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EverGuard4 (8:39:36 PM): I'm (again) trying to do math homework, so I won't respond quickly
Thematrian1 (8:39:40 PM): greetings all; I've been having wireless issues, so I may disappear. Do not lose heart.
Umbrafer (8:40:37 PM): *Keeps the faith*
Thematrian1 (8:40:58 PM): thanks
MilesMk1 (8:41:23 PM): *pretends to keep the faith not to hurt people's feelings*
Thematrian1 (8:41:30 PM): close enough
Thematrian1 (8:42:50 PM): so, when we left our heroes
Umbrafer (8:43:51 PM): *Spider sits on the desk, all alone*
Thematrian1 (8:44:05 PM): indeed, the spider had been abandoned
Thematrian1 (8:44:44 PM): ...and Iforgot to post the run. One moment
Umbrafer (8:44:53 PM): Spider: *cries a single drop of oil*
Thematrian1 (8:47:23 PM): ping
Thematrian1 (8:48:24 PM): so, let's see, Blake had found the cafeteria
Thematrian1 (8:48:34 PM): (feel free to jump in, your brains are probably in better shape than mine)
Thematrian1 (8:49:25 PM): and had found another mess of interconnecting passageways to explore
Umbrafer (8:50:00 PM): Strato: *Skims about, looking inquisitive*
MilesMk1 (8:50:23 PM): Cafeteria, with some passages closed with sheet metal, IIRC, but some others open.
Thematrian1 (8:50:54 PM): yep. The ones sheeted off appeared to lead into the place where you'd get food
Thematrian1 (8:51:43 PM): with, IIRC "Enter" and "Exist" signs. Or so I said at the time.
Umbrafer (8:52:17 PM): I go into the one marked "Exist"
Thematrian1 (8:52:42 PM): your Strato becomes a real boy
Thematrian1 (8:52:44 PM): it begins to dance
Umbrafer (8:53:00 PM): Except whenever it lies, its nose spouts bullets.
Thematrian1 (8:53:18 PM): Meanwhile...Blake had the riot-drone, and a strato with him, digging into an area that was painted a different ugly color
MilesMk1 (8:54:20 PM): Yeah, Just going to explore it systematically, like I did so far. Stay alert, kick doors im etc,
Umbrafer (8:54:29 PM): Strato covers Blake as usual.
Thematrian1 (8:55:55 PM): all right. Kick, kick, kick, and it's more nothing, but then you encounter another of those security doors.
MilesMk1 (8:57:16 PM): I do my usual card tricks - going with the ones that have seen the most wear first.
Thematrian1 (8:57:24 PM): zip, zip, beeep
Thematrian1 (8:57:26 PM): it opens
Thematrian1 (8:57:41 PM): Here, the walls are painted white. You're not sure, but you don't think you're under the hangar anymore.
Thematrian1 (8:57:43 PM): however
Umbrafer (8:58:13 PM): Can I check to see if is is in the general direction of the village?
Thematrian1 (8:58:31 PM): On the other side of the door, about fifty feet down, a bunch of miscellaneous detritus has been piled. Beds and cabinets mostly, along with some large chunks of stone.
MilesMk1 (8:59:04 PM): Kinda like a barricade, maybe?
MilesMk1 (8:59:10 PM): Any of it look freshly piled?
Thematrian1 (8:59:23 PM): it's hard to say, but yeah, it has the barricade nature
Umbrafer (8:59:36 PM): Also going to give it a scan.
Umbrafer (8:59:39 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 1 3
Umbrafer (8:59:43 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
Umbrafer (8:59:46 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 4 6 2 5 2 4
Umbrafer (8:59:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (8:59:53 PM): Anything on the other side, like people with guns, or autocannon emplacements?
Thematrian1 (9:00:37 PM): no heat signatures from the other side, or anything that would suggest itself as a weapon. As far as you can tell, it's just there.
MilesMk1 (9:02:22 PM): Can I get by it with the shield drone?
Thematrian1 (9:02:40 PM): It's solid across the hallway, you'd have to clamber over and carry the shield-drone with you
Umbrafer (9:02:48 PM): How much clearance above?
Thematrian1 (9:03:14 PM): it's totally solid (that is, impossible to see through at any point) to a height of about three feet. The lighter stuff tops out at five.
MilesMk1 (9:04:14 PM): Well, I'll carefully move up to it, and take a look at the other side (watching for anything that looks like planted explosives and so on)
Umbrafer (9:05:03 PM): Strato will go above and over when Blake gives the word.
Thematrian1 (9:05:19 PM): You move up to it carefully. Roll Perception. How close are you getting?
MilesMk1 (9:07:02 PM): Close enough to see what's behind it (unless one of the drones can take a look, I forget if the tiny roto-drone was with me)
MilesMk1 (9:07:06 PM): /roll-dice 6
MilesMk1 (9:07:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 1 1 4 2
MilesMk1 (9:07:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (9:07:19 PM): IIRC it was in fact perched on his shoulder
Umbrafer (9:07:24 PM): For pretty much this entire time
Thematrian1 (9:08:59 PM): Is it going off and doing something?
Umbrafer (9:09:38 PM): Going to take a look with it, then. Jumped in.
Thematrian1 (9:10:35 PM): Going over the side?
Thematrian1 (9:10:46 PM): Where is Blake, when it does this?
Umbrafer (9:10:52 PM): Not yet, going to take a good solid look at everything on the front first.
Umbrafer (9:11:10 PM): Then going to rise to the ceiling and take another solid look at everything on the other side before crossing the line.
Thematrian1 (9:11:24 PM): all right. Where is Blake, relative to the barricade?
