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terminal handle (8:23:35 PM): whaddaya need? my info is yours in this World Data War
Umbrafer (8:24:26 PM): Let's do this. When we left, you were crawling away from a scene betwixt an insomniac patient and a busty nurse. Whether an innocent checkup or the inspiration to hundreds of porno flicks, the world may never know.
Umbrafer (8:24:50 PM): What're you looking for.
Umbrafer (8:24:52 PM): *?
terminal handle (8:25:53 PM): we're talking about the drones, right?
Umbrafer (8:26:21 PM): Nay. We were completing the legwork with the ant.
terminal handle (8:26:38 PM): ah yes.
Umbrafer (8:26:43 PM): (Cute li'l feller)
terminal handle (8:27:16 PM): i came from the right, i believe, so left and down the hall.
Umbrafer (8:27:45 PM): Facing into the door you came from the left. You skitter along. What are you looking for?
terminal handle (8:29:26 PM): crap.
terminal handle (8:29:30 PM): what am i looking for?
terminal handle (8:29:36 PM): it's been three weeks.
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terminal handle (8:30:42 PM): howdy, sir
Umbrafer (8:30:46 PM): The answer, apparently, is "inspiration"
Umbrafer (8:30:53 PM): This man may be able to help with that.
Thematrian1 (8:30:57 PM): what was the question?
terminal handle (8:31:32 PM): it's been three weeks and i don't have a log. what was i looking for, again?
Thematrian1 (8:32:20 PM): Um. Given a floor plan, we wanted some shots of the interior. Ultimately we wanted a good place to stage our ambush.
terminal handle (8:34:23 PM): in which case, i'm looking for a security office or inner lobby in particular, or just a new door at the end of the hall.
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MilesMk1 (8:34:50 PM): Hello.
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terminal handle (8:35:04 PM): hello!
MilesMk1 (8:35:06 PM): Aw, what did I say?
Umbrafer (8:35:22 PM): "Hello.", according to my logs.
MilesMk1 (8:35:25 PM): How is everyone?
MilesMk1 (8:35:31 PM): I mean, to make Seiler leave.
Umbrafer (8:35:40 PM): Well, that's the only possibility
Umbrafer (8:35:47 PM): Clearly it offended him deeply.
terminal handle (8:36:20 PM): doing fine, but taking my paddy's day slowly for the game's sake.
MilesMk1 (8:36:32 PM): He hates me for what I do to his NPCs?
Umbrafer (8:36:37 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (8:36:44 PM): Hey, the Bokor crossed a line big-time/
Umbrafer (8:36:45 PM): *.
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terminal handle (8:37:06 PM): clearly i need in on more Tuesday games.
CirclMastr (8:37:15 PM): Infocalypse?
terminal handle (8:37:18 PM): stupid effing club.
MilesMk1 (8:37:18 PM): Probably.
Umbrafer (8:37:21 PM): Infocalypse.
Umbrafer (8:37:37 PM): This particular place appears to be almost entirely patient care. There's a little waiting room for the nurse, some lavatories and a janitor's closet, then some elevators and an emergency stairwell.
MilesMk1 (8:38:32 PM): Yeah, we don't stand for people's spirits sitting on the steering column, hitting our rigger on the head with a cane...
terminal handle (8:38:47 PM): can i get into the stairwell?
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Thematrian1 (8:39:12 PM): my apologies all. There will be a further delay.
Umbrafer (8:39:33 PM): Certainly. What's the issue?
Umbrafer (8:39:48 PM): I was more thinking in terms of what happened to Spider.
MilesMk1 (8:39:56 PM): Oh, yeah. That too.
terminal handle (8:40:16 PM): emergency stairwells usually have closed, air-tightish doors
MilesMk1 (8:40:39 PM): We can fix (him?). Make him stronger, faster...
Umbrafer (8:40:59 PM): Exactly my thinking. I'm tempted to give him a tank to ride in, too.
Umbrafer (8:41:09 PM): I was responding to Seiler, sorry. The emergency door is impassible.
MilesMk1 (8:41:25 PM): Um... Are we playing multiple games, or something?
terminal handle (8:41:55 PM): can i get into the elevator shaft without using the button?
Umbrafer (8:42:02 PM): Hm?
MilesMk1 (8:42:25 PM): Heh... Never mind, brain short-circuited just now.
Umbrafer (8:42:34 PM): Not unless someone else opens the door..
MilesMk1 (8:42:38 PM): So, someone is scouting the facility?
Thematrian1 (8:42:48 PM): Scavengers is
terminal handle (8:42:52 PM): figured as such. can my ant get enough pressure on the button?
MilesMk1 (8:42:57 PM): Ah, ok.
terminal handle (8:43:08 PM): (you guys are so sweet to pluralize that)
CirclMastr (8:43:23 PM): ?
Umbrafer (8:44:01 PM): The ant may be able to, by rearing up and slamming down on the button. It'd be a Walkers test.
MilesMk1 (8:45:12 PM): (Pluralize Scavengers?)
Thematrian1 (8:45:21 PM): (Right)
Umbrafer (8:45:31 PM): (Scavengerses?)
