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thematrian1 (8:20:02 PM): sorry about the delay, everyone. My whole academic future rests on the next exam, so I'm giving it lots of preparation
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Milesmk1 (8:20:40 PM): Hey.
circlmastr (8:20:47 PM): Likewise.
thematrian1 (8:21:02 PM): apologies for the delay. When we left our "heroes"
thematrian1 (8:22:50 PM): they were buying ammunition, and recruiting an OrkBuddy named Jonah
thematrian1 (8:23:05 PM): the van got repaired in a very short time for a startling amount of money
thematrian1 (8:24:21 PM): Sigrun just happened acquire a few items from LoneStar's latest (unusually large) shipment of riot-suppression drones
vernjonal (8:24:39 PM): Dwarf-modded, no less.
vernjonal (8:24:41 PM): //roll-dice5
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thematrian1 (8:24:57 PM): whatever you were trying to do, I doubt very much that you succeeded
vernjonal (8:25:11 PM): (Out of interest, what'd I get? I was testing to see if they'd fixed // parsing in Fire yet)
thematrian1 (8:25:55 PM): 2 2 3 3 3
Umbrafer (8:26:00 PM): Heh. Ow.
Umbrafer (8:26:11 PM): Well, it was a Driving Test so I succeeded anyway ;)
thematrian1 (8:26:19 PM): or a repair test, yeah
Umbrafer (8:27:07 PM): So. Let's rock and roll. Where were we?
thematrian1 (8:27:41 PM): ammunition
Milesmk1 (8:28:00 PM): I was about to buy some from Ed.
thematrian1 (8:28:06 PM): I was supposed to post a price, which I didn't do for good reasons which are not because I forgot to
Milesmk1 (8:28:12 PM): Well, the next day I was supposed to.
Milesmk1 (8:28:37 PM): BTW, how much of the AV rifle ammo does Alex want?
Milesmk1 (8:28:57 PM): (I did the math of what one clip of AR costs me, and nearly had a heart spasm.)
Umbrafer (8:30:22 PM): (I'd be fine with ten rounds, as that's a full magazine. Less if desired)
thematrian1 (8:35:45 PM): "This isn't a good time to be buying these, James. AV ammunition isn't ever cheap, and demand's high right now."
Milesmk1 (8:38:20 PM): "Well, I don't really have much of a choice, unfortunately... What would it cost me to get, say, a 10-round clip of rifle AV, two 30 round clips of AR AV, and another two 30 round AR clips of APDS? If at all possible."
thematrian1 (8:40:44 PM): "I can get some, and get them fast, but it'll take an even thousand for ten AV. I can do better on the APDS: 300 for a lot of ten."
thematrian1 (8:42:54 PM): "I can get all those for twenty-five. Not a good price, I know, but..."
Milesmk1 (8:43:18 PM): (all what I asked for for 25k?_
thematrian1 (8:44:23 PM): (Wait, I may have screwed up the math. 1000 + 6000 + (6*300) = yeah, oops)
thematrian1 (8:45:24 PM): ::David waves the retcon wand:: "I can get all those for call it eight-and-a-half."
Milesmk1 (8:45:52 PM): "Done."
thematrian1 (8:46:16 PM): "Great. Check back this evening, and I'll have them."
Milesmk1 (8:46:45 PM): "Will do."
thematrian1 (8:47:07 PM): (Fast forward to this evening?)
Umbrafer (8:47:17 PM): *Moves by in a high-pitched blur*
thematrian1 (8:47:56 PM): You check back in the evening and sure enough, he's got the goods. Bullets and cash exchange hands.
circlmastr (8:48:30 PM): 3\3\
circlmastr (8:48:31 PM): \
Umbrafer (8:48:52 PM): Keyboard?
Milesmk1 (8:48:56 PM): (Doh... Forgot one thig - I also wanted a chem suit, and a couple of small remote-detonated explosive packages.)
circlmastr (8:48:57 PM): Yes.
thematrian1 (8:50:02 PM): evil keyboard
Milesmk1 (8:50:42 PM): (Doesn't really matter how much damage they do in game terms just want them to be foolproof and able to crack open that gas container if needed.)
thematrian1 (8:50:44 PM): the remote-detonated explosives are cheap, since you don't need particularly strong or clever ones.
thematrian1 (8:51:20 PM): Those are 100 nuyen apiece, available in essentially infinite quantity
thematrian1 (8:52:31 PM): The chemsuit I can't find ::grumble::
Milesmk1 (8:54:19 PM): Price is rating x 200, street index 1
thematrian1 (8:54:45 PM): "The best chemsuit I can find is another thousand."