MilesMk1 (9:13:09 PM): You mean, right/left, or how close?
Thematrian1 (9:13:20 PM): how close
MilesMk1 (9:13:53 PM): If the drone is taking a look, I'll stay behind my shield drone at least ten meters away (ro closer if that'd put me out of LOS of it)
Thematrian1 (9:14:44 PM): 10 meters is easily within LOS. The drone examines the front. Go ahead and roll.
Umbrafer (9:14:50 PM): The Strato is in the same vicinity, slightly behind Blake.
Umbrafer (9:14:52 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 3 5 2 4
Umbrafer (9:14:55 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:15:07 PM): Remarkably mediocre.
Thematrian1 (9:15:55 PM): It's a wall. Hastily constructed
Umbrafer (9:16:35 PM): Rising to the ceiling, looking again.
Thematrian1 (9:17:57 PM): As it rises, so do three figures behind the walls. Two are black orks, and hairy; one is hairless and covered with pink scar tissue.
Thematrian1 (9:18:05 PM): Blake, please make a surprise test
Umbrafer (9:18:27 PM): Do I make one as well, or just Blake?
Thematrian1 (9:18:38 PM): that's right, you have firepower there. You too.
Umbrafer (9:18:52 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 1 5 1
Umbrafer (9:18:59 PM): Eight successes.
MilesMk1 (9:19:05 PM): /roll-dice 10
MilesMk1 (9:19:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 5
MilesMk1 (9:19:20 PM): 5 successes?
Thematrian1 (9:19:35 PM): Yeah, you guys get to act, and they don't. Not quite the state of affairs that they had in mind.
Umbrafer (9:19:43 PM): :D
Thematrian1 (9:20:05 PM): Jon, you have more initiative, but are jumped into the tiny drone. Action?
Umbrafer (9:20:56 PM): Acceleration test backwards and downwards, away from the barricade.
Thematrian1 (9:21:20 PM): roll 'em
Umbrafer (9:21:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 6 5 3 3 2 5
Umbrafer (9:22:06 PM): I believe that's eight successes, for an acceleration to 32 meters/turn.
Thematrian1 (9:22:43 PM): zoom
Thematrian1 (9:23:41 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (9:23:49 PM): I'm behind the shield drone, correct?
Thematrian1 (9:24:22 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (9:24:38 PM): Do I see what they're armed with, or is there no time to figure that out?
Thematrian1 (9:25:15 PM): You see the grenades, yes. The other guy appears unarmed
MilesMk1 (9:26:47 PM): Grenades?
Thematrian1 (9:27:02 PM): Each of the black hairy orks is holding a grenade
MilesMk1 (9:27:44 PM): Ok, I fire my grenade launcher.
Umbrafer (9:28:01 PM): Not giving them a chance to explain themselves? :)
Umbrafer (9:28:11 PM): We really should've gotten some concussion grenades.
MilesMk1 (9:28:23 PM): Aiming directly at one of the black orcs.
Thematrian1 (9:28:26 PM): fair enough. Roll it; they have cover from the barricade
MilesMk1 (9:28:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 11 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 4
MilesMk1 (9:28:44 PM): Hmm.
Thematrian1 (9:29:11 PM): ...I think you missed.
MilesMk1 (9:29:19 PM): Karma?
Thematrian1 (9:29:53 PM): This is your last one
Thematrian1 (9:29:56 PM): reroll them all
MilesMk1 (9:30:07 PM): Can I be shooting at the ceiling above them?
MilesMk1 (9:30:16 PM): Presumably, that has no cover...
MilesMk1 (9:31:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 11 6-sided dice: 4 6 1 6 1 5 5 3 4 6 4
Thematrian1 (9:31:25 PM): heh, yes, but the TN mods work out alike ;-)
MilesMk1 (9:31:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:31:45 PM): that, by contrast, pegs him. One of the orks is hit. Scatter is 1d6?
MilesMk1 (9:32:51 PM): Yeah, grenade link.
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Umbrafer (9:34:42 PM): Wb
Thematrian1 (9:35:22 PM): thanks
Thematrian1 (9:35:33 PM): I've attached a wired connection; hopefully there'll be no more failures
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Thematrian1 (9:36:16 PM): ok, and now it's using the wired connection
Thematrian1 (9:36:17 PM): good times
Thematrian1 (9:36:26 PM): so, scatter
Umbrafer (9:36:28 PM): All these little details :)
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MilesMk1 (9:37:26 PM): I hit "Esc" again.
MilesMk1 (9:37:28 PM): Scatter.
Thematrian1 (9:39:14 PM): scatter?
Umbrafer (9:39:28 PM): Scatter!
MilesMk1 (9:39:32 PM): O
MilesMk1 (9:39:36 PM): On the grenade?
Thematrian1 (9:39:40 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (9:39:59 PM): 4 points of which go away per success IIRC
Umbrafer (9:40:28 PM): Yep. Incidentally, the SotSW canon is to use the optional staging rules, though you are of course free to overrule that.
Thematrian1 (9:41:01 PM): (No reason not to; the SR ruleset needs all the internal consistency it can scrounge)
Thematrian1 (9:42:19 PM): Fine, I'll roll it:
Thematrian1 (9:42:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (9:43:22 PM): Two successes reduce scatter to nothing. Your grenade arcs, lands at the startled Ork's feet, and explodes.
Thematrian1 (9:43:31 PM): what's their damage code?