Thematrian1 (8:45:49 PM): (Scavengers', I'm pretty sure, even though it's not a possessive)
MilesMk1 (8:45:55 PM): (Yesss, my scavagerses. We will eat their corpsesss, my love.)
terminal handle (8:46:18 PM): (:( not gollum)
Umbrafer (8:46:18 PM): (I'm almost positive that that'd just be the possessive)
MilesMk1 (8:46:20 PM): (gah. I obviously means scavengersesses...)
Umbrafer (8:46:31 PM): (Arguably Scavengers could be both singular and plural, like fisheses)
terminal handle (8:46:53 PM): no way that can be singular.
MilesMk1 (8:46:56 PM): (Scavengeri?)
terminal handle (8:46:57 PM): ()
terminal handle (8:47:17 PM): terminal handle rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
terminal handle (8:47:20 PM): right
CirclMastr (8:47:22 PM): (Scavengii)
terminal handle (8:47:27 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 5 2
terminal handle (8:47:33 PM): there is my walker roll
Umbrafer (8:47:35 PM): (Scavengodes)
CirclMastr (8:47:48 PM): (Scavs)
Umbrafer (8:47:56 PM): (VCR-1, correct?)
MilesMk1 (8:48:02 PM): (Kingdom Scavengae.)
terminal handle (8:48:10 PM): yessir
Umbrafer (8:48:17 PM): (Scavengim?)
MilesMk1 (8:48:20 PM): (I think we should stop now.)
MilesMk1 (8:48:41 PM): (:P)
Umbrafer (8:48:46 PM): You rear on your hind legs and bring your little ant body down hard on the button. You press and press and press, and finally it lights up.
terminal handle (8:49:21 PM): in quickly, and try to cling to the outside of the elevator rather than in the moving room, itself.
Umbrafer (8:50:03 PM): Roll it again to try to squeeze between the doors.
terminal handle (8:50:16 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 1 2
terminal handle (8:50:18 PM): terminal handle rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
CirclMastr (8:50:50 PM): ( *CRUNCH* Roll for dumpshock)
Umbrafer (8:51:10 PM): You squeeze on through.
Umbrafer (8:51:55 PM): You are now in the elevator shaft, hanging onto the car.
terminal handle (8:53:07 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 1 4
terminal handle (8:53:11 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
terminal handle (8:53:14 PM): looking up. what's there?
Thematrian1 (8:53:27 PM): (The rest of you are up to date on what I found in the matrix, right?)
CirclMastr (8:53:33 PM): (Not me)
Umbrafer (8:54:08 PM): There's one more floor above.
terminal handle (8:54:28 PM): can i get there without being inside the elevator?
Umbrafer (8:54:45 PM): Yes, however the problem with opening the door stands.
MilesMk1 (8:54:49 PM): (I vaguely remember an employee list - was there more/)
MilesMk1 (8:54:52 PM): (?)
terminal handle (8:55:15 PM): i guess it's inside the chamber, then
Thematrian1 (8:55:17 PM): (Short form: Found some pictures of the higher-ups, and we have names of the guys we might want to intimidate. Also, I can grab the cameras and spoof them if we need it)
terminal handle (8:56:58 PM): right-o. inside teh chamber, hit the button for 2, enjoy the music.
Umbrafer (8:57:32 PM): *Ding*
Umbrafer (8:57:35 PM): The doors slide closed.
Umbrafer (8:57:39 PM): *Ding*
Umbrafer (8:57:42 PM): They slide back open.
terminal handle (8:57:51 PM): skitter out and look around.
terminal handle (8:57:55 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 3 4 4 6
terminal handle (8:58:00 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (8:58:12 PM): It looks remarkably familiar.
terminal handle (8:58:45 PM): am i on the second floor, jon, or are you playing tricks on me/
Umbrafer (8:59:13 PM): You're on the second floor. It looks extremely familiar, and the car didn't seem to move.
terminal handle (8:59:59 PM): what do signs say?
Umbrafer (9:00:18 PM): 2nd Floor, patient care.
terminal handle (9:00:37 PM): down the hall, looking for anything more officey.
Umbrafer (9:01:08 PM): There's the nurse's station across from the elevator. You're almost positive that this is the same floor you were just on.
Thematrian1 (9:01:42 PM): (Was there anything else that any of you wanted out of their Matrix system?)
terminal handle (9:02:02 PM): then back into the elevator and hit down. :(
terminal handle (9:02:25 PM): for the buttons:
terminal handle (9:02:32 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 2 1 1 2
terminal handle (9:02:49 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 6 4
terminal handle (9:02:52 PM): terminal handle rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
MilesMk1 (9:03:00 PM): (Can we get a headcount of guards by looking at employee records?)
terminal handle (9:03:16 PM): (i may be able to find shift charts)
Thematrian1 (9:03:53 PM): (Can we, Jon? It'd be handy)
Umbrafer (9:04:20 PM): (The employee records that you currently have doesn't list anyone not in an administrative, secretarial, or medical role)
Umbrafer (9:04:33 PM): (It's possible that they subcontract and that those records are separate.)
MilesMk1 (9:05:33 PM): (Can you get into the part of the security system that logs secure doors opening, keycodes being entered, etc., to get a feel for the amount of traffic after hours?)
MilesMk1 (9:05:50 PM): (Motion sensors being tripped, if any?)
