:20 PM): Hang on a sec
Umbrafer (10:33:31 PM): The slightly more authoritative speaker earlier was almost certainly the Ork, who currently has his eyes closed.
Umbrafer (10:33:37 PM): *Hangs on*
MilesMk1 (10:33:52 PM): Ooh, I wonder what he's concentrating on.
Thematrian1 (10:33:59 PM): I have a spatial...locator...recognizer...thingie
Umbrafer (10:34:10 PM): Oh, you too?
Umbrafer (10:34:14 PM): What do you want to do with it?
Thematrian1 (10:34:25 PM): figure out where Glitch is in relation to us
Umbrafer (10:35:08 PM): Well, he's not making enough noise for you to hear, which is probably good given everything betwixt the two of you.
Umbrafer (10:35:15 PM): If and when he starts shooting, that will start being feasible.
MilesMk1 (10:35:44 PM): I could probably tell you exactly. I have a rangefinder.
Thematrian1 (10:35:54 PM): Nuts, I thought it was something else.
MilesMk1 (10:36:18 PM): Do you have the spatial recognizer, or the orientation system?
Thematrian1 (10:36:45 PM): ::scanning::
Thematrian1 (10:36:52 PM): Orientation System. Whoops
MilesMk1 (10:37:06 PM): That's the GPS type of thing.
Thematrian1 (10:37:51 PM): #I'm going to send you a Watcher. Let me know if you get it.#
Thematrian1 (10:37:57 PM): ::conjuration, F3::
Thematrian1 (10:38:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 6 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:38:04 PM): #No!#
Thematrian1 (10:38:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 4 5 2 2 3 2 4
Thematrian1 (10:38:11 PM): #No?#
Thematrian1 (10:38:20 PM): ::doesn't send his Watcher anyplace::
Umbrafer (10:38:26 PM): You've summoned, but you can avert sending
MilesMk1 (10:38:27 PM): #I think there's a mage sitting really close to me, with his eyes closed. If he sees a watcher head for me...#
Thematrian1 (10:38:34 PM): #Describe him#
MilesMk1 (10:39:15 PM): #He's the ork, <gives rough descirption> that sounded like he was in charge and complained about getting his concentration disrupted.#
MilesMk1 (10:39:42 PM): (He didn't have any cyber visible? I'd feel supid if he was the rigger...)
MilesMk1 (10:39:47 PM): stupid
Umbrafer (10:40:03 PM): (You didn't see any. Not that they're mutually exclusive...)
MilesMk1 (10:40:23 PM): (I know... Does he have any signs of being a magician?)
Umbrafer (10:40:54 PM): (No magical glows, no feathers or runes, no floating above the ground or casting flames from his hands.)
MilesMk1 (10:41:14 PM): (I'm still gonna shoot him first.)
Thematrian1 (10:42:11 PM): To my Watcher: Find an Ork with <this description>. He's on that floor, in roughly that direction ::points::, in the building. When you find him, manifest and ask him his name. No matter what he says, call him a liar...
Thematrian1 (10:42:17 PM): ...and ask again."
MilesMk1 (10:42:48 PM): #Sorry to jump on you like that, I'm a little twitchy here...#
Umbrafer (10:43:01 PM): "ygs, strmtr"
Thematrian1 (10:43:09 PM): #Not a problem. Don't worry, I'm not sending the watcher to you.#
Umbrafer (10:44:36 PM): Glitch hears a exclamation of surprise from the human.
Umbrafer (10:45:18 PM): "Wgt s rn ame?"
MilesMk1 (10:45:29 PM): Human?
Umbrafer (10:45:49 PM): Yep. The ork doesn't immediately move.
MilesMk1 (10:46:13 PM): (Ah, ok. The watcher isn't talking to the human, but the human is surprised. Gotcha.)
Umbrafer (10:46:27 PM): The drone swivels somewhat, and the dwarf at the barricade turns to look back towards the sound.
Umbrafer (10:46:45 PM): The Watcher asks again, more indignantly but no more intelligibly.
Umbrafer (10:46:52 PM): The ork opens one eye.
Thematrian1 (10:47:03 PM): #I sent it to the Ork. Is he the mage?#
MilesMk1 (10:47:33 PM): #Hard to tell. He didn't deign to open his eyes when it came up, so he could either tell it was coming some other way, or is just really good at playing it cool.#
Umbrafer (10:47:35 PM): "Calm the fuck down, it's just a Watcher. You there, keep your eye on the hallway."
Umbrafer (10:47:51 PM): The human is clearly close to freaking out.
Thematrian1 (10:48:04 PM): (still perceiving most of the time)
MilesMk1 (10:48:14 PM): #Well, he knows what a watcher is, anyway.#
MilesMk1 (10:48:35 PM): #I'd say the odds are good. I wish he'd start chanting or something, so I could be sure...#
Umbrafer (10:48:39 PM): The ork closes his eye again, and a few seconds later the Watcher vanishes from view with an extremely painful-sounding shriek.
MilesMk1 (10:49:14 PM): #He closed his eye, and then your watcher got geeked. I think he's it. He dies first, anyway, since they seem to be taking their lead from him.#
MilesMk1 (10:49:26 PM): #That is, if we do decide to take them...#
Umbrafer (10:49:30 PM): (Incidentally, after the ork started talking to the others the Watcher started trying to call him a liar)
Thematrian1 (10:49:46 PM): #Sounds fair. The thing is, I don't see how we can reinforce you.$
Thematrian1 (10:49:58 PM): ::passes the results of the experiment on the MacLeod#
Thematrian1 (10:50:05 PM): s/#/::/g
CirclMastr (10:50:19 PM): "Doesn't sound like there's much else I can do..."
MilesMk1 (10:50:37 PM): #Well... The guy I shot downstairs had an AK. You could use that for more of a distraction. I might be able to shoot more of them in the confusion than I otherwise could.#
Umbrafer (10:50:45 PM): "Well, if they're not going to do anything, I'm going to take a fucking piss. If you let them past, you'd better pray they kill you on the way."
MilesMk1 (10:50:58 PM): #The ork is going for a piss...#
Umbrafer (10:51:03 PM): That came from the ork. He then stands, opens his eyes, and walks away.
MilesMk1 (10:51:11 PM): Doesn't notice me?
Thematrian1 (10:51:12 PM): MacLeod has the AK, right?
MilesMk1 (10:51:19 PM): Which way does he go?
Umbrafer (10:51:36 PM): If he does, he doesn't react. Away from the barricade, down into the area you can't see so well without opening the door more.
CirclMastr (10:51:38 PM): MacLeod had an SMG but it got shot.
MilesMk1 (10:52:14 PM): #I'm going to try to take him out while he's away from the group. Get ready to distract them if necessary, ok?#
Thematrian1 (10:52:42 PM): "We need to get ready to distract, just in case."
MilesMk1 (10:52:46 PM): *slowly opens the door enough to sidle out*
Thematrian1 (10:52:50 PM): ::starts conjuring Watchers as fast as she can::
Thematrian1 (10:52:56 PM): all F3
Thematrian1 (10:52:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 6 5 3
Thematrian1 (10:53:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 1 3 3 3 5 6 2
Thematrian1 (10:53:07 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 6 6 4
Thematrian1 (10:53:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 2 5 5 1 6 1 6 4 5
Umbrafer (10:53:15 PM): If you exit, that leaves you not very far at all from the human.
MilesMk1 (10:53:26 PM): How far?
Umbrafer (10:54:05 PM): Probably about two, two and a half meters. You're quite close to him.