MilesMk1 (9:44:42 PM): 15S
MilesMk1 (9:45:09 PM): -1 per .5 meters
Thematrian1 (9:45:52 PM): (hmm...this might be eligable for the chunky salsa effect)
Thematrian1 (9:46:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 13 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 1 1 3
Thematrian1 (9:46:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 5 4 2 4 2 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:46:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 2 4 6 5 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:46:57 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:47:07 PM): (I'd like to point out, I just rolled 3 sixes in 30 dice
Thematrian1 (9:47:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
Umbrafer (9:47:11 PM): Just a note: it's only half the Power for staging.
Thematrian1 (9:48:33 PM): The ork you aimed at drops backward and out of sight; what you saw of him looked unpleasant. More unpleasant.
Thematrian1 (9:49:19 PM): The other ork was mostly shielded by Mr. Scar Tissue, and takes only minor damage.
Thematrian1 (9:50:16 PM): Mr. Scar Tissue himself has a bunch of skin and muscle torn away on his left side. It instantly reappears.
Umbrafer (9:50:57 PM): @#$%^&&*@#$&*!#&(%^@!
MilesMk1 (9:51:04 PM): Damn it, they keep cheating...
MilesMk1 (9:51:24 PM): Initiative?
Thematrian1 (9:51:36 PM): initiative
Umbrafer (9:52:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 5
Umbrafer (9:52:24 PM): 25
Thematrian1 (9:52:28 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (9:52:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 4 6
MilesMk1 (9:52:51 PM): 22
Thematrian1 (9:52:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 1 4 1 2 3 4 4 6
Thematrian1 (9:53:18 PM): Alex acts first.
Umbrafer (9:53:53 PM): Kimji is at this point decently behind the entire affair?
Thematrian1 (9:54:35 PM): oh yes
Umbrafer (9:55:33 PM): If so, I use the complex action to jump into the Strato. I assume the Kimji can come to a stop on its own, or with instruction that can be done in a Free Action?
Thematrian1 (9:55:55 PM): yeah
Umbrafer (9:56:04 PM): *Jump*
Thematrian1 (9:56:34 PM): Done. Blake?
MilesMk1 (9:57:18 PM): Six round burst of EX into orc #2
MilesMk1 (9:57:24 PM): Check that...
MilesMk1 (9:57:38 PM): Actually... That makes it really hard to dodge, no?
MilesMk1 (9:57:45 PM): Yeah, six rounds it is.
Umbrafer (9:57:48 PM): +2 to TNs.
MilesMk1 (9:58:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 2 1 6 4 4 6 2
MilesMk1 (9:58:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
MilesMk1 (9:58:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (9:58:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 6 5 2 4 4 3 2 3 5 2 1 5
Thematrian1 (9:58:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 5 6 1 1 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:59:26 PM): The zombie tries to dodge. It's a spastic motion, and even with the help of the barricade it's not enough. You hit him, though not hard enough to stage. Code?
Umbrafer (9:59:39 PM): It is a zombie?
Thematrian1 (9:59:48 PM): Oh yes
Thematrian1 (10:00:05 PM): Once it starts exploding from within from the EX, that will become evident.
MilesMk1 (10:01:01 PM): Uh... 13S
MilesMk1 (10:01:10 PM): I think.
MilesMk1 (10:01:18 PM): Wait...
Thematrian1 (10:01:21 PM): Oh dearie me. I was just checking to make sure it was over 10
MilesMk1 (10:01:35 PM): 8+6+2... 16S
Thematrian1 (10:01:53 PM): ok, so even his one exceptionally high roll doesn't make it
Thematrian1 (10:03:55 PM): He drops his grenade to slump against the wall. He's not fallen over, but his chest cavity is open and the flesh inside is an undifferentiated mess. Strangely, he doesn't smell bad.
Thematrian1 (10:04:02 PM): slightly earthy, perhaps
Umbrafer (10:06:04 PM): Recently-dug, probably.
Thematrian1 (10:06:31 PM): The one remaining enemy, Mr. Horrible Full-Body Burns, just grins at you. You can see his teeth; they're not especially rotted.
Thematrian1 (10:07:34 PM): His gaze grows abstract for a moment, then lightning forms around him and shrieks toward you all
Umbrafer (10:07:44 PM): They're aspects! We've got Mr. Bad Teeth, now Mr. Bad Skin, now we'll have people with limb deformities…
Umbrafer (10:07:46 PM): !@#$>
EverGuard4 (10:08:15 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 3 4 4 6 2 2 2
EverGuard4 (10:08:21 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:08:28 PM): The area fills with electricity. The kimji is out of range, the riotdrone and strato are not
EverGuard4 (10:08:55 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 4 4 6
Thematrian1 (10:09:11 PM): Everyone roll to dodge, or don't, as seems appropriate
MilesMk1 (10:10:33 PM): Dodging...
MilesMk1 (10:10:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 5 2 2
MilesMk1 (10:10:41 PM): Bah.
Umbrafer (10:11:48 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 4 1 1 4
Umbrafer (10:11:56 PM): Ew. Three successes.
Thematrian1 (10:12:35 PM): Blake takes 6M electrical damage, impact armor resists. So does the strato. So does the riot-drone, though for entirely different reasons.
Umbrafer (10:13:06 PM): That before or after vehicle adjustment?
Thematrian1 (10:13:24 PM): after
Umbrafer (10:13:30 PM): Yikes.
Thematrian1 (10:13:37 PM): (wait, does the strato get it too, even though it's not armored?)
Umbrafer (10:13:47 PM): Yep. It's for being a vehicle, not for vehicle armor.
Umbrafer (10:13:54 PM): The armor is just Hardened.
Thematrian1 (10:13:55 PM): (Then it faces 6L, my apologies)
MilesMk1 (10:14:03 PM): Ok... Need 2's.