Milesmk1 (8:55:32 PM): "Done." (I guess that's 10k even.)
thematrian1 (8:56:00 PM): (That nets you five little devices)
Milesmk1 (8:57:24 PM): (Sure.)
Milesmk1 (8:57:36 PM): (Never know when those might be handy.)
thematrian1 (8:57:40 PM): Money is traded for a variety of gadgets
thematrian1 (8:57:48 PM): Said gadgets find their way to the van.
Umbrafer (8:58:20 PM): Did we get an estimate as to about how powerful they are?
Milesmk1 (8:58:41 PM): "I got you that clip of AV you wanted... 100 nuyen a round, can you believe that?"
Umbrafer (8:59:09 PM): "Yeah, I can believe it. Must know someone good if you got it that cheap nowadays."
Umbrafer (8:59:20 PM): "I think someone's been eating the stuff or something."
Umbrafer (9:00:58 PM): *Loads it reverently into the LDSD*
Milesmk1 (9:02:05 PM): "Well, I'm sure there's a corp VP somewhere drinking a bottle of wine with dinner that costs more per glass than this stuff per round, but still... Yeah, this guy's good."
Milesmk1 (9:02:19 PM): "He's the one who helped us get the Great Dragon rounds on short notice.:
Milesmk1 (9:02:21 PM): "
Umbrafer (9:03:12 PM): "If we make it through this, let him know I owe him dinner."
Milesmk1 (9:05:41 PM): "Heh... I already owe him one, this ought to make him happy."
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thematrian1 (9:06:20 PM): Thanks
thematrian1 (9:06:31 PM): someone other than me is responsible for saving the chat today
thematrian1 (9:06:40 PM): hey
Umbrafer (9:06:58 PM): Got it logged six ways to Sunday.
Umbrafer (9:07:04 PM): Well, only two, but close enough
thematrian1 (9:08:14 PM): I have two instances of this chat open. Only one of them lets me send messages, but both can receive
thematrian1 (9:08:16 PM): cool
thematrian1 (9:08:18 PM): anyway
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thematrian1 (9:09:35 PM): check
Umbrafer (9:09:40 PM): You there?
thematrian1 (9:09:46 PM): yeah
thematrian1 (9:09:47 PM): I think
thematrian1 (9:09:59 PM): this is just Comcast being playful, I think
thematrian1 (9:11:24 PM): So, you've got the goods. Some tasteful fast-forward nets you the thermite. You are all kitted up.
Umbrafer (9:12:46 PM): *Gears up*
Milesmk1 (9:13:52 PM): (Should we take the gas container with us?)
Umbrafer (9:14:48 PM): (Hm. Tough call.)
Milesmk1 (9:16:24 PM): (The risk of being in the van with it if it gets damaged might be too high... It's much more risky than having explosives around.)
Umbrafer (9:16:37 PM): (Indeed. Orders of magnitude so.)
thematrian1 (9:17:37 PM): So: leaving it at home?
Milesmk1 (9:18:07 PM): (I guess so.)
Milesmk1 (9:19:09 PM): (Actually, I think I'll rent out a U-Store It type of thing and leave it there.)
Umbrafer (9:19:17 PM): (A good call.)
Milesmk1 (9:19:41 PM): (If I can find one that takes cash. And I naturally package it in another box.)
thematrian1 (9:20:16 PM): (There are U-Store-It type organizations with extremely lax restrictions on what you're allowed to store. They're very seedy, and the prices are moderate, but they make no guarantees at all about theft.)
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Milesmk1 (9:20:29 PM): (Although that eliminates the possibility of all kinds of interesting stand-off scenarios if the man ever comes for Blake where he lives.)
Umbrafer (9:20:48 PM): Indeed
Umbrafer (9:20:58 PM): Well, you can always bring it home when you get back to town
Umbrafer (9:21:21 PM): Someone else try inviting Seiler?