MilesMk1 (10:54:42 PM): #Guys, I need you to make some noise, but not so much that'd they'll all be up in arms.#
MilesMk1 (10:54:48 PM): #Just to distract them.#
Thematrian1 (10:54:57 PM): #They kinda freaked when the watchers came by, right?#
MilesMk1 (10:55:03 PM): #Yeah.#
Thematrian1 (10:55:12 PM): ::keeps conjuring, Jon let me know how many I get::
Thematrian1 (10:55:39 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 3 4 4 5
Thematrian1 (10:55:42 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 5 2 5 1 2 4 6
Thematrian1 (10:55:46 PM): meh, that'll do.
Umbrafer (10:56:11 PM): (Well, TN's at +2 still, so that's three unless I badly misremember my Watcher conjuring)
CirclMastr (10:56:23 PM): (We all do)
Thematrian1 (10:57:17 PM): Instructing all Watchers at once: each of you search this floor of this building for humans who aren't <Glitch's description> or us. When you find one, dive through their bodies shrieking "DEATH! DESTRUCTION!"
Thematrian1 (10:57:25 PM): Start over there
Thematrian1 (10:57:31 PM): ::gesture in the right direction::
Thematrian1 (10:57:40 PM): #Let me know if you need more#
MilesMk1 (10:57:45 PM): *Gets ready to move*
MilesMk1 (10:58:37 PM): (And to close the door behind him almost all the way if no one looks his way as he leaves the room)
MilesMk1 (10:59:23 PM): Also, looks the way the ork went, hoping to figure out which door he used / to hear piss on porcelain.
Thematrian1 (11:00:09 PM): ::mutters:: "Time to make this unenclosed spirits work for me for a change..."
Umbrafer (11:00:11 PM): They all start over there. Two of them pick the dwarf, and one an elf.
Umbrafer (11:00:46 PM): They make varying degrees of screaming noises. The effect is amazingly chilling, but mostly unintelligible.
Umbrafer (11:01:07 PM): Glitch coming out of the door?
MilesMk1 (11:01:17 PM): Yeah.
MilesMk1 (11:01:32 PM): Unless they all start to run from the watchers and in my direction, or something.
Umbrafer (11:01:50 PM): Most of them appear to be trying to deal with it where they are.
Umbrafer (11:01:54 PM): The human scrambles backwards away from all of this, and bumps into Glitch's legs.
Umbrafer (11:02:10 PM): He looks up with an "oh, fuck" expression on his face.
Thematrian1 (11:03:23 PM): ::would feel much the same, if he knew what had just happened::
MilesMk1 (11:03:46 PM): #Fuck.#
Umbrafer (11:03:56 PM): The drone is visibly swivelling and trying to track the small targets, but having a difficult time doing so. The whole "not actually being able to detect Watchers on sensors" thing may have something to do with it.
Umbrafer (11:04:32 PM): More accurately, it's trying to track something, appearing to try to take its information from the reactions of the people at the barricade.
Thematrian1 (11:04:40 PM): "They're distracted."
Thematrian1 (11:04:42 PM): #Fuck?#
CirclMastr (11:04:53 PM): "Should I make a charge or something?"
MilesMk1 (11:04:58 PM): Hold on...
Thematrian1 (11:05:02 PM): "There's still a drone."
MilesMk1 (11:05:23 PM): Is the human looking like he's about to scream, or try to grab for me?
Umbrafer (11:05:34 PM): It's hard to tell.
Umbrafer (11:05:42 PM): Not trying to grab for you, definitely.
Umbrafer (11:06:09 PM): Right now it looks more like he's trying to find his happy place and failing miserably.
MilesMk1 (11:06:09 PM): I try to smoothly move away, hoping he'll think he bumped into a watcher.
MilesMk1 (11:06:33 PM): If he continues to act like that and doesn't start yelling about invisible people, I still try to get the ork.
MilesMk1 (11:06:44 PM): But I'm keeping an eye on him.
Umbrafer (11:07:14 PM): He seems to like the lose bladder control and faint idea better, as that's what he tries.
MilesMk1 (11:07:36 PM): I leave him be, and head for the sounds of peeing.
MilesMk1 (11:07:45 PM): The other sounds of peing, I mean.
Thematrian1 (11:07:54 PM): (hehehe)
Umbrafer (11:07:55 PM): Still no actions from the others?
MilesMk1 (11:08:10 PM): #They're distracted, but still alert... I'
MilesMk1 (11:08:22 PM): m trying to get the ork first. One fainted.#
MilesMk1 (11:08:35 PM): #Three still at the barricade.#
MilesMk1 (11:08:55 PM): Does the fainter have any grenades on him?
Umbrafer (11:09:06 PM): Heh. None visible, going to take the time to search?
Thematrian1 (11:09:14 PM): I pass on the details.
MilesMk1 (11:09:16 PM): Not now. Geeking the ork.
Umbrafer (11:10:32 PM): There's another T-junction up ahead.
MilesMk1 (11:10:38 PM): Can I hear him?
Umbrafer (11:10:41 PM): (Away from the barricade)
Umbrafer (11:10:43 PM): No.
MilesMk1 (11:11:09 PM): Then I head the way he did, and hope I can find him.
Umbrafer (11:11:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 6 2 2 4
Umbrafer (11:11:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:11:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 5 2 3 5
Umbrafer (11:11:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 2 1 1
Umbrafer (11:12:41 PM): As you round the corner, parts of the wall disintegrate under a minor hail of bullets.
MilesMk1 (11:12:52 PM): Fired from?
Umbrafer (11:13:41 PM): Another corner. *Grabs something to scribble a map with*
MilesMk1 (11:14:17 PM): What are my options for cover?
MilesMk1 (11:14:32 PM): And do I see who shot at me?
Umbrafer (11:16:08 PM): (We need a better way to do mapdrawing. Anyone know of one?)
MilesMk1 (11:16:22 PM): Not off-hand.
Thematrian1 (11:16:26 PM): (They all come integrated with other things...)
CirclMastr (11:16:27 PM): (Nein)
Umbrafer (11:16:32 PM): (Also, can everyone here handle .PNG files?)
CirclMastr (11:16:42 PM): (Think so)
Thematrian1 (11:16:45 PM): (Yes)
MilesMk1 (11:17:24 PM): (Umm... Not sure.)
MilesMk1 (11:17:36 PM): (What software is that?)
Thematrian1 (11:17:50 PM): (Straight XP handles it IIRC)
Umbrafer (11:17:55 PM): (I'll just save it as a jpeg. We can worry about efficiency some other time)
Umbrafer (11:19:34 PM): Amazingly crude, but http://www.sotsw.net/stuff/buildingmap
Umbrafer (11:19:58 PM): You are at about B when you get fired at. The shots come from A, give or take. That drawing is not even close to being to scale.
CirclMastr (11:20:06 PM): (A tag on that would be nice)
MilesMk1 (11:20:21 PM): Can I tell who it was that shot me?
Umbrafer (11:21:51 PM): And in case you can't tell, the far left side actually is a wall too.
Umbrafer (11:21:57 PM): For who shot you, you can't tell immediately.
Umbrafer (11:22:08 PM): For those of you lacking resource forks, http://www.sotsw.net/stuff/buildingmap.jpg now has the file
MilesMk1 (11:22:14 PM): Ok... Regardless, I move back along the wall I'm closest to, and start shooting the guys at the barricade, since I'm sure I have their attention now.
MilesMk1 (11:22:41 PM): If possible, walking for a doorway.
