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MilesMk1 (8:35:12 PM): Hey.
Thematrian1 (8:35:49 PM): greetings all. When we left, the party was heading back into Chicago, and Alex was clinging by a thread to her life.
Umbrafer (8:35:55 PM): Two threads!
Thematrian1 (8:35:57 PM): Jon: any knowledge of Adam?
Umbrafer (8:36:16 PM): As of early this afternoon he was aware of both the presence of the session and the time thereof. I'll give him a holler if he doesn't show soon.
Thematrian1 (8:36:26 PM): thanks
Thematrian1 (8:39:16 PM): meanwhile, you had a conscious prisoner and an unconscious prisoner
Thematrian1 (8:39:43 PM): to go with your unconscious fox, unconscious rigger, conscious street sam, and conscious whatever
MilesMk1 (8:39:53 PM): "What the hell are you?"
MilesMk1 (8:40:04 PM): That part really makes me wonder.
Thematrian1 (8:40:24 PM): hehe
MilesMk1 (8:40:47 PM): Hey, I meant to ask (or I thought I did) - did the cops we have in the van have any radioes on them?
Thematrian1 (8:40:47 PM): I thought maybe that exchange would lead to some clarity, but no
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Thematrian1 (8:41:58 PM): No. Neither of your captured cops has a radio
MilesMk1 (8:42:44 PM): Does that seem highly abnormal to me?
Thematrian1 (8:43:01 PM): hm. Relevant knowledge skills?
MilesMk1 (8:43:09 PM): Police procedures?
Thematrian1 (8:43:16 PM): yeah, roll that
MilesMk1 (8:43:25 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 1 6 6 5
MilesMk1 (8:43:28 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Thematrian1 (8:44:00 PM): Yeah, it's friggin' weird. It occurs to you that low-ranking army types often go without, but they're definitely wearing Eagle uniforms
MilesMk1 (8:45:31 PM): Mhh-hmm.
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MilesMk1 (8:46:26 PM): "So, want to explain to me why you two don't have a single radio between you if the sargent was the only one with a transducer?"
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EverGuard4 (8:47:21 PM): thanks
MilesMk1 (8:47:24 PM): "I can't believe I missed that earlier, but I was a bit preoccupied..."
EverGuard4 (8:47:25 PM): AIM acting up again
Thematrian1 (8:47:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 6 6 2 1 5 6 5 5 6 3 1 4 1
Thematrian1 (8:48:04 PM): "Things were chaotic"
Thematrian1 (8:48:05 PM): he shrugs
Dragcrell (8:48:40 PM): (so when do the Fox get to wake up by chance?)
MilesMk1 (8:48:58 PM): (Can I operate the van's sensors? If yes, can I see if he's transmitting? Not decrypt it, just see if he is.)
Thematrian1 (8:49:05 PM): (Roll Willpower)
Dragcrell (8:49:27 PM): ( oh this well be a laugh)
Umbrafer (8:49:33 PM): (Vehicle sensors are fully available, yes)
Dragcrell (8:49:35 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 3 5 1
Thematrian1 (8:49:36 PM): (You have Car and Electronics, that's a simple enough thing to do)
Dragcrell (8:49:50 PM): (>_<)
MilesMk1 (8:49:51 PM): (So... What do I roll?)
Thematrian1 (8:49:54 PM): Ok, in an hour game-time Trickster wakes up from the narcojecting
Thematrian1 (8:50:20 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 6 4 3 2 1 3 1 6 1 5 3 6 5 3
Dragcrell (8:50:20 PM): (weeee fun)
Thematrian1 (8:50:24 PM): You don't. He's not transmitting anything that you can detect.
MilesMk1 (8:51:03 PM): "So you forgot to take radios with you?"
Umbrafer (8:51:05 PM): (By the by, I'm going for another Willpower test for consciousness when I drop that box of Stun)
MilesMk1 (8:51:55 PM): "You all just missed them when getting the guns and unforms? The narcojects took up the only avaiable spot on your gun belts?"
Thematrian1 (8:52:44 PM): He looks uncomfortable. "You have to understand, we came in from Detroit. No messages, no clear orders, just go, your equipment will be issued to you."
MilesMk1 (8:53:06 PM): (Ah... Well, that's more belieavable...)
Umbrafer (8:53:19 PM): (Damn furriners)
Thematrian1 (8:53:36 PM): (It still sounds a little fishy to you; lots of ES own their own equipment)
Thematrian1 (8:54:01 PM): (But it's not totally implausible, especially if the higher levels of ES are having seizures)
MilesMk1 (8:54:30 PM): (Do the guys we've seen so far have anything unusual in common? Like, say, same sort of very short haircut, or something?)
MilesMk1 (8:54:54 PM): (Aside from the sargeant.)
Thematrian1 (8:55:30 PM): (Come to think of it, yes, everyone who wasn't the officer had brutally short hair. Maybe it's in fashion)
MilesMk1 (8:55:45 PM): (Hah.)
Umbrafer (8:56:02 PM): (Shoot the UCAS military slag!)
Umbrafer (8:56:13 PM): (Hm. If he had a tactical computer, taking him down first was most definitely the play.)
Umbrafer (8:56:18 PM): (Sarge, that is)
MilesMk1 (8:56:38 PM): (Sarge had a beard. He might have been the only real one...)
MilesMk1 (8:57:10 PM): I take a look at the gun I took away from him... Anything identifiying it as a military-issue? Smartgun links, maybe? Ammo?
Thematrian1 (8:58:35 PM): There's the narcoject that VanMan had, and that custom job. It's got smartgun links, and some kind of biometric lock. Nothing about it screams military issue, but it's almost certainly illegal without a permit
MilesMk1 (8:58:49 PM): Hmm.
Thematrian1 (8:59:11 PM): Ten minutes have elapsed
MilesMk1 (8:59:14 PM): "Nice haircuts, by the way..."
Thematrian1 (8:59:30 PM): He doesn't meet your eyes. "Thanks"
MilesMk1 (9:00:09 PM): "Say... Didn't you say you were planning to show them your *military* ID at the checkpoint? Am I misremembering, or was that an interesting slip of the tongue for a cop?"
Thematrian1 (9:00:44 PM): He still doesn't meet your eyes. "Police ID, I'm sure I said."
MilesMk1 (9:03:45 PM): "Look, I don't particularly care what game your superiors are playing and how precisely they're fucking the whole city over, but just make sure you don't make and stupid mistakes at the checpoint. Got it?"
Thematrian1 (9:05:00 PM): He tries to look outraged, gives up on it, and starts studying one of the Stratos in the back.
MilesMk1 (9:05:05 PM): (any stupid mistakes.)
Umbrafer (9:06:46 PM): *Shifts slightly in her sleep*
Umbrafer (9:07:00 PM): (Sleep, unconsciousness, whatever)
MilesMk1 (9:08:29 PM): "Yeah, what do I know..."
Thematrian1 (9:08:29 PM): Given no further conversation, you wind up on a long, straight highway that shoots directly into Westside. Two or three miles distant, you see a set of eight headlights pointing down the road.
MilesMk1 (9:08:36 PM): *drive*
MilesMk1 (9:09:04 PM): Can I zoom in on that using sensors, see what I can see?
Umbrafer (9:09:11 PM): Pointing which way?
MilesMk1 (9:09:20 PM): Also, try to check for anything in the sky keeping an eye on us?
Thematrian1 (9:09:27 PM): toward the van
MilesMk1 (9:09:38 PM): "Hey, Rock... You see anything following us on your end?"
MilesMk1 (9:10:29 PM): I will slow down quite a bit, so that I have more time to figure things out than we did the last time.
Thematrian1 (9:10:36 PM): so noted
Thematrian1 (9:10:50 PM): at 30mph you'll have ~5 minutes to plot
EverGuard4 (9:11:12 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 2 4 3 2 2 5 3 2
MilesMk1 (9:11:37 PM): Sounds good.
