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Thematrian1 (8:11:33 PM): except for Alex
Umbrafer (8:11:39 PM): *Literal road*
Thematrian1 (8:13:54 PM): when we left our heroes, they'd just blasted some kind of LMG drone. It wasn't quite done in, but seriously mauled for all of that.
Thematrian1 (8:14:02 PM): IIRC we were about to roll the next Turn's initiative?
Umbrafer (8:14:15 PM): Drone? Wasn't it a turret?
MilesMk1 (8:14:18 PM): Something like that,
Umbrafer (8:14:22 PM): And yes, we'd closed out at the end of initiative.
MilesMk1 (8:14:29 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 5
MilesMk1 (8:14:34 PM): 21
Thematrian1 (8:14:46 PM): Or something. There's the gun and the bit that holds it, that's all you can really see from your angle.
CirclMastr (8:14:46 PM): Also Todd was foolishly advancing on the captured mage as he tried to escape
Thematrian1 (8:14:53 PM): yes, he sure was, wasn't he
Umbrafer (8:14:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 2 6
Thematrian1 (8:15:03 PM): well Todd, carry on.
Umbrafer (8:15:03 PM): 25
Dragcrell (8:15:07 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 4
CirclMastr (8:15:12 PM): CirclMastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 3 5
CirclMastr (8:15:15 PM): 19
Thematrian1 (8:16:26 PM): Shadow Cat?
Dragcrell (8:16:47 PM): 16
Thematrian1 (8:17:04 PM): ah, you did roll. Very good. Alex, you're up first.
Umbrafer (8:17:52 PM): Let's see. IIRC I'd locked the Mage?
Thematrian1 (8:17:58 PM): Yeah
Umbrafer (8:18:16 PM): Hold action in case he should try to do something mean to Todd.
Thematrian1 (8:19:27 PM): I'd like something more specific, please. Meanwhile, Blake acts
MilesMk1 (8:20:18 PM): I'll try my lean-and shoot maneuver one more (hopefully last) time.
Umbrafer (8:20:22 PM): In case he attempts an overtly hostile action (visibly casts a spell or draws a weapon)
Umbrafer (8:20:27 PM): Or tries to take away his candy.
Umbrafer (8:20:33 PM): Maybe not the candy.
Thematrian1 (8:20:39 PM): Draws a weapon or casts a spell...ok.
MilesMk1 (8:20:41 PM): (visibly tries to cast a spell on Todd?)
CirclMastr (8:20:59 PM): I have candy?
MilesMk1 (8:21:03 PM): (Or just cast a spell? What if he tries to shapechange into a fish, out of desperation?)
Thematrian1 (8:21:09 PM): ok. You lean. You are not fired upon.
Thematrian1 (8:21:14 PM): (Then he turned into a fish fillet)
MilesMk1 (8:21:23 PM): Excellent. I fire.
Thematrian1 (8:21:24 PM): (Yep, definitely stinking up the grammar now)
Thematrian1 (8:21:30 PM): go for it
MilesMk1 (8:21:37 PM): 3-round burst
MilesMk1 (8:21:43 PM): roll-dice 8
MilesMk1 (8:21:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 3 2 6 4 6
MilesMk1 (8:21:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 4
Umbrafer (8:21:51 PM): Well, to identify Todd as the target would require me to see it hit him (bursting into flames or what have you).
Umbrafer (8:22:13 PM): Besides, if he's desperate enough to Shapechange into a fish, it's more humane to kill him.
Thematrian1 (8:23:46 PM): Blake: you definitely hit. There's a shower of sparks, and and the gun droops. It's now pointed straight at the floor, totally unmoving.
MilesMk1 (8:24:30 PM): #Got the turret.#
MilesMk1 (8:25:11 PM): #Alex, I'm going to need directions on where to go - this place is too big to just wander around.#
Umbrafer (8:25:37 PM): Does Blake have an imagelink?
MilesMk1 (8:25:54 PM): Let me check.
MilesMk1 (8:28:07 PM): Nope.