MilesMk1 (11:22:48 PM): In order to get some cover.
Umbrafer (11:22:50 PM): Ok
MilesMk1 (11:22:53 PM): #Someone saw me.#
Thematrian1 (11:23:04 PM): #Damn. We can't get past the drone.#
MilesMk1 (11:23:14 PM): #The guys behind the barricade are about to be distracted.#
MilesMk1 (11:23:45 PM): Listening for footsteps from behind me.
Thematrian1 (11:23:48 PM): #They're not the problem.#
Umbrafer (11:24:13 PM): Roll perception, with all the Watcher-shrieking and soforth.
Umbrafer (11:24:21 PM): Actually, everyone in the area roll Perception.
MilesMk1 (11:24:24 PM): #Well, maybe I'll see if I can get the drone, then...#
MilesMk1 (11:24:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 6 5 3
MilesMk1 (11:24:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (11:24:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 1 2 4 6
Thematrian1 (11:24:36 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (11:24:47 PM): MacLeod?
CirclMastr (11:25:04 PM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 2 6 6
CirclMastr (11:25:07 PM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
CirclMastr (11:25:12 PM): (Pair of 7s)
Umbrafer (11:25:45 PM): You notice that the chorus of Watchers is slightly less loud.
Umbrafer (11:27:48 PM): Actions?
MilesMk1 (11:28:16 PM): Uh... Shooting the drone, while walking for the cover of a doorway.
MilesMk1 (11:28:50 PM): (Hopefully this will be easier then when swinging on a rope)
Umbrafer (11:28:51 PM): Roll it.
Umbrafer (11:28:57 PM): (It ought to be)
MilesMk1 (11:28:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 3 1 5
Umbrafer (11:29:17 PM): (Smartlink, of course?).
MilesMk1 (11:29:18 PM): Both shots, or one at a time?
MilesMk1 (11:29:21 PM): Oh yeah.
MilesMk1 (11:29:24 PM): No vision penalties.
MilesMk1 (11:29:26 PM): Either.
Umbrafer (11:29:40 PM): So TN 3 for Attacker Walking, IIRC.
Umbrafer (11:29:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 4 6 2 2
MilesMk1 (11:29:52 PM): I can live with that.
MilesMk1 (11:30:03 PM): I thought you said it couldn't dodge?
Umbrafer (11:30:17 PM): No, that its ability to dodge would be severely hampered.
MilesMk1 (11:30:20 PM): Ah.
Umbrafer (11:30:25 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:30:43 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 1 2 3
Umbrafer (11:31:29 PM): Taking your second shot? The first struck true, but it's impossible to tell immediately how much it actually did.
MilesMk1 (11:31:36 PM): Yeah, going for it.
MilesMk1 (11:31:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 5 3 2
Umbrafer (11:31:56 PM): Do you have recoil comp?
MilesMk1 (11:32:03 PM): (That was EX, by the way. Yes, I believe I do.)
MilesMk1 (11:32:29 PM): (Custom grip, IIRC.)
Umbrafer (11:32:33 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 4 6
Umbrafer (11:32:52 PM): *Bamf*
Umbrafer (11:33:12 PM): You notice some arcing here and there. The drone does not stop moving, but there's now some more grinding and whining to every movement
MilesMk1 (11:34:58 PM): #Hit the drone a couple of times, I don't think it's doing too well#
Thematrian1 (11:35:16 PM): "The drone's damaged, I think we can go."
Umbrafer (11:35:25 PM): Actions from the other two? If nothing in particular, it's Init time.
CirclMastr (11:35:31 PM): "Okay, but I just have my sword and a taser"
Umbrafer (11:35:34 PM): Not that it won't be Init time in a secodn anyway.
MilesMk1 (11:35:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 2
MilesMk1 (11:35:51 PM): Oh, God.
Umbrafer (11:35:55 PM): *second*
Thematrian1 (11:35:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (11:36:15 PM): Karma?
CirclMastr (11:36:19 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
CirclMastr (11:36:24 PM): (Last)
Umbrafer (11:36:28 PM): If you want, sure. You haven't spent it yet?
MilesMk1 (11:36:44 PM): Actually... I think I did, last session, on a perception check.
MilesMk1 (11:36:46 PM): 10.
Umbrafer (11:37:24 PM): So what is everyone?
Umbrafer (11:37:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 6 4 5 2 2 4 5 6 4 6 6 5
MilesMk1 (11:37:49 PM): 4 damn chances in 36 of getting less than 10 on init, and of course...
Thematrian1 (11:38:18 PM): 9
CirclMastr (11:38:46 PM): 5
Umbrafer (11:39:13 PM): The rigger goes first and accelerates backwards, attempting to kung-fu Glitch with the arm.
Umbrafer (11:39:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 5 4 1 3
MilesMk1 (11:39:55 PM): Roll unarmed?
Umbrafer (11:40:00 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (11:40:02 PM): What's your Strength?
MilesMk1 (11:40:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 3 4 5 3 5 6 1
MilesMk1 (11:40:19 PM): 4
Umbrafer (11:40:24 PM): *Nods*
MilesMk1 (11:40:35 PM): So I never got to a doorway, or did I?
Umbrafer (11:40:48 PM): You got to one, give or take, but not through.
Umbrafer (11:41:21 PM): It takes a good swipe, but you dodge and return with a one-two punch that would probably have done something other than make your knuckles hurt slightly if it were a meta rather than a drone you were kung-fuing
MilesMk1 (11:41:39 PM): Stun gloves do anything to a drone? ;)
Umbrafer (11:41:48 PM): Ooh. What's the Power on those suckers?
MilesMk1 (11:41:51 PM): 7S
Umbrafer (11:41:56 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (11:42:23 PM): Well, the gloves go off, but it's hard to tell what if anything has happened.
MilesMk1 (11:42:40 PM): Ok.
CirclMastr (11:42:54 PM): (It probably would give the rigger a shock)
Umbrafer (11:43:14 PM): (Which would be nigh-impossible to tell from the drone end)
CirclMastr (11:43:18 PM): (Yup)
Umbrafer (11:44:11 PM): Next up would be Elf 1, but he's trying to figure out what to do with this Watcher.
Umbrafer (11:44:17 PM): Gem?
MilesMk1 (11:44:27 PM): I go before that...
Umbrafer (11:44:32 PM): Oops
Thematrian1 (11:44:34 PM): I head for the barricade, and try to peer through a crack, but not yet.
Umbrafer (11:44:37 PM): Glitch next, then
MilesMk1 (11:44:49 PM): What'll happen if I try to shoot the drone?
MilesMk1 (11:44:51 PM): +2 to hit?
Thematrian1 (11:44:53 PM): (Oh, and draw my pistol)
Umbrafer (11:45:10 PM): +2 to hit, yes. Bizarre melee, but melee nonetheless.
MilesMk1 (11:45:19 PM): Well, I shoot the damn thing.
Umbrafer (11:45:28 PM): Roll that sucker.
MilesMk1 (11:45:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 1 1 1 6
MilesMk1 (11:45:38 PM): God damn.
MilesMk1 (11:45:44 PM): Die already.
Umbrafer (11:46:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 5 6 2 5 5 4 6
MilesMk1 (11:46:06 PM): Ok, maybe not.
Umbrafer (11:46:19 PM): Nothing from the first shot. Giving it another?
MilesMk1 (11:46:26 PM): Yeah.
MilesMk1 (11:46:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 6 3 1 5 3
MilesMk1 (11:46:53 PM): GAH!!!!
