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MilesMk1 (8:45:19 PM): (And I won't play him like he knows until he does.)
Dragcrell (8:45:27 PM): (not that I know of only one that has a idea is Alex but she has worrys of her own)
Thematrian1 (8:45:31 PM): (That was for my own information)
Dragcrell (8:46:32 PM): brb nature calls X_o
Thematrian1 (8:56:25 PM): ok, new information
Thematrian1 (8:56:29 PM): Gedeon is not expected until ten
Umbrafer (8:58:23 PM): The sadness ensues.
Thematrian1 (8:58:30 PM): I'm incredibly tired; would you guys lynch me if I just said "see you next week"?
Umbrafer (8:59:15 PM): (Cue ominous pause)
Thematrian1 (8:59:22 PM): (Yeah, seriously)
MilesMk1 (9:00:04 PM): Oh. I just wasn't paying attention...
Umbrafer (9:00:14 PM): Under the circumstances, I would not partake of lynching.
MilesMk1 (9:00:49 PM): I wouldn't say lynch, but spending another week waiting for the other shoe to drop... I would vote against, if possible.
Thematrian1 (9:01:04 PM): all the shoes dropped last week, honest
Thematrian1 (9:01:21 PM): I'd like for you guys to have Gedeon along for the next piece, is the thing, and I need to go to bed, if not early, then not too terribly late
Umbrafer (9:01:28 PM): *Nods*
Umbrafer (9:01:47 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (9:02:00 PM): If we don't have Adam, we cancel anyway by the Rule of Two
MilesMk1 (9:02:09 PM): Mhmm... Well, you know best... We could always just make sure it doesn't go past 11:30, not matter what happens, but if you're feeling sick...
MilesMk1 (9:02:23 PM): Or tired, as the case may be.
Thematrian1 (9:02:24 PM): Not sick, I've just had four hours of sleep in the last forty-eight
Thematrian1 (9:02:28 PM): and my bed is six inches away
Umbrafer (9:02:38 PM): It calls out to you.
Umbrafer (9:03:03 PM): Well
Thematrian1 (9:03:04 PM): perhaps a tiny bit
MilesMk1 (9:03:11 PM): Hey... Don't encourage him. :P
Umbrafer (9:03:13 PM): There is another shoe, I think
Thematrian1 (9:03:15 PM): ah?
Thematrian1 (9:03:22 PM): please, speculate for me
Umbrafer (9:03:24 PM): Spirit attack
Thematrian1 (9:03:41 PM): oh yes
MilesMk1 (9:03:41 PM): Ah, yes. No way my nerves can take that.
Thematrian1 (9:03:41 PM): that shoe
Umbrafer (9:03:58 PM): Also, Blake's continued incursion (or excursion, as it were)
Umbrafer (9:04:23 PM): And while I would not be averse to having another week to consider whether I advance or retreat, I wouldn't mind getting a bit out of the way first
Umbrafer (9:05:00 PM): Well. Hm.
MilesMk1 (9:05:11 PM): We haven't tried briving the GM yet...
MilesMk1 (9:05:17 PM): bribing, rather
Thematrian1 (9:05:22 PM): true
Thematrian1 (9:05:34 PM): but the traditional bribes don't work in this medium
Thematrian1 (9:05:41 PM): one of its most serious failings, really
Dragcrell (9:05:44 PM): well I'm back
Umbrafer (9:05:53 PM): I'll stop trying to build some Wonder that you want ;)
MilesMk1 (9:05:54 PM): Well... We could get you a gift certificate for some pizza, or something.
MilesMk1 (9:06:12 PM): That would be as close to "traditional" as possible.
MilesMk1 (9:06:32 PM): Or... Hmm. No, buying you a cope of SR4 would not be much of an inducement.
MilesMk1 (9:06:35 PM): copy
Umbrafer (9:06:36 PM): Hah.
Umbrafer (9:06:40 PM): How about this:
Umbrafer (9:06:50 PM): If you run the game tonight, we won't buy you a copy of SR4 ;)
Thematrian1 (9:06:58 PM): oh, now that's fighting dirty
Dragcrell (9:07:12 PM): mmmmmm or buy one then burn it :P
Dragcrell (9:07:24 PM): and tape it for ya :-D
Umbrafer (9:07:25 PM): No good, money still goes to the company for it then.
Thematrian1 (9:07:46 PM): ok, ok. Game postponed until ten, but at that point I'll start running stuff unless I fall asleep in my chair between now and then. Deal?
Umbrafer (9:07:58 PM): Deal.
MilesMk1 (9:08:00 PM): Deal.
Umbrafer (9:08:09 PM): And we'll try to make sure things go as fast as possible once they start.
Dragcrell (9:08:09 PM): ahhhh but we could send a copy of the tape to em as well as the ashes
MilesMk1 (9:08:22 PM): And if Rock doesn't show, you're off the hook bt default anyway... What's the word on him, BTW, Jon?
Umbrafer (9:08:28 PM): And they'll send us a picture of the royalty check
Dragcrell (9:08:49 PM): lol
Dragcrell (9:08:53 PM): ok ok
Umbrafer (9:09:00 PM): I waited to call until cancel/no cancel word came. Though Rock would be the only missing at the time (presumably)
MilesMk1 (9:09:10 PM): That reminds me of a post I made on the SR4 boards when people were linking to an e-bay bid of the SR Limited Eidition.
Umbrafer (9:09:18 PM): Yes.
Dragcrell (9:10:09 PM): *sigh* brb have to get the dog and stuff in for the night -_- but then eh nm
Dragcrell (9:10:16 PM): brb
MilesMk1 (9:10:40 PM): SR 4 Limited Edition from E-bay: 212 dollars. Digital camera: 399 dollars. Can of lighter fluid: 5.99 dolalrs. The look on <insert fanboy name here>'s face when I send him the tape: priceless!
Umbrafer (9:12:56 PM): I never did get my LE, though I can't claim to be heartbroken
Umbrafer (9:13:25 PM): Doubly so since I didn't buy one to begin with
MilesMk1 (9:13:32 PM): Heh.
Thematrian1 (9:13:32 PM): Dumpshock got shafted like the distributors?
Umbrafer (9:13:46 PM): I'm not sure
MilesMk1 (9:14:08 PM): IIRC, the distributors didn't get shafted as much as they didn't pay attention, right?
MilesMk1 (9:14:36 PM): Lots of them just ordered the LEs without ordering the normal edition, even though the rules were supposedly 1 LE per 5 normal books ordered.
Umbrafer (9:14:50 PM): Hard to tell. There are still some reports of what sound like legitimate shafting, but I can't guarantee that they were.
MilesMk1 (9:14:56 PM): Is that book even in stores? (I really stopped paying attention to it...)
Umbrafer (9:15:17 PM): No idea
Umbrafer (9:15:45 PM): I've made some perhaps ill-advised excursions into the SR4 forums, but mostly to a thread in which someone asked for a recommendation on SR4 vs SR3
Umbrafer (9:16:09 PM): Given that the majority of the population of the SR4 forums are people who like SR4 enough to care, I felt a certain amount of duty to poke my nose in.
Umbrafer (9:16:28 PM): *enough to care about visiting the special SR4 subforum anymore, taht is
Umbrafer (9:16:30 PM): *that is
Umbrafer (9:16:50 PM): I do hope they keep the subforum, though. The day they merge the forums (or make SR4 the main one) will be a sad one indeed for me.