Umbrafer (8:28:34 PM): Ah well. #I'll guide you through, just need to keep an eye on Todd for a minute.#
Thematrian1 (8:28:36 PM): Shadow Cat?
Thematrian1 (8:28:41 PM): you are up
Dragcrell (8:30:14 PM): *takes a look around to see what can be seen from her vantiage point as well as if there is any intresting sents to be had*
Thematrian1 (8:30:18 PM): Oh, and todd, you too
MilesMk1 (8:30:24 PM): (I'd probably not have had room for it anyway, but Blake was my first character, and the fact you could have a datajack, and cybereyes with five kinds of imaging technology in them, but be unable to have a video feed displayed in
CirclMastr (8:30:29 PM): Can I overtake the mage at this point?
Thematrian1 (8:30:34 PM): Your target is still leaving, albeit slowly and painfully.
MilesMk1 (8:30:38 PM): your vision without extra cyber kind of escaped me)
Thematrian1 (8:31:06 PM): (If it's any comfort, I bought Gem an image link under the assumption that it did something else)
Umbrafer (8:31:12 PM): (Yeah, it happens :) )
Thematrian1 (8:31:14 PM): (So there's some kind of cosmic balance there)
CirclMastr (8:31:39 PM): (So.... can I?)
MilesMk1 (8:31:47 PM): (Law of conservation of retinal displays?)
Thematrian1 (8:31:48 PM): Easily.
Thematrian1 (8:31:52 PM): (Naturally)
Thematrian1 (8:32:06 PM): Todd: you can easily overtake him. He doesn't even seem to have noticed you.
CirclMastr (8:33:09 PM): "Hey, buddy! Where you going?" *approaches to melee range, hand on straight-edge but leaving it in pocket*
Thematrian1 (8:34:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (8:34:14 PM): He emits a small wail and hobbles faster.
Thematrian1 (8:34:33 PM): Shadow Cat, you're on the ceiling. It's a nice ceiling, high and with an interesting pattern in the tilework. It smells...antiseptic.
Umbrafer (8:34:41 PM): I think I may feel sorry for him.
Dragcrell (8:35:11 PM): (well that was kinda of a let down -_- was hopeing for someting cooler oh well)
CirclMastr (8:35:21 PM): *grabs him* "Hey!"
MilesMk1 (8:36:07 PM): (Perhaps try to convince him we don't mean him harm? People like that kind of stuff.)
Dragcrell (8:36:31 PM): (well good thaing it wasn't me that chased him down eh)
Thematrian1 (8:36:31 PM): Todd: roll Strength
Thematrian1 (8:36:33 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Thematrian1 (8:36:36 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
CirclMastr (8:36:42 PM): CirclMastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 3 5 1
CirclMastr (8:36:44 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
CirclMastr (8:36:46 PM): CirclMastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
CirclMastr (8:36:58 PM): (12, 4, 4, 4, assuming wound mods are in effect)
Umbrafer (8:37:00 PM): Did we capture an Otaku?
CirclMastr (8:37:13 PM): A fireproof Otaku?
Thematrian1 (8:37:17 PM): He struggles. Adrenaline gives him an unexpected strength, but this man is clearly no kind of fighter.
CirclMastr (8:37:35 PM): "Hey! We aren't gonna hurt you, just calm down!"
CirclMastr (8:37:58 PM): *is tempted to hurt him badly, but guesses that Alice is watching* (Or whatever the girl's name is)
Umbrafer (8:38:12 PM): Alice. Bob and Satan are nowhere to be found.
Thematrian1 (8:39:40 PM): err...yeah, Alice. And yeah, she is definitely watching.
Thematrian1 (8:39:44 PM): Does anyone wish to stay in initiative?
MilesMk1 (8:40:15 PM): I'm waiting for directions from Alex.
Dragcrell (8:40:47 PM): (not unelss thres a reasion to be lol)
Umbrafer (8:40:49 PM): I'm fine dropping init.
Umbrafer (8:41:08 PM): If and when Todd appears to be safe, I start giving directions off the map.