Dragcrell (9:11:49 PM): *left ear twiches and right paw move a bit*
Dragcrell (9:11:54 PM): (lol)
MilesMk1 (9:12:23 PM): (Dreaming of raiding a henhouse?)
Dragcrell (9:12:46 PM): ( hehehehe)
Umbrafer (9:13:17 PM): How long 'til I recover a box?
Umbrafer (9:13:28 PM): Oops, already asked you to alert me.
Thematrian1 (9:13:35 PM): it's coming, honest
Dragcrell (9:14:06 PM): (think I'm about what 50-45 min befor I come to yet?)
Thematrian1 (9:14:19 PM): (Yeah)
Thematrian1 (9:15:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 6 1 6 2 4 5 3 5 3 6 1 5
Thematrian1 (9:15:26 PM): What plotting, if any, are you doing in those 5 minutes?
Umbrafer (9:16:05 PM): *Plots how to avoid the pain in her head by concentrating on the pain in her lungs*
MilesMk1 (9:16:56 PM): Well, like I said, using the sensors to examine the presumed roadblock - see if I can zoom in, and see if there's anything in the sky shadowing us.
Dragcrell (9:17:01 PM): *plots how to make the one guy screem like a girl apon waking up form blakes love touch*
MilesMk1 (9:17:05 PM): And trying to get an answer out of Rock. ;)
Thematrian1 (9:17:31 PM): That reminds me: the unconscious cop is stirring
EverGuard4 (9:17:46 PM): "Nothing, yet."
Dragcrell (9:18:00 PM): (dame it and here I was hopeing I coudl be growling at him when he came to ; ;)
MilesMk1 (9:18:15 PM): "Rock, could you please cuff and gag him before he comes to? And let me know if you do see anything."
MilesMk1 (9:18:58 PM): "Seems like a pretty big roadblock for the road going in if they're mainly worried about people coming out."
Thematrian1 (9:19:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 4 4 6 2 6 1 3 5 3 4 1 1 6 3
Thematrian1 (9:19:31 PM): "It's for...I don't know, they don't explain things like that to me."
EverGuard4 (9:19:52 PM): "?"
MilesMk1 (9:20:49 PM): *sigh*
MilesMk1 (9:21:18 PM): *Stops the car briefly to cuff and gag the stirring cop muttering something about learning Spanish*
Thematrian1 (9:21:46 PM): The van halts. You restrain the cop with his own handcuffs, gagging him with...?
MilesMk1 (9:21:52 PM): And... Any results on my tinkering with sensors?
MilesMk1 (9:21:56 PM): (Duct tape!)
Thematrian1 (9:22:14 PM): Er, sorry. How were you tinkering with them, and to what end?
MilesMk1 (9:22:45 PM): Trying to get a better view of the roadblock, and see if there's anything in the sky following us, or just circling above.
Thematrian1 (9:23:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 3
Thematrian1 (9:23:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 4 2 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 3 4
Thematrian1 (9:24:50 PM): You get a flash of something big and high up, moving away from the city. The roadblock is just four cars, one per lane, facing toward you. Beyond that it's hard to say.
MilesMk1 (9:25:44 PM): God, I hate making decisions on this...
Thematrian1 (9:26:04 PM): Well, you can always ask Rock for advice
MilesMk1 (9:26:12 PM): True.
Thematrian1 (9:26:17 PM): (erk, one moment)
MilesMk1 (9:26:25 PM): "What do you think, Rock?"
EverGuard4 (9:27:39 PM): "Beg pardon?"
MilesMk1 (9:29:10 PM): "What do you think of our situation? Should we try to go in through this roadblock, and let him use his ID to get us past? It's your skin too..."
EverGuard4 (9:29:32 PM): "Why must we re-enter Chicago?"
MilesMk1 (9:30:34 PM): "Because there's some people we don't want to leave behind, and because we'll have a very hard time getting Alex medical attention otherwise."
Umbrafer (9:32:29 PM): (Out of professional courtesy we should probably offer him the choice to stay outside, but because of IC/OOC conflicts the result might not be in character)
Thematrian1 (9:33:02 PM): (Do that and I'll reach through the screen and strangle you)
Thematrian1 (9:33:05 PM): (There's your conflict)
Umbrafer (9:33:14 PM): ( :D )
EverGuard4 (9:33:25 PM): (Strangle him anyways?)
Thematrian1 (9:33:29 PM): (Well, no, I'd think of something, but damn)
EverGuard4 (9:34:37 PM): (to officer/person) "Which roadblocks do Eagle Security members staff?"
Thematrian1 (9:34:51 PM): "All of them"
EverGuard4 (9:34:57 PM): "And which do members of your organization staff?"
EverGuard4 (9:35:05 PM): (sorry, that was supposed to be faster)
Thematrian1 (9:35:25 PM): He looks unhappy
EverGuard4 (9:38:15 PM): *chambers round*
Thematrian1 (9:38:25 PM): He looks deeply unhappy
Dragcrell (9:38:48 PM): (lol brb)
EverGuard4 (9:39:21 PM): "Try again, shall we?"
Thematrian1 (9:39:41 PM): "Eagle security mans all the roadblocks."
Umbrafer (9:39:46 PM): (It's a pity, he seemed like such a smart boy when he dropped his weapon outside the van.)
Umbrafer (9:39:55 PM): (I guess intelligence only goes so far.)
MilesMk1 (9:40:35 PM): BTW, I keep the van stopped while this is going on.
Thematrian1 (9:40:49 PM): I figured
Thematrian1 (9:41:02 PM): Nothing has taken an undue interest in you yet, as far as you can tell
Umbrafer (9:41:35 PM): ("Don't mind them, they're just having a little disagreement in the back." *Blam blam blam blam blam* "See, officer? They've sorted it out already.")
MilesMk1 (9:42:04 PM): "Look... Do you really think it's worth dying to keep us from getting into the city?"
Thematrian1 (9:42:59 PM): Unconscious guy sheds his nickname. He moans quietly, the more loudly when he tries to move his arms and fails
Dragcrell (9:46:10 PM): (lol back)
MilesMk1 (9:46:16 PM): "More to the point, do you feel you should be choosing whether your friend here - and possible a few people at the checkpoint - live or die?"
MilesMk1 (9:46:35 PM): (possibly)
EverGuard4 (9:48:08 PM): (can I motion to Blake without our interogee noticing?)
EverGuard4 (9:48:16 PM): (Engrish @ its finest)
Thematrian1 (9:49:01 PM): no
EverGuard4 (9:50:20 PM): "Where would you file your TY731F?"
EverGuard4 (9:50:28 PM): (to Eagle-guy)
Thematrian1 (9:50:49 PM): "Buh...at the home office."
EverGuard4 (9:51:18 PM): (I still have gel rounds loaded, right?)
Thematrian1 (9:51:30 PM): (...yes)
EverGuard4 (9:51:45 PM): *trigger*
Dragcrell (9:51:57 PM): (lol Rock at his finest)
EverGuard4 (9:52:16 PM): "Hold." (to Blake)
EverGuard4 (9:52:20 PM): (after firing)
EverGuard4 (9:52:23 PM): (do I need to roll?)
Thematrian1 (9:53:01 PM): (to hit him? Yes, though your TN is 2)
EverGuard4 (9:53:38 PM): (can I get a quick rehash of rules for holding back successes? ie to prevent excessive physical damage overflow?)
Umbrafer (9:53:54 PM): You withhold dice to cap successes. Let me check on how many.
Umbrafer (9:54:07 PM): (I do hope no one at the roadblock has us laser-micced.)
Thematrian1 (9:54:21 PM): (yeah, that would suck)
Dragcrell (9:54:52 PM): (just a wee bit but I think it lossed effect over range aka beam spread)
Umbrafer (9:55:14 PM): (I don't think it's in SR3, and I don't have a copy of Cannon Companion I can effectively sort through)
MilesMk1 (9:55:19 PM): (Bah... Laser mikes don't work at this range, remember? ;) )
Umbrafer (9:56:02 PM): ('Strue)
EverGuard4 (9:56:37 PM): (say I stage to D Stun with 3 extra successes (5 total) -- does that imply the target resists D Stun and L Physical?)