Thematrian1 (9:17:32 PM): natch
MilesMk1 (9:18:02 PM): Yeah... The SR4 forum is basically meaningless to me, at this point.
Umbrafer (9:18:14 PM): It has meaning to me
Thematrian1 (9:18:25 PM): but it's purely negative
Umbrafer (9:18:28 PM): Prisons and long-term asylums also have meaning to me
Umbrafer (9:18:33 PM): Not just negative.
MilesMk1 (9:18:58 PM): And made doubly unattractive because of all the "how do we deal with this stupid/ill conceived/ommitted/blatantly broken rule" posts. They seem to make up most of it.
Umbrafer (9:19:00 PM): It is a place where people I do not want to interact with congregate. Were they to not congregate there, they might congregate somewhere I go.
MilesMk1 (9:19:23 PM): And of course, there's blakkie...
Thematrian1 (9:19:31 PM): no, there isn't
Umbrafer (9:19:42 PM): Blakkie and FrankTrollman.
Umbrafer (9:20:34 PM): Remarkably similar, though the latter is better-spoken.
Umbrafer (9:20:47 PM): Ah well. How goes life in the frozen [north/south]?
MilesMk1 (9:20:54 PM): Am I reading too much into it, or did blakkie seem to jump on SR4 purely in order to become a "name", a "guru" figure - something he simply had too much competition for on the original SR forum?
Umbrafer (9:21:03 PM): I have no idea.
Thematrian1 (9:21:09 PM): I think you're giving too much thought to blakkie, period
Umbrafer (9:21:13 PM): I agree.
Umbrafer (9:21:19 PM): Though it seems plausible.
Umbrafer (9:21:31 PM): Not necessarily likely, but plausible.
MilesMk1 (9:21:47 PM): Maybe not consciously, but while he's a relative nobody in SR, but posts in virtually every topic on SR4.
MilesMk1 (9:22:03 PM): but = he
MilesMk1 (9:22:12 PM): (well, the second "but")
Umbrafer (9:23:25 PM): (Or just drop the "while")
Dragcrell (9:23:28 PM): back
Umbrafer (9:23:32 PM): Wb
MilesMk1 (9:23:47 PM): Hello.
MilesMk1 (9:23:56 PM): Seiler, are you still awake?
Thematrian1 (9:24:06 PM): yes
MilesMk1 (9:24:12 PM): Good, good. ;)
Dragcrell (9:24:13 PM): as to the weather freezing cold out >_<
MilesMk1 (9:24:41 PM): Well, serves you right for living in Montana and not telling us your name.
Dragcrell (9:25:56 PM): bah unless you know how to open a gate to hell to let in some heat I'm doutfull you knowing my name well help
MilesMk1 (9:26:02 PM): :p
Thematrian1 (9:26:40 PM): well, I don't like to brag
Umbrafer (9:29:01 PM): Names are powerful things, and easy to set free. Unless you're particularly pseudonymic, yours has escaped.
MilesMk1 (9:29:11 PM): Adam's here.
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Dragcrell (9:29:55 PM): eh I find it easyer to remane a nameless soul anyway :P
Thematrian1 (9:30:36 PM): ok, the game starts at 10:10
Thematrian1 (9:30:41 PM): give or take five minutes
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Dragcrell (9:36:51 PM): mmmmmm well
MilesMk1 (9:37:08 PM): They'll be back.
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MilesMk1 (9:42:25 PM): Welcome back.
Thematrian1 (9:42:40 PM): for as long as I can manage it
Dragcrell (9:44:06 PM): lol
Dragcrell (9:49:03 PM): ROFL The SP9004 lol now there was a bord guy lol
MilesMk1 (9:54:26 PM): Hmm?
Dragcrell (9:54:46 PM): hehehehe readign dumpshock the Gun post :P
Dragcrell (9:57:04 PM): SP9004 is a lazer sited spud gun
Umbrafer (9:57:21 PM): :)
MilesMk1 (9:58:20 PM): Oh.
Dragcrell (10:00:06 PM): ya lol looks like a bloody rocket launger but eh its Lazer Sited man can't beat that man :P
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MilesMk1 (10:01:28 PM): Well... Spud guns are not know for their flat trajectories. A laser sight is of dubious value, in that context...
Dragcrell (10:01:56 PM): I was being sarcastic
Thematrian1 (10:02:13 PM): welcome
MilesMk1 (10:02:25 PM): Evening.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:02:36 PM): (shirks into corner) did I miss anything????
Dragcrell (10:02:55 PM): mmmm define "anythaing"
Thematrian1 (10:03:08 PM): heh. How much do you know about the events of last week?
Gedeon Ogoun (10:03:38 PM): I've heard rumors that Trickster is dead and Blake is maybe not too far behind.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:03:49 PM): oh yeah and strato is down
Dragcrell (10:03:57 PM): ^_^
Gedeon Ogoun (10:04:00 PM): but I don't know the why
Umbrafer (10:04:05 PM): We gather here to pay our respects to the dearly departed Trickster, torn from us recently by means unknown but probably involving large-caliber firearms.
MilesMk1 (10:04:07 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (10:04:18 PM): I wouldn't go that far.
Umbrafer (10:04:19 PM): Or a bow. I don't remember if the guy did anything.
Umbrafer (10:04:35 PM): Blake's in a bad spot, but not approaching dead too quickly.
Thematrian1 (10:04:39 PM): the people who saw him are dead and missing, respectively
Thematrian1 (10:04:45 PM): the guy with the bow, I mean
Gedeon Ogoun (10:04:46 PM): I heard you were solo and possibly unreachable in any reasonable time frame
MilesMk1 (10:04:59 PM): Well, yes.
Umbrafer (10:05:09 PM): Well
Umbrafer (10:05:17 PM): I would have been able to see if it was an arrow nailing Trickster
Thematrian1 (10:05:20 PM): Rock is totally out of contact, so we can get started, at least a little
Umbrafer (10:05:30 PM): I mean, I did witness the actual hit before I got sniped
Gedeon Ogoun (10:05:49 PM): point me in the direction of who/what needs killing
Thematrian1 (10:05:58 PM): yes, you did
Thematrian1 (10:06:05 PM): no arrows involved, that you ever saw
MilesMk1 (10:06:08 PM): But the positive way of looking at it is that the people in the building are trapped in there with me.
Umbrafer (10:06:22 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (10:06:27 PM): This is true.
MilesMk1 (10:07:02 PM): Actually, you ended up in the van with Alex (and Ed, who's a contact of mine, and good with a gun), and this might be good, since we have reason to believe they'll be sending a spirit or spirits after it.
Umbrafer (10:07:08 PM): Well, if Gedeon can take down the spirits, and I can take down the snipers, and you can take down GWB, we'll be in good shape.
MilesMk1 (10:07:20 PM): GWB?
Thematrian1 (10:07:23 PM): Guy With Bow
Gedeon Ogoun (10:07:24 PM): GWB?
Thematrian1 (10:07:25 PM): I assume
Umbrafer (10:07:26 PM): Guy With Bow
MilesMk1 (10:07:28 PM): Ah.
Thematrian1 (10:07:29 PM): although..,
MilesMk1 (10:07:34 PM): Great White Bowman?
Umbrafer (10:07:42 PM): *Waves to the Secret Service*
Umbrafer (10:09:11 PM): *Holds head to try to stop the sounds*
Gedeon Ogoun (10:09:31 PM): okay, I'm in the van...which building is Blake in?