Thematrian1 (9:06:09 PM): (That sounds handy. I cool my heels for another hour, then go in.)
Umbrafer (9:06:51 PM): Your heels are frozen. Scavengers is going where?
terminal handle (9:07:13 PM): to the first floor, please, before i further embarrass myself.
Umbrafer (9:07:30 PM): *Ding*
Umbrafer (9:07:35 PM): *Car moves*
Umbrafer (9:07:42 PM): *Ding* *Slide*
terminal handle (9:07:48 PM): out and looking.
terminal handle (9:07:53 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 1 6 4 2
terminal handle (9:07:58 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
terminal handle (9:08:00 PM): right.
Umbrafer (9:09:20 PM): (Keep rerolling for tradition's sake) You're in a small area in the back leading into one of the two operating theatres. Over to the side are offices for the chirurgeons.
terminal handle (9:09:35 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
terminal handle (9:09:42 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
terminal handle (9:09:46 PM): aw.
Umbrafer (9:09:48 PM): (Aww.)
CirclMastr (9:10:11 PM): (I need to roll something to get my throne back)
terminal handle (9:10:27 PM): further down the hall?
Umbrafer (9:11:17 PM): There are a few small doctor's offices along the wall, and then a door.
terminal handle (9:11:49 PM): let's head to those doctors' offices.
Umbrafer (9:12:19 PM): *Skitter skitter skitter*
Umbrafer (9:16:30 PM): *Skitter skitter*
Umbrafer (9:17:35 PM): *Skitter*
Thematrian1 (9:17:46 PM): What does she find?
Umbrafer (9:17:53 PM): Doctor's offices.
Umbrafer (9:18:03 PM): Closed doors, but the bottoms of the doors aren't flush
terminal handle (9:18:25 PM): then the skittering hasn't ended. under the door, then.
Umbrafer (9:18:41 PM): *Skitter skitter*
Umbrafer (9:18:53 PM): You recognize the place where patients are made to freeze in their underwear.
terminal handle (9:19:22 PM): an examination room?
Umbrafer (9:19:26 PM): Yep
terminal handle (9:19:33 PM): i'm looking for places with paperwork and desks.
Umbrafer (9:19:35 PM): Ah
Umbrafer (9:20:07 PM): Well, back a ways was the offices for the Chirurgeons. Going back there?
CirclMastr (9:20:09 PM): What, no voyeur action here either?
Umbrafer (9:20:17 PM): What, if anything, is everyone else doing?
CirclMastr (9:20:21 PM): What a disappointment of a drone rigger
terminal handle (9:20:31 PM): i might as well. back to the cutters.
terminal handle (9:20:47 PM): (we'll find out pay-per-megapulse downloads shortly. don't worry)
terminal handle (9:20:55 PM): *our
Umbrafer (9:21:31 PM): Their doors aren't flush either. Skittering under one?
terminal handle (9:21:39 PM): why not?
CirclMastr (9:21:49 PM): (It's a trap!)
MilesMk1 (9:21:52 PM): Glitch is... Trying to analyze currently available data to get as good an idea of the security setup as possible.
terminal handle (9:21:54 PM): (sweet!)
CirclMastr (9:22:15 PM): MacLeod is wishing he was at the zoo playing PiD
Umbrafer (9:22:26 PM): You see a dead Skitter.
Thematrian1 (9:22:40 PM): ?
CirclMastr (9:22:41 PM): Yellow crystal!
CirclMastr (9:22:44 PM): Oh wait...
Umbrafer (9:22:54 PM): It chitters at you in death as in life.
Umbrafer (9:23:04 PM): Anyway.
Umbrafer (9:23:18 PM): You're underneath. It's dark. You may be eaten by a Grue.
terminal handle (9:23:31 PM): a shiver runs down my spine as i see the future in retrospect and realize my life is wasted. i quit the run, find a job, and die cold, alone, and disillusioned in Aztlan burning softly.
Umbrafer (9:24:09 PM): In the dim light, you see a switch high above you.
terminal handle (9:24:55 PM): flip it, drop to the floor, and look for a place to hide.
Umbrafer (9:25:17 PM): There's a desk with plenty of dark corners. It looks inviting.
terminal handle (9:25:50 PM): i accept its invitation.
Umbrafer (9:26:00 PM): *Skitter skitter*
Umbrafer (9:26:03 PM): You're there.
terminal handle (9:26:52 PM): swell. does it seem as though anybody's coming?
CirclMastr (9:27:06 PM): Just the creeping hand of death
Umbrafer (9:27:17 PM): Perception.
terminal handle (9:27:23 PM): i told it to reschedule until next friday.
terminal handle (9:27:26 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 4 6 5 1
terminal handle (9:27:30 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (9:27:55 PM): You hear nothing.
terminal handle (9:28:01 PM): on we go, then.
CirclMastr (9:28:16 PM): To death
Umbrafer (9:28:54 PM): On where?
Umbrafer (9:29:05 PM): Outside, it's raining gently.
terminal handle (9:29:17 PM): i'll certainly not go outside. what's down the hall?
CirclMastr (9:29:26 PM): Rain
terminal handle (9:29:33 PM): fantastic.
terminal handle (9:30:02 PM): seriously. what exits are available?