Milesmk1 (9:21:49 PM): Actually, I'll leave it home for now since we're leaving town already, then find a better place to keep it.
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Milesmk1 (9:21:54 PM): I already tried.
thematrian1 (9:22:02 PM): thank you
Umbrafer (9:22:36 PM): Teh intarweb seems screwy tonight.
Umbrafer (9:22:42 PM): Anyway.
thematrian1 (9:26:35 PM): So: heading west into the ghost town with its air force base?
Umbrafer (9:26:57 PM): Indeed, unless someone else has something
Milesmk1 (9:27:40 PM): (Nothing here.)
Umbrafer (9:28:53 PM): (Any actions from Shojo?)
circlmastr (9:29:02 PM): (Not really)
Umbrafer (9:30:04 PM): Mmkay. I'm going to stop and get some really good takeout Japanese and eat it on the way, hoping it isn't the last I have.
Umbrafer (9:31:36 PM): Grabbing stuff for anyone else who wants it, and we hit the road.
thematrian1 (9:31:50 PM): The target town is ten hours of Alex driving from Chicago.
Umbrafer (9:33:11 PM): *Drivedrivedrive*
thematrian1 (9:33:35 PM): Nothing exciting happens unless you make it happen.
Umbrafer (9:34:15 PM): Going to keep all eyes out on the area. What time are we aiming to get there?
thematrian1 (9:34:33 PM): about 6 am, if you drive continuously
Umbrafer (9:35:17 PM): Well, my point is that we could if we wanted wait and get there at any specified time of day
Umbrafer (9:35:25 PM): I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion. What time is sunrise?
thematrian1 (9:35:46 PM): 5:30, ish. I could do some math and find out exactly, but I forget how.
Umbrafer (9:36:20 PM): No need.
Umbrafer (9:36:24 PM): Ish is good enough for us.
Umbrafer (9:36:41 PM): (Um, wow. On a brief break from the topic, apparently Ashcroft is resigning.)
Umbrafer (9:37:54 PM): So no one else has a preference when we get there?
Umbrafer (9:38:44 PM): *Holds up a pin, drops it*
Umbrafer (9:38:49 PM): *Listens to echoes*
Milesmk1 (9:39:18 PM): (Yeah, well, I don't think anyone is going to miss him that much.)
Umbrafer (9:39:50 PM): (No, I'm just surprised that we might actually be getting good news for once)
circlmastr (9:40:08 PM): (Had another keyboard failure)
thematrian1 (9:40:09 PM): (It's only good news if someone better replaces him)
Umbrafer (9:40:21 PM): (Indeed)
circlmastr (9:40:22 PM): (*replaces him* Look guys, I found a job!)
Umbrafer (9:40:28 PM): (Hence the "might")
Umbrafer (9:40:37 PM): (Hey, I'd go for you over Ashcroft any day)
circlmastr (9:41:06 PM): (*puts J down as a reference*)
Milesmk1 (9:41:43 PM): (I'm definitely right of the middle in my politics, but Ashcroft... I just hope that in the second term, Bush will easy up on trying to make the ultra-religious happy.)
Milesmk1 (9:41:52 PM): (ease up)
Umbrafer (9:42:55 PM): (I'm the guy who thinks Kerry was too far right, but the current administration promotes bipartisan hatred, in my experience)
Milesmk1 (9:43:03 PM): (Anyhow... game?)
Umbrafer (9:43:05 PM): (At least amongst those who think about it)
Umbrafer (9:43:07 PM): (Indeed)
Umbrafer (9:43:08 PM): Time?
Umbrafer (9:43:12 PM): Do we have a preference?
Umbrafer (9:44:50 PM): I'm going to get relatively near the area (within about sixty kilometers). Waiting on any indication from someone else before we go further.
thematrian1 (9:47:24 PM): You receive no response.
Milesmk1 (9:47:28 PM): (Well, chances are what it really comes down on the surface is our drones and sensors versus theirs... So time of day doesn't matter terribly. Blake does see better during the day, though, in situations where eye-lights.)