Thematrian1 (10:09:52 PM): he's in a building maybe three blocks away, on the other side of a barrier composed of cars, garbage cans, and miscellaneous trash
Gedeon Ogoun (10:10:12 PM): which building is this?
Thematrian1 (10:10:29 PM): it's the offices of one Jeremy Kovacs, doctor and friend of Blake's
Thematrian1 (10:10:50 PM): the plan was to come in and get him out, but a gang is occupying the building
Umbrafer (10:10:58 PM): By all signs it's been taken over by an organization that is mostly gang but may involve a runner team or similarly capable group at the top.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:11:36 PM): where do the spirits come in?
Thematrian1 (10:11:45 PM): they haven't
MilesMk1 (10:11:45 PM): They seem to have a mage.
Thematrian1 (10:11:51 PM): well, there is that
Gedeon Ogoun (10:11:51 PM): and why are they pissed at us?
MilesMk1 (10:11:54 PM): And one did show up, when we first arrived.
MilesMk1 (10:12:01 PM): Trickster saw it.
Umbrafer (10:12:28 PM): We don't know about spirits yet
Umbrafer (10:12:29 PM): Well
Umbrafer (10:12:30 PM): We do
Umbrafer (10:12:37 PM): But not about the attack
MilesMk1 (10:12:58 PM): Well... Either they figured out that I went in to plot the doc's rescue (they were holding him in indentured servitude of a sort), or they saw Alex's prepartions to get medieval on their ass with a Strato, and preempted us.
Umbrafer (10:13:06 PM): Yep
Gedeon Ogoun (10:13:24 PM): can Ed drive this van if necessary?
Thematrian1 (10:13:43 PM): Not as long as Alex is jacked in. Presently she's out, IIRC?
MilesMk1 (10:14:02 PM): You'd know this, since you have a transceiver - I just took down three of the ganger-types, and was about to move out as Alex attacked the courtyard, when all hell broke loose.
Thematrian1 (10:14:07 PM): Ed: "I've driven these once or twice. Just don't ask me to outrun the star"
Umbrafer (10:14:27 PM): Yes. I get dumped straight out, not to the van.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:14:45 PM): has the plan to get the doctor out been dropped for now?
MilesMk1 (10:14:50 PM): Oh yeah... Also, Alex took some stun, but there are several rating 6 stim patches in the van if they're needed.
MilesMk1 (10:15:02 PM): Well, no. I'm with the doctor now.
MilesMk1 (10:15:09 PM): If I make it out, so does he, basically.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:15:14 PM): oh...
Umbrafer (10:15:15 PM): Heh
Umbrafer (10:15:16 PM): Not quite
Umbrafer (10:15:21 PM): I'd say if he makes it out, so do you
MilesMk1 (10:15:21 PM): Since I'm not going to run away and leave him behind.
Umbrafer (10:15:29 PM): Yes, but you're more explosives-resistant
Umbrafer (10:15:44 PM): For that matter, everything-resistant.
MilesMk1 (10:15:53 PM): True. But he's going to be mostly hiding.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:15:55 PM): where did my spirit go that had four services left?
MilesMk1 (10:16:06 PM): And I doubt they'll shoot him intentionally, he's valuable.
Thematrian1 (10:16:10 PM): Ogoun, wasn't it?
Gedeon Ogoun (10:16:24 PM): er...
MilesMk1 (10:16:28 PM): Which reminds me... To Jeremy: "Can you use a gun?"
Gedeon Ogoun (10:16:30 PM): *wracking brain*
MilesMk1 (10:16:36 PM): Pretty sure it was, IIRC.
MilesMk1 (10:16:44 PM): But it's been a while.
Thematrian1 (10:16:53 PM): Jeremy gestures uncertainly.
Umbrafer (10:17:08 PM): When I recover appropriately, I ask Ed if he's ever used a vehicle turret
Thematrian1 (10:17:43 PM): He just smiles
Gedeon Ogoun (10:17:50 PM): no, spirit was Obatala
Gedeon Ogoun (10:18:15 PM): b/c it had Magical Guard capability...which is what I wanted it for now,
MilesMk1 (10:18:18 PM): *slides out a light pistol, and hands it over* "Don't go out of your way to shoot at anyone, but it's best you have something."
MilesMk1 (10:18:25 PM): (It's loaded with EX-EX)
Thematrian1 (10:18:33 PM): He nods, and pockets it.
Umbrafer (10:18:37 PM): "Should have known. If anything happens to me or I give you the word, plug in here and go to town."
MilesMk1 (10:19:07 PM): *throws one of the guards' assault rifles over his shoulder, gets the grenade ready in his left hand* "Let's go... I don't know how much shit shooting this guy stirred up..."
MilesMk1 (10:19:29 PM): #Alex, the doc and I are moving out - how's it going on your end?#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:20:30 PM): I feel ok with starting out on foot to the building if that seems ok
MilesMk1 (10:20:55 PM): "Ok, Jeremy... Hang back, stay in cover, and if you recall anything about the layout, yell out before I walk into a good ambush spot, ok?"
MilesMk1 (10:21:00 PM): (Remember: Snipers.)
Umbrafer (10:21:05 PM): #Trickster's down. Dead, maybe—I don't know."
Umbrafer (10:21:07 PM): *#
MilesMk1 (10:21:13 PM): #Mother...#
Umbrafer (10:21:21 PM): #Drones' down. Head hurts. Patches where?#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:21:25 PM): #Blake, how close are you to Trickster?#
MilesMk1 (10:21:31 PM): (So be carful with advancing on foot.)
Thematrian1 (10:21:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 4 3 6 2 1 4 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2
MilesMk1 (10:22:15 PM): *gives a rough estimate* #I'm still inside the building - closer than anyone else, except maybe Rock.#
Gedeon Ogoun (10:22:42 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 3 6 5 1 2
Gedeon Ogoun (10:22:47 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (10:22:49 PM): *begins moving towards the front of the building, trying to be quick but quiet*
Gedeon Ogoun (10:22:50 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:23:22 PM): Oh, and I make sure not to shilouette myself against windows.
Umbrafer (10:23:26 PM): #Rock was with him. I haven't seen him, I hope he's ok.#
Umbrafer (10:23:32 PM): *Digs for the stimpatches*
Thematrian1 (10:23:33 PM): perception, Blake
MilesMk1 (10:23:36 PM): #I'm moving out now.#
Thematrian1 (10:23:36 PM): hearing mods apply
Thematrian1 (10:23:38 PM): vision does not
MilesMk1 (10:23:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 2 6 3 3
MilesMk1 (10:23:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (10:23:52 PM): No hearing mods for me. :(
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MilesMk1 (10:24:57 PM): #The stimpatches are <insert location here>.#
EverGuard4 (10:25:20 PM): (I'm on iChat tonight, so I can't tell who says what) =)
Umbrafer (10:25:33 PM): I'm going to grab one and keep it handy but not apply it.
MilesMk1 (10:25:34 PM): Hmm...
MilesMk1 (10:25:45 PM): Well, if I'm talking to you, I'll note it in some way, then.
MilesMk1 (10:26:04 PM): I mean, if Blake is talking to Rock.
Thematrian1 (10:26:23 PM): Blake: you're headed for the front of the building, but there's a doorway, window-free, between here and there. There are footsteps on the other side
Thematrian1 (10:26:33 PM): Alex: so noted. Now what
Umbrafer (10:26:52 PM): #Want backup, or should I try to flush out that sniper?#
Umbrafer (10:26:59 PM): What's the light level in the area?