CirclMastr (8:42:16 PM): I'm waiting to see if Mr. Mage speaks up or something.
Thematrian1 (8:42:57 PM): He will. Everyone's out of init. Mr. Mage continues to try to struggle. He's obviously terrified.
CirclMastr (8:43:21 PM): "Hey! HEY! Calm! Deep breath! Use words!"
Dragcrell (8:44:10 PM): *contues to look around the room seeing what can be had*
Thematrian1 (8:44:12 PM): Blake, Shadowcat: you're standing in a lobby cum human cattle drive. What do you do?
Umbrafer (8:44:39 PM): #Where's your destination?#
MilesMk1 (8:45:22 PM): #I was assuming we were going after their security riggers, or any kind of security control room, no?#
MilesMk1 (8:45:35 PM): *looks and listens for anyone coming*
MilesMk1 (8:46:07 PM): #But if we just want to smash and grab, we should hit the armory, garage, any research areas, and get out.#
Umbrafer (8:46:50 PM): I'm going to look up the route to the security control areas as marked on the map.
Umbrafer (8:47:02 PM): Closest one first.
MilesMk1 (8:47:17 PM): (I sort of assumed we had a plan, formulated while I was out of the loop. :))
MilesMk1 (8:47:56 PM): (On the other hand, all plans go to hell at some point, so why bother. :P)
Umbrafer (8:48:25 PM): (We have about eighteen fragments of plan.)
Umbrafer (8:48:34 PM): (I guess it's time to try to put them together :) )
CirclMastr (8:49:01 PM): (But, as Reid would argue, they must be properly connected to form a conscious plan)
Umbrafer (8:49:10 PM): (Nah, I've got a plan.)
CirclMastr (8:49:14 PM): (No wait, that's streams of consciousness and people...)
Thematrian1 (8:49:32 PM): Todd: roll intelligence
CirclMastr (8:49:50 PM): CirclMastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 4
CirclMastr (8:49:57 PM): (Well fuck. I'm dead now aren't I?)
CirclMastr (8:50:17 PM): (4, or 3 if wound mod applies)
Thematrian1 (8:50:40 PM): Heh. Your prisoner is speaking a little more slowly now, but he's still incoherent.
CirclMastr (8:51:14 PM): "Okay buddy, come on, one more deep breath. Breathe in... and out slowly. Come on, you can do it for me."
Thematrian1 (8:51:33 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 1 2
Umbrafer (8:52:03 PM): (You aren't the only one with wound mods.)
Thematrian1 (8:52:49 PM): Something gets through. He stops yelling, stops fighting, looks you in the eye, and emits something liquid-sounding in a language you don't know. INT to recognize it.
CirclMastr (8:53:13 PM): CirclMastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 3
Umbrafer (8:53:20 PM): Did we just save an insect shaman?
CirclMastr (8:53:29 PM): We may have.
CirclMastr (8:53:34 PM): That would make me sad.
Thematrian1 (8:53:49 PM): Todd: you feel like you recognize it. Heard it on the trid, you think. But when?
Umbrafer (8:53:50 PM): He can be unsaved.
CirclMastr (8:54:08 PM): #Can anyone recognize what the fuck he just said?#
CirclMastr (8:54:23 PM): "Uh, didn't quite catch that, give it to me one more time?"
MilesMk1 (8:54:38 PM): *tries to listen over the radio*
Thematrian1 (8:55:21 PM): He says something else. INT again.
MilesMk1 (8:55:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 2 4 3 5
MilesMk1 (8:55:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (8:55:50 PM): 9,5,4,4
CirclMastr (8:55:54 PM): CirclMastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 4 3
Dragcrell (8:55:56 PM): *twiches ears and sniffs around tip of her tail twiching*
CirclMastr (8:56:01 PM): ...I can't roll above a 4
Thematrian1 (8:56:02 PM): meanwhile, what's the rest of the part up to?
Thematrian1 (8:56:20 PM): Todd: in your peripheral vision, you see Alice clambering out of the van, Duncan behind her.