Umbrafer (9:30:23 PM): Down the hall is a doorway, presumably back into the front lobby.
terminal handle (9:31:18 PM): i'll head through that door and search the lobby
Umbrafer (9:32:25 PM): You sneak under that door. Anyone looking carefully through the window can see a little ant sneaking about.
terminal handle (9:33:08 PM): is this a check-in lobby?
Umbrafer (9:33:34 PM): This is the front lobby you saw earlier. It's got check-in facilities and informational pamphlets, brochures, and magazines galore.
Umbrafer (9:33:39 PM): As well as a fishtank.
terminal handle (9:33:59 PM): first i want to kill one of their fish. then i want to crawl into the lobby office through the little window.
Umbrafer (9:34:40 PM): How are you going to kill the fish without dousing yourself in water?
CirclMastr (9:35:23 PM): The Evil Eye
Thematrian1 (9:35:42 PM): laser the tank glass and kill them all?
terminal handle (9:35:53 PM): (is this drone not waterproofed?
Umbrafer (9:36:41 PM): (IIRC all of the waterproofing options take up CF you don't have)
terminal handle (9:36:50 PM): nuts to it. i'll laser the glass on my way out.
Thematrian1 (9:36:52 PM): (Unless you have enviroseal, you're assumed to be water-soluble)
Umbrafer (9:37:09 PM): (Well, maybe not quite that extreme)
terminal handle (9:37:09 PM): lil' window.
Umbrafer (9:37:17 PM): Hm?
terminal handle (9:37:41 PM): the little window where the nurse talks to you and thanks you before asking you to have a seat. i want to crawl through it.
Umbrafer (9:38:39 PM): Ah. You do so.
CirclMastr (9:38:42 PM): That sounded dirty
terminal handle (9:38:56 PM): i aim to please.
Umbrafer (9:39:00 PM): (Maybe to you…)
terminal handle (9:39:01 PM): file cabinets?
terminal handle (9:39:07 PM): right.
Umbrafer (9:39:09 PM): File cabinets there are.
terminal handle (9:39:19 PM): what do they say?
terminal handle (9:39:39 PM): better: are there other doors? administrative offices?
Umbrafer (9:40:07 PM): There's a door in the back. Doesn't seem to be much in terms of administrative offices on this floor.
Umbrafer (9:40:12 PM): (It's a three-floor building)
Umbrafer (9:40:31 PM): (Correction: three floors above ground. There was a Basement and a cardreader in the elevator)
Thematrian1 (9:41:04 PM): (How many on those fire-escape plans?)
terminal handle (9:41:20 PM): right-o. cabinets, then?
Umbrafer (9:42:19 PM): (Five on the plans)
Umbrafer (9:42:29 PM): (Three above, two below)
Umbrafer (9:43:55 PM): Cabinets are labelled "Receipts" and "Appointments" with a "Misc."
terminal handle (9:44:12 PM): this is no good. back to the elevators please.
Umbrafer (9:44:57 PM): *Skitter skitter*
Umbrafer (9:45:00 PM): You're back.
terminal handle (9:45:05 PM): third floor, please.
Umbrafer (9:45:13 PM): *Whump* *Ding*
Umbrafer (9:45:19 PM): *Whump* *Ding*
Umbrafer (9:45:34 PM): *Ding* *Door slides open*
terminal handle (9:45:42 PM): passive
terminal handle (9:45:47 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 1 5
terminal handle (9:45:50 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:45:52 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 6 1
Umbrafer (9:45:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
terminal handle (9:45:57 PM): for the hell of it. active.
terminal handle (9:46:00 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:46:01 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:46:35 PM): Your sensors detect a biological object. You see a guard-type looking towards the elevator in confusion.
terminal handle (9:47:24 PM): what else is around? anything i can hide in or on?
Umbrafer (9:47:52 PM): Well, you can probably hide behind the bits of the elevator that aren't currently open
terminal handle (9:48:20 PM): i do so.
Umbrafer (9:48:37 PM): *Hide hide hide*
terminal handle (9:48:54 PM): i'd also like to hit the down and door close buttons
Umbrafer (9:49:12 PM): The guard is in the midst of stepping into the elevator.
terminal handle (9:49:51 PM): scramble for the outside of the car.
Umbrafer (9:50:00 PM): Roll Stealth.
terminal handle (9:51:13 PM): default to quickness
terminal handle (9:51:15 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 1 4 5 4
terminal handle (9:51:18 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:51:26 PM): *Sneaksneaksneak*
Umbrafer (9:51:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 2
Umbrafer (9:51:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (9:53:36 PM): He cocks his head to the side, listening. You skitter for the ceiling beyond.
Umbrafer (9:54:40 PM): You hear him mutter something about talking to maintenance.
terminal handle (9:55:07 PM): i chitter a laugh in his general direction as i disappear.
Umbrafer (9:56:24 PM): You vanish.
Umbrafer (9:56:37 PM): Outside, a Lone Star cruiser slowly makes its rounds.
terminal handle (9:57:22 PM): i will it's detonation. can i tell if the guard has left the lift?
Umbrafer (9:58:24 PM): He doesn't leave. The door slides closed.
terminal handle (9:59:48 PM): i await its departure.