Thematrian1 (10:27:56 PM): good
Umbrafer (10:28:18 PM): Bah. Ah well.
MilesMk1 (10:28:28 PM): #The snipers might get us all... Take 'em out.#
MilesMk1 (10:28:45 PM): Open doorway, or a closed door?
Thematrian1 (10:28:58 PM): closed door
MilesMk1 (10:29:05 PM): Either way, I motion for Jeremy to hide, and take up a position where I have cover and can fire at it.
Thematrian1 (10:29:40 PM): He steps back a few feet and around a corner
Umbrafer (10:30:07 PM): "Anyone who wants to head in do it now. I'm pulling back for some dronework."
Thematrian1 (10:30:16 PM): Gedeon lies in the back of the van
Thematrian1 (10:30:19 PM): he's unresponsive
Umbrafer (10:30:28 PM): Aw crap.
Umbrafer (10:30:59 PM): Magic Background to know about the consequences of moving projecting folk?
Thematrian1 (10:31:07 PM): go for it
Umbrafer (10:31:08 PM): I'm guessing that I'd recognize projection,.
Umbrafer (10:31:12 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 4
Umbrafer (10:31:15 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (10:31:36 PM): he's projecting, you're pretty sure
Thematrian1 (10:31:44 PM): but you can't think of any reason to not move his body
Umbrafer (10:32:33 PM): Ok. I shrug and, unless Ed says something, pull back to 1.5 kilometers from the site (or until something meaningful gets in the way, in which case I stop away from it)
Thematrian1 (10:32:54 PM): Ed does not say anything. You're a kilometer and a half away, but it'll take some time
MilesMk1 (10:32:55 PM): Meh... He can cover a lot of ground and move fast when projecting, he'll find the van. Eventually.
Umbrafer (10:33:04 PM): *Nods*
Thematrian1 (10:33:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 2 5 1 1 6 2 5 1 4 2 5 3
Thematrian1 (10:33:57 PM): Blake: the door opens
Thematrian1 (10:34:10 PM): on the other side is an ork with an SMG and an eyepatch
MilesMk1 (10:34:28 PM): Is it a Surprised ork?
Thematrian1 (10:34:43 PM): it is an ork with which you may contest Reaction
MilesMk1 (10:34:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 5 3 5 1 4 3 2
Thematrian1 (10:35:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 2 3 3 3 6 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2
Umbrafer (10:35:03 PM): Prepared ambush!
MilesMk1 (10:35:08 PM): Son of a... I keep rolling like garbage on reaction.
MilesMk1 (10:35:19 PM): I think I won anyway. ;)
Thematrian1 (10:35:25 PM): you have prepared ambush, he does not. You won, you may act
Thematrian1 (10:35:32 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 4 6 6 2 3 2 6 5 4 2 1 4
Thematrian1 (10:35:35 PM): oh
Thematrian1 (10:35:38 PM): roll perception
MilesMk1 (10:35:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 6 2 3 2
MilesMk1 (10:35:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
MilesMk1 (10:35:50 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (10:35:55 PM): 16,10
Thematrian1 (10:36:03 PM): ok. Back behind the SMG men you see a guy with a bow, and...Rock
MilesMk1 (10:36:23 PM): SMG men? How many guys do I see, besides the one with the bow?
MilesMk1 (10:36:48 PM): And, second question: If I have surprise, and I throw a grenade in the surprise round... When does it go off?
MilesMk1 (10:36:54 PM): Also, how far away is the bow guy?
Thematrian1 (10:37:25 PM): four or five. And it goes off at the end of the surprise round. And about ten feet
MilesMk1 (10:38:00 PM): (Rock, I hope you realize I'm doing this for your own good...)
EverGuard4 (10:38:18 PM): (whatever)
MilesMk1 (10:38:34 PM): So, with my prepared ambush, I had effectively 7 successes on the reaction test, right?
Gedeon Ogoun (10:38:55 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 6 2 4 1 3 3 4
Gedeon Ogoun (10:39:01 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 5 6
Thematrian1 (10:39:24 PM): about that, yeah
MilesMk1 (10:40:22 PM): And, how far back can I move in the surprise round, after throwing the grenade?
MilesMk1 (10:40:27 PM): It's -1 / meter...
Thematrian1 (10:40:35 PM): not very, but certainly out of the doorway
MilesMk1 (10:40:48 PM): So, out of the direct path of the blast?
Thematrian1 (10:40:51 PM): yep
MilesMk1 (10:40:56 PM): Mhmm...
MilesMk1 (10:41:12 PM): Ok. IPE concussion greande, aiming for between the bow-guy's feet.
Umbrafer (10:41:19 PM): Woo!
MilesMk1 (10:41:37 PM): Or, failing that - the best shot I have that's as far away from me as possible but will get them all.
Thematrian1 (10:41:48 PM): you can manage that
MilesMk1 (10:41:56 PM): Then I back away, or flatten out, or do whatever else I can to not get blasted myself.
MilesMk1 (10:42:04 PM): Ok...
Thematrian1 (10:42:05 PM): check
MilesMk1 (10:42:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 4 6 6 6 6 2 2
MilesMk1 (10:42:12 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (10:42:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 5 2 5
MilesMk1 (10:42:24 PM): I do believe I won't need to Karma this one.
Thematrian1 (10:42:28 PM): TN was 4, I count 5 successes
MilesMk1 (10:42:33 PM): I was going to, if it proved necessary...
Gedeon Ogoun (10:42:34 PM): 6+.
Gedeon Ogoun (10:42:48 PM): oopss...rats typed that one, sorry
Umbrafer (10:42:52 PM): :)
Thematrian1 (10:42:56 PM): (awww)
Thematrian1 (10:43:07 PM): (It almost made sense in context)
Umbrafer (10:43:10 PM): (Maybe they're giving strategy advice to karma anyway ;) )
Umbrafer (10:43:12 PM): (It did)
Umbrafer (10:43:22 PM): (I'm not sure it's the best advice, but they can be forgiven)
Thematrian1 (10:43:26 PM): (The rats think you should karma, Matt. Response?)
Thematrian1 (10:43:33 PM): (What're the stats on the IPE Concussion grenade?)
MilesMk1 (10:43:45 PM): 16M
MilesMk1 (10:44:02 PM): But I do have a barrier between it and me...
Umbrafer (10:44:04 PM): 16M Stun, yeah.
MilesMk1 (10:44:13 PM): Plus reflections off the many walls.
MilesMk1 (10:44:21 PM): In a narrow space.
Umbrafer (10:44:22 PM): And note that, while you may overrule, SotSW canon is that the blast stages
MilesMk1 (10:44:27 PM): Oh, and -1 power / meter.
Umbrafer (10:44:27 PM): Successes are only for placement
Thematrian1 (10:44:47 PM): yeah, speaking of, roll scatter?
Umbrafer (10:45:01 PM): (It's the optional staging rule in Cannon Companion, that to stage damage you roll dice equal to half the Power of the attack)
Umbrafer (10:45:09 PM): I'm not sure it matters with that many successes
Umbrafer (10:45:15 PM): It's a non-aerodynamic grenade, right?
MilesMk1 (10:45:20 PM): What is it, 2d6?
Thematrian1 (10:45:24 PM): yeah
MilesMk1 (10:45:29 PM): But it's capped at something, right?
MilesMk1 (10:45:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
MilesMk1 (10:45:36 PM): Hah!