MilesMk1 (10:14:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 1 2 1 4 5 6
MilesMk1 (10:14:17 PM): 7 successes.
Thematrian1 (10:14:38 PM): It stages to nothing. Blake feels his eyebrows crisp a bit, but that's all
Umbrafer (10:15:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 4 5 6
Umbrafer (10:15:19 PM): Whew.
Thematrian1 (10:15:39 PM): er, what was that?
EverGuard4 (10:15:40 PM): um...
Thematrian1 (10:15:56 PM): (I'm pretty sure you don't have anything down there with six Body...)
EverGuard4 (10:16:02 PM): so that wasn't a magical attack?
Umbrafer (10:16:09 PM): No, but I have (had) four remaining pool.
Thematrian1 (10:16:13 PM): ah
Thematrian1 (10:16:51 PM): Ok, the riotdrone is facing 2M (after adjustment)
Umbrafer (10:17:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 5
Umbrafer (10:17:23 PM): L.
Umbrafer (10:17:39 PM): (Adam: I'm pretty sure it was magical, why?)
Thematrian1 (10:17:41 PM): it stages to L. It pops and hisses, but it also functions.
EverGuard4 (10:18:08 PM): (then why did damage stage down?)
Thematrian1 (10:18:15 PM): (it was an elemental manipulation, they stage)
Umbrafer (10:18:20 PM): (Spells aren't AV.)
Thematrian1 (10:18:32 PM): (Some are. Wreck is IIRC)
Umbrafer (10:19:32 PM): (Ah, you're right. Combat spells don't have damage reduction, but their TN is 8 + body + 1/2 armor)
EverGuard4 (10:19:48 PM): was that errated?
Umbrafer (10:19:55 PM): Not that I know of, why?
Umbrafer (10:20:05 PM): SR3, page 150
Thematrian1 (10:20:46 PM): Your enemy clearly expected to be sweeping up your ashes about now. His arrogant look slips.
EverGuard4 (10:21:32 PM): does that apply to innate spells, as well?
Thematrian1 (10:21:53 PM): (It should, yeah)
EverGuard4 (10:22:12 PM): hm... that makes those thunderbirds a lot less scary...
Umbrafer (10:22:31 PM): They'd've still affected anything you had up there. And the van, for that matter.
EverGuard4 (10:23:02 PM): but they would have been reduced... for some reason I thought you had said they would not have been
Thematrian1 (10:23:30 PM): (guys, guys, take it to IM)
EverGuard4 (10:23:45 PM): sowwy
Thematrian1 (10:23:51 PM): Alex, you are up
Umbrafer (10:24:12 PM): Hm. In my current state, acceleration test rearward.
Umbrafer (10:24:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 3 3 2 3
Umbrafer (10:25:04 PM): I think that's a total of 54 meters/turn backwards. My next action is probably going to have to be a deceleration test.
Thematrian1 (10:25:17 PM): Heh. I think you get "up to" that, if you don't want it all
Umbrafer (10:25:56 PM): I'm game for something that'll land me in the middle of the room behind, a good distance behind Blake and the shielddrone.
Thematrian1 (10:27:11 PM): It's more of a long hall than a room. You can keep your acceleration for the rest of the Turn without trouble
Umbrafer (10:27:56 PM): I probably won't accelerate further after this pass, but for now I'm fine booking backwards.
Thematrian1 (10:28:40 PM): The strato abruptly reverses and tears off down the hall. It doesn't make a sonic boom, but Blake is left with the impression that perhaps it should have.
MilesMk1 (10:29:31 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (10:29:45 PM): Blake, you're up
Thematrian1 (10:29:59 PM): You're facing a regenerating mage, and the fire support is behind you.
Umbrafer (10:30:28 PM): #Making us a less attractive clump. Fire incoming from behind shortly.#
EverGuard4 (10:31:12 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 4 5 3 5 5 4 3 3 3 1
MilesMk1 (10:31:19 PM): Thinking...
MilesMk1 (10:31:39 PM): How far am I from the mage? I said 10 meters, right?
Thematrian1 (10:32:11 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (10:33:20 PM): Well, cover doesn't seem to be doing much for me... I'll charge forward, firing two 3-round bursts at the mage, hoping to get him into hand to hand in some future initiative pass.
MilesMk1 (10:33:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 6 6 4
MilesMk1 (10:34:02 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
MilesMk1 (10:34:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 2 1 1
MilesMk1 (10:34:10 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (10:34:15 PM): Blake skips around the shield-drone and barrels forward.
Thematrian1 (10:34:43 PM): Your second burst shreds a file cabinet and some of the rock behind it. Your first burst nails him.
MilesMk1 (10:36:27 PM): 13S
MilesMk1 (10:36:36 PM): Right?
Thematrian1 (10:36:41 PM): This time, the your explosive ammunition takes him in the face. He staggers backward, but doesn't fall, giving your the opportunity to watch his face regenerate. It's really unpleasant.
Thematrian1 (10:36:56 PM): (that's 12 rounds ex so far this battle. How many in your magazine?)
MilesMk1 (10:37:32 PM): 32, IIRC.
Umbrafer (10:37:44 PM): What gun?
MilesMk1 (10:38:09 PM): Actually, 38.
MilesMk1 (10:38:13 PM): It's an AK-98
EverGuard4 (10:39:42 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 2 4 1
Thematrian1 (10:40:26 PM): On his action, he smiles again and simply looks Blake in the eyes.
Thematrian1 (10:40:30 PM): Roll Willpower, please.
MilesMk1 (10:40:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 1 2 6 4 4
MilesMk1 (10:40:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:40:52 PM): Balls.