Umbrafer (11:47:24 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 6
Umbrafer (11:48:03 PM): That one slightly cracked part of the casing.
Umbrafer (11:48:09 PM): Gem?
MilesMk1 (11:48:11 PM): Yay.
Thematrian1 (11:48:15 PM): As I said above
MilesMk1 (11:48:16 PM): I'm not built for this shit.
Umbrafer (11:48:30 PM): Neither, in all fairness, is the drone :)
Umbrafer (11:48:50 PM): (I mean that from an in-game perspective)
Umbrafer (11:49:12 PM): Ok, you peer through the barricade.
Thematrian1 (11:49:51 PM): What do I see?
Umbrafer (11:50:05 PM): There is a dwarf looking surprised to see you and trying to bat at a screaming Watcher, an Elf thrashing at another Watcher, and a third Elf trying to get a shot past the drone visible in a doorway beyond but not seeming to have muc
Umbrafer (11:50:07 PM): much success.
Thematrian1 (11:50:26 PM): Do I have time to shoot someone through the hole in the barricade?
Umbrafer (11:51:16 PM): Hm. Observe in Detail plus Ready Weapon is two Simples. If you want to convert that Ready Weapon to a Quickdraw, sure, but it'll have TN mods.
Thematrian1 (11:51:29 PM): nah, I'm done
CirclMastr (11:51:42 PM): (How does Quickdraw have TN mods?)
CirclMastr (11:51:48 PM): (It's a Quickness test)
Umbrafer (11:51:59 PM): (The firing part will)
CirclMastr (11:52:07 PM): (Ah)
Umbrafer (11:52:38 PM): No one else visible does anything significant. MacLeod's chance to shine.
CirclMastr (11:53:20 PM): He can do nothing but follow Gem to the barricade and draw his sword
Umbrafer (11:54:51 PM): That's debatable, but if he isn't trying anything else...
Umbrafer (11:54:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 1 1 6 2 1 4 5 4 3 1 3 2
Umbrafer (11:55:18 PM): The watcher on the thrashing Elf vanishes in a rather unpleasant-looking flash.
Thematrian1 (11:55:28 PM): (aw, snap)
Umbrafer (11:55:30 PM): Gem, still perceiving?
Thematrian1 (11:55:35 PM): yes
Umbrafer (11:55:37 PM): (Keeping in mind the TN mods for doing so)
Umbrafer (11:56:09 PM): You see an astral form kung-fuing the Watcher Spirit.
Umbrafer (11:56:19 PM): Perception to notice anything more.
Thematrian1 (11:56:41 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 3 3 3
Thematrian1 (11:56:54 PM): /me regrets not taking "Perceptive"
Thematrian1 (11:56:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (11:57:24 PM): You can't tell much about the mage from the astral form, but you're pretty sure that's what it is.
Umbrafer (11:58:25 PM): (A mage, that is)
Umbrafer (11:58:42 PM): Other than that, the drone has another valiant attempt at punching out Glitch.
Umbrafer (11:58:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 5 3 2 3 5 1
Umbrafer (11:58:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 1
Thematrian1 (11:59:01 PM): "Someone just killed my Watcher"
MilesMk1 (11:59:52 PM): Um...
MilesMk1 (12:00:05 AM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (12:00:13 AM): (Roll Unarmed?)
MilesMk1 (12:00:25 AM): Yeah, I'm just not happy about it. :)
Thematrian1 (12:00:32 AM): heh
Umbrafer (12:00:37 AM): (Pish tosh)
MilesMk1 (12:00:46 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 2 4 5 2
Umbrafer (12:01:52 AM): Well, that looks like three successes to his two
Thematrian1 (12:02:05 AM): (TN penalty tastes so good)
Umbrafer (12:02:28 AM): You give it a good solid kick and a light punch, which fortunately sprains neither your ankle nor your wrist
MilesMk1 (12:02:40 AM): Heh... Well, if I were a troll, that drone would be in trouble now.
Umbrafer (12:03:28 AM): And that's all for this pass, folks.
Umbrafer (12:03:34 AM): Roll them bones.
Umbrafer (12:03:36 AM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 3 4 5 5 3 6 6 6 2 1 3 3 1 6
Thematrian1 (12:03:39 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (12:03:41 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
MilesMk1 (12:03:43 AM): 12
Thematrian1 (12:03:47 AM): 9
Umbrafer (12:04:48 AM): (MacLeod?)
CirclMastr (12:05:03 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
CirclMastr (12:05:07 AM): (9)
Umbrafer (12:06:08 AM): The very first thing that happens is...
CirclMastr (12:06:22 AM): (The building blows up)
MilesMk1 (12:06:23 AM): Drone tries to molest me.
Umbrafer (12:06:30 AM): Not quite.
CirclMastr (12:06:41 AM): (We wake up and it was all a yaoi nightmare)
Umbrafer (12:06:52 AM): The last Watcher dies painfully and the mage gives a nasty grin at Gem.
Thematrian1 (12:06:54 AM): (No, I think some elements were missing for that)
Thematrian1 (12:07:08 AM): "The mage sees me. My watcher is dead."
Umbrafer (12:07:09 AM): Then the drone tries to molest Glitch.
Umbrafer (12:07:18 AM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 4 6 5 3 4 6 1 3
Umbrafer (12:07:22 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 2
MilesMk1 (12:07:24 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 2 4 3 3 4
Umbrafer (12:07:28 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (12:07:32 AM): Man....
Umbrafer (12:07:38 AM): Again, three successes to the drone's two.
CirclMastr (12:07:45 AM): (Is the projecting mage manifested?)
Umbrafer (12:07:52 AM): (nope)
MilesMk1 (12:07:53 AM): Ok. Can I shoot it now?
Umbrafer (12:08:02 AM): You sorta elbow it a little half-heartedly.
Umbrafer (12:08:04 AM): Yes.
MilesMk1 (12:08:10 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 1 5 5
Umbrafer (12:08:16 AM): Ow.
MilesMk1 (12:08:18 AM): DIE!!!!!!
Umbrafer (12:08:21 AM): Very ow.
Umbrafer (12:09:39 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 6 5 5
Umbrafer (12:09:55 AM): More sparks.
Umbrafer (12:10:00 AM): Giving another try?
MilesMk1 (12:10:06 AM): Yeah...
MilesMk1 (12:10:10 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 6 1 4
Umbrafer (12:10:43 AM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 1
Umbrafer (12:11:19 AM): You slip the gun into a crack in the armor and pull the trigger. Only a quick jerk back keeps you from getting scorched by some extremely nasty-looking arcing, quickly followed by a smell of burning wiring.
Umbrafer (12:11:34 AM): The arm starts bashing away at the wall next to you.
MilesMk1 (12:11:36 AM): #Yes!#
Thematrian1 (12:11:41 AM): #Drone down?#
MilesMk1 (12:11:58 AM): #Oh yeah.#
Thematrian1 (12:12:08 AM): "The drone is down. Let's go."
Umbrafer (12:12:14 AM): Now, Gem and MacLeod, do either of you have artificial Reaction adjustments?
CirclMastr (12:12:21 AM): Nope
Thematrian1 (12:12:22 AM): I don't
CirclMastr (12:12:37 AM): That's a bit of a scary question.
Umbrafer (12:12:44 AM): So unless I'm forgetting a tiebreaker used, you act simultaneously.
Thematrian1 (12:12:46 AM): I should say so
Thematrian1 (12:13:06 AM): (Way to wind us up, there)
Thematrian1 (12:13:16 AM): Can we get over the barricade?