MilesMk1 (10:45:48 PM): Finally, something goes our way. :))))
Umbrafer (10:45:54 PM): 1d6, actually
MilesMk1 (10:46:10 PM): Well... I'll stick with my rolls. :)
Umbrafer (10:46:11 PM): -2 meters/success
MilesMk1 (10:46:25 PM): The GM can use either one. :P
Thematrian1 (10:46:35 PM): yeah, it really doesn't matter
Thematrian1 (10:48:24 PM): Blake flattens out of the way of the blast. There's a whump and some unhappy grunting sounds
MilesMk1 (10:48:25 PM): *mutters to self* "Sorry, Rock."
MilesMk1 (10:48:41 PM): Any happy sounds of bodies hitting the ground?
MilesMk1 (10:49:07 PM): Orcs with eyepatches getting propelled out of doorways, unconscious?
Gedeon Ogoun (10:50:42 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 5 3 5 2 2 3 5
Thematrian1 (10:50:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 2 5 3 4 5 1 3 2 2 3 6 1 4 3
Thematrian1 (10:50:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 4 3 4 6 1 4 4 3 3 6 5 5
Umbrafer (10:50:56 PM): We're calculating that.
Thematrian1 (10:50:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 3 6 3 5 3 1 6 5 2 1 2 2 1 6
MilesMk1 (10:51:04 PM): Hehe.
Thematrian1 (10:51:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 13 6-sided dice: 4 5 2 5 3 4 3 3 5 6 6 2 2
Thematrian1 (10:52:41 PM): most of the ork with the eyepatch is propelled out the door
MilesMk1 (10:52:50 PM): Oh.
MilesMk1 (10:53:16 PM): (Did I just kill Rock? Shit, I thought - based on what was said last week - that the damage didn't stage into physical. Ooops...)
MilesMk1 (10:53:38 PM): (Well, I do have a trauma surgeon with me...)
MilesMk1 (10:56:16 PM): Regardless, my next move will be to look back in, and shoot anyone who still might need it... Just let me know when that comes up.
Thematrian1 (10:56:20 PM): Jeremy peeks around the corner
MilesMk1 (10:56:34 PM): "Yeah?"
Dragcrell (10:56:56 PM): Dragcrell rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 4 3 5 2 3 2
Dragcrell (10:57:46 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 4 3 1 3
Thematrian1 (10:58:17 PM): there's a meaty crunch, and Jeremy drops to the floor.
MilesMk1 (10:59:06 PM): *curses, surges forward to investigate*
Thematrian1 (10:59:13 PM): there's a groan from the corridoor you grenade'd
Umbrafer (10:59:39 PM): Shoot the bowman in both elbows and then take him with you.
Thematrian1 (10:59:44 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 4 5 1 1 4 3 3 4 6 5 1 3
MilesMk1 (11:00:06 PM): I was thinking of putting an EX round into the middle of one of his hands.
MilesMk1 (11:00:18 PM): I meant, I surge toward Jeremy.
MilesMk1 (11:00:29 PM): I knew someone was going to sneak up on us...
Thematrian1 (11:00:34 PM): check
EverGuard4 (11:00:42 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 3 6 4 2 2 2 5 3 4 6 4 6
EverGuard4 (11:00:46 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
EverGuard4 (11:00:49 PM): er..
EverGuard4 (11:00:53 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (11:00:55 PM): Any visible blood? Signs he was shot?
Thematrian1 (11:00:59 PM): no
EverGuard4 (11:01:00 PM): that was supposed to be 1 roll of 18 dice
Thematrian1 (11:01:15 PM): there's a large-ish ork standing over him, holding a long length of heavy chain
EverGuard4 (11:01:16 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 2 4
EverGuard4 (11:01:24 PM): hm...
Thematrian1 (11:01:25 PM): behind him, an ork and a human with guns
MilesMk1 (11:01:40 PM): The other two have guns?
MilesMk1 (11:01:49 PM): I open fire.
EverGuard4 (11:01:52 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 5 6 6 4 4 6 6 5 5 5 2 4 2 4
EverGuard4 (11:01:56 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 3 2
EverGuard4 (11:02:35 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 5 6 4
EverGuard4 (11:02:39 PM): EverGuard4 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (11:03:16 PM): check. There is no surprise, we go to initiative
MilesMk1 (11:03:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 2 4
MilesMk1 (11:03:51 PM): 21
Dragcrell (11:04:39 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
Gedeon Ogoun (11:04:55 PM): *a few meters from Blake, a misty form of Gedeon materializes* "Mobatala ublatanga! Showasai! Mobabatataaaataatat!: *It waves its arms frantically at the guys with guns*
Thematrian1 (11:05:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 6 3 2 5 3 1 4 1 3 1 3 6
Thematrian1 (11:05:22 PM): Blake acts first, imagine that
Thematrian1 (11:05:33 PM): oh, and
Thematrian1 (11:05:38 PM): Blake, please roll Reaction
MilesMk1 (11:05:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 1 6 1 6 5 5 4
MilesMk1 (11:05:48 PM): Better.
Thematrian1 (11:06:06 PM): something appears out of the air beside you bellowing strange words, but you figure out that it's Gedeon before you have time to do more than twitch a bit
Thematrian1 (11:06:27 PM): action?
MilesMk1 (11:06:50 PM): What guns are the two others holding?
Umbrafer (11:07:04 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 3 5 2 4
Thematrian1 (11:07:06 PM): guns of the sub-machine variety. For make and model, Observe in Detail
Umbrafer (11:07:07 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 2 2 1 1 4 3 6
Umbrafer (11:07:10 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (11:07:12 PM): Heh. No.
MilesMk1 (11:07:17 PM): I shoot each of them once.
MilesMk1 (11:07:24 PM): I mean, both of them.
MilesMk1 (11:07:27 PM): The guys with guns.
Thematrian1 (11:07:28 PM): (Man, some day I'm going to get you to observe in detail)
Thematrian1 (11:07:29 PM): right
MilesMk1 (11:07:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 5 4 3 5 3
MilesMk1 (11:07:39 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 1 6 3 6 4
MilesMk1 (11:07:49 PM): 11M code.
Thematrian1 (11:09:01 PM): staged about a million times each, thanks to Mr. Smartlink
Thematrian1 (11:09:19 PM): both collapse, neither is likely to live for more than a few seconds
MilesMk1 (11:09:46 PM): And to the ork, I say: "Run."
Umbrafer (11:09:51 PM): :)
Dragcrell (11:10:47 PM): Dragcrell rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 1 5 4 3 3 1
Gedeon Ogoun (11:11:41 PM): to Blake: "Well, I guess I didn't have to help you out too much...I scared the shit out of the sniper that I found outside..."
Thematrian1 (11:11:49 PM): The ork opts to lash you brutally with his chain, instead
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Gedeon Ogoun (11:12:00 PM): "Oh..that silly bastard"
MilesMk1 (11:12:11 PM): Does that chain have reach?
Thematrian1 (11:12:18 PM): 2 points worth, yeah
MilesMk1 (11:12:22 PM): Shit.
MilesMk1 (11:12:41 PM): What's a chain's damage code? (Str) S?
MilesMk1 (11:13:10 PM): (Yes. Yes it is. Damn.)
Umbrafer (11:13:20 PM): Yow.
Thematrian1 (11:13:44 PM): (Unlike mr. monowire and the manriki-gusari, it neither deals physical damage nor is in any way concealable. But yeah)
MilesMk1 (11:13:57 PM): If I go on full defence, I use my CP to dodge vs. TN 4, right?