EverGuard4 (9:56:58 PM): (I ask about this as I realized I interpreted this rule differently than Jon does-- or at least I did at some point)
EverGuard4 (9:57:47 PM): (Just D Stun, just D Physical?)
Umbrafer (9:58:05 PM): (No, you'd resist base damage + successes. The question is whether it stages through afterwards)
Thematrian1 (9:58:19 PM): (Just this once, it doesn't. Let's go)
Umbrafer (9:58:22 PM): (You could call a shot against a leg or something, potentially. Called shot for special effect (no damage but pain) )
EverGuard4 (9:58:54 PM): (whatever... I'm tired... I can't handle semantics @ present)
EverGuard4 (9:59:00 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 6 1 2 4
Thematrian1 (9:59:33 PM): blam. What were you attempting to accomplish? D stun, no physical?
EverGuard4 (10:00:25 PM): (M physical max, preferably L or none)
Thematrian1 (10:00:37 PM): *blam*
Thematrian1 (10:01:26 PM): "Erk!"
Thematrian1 (10:01:40 PM): He's unconscious, though you don't think he's seriously hurt.
MilesMk1 (10:02:14 PM): "I take it you didn't think it'd be a good idea to let him help us get past the barricades?"
EverGuard4 (10:02:31 PM): (to Blake) "TY731F forms do not exist."
EverGuard4 (10:04:40 PM): "I doubt Eagle security employed that individual."
EverGuard4 (10:05:16 PM): "Besides... your initial supposition was correct: he distinctly mentioned a 'military' ID."
MilesMk1 (10:05:25 PM): "I agree, but we still need a way to get into the city."
MilesMk1 (10:06:08 PM): *starts to scan the map for ways of getting into town via surface streets*
Thematrian1 (10:06:44 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 4 6 5 1 2 5 3 1 1 4 2 6 4 5
Thematrian1 (10:07:06 PM): You think you've got something. You have to get off this highway first, though, and the roadblock is between you and the next offramp
MilesMk1 (10:08:38 PM): Can I back up to get to a different off-ramp?
Thematrian1 (10:09:06 PM): yes
MilesMk1 (10:09:16 PM): Ok... Doing that, quickly.
MilesMk1 (10:09:22 PM): Unless Rock objects.
MilesMk1 (10:09:34 PM): Then I do it slowly while I argue with him.
EverGuard4 (10:10:02 PM): (nil)
Umbrafer (10:10:04 PM): ETA on box recovery?
Thematrian1 (10:11:04 PM): Ok. You have an offramp, you have a route. The handcuffed guy is trying to spit out his gag, without success.
Thematrian1 (10:11:18 PM): 5 minutes elapse. Alex recovers a box. Trickster is still half an hour away
Dragcrell (10:11:34 PM): (lol)
Umbrafer (10:11:50 PM): Rolling Willpower against TN 9 to recover the next box.
Umbrafer (10:11:57 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 3 4 3
Umbrafer (10:11:59 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
Thematrian1 (10:12:09 PM): woo. A mere hour
Umbrafer (10:12:13 PM): An hour. Rolling vs. TN 11 to regain consciousness.
Umbrafer (10:12:16 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 1 5 5 6
Umbrafer (10:12:19 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (10:12:22 PM): A pity.
Thematrian1 (10:12:50 PM): yeah
MilesMk1 (10:13:22 PM): *stops the van for a moment, tears off a much longer strip of duct tape, and ungags the spitting guy*
MilesMk1 (10:13:25 PM): "What?"
Umbrafer (10:13:28 PM): (I'd even considered declaring them in the other order. C'est la vie)
Thematrian1 (10:13:55 PM): "Is she...did she live?"
MilesMk1 (10:14:16 PM): "Yes. She did."
Thematrian1 (10:14:29 PM): He relaxes fractionally
MilesMk1 (10:14:48 PM): "Any other burning questions?"
Dragcrell (10:15:03 PM): *twiches and makes a soft wineing nose then settles down again*
Thematrian1 (10:15:18 PM): He looks worried, but shakes his head
Thematrian1 (10:15:28 PM): Trickster recovers a box of stun, and regains consciousness
MilesMk1 (10:15:46 PM): *gags him again and goes back driving*
Dragcrell (10:15:50 PM): (YAY!!)
MilesMk1 (10:16:08 PM): Do I see Trickster come to?
Thematrian1 (10:16:20 PM): yes
Dragcrell (10:16:22 PM): *stands up sackly and shackes from head to tail and looks around*
MilesMk1 (10:18:12 PM): *watches Trickster, but doesn't interfere unless he does something that'll get bodily fluids on the seats* "Ah, good. Alex made it - just barely. We're trying to get back into the city to get her some medical attention."
Thematrian1 (10:18:42 PM): He looks confused for a moment, then nods
MilesMk1 (10:18:51 PM): "How are you doing? They only got you with one dart, I think..."
MilesMk1 (10:19:01 PM): (I was talking to Trickster, not the guard. :p)
Dragcrell (10:19:19 PM): *nods then Yowns a gaping yown*
MilesMk1 (10:19:35 PM): *drives defensively*
Thematrian1 (10:19:36 PM): Everyone sees Trickster's pink tongue and pointy teeth
Umbrafer (10:19:51 PM): Not everyone!
Dragcrell (10:19:58 PM): (lol)
MilesMk1 (10:20:03 PM): "You know, with a little makeup, you could make a fortune in dog food commercials..."
Thematrian1 (10:20:05 PM): yeah, Alex is deprived
Umbrafer (10:20:16 PM): As well as my brother-in-unconsciousness.
Dragcrell (10:20:33 PM): *shifts then gets dressed and just grumbels at Blacks coment*
Thematrian1 (10:20:44 PM): Everyone sees the full Trickster monty
Thematrian1 (10:20:51 PM): except the unconscious people
Thematrian1 (10:20:55 PM): and Blake, since he's driving
Thematrian1 (10:21:04 PM): and the gagged cop has his eyes closed
Thematrian1 (10:21:06 PM): just Rock, I guess
Dragcrell (10:21:28 PM): "So what happend?"
MilesMk1 (10:21:38 PM): The gagged cop is still in denial over whose ears he was scratching. :)
MilesMk1 (10:21:53 PM): "Well... We won. So to speak."
Thematrian1 (10:21:58 PM): Blake: an Eagle Security car passes the van. There's no stopping or anything
MilesMk1 (10:22:05 PM): Ok.
Dragcrell (10:22:50 PM): *nods* "Hows our usal driver doing?"
MilesMk1 (10:23:23 PM): "Her heart stopped from the drug, but I managed to bring her back. She even came-to briefly."
MilesMk1 (10:23:52 PM): "We'll need to get her some serious medical help, though, or she'll be laid up for weeks."
Dragcrell (10:24:00 PM): "She doing better now I hope" *glares at the one that did the narcojeting*
MilesMk1 (10:24:12 PM): "That's why I decided to head back into the city."
Umbrafer (10:24:27 PM): (Say, do you think these two would cover the medical bills if we sold them off in parts?)
MilesMk1 (10:24:42 PM): "Yeah, she's stable now... But if something sends her into shock again..."
Dragcrell (10:24:44 PM): (mmm could..................)
Thematrian1 (10:24:54 PM): (Depends if they're secret drug abusers.)
Thematrian1 (10:25:02 PM): (Come to think of it, I think I prefer it when you guys handle your enemies with thermite
Umbrafer (10:25:10 PM): ( :D )
MilesMk1 (10:25:11 PM): (Hmm... I think Blake would object to that.)
Umbrafer (10:25:23 PM): (Spoilsport.)
Dragcrell (10:25:26 PM): *sits down so the one can see him* "why?"
MilesMk1 (10:26:16 PM): (We went to so much trouble not to kill anyone, it'd just be wrong... And he does have morals. Sort of.)