Umbrafer (12:13:58 AM): You can, but it'll take some clambering or some moving of decently heavy riot shields.
Thematrian1 (12:14:08 AM): Ok, can I shoot someone I don't like through the crack?
Umbrafer (12:14:32 AM): Yes.
Thematrian1 (12:14:36 AM): (I like Glitch. Just to be clear)
Umbrafer (12:14:40 AM): But only if you really don't like them.
CirclMastr (12:14:46 AM): ::hacks at the barricade::
Thematrian1 (12:15:26 AM): Ok. Simple to aim, then Bang
Thematrian1 (12:15:29 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 6 3 6 5
Thematrian1 (12:15:34 AM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 3
MilesMk1 (12:15:40 AM): Can't you do a sommersault over the barricade and hack someone to pieces?
Umbrafer (12:15:42 AM): Bangu.
Thematrian1 (12:15:54 AM): (Yeah, unlike me you're actually athletic)
Umbrafer (12:15:55 AM): Which someone was that?
Thematrian1 (12:16:13 AM): the elf, I guess
Umbrafer (12:16:20 AM): Dwarf, prostrate elf, or elf looking for a shot on Glitch?
Thematrian1 (12:16:25 AM): that last one
Umbrafer (12:16:36 AM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 6 4 6
Umbrafer (12:16:41 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 3
Umbrafer (12:16:45 AM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (12:17:10 AM): You hit him in the upper back. You hear a slight gurgling sound and he slides to the ground.
Umbrafer (12:17:26 AM): MacLeod?
Umbrafer (12:17:39 AM): Keeping in mind that the elf just attacked is still a valid target as far as you're concerned?
CirclMastr (12:17:47 AM): With a sword?
Umbrafer (12:18:30 AM): Well, you'd either have to go over the barricade or do some funny reaching to hit him, but what I mean is at this point he isn't down yet.
CirclMastr (12:18:45 AM): Can I go over the barricade and still attack?
Umbrafer (12:19:29 AM): It'll take an athletics test and some TN mods, but yes.
CirclMastr (12:19:50 AM): Having nothing else to do, sure
Umbrafer (12:20:09 AM): Roll it.
CirclMastr (12:20:23 AM): Athletics?
Umbrafer (12:20:29 AM): Yep
CirclMastr (12:20:32 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 4 2 2
CirclMastr (12:20:34 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (12:20:41 AM): There's a 10 for ya
Umbrafer (12:21:08 AM): You make it, though an olympic judge wouldn't give you points for form. Edged Weapons?
CirclMastr (12:21:21 AM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 6 5 5 5 3 2
CirclMastr (12:21:23 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (12:21:31 AM): (Another 10, and trip 5s)
Umbrafer (12:21:41 AM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 4 3
Umbrafer (12:21:49 AM): 13S?
CirclMastr (12:22:13 AM): Aye
Umbrafer (12:23:03 AM): Coming over the barrier, you spot an elf prostrate underneath you. You jam your sword down, impaling him and striking the sandbag beneath. You handle the dismount perfectly, bringing your sword around and out.
MilesMk1 (12:23:51 AM): Was this the same elf that got shot, or another one?
CirclMastr (12:24:08 AM): It was probably a Deadly wound either wat
Umbrafer (12:24:10 AM): Different one. You came up lucky.
CirclMastr (12:24:11 AM): *way
Umbrafer (12:25:49 AM): Hm. And that means Gem is still astrally perceiving.
Umbrafer (12:25:56 AM): Which I forgot to take into account when she was firing.
Umbrafer (12:26:01 AM): Ah well.
Thematrian1 (12:26:14 AM): I had 3 successes either way, I expect
Umbrafer (12:26:32 AM): But you had more than three this way.
Umbrafer (12:26:37 AM): IIRC
Thematrian1 (12:26:46 AM): <small voice>oh
Umbrafer (12:26:50 AM): Anyway, the main disadvantage is coming up now.
Umbrafer (12:27:18 AM): (Drain on Stunbolt is -1(DL), correct?)
CirclMastr (12:27:40 AM): (DL-1) I think...
CirclMastr (12:27:43 AM): *checks*
CirclMastr (12:28:05 AM): No, -1(DL), you're right
Umbrafer (12:28:30 AM): Force 6 base Light stunbolt incoming
Umbrafer (12:28:41 AM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 5 2 5
Umbrafer (12:28:47 AM): Ewwwww.
Thematrian1 (12:28:57 AM): W=6
Umbrafer (12:29:05 AM): The mage uses karma.
CirclMastr (12:29:06 AM): HA
Umbrafer (12:29:10 AM): Umbrafer rolled 12 6-sided dice: 4 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 1 5
CirclMastr (12:29:11 AM): Damn him
CirclMastr (12:29:13 AM): HA!
Umbrafer (12:29:19 AM): For no effect.
Umbrafer (12:29:29 AM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 5 4 1 5 5
CirclMastr (12:29:31 AM): Let's hope he fails Drain and kills himself
Thematrian1 (12:29:33 AM): I can tell he tried something, right?
Umbrafer (12:29:35 AM): But also no drain
Umbrafer (12:29:39 AM): Hm.
Umbrafer (12:29:49 AM): Come to that, no, probably not
Thematrian1 (12:29:54 AM): 24 dice, no sixes. What's (5/6)^24?
Umbrafer (12:30:17 AM): 1.055212665042922e-18
MilesMk1 (12:30:18 AM): 0.012579115212475321675120379803895
MilesMk1 (12:30:32 AM): Nope, that didn't get entered right...
Umbrafer (12:31:30 AM): Anyway.
Umbrafer (12:31:45 AM): You notice a slight shift in his expression, but nothing more.
Umbrafer (12:32:08 AM): it's kung-fu time. The drone continues bashing the wall.
MilesMk1 (12:32:42 AM): So... My turn?
Umbrafer (12:32:49 AM): Yep
MilesMk1 (12:32:58 AM): The only one left is the dwarf, right?
Umbrafer (12:33:07 AM): As far as you can tell/
Umbrafer (12:33:13 AM): Well, the dwarf and presumably whoever shot at you.
MilesMk1 (12:33:21 AM): Well, after doing gun-kata with the drone, this should be easy...
MilesMk1 (12:33:26 AM): Two shots.
MilesMk1 (12:33:30 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 3 4 6
MilesMk1 (12:33:33 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 4 3 3
MilesMk1 (12:34:00 AM): Bye-bye.
Umbrafer (12:34:13 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 3 1 2
Umbrafer (12:34:18 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 1 3 5 5
Umbrafer (12:34:23 AM): Yeah, pretty much.
Umbrafer (12:34:35 AM): The dwarf looks mighty fragmented.
MilesMk1 (12:35:02 AM): "There's someone down the hall who fired at me with an automatic weapon."
Thematrian1 (12:35:24 AM): "Cute. Where's the mage?"
MilesMk1 (12:35:32 AM): "And watch the doors, the "pros" are around here somewhere."
MilesMk1 (12:35:43 AM): "Not sure."
Umbrafer (12:36:21 AM): So anyone else doing anything, or does the astral mage get his second shot?
MilesMk1 (12:36:22 AM): *Starts to stealth down towards the T, hoping this time he can get a jump on whoever it was that shot him.*
Thematrian1 (12:36:44 AM): Can I attack him astrally? Astral-fu, sorta thing?