Thematrian1 (10:41:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 5 3 2 1 3 5 6 6 4 4 1 2 2 4
Thematrian1 (10:41:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 3
Thematrian1 (10:41:31 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (10:41:34 PM): nothing at all happens
Thematrian1 (10:41:56 PM): (Mages hate Blake so god-damned much. Or would, if they ever survived encounters with him)
MilesMk1 (10:42:29 PM): (Heh.)
Thematrian1 (10:42:47 PM): Ok Alex, it's you again
Umbrafer (10:43:56 PM): (*Eats some soy nuggets to get into the Shadowrun spirit*) Do I have a clear shot at Mr. Regenerating? Or at least a shot blocked only by the barricade and not, say, by Blake?
Thematrian1 (10:44:25 PM): ::ponder:: No.
Umbrafer (10:44:36 PM): How much work would it be to gain such a shot?
Thematrian1 (10:45:21 PM): You'd need to be in the riot drone, most likely. The hallway is not even two meters wide.
Umbrafer (10:46:11 PM): Ok. Deceleration test.
Umbrafer (10:46:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 5 5 4
Umbrafer (10:47:04 PM): Capping it at 4x to avoid a Crash Test.
Umbrafer (10:47:18 PM): When the dust settles, I'm moving backwards at 18 meters/turn.
Thematrian1 (10:47:48 PM): less of a zip, more of a whoosh. You're going to want to decelerate the rest of the way next Turn
Thematrian1 (10:49:07 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (10:49:58 PM): Charge/leap into melee combat with Mr.Mage, trying to nail him with my shock gloves.
Thematrian1 (10:50:30 PM): Hm. Athletics(4) to get over the barrier and to him.
MilesMk1 (10:50:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 1
Thematrian1 (10:51:19 PM): Up, over, and into his smiling face. You've certainly managed to surprise him. Roll unarmed.
MilesMk1 (10:51:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 4 2 3 2
Thematrian1 (10:51:52 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 5 3 1 3 2 1 1 6 1 3 1 5 5 4
Thematrian1 (10:52:48 PM): This being has clearly never fought anyone hand-to-hand before. Between the electric shock and the running and the jumping you're not doing your best work either, but you can still manhandle him basically at will.
Thematrian1 (10:54:36 PM): You feel his bones break, and your shock gloves discharge. The gross physical damage heals at once; the new dazed look in his eyes does not.
MilesMk1 (10:54:46 PM): (wait till next round when I introduce him to Mr. Combat pool)
Thematrian1 (10:55:19 PM): speaking of which, initiative!
Umbrafer (10:56:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 3 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:56:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 5 1
MilesMk1 (10:56:35 PM): 18
Umbrafer (10:56:44 PM): 26.
Thematrian1 (10:57:05 PM): Alex goes first. Look surprised.
Umbrafer (10:57:24 PM): Can I roll a deceleration and acceleration test into the same action, or do I have to come to a halt and then accelerate?
Thematrian1 (10:58:13 PM): Um, sure, you can I guess, but what's wrong with either accelerating or decelerating depending on how fast you want to go relative to 18 mpt?
Umbrafer (10:58:31 PM): Because I'm currently moving 18 MPT backwards, and I want to go forwards.
Thematrian1 (10:58:33 PM): oh, right, change of direction
Thematrian1 (10:58:49 PM): ok, make one "changing velocity" test, and your total change will be based on that
Thematrian1 (10:59:05 PM): (e.g. if you have 54 mpt, you can go from -18mpt to 36, unless I did the math wrong)
Umbrafer (10:59:19 PM): Ok
Umbrafer (10:59:23 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 6 5 3
Umbrafer (10:59:30 PM): Well, that looks like your total.
Thematrian1 (10:59:35 PM): yeah, that would be a good roll to make right then
Umbrafer (11:00:18 PM): And that's it for me for this turn.
Thematrian1 (11:00:31 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (11:01:36 PM): Is the orc still around?
MilesMk1 (11:01:43 PM): The one I wounded badly?
Thematrian1 (11:01:54 PM): He's still standing against the wall. He hasn't done anything.
MilesMk1 (11:02:13 PM): #Shoot the orc if you get the chance#
MilesMk1 (11:02:21 PM): I attack the mage again.
MilesMk1 (11:02:28 PM): (in melee)
Thematrian1 (11:02:30 PM): Now that you're on the other side of the barricade, you can see the guy you grenade'd, too. He hasn't regenerated, and is not pretty to look at.
MilesMk1 (11:02:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 1 4
MilesMk1 (11:02:42 PM): God damn...
MilesMk1 (11:02:56 PM): What a waste of combat pool.
Thematrian1 (11:03:08 PM): without it, you'd have only 1 success
MilesMk1 (11:03:23 PM): True.
Thematrian1 (11:03:36 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 2 4 6 3 4 6 4 5 3 5 5 4 3 5
Thematrian1 (11:03:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 4
Thematrian1 (11:04:35 PM): He almost manages, by sheer luck, to break away. But you manage to touch him with one glove'd hand, and he spends his time convulsing instead.
Thematrian1 (11:06:11 PM): On his turn...
Thematrian1 (11:06:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 5 6 4 5 4 4 6
Thematrian1 (11:06:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
Thematrian1 (11:06:28 PM): ...nothing of consequence happens, as far as you can tell.
Thematrian1 (11:07:03 PM): Alex?
Umbrafer (11:07:35 PM): Time to open up a bottle of Stubbs. Accelerating by the base acceleration rating, which requires neither a roll nor an action. Do I have a clear shot at the Ork against the wall?
Thematrian1 (11:07:44 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (11:08:50 PM): Six-round burst.