Milesmk1 (9:47:53 PM): (don't apply)
Milesmk1 (9:48:22 PM): "I think we should take our time, and do a few drone scans before going further in."
Umbrafer (9:48:26 PM): (Keep in mind that my drones can now provide illumination. Up to you.)
Umbrafer (9:48:36 PM): Doing so. Active scans and passive scans. What's the terrain like?
Umbrafer (9:48:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 4 5 2 6
Umbrafer (9:48:42 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
Umbrafer (9:48:46 PM): (That was the Van)
Umbrafer (9:48:51 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 3 1 1 2 4 3
Umbrafer (9:48:58 PM): (And Alex sees nothing independently)
thematrian1 (9:50:55 PM): The area is very flat; this used to be praerie, back when the UCAS had that sort of terrain. Even so, the town is scarcely visible.
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vernjonal (9:52:15 PM): Nothing else?
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thematrian1 (9:53:04 PM): There's very little animal life, or activity at all.
Umbrafer (9:53:29 PM): "How are you feeling about this?"
Milesmk1 (9:54:28 PM): "I don't know. Should we be worried about this lack lf life? We need a native guide, or something..."
Milesmk1 (9:54:34 PM): (of life)
Milesmk1 (9:55:20 PM): "Maybe try looking for vehicle tracks?"
Umbrafer (9:55:25 PM): Any visible?
circlmastr (9:55:28 PM): *secretly listening to music on her deck, not paying much attention*
thematrian1 (9:55:43 PM): (What kind of music does Shojo listen to, anyway?)
Milesmk1 (9:56:06 PM): ("Kill All the White Men by NOFX)
circlmastr (9:56:12 PM): (As if she'd tell me a man like you :P heh)
thematrian1 (9:56:20 PM): The highway you're on has none, of course. There are none that you can see from the road: are you deploying a drone to check?
Umbrafer (9:57:28 PM): No one visible?
thematrian1 (9:59:11 PM): No
Umbrafer (10:00:43 PM): Deploying the Schattenauge, taking a good look around.
Umbrafer (10:00:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 1 4 3 3 5
Umbrafer (10:00:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 3 5 4 1 5 3
Umbrafer (10:00:58 PM): Ugly on both counts.
Umbrafer (10:01:10 PM): If necessary I do use the IR spotlight, though.
thematrian1 (10:02:28 PM): There's an offramp to the town which grows more and more ill-repaired as it approaches the town. There are no vehicle tracks in your vicinity
Umbrafer (10:03:12 PM): Pulling back, relaying this, undeploying the drone and driving to about 30 kilometers out.
Milesmk1 (10:03:50 PM): I'm leaving this in your able hands...
Umbrafer (10:04:32 PM): Scanning again.
Umbrafer (10:04:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 4 1
Umbrafer (10:04:39 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
Umbrafer (10:04:42 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 6 1 2 2
Umbrafer (10:04:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
thematrian1 (10:06:20 PM): Still no vehicle tracks nearby. There are a bunch surrounding the town, but most look old
Umbrafer (10:06:58 PM): Town active or ghost?
thematrian1 (10:07:45 PM): It's about 6am. Nothing is happening, but that doesn't necessarily prove anything. The general unwashed look of the town is sorta indicative, though.
Umbrafer (10:08:32 PM): Advancing to 20 kilometers. Is the base visible?
Umbrafer (10:08:52 PM): (Keeping 250x zoom in mind)
thematrian1 (10:09:02 PM): Yes. It's bigger than the town, especially when you count the airstrips. There aren't many buildings visible above ground.
thematrian1 (10:09:19 PM): Anybody with military-type knowledge should feel free to roll it now
Umbrafer (10:09:40 PM): *Tosses it on the viewscreens*
Umbrafer (10:10:14 PM): If it pertains to vehicles or the airstrips, I could reasonably give a shot. If not, not really.
thematrian1 (10:10:37 PM): No, no good.
Milesmk1 (10:10:51 PM): (Me neither.)
Milesmk1 (10:11:10 PM): (Stupid first character.)