CirclMastr (12:36:57 AM): (I would think so)
Thematrian1 (12:37:09 AM): Wait, I'm an idiot. I quit perceiving.
CirclMastr (12:37:14 AM): (Then no
Umbrafer (12:37:20 AM): You can try. He's on the other side of the barricade, though, so it'-- aww...
Thematrian1 (12:37:43 AM): (Lost track of why he could stunball me, for a sec)
Umbrafer (12:38:18 AM): The astral landscape vanishes from view, as does the mage.
CirclMastr (12:39:25 AM): "So, we go on?"
Thematrian1 (12:39:46 AM): "I'm not watching the astral. If I try, the mage can jump me."
CirclMastr (12:39:53 AM): ::rests bloody katana over his preteen shoulder::
Thematrian1 (12:39:57 AM): "So yes"
CirclMastr (12:40:25 AM): "I'll take point, which way we going?"
Thematrian1 (12:40:39 AM): "Follow Glitch" ::leads by example::
MilesMk1 (12:40:59 AM): #There are people behind some of theose doors around us... I'm just trying to get the fuck who shot me.#
Umbrafer (12:41:16 AM): Can you tell where Glitch is to follow him?
CirclMastr (12:41:31 AM): I was about to ask where he was
Thematrian1 (12:41:48 AM): Wait, he's not within view? #Glitch, where'd you go?#
MilesMk1 (12:42:05 AM): I'm in LOS, but I did say I was trying for stealth.
Thematrian1 (12:42:12 AM): Oh, right.
MilesMk1 (12:42:18 AM): #A few meters down the hall.#
Umbrafer (12:42:24 AM): Well, roll Perception. You would have suddenly lost view when you stopped perceiving.
Thematrian1 (12:42:36 AM): I go where he was.
CirclMastr (12:42:46 AM): ::heads down the hall::
Umbrafer (12:42:50 AM): You both follow along.
MilesMk1 (12:42:55 AM): Oh, wait...
MilesMk1 (12:43:06 AM): What weapons did the guys lying down aiming have, actually?
MilesMk1 (12:43:36 AM): Not stopping to get anything, but just for reference.
Thematrian1 (12:43:40 AM): Oh, as I walk by I take a glance at the drone. How messed up is it?
Thematrian1 (12:43:48 AM): (Unless they're grenades, right? ;-))
MilesMk1 (12:44:01 AM): (Exactly.)
CirclMastr (12:44:29 AM): "So, the Three Amigos, together again?"
Umbrafer (12:44:54 AM): They were FN HARs.
CirclMastr (12:45:15 AM): "Just need to dress as mariachis and shoot the Invisible Singing Swordsman and we're set."
Umbrafer (12:45:22 AM): The drone is pretty messed up. A lot of the structure itself is intact, but it doesn't smell like the electronics are.
Umbrafer (12:45:54 AM): (Incidentally, remind me not to try to compile nontrivial things during games)
MilesMk1 (12:46:04 AM): "Yeah, let's go."
Thematrian1 (12:46:19 AM): ::follows, by means of leet listening skills::
MilesMk1 (12:46:25 AM): #Going towards that T intersection#
MilesMk1 (12:46:34 AM): *Goes towards the T*
Umbrafer (12:46:39 AM): You reach it in short order.
CirclMastr (12:46:41 AM): ::takes the lead if he can:: "Just remember to take me along if I get gunned down"
MilesMk1 (12:46:51 AM): *Lets him take the lead*
Thematrian1 (12:47:03 AM): Smile. "You've only mentioned it 20 times, I think we get it."
MilesMk1 (12:47:16 AM): *whisper* "My shooter was to the left."
CirclMastr (12:47:18 AM): "Just making sure"
CirclMastr (12:47:39 AM): ::walks along, katana ready, until bullets fly or a door comes up::
Umbrafer (12:48:33 AM): MacLeod gets to about point B when someone fires at him.
Umbrafer (12:48:48 AM): Umbrafer rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 1 3 2 6 5 6 5 4 5
CirclMastr (12:49:13 AM): (I've no access to the map, you took it down or something)
Umbrafer (12:49:21 AM): http://www.sotsw.net/stuff/buildingmap.jpg
MilesMk1 (12:49:23 AM): Try the second link.
CirclMastr (12:50:00 AM): Where are we coming from again?
Umbrafer (12:50:10 AM): From down.
Umbrafer (12:50:26 AM): Being fired at while you're at B, fire coming from A.
Umbrafer (12:50:32 AM): Give or take, not to scale.
CirclMastr (12:51:01 AM): Any chance of getting into the east-west hallway to the right far enough to not have LOS to get shot?
Umbrafer (12:51:25 AM): Potentially. You're still getting shot right at the moment, though.
CirclMastr (12:51:47 AM): Well I'm going to try it when I get the chance
CirclMastr (12:51:56 AM): Or at least try to dodge in that direction if I can
Umbrafer (12:52:03 AM): Going to dodge in the meantime?
CirclMastr (12:52:19 AM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 3 5 2
CirclMastr (12:52:40 AM): That kinda sucked
Umbrafer (12:52:53 AM): Hm. What's your armor?
CirclMastr (12:53:22 AM): 5 ballistic
Umbrafer (12:54:07 AM): 6S, armor already accounted for.
Thematrian1 (12:54:19 AM): (aw snap)
CirclMastr (12:54:38 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 4
Umbrafer (12:55:16 AM): Hm. Nine boxes, IIRC?
CirclMastr (12:55:31 AM): How do you figure?
Umbrafer (12:55:38 AM): Weren't you at M?
CirclMastr (12:55:57 AM): From what?
Umbrafer (12:56:06 AM): The sam with the spurs
CirclMastr (12:56:30 AM): I don't remember if that was M or L
Umbrafer (12:57:24 AM): It's M. Would've been L if staged according to ranged rules.
CirclMastr (12:57:36 AM): Okay
Umbrafer (12:57:46 AM): Not that it matters much to you for another box yet...
Umbrafer (12:58:02 AM): The rest of you see MacLeod take a burst to vital areas and barely flinch.
MilesMk1 (12:58:09 AM): I take if you don't regenerate as quickly as a shapeshifter?
Thematrian1 (12:58:11 AM): I flinch on his behalf
CirclMastr (12:58:34 AM): (No, it takes a while)
MilesMk1 (12:58:43 AM): I try to get a look at who shot him and return the favor.
MilesMk1 (12:58:57 AM): Using the corner and/or MacLeod for cover.
Umbrafer (12:59:03 AM): Heh
Thematrian1 (12:59:23 AM): ::ducks behind the corner, if he wasn't already there::
MilesMk1 (12:59:33 AM): She.
MilesMk1 (12:59:38 AM): I think.
Thematrian1 (12:59:43 AM): yeah
Thematrian1 (12:59:49 AM): it's 1am, don't judge me
MilesMk1 (12:59:51 AM): ;)
Umbrafer (1:00:00 AM): You spot your friend the ork in a shooter's sprawl at about A, with a deployed bipod.
MilesMk1 (1:00:15 AM): Initiative, or do I get to shoot him?
Umbrafer (1:00:30 AM): You get a shot, at which point we go to init.
MilesMk1 (1:00:51 AM): So... Any combat pool I use now refreshes when we roll, or on my next action?
MilesMk1 (1:01:00 AM): (when we roll init)
Umbrafer (1:01:12 AM): When we roll.
Umbrafer (1:01:19 AM): Keep in mind that the same is true for him.
MilesMk1 (1:01:29 AM): Yeah, but he already used some of his.