Umbrafer (10:00:11 PM): The little board atop indicates its departure to Floor 1.
Umbrafer (10:00:59 PM): This does appear to be the administrative floor.
terminal handle (10:01:10 PM): i'd like to get off, please.
Umbrafer (10:02:11 PM): You're off.
terminal handle (10:02:35 PM): don't suppose i can get through this third-floor door somehow?
Umbrafer (10:02:48 PM): Hm?
Umbrafer (10:02:57 PM): You're on the third floor, having fled there from the elevator;.
terminal handle (10:03:22 PM): ah. was afraid i was in the shaft.
terminal handle (10:03:30 PM): passive & active
terminal handle (10:03:33 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 2 5 3 3
terminal handle (10:03:38 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (10:03:48 PM): There's a cleaning bot on the ground.
terminal handle (10:04:00 PM): i'll be back for it later. signs?
Umbrafer (10:04:43 PM): There are offices with name plaques on the door. They match the bigwigs on the employee list Gem pulled.
terminal handle (10:05:08 PM): sounds like a winner. in we go.
terminal handle (10:05:19 PM): the closest one.
Umbrafer (10:05:50 PM): *Skitter skitter* *Slide*
Umbrafer (10:06:06 PM): What're you looking for?
terminal handle (10:07:42 PM): looking for anything about our targets or work shifts.
terminal handle (10:08:11 PM): computer access would be unwieldy with a drone, i suppose.
Umbrafer (10:08:21 PM): You look around; there is indeed a shift chart taped to the desk.
terminal handle (10:08:35 PM): fancy that. let's take a look-see.
Thematrian1 (10:08:53 PM): (Could you install a datajack on a drone, rig it, and deck really remotely?)
Thematrian1 (10:09:01 PM): (Not sure why you'd want to, but could you?)
Umbrafer (10:09:52 PM): (I actually had a relay system worked out for Alex's prototype. One drone to jack in, then a bunch of small rotodrones to relay a laser link, with an optional large rotodrone with a satellite dish at the end)
CirclMastr (10:09:53 PM): (Not in SR4!)
terminal handle (10:10:31 PM): save the whole image to my pocket secretary, if we can.
Umbrafer (10:11:00 PM): You do so.
Umbrafer (10:12:23 PM): From there?
terminal handle (10:12:42 PM): yessir.
Umbrafer (10:15:08 PM): I meant, "your next action?"
terminal handle (10:15:25 PM): apologies.
terminal handle (10:15:36 PM): what's the office-dweller's name?
Umbrafer (10:17:20 PM): You find a name. It matches that of Head Guy #5.
terminal handle (10:18:16 PM): "Gem, what do our files say about Head Guy #5?"
Thematrian1 (10:19:11 PM): ::brings them up::
Thematrian1 (10:19:17 PM): What do they say?
Thematrian1 (10:19:22 PM): "Not a lot, I'm afraid."
Umbrafer (10:20:00 PM): Not a great deal. This guy's apparently in charge of accounting, payroll processing, supplies, etc.
Thematrian1 (10:20:33 PM): I pass that on. Do we have a candid paintball shot of him?
Umbrafer (10:20:54 PM): Indeed you do.
Umbrafer (10:21:39 PM): Including one of him taking a shot in the gut point-blank from Big Wig #3 (the female one). He looks surprised.
Umbrafer (10:21:45 PM): Well, not point-blank.
Umbrafer (10:21:48 PM): Ten feet or so.
Thematrian1 (10:22:00 PM): I pass that on too.
terminal handle (10:22:23 PM): i'd like to record a few payroll sheets and move on.
MilesMk1 (10:22:38 PM): (Shots in the gut don't really hurt. Now when a paintball hits bone...)
Umbrafer (10:23:21 PM): (He still looks surprised. The shot looks like he just turned around.)
CirclMastr (10:23:28 PM): (When it hits his manhood...)
terminal handle (10:23:41 PM): (bone is easy unless it's the top of your head. that breeds lethal headaches)
Umbrafer (10:23:52 PM): There's no immediately obvious payroll sheet out.
terminal handle (10:24:20 PM): i should expect as much.
MilesMk1 (10:24:50 PM): (I got talked into this idiotic game once at the end of the day of the day of paintball designed to get rid of any unused paintballs - the only rule was, you walk off the field if you can't take the pain.)
terminal handle (10:25:09 PM): (that is hardcore)
Thematrian1 (10:25:10 PM): (Wow)
MilesMk1 (10:25:49 PM): (I found most people are easily intimidated when you ignore cover and just walk towards them, shooting accurately as you get closer. And closer.)
terminal handle (10:25:56 PM): are his files able to be opened?
terminal handle (10:26:19 PM): (but then the people you're not shooting at laugh and cause you pain)
Umbrafer (10:26:32 PM): The files all appear to be locked.
terminal handle (10:26:41 PM): i'll begone from this place.
terminal handle (10:26:57 PM): from under the door, is the dude back?
MilesMk1 (10:27:02 PM): (Nah... They were too busy, for the most part. Things went south when a guy pretended to be out, and when I turned my back on him shot me in the back of the head 5 or 10 times.)