Umbrafer (10:11:15 PM): (Hehehe)
Umbrafer (10:12:52 PM): Defaults, or no go?
circlmastr (10:13:00 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 2 2 5 6 2 3
circlmastr (10:13:03 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
circlmastr (10:13:10 PM): (8 on a default to Int, heh)
Umbrafer (10:13:22 PM): In case of default:
Umbrafer (10:13:25 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 5 5 5 4 2 5
Umbrafer (10:13:28 PM): Nada.
Milesmk1 (10:13:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 6 6 3 6
Milesmk1 (10:13:45 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 4 5
circlmastr (10:13:48 PM): There're all the 6's, heh
Umbrafer (10:13:55 PM): (Blake the Defaulting Powerhouse)
thematrian1 (10:14:36 PM): Blake vageuly recalls that most at least semimodern air force bases keep most of their structures underground
Milesmk1 (10:15:02 PM): *relays that information*
circlmastr (10:15:06 PM): (Figures that the trog would know about burrowing)
circlmastr (10:15:12 PM): ()
Umbrafer (10:15:29 PM): (Dwarf, actually)
Milesmk1 (10:15:30 PM): (trog?)
circlmastr (10:15:48 PM): (I couldn't think of a generally derogatory phrase for meta)
Umbrafer (10:16:11 PM): "We're probably as close as we should get until we're ready to go in."
Milesmk1 (10:16:55 PM): "Probably. Going to do some drone recon?"
Umbrafer (10:18:28 PM): "Planning on it, but I'm hesitant to get anything too close." Can I identify if the base is using any scary-powerful sensors?
Umbrafer (10:20:05 PM): (For instance, high-powered radar pings or soforth)
thematrian1 (10:21:11 PM): Hm. Roll Sensors for the van
Umbrafer (10:21:18 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 4 3 5 6
Umbrafer (10:21:21 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
thematrian1 (10:22:23 PM): You detect no such sensors.
Umbrafer (10:23:15 PM): *Pray* Deploying Schattenauge, keeping Strato on standby. Floating Shattenauge directly up for about five hundred meters.
Umbrafer (10:24:00 PM): Floating it over towards the location, keeping an eye on it and stuff around.
thematrian1 (10:25:52 PM): The town is starting to wake up, maybe: you see someone with a wide hat standing in a back yard, looking over a row of vegetables.
Umbrafer (10:26:10 PM): What's five kilometers ahead of me?
Umbrafer (10:26:23 PM): (Wait, where is the town in relation to the base again?)
thematrian1 (10:26:50 PM): It's north, but only a few hundred meters. It's wider than the town, too
Umbrafer (10:27:28 PM): Interesting. Very interesting. Does this mean we want to do this after dark?
Umbrafer (10:27:29 PM): Wait
Umbrafer (10:27:33 PM): Isn't this place desert?
Umbrafer (10:27:38 PM): What are the vegetables doing?
thematrian1 (10:28:17 PM): It's desert. The vegetables are just sitting there in their raised plot.
Umbrafer (10:28:45 PM): Ah.
Umbrafer (10:28:50 PM): Looking thirsty?
Milesmk1 (10:28:54 PM): (For some reason, I didn't expect the town to have actual people in it.)
thematrian1 (10:28:58 PM): They're not rampaging or eating people or anything.
Umbrafer (10:29:29 PM): Yet.
Milesmk1 (10:29:34 PM): "We should probably take some time to see if anyone from the base comes to do any business in town."
Umbrafer (10:29:52 PM): Are there any vehicles visible in the town?
thematrian1 (10:30:36 PM): Yes. A few of them even have wheels.
circlmastr (10:30:52 PM): (Nuke 'em!)
Umbrafer (10:31:41 PM): But doesn't look like much of a tourist spot, does it... well, I'm game for trying to question the locals
Milesmk1 (10:32:19 PM): Wouldn't that attract too much attention? I was just hoping to watch from afar.
Milesmk1 (10:32:44 PM): I mean, we don't exactly blend in anywhere outside of runner joint, but here...
Umbrafer (10:32:53 PM): Aaah
Milesmk1 (10:32:57 PM): (Well, two out of three of us, anyway...)
Umbrafer (10:33:00 PM): I misinterpreted your comment
Umbrafer (10:33:23 PM): (I thought you were saying we should go and ask)
Milesmk1 (10:33:53 PM): (Blake puts on a flannel shirt and a Busweiser hat, and goes in pretending to be a truck driver.)