Dragcrell (10:26:16 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 2 1 6 3 6 2
Dragcrell (10:26:26 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 1 6
Dragcrell (10:26:32 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (10:26:38 PM): (Hell, if we were going to kill people, we could have gotten through that without a scratch...)
Dragcrell (10:26:59 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 6 3 4 2
Umbrafer (10:27:03 PM): (To be fair, they've done things since then that have compromised our desire to keep them alive.)
Thematrian1 (10:27:04 PM): (Well, VanMan would still have caused some problems, but yeah)
Dragcrell (10:27:13 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 1
Umbrafer (10:27:25 PM): (If we were going to kill people, we could have started there instead of getting out)
Umbrafer (10:27:35 PM): Ramming test on OIC, suppressive fire on everyone else)
Umbrafer (10:27:38 PM): *(
Thematrian1 (10:27:40 PM): (Right, right)
Thematrian1 (10:27:54 PM): (That, yeah, things would have gone differently if you'd done that
Umbrafer (10:28:31 PM): (I figure if the guy Rock nailed doesn't start telling the truth very quickly at least some of his organs are forfeit)
Thematrian1 (10:28:56 PM): speaking of, the guy Rock nailed is stirring
Dragcrell (10:29:09 PM): (well now that I'm up and about I can help with convetsing it woudl be best if he did)
MilesMk1 (10:29:48 PM): *passes a silenced gun to Rock* "If you intend to fire inside the car again... It's already loaded with gel rounds."
MilesMk1 (10:30:08 PM): *drives*
EverGuard4 (10:30:16 PM): *checks over gun*
Dragcrell (10:30:40 PM): *thinks* "Hummm both have gear in there heads wounder what it is?"
Thematrian1 (10:31:49 PM): You're in Westside. It's official, you're back in the city
Dragcrell (10:32:19 PM): "We still have that blowtorch off hand?"
MilesMk1 (10:32:54 PM): "Yeah, it's in the back, somewhere..."
Dragcrell (10:33:26 PM): "or was you planing on leting em go?"
MilesMk1 (10:33:30 PM): *finds a discrete spot to stop for a moment, and tries to bring Alex back to consciousness again, same way as before* (if possible)
Umbrafer (10:33:41 PM): (Should be. How much time has passed?0
Umbrafer (10:33:43 PM): *)
MilesMk1 (10:34:04 PM): "I was, but that was before it became apparent this guy was lying to me..."
Thematrian1 (10:34:07 PM): 20 minutes to Alex's next box.
Dragcrell (10:34:36 PM): *just smiles* "mmmm good so wich can we play with first?"
Umbrafer (10:34:59 PM): (Don't damage them! They're going to be worth even more with the demand for spare parts skyrocketing!)
Thematrian1 (10:35:29 PM): (True, but after all the transplant surgeons get eaten the economics go all wonky)
MilesMk1 (10:35:37 PM): So, can I use First Aid to bring Alex around?
Thematrian1 (10:35:43 PM): yes
Dragcrell (10:35:44 PM): (well the amout of damgae done well depend on how much has to be done to get em to become all chaty)
Thematrian1 (10:35:47 PM): same deal as before
MilesMk1 (10:36:11 PM): TN 8, IIRC?
Thematrian1 (10:36:17 PM): sounds right
MilesMk1 (10:36:20 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 6 6 1 3
MilesMk1 (10:36:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:36:26 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (10:36:28 PM): \/\/007.
Thematrian1 (10:36:33 PM): Alex is awake
Umbrafer (10:36:36 PM): *Vision swims*
Umbrafer (10:36:39 PM): "Ow."
MilesMk1 (10:37:13 PM): #Hey, Alex... We're back in Westside. Got a safe place I can take the van to?#
Umbrafer (10:37:42 PM): #Yeah… Sigrun's shop…# *flails limply for pocsec*
Umbrafer (10:38:45 PM): If and when I find it, I try to call Sigrun.
Thematrian1 (10:39:15 PM): "The number you have dialed is not in service. Please check the number and dial again"
Umbrafer (10:40:06 PM): #Phone down. She's at *location*… we went there 'fore once. Juss… make sure she knows… you're with me.#
Umbrafer (10:40:23 PM): #Got lots of guns down there…#
MilesMk1 (10:40:26 PM): #All right. I will.#
MilesMk1 (10:40:50 PM): #Is she going to be ok with us taking the two so-called cops in there, though?#
MilesMk1 (10:41:23 PM): #Shit, I'd better check them for transmitters again...#
Umbrafer (10:41:38 PM): #Make sure… they don't know where they're going… look for GPS…#
Umbrafer (10:41:47 PM): #And… when you're there… keep an eye on them.#
Umbrafer (10:42:09 PM): #They might die unexpectedly if you don't.#
Thematrian1 (10:42:52 PM): drive drive drive. Barring further conversation, ten minutes elapse. Blake, roll Electronics to do the bug check
MilesMk1 (10:43:25 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 2 3
MilesMk1 (10:43:31 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (10:43:36 PM): Grr.
Thematrian1 (10:43:45 PM): You detect no bugs, no transmissions at all
MilesMk1 (10:44:14 PM): *drives on*
Dragcrell (10:44:21 PM): "what cyber is it you have tell the truth and you well stay mmmmmm unharmed"
Umbrafer (10:44:22 PM): #If you can… headjammer.#
MilesMk1 (10:44:34 PM): #Headjammer?#
Umbrafer (10:44:46 PM): #Yeah. Don't know where you'd get one now."
Thematrian1 (10:44:47 PM): The time is almost 2 am. Good thing you got lots of sleep yesterday
Thematrian1 (10:46:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 2 4 1 4 3 1
Thematrian1 (10:47:05 PM): There's a series of explosions a few streets east. They sound a lot like Great Dragon detonations
Umbrafer (10:47:18 PM): Are we near the garage?
Thematrian1 (10:47:43 PM): several minutes away yet
Umbrafer (10:48:54 PM): "Big guns…"
Umbrafer (10:49:11 PM): *Blur*
MilesMk1 (10:50:16 PM): "I wonder what the hell that was..."
MilesMk1 (10:50:28 PM): "Who's shooting, and at what..."
Thematrian1 (10:50:34 PM): Going to investigate?
MilesMk1 (10:50:37 PM): Hell no.
Thematrian1 (10:50:49 PM): heh, ok
Umbrafer (10:50:52 PM): (Sensors!)
Umbrafer (10:50:56 PM): (Investigate from here :) )
Thematrian1 (10:52:35 PM): drive drive drive. Approaching the garage, you hear an odd, high whirring sound
MilesMk1 (10:52:55 PM): Sensors!
MilesMk1 (10:52:58 PM): And look around.
Thematrian1 (10:53:13 PM): ok, roll Sensors and perception
Thematrian1 (10:53:24 PM): oh, and there's also a deeper buzzing
Dragcrell (10:54:03 PM): *looks about trying to see whats going on as well*
Dragcrell (10:54:27 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 3 4 3 2 5 6
Dragcrell (10:54:35 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (10:54:38 PM): Perception.
MilesMk1 (10:54:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 2 6 3
MilesMk1 (10:54:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
MilesMk1 (10:54:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:54:56 PM): What do I roll for sensors?
MilesMk1 (10:55:01 PM): (how many dice?)
Thematrian1 (10:55:12 PM): 5
Umbrafer (10:55:13 PM): (5)
MilesMk1 (10:55:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 2 3 1 3
MilesMk1 (10:55:33 PM): (The sensors are down! The bugs are jamming us!)
Umbrafer (10:56:08 PM): (Actually, that's a better roll against vehicle and humans than you'd think)
Thematrian1 (10:56:26 PM): (Not unless you have LOS)
Umbrafer (10:57:10 PM): (Won't pick up >3 Essence humans out of LOS, certainly, but most civilian/police vehicles fall under sig 5)
Thematrian1 (10:57:22 PM): (That's true)
EverGuard4 (10:57:41 PM): (Can one really use vehicle sensors w just a datajack?)
Thematrian1 (10:57:50 PM): There are several vehicles down the street and around the corner moving around. Also, there's one on the roof of a building, though it's holding still.