Umbrafer (10:27:12 PM): Dude is not back.
terminal handle (10:27:37 PM): to the hallway, then. are names outside of doors?
Thematrian1 (10:27:38 PM): (Eek. Is that legit?)
terminal handle (10:27:45 PM): (that's inhuman)
Umbrafer (10:27:49 PM): They are.
terminal handle (10:27:55 PM): what's the next one.
Umbrafer (10:28:17 PM): Interestingly enough, Bigwig 3.
terminal handle (10:28:26 PM): "blahblah Bigwig 3?"
MilesMk1 (10:28:33 PM): (Not really, especially if you're closer than 10 feet)
MilesMk1 (10:29:42 PM): (I tried to turn away from it, and one of the paintball hit at the edge of the mask, right on the jawline. Broke skin badly enough I had blood running down my neck. I'm not on friendly terms with the guy anymore.)
terminal handle (10:29:51 PM): that is..."Info on Bigwig 3?"
Thematrian1 (10:30:06 PM): I hook him up.
Umbrafer (10:30:38 PM): You hook him up.
terminal handle (10:30:48 PM): *hooked*
Umbrafer (10:33:04 PM): It's the woman from the picture. Apparently she does the actual hiring of personnel separate from #5.
terminal handle (10:34:21 PM): she'd not have info on existing personnel, then. what about the next office name?
Umbrafer (10:34:45 PM): Next office down the line is not one of the Big 5.
Umbrafer (10:34:57 PM): The plaque is also much less permanent.
Umbrafer (10:35:07 PM): (Designed for the nameplate to be slid in and out)
terminal handle (10:35:20 PM): what's the next big 5 office, then?
terminal handle (10:35:27 PM): if there be one.
Umbrafer (10:35:40 PM): At the corner office, there's Big Wig 1.
Umbrafer (10:35:51 PM): On the opposite corner there's Big Wig 2.
terminal handle (10:36:10 PM): "Let's talk about Big Wigs 1 and 2."
Umbrafer (10:38:34 PM): They both do nebulous administrative tasks, and have the final say on anything going on about the place.
terminal handle (10:39:53 PM): what about the fourthwig's office?
Umbrafer (10:39:54 PM): Anything else you're doing or that anyone wants done?
Umbrafer (10:40:05 PM): Fourthwig's is partway back down the hall.
terminal handle (10:41:08 PM): i'd like to record video of this hallway and go into fourthwig's office.
Umbrafer (10:41:33 PM): You do so.
terminal handle (10:41:34 PM): that is...
terminal handle (10:41:40 PM): i mean.
terminal handle (10:41:51 PM): "Fourthwig, Gem?"
Thematrian1 (10:42:01 PM): I tell what I know.
Umbrafer (10:42:57 PM): It's actually unclear what his role is. He was a surgeon himself, and appears to be somewhat involved in training and keeping the medical staff up to date, but there's no apparent reason for him to be a big qwig.
Umbrafer (10:42:59 PM): *wig
Umbrafer (10:44:55 PM): There's a picture of him at the paintball match brandishing two paintball pistols with a grin on his face. He seems to have been the day's champion.
Thematrian1 (10:44:56 PM): This is the dwarf?
Umbrafer (10:44:59 PM): Correct.
terminal handle (10:45:20 PM): "Not finding much interesting up top. any requests?"
Thematrian1 (10:46:00 PM): I got nothin'. MacLeod, Glitch?
CirclMastr (10:46:46 PM): "I need caffeine."
CirclMastr (10:46:53 PM): "Well, not really."
CirclMastr (10:47:03 PM): "I just want a coke."
terminal handle (10:47:19 PM): [/advertisement]
MilesMk1 (10:48:09 PM): "Any way you could crawl inside their desks and check for, say, weapons? It'd be good to know if anyone besides the guards might be packing..."
MilesMk1 (10:48:49 PM): "Nah, forget it, it'd take too damn long."
terminal handle (10:49:14 PM): "i'll record what i can and leave."
MilesMk1 (10:49:30 PM): "Try to get the locations of as many cameras and motion sensors as you can."
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Umbrafer (10:51:12 PM): You've got a general gist of the locations of the security cameras. There tend to be cameras placed on... hm.
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terminal handle (10:51:34 PM): weird.
Umbrafer (10:52:00 PM): You've got a general gist of the locations of the security cameras. They're usually placed in the corners of hallways, with a motion sensor on the opposite corner.
terminal handle (10:52:53 PM): "what's our point of entry?"
MilesMk1 (10:55:43 PM): "I assumed the service entrance..."
MilesMk1 (10:55:50 PM): (There is a service entrance, right?)
terminal handle (10:56:24 PM): (no idea. do we have blueprints or somesuch?)
Umbrafer (10:56:50 PM): (There is. It's in the back.)
MilesMk1 (10:57:02 PM): "Although once those of us who take point neutralize the guards, the rest of the team can come in through the front and assist in tearing the place up and terrorizing the employees."
terminal handle (10:58:29 PM): (are we able to disable surveillance from the matrix, or will it be on-site?)
Thematrian1 (10:58:57 PM): (I can kill the cameras, and the motion detectors probably)
terminal handle (10:59:59 PM): right-o. first floor, then.