Milesmk1 (10:34:03 PM): (Budweiser, even...)
Umbrafer (10:34:45 PM): Ok. Going to wait and keep an eye on the town and the base.
thematrian1 (10:35:24 PM): A few more people wander in and out of the same house as the first person. No one else leaves any of the other houses. The base is dead silent.
Umbrafer (10:36:17 PM): "Hm."
Umbrafer (10:37:39 PM): The people: human? Meta? Any visible augmentation or other odd thing?
Umbrafer (10:37:55 PM): Also, sensor lock on one of the people.
Umbrafer (10:37:59 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 5 6 2 2
Umbrafer (10:38:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
thematrian1 (10:38:24 PM): The people are human. You have locked one, and they have no visible augments.
Umbrafer (10:39:48 PM): When that one goes inside, does he go below surface level, or just into the visible portion of the house?
thematrian1 (10:40:19 PM): He enters the one story that's visible, then goes down a floor.
Umbrafer (10:41:49 PM): Any further movement?
Umbrafer (10:42:00 PM): Does he go beyond the visible scope of the house in any other way?
thematrian1 (10:42:18 PM): No.
thematrian1 (10:42:22 PM): For how long are you watching?
Umbrafer (10:43:02 PM): Until something happens, a party member says something, or an hour passes.
thematrian1 (10:44:25 PM): In an hour, your target has not emerged from below.
Umbrafer (10:44:57 PM): Any movement inside the underdark?
thematrian1 (10:45:12 PM): heh. No. In fact, he's scarcely moving at all
Umbrafer (10:45:21 PM): Interesting.
Umbrafer (10:46:14 PM): "We've got some weird stuff going on here. I think we should wait for dark. Keep in mind that we may be facing them on our way out."
Milesmk1 (10:47:23 PM): "I guess assuming they have something to do with whoever it is that lives on that base is only logical..."
Milesmk1 (10:48:08 PM): "Do we wait for dark, then make a move against the base, or try to grab one of them?"
circlmastr (10:48:34 PM): (Can't we just get some bunker-buster missiles and kill them all?)
Milesmk1 (10:48:36 PM): "I'm not sure I could just sneak in there and make off with one of the townfolk..."
Umbrafer (10:49:05 PM): "If we're going to act against the town right off, we can do it now. I was thinking we hit the base and pray the townsfolk are what they look like.
Umbrafer (10:49:07 PM): "
Milesmk1 (10:50:54 PM): "Well... I suppose they could have a few ATGM launchers stashed in there, but if they are just non-cybered normals, then there's not much to worry about."
Milesmk1 (10:51:07 PM): "Times like these make me wish we had a mage around."
Umbrafer (10:51:33 PM): "Amen."
Umbrafer (10:54:05 PM): "You'll probably be sticking your neck out the most, so it's up to you."
thematrian1 (10:57:13 PM): Blake pauses.
Milesmk1 (10:59:29 PM): Sorry.
Milesmk1 (10:59:47 PM): "I figure let's go for the base, get this over with."
Umbrafer (10:59:56 PM): "Now, or after dark?"
Milesmk1 (11:00:19 PM): "After dark, I guess... No need to mess with tradition."
Umbrafer (11:00:50 PM): "How do you feel about doing some overwatch?"
Umbrafer (11:01:18 PM): "Hey Shoj, don
Umbrafer (11:01:36 PM): 't suppose you can find out what the folks of this town are licensed to carry, can you?"
circlmastr (11:02:00 PM): "Hold on..." *does the Matrix thing*
Milesmk1 (11:02:11 PM): "Overwatch?"
thematrian1 (11:02:31 PM): Shojo dodges a bullet in slow motion.
Umbrafer (11:02:59 PM): "I can deploy the other blimp and you can keep an eye on stuff. Just don't get it too close to anything."
Umbrafer (11:03:04 PM): "Woah."
circlmastr (11:03:16 PM): CirclMastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 3 6 2 4
circlmastr (11:03:18 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (11:03:19 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
circlmastr (11:03:25 PM): (13, 5, 4x2)
Milesmk1 (11:03:28 PM): Actually, I don't think any female characters ever successfully dodged any bullets in the Matrix films.