Thematrian1 (10:58:06 PM): (Actives you can, passives you can't, is my understanding)
MilesMk1 (10:58:40 PM): Where are they in relation to our target building?
Thematrian1 (10:59:09 PM): Near or around, though thanks to the vagueness of Alex's directions you won't know for sure until you can see the building
Thematrian1 (11:01:20 PM): turning the corner?
MilesMk1 (11:01:30 PM): Stopping for the moment.
MilesMk1 (11:02:14 PM): "We've got vehicles in and around the place... I think it's best if I go take a look rather than driving out there."
Umbrafer (11:02:57 PM): *Hurts*
Dragcrell (11:03:25 PM): "Right and if these two try anythaing?"
MilesMk1 (11:04:21 PM): "Well, they're handcuffed and hurt... I'd suggest punching them in the head."
Dragcrell (11:04:56 PM): *nods* "ok"
MilesMk1 (11:05:06 PM): *grabs his collapsible staff and jumps out of the van, looks around the corner*
Thematrian1 (11:06:23 PM): It's an exciting scene
MilesMk1 (11:08:46 PM): Until someone loses a lung...
Thematrian1 (11:09:11 PM): The garage is closed up tight; there are two vans outside. One is lying on its side, the other is upright but not moving. Each has a turret deployed and is firing at the dozen or so wasp spirits now swarming the street
Dragcrell (11:09:25 PM): lol or there eye
Thematrian1 (11:09:59 PM): One of them is flying away, carrying a limp humanoid form. The others are attacking the vans, with indifferent success. There's a big wheeled drone-looking thing with a Vindicator mounted, firing down at the wasps
EverGuard4 (11:10:30 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 4 2 2 1 2 6 3 2
MilesMk1 (11:10:56 PM): #Decision time... Looks like Sigrun is fighting some bugs. Do we pitch in, or get the hell out and look for a safe spot elsewhere?#
MilesMk1 (11:11:37 PM): *jogs back to the van, puts on his helmet, grabs the AK* - just in case
MilesMk1 (11:12:00 PM): *repeats the transduced message sans Sigrun's name to Rock and Trickster*
Thematrian1 (11:12:03 PM): All is done
Dragcrell (11:12:31 PM): "just how meny bugs we talking about?"
MilesMk1 (11:12:51 PM): "About a dozen. But the good guys have lots of firepower..."
Thematrian1 (11:13:01 PM): Both of the cops are awake. The guy who shot Alex is whispering to himself, just a little too quietly to hear
MilesMk1 (11:13:25 PM): *leans over to the cop* "What was that?"
Dragcrell (11:13:36 PM): "what are the bugs up to?"
Thematrian1 (11:13:45 PM): "...for us saints now and at the hour of our death..."
MilesMk1 (11:13:58 PM): "Well, one was carrying someone away. The others were being shot at."
EverGuard4 (11:14:23 PM): (Fuck... Mormons)
Umbrafer (11:14:28 PM): #Help… her…#
MilesMk1 (11:14:30 PM): "Look, you guys can sit here if you want, but we need to get Alex inside... I'm going in."
MilesMk1 (11:14:59 PM): *plugs into the shield drone and heads out to help*
Dragcrell (11:15:31 PM): "think we can get in side with Alex as there keep busy?" *looking at rock*
MilesMk1 (11:16:01 PM): "Look, if you're worried, just stay back and watch Alex... Just make sure this time she doesn't almost die, ok?"
MilesMk1 (11:16:21 PM): *goes off to fight*
MilesMk1 (11:16:47 PM): Oh, and closes the van door behind him if necessary.
Thematrian1 (11:17:09 PM): Ok: who's going off to war?
Dragcrell (11:17:34 PM): "mmmmm fun hope your in better shape then I am Rock this could be intresting." *keeps a eye out for unwanted visters in to the van*
EverGuard4 (11:18:01 PM): *looks @ fox* "Please don't bite them. Or torch them. I have plans."
EverGuard4 (11:18:04 PM): *follows Blake out*
Dragcrell (11:18:56 PM): "..................ok" *under breath* "spoil sport"
Thematrian1 (11:19:01 PM): So: Rock and Blake go in, Alex and Trickster hang back and feel sick
Thematrian1 (11:19:03 PM): so do the cops
MilesMk1 (11:19:13 PM): Ooops... *sticks his head back in to give Trickster a stim patch.* "Use it if things look bad... It'll pep you up for a few minutes."
MilesMk1 (11:19:44 PM): Then he heads off to war.
Dragcrell (11:19:47 PM): *nods* "I hope I dont"
Thematrian1 (11:20:45 PM): All right. Blake and Rock round the corner. One of the wasps has landed on the tipped van and is peeling off its armor with its teeth. The van's turret is still firing, though.
MilesMk1 (11:21:51 PM): Hmm... 6-round burst into the wasp.
Thematrian1 (11:22:51 PM): ok, you have a surprise round; the wasps were ignoring you
Thematrian1 (11:23:09 PM): the distance is ~150 meters
Thematrian1 (11:23:11 PM): Rock?
MilesMk1 (11:23:41 PM): Whoa... I thought we were closer.
Thematrian1 (11:24:08 PM): You may take a new action if you wish
MilesMk1 (11:24:38 PM): Meh. It's still only medium range - hopefully.
MilesMk1 (11:24:57 PM): I fire.
MilesMk1 (11:25:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 12 6-sided dice: 6 3 3 3 1 3 5 6 4 2 1 1
Umbrafer (11:25:10 PM): Remembering the recoil adjustment for the pintle mount?
MilesMk1 (11:25:19 PM): Yep, hope it was mediuk range...
MilesMk1 (11:25:31 PM): It's fully compensated even without it.
Thematrian1 (11:25:38 PM): Alex: eh?
MilesMk1 (11:25:50 PM): The shield drone has one, I think. Right?
Umbrafer (11:26:11 PM): I know, I'm reminding you that you may be able fire two more rounds if desired without penalty (I think it's two, it counts as a bipod)
Umbrafer (11:26:16 PM): Yes, it does.
MilesMk1 (11:26:19 PM): Ah...
MilesMk1 (11:26:23 PM): Next time.
Thematrian1 (11:28:02 PM): Ok, what's the Power on that attack?
MilesMk1 (11:28:26 PM): 16 all told.
EverGuard4 (11:28:46 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 3 3 1 5 5 1
MilesMk1 (11:28:50 PM): But that includes 2 from EX rounds.
Thematrian1 (11:29:15 PM): ok. You have spent six rounds of EX
MilesMk1 (11:30:02 PM): Did you phrase it that way because that's all that happened? ;)
Thematrian1 (11:30:11 PM): heh, wait for it
Thematrian1 (11:30:53 PM): there's the customary snapping explosion, then the wasp falls over behind the tipped-over van
Umbrafer (11:31:16 PM): Nicely ambiguous.
Thematrian1 (11:31:52 PM): (It'd need to be a pretty awesome wasp to bounce the 18-or-so D that Blake threw at it)
Thematrian1 (11:33:26 PM): Those are the surprise round, now we go to initiative. Next week, apocalypse
MilesMk1 (11:33:37 PM): Yay!
MilesMk1 (11:34:17 PM): I've been preparing to melee insect spirits for some time now... Looking forward to it in a weird way...
Dragcrell (11:34:40 PM): I'm glad you are *cough*
Thematrian1 (11:35:02 PM): and in the meantime, exciting van-related developments
Dragcrell (11:35:21 PM): .................
Umbrafer (11:35:38 PM): ('Strue)
Umbrafer (11:35:50 PM): (With just Body, no less)
Thematrian1 (11:36:13 PM): (?)
Umbrafer (11:36:42 PM): (If the insect was Surprised, it wouldn't get combat pool to dodge or soak)
Umbrafer (11:36:54 PM): (Less nasty than melee because the TN is usually above 4, but still pretty nasty)
MilesMk1 (11:37:42 PM): So, what does happen in the van?