MilesMk1 (8:56:40 PM): (Oh... Damn, I thought Todd was broadcasting what the guy was saying? Guess not.)
CirclMastr (8:56:44 PM): *turns to her* "Alice, get back in the van."
CirclMastr (8:56:50 PM): (I was hoping to)
Thematrian1 (8:56:59 PM): (Todd: radio or transceiver/ducer?)
CirclMastr (8:57:19 PM): (I just have a transceiver)
MilesMk1 (8:58:17 PM): (Isn't a transceiver the SR way of saying "radio"?)
Umbrafer (8:58:25 PM): (Yes)
Thematrian1 (8:58:35 PM): (Oh. Well then)
MilesMk1 (8:58:42 PM): (I knew I wasn't going crazy. Much.)
Thematrian1 (8:58:46 PM): Todd: it's all Greek to you, only it doesn't sound like Greek.
CirclMastr (8:59:02 PM): Does Alice return to the van?
Thematrian1 (8:59:12 PM): Blake: you catch one word, highly distorted from its familiar pronunciation but still recognizable: Sperethiel.
Thematrian1 (8:59:25 PM): Todd: she wavers. She stops moving toward you, at any rate.
CirclMastr (8:59:45 PM): *tries to smile gently* "It's alright Alice, just go back to the van."
Thematrian1 (9:00:04 PM): Alice: "What's he saying?"
MilesMk1 (9:00:14 PM): #Sounds like that made-up elf language to me. Not quite like how I remember it from the trid, though...#
Thematrian1 (9:00:30 PM): Your prisoner is definitely not an elf, for the record.
CirclMastr (9:01:10 PM): *back to the mage guy* "Do you speak English?"
Thematrian1 (9:03:52 PM): Mr. Mage: ::lots of words that aren't in English::
Thematrian1 (9:03:57 PM): He looks less panicked now, at least.
Dragcrell (9:04:16 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 3 1 6 1
Dragcrell (9:04:24 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
CirclMastr (9:04:36 PM): "I'll take that as a no..."
Dragcrell (9:05:26 PM): *wispers to blake* "we are being watch by a spirit."
MilesMk1 (9:06:41 PM): *nods* #SC's saying we're being watched by a spirit. I don't think it's good for us to sit here. Let's get this show moving.#
CirclMastr (9:07:10 PM): *looks over at Alice again*
Umbrafer (9:07:39 PM): *Continues to read off directions to the nearest security station*
Dragcrell (9:08:23 PM): *follows blake keeping a eye out for problems*
Thematrian1 (9:08:26 PM): There's a minor monitoring station on this floor. The nearest rigger control box is 12 stories up or 3 down, depending on how you look at it.
MilesMk1 (9:08:41 PM): *fixes a bayonet, motions for SC to follow, then sets off following the directions, driving his shield drone ahead of him.*
CirclMastr (9:09:12 PM): (What I wouldn't give to have my mech rigger in this game right now...)
MilesMk1 (9:09:23 PM): (It always seems to work out that way.)
MilesMk1 (9:09:54 PM): I suppose I'll head for the small monitoring station, perhaps it'll yield some useful info. Unless we feel we should head for one of the major ones.
Thematrian1 (9:10:46 PM): It's easy to find, right behind the massive reception desk. The desk seats eight in a shallow semicircle in front of a wall with fake wood paneling and three doors.
Umbrafer (9:11:01 PM): Minor one first.
MilesMk1 (9:11:18 PM): Is it active? Anything on the monitors? (assuming there even are monitors, and not just a jack)
CirclMastr (9:11:45 PM): (Status of Alice?)
Thematrian1 (9:12:05 PM): (Still watching the show. Duncan too)
Thematrian1 (9:12:42 PM): Through the door, you find a small room. It's redolent of fast food; there are wrappers all over the floor.
CirclMastr (9:13:11 PM): *to Alice* "Any chance you speak Sperethiel?"
Thematrian1 (9:13:14 PM): Half a dozen blank monitors adorn the walls; on the far side you see two recessed wall slots where, unless you miss your guess, the local computing resources lived.