Milesmk1 (11:03:31 PM): :)
circlmastr (11:04:08 PM): Trinity dodged a bunch falling down the building in Reloaded.... >_>
Umbrafer (11:04:17 PM): Clearly misogyny on the part of the directors.
Milesmk1 (11:04:37 PM): No, the agent missed her several times before finally hitting her in the heart. :p
circlmastr (11:04:39 PM): Everything after the first movie was sodomy on the part of the directors.
Milesmk1 (11:05:28 PM): "It'd be good if we could at least figure out where the base entrance is before nightfall."
Umbrafer (11:06:06 PM): "That's true."
Umbrafer (11:06:15 PM): Going to look around and try to identify all exits and entrances.
Umbrafer (11:06:33 PM): Perception?
thematrian1 (11:06:51 PM): The gun laws in this area are messy, but you parse the legalese and come to the conclusion that they're only allowed big, ungainly hunting weapons
thematrian1 (11:06:55 PM): please do
Umbrafer (11:07:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 2 5 2 4 2 2
Umbrafer (11:07:08 PM): (So basically shotguns and sporting rifles)
Umbrafer (11:07:15 PM): (Hopefully not Panther Assault Cannons)
thematrian1 (11:07:41 PM): (That first one, yeah. You can't use PACs to hunt anything but dinosaur)
Umbrafer (11:08:26 PM): (Juggernauts)
thematrian1 (11:10:13 PM): There are three small buildings and one large hanger-ish building. Each has two doors.
Umbrafer (11:10:44 PM): How sturdy do they look? Big scary doors, or small weak doors, or something in between?
thematrian1 (11:10:53 PM): small weak doors
Umbrafer (11:11:44 PM): *Is scared by the small weak doors*
Umbrafer (11:11:50 PM): "This is what we have..."
Milesmk1 (11:12:38 PM): "Any temperature variation between the buildings?"
Umbrafer (11:12:46 PM): Is there any?
Umbrafer (11:13:03 PM): (Sensor 6, got all the toys and then some)
thematrian1 (11:13:06 PM): No. They're all the temperature of their surroundings.
Milesmk1 (11:14:55 PM): "What about out on the runways? There has to be a visible place all the runways connect to, for getting the planes out from whatever underground storage they had and getting them out to takeoff positions."
Milesmk1 (11:15:35 PM): "Well... Either that, or several places with underground access, but the idea remains the same."
Umbrafer (11:15:38 PM): (Presumably the hangar-building?)
thematrian1 (11:16:36 PM): There's a great deal of open space, and the runways do all connect to the hangar-y building, eventually.
Umbrafer (11:18:25 PM): I'm going to check whatever Blake wants checked and keep an eye on the non-moving guy in the house, but otherwise just going to wait.
Milesmk1 (11:19:46 PM): "How about anything looking like air vents? Also, can you tell from this distance if any of the doors show signs of being opened more recently than others? Distrubed dust, scratches in the ground, etc.?"
Umbrafer (11:20:11 PM): Any of that?
Umbrafer (11:20:30 PM): Keeping this on the viewscreen so Blake can see for himself, too
Umbrafer (11:20:37 PM): As can Shojo, if she's watching
circlmastr (11:20:47 PM): Mildly
thematrian1 (11:21:24 PM): There are air vents in the roofs of the buildings. There's no dust to disturb, but no scratches either.
circlmastr (11:21:51 PM): (Shove C12 into the vents and radio detonate it!)
Umbrafer (11:22:29 PM): (We have no C12. We do, however, have a payphone in the middle of a lake)
circlmastr (11:22:44 PM): (It's the phone from Get Smart)
thematrian1 (11:22:45 PM): (?)
Umbrafer (11:23:46 PM): ( http://www.payphone-project.com/gallery/Africa/
lake_victoria_solar_payphone_01 )
Umbrafer (11:24:29 PM): Anything else we're looking for with our oh-so-vague plan of attack?
Milesmk1 (11:25:21 PM): (Um... No, I don't think so.)
Milesmk1 (11:25:44 PM): Aside from which direction we want to approach from, and how far in you're taking the van.