Thematrian1 (11:14:53 PM): (Jon? I refuse to speculate in my present condition)
Umbrafer (11:15:05 PM): (Yes.)
MilesMk1 (11:15:06 PM): (Actually, no. I dodge after.)
Umbrafer (11:15:11 PM): Well, yeah
Umbrafer (11:15:18 PM): (You do your thing first, then you dodge)
MilesMk1 (11:15:25 PM): (And the reach mod applies to the dodge TN, I think.)
MilesMk1 (11:15:58 PM): So, screw it. I'm better off saving the CP for soak.
MilesMk1 (11:16:11 PM): Probably.
MilesMk1 (11:16:24 PM): So, melee?
Thematrian1 (11:16:27 PM): melee
MilesMk1 (11:16:30 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 5 4 6 6 3
MilesMk1 (11:16:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 6
MilesMk1 (11:16:51 PM): Well, here;s hopind all he did was lower his own TN.
MilesMk1 (11:17:03 PM): Sounds like the kind of thing a big dumb brute might do...
Thematrian1 (11:17:19 PM): ok, I count five successes?
Thematrian1 (11:17:26 PM): assuming TN 4?
MilesMk1 (11:17:29 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (11:17:47 PM): he hit you. Resist 8D stun
MilesMk1 (11:17:55 PM): The die gods seem to be smiling upon me tonight... Oh.
MilesMk1 (11:18:01 PM): Ok.
MilesMk1 (11:18:14 PM): Need 3 or better.
MilesMk1 (11:18:19 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 2 3 4 6 6 4 6 2 3 2 4 1
MilesMk1 (11:18:28 PM): Soaked.
Umbrafer (11:18:33 PM): Woo!
MilesMk1 (11:18:49 PM): Though that did it for my CP.
MilesMk1 (11:18:56 PM): And now, I shoot him.
Thematrian1 (11:19:04 PM): check. Blake's action
MilesMk1 (11:19:09 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (11:19:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 1 5 5 4
MilesMk1 (11:19:22 PM): 3 successes each time.
Thematrian1 (11:19:26 PM): smartlink?
MilesMk1 (11:19:36 PM): Yeah. But I'm at -2 for being in melee.
MilesMk1 (11:19:40 PM): IIRC.
Thematrian1 (11:19:42 PM): aha, good call
Umbrafer (11:19:46 PM): Yep
MilesMk1 (11:19:56 PM): I think this will more than even the odds, regardless.
MilesMk1 (11:20:53 PM): *to Gedeon* (in a free moment) "Tell me where you saw the snipers, so I can pass it on to Alex."
Dragcrell (11:21:37 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 4 3 3
Thematrian1 (11:22:06 PM): code is 11M?
MilesMk1 (11:22:17 PM): Yeah.
Dragcrell (11:22:37 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 4 3 4 1
Dragcrell (11:22:55 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 1 5 3 2
Thematrian1 (11:23:02 PM): and random chain man is down
MilesMk1 (11:24:00 PM): "And any help is appreciated, as always." *whirls to make sure someone still alive in the grenaded hallway isn't drawing a bead on him*
Thematrian1 (11:24:06 PM): this guy was carrying a whole bunch of weaponry, by the way; he also had a gun, some knives, a sharpened piece of rebar...
Thematrian1 (11:24:09 PM): Gedeon leaves.
Gedeon Ogoun (11:24:44 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 5 3 6 4 6
Gedeon Ogoun (11:24:50 PM): Gedeon Ogoun rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
Thematrian1 (11:26:13 PM): actions, Blake?
MilesMk1 (11:27:22 PM): I check the area I grenaded for threats - then check on Jeremy, get in touch with Alex, and check on Rock.
MilesMk1 (11:27:37 PM): Not necessarily all at once, unless I'm out of initiative.
Thematrian1 (11:27:43 PM): You're out of initiative
Umbrafer (11:27:46 PM): (Shoot his elbows and/or wrists!)
Umbrafer (11:27:54 PM): (GWB, that is0
Umbrafer (11:27:55 PM): *)
Umbrafer (11:28:17 PM): (And grab the bow if it's in once piece)
Thematrian1 (11:28:18 PM): Jeremy is lying there, unconscious. There's a bunch of blood leaking from the back of his head, but that's not necessarily a bad sign
Thematrian1 (11:28:58 PM): well, not a terrible sign
Dragcrell (11:28:59 PM): (na shoot him in the joint of the shoulders)
MilesMk1 (11:29:09 PM): Right... Making sure I'm looking around for new threats, I check in on the grenaded area - and Rock.
Umbrafer (11:29:17 PM): (I figure it's harder to keep him alive then, though)
Umbrafer (11:29:30 PM): (That's where I'd usually say to do it)
Umbrafer (11:29:36 PM): (But we want him for questioning)
Thematrian1 (11:29:37 PM): You look in on the grenaded area. Rock is standing, looking dizzied.
Umbrafer (11:29:39 PM): (And as a hostage)
Thematrian1 (11:29:40 PM): No one else is
Thematrian1 (11:30:36 PM): And, that's where we break. I'll see you all later
MilesMk1 (11:30:36 PM): *too pumped up with adrenaline to have time to be surprised he's up* "Sorry about that, but it was my one chance to even the odds." *takes him by the elbow and leads him back to Jeremy*
Dragcrell (11:30:41 PM): (ya but wrists are risky can easly hit a major vain or artery shoulder less chance at the join its self)
Thematrian1 (11:30:45 PM): ok, that's where we break.
Thematrian1 (11:30:56 PM): See you all variously thursday, next week, and at random times in civ
MilesMk1 (11:31:02 PM): Ok. Excellent. ;)
MilesMk1 (11:31:18 PM): Thanks for sticking with it, Dave, I really appreciate it.
Dragcrell (11:31:19 PM): heheheehe
Thematrian1 (11:31:45 PM): You're entirely welcome. I'd note, though, that as defined above the other shoe has not yet dropped.
MilesMk1 (11:31:52 PM): True.
MilesMk1 (11:32:02 PM): But things finally seem to be heading in the right direction.
MilesMk1 (11:32:20 PM): I created elbow room, Rock has been recovered, Gedeon has been spotting snipers...
Dragcrell (11:32:39 PM): lol
Gedeon Ogoun (11:32:40 PM): and trying to find his body..:>
MilesMk1 (11:32:54 PM): Though it really doesn't look like we have much chance of getting to Trickster in time.
Thematrian1 (11:32:59 PM): yeah, this is another of those situations that I wish I could take credit for
Thematrian1 (11:33:02 PM): your tense is wrong
Thematrian1 (11:33:12 PM): assuming that all was as it seemed, Trickster is dead.
Thematrian1 (11:33:16 PM): Don't ask me, though, ask Alex
MilesMk1 (11:33:21 PM): Oh.
Thematrian1 (11:33:35 PM): but since you can do that perfectly well without me, I bid you good night
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MilesMk1 (11:33:42 PM): Hehe... Good night.
MilesMk1 (11:33:50 PM): So what happened with Trickster, Jon?
MilesMk1 (11:34:07 PM): Time ran out, or what Alex saw just looked like an all-out kill?
MilesMk1 (11:34:37 PM): Oh, and BTW - this is precisely why I obsess over grenades the way I do sometimes. :)
Umbrafer (11:35:13 PM): #Trickster's gone. Trail of blood into an alley.#
Umbrafer (11:35:26 PM): It looked very much like a kill.