MilesMk1 (1:01:31 AM): I thnk.
MilesMk1 (1:01:46 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 12 6-sided dice: 1 5 1 5 2 3 6 4 2 3 5 3
Umbrafer (1:01:58 AM): With ten dice, I should hope he'd used some.
MilesMk1 (1:02:03 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (1:02:27 AM): However, your TN is higher because you're both at odd angles. Such is the disadvantage of keeping covered.
MilesMk1 (1:02:36 AM): Well, so is his to shoot me.
Umbrafer (1:02:39 AM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 3 4
Umbrafer (1:02:43 AM): It's true.
Umbrafer (1:03:09 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 3 4 5 5
Umbrafer (1:03:30 AM): You hit him, but he makes no sound. Gem, anything or do we go straight to init?
MilesMk1 (1:03:43 AM): 11M, BTW.
Umbrafer (1:03:48 AM): Well, also giving MacLeod a chance to dive for cover, since he just got shot.
Umbrafer (1:03:53 AM): Yep, I remember.
Thematrian1 (1:03:54 AM): I got nothin
Umbrafer (1:04:46 AM): MacLeod?
CirclMastr (1:05:03 AM): Can I rush him and get an attack in?
Umbrafer (1:05:14 AM): You can try, certainly
CirclMastr (1:05:26 AM): So let it be written, so shall it be done
Umbrafer (1:05:36 AM): Go for it.
CirclMastr (1:05:46 AM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 6 4 3 6 1 3
CirclMastr (1:05:48 AM): CirclMastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
Umbrafer (1:06:58 AM): Given the circumstances, I'm giving you +1. With the -2 for Opponent Prone, that means six successes.
Umbrafer (1:07:03 AM): This is unlikely to end well for him.
CirclMastr (1:07:18 AM): What about reach? heh
Umbrafer (1:07:21 AM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 6 5 1 3 6 4 2
Umbrafer (1:07:30 AM): Heh
Umbrafer (1:07:37 AM): Well, you got no twos, so still six :P
CirclMastr (1:07:45 AM): Heh
Umbrafer (1:07:51 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
Umbrafer (1:07:57 AM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 2 6 4 6
Umbrafer (1:08:02 AM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Umbrafer (1:08:16 AM): He goes limp, slumping over his assault rifle.
MilesMk1 (1:08:31 AM): Hmm... How heavy did that drone I took out look?
MilesMk1 (1:08:50 AM): And you did say the exterior - like the MMG or LMG on it - looked pretty intact?
Umbrafer (1:09:06 AM): It was definitely an assault rifle, and it looked intact.
MilesMk1 (1:09:19 AM): With some sort of feed, or a clip?
MilesMk1 (1:09:25 AM): (ammo feed)
Umbrafer (1:09:43 AM): Presumably a feed, I'm assuming you didn't take the time to dig around inside to find out.
MilesMk1 (1:09:56 AM): Right.
Umbrafer (1:09:59 AM): For mass, it's probably not over 200 kilos. 180 sounds closer.
MilesMk1 (1:10:05 AM): Gah.
Umbrafer (1:10:12 AM): Hm.
Umbrafer (1:10:16 AM): Scratch that, 155
MilesMk1 (1:10:51 AM): "There are people in some of the rooms we passed back there - I saw them through the windows. We'll need some way of digging them out."
MilesMk1 (1:11:29 AM): *Reloads his gun*
Thematrian1 (1:11:47 AM): Could I tell by astral form whether the mage was a human or an Ork or what?
CirclMastr (1:12:15 AM): ::takes another slash to make sure the ork is a deader, then slumps to his knees::
Umbrafer (1:12:19 AM): Not offhand, but looked human. The body at your feet is clearly recognizable as the ork Glitch saw, or at least it was.
Thematrian1 (1:12:38 AM): bah
Umbrafer (1:13:06 AM): You hear a crash from behind you.
Thematrian1 (1:13:14 AM): ::whirl::
MilesMk1 (1:13:25 AM): *pirouette*
CirclMastr (1:13:41 AM): ::turns head::
CirclMastr (1:13:58 AM): (Actually if I'm at A and they're at B, I wouldn't see anything anyway)
Umbrafer (1:14:05 AM): One of the people who had been on the floor who you had assumed was dead (Glitch recognizes him as the human) is scrambling desperately past the barricade and has managed to topple one of the riot shields forwards.
Umbrafer (1:14:31 AM): (Glitch didn't assume he was dead, but Gem probably did)
Thematrian1 (1:14:39 AM): (Yep)
MilesMk1 (1:15:07 AM): "Oh, the guy who pissed himself. Maybe he can be of use." *gives chase*
MilesMk1 (1:15:19 AM): (Using athletics for a boost to my speed)
CirclMastr (1:15:30 AM): ::lifts himself a bit and looks down the hall*
Thematrian1 (1:15:32 AM): ::tries to watch Glitch go::
CirclMastr (1:15:36 AM): (Fear my modal action marks)
Umbrafer (1:15:58 AM): (Don't bother rolling, you catch him as he's half-falling down the stairs)
Thematrian1 (1:16:17 AM): ::walks over to MacLeod::
CirclMastr (1:16:54 AM): "Hey..."
MilesMk1 (1:16:59 AM): "Stop." *presses the muzzle to his head* "and no pissing and fainting this time, I'm not dragging your urin-soaked body around."
MilesMk1 (1:17:13 AM): (urine)
Umbrafer (1:17:22 AM): He gibbers slightly, but stops.
Thematrian1 (1:17:32 AM): ::goes through the dead man's pockets::
CirclMastr (1:17:46 AM): ::still looking down the hall for something::
Thematrian1 (1:17:50 AM): "A bunch of people are still alive here. Mostly the smart ones. Maybe our target."
MilesMk1 (1:18:12 AM): "You answer a couple of simple questions, and you get to walk out of here. Understand?"
CirclMastr (1:18:52 AM): "Presumably..."
Umbrafer (1:18:54 AM): You find an old credstick, a certified credstick, a nice-looking pistol, a nice-looking knife, two packs of cigarettes, a lighter, matches, a small flask, and a pair of condoms.
Umbrafer (1:18:58 AM): He nods slowly.
MilesMk1 (1:19:24 AM): "One. Where is the fucking decker, <target's name>. Two, where are the mage, the rigger, and any other professionals."
Thematrian1 (1:19:27 AM): I take the credsticks and the guns
CirclMastr (1:19:42 AM): (Is there anything down the hallway?)
MilesMk1 (1:19:46 AM): "Three, did any of you have grenades?"
Umbrafer (1:19:51 AM): "I, uh, they're all up there"
Umbrafer (1:20:03 AM): "What? No, no..."
Umbrafer (1:20:29 AM): (The hallway ends at a set of double doors, and has lavatories marked for men and women)
Umbrafer (1:20:39 AM): (Along the wall to the inside of the building, that is)
MilesMk1 (1:20:44 AM): "Where? Fourth floor? Which side? Which rooms, what side of the barricade?" *menacing poke with the gun*
CirclMastr (1:21:12 AM): "So, we check the doors?"
Thematrian1 (1:21:56 AM): "You don't plan to wait for Glitch?"
Umbrafer (1:22:00 AM): "All... all the way back, the big room"
CirclMastr (1:22:14 AM): "I'm in a rather lot of pain, to be honest"
Thematrian1 (1:22:28 AM): "You don't look it."
MilesMk1 (1:22:43 AM): "You sure about that? I saw one guy that looked like a pro through the window, close to the barricade. Think hard if you want to live through this."