Umbrafer (11:01:58 PM): Via the elevator?
terminal handle (11:02:01 PM): with the hitting of buttons and the elevator movement and all.
Umbrafer (11:02:06 PM): *Ding*
Umbrafer (11:02:08 PM): *Ding*
Umbrafer (11:02:18 PM): "See? There it goes again!"
Umbrafer (11:02:36 PM): "Weird. Well, my shift's almost up, I'll give maintenance a call when I get off.
terminal handle (11:02:52 PM): hide me, please.
terminal handle (11:03:05 PM): nearby door.
Umbrafer (11:03:18 PM): I'm assuming you're still in the elevator somewhere near the ceiling
terminal handle (11:03:58 PM): i'm behind your thought process. my bad.
terminal handle (11:04:19 PM): crawl down the wall and watch down the hall for the guard.
Umbrafer (11:05:46 PM): You crawl down. By this point, no guards are in sight.
terminal handle (11:06:43 PM): out the door and toward this service entrance, please.
Umbrafer (11:06:59 PM): *Skitter skitter skitter*
Umbrafer (11:07:07 PM): Where are you? Wall, floor, ceiling?
terminal handle (11:07:19 PM): ceiling's always a solid Hollywood choice.
Umbrafer (11:07:55 PM): You skitter through. The guard is walking towards the service entrance himself, or at least in that general direction.
terminal handle (11:08:46 PM): (still recording for sensors & such) meaning we are moving in the same direction?
Umbrafer (11:08:55 PM): INdeed.
Umbrafer (11:09:00 PM): He's a few meters ahead.
terminal handle (11:09:50 PM): i'll follow until i can see the service entrance, then turn and skitter x 2.
Umbrafer (11:10:13 PM): You do so. He goes out the service entrance.
terminal handle (11:10:31 PM): back to the front lobby.
Umbrafer (11:11:06 PM): You're back. The other guard is looking out the window at the rain.
terminal handle (11:13:17 PM): *vid and depart* i don't suppose it's possible to depart the building the same way i came in?
Umbrafer (11:13:25 PM): Probably is
Umbrafer (11:13:32 PM): Involves a few fans, though.
terminal handle (11:13:50 PM): see, that's the problem. any low windows i can laser out?
terminal handle (11:14:03 PM): which reminds me: i need to kill those fish.
Thematrian1 (11:14:20 PM): (Strictly speaking, no you don't)
terminal handle (11:14:37 PM): if you insist.
Umbrafer (11:14:45 PM): There are some windows around
Umbrafer (11:14:50 PM): Nothing that won't be missed
terminal handle (11:15:33 PM): have i seen any vents on the first floor?
Umbrafer (11:15:56 PM): Yep, they're around every so often.
terminal handle (11:16:07 PM): i'll use the nearest one.
Umbrafer (11:16:29 PM): You do so. You slide in.
terminal handle (11:16:32 PM): video off.
Umbrafer (11:17:01 PM): Roll three Walkers tests getting up. TN 6, Control Pool applicable.
terminal handle (11:17:34 PM): with two control pool.
terminal handle (11:17:38 PM): terminal handle rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 2 4 4 1 4 1
terminal handle (11:17:41 PM): hah
terminal handle (11:18:06 PM): again?
Umbrafer (11:18:16 PM): Yeeikes. Feel free to karma.
terminal handle (11:18:30 PM): i do so.
Umbrafer (11:18:33 PM): Also, keep in mind that your Control Pool refreshes between these tests, so you can throw the full 5 each time.
Umbrafer (11:18:41 PM): Reroll them 7.
terminal handle (11:18:44 PM): terminal handle rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 1 2 2 4 2 1
Umbrafer (11:18:50 PM): Um.
terminal handle (11:18:52 PM): right.
terminal handle (11:19:47 PM): this means i win.
Umbrafer (11:20:07 PM): Hm. Your karma stays spent, but I'll give you your pool dice as that's a mistake your character wouldn't have made; make this or the drone meets a sad fate :(
terminal handle (11:20:24 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 5 4 1 1
terminal handle (11:20:29 PM): my god.
Umbrafer (11:20:35 PM): Wow.
CirclMastr (11:20:43 PM): ...
Umbrafer (11:20:45 PM): That's nineteen dice with no sixes.
Umbrafer (11:20:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 5 2 3 1 4 1 3 3 1 6 5 4
Umbrafer (11:20:54 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
Thematrian1 (11:20:55 PM): This has been a bit week for little walker drones.
Umbrafer (11:21:00 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (11:21:00 PM): argh
Thematrian1 (11:21:02 PM): bad week
terminal handle (11:21:07 PM): jon.
terminal handle (11:21:09 PM): do we have to?
Umbrafer (11:21:44 PM): You're almost through the fan when it hits a leg with a crunch. The ant falls back onto the vent with a little clang.
terminal handle (11:22:31 PM): i'd like it to limp to cover, please, then start making for the first possible ground-level vent there is
Umbrafer (11:22:36 PM): It's still transmitting, but incapable of meaningful movement.
terminal handle (11:22:42 PM): oh good.
Thematrian1 (11:22:53 PM): it's out of immediate sight at least, right?
Umbrafer (11:22:56 PM): Power levels are dropping fast, though. The battery may have taken a hit.