MilesMk1 (9:14:01 PM): I assume the monitors are worthless without the computers?
Thematrian1 (9:14:16 PM): Her eyes get wide, and she shakes her head. Duncan speaks one more in the same slippery tongue, then says it a few more times for emphasis. Alice hears him, and looks...strangely enlightened. She giggles, and he blushes.
Dragcrell (9:14:38 PM): *rumiges around smiffing seeing what can be had*
Thematrian1 (9:14:39 PM): Blake: if this were peacetime, you could probably sell them for a few thousand nuyen each, for all that they're heavy and hard to transport.
CirclMastr (9:14:40 PM): "...So, is that a yes?"
MilesMk1 (9:14:55 PM): I'll do a quick scan, just in case something improbably convenient, like a left-behind ring of keys or a keycard is there among the wrappers, then head out.
MilesMk1 (9:15:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 5 5 5
MilesMk1 (9:15:15 PM): #This one's dead... Up or down?#
Thematrian1 (9:15:25 PM): Duncan looks uncomfortable. "I just know that one word. It means 'friend'" Alice giggles some more, interestingly.
Umbrafer (9:15:42 PM): Do I have any indication as to the function of each?
Umbrafer (9:15:54 PM): Or is it just "security area"?
CirclMastr (9:16:06 PM): "....Uh.... so can either of you speak with this guy or not?"
Thematrian1 (9:16:07 PM): Both are meant to control the semi-automated defenses for their surrounding floors.
Thematrian1 (9:16:26 PM): Mr. Mage lets out another spurt of Sperethiel. Duncan shakes his head.
MilesMk1 (9:16:37 PM): #If it were me, and there were bugs around, I'd probably head... Well, after meeting those beetles, I'd head up, probably, but I'd guess most people's instinct would be to go below with mosquitoes flitting about outside.#
Thematrian1 (9:16:40 PM): Blake: you find no keys
CirclMastr (9:17:15 PM): #Anyone speak Sperethiel? Please someone say yes.#
MilesMk1 (9:17:19 PM): #Are there any areas upstairs we care about? R&D, armories?#
Umbrafer (9:17:28 PM): Mm. Which way has a less defense-filled path, as far as I can tell?
MilesMk1 (9:17:34 PM): #Not unless it's a lot like German.#
Umbrafer (9:17:34 PM): Actually, scrap that.
Umbrafer (9:17:39 PM): #Down.#
CirclMastr (9:17:59 PM): #Alex? Shadowcat?#
Umbrafer (9:18:09 PM): We care about up,. but if we take down we ought to be able to do up at our leisure.
CirclMastr (9:18:16 PM): #Anyone on this channel whose name I don't remember?#
Umbrafer (9:18:20 PM): #I thought the Elves killed anyone who tried to learn it.#
MilesMk1 (9:18:42 PM): #Right. Down it is.#
MilesMk1 (9:18:55 PM): *heads down, following Alex' directions*
Dragcrell (9:19:11 PM): #no sorrrrrry#. *follows Blake down*
CirclMastr (9:19:13 PM): #Alright then, what the fuck am I supposed to do with this guy?#
Thematrian1 (9:19:35 PM): Ok. The elevators seem to be in working order, while the door to the stairs is very thoroughly locked.
MilesMk1 (9:19:59 PM): #Pat him on the shoulder, if it's not burned, get him to sit down, and give him some water and painkillers.#
MilesMk1 (9:20:43 PM): #And unless his ability to blast him with evil magic actually requires free hands, which I don't think it does, maybe uncuff him.#
Dragcrell (9:20:49 PM): #its still with us may be a mage in the building yet#
MilesMk1 (9:21:19 PM): #Elevators... Hah. Let me take a look.#
Umbrafer (9:21:35 PM): #You could kill him for the Elves.#
CirclMastr (9:21:42 PM): *uncuffs the guy, carefully*
MilesMk1 (9:22:08 PM): Can I try to use my electronics knowledge to take control of the elevator and sever it from the security system, so I can't be trapped in it?
Thematrian1 (9:22:13 PM): Mr. Mage massages his wrists, looking drained.