CirclMastr (1:22:54 AM): "It goes away when I'm trying to kill someone back..."
MilesMk1 (1:23:18 AM): #He says our targets, along with the mage and rigger, are behind the big doors.#
MilesMk1 (1:23:31 AM): (target)
Thematrian1 (1:23:47 AM): I pass that on
CirclMastr (1:24:01 AM): "...Maybe we could use those riot shields..."
Umbrafer (1:24:25 AM): "Nick, he was with us, went to bathroom... back near doors..."
MilesMk1 (1:24:39 AM): "Was Nick an ork?"
Thematrian1 (1:24:41 AM): "Our target went to the bathroom."
Thematrian1 (1:24:53 AM): arg, strike that
Umbrafer (1:24:56 AM): He nods
MilesMk1 (1:25:25 AM): "Do they have drones in there with them?"
MilesMk1 (1:26:02 AM): "And who was the wise-ass that tried rappeling down the side? Nick, or someone else?"
CirclMastr (1:26:07 AM): "We could swing this gun around, set up the riot shields, get our own gun pod going, shoot through the doors..."
Umbrafer (1:26:10 AM): "I don't know, I never went inside. None of us did, just the pros and Nick"
Thematrian1 (1:26:26 AM): "That's a thought. Wouldn't need much accuracy..."
Umbrafer (1:26:53 AM): "On the building? He's still here?"
Umbrafer (1:27:01 AM): The guy is getting slightly shrill and turning whiter.
Thematrian1 (1:27:25 AM): "I'll go get some shields."
Thematrian1 (1:27:28 AM): ::does so::
MilesMk1 (1:27:35 AM): "What the hell do you mean? Yeah, there was someone on the side of the building. Besides me. Who was that?"
CirclMastr (1:27:48 AM): ::gets the bipod mounted gun pointed at the double doors::
Umbrafer (1:29:00 AM): "I don't know his name... crazy fuck, ripped Mack's head off for something. Haven't seen him in days, thought he left..."
MilesMk1 (1:29:43 AM): "Was he with the pros, or on his own?"
Thematrian1 (1:29:47 AM): (assuming no interference) ::brings back some shields, gets more, brings them back, &c::
CirclMastr (1:30:09 AM): ::helps Gem set them up::
CirclMastr (1:30:32 AM): ::bleeding all over everything, most likely::
Umbrafer (1:30:36 AM): "He came in when they did, he's a pro too, I think..."
Umbrafer (1:31:02 AM): MacLeod is indeed bleeding over everything, though you wouldn't know it to look at him. That is, if you ignored all the blood and stuff.
MilesMk1 (1:31:45 AM): #The asshole who climbed down the rope might still be around, too.#
Thematrian1 (1:31:53 AM): I pass that on
MilesMk1 (1:32:19 AM): "All right."
MilesMk1 (1:32:39 AM): *conks him on the head with the stun glove*
CirclMastr (1:33:30 AM): "It's probably be easier if you just shot me than tried taking me to the doctor. Cheaper, too..."
CirclMastr (1:33:37 AM): *rather than
Thematrian1 (1:33:59 AM): "Shoot yourself, if you feel you must. But not until afterward."
MilesMk1 (1:34:28 AM): *Heads back to the disabled drone*
CirclMastr (1:34:39 AM): "Yeah, I know. After all, gotta be cleaned up for our date, right?" ::painful grin::
MilesMk1 (1:34:58 AM): Given that this thing is still on intact wheels, and I just shot the electronics, does it seem possible to push it around?
Umbrafer (1:36:35 AM): Not really, because it's still trying to go places. Just multiple places at the same time.
Umbrafer (1:36:39 AM): The arm is still hammering away.
Umbrafer (1:36:46 AM): Though the wall is noticably damaged now.;
MilesMk1 (1:37:08 AM): Hmm. Never mind, then. I just pick up the three FN HAR's and any spare clips of ammo, and head to where the other two are.
MilesMk1 (1:37:26 AM): "I see you got a gun set up?"
CirclMastr (1:37:41 AM): "Yeah, you know how to use one of these?"
MilesMk1 (1:38:26 AM): (Well, I have a Rifle skillsoft, but not Assault Rifle... How I hate SR weapon categories...)
MilesMk1 (1:38:53 AM): "Well enough to hit a door, but in a fight, I'd rather stick to my pistol."
CirclMastr (1:39:13 AM): "I'd rather use it in that case, gives me a few pain-free seconds."
Thematrian1 (1:39:19 AM): "The plan is to mess with people on the other side."
Thematrian1 (1:39:26 AM): "How hard can it be?
MilesMk1 (1:39:33 AM): "I'll just use one of these... Gem, you want one?"
Thematrian1 (1:39:41 AM): "No thank you."
MilesMk1 (1:39:43 AM): "So... Do we just start blasting, then?"
CirclMastr (1:40:14 AM): "Sounds good..." ::grabs the gun and manages to straighten up::
MilesMk1 (1:40:40 AM): *Starts shooting once MacLeod does* (using three-round bursts)
CirclMastr (1:40:58 AM): ::unloads into the doors with full-auto::
Umbrafer (1:41:13 AM): Just firing at the doors?
CirclMastr (1:41:22 AM): Well, hopefully through them
Umbrafer (1:41:35 AM): (Incidentally, I'm not sure how much more of this I'm up for tonight)
CirclMastr (1:42:06 AM): (Aww, lemme shoot through the doors! Please?)
Umbrafer (1:42:11 AM): *Buddhabuddhabuddhabuddhabuddhabuddhabuddhabuddha*
Umbrafer (1:42:28 AM): Your bullets achieve enlightenment.
CirclMastr (1:42:41 AM): Saw something like that coming.
Umbrafer (1:42:51 AM): Roll something.
CirclMastr (1:43:11 AM): CirclMastr rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 3 2 3
CirclMastr (1:43:14 AM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (1:43:31 AM): Me too?
CirclMastr (1:43:42 AM): I hope so
MilesMk1 (1:43:45 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 3 6 3 5
MilesMk1 (1:43:48 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (1:43:52 AM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (1:44:09 AM): Are the rifles smartlinked?
Umbrafer (1:44:22 AM): No, but they have integral laser sights.
Umbrafer (1:44:39 AM): Who has the Ork's rifle?
MilesMk1 (1:44:45 AM): MacLeod.
Umbrafer (1:45:03 AM): The grip feels odd, as if it was specifically moulded to a hand much larger than yours.
Umbrafer (1:45:26 AM): The trigger is also quite nice.
CirclMastr (1:45:29 AM): (He's 12 years old, every gun grip feels that way)
Umbrafer (1:45:39 AM): (More so than usual)
Umbrafer (1:45:54 AM): So, any actions before we call it a night?
Thematrian1 (1:45:58 AM): no
CirclMastr (1:46:20 AM): We don't get to see any results?
Umbrafer (1:47:08 AM): Not unless you open the door, and that'll probably take longer than I want to remain conscious (no lack of enthusiasm is meant, just a presence of exhaustion)
Thematrian1 (1:48:08 AM): very well. Good night everyone
MilesMk1 (1:48:27 AM): Goodnight.
CirclMastr (1:49:07 AM): Night
Umbrafer (1:49:46 AM): *Waves* Night
Umbrafer (1:49:50 AM): See you on Tuesday.
Thematrian1 (1:49:54 AM): yep
CirclMastr (1:49:58 AM): Hopefully
MilesMk1 (1:50:08 AM): Tuesday it is. *waves*
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