Umbrafer (11:23:00 PM): Yes, it's in a vent.
terminal handle (11:23:52 PM): full sensors. listening for attention.
terminal handle (11:23:55 PM): terminal handle rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 6 4
CirclMastr (11:23:59 PM): MacLeod won't do a rescue mission for an ant
terminal handle (11:24:01 PM): terminal handle rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
terminal handle (11:24:23 PM): macleod won't have to.
Umbrafer (11:24:41 PM): You hear footsteps, but it's hard to tell if they're related to the clang.
Umbrafer (11:24:49 PM): No one appears to manhandle the vent.
terminal handle (11:24:50 PM): listening longer.
terminal handle (11:25:04 PM): meh.
Umbrafer (11:25:05 PM): The image begins to flicker. Audio starts cutting out.
terminal handle (11:25:18 PM): shut down, unplug.
Umbrafer (11:25:54 PM): *Voomp*
terminal handle (11:26:01 PM): "i got the video we need, but i've lost my drone."
Thematrian1 (11:26:24 PM): "Where is it?"
terminal handle (11:26:45 PM): "in a vent. i'll take care of it when the time comes."
Umbrafer (11:27:07 PM): First-floor vent just past the door from the front lobby.
Umbrafer (11:28:39 PM): Everyone is in their van.
Umbrafer (11:28:45 PM): Well, Scavengers' van.
terminal handle (11:28:49 PM): "can we lock the clinic front doors from the Matrix?"
Umbrafer (11:30:18 PM): As of right now there's no indication.
terminal handle (11:30:24 PM): keen.
Umbrafer (11:30:27 PM): Gem's heels are positively glacial.
Thematrian1 (11:30:50 PM): Meh, we can do that another time. Is there anything else that the whole group needs to do, before the run proper?
terminal handle (11:31:21 PM): did i get those gel rounds?
Thematrian1 (11:31:27 PM): Yes
Thematrian1 (11:31:36 PM): the gel rounds took about four hours to find :-D
Umbrafer (11:31:37 PM): (Apologies to everyone for not having gotten this all done during downtime, by the by; scheduling is a bitch)
MilesMk1 (11:31:41 PM): I think I'm good.
terminal handle (11:32:24 PM): i have a drone which can recover the lost one, so all should be well.
MilesMk1 (11:33:07 PM): I was thinking of spending some money on more scanners for the ruthenium suit or more skillsofts, but it's not urgent...
Thematrian1 (11:33:27 PM): I think I went hunting for scanners for you, but I can't remember how it came out
Umbrafer (11:34:42 PM): I don't remember offhand either; I get the feeling that it was longer than this run's timeframe, but I could be wrong.
Umbrafer (11:34:48 PM): What's the avail?
MilesMk1 (11:35:49 PM): 5/14, SI 2
Umbrafer (11:36:03 PM): Yeah, it probably comes in in a few days.
Thematrian1 (11:36:16 PM): Wait, Avail 5? Yeah, that sounds like 5 successes to me ;-)
MilesMk1 (11:36:44 PM): Wait, never mind.
Umbrafer (11:36:55 PM): ?
MilesMk1 (11:36:57 PM): I just looked at my character sheet, and you did find those for me.
Umbrafer (11:37:05 PM): Oh, ok then
MilesMk1 (11:37:16 PM): I had the money marked off for 2 scanners, a throwing skillsoft and some grenades.
Thematrian1 (11:37:18 PM): oh, ok. Good for me.
Umbrafer (11:39:46 PM): Further actions?
MilesMk1 (11:41:43 PM): Well... I'm assuming we're not starting the run off tonight, yes?
Umbrafer (11:41:54 PM): That's probably a safe assumption
MilesMk1 (11:42:49 PM): If that's the case, I'm good. Glitch will just review the footage Scavagers got to see if he can figure out the best way to deal with the security system if he had to, if for some reason Gem couldn't shut it off, and that's it.
CirclMastr (11:43:13 PM): Anyone assense MacLeod lately?
terminal handle (11:43:26 PM): should we?
CirclMastr (11:43:42 PM): I dunno how far Gem got with it, ask her player, heh
Thematrian1 (11:43:56 PM): I haven't since I met him.
Umbrafer (11:44:20 PM): In general, I'd assume that unless there's a change in status no new information will be available.
terminal handle (11:44:31 PM): he's short. that's enough for god-complex berating. aura shouldn't matter.
CirclMastr (11:45:21 PM): Damn heightist
terminal handle (11:45:54 PM): it's nothing personal.
terminal handle (11:46:11 PM): she's better than everyone. not just short folk.
terminal handle (11:46:30 PM): just especially short folk.
Umbrafer (11:49:17 PM): So no further actions?
terminal handle (11:49:22 PM): nay, sir.
MilesMk1 (11:49:28 PM): Nope
Thematrian1 (11:49:33 PM): I got one more matrix run. So, nothin'
Thematrian1 (11:49:55 PM): Can everybody say one more time what they wanted, if anything?
terminal handle (11:50:40 PM): i'm covered.
MilesMk1 (11:51:32 PM): Security records for the place, showing door openings, keycard or maglock use, motion detector activation, etc, to get an idea how this place typically function after hours.
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