Thematrian1 (11:08:54 PM): go for ti
Umbrafer (11:08:56 PM): (I love these pdfs so much)
Umbrafer (11:09:38 PM): TN works out to about 2 for me; do you get the same?
Thematrian1 (11:10:17 PM): Yes. Go.
Umbrafer (11:10:21 PM): (4 for Range, 0 for Size, -1 for Motion Towards, -2 for Tracers, -2 for Smartlink (or even if they don't stack, -2))
Umbrafer (11:10:28 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 4 3 6 3 5 5 1 2
Umbrafer (11:10:33 PM): ..roll-dice1
Umbrafer (11:10:39 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (11:11:08 PM): 8 at 13D, IIRC.
Thematrian1 (11:11:10 PM): he's paste
Thematrian1 (11:12:15 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (11:13:40 PM): Keep on beating on the mage.
MilesMk1 (11:13:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 3 3 6 4 4
MilesMk1 (11:13:50 PM): That's better.
Thematrian1 (11:14:36 PM): You beat the piss out of the mage. Dear God do you ever. It's odd; you'll snap his neck, then feel the bones realign under your hands.
Thematrian1 (11:14:48 PM): He is no longer making any attempt to defend himself.
MilesMk1 (11:16:03 PM): So he seems to be stunned into senselesness, even though he keeps on healing?
Thematrian1 (11:16:22 PM): Sure looks that way.
MilesMk1 (11:17:44 PM): I'm satisfied with that.
MilesMk1 (11:17:48 PM): For now.
Thematrian1 (11:18:12 PM): He lies there. The zombie lies there. The other zombie lies there.
Thematrian1 (11:19:17 PM): Down this white-painted hall, there's a pair of free-swinging double-doors
Thematrian1 (11:21:05 PM): the scenery past them looks vaguely medical. Actions?
MilesMk1 (11:21:49 PM): #I think we should make sure the mage doesn't get up to anything funny.#
MilesMk1 (11:22:38 PM): *severs the mage's head with his combat knife*
MilesMk1 (11:22:58 PM): (Blake is going to get sooo drunk after this is over, if he gets the chance...)
Thematrian1 (11:23:09 PM): It's hard work; the wound keeps trying to close. But with some persistence, you manage to remove his head
Umbrafer (11:23:53 PM): Strato: *Floats on over, looks with interest from a few meters away*
MilesMk1 (11:24:10 PM): Does that finally stop the regeneration?
Thematrian1 (11:24:54 PM): Sort of. The wounds on the head and the body cover over.
Umbrafer (11:25:47 PM): Hm. Can I default to intelligence to try to remember anything about mages having to be able to see people to cast spells on them?
Thematrian1 (11:26:04 PM): sure, let's see what happens
Umbrafer (11:26:11 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 3 3 6 1
Umbrafer (11:26:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
MilesMk1 (11:26:29 PM): Does the body show any sign of growing a new head?
Thematrian1 (11:26:50 PM): Yeah, you've heard something like that. You've also heard that it's a lie, and that all they need is a piece of hair or skin to mess you up.
Umbrafer (11:27:20 PM): Hm. Do I have any particular reason to disbelieve it, or have I just heard conflicting reportS?
Umbrafer (11:27:21 PM): *s
Thematrian1 (11:27:31 PM): Conflicting reports.
Umbrafer (11:27:41 PM): #Cut out his eyes. Just to be sure.#
Umbrafer (11:28:01 PM): #Don't leave any hair or skin on him, either.#
MilesMk1 (11:28:43 PM): #I could put an incendiary grenade in his mouth, set in on delay, and pull the pin...#
MilesMk1 (11:28:53 PM): (set it on delay)
Umbrafer (11:29:15 PM): #Up to you. Just make sure no eyes, hair, or skin.#
MilesMk1 (11:29:36 PM): *fries the head*
Umbrafer (11:29:45 PM): #I'm spending a week in the library after this is over.#
Thematrian1 (11:30:11 PM): Boom, flare, crackle.
MilesMk1 (11:30:56 PM): #Probably a good idea. I think I'll be buying more incendiary weapons in the future.#
MilesMk1 (11:31:10 PM): #Well, on through the doors to see what they were guarding?#
Umbrafer (11:32:17 PM): Does the head show any signs of healing?
Thematrian1 (11:32:47 PM): It's on fire. You don't think so, though.
Umbrafer (11:33:55 PM): Kimji returns to Blake's shoulder.
Thematrian1 (11:34:06 PM): zzzzzp
Thematrian1 (11:35:03 PM): Leaving the head and body where they lie?
Umbrafer (11:36:29 PM): Hm. Going to put three rounds into it to see if the holes heal.
Thematrian1 (11:36:55 PM): Head or body?
Umbrafer (11:38:01 PM): Body first, and then head.
Thematrian1 (11:38:25 PM): You put three rounds into the body. The wounds heal, and the bullets are expelled from the body.
Thematrian1 (11:38:34 PM): Shooting the head produces essentially the same results.
Umbrafer (11:39:20 PM): #We don't have a deader here. Do you have a sack or something?
Umbrafer (11:39:22 PM): #
MilesMk1 (11:40:02 PM): #Not really.#
MilesMk1 (11:40:29 PM): #I can always wrap it in the other's clothes, though.#
MilesMk1 (11:40:39 PM): #If I shove it down a pant leg...#
MilesMk1 (11:40:54 PM): #Damn, this is disgusting...#
Thematrian1 (11:41:16 PM): The flames have died down.
MilesMk1 (11:41:25 PM): *waits for the head to stop burning, goes through with his clothes-as-wrapping idea*
MilesMk1 (11:41:40 PM): (after removing the eyes first)
Thematrian1 (11:41:44 PM): You remove the clothing from the body of the thing.