Thematrian1 (11:37:56 PM): not a thing, until next week
MilesMk1 (11:38:01 PM): Doh.
MilesMk1 (11:38:29 PM): Ok, see you all next week... Some of you Thursday. *waves*
Dragcrell (11:38:39 PM): (>_< argg some days I hate the net
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Thematrian1 (11:39:04 PM): (Hah. Well, remember, you have a backup character)
Umbrafer (11:39:28 PM): (I don't, though. Though neither of us have HoGged yet, I believe)
Dragcrell (11:39:38 PM): (ya if I can ever find a bloody chart with avrage height of 8-9 year olds >_<)
Thematrian1 (11:40:00 PM): (Yes, Alex can still invoke the hand of god)
EverGuard4 (11:40:18 PM): *waves*
Umbrafer (11:40:19 PM): (I do so hope I won't have to. I guess we'll see.)
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Umbrafer (11:40:46 PM): Incidentally, Gem still has a few survey questions unanswered, IIRC
Dragcrell (11:40:56 PM): (so can Trick hehehehe but conidering the condisen there both in *shuters*)
Thematrian1 (11:42:35 PM): She does? Dammit. Which ones?
Umbrafer (11:42:47 PM): *Dig dig dig*
Thematrian1 (11:42:49 PM): <----not loving the thought that those are becoming time-critical
Umbrafer (11:43:28 PM): Questions 3, 4, and 6. Let me grab my other set of notes to find out which questions those were
Umbrafer (11:44:09 PM): 6 is "what figure in literature, film, or history do you most identify with" or some similar wording
Umbrafer (11:45:01 PM): "Mythology, literature, or the media"
Thematrian1 (11:45:11 PM): oh, yes
Thematrian1 (11:45:15 PM): that one was a toughie
Umbrafer (11:45:24 PM): 3 is "Under what circumstances, if any, would you sacrifice your life"
Dragcrell (11:45:40 PM): GOD!! finly >_<
Umbrafer (11:46:00 PM): 4: "What is the best thing you've ever done?"
Thematrian1 (11:46:08 PM): So I'm curious: what's the average height?
Umbrafer (11:46:24 PM): I'm guessing in the 4'8" range
Thematrian1 (11:46:44 PM): ...for 8-9 year olds? That seems high
Dragcrell (11:46:45 PM): 8 years is 127 cm's give me a few to get out my good calc and convert it to Ins
Umbrafer (11:46:50 PM): That's true.
Umbrafer (11:46:57 PM): 4'6"?
Umbrafer (11:47:11 PM): Oh wow
Thematrian1 (11:47:15 PM): ?
Umbrafer (11:47:23 PM): 4'2".
Umbrafer (11:47:31 PM): <-- out of touch
Dragcrell (11:50:12 PM): mmm so for a Night One elf woudl be about what 4'4"?
Thematrian1 (11:50:25 PM): works for me
Umbrafer (11:50:42 PM): Possibly. All depends on whether you think Elves grow faster right off or if they just wind up taller
Dragcrell (11:51:32 PM): mmm I would say they are taller at any give age then the avrage human my self
Dragcrell (11:53:44 PM): humm avrage weight is 25.3Kg or rufly 55.8lb's so mmm about ohhh 53lbs?
Umbrafer (11:54:10 PM): Sure, why not.
Dragcrell (11:54:17 PM): lol
Dragcrell (11:57:00 PM): ok look for this one ^_^ Hair: light blue, Eyes: light blue and Fur: Violet :3
Umbrafer (11:57:33 PM): Careful, someone will mistake you for a teddy bear :)
Dragcrell (11:57:57 PM): lol what its a fine fur is all just a nice shade of Violet ehhehehehehe
Thematrian1 (11:57:59 PM): A teddy bear who's spent a few hours on the rack
Dragcrell (11:58:27 PM): ROFL and can jack in to the matrix with out a box and steal all your data then sell it
Dragcrell (11:59:18 PM): oh dame for got to convert the left over 250¥ mmm /100 right?
Umbrafer (11:59:32 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (11:59:42 PM): Buy a box of bullets with the leftover, it's more economical.
Umbrafer (11:59:52 PM): Or a video unit and some discs
Dragcrell (12:00:13 AM): *snickers* ya only woudl have 2.5¥ anyway >_<
Umbrafer (12:00:28 AM): Seriously, having money left over never works out.
Dragcrell (12:00:55 AM): ya I'm not overly worred tho I got most of what I think I need
Umbrafer (12:02:19 AM): I just find that the amount you get from leftover cash is so insultingly small that it's more worth it to buy small flavour items than to leave it left over
Thematrian1 (12:02:48 AM): indeed. In a more micro-managing game, that would leave you without the ability to buy food, though
Umbrafer (12:02:59 AM): Lifestyle.
Thematrian1 (12:03:17 AM): that sounds like the opposite of fun to...heh, good point. Leaves you without the ability to buy Turducken, then
Umbrafer (12:03:20 AM): (And that 3d6*100 nuyen everyone starts with)
Dragcrell (12:03:28 AM): lol well lest this one more charming then Trick Cha:8 ;3 fear the cute elf kid
Thematrian1 (12:03:31 AM): leaves you...yeah, I think you win
Umbrafer (12:03:53 AM): Leaves you without the ability to buy several metric tons of turducken :)
Umbrafer (12:04:07 AM): We will someday find the secret of that turducken.
Thematrian1 (12:04:14 AM): man, you guys never did investigate the turducken
Dragcrell (12:04:22 AM): *scraches head* ya tho Otuko are odd in there comunal liveing >_>
Thematrian1 (12:04:25 AM): I came up with an awesome backstory on the spot, and you never even looked
Thematrian1 (12:04:27 AM): ::sniffle::
Umbrafer (12:04:43 AM): If we make it out of Chi-town, we're going back for it.
Umbrafer (12:04:47 AM): If that place is still open…
Thematrian1 (12:04:55 AM): and if Shojo is still out of the party...
Umbrafer (12:05:04 AM): On the contrary, especially if she's back
Umbrafer (12:05:16 AM): She may minigrenade the place to the ground, but we'd drag her there.
Dragcrell (12:06:14 AM): lol tho I might be slower then even the worst NPC ; ; Reaction:5 Int 5+1d6 *cough*
Thematrian1 (12:06:34 AM): yeah...what does Spark do that isn't decking?
Umbrafer (12:06:39 AM): Otaku are not known for being out-of-matrix speed demons.
Thematrian1 (12:06:48 AM): if the answer is 'nothing', I question his ability to survive in Chicago right now
Umbrafer (12:06:53 AM): Indeed, they're not known for being out-of-Matrix anything
Umbrafer (12:07:01 AM): I had a combat Otaku once, but it was not an easy build
Umbrafer (12:07:11 AM): (Physical combat, no less. Katana-wielder)
Umbrafer (12:07:17 AM): (Melee, rather0
Thematrian1 (12:07:18 AM): I'll bet. How did you even work it?
Dragcrell (12:07:50 AM): *cough* no here Spark would be bug bait nothing else >_< tho he dose have a 6 in Electronics lol
Umbrafer (12:07:56 AM): I don't remember, but I suspect it involved a lot of compromise on the matrix side of things. I remember that it involved exceptional attribute: Strength, though.
Umbrafer (12:08:24 AM): I've got a copy somewhere, if not on this computer then on Prometheus.
Thematrian1 (12:08:33 AM): yeah...the inability to start with lots of tech toys is the biggest barrier I'd think
Thematrian1 (12:08:37 AM): well, that and no magic
Dragcrell (12:09:33 AM): Eh got to rember to there just Kids ^_^ what do you exspect a combat/matrixe combat monster that can eat Cyberzombis for a snack befor the dragon?
Umbrafer (12:09:49 AM): Yes, actually ;)
Dragcrell (12:12:07 AM): Dame even with the shity pyscal atts I have a combat pool of 8 >_> tho the Int:6 and Will:6 helped lol
Umbrafer (12:12:23 AM): It does, usually.