Umbrafer (11:25:44 PM): How big are the vents?
circlmastr (11:25:51 PM): (Let's just bring out the nukes)
Umbrafer (11:26:36 PM): I can take it in as far as needed, though keep in mind that I will skeedaddle if necessary. This is good, because while the van is alive and you are alive I can potentially return to pick you up, while if the van is dead we're walki
Umbrafer (11:26:40 PM): walking home.
thematrian1 (11:27:08 PM): The vents are about a foot to a side
Umbrafer (11:27:41 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (11:29:11 PM): "So what are you carrying in?"
Milesmk1 (11:31:11 PM): "Uh..."
Umbrafer (11:32:48 PM): "I got some thermite if you need it. You'll need the torch too if you go that route."
Milesmk1 (11:32:51 PM): "Both of the AK's, the 98 loaded with APDS and IPE grenades, the 97 with AV as backup against drones or vehicles, a couple of regular concussion and WP grenades
Milesmk1 (11:33:01 PM): some thermite, one ares Pred, one silence browning, and a knife."
Milesmk1 (11:33:40 PM): "I plan on strapping at least some of that to the drone."
Umbrafer (11:34:16 PM): "Want me to send a Strato after you?
Milesmk1 (11:34:18 PM): "Yeah, I'll take the torch. Although I think I could use a WP grenade too."
Milesmk1 (11:34:47 PM): "That would probably be a good idea, assuming it can get down there."
Umbrafer (11:34:50 PM): (I'm not actually sure you could. How hot does Phosphorous burn?)
Umbrafer (11:35:13 PM): (Also, can I retroactively get some normal ammo for the SMG on the thing?)
circlmastr (11:35:16 PM): (8M damage IIRC)
Umbrafer (11:35:31 PM): (I mean actual temperature)
thematrian1 (11:35:45 PM): (You can get all the normal ammo you want, retroactively)
circlmastr (11:35:48 PM): (Same rules for fire, presumably about the same temp)
Umbrafer (11:36:55 PM): (Ok, 60 rounds which are loaded into the SMG on the drone)
Umbrafer (11:37:51 PM): (And it looks like you might be able to light the magnesium strip that way after all)
Umbrafer (11:39:18 PM): (Anyway)
Milesmk1 (11:40:27 PM): On to the assault?
Umbrafer (11:40:32 PM): Sounds good to me.
Umbrafer (11:41:30 PM): Any change before darkness falls?
thematrian1 (11:41:53 PM): The fellow you have a lock on leaves the Underdark, even leaves the house a few times, briefly.
Umbrafer (11:42:27 PM): Hm. What does he do outside?
thematrian1 (11:43:07 PM): Looks in on the vegetables. Walks around the house afew times. Coughs and spits.
Umbrafer (11:43:25 PM): Acts convincingly hick-like?
thematrian1 (11:44:05 PM): Dunno. He acts like a guy who's afraid to leave his house for very long.
Umbrafer (11:45:22 PM): Smart man. Maybe we should talk to them... ah well.
thematrian1 (11:47:20 PM): So: waiting for darkness to fall, then heading in?
Umbrafer (11:48:04 PM): Unless Blake decides otherwise, yes.
thematrian1 (11:48:20 PM): Blake and a strato, Blake, ?Shojo, and a Strato? What?
Milesmk1 (11:48:57 PM): Blake and the shield drone and a strato, I think.
Umbrafer (11:49:48 PM): Believe so. Up to Shojo if she wants to go in, but I think I know the answer.
circlmastr (11:50:53 PM): Two words, the second one is 'no'
Umbrafer (11:51:45 PM): Is the first one four letters long and unprintable in a family magazine?
Milesmk1 (11:52:37 PM): (Although, should we be lucky enough to actually secure this place, she might be needed downstairs for information retrieval.)
circlmastr (11:52:57 PM): But of course
Milesmk1 (11:53:18 PM): (BTW... It's midinight. Do we get started on this now, or do we stop here? Just asking.)
Umbrafer (11:53:28 PM): I'm fading fast, to be honest.
thematrian1 (11:53:45 PM): damn, so it is. I guess we put off the assault until next week
Milesmk1 (11:54:02 PM): All right. Till Thursday, then.
circlmastr (11:54:25 PM): Okay