Thematrian1 (11:41:53 PM): Removing the eyes proves problematic. They regenerate.
MilesMk1 (11:42:35 PM): Ok, just wrap it in pants, then...
Thematrian1 (11:43:12 PM): You wrap his head in his pants. Those ugly pink burn scars do in fact cover the whole body. When the body regenerates, it regenerates with those scars in place.
Umbrafer (11:43:50 PM): Is he regenerating the burns from the grenade?
Thematrian1 (11:44:28 PM): Yes. Far more slowly than he regenerated explosive-bullet wounds, though
Umbrafer (11:44:45 PM): #How much thermite do we have left?#
MilesMk1 (11:45:39 PM): #Three more sets the same size as we used on Mr.Teeth# (IIRC)
Umbrafer (11:45:58 PM): #More importantly, how many magnesium strips do we have?#
Thematrian1 (11:46:07 PM): (Yes, I think that's right. You have at least one more)
Umbrafer (11:46:58 PM): (Hm. Can we get an exact number? That seems like our biggest limiting factor. I'd assume we'd've gotten a certain number, what with getting five kilos of the stuff and all)
Thematrian1 (11:49:35 PM): (It wasn't specified. Since Thermite comes in 1kg increments, I hereby assume 5 strips)
Umbrafer (11:49:51 PM): *Nods* And we've used one?
Thematrian1 (11:49:56 PM): sooth
Umbrafer (11:50:25 PM): #Use some of the thermite. Spread it on his head, then stick his head on his chest and light it.#
Umbrafer (11:50:56 PM): What's the floor made of?
Umbrafer (11:51:03 PM): Nothing that will burn with toxic fumes?
MilesMk1 (11:51:09 PM): #All right.#
Thematrian1 (11:51:19 PM): Not as far as you can tell.
MilesMk1 (11:51:26 PM): *incinerates the head as described*
Thematrian1 (11:51:50 PM): As the thermite lights on the head, the body starts to spasm. That only lasts for a few moments.
Umbrafer (11:52:39 PM): #When it cools, give the body a slash and see if it heals.#
MilesMk1 (11:53:50 PM): *does that too*
Thematrian1 (11:53:57 PM): It does not
Umbrafer (11:55:17 PM): #<Enthusiastic exclamation in Navajo>#
MilesMk1 (11:55:39 PM): #Yeah, I'm real excited too... Wanna see what's behind that door, now?#
Umbrafer (11:56:02 PM): #Sure.# This guy, is he rotted out like Mr. Bad Teeth was or does he seem fresh-ish?
Thematrian1 (11:56:43 PM): He's not rotted, precisely, but you can't recognize any organs.
Thematrian1 (11:56:52 PM): Everything seems to be the same shade of dark red.
Umbrafer (11:57:14 PM): Does it look like burned tissue?
Thematrian1 (11:57:34 PM): The bits that got thermited do, more or less.
Umbrafer (11:57:42 PM): The rest, though?
Thematrian1 (11:57:43 PM): roll Biotech if you want technical details
Thematrian1 (11:57:49 PM): or anatomy, something along those lines, if you have it
Thematrian1 (11:57:59 PM): So, is Blake heading through the doors?
Umbrafer (11:58:08 PM): Defaulting.
Umbrafer (11:58:10 PM): Umbrafer rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 2 2 5 4 6 3
Umbrafer (11:58:15 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (11:58:30 PM): #Hey, Alex, wanna send the shield drone through the door first?#
Thematrian1 (11:58:33 PM): (This one is too hard for a default, sorry)
Umbrafer (11:58:40 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (11:58:51 PM): #Sure.#
MilesMk1 (11:58:52 PM): I can try Biotech. :)
MilesMk1 (11:58:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (11:59:06 PM): Quick scan for targets on the other side.
Umbrafer (11:59:09 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 3 1 1 3
MilesMk1 (11:59:13 PM): I think he's composed of vegetable matter.
Umbrafer (11:59:28 PM): "Biscuit-dough hands man!"
Thematrian1 (11:59:44 PM): You think he's been badly burned, for some reason.
Thematrian1 (11:59:54 PM): Oh, and this hallways smells pretty awful now
Umbrafer (12:01:16 AM): *Notices the look on Blake's face* #Always did hate the smell of burnt flesh. Let's get out of here.#
Thematrian1 (12:01:37 AM): No targets on the other side, so sayeth the scan
Umbrafer (12:02:00 AM): The doors are closed?
Umbrafer (12:02:12 AM): #Want to kick the doors open for me, or should I shoot them out?#
Thematrian1 (12:02:43 AM): The doors are closed. They're not hard to open, though; they're the kind with rubber meeting down the center
Thematrian1 (12:02:49 AM): that swing open with the least provocation
Thematrian1 (12:02:52 AM): almost a stereotype
MilesMk1 (12:03:09 AM): #I think it can just ride through.#
MilesMk1 (12:03:28 AM): #Then stop it against one wall, so one of the doors is held in place#
Umbrafer (12:03:49 AM): #They're probably harder than the door, but I'm still trying to keep the rotors clear.#
Umbrafer (12:04:12 AM): #I suppose I could poke it open.#
MilesMk1 (12:04:34 AM): #I meant with the shield drone#
MilesMk1 (12:04:39 AM): Oh.
Umbrafer (12:04:48 AM): #You'd have to get it across, then.#
MilesMk1 (12:04:57 AM): *goes back to manhandle the shield drone to the right side of the barricade*
Thematrian1 (12:05:17 AM): ::lift, heave, pant, drag::
Thematrian1 (12:05:33 AM): It's annoying, but dwarves have the muscle density of reptiles, and you're a strong dwarf.