Umbrafer (12:12:42 AM): Though sad to say I've been optimizing my characters for so long that 8 seems like a very low combat pool.
Thematrian1 (12:13:17 AM): heh
Thematrian1 (12:13:24 AM): with a 666 distribution you only get 9
Dragcrell (12:13:31 AM): lol well Atts are Bod: 4, quick:4, Str:2, Cha:8, Int:6 Will:6
Dragcrell (12:14:26 AM): I hate my Hacking pool tho -_-
Umbrafer (12:15:05 AM): Trying to remember the last character I've had that hasn't hit 10.
Umbrafer (12:15:29 AM): What's your Hacking Pool?
Umbrafer (12:15:45 AM): Ah, yeah
Umbrafer (12:15:47 AM): 2
Dragcrell (12:15:48 AM): 4 -_- only have a MPCP 7 ; ;
Umbrafer (12:15:53 AM): Oh
Umbrafer (12:15:56 AM): Wait, never mind
Umbrafer (12:16:09 AM): *Forgetting that MPCP is the average, not just INT)
Umbrafer (12:16:10 AM): **
Dragcrell (12:16:16 AM): lol
Umbrafer (12:16:32 AM): Hacking pool is always low unless you've got a math SPU.
Umbrafer (12:16:50 AM): Seriously, Math SPU-3 is worth another nine points of combined MPCP and Intelligence.
Dragcrell (12:17:08 AM): eh well can you see a 8 year old with one tho?
Umbrafer (12:17:45 AM): Yes. Some parents will do really sick things in the name of making their children overperformers. Otaku tend to be on their own, though.
Dragcrell (12:18:12 AM): ya and the 11k price tag don't help non
Umbrafer (12:18:20 AM): Indeed.
Umbrafer (12:18:35 AM): Though it's probably the most commonly-installed part in the first three runs.
Dragcrell (12:19:18 AM): hehehehe
Dragcrell (12:21:08 AM): ya I when with the Shaman path tho I need all the help I can with the canels use
Umbrafer (12:21:35 AM): Eesh, yeah, that's something I need to correct in SR3R
Umbrafer (12:21:57 AM): Technoshamans are already overpowered as compared to Cyberadepts, and if we eliminate Sleaze we kill most of the last balancing factor that they had.
Dragcrell (12:22:15 AM): hehehehe
Dragcrell (12:24:41 AM): ya its not overly bad on his liveing persona tho. MPCP:7, Bod:6, Evas:6, Masking:7, Sensors:6, Matrix Reaction:6, Matrix Init: 6+4d6, Hardening:3, I/O speed: 600 mp
Dragcrell (12:24:55 AM): only one I dont like is the Hardening >_<
Umbrafer (12:25:06 AM): ?
Umbrafer (12:25:08 AM): Ah
Dragcrell (12:25:49 AM): it well be the first one I incress when I get a chance to get a Echo
Umbrafer (12:26:13 AM): Some of the Echoes are extremely useful.
Umbrafer (12:26:48 AM): Daemons and Info Sortilage, particularly.
Dragcrell (12:26:49 AM): ya theres a few I want but need harding first lol lessen the chance of geting brain fryed
Dragcrell (12:28:18 AM): .......................................GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Dragcrell (12:28:57 AM): NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! dame it >_< closed gthe fuckign window by accdent ; ;
Umbrafer (12:29:09 AM): ?
Dragcrell (12:29:33 AM): hit something on the dame keyboard and lost all the stuff I had typed in to the post for Spark ; ;
Umbrafer (12:29:59 AM): Eep. Did you have it saved somewhere?
Dragcrell (12:30:23 AM): oh I have it on a sheat of paper but was just abou dame reay to post it on the bords >_<
Umbrafer (12:30:28 AM): Ah
Dragcrell (12:31:49 AM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 5 6
Umbrafer (12:31:56 AM): Nice.
Thematrian1 (12:32:05 AM): a tidy sum
Dragcrell (12:32:14 AM): ya not bad ^_^
Umbrafer (12:32:56 AM): Python is going to have me so spoiled by the time I go back to Java/C++/etc.
Umbrafer (12:33:10 AM): Between that and Applescript…
Dragcrell (12:33:24 AM): lol infact 150¥ more then what Trick dose right now lol.
Thematrian1 (12:33:25 AM): heh
Thematrian1 (12:33:27 AM): which aspect?
Umbrafer (12:34:54 AM): As far as Python goes, not having to declare variables under most cirucmstances until they're used, transparent type handling, no semicolons,no braces (just tabs)…
Umbrafer (12:35:05 AM): And with regard to Applescript, let me get you a sample line of Applescript code.
Umbrafer (12:38:24 AM): on awake from nib theObject
Umbrafer (12:38:27 AM): set image of image view "image" of window "main" to load image "AboutBox"
Umbrafer (12:38:34 AM): end awake from nib
Dragcrell (12:38:42 AM): O_o dame
Thematrian1 (12:39:18 AM): what does it mean to 'awake' in this context?
Umbrafer (12:40:56 AM): I'm actually not sure. I just grabbed a likely-looking example… *looks through documentation*
Umbrafer (12:41:29 AM): Here we go: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Reference/StudioReference/sr3_app_suite/chapter_3_section_40.html
Dragcrell (12:44:37 AM): you what woudl be nice a data bace for all the SR books >_< with a index and such lol woudl be so nice right about now
Umbrafer (12:45:25 AM): Between the official PDFs and Spotlight, exactly that is creating itself on my hard drive.
Thematrian1 (12:45:43 AM): spotlight?
Dragcrell (12:45:45 AM): nice
Dragcrell (12:46:24 AM): mmmm life style would be that of the Tribe I take it
Thematrian1 (12:46:56 AM): Your resource level determines how well-off your tribe is
Thematrian1 (12:46:57 AM): IIRC
Umbrafer (12:47:04 AM): Apple's new Search technology, along the lines of other utilities like the Google Desktop Search. Extremely fast searching through files and soforth
Umbrafer (12:47:06 AM): (Yep_
Dragcrell (12:47:06 AM): ya theres squaters lol
Umbrafer (12:47:08 AM): *)
Dragcrell (12:48:02 AM): hummmm now then where the hell to put the live persona at *scraches head*
Umbrafer (12:48:44 AM): Builds and continuously updates a database of just about everything on the drive (with an option to designate certain areas as off-limits, of course) to do this. It's how I've found some of the logs.
Umbrafer (12:48:59 AM): Also came in handy when you posted the quotefile to go back and reread them in context
Dragcrell (12:49:09 AM): dame thats nice to have I bet
Thematrian1 (12:49:22 AM): I posted a little piece of the quotefile
Umbrafer (12:49:33 AM): True enough
Umbrafer (12:49:38 AM): Any chance we'll get more?
Thematrian1 (12:49:52 AM): the thread died
Thematrian1 (12:49:56 AM): no public interest I guess
Umbrafer (12:50:19 AM): Well, there are private interests involved. Matt and I will form a SIG.
Umbrafer (12:51:55 AM): But yeah, I've got all the official PDFs stuck in a folder for quick searching. Useful, but would be more useful if they'd just release the rest of the core rulebooks already.
Dragcrell (12:52:29 AM): ya that woudl be nice exspesaly if they was all on one CD or DVD
Dragcrell (12:53:11 AM): mmm ok Detection then is ((Masking+Sleaze)/2)+1 for being Otaku right
Umbrafer (12:53:29 AM): Under standard SR3 rules, yes.
Umbrafer (12:54:04 AM): Under SR3R I have absolutely no idea. Probably just Masking+1, but with other stuff that will need to get balanced out.
Dragcrell (12:54:26 AM): ok not bad then with my sleaze complex form at rateing 6 I have a detection of 7 :3
Umbrafer (12:54:50 AM): Kickable to 9… not bad.
Dragcrell (12:55:29 AM): ya just hate how much of a pain in the ass upgrading forms are tho >_<
Dragcrell (12:57:13 AM): but lest i have a few I can use lol Armor:6, Sleaze:6, Attack-D:5 and Hog:4 :3
Umbrafer (12:57:42 AM): Someday we need some down-and-dirty cybercombat.