Umbrafer (11:35:33 PM): If it were anyone else, Alex would have reported it as such.
Umbrafer (11:35:44 PM): But Alex has seen him walk away from a missile strike.
MilesMk1 (11:35:59 PM): #He crawled off?#
Umbrafer (11:36:04 PM): Alex does not have the benefit of knowledge of the regeneration rules.
Umbrafer (11:36:13 PM): #Or was dragged. No clue which.#
Umbrafer (11:36:50 PM): Yeah, if we can take out the mage quickly we may save ourselves a lot of trouble
MilesMk1 (11:37:34 PM): #Hope he's not dead... No chance now of getting to him in time to do something - Jeremy got hit on the head, and is out, and Rock... well, he's still up after that grenade blast, but not looking too steady.#
Umbrafer (11:38:21 PM): #Still looking for the snipers…#
MilesMk1 (11:38:32 PM): #I got "Robin", and a bunch of gangers - makes for 13-14 so far.#
Umbrafer (11:38:56 PM): That's what I'll spend my karma on!
Umbrafer (11:39:09 PM): If we get Robin and/or anyone else out of here, I'm buying up Interrogation.
MilesMk1 (11:39:36 PM): #Gedeon showed up here and said he freaked out a sniper... I think he's on his way back to you. Might be able to help you with the spotting.#
MilesMk1 (11:40:38 PM): #Since I don't know how to get to Trickster, I'll be trying to keep these two safe, and hunt down any remaining footsoldiers.#
Gedeon Ogoun (11:40:54 PM): good night all
MilesMk1 (11:40:56 PM): #Let me know how things develop.#
MilesMk1 (11:40:58 PM): Good night.
MilesMk1 (11:41:06 PM): Sorry to hog so much time...
Gedeon Ogoun (11:41:09 PM): sorry I missed stuff earlier..back on schedule now
MilesMk1 (11:41:17 PM): (not that I didn't enjoy it, but... :))
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Umbrafer (11:41:47 PM): (The front-line bruiser needs his day in the sun)
Umbrafer (11:41:56 PM): (That's why he sits there and soaks bullets the rest of the time :) )
MilesMk1 (11:42:06 PM): (Riiight...)
MilesMk1 (11:42:10 PM): (:))
MilesMk1 (11:42:37 PM): (Though I'm rather pleased with the way Blake has been working out as a badass so far.;))
Umbrafer (11:42:46 PM): (Indeed :) )
Umbrafer (11:42:54 PM): (I hope we can salvage some of the Strato.)
Umbrafer (11:43:47 PM): (And I'm definitely hoping to spend some quality time with our friends there, if we get the chance to drag them out. These people are competent enough that they might have someone come looking for them.)
MilesMk1 (11:44:18 PM): (True.)
MilesMk1 (11:44:24 PM): (And for all we know, some might get away.)
MilesMk1 (11:44:51 PM): (And we still have no clue who this magical "associate" no one but Robin got to see is.)
Umbrafer (11:45:03 PM): (Yeah, about that. Shoot everyone but Robin and maybe Squeaky in the hallway.)
Umbrafer (11:45:07 PM): (And Rock, of course.)
MilesMk1 (11:45:31 PM): (Getting both snipers will be tricky if they cut and run. Trying to chase down someone good at hiding with a 14D weapon... Not fun.)
MilesMk1 (11:45:43 PM): (Hopefully, Gedeon can help.)
MilesMk1 (11:46:00 PM): (Because those fuckers need to die. And I want their weapons.)
Umbrafer (11:46:02 PM): (I outrange them, and we exceed their capabilities at recon)
Umbrafer (11:46:07 PM): (Yes, yes they do.)
Umbrafer (11:46:23 PM): (I love MMGs so very much.)
Umbrafer (11:46:46 PM): (Even if they've got extended barrels I've got a hundred meters on them)
MilesMk1 (11:46:50 PM): (Though in all honesty, I'm not sure how Blake will approach Robin.)
Umbrafer (11:46:59 PM): (?)
MilesMk1 (11:47:02 PM): (Remember, he's still technically vindictive...)
Umbrafer (11:47:15 PM): (Well)
MilesMk1 (11:47:19 PM): (If Robin is unconscious, he won't beat up on someone who can't feel it.)
Umbrafer (11:47:29 PM): (If Alex knows about him, she'll ask for him to be taken in)
MilesMk1 (11:47:33 PM): (And he does tend to think first, shoot second, anyway.)
Umbrafer (11:47:37 PM): (And Blake knows about Alex, remember)
Umbrafer (11:48:15 PM): (And I'm sure she'll offer to let him use the blowtorch if it'd make him feel better)
MilesMk1 (11:48:21 PM): (Not saying he'll kill him - but if he's conscious, he just might lose a few fingers. Or, get an EX round into the palm of a hand...)
Umbrafer (11:48:39 PM): (Even while Vindictive, Blake's nicer than Alex is :) )
MilesMk1 (11:48:50 PM): (Well, for starters.)
Umbrafer (11:48:54 PM): (Unless he tells us something big, I have no intention of leaving him alive.)
MilesMk1 (11:49:03 PM): (Neither do I.)
MilesMk1 (11:49:26 PM): (But there are some people around now that don't necessarily need to see me at my worst.)
Umbrafer (11:49:28 PM): (And I fully support a bullet in both shoulder joints. It's a pity you don't have the torch, that cauterizes as it burns through)
Umbrafer (11:49:38 PM): (Heh, yeah)
MilesMk1 (11:49:43 PM): (We have a burning bar...)
Umbrafer (11:50:06 PM): (While I think thermite is excessive, if we're going to use it let's use the loose stuff)
MilesMk1 (11:50:14 PM): (I don't know which way Gedeon will jump on this, and I definitely don't plan on torching anyone in front of Jeremy.)
Umbrafer (11:50:19 PM): (Indeed)
Umbrafer (11:50:32 PM): (But we're in a big city)
MilesMk1 (11:50:41 PM): (I wouldn't waste the thermite on him, but it was just such a beatifully excessive idea...)
Umbrafer (11:50:51 PM): (Indeed.
Umbrafer (11:50:53 PM): *)
Dragcrell (11:50:57 PM): (oooo you guys are mean lol)
MilesMk1 (11:51:10 PM): (On the other hand, I think the two soldiers' chances of survival just went up.)
Umbrafer (11:51:18 PM): (Hm?)
Dragcrell (11:51:46 PM): (tho there was the one guy that trick threted to burn his ears off with said torch :P)
Umbrafer (11:52:00 PM): (The snipers, you mean?)
Umbrafer (11:52:04 PM): (Or someone else?)
MilesMk1 (11:52:17 PM): Our two hostages back at Sigruns.
Umbrafer (11:52:21 PM): (Oh, yes)
MilesMk1 (11:52:26 PM): Suddenly, their sins fade into the background, no?
Umbrafer (11:52:27 PM): (Yes, yes it did.)
Umbrafer (11:52:37 PM): (Yes. Now I have a plausible reason for Alex to leave them alive.)
Umbrafer (11:52:47 PM): (Though if possible I'd like them to be in hearing range when we take care of Robin.)
MilesMk1 (11:52:48 PM): After all this, what's a little narcojet you're already recovering from?