Umbrafer (12:07:34 AM): Once it's across, I use it to prop open one of the doors. Does anything jump out and say "boo"?
Thematrian1 (12:07:39 AM): No
Umbrafer (12:07:49 AM): Strato through.
MilesMk1 (12:08:13 AM): *reloads gun and follows*
Umbrafer (12:08:24 AM): Still no boo?
Thematrian1 (12:08:27 AM): All right. You've got a wider hallway, open doors to your left and right lead into operating theaters
Thematrian1 (12:08:28 AM): no boo
Thematrian1 (12:10:01 AM): Further down are more doors, these closed.
Umbrafer (12:10:30 AM): All quiet topside?
Umbrafer (12:10:37 AM): #How big is this thing?#
MilesMk1 (12:10:48 AM): #Too big.#
Umbrafer (12:10:49 AM): #Rhetorical question.#
Thematrian1 (12:10:56 AM): Up above, the wind is picking up again. Otherwise everything is fine.
Umbrafer (12:11:08 AM): No faces in the sky?
MilesMk1 (12:11:13 AM): *goes back to methodically checking the place, unless Alex has other ideas*
Umbrafer (12:11:21 AM): Nope.
Thematrian1 (12:12:38 AM): The operating theaters are well-stocked, with sparkling clean equipment and supplies of assorted drugs in the drawers and cabinets. The machinery is old, but clearly well cared-for.
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Umbrafer (12:13:04 AM): Anything identifiable as valuable?
Thematrian1 (12:13:39 AM): Uh...do either of you have any relevant Knowledge skills?
Umbrafer (12:13:45 AM): Probably not.
Thematrian1 (12:14:00 AM): ::nod:: No default allowed here; you really can't be sure.
Umbrafer (12:14:05 AM): But if there's a cabinet labeled "Solid Gold Ingots", we're all over it.
Thematrian1 (12:14:52 AM): Sadly, no. There's an unlabeled locked drawer, though.
Umbrafer (12:17:06 AM): *Follows Blake on his journeys*
MilesMk1 (12:17:52 AM): *busts open the locked drawer*
Thematrian1 (12:18:30 AM): ::crash:: You can get it open eventually. Out spill four shiny OMCs.
MilesMk1 (12:18:44 AM): *takes OMCs*
MilesMk1 (12:18:53 AM): *continues his methodical exploration*
Thematrian1 (12:18:56 AM): OMCs taken
Thematrian1 (12:19:09 AM): The doors to what you speculate are the hospital bedrooms are also locked
Thematrian1 (12:19:20 AM): and the windows on the doors are covered over
MilesMk1 (12:19:47 AM): (BTW, is this a good point to stop? I know wrapping up this section was mentioned as a possibility last week, but if we actually still have a lot of ground to cover, I need to crash.)
Thematrian1 (12:20:02 AM): (We should go just a little bit further)
MilesMk1 (12:20:09 AM): (Ok.)
MilesMk1 (12:20:27 AM): #Should I try to break into any of these locked rooms?#
Umbrafer (12:21:03 AM): #Up to you. Could be our best bet for getting someone to question about all of this, or it could just be asking for trouble.#
Umbrafer (12:21:18 AM): #I'd say yes, but it's your neck first.#
MilesMk1 (12:21:46 AM): #Let's clear out the major areas first, then take a look at them.#
Umbrafer (12:21:59 AM): #Got it.@
Umbrafer (12:22:01 AM): ##
Thematrian1 (12:22:35 AM): The rest of this medical area is not exciting: a mostly-empty closet, some sterilization facilities
Umbrafer (12:23:16 AM): (If I were Blake I think I'd be seriously tempted to use those now.)
MilesMk1 (12:23:47 AM): (Unless he means autoclaves. ;))
Thematrian1 (12:23:58 AM): (heh. He does not mean autoclaves)
Umbrafer (12:24:12 AM): (Still tempted to use them, but for different purposes)
Thematrian1 (12:24:14 AM): So, done with this section and moving on to others, or what?)
MilesMk1 (12:25:22 AM): If there's nothing else here, I'll take a crack at the locked rooms.
Thematrian1 (12:25:31 AM): All right. Boot 'em down?
MilesMk1 (12:25:38 AM): Do they have card readers?
Thematrian1 (12:26:00 AM): No. They have an honest-to-Og metal lock meant for an honest-to-Og metal key
Umbrafer (12:26:31 AM): #Shame. I knew a guy as worked on these, but I think he moved to Seattle a few years back…#
Thematrian1 (12:26:36 AM): (feel free to fix the plurals in the above statement)
MilesMk1 (12:27:17 AM): The Boot it is, then.
Thematrian1 (12:27:24 AM): ::crash, crash, wham::
Thematrian1 (12:27:38 AM): The door isn't particularly sturdy; it wasn't meant to resist serious assault
Thematrian1 (12:28:14 AM): There aren't any beds inside, just a dozen people, packed shoulder to shoulder like sardines, lying on the ground
Thematrian1 (12:28:36 AM): Their eyes are open, they seem to be alive, but they don't react to your entrance
Thematrian1 (12:29:08 AM): Now I need to sleep. Good night, everyone.
Umbrafer (12:29:23 AM): *Waves* Take care. Thursday?
Thematrian1 (12:29:28 AM): thursday
Umbrafer (12:29:46 AM): Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, at the Megadrome!
MilesMk1 (12:29:47 AM): Goodnight.
Umbrafer (12:30:04 AM): *Waves* Sleep well, all.
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