Thematrian1 (12:57:59 AM): no, we really don't
Dragcrell (12:58:01 AM): lol
Thematrian1 (12:58:07 AM): I mean, I'm sure some will arise once there's a decker
Thematrian1 (12:58:12 AM): but I predict blood and tears
Dragcrell (12:58:15 AM): god you know how long that coudl take >_<
Umbrafer (12:58:19 AM): Why the prediction?
Thematrian1 (12:59:15 AM): timing. It'll almost certainly occur at a time when the rest of the team isn't doing anything special, so we'll have to fumble through cybercombat while the rest of the group sits on its hands
Dragcrell (12:59:32 AM): quick throw aout a odd ball Femal name that might fit a Otaku
Umbrafer (12:59:52 AM): 'Strue.
Umbrafer (1:00:21 AM): Though cybercombat really isn't that bad. Well, inter-decker cybercombat.
Umbrafer (1:00:30 AM): As long as it isn't on a high-security host, that is.
Dragcrell (1:00:50 AM): lol well I dont plane on it for a GOOD long time
Umbrafer (1:00:51 AM): Two unauthorized deckers fighting on a high security host will probably keep swinging at each other until IC killes them both.
Umbrafer (1:00:59 AM): *kills
Umbrafer (1:01:15 AM): (The fact that successes on the host's security test reduces attack successes makes sure of that)
Thematrian1 (1:01:23 AM): unless one of them belongs there, in which case...
Umbrafer (1:01:41 AM): In which case it's a very short battle.
Umbrafer (1:02:10 AM): Name: Laila
Dragcrell (1:02:16 AM): cool and thanks
Umbrafer (1:02:59 AM): Someday Zbyhnev will find the magic of vowels.
Dragcrell (1:03:27 AM): Ok you just picke the Fixers name with that one lol ^_^
Umbrafer (1:04:15 AM): Zbyhnev is an Eastern-European name (Czech, IIRC). Sigrun and Laila are both Scandanavian.
Umbrafer (1:04:35 AM): Heh, wait, are you stealing my fixer? ;)
Dragcrell (1:05:01 AM): well theres now a Troll Fixer with the name Zbyhnev unless your useing both names all ready
Dragcrell (1:05:24 AM): usaly I can rip out a name but eh to night cant seam to do it >_<
Umbrafer (1:05:58 AM): Laila I was not using. Zbyhnev Miklosko is my weapons dealer contact in Chicago, while Sigrun Utskjoer is the woman we're going to see right now.
Dragcrell (1:06:24 AM): *nods* ok I'll just have to mesh something to gether then lol
Umbrafer (1:06:29 AM): Still, there have to be a few Zbyhnevs in the world.
Dragcrell (1:07:01 AM): meft I when whith Zech less confusing tho might use it for a last name for the hell of it
Umbrafer (1:07:10 AM): If you want an alternate spelling there's always Zbigniew
Dragcrell (1:07:28 AM): na Zech Zbyhnevs works :e
Umbrafer (1:07:33 AM): :)
Thematrian1 (1:07:34 AM): Which is the Polish for that name, IIRC
Umbrafer (1:07:44 AM): Yep.
Dragcrell (1:09:22 AM): ok its up in the Trickster area that only me and the GM's can see ^_^ I'm burnt out for a thinking up a back story wourth any shit tho *streches*
Dragcrell (1:09:47 AM): gah forgot the age: >+_<
Umbrafer (1:10:11 AM): That makes a weird smiley.
Dragcrell (1:10:23 AM): lol
Dragcrell (1:11:11 AM): well its not as I woudl like it but eh its up might clean it up to make reading the skills easyer later
Dragcrell (1:12:52 AM): see anything that can use ajusting or adding let me know ^_^
Umbrafer (1:22:24 AM): It's been so long since I last worked on any project of meaningful size that I'd quite forgotten how much typing was involved (or, perhaps more to the point, how much more wearing typing code is than typing English.)
Umbrafer (1:22:39 AM): I seem to remember that tapering off eventually. Hopefully it'll do so again soon.
Dragcrell (1:22:41 AM): lol
Thematrian1 (1:22:50 AM): heh. You're also learning the language, so...
Umbrafer (1:23:06 AM): True enough.
Umbrafer (1:23:38 AM): Though right now I'm just lamenting the fact that I'm needing to write methods for accessing and changing some twenty-odd different vehicle attributes
Umbrafer (1:23:57 AM): The fact that I'm a stickler for descriptive and precise (and therefore long) variable names doesn't help.
Dragcrell (1:24:04 AM): ech that sucks >_< and I'll sea you two next tuesday lol
Umbrafer (1:24:11 AM): Sleep well.
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Thematrian1 (1:24:35 AM): yeah, Python needs some macrology for that
Thematrian1 (1:24:44 AM): technically it has a macro system, but it's hairy
Umbrafer (1:24:56 AM): (Seriously, I feel dirty if I ise "i" instead of "counter" or somesuch for loop control)
Thematrian1 (1:25:25 AM): ideally it'd go something like: defaccessors(long_hairy_variable) => get_long_hairy_variable()... set_long_hairy_variable()...
Umbrafer (1:25:37 AM): Heh.
Thematrian1 (1:26:23 AM): that can, I have heard, be written
Umbrafer (1:27:00 AM): Hairiest I've got thus far is warvan.setMaxAcceleration(dMTMaxAcceleration), which isn't too bad.
Umbrafer (1:27:28 AM): Better than the previous statement, which was warvan.setMaxAcceleration(dieselMediumTransportMaxAcceleration), which would have driven me insane.
Thematrian1 (1:27:30 AM): what means dMT?
Thematrian1 (1:27:35 AM): ah
Umbrafer (1:27:54 AM): I decided that since that's going to change when the program supports more than diesel-powered medium transports, I could get away with abbreviation.
Umbrafer (1:28:29 AM): (Taking "do one thing, do it well" to extremes)
Thematrian1 (1:28:38 AM): hehe
Umbrafer (1:28:43 AM): (Jon's Vehicle Generator, making diesel-powered medium transports since 2005)
Umbrafer (1:30:54 AM): (And just think, if I'm bitching this much now imagine what it will be like when I start hitting actual rules ;) )
Umbrafer (1:31:07 AM): Ah well.
Umbrafer (1:31:17 AM): Methinks it is time to, in the parlance, have the good sleeps.
Thematrian1 (1:31:24 AM): Heh, fair enough
Thematrian1 (1:31:28 AM): there's a saying in astronomy
Thematrian1 (1:31:39 AM): home astronomy, that is, the one where you grind your own lens
Umbrafer (1:31:48 AM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (1:31:53 AM): the thing to do in that field is to make a 12 inch lens
Thematrian1 (1:31:59 AM): that's how you know you've arrived
Thematrian1 (1:32:08 AM): so it's what everyone who gets into it wants to do
Thematrian1 (1:32:27 AM): the wisdom is this: if you want to make a twelve inch lens
Thematrian1 (1:32:42 AM): you can make a twelve inch lens, or you can make a six inch lens and then a twelve inch lens
Thematrian1 (1:32:51 AM): with roughly the same time input
Umbrafer (1:34:17 AM): Actually, as far as I can tell it will all be quite simple. Just long and a lot of typing.
Umbrafer (1:34:33 AM): The proverbial twelve-inch lense of this project will probably be the GUI.
Umbrafer (1:34:41 AM): (Ironically enough, the part that will actually make it worth using)
Thematrian1 (1:34:44 AM): heh, belike
Umbrafer (1:35:36 AM): Nothing like a little data entry to get you familiar with a language :)
Umbrafer (1:35:53 AM): Meanwhile, ponder on questions… well, just question 3 now, IIRC. Or was it 4?
Thematrian1 (1:36:05 AM): just 3
Thematrian1 (1:36:10 AM): I'll ponder
Umbrafer (1:36:39 AM): *Waves*
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