Umbrafer (11:53:16 PM): (Maybe take them to a back alley somewhere, do our thing with Robin, then let them free)
Umbrafer (11:53:22 PM): (They'll probably stumble on his body soon enough)
MilesMk1 (11:53:31 PM): (I suppose.)
Umbrafer (11:53:41 PM): (Actually)
Umbrafer (11:53:46 PM): (What I'm still considering doing)
MilesMk1 (11:53:54 PM): (Though to be honest, I was thinking of - if we do decide to let them go - letting them go on good terms. Relatively.)
Umbrafer (11:54:02 PM): (Yeah)
Umbrafer (11:54:06 PM): (That's the smart way to do it)
MilesMk1 (11:54:10 PM): (You never know when you might want a channel to the military.)
Umbrafer (11:54:38 PM): (But part of me really just wants to chain one leg of each together and one arm each together and let them try to three-legged-race their way out of the city)
MilesMk1 (11:54:46 PM): (Hehe...)
MilesMk1 (11:55:13 PM): (Or, we could have them join us. ;))
MilesMk1 (11:55:32 PM): After all, maybe they won't like their chances of making it through the city and across the lines?
Umbrafer (11:56:07 PM): Indeed. We should also indicate that at the least we have no intention of letting them keep their uniforms
Umbrafer (11:56:16 PM): And talking their way through the barriers without them could be difficult
MilesMk1 (11:56:17 PM): Aw, shit... And I still need to find the people who kidnapped Jerome...
Umbrafer (11:56:21 PM): Indeed.
MilesMk1 (11:56:48 PM): What a mess.
Umbrafer (11:57:06 PM): If we're lucky these guys will know something.
MilesMk1 (11:57:12 PM): Well, it's getting late - see you around...
MilesMk1 (11:57:22 PM): BTW, as of now, I still can't make Thursday... :(
Umbrafer (11:57:23 PM): I hope we get some karma so I can pump my Interrogation.
Umbrafer (11:57:27 PM): :(
Umbrafer (11:57:29 PM): Fair enough
MilesMk1 (11:57:35 PM): Well, we didn't get any karma since Home Despot.
Umbrafer (11:57:45 PM): I guess it looks like a no-go this week, as I'd be unable to reschedule effectively
Umbrafer (11:57:46 PM): Oh!
Umbrafer (11:58:05 PM): Are you doing anything this Saturday afternoon? We're trying to schedule another bout of Fast Time, as per the email I sent.
MilesMk1 (11:58:07 PM): If the HD thing got us 6 karma (well, it did me, anyway), we ought to be getting tons more for all that happened since.
Umbrafer (11:58:17 PM): I think it was six
Umbrafer (11:58:21 PM): I've got six hanging around
Umbrafer (11:58:31 PM): I need to buy some Russian skill too
MilesMk1 (11:58:32 PM): I'm sure there was little to no variation between characters.
MilesMk1 (11:58:45 PM): I'll probably be around, yeah.
Umbrafer (11:58:51 PM): If we get a lot I might buy another point of Body.
MilesMk1 (11:58:54 PM): Don't have any plans as of right now.
Umbrafer (11:59:11 PM): *Nods* Fair enow. You have my email if anything comes up, talk to you otherwhen!
MilesMk1 (11:59:27 PM): I'm toying with the idea of just dumping all the Karma I get into Willpower.
Umbrafer (11:59:32 PM): Hehehe
MilesMk1 (11:59:33 PM): But I don't think I'll stick with it.
MilesMk1 (11:59:49 PM): It'd be... 27+30... 57 points to get to 10.
Umbrafer (11:59:53 PM): I need to get SUT into a usefulvalue
Umbrafer (11:59:58 PM): With a space there
MilesMk1 (11:59:59 PM): SUT?
Umbrafer (12:00:03 AM): Small Units Tactics
MilesMk1 (12:00:06 AM): Ah.
Umbrafer (12:00:14 AM): Some extra Initiative or Combat Pool could come in really handy
MilesMk1 (12:00:17 AM): It'd make me damn near immune to mages...
Umbrafer (12:00:23 AM): Indeed.
MilesMk1 (12:00:30 AM): But there's too much other fun stuff I could buy with it.
Umbrafer (12:00:39 AM): And you'd bounce back from Stun insanely quickly
MilesMk1 (12:01:02 AM): BTW, do you think it's the smart thing to do - not pump my Pistols or Assault Rifles over 6, and instead spread out?
Umbrafer (12:01:18 AM): If I ever have the 27 required karma I might hit INT 9…
Umbrafer (12:01:25 AM): Well, what would you spread out to?
MilesMk1 (12:01:28 AM): At the very least, until I can get some Quickness boosting bioware, to reduce the cost?
Umbrafer (12:01:32 AM): And what's your Quickness again?
Umbrafer (12:01:33 AM): Yeah
MilesMk1 (12:01:34 AM): 6
Umbrafer (12:01:52 AM): If you have something specific to branch to, I'd say do that instead.
MilesMk1 (12:01:53 AM): Right now, it'd be 14 karma for one lousy skill point.
Umbrafer (12:01:56 AM): Yeah.
Umbrafer (12:02:00 AM): So not worth it.
MilesMk1 (12:02:03 AM): I can't justify that to myself.
MilesMk1 (12:02:09 AM): I mean...
Umbrafer (12:02:11 AM): And we switch around too much to specialize.
MilesMk1 (12:02:30 AM): Yeah. I go back and forth between ARs, pistols, unarmed and staff.
Umbrafer (12:02:45 AM): Well, not just that
Umbrafer (12:02:54 AM): But we switch around in different types of ARs and pistols
Umbrafer (12:03:00 AM): I'm still sad Ed sold the laser
Umbrafer (12:03:08 AM): My Laser Weapons skill could have paid off
MilesMk1 (12:03:14 AM): The way I look at it, I'm much better off getting a 4(6) in clubs(shock stick), for example.
MilesMk1 (12:03:27 AM): Than boosting another skill a point.
MilesMk1 (12:03:47 AM): They're such amazingly disgusting weapons...
MilesMk1 (12:04:02 AM): One point of reach, and all the schockglove goodness...
Umbrafer (12:04:23 AM): Indeed
MilesMk1 (12:04:52 AM): And there's always my charisma and related skills to consider...
MilesMk1 (12:05:18 AM): If I get it up to 5, the bugs finally have to start thinking twice about messing with me.
Umbrafer (12:05:28 AM): !!!
Umbrafer (12:05:32 AM): I'm an /idiot/!
MilesMk1 (12:05:35 AM): ?
Umbrafer (12:05:42 AM): I should have been using SUT anytime I had the spare free action
Umbrafer (12:05:44 AM): Well
Umbrafer (12:05:49 AM): No, I suppose botch risk exists
MilesMk1 (12:05:55 AM): Ah.
Umbrafer (12:06:01 AM): I thought I only had one points, but I have two
MilesMk1 (12:06:07 AM): 1/36
MilesMk1 (12:06:12 AM): Hmm.
Umbrafer (12:06:21 AM): Once I get three (1/216), I think it's worth using whenever I can.
Umbrafer (12:06:26 AM): And it's a Free to just use it on myself.
MilesMk1 (12:06:39 AM): Oh well - I really am running off now, or you just know we'll be here till 1:00. :)
Umbrafer (12:06:48 AM): So true.
MilesMk1 (12:06:51 AM): See you in Freeciv.
MilesMk1 (12:06:54 AM): Goodnight.
Umbrafer (12:06:57 AM): *Waves* Dream of conquest!
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