MilesMk1 (9:22:34 PM): If that'd require me to step inside, I'll have SC hold the doors, and be ready to jump out.
Thematrian1 (9:22:49 PM): Blake: roll Electronics or Security Systems
MilesMk1 (9:23:05 PM): Electronics it is.
MilesMk1 (9:23:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 3 5 5 3
MilesMk1 (9:23:12 PM): Grr...
MilesMk1 (9:23:25 PM): (Now, if I just had Glitch...)
CirclMastr (9:23:27 PM): "Okay, so... sit down?" *points to the ground*
Thematrian1 (9:24:35 PM): Blake: you're 99.9% certain that cutting it off from the security system will also disable it. These things generally get their movement controls remotely, to prevent exactly the tactic you're thinking of.
Thematrian1 (9:24:44 PM): at least, in the more paranoid setups.
Thematrian1 (9:25:06 PM): Todd: your (ex?) prisoner sits, leaning his back against a street sign. It doesn't look too comfortable.
MilesMk1 (9:25:42 PM): Mhmm. Can I set it up so that I'll be ready to pull the plug on it, if it's taking me somewhere I don't want to go?
CirclMastr (9:26:07 PM): "So, uh...." #I could use a fucking clue here. I'm not good at language-less communication.#
Thematrian1 (9:26:40 PM): You'd guess so. Much depends on where the control cables run. Electronics B/R to get the panels off.
MilesMk1 (9:26:46 PM): #The guy was just badly hurt. Trust me, water and painkillers are always welcome.#
MilesMk1 (9:26:53 PM): here goes
MilesMk1 (9:26:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 2 6 3 3
MilesMk1 (9:26:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CirclMastr (9:27:04 PM): #I don't have water and painkillers. Suggest something else.#
MilesMk1 (9:27:33 PM): #There's water in the van, and painkillers in that big box labeled "first aid kit" that I got the ones I gave you.#
Umbrafer (9:27:42 PM): #You could try scratching pictures in the dirt#
MilesMk1 (9:27:45 PM): gave you from
Dragcrell (9:28:07 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 4 5 2 4
CirclMastr (9:28:30 PM): #Getting those would require turning my back on him and letting him run off.#
MilesMk1 (9:29:29 PM): #Ask the kids? Hey, I have an idea, you come here and get shot at, and I'll watch the guy who can barely walk. Come on, man...#
CirclMastr (9:30:11 PM): #Har har.#
Thematrian1 (9:30:18 PM): Blake: you take three panels off before you find the one you're looking for. You're almost sure that detaching that cable will lock the elevator in place.
MilesMk1 (9:30:40 PM): Mhmm... Well, I can't take drones down the stairs...
Umbrafer (9:31:19 PM): You'd be surprised. It's getting them back up that's the challenge.
Umbrafer (9:31:33 PM): Of course, if we think we'll have the elevators on the way up… it's your call.
CirclMastr (9:31:52 PM): "Duncan, can you get some water and the first aid kit from the van and bring it here?"
MilesMk1 (9:32:18 PM): Ok, here's my cunning plan: Punch in the 3rd floor below, then manually stop 2 floors down, and get out, throwing off any security response, and head for a stairwell. I communicate it to the others, to see what they think.
Thematrian1 (9:32:52 PM): Todd: Duncan nods, and steps back into the van.
MilesMk1 (9:33:18 PM): Make sure I have the muscle-bound tigress ready to open the doors manually, if need be.
Thematrian1 (9:33:28 PM): check
Dragcrell (9:33:38 PM): "should be fun"
MilesMk1 (9:34:23 PM): #Does that sound workable, Alex?#
Umbrafer (9:34:35 PM): #Worth a shot.#
MilesMk1 (9:34:47 PM): *does it*
MilesMk1 (9:35:16 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (9:35:23 PM): So you're headed to the second basement level, and are pressing the buttons for the third basement level?
MilesMk1 (9:35:32 PM): *after* disabling / breaking the security camera.
Thematrian1 (9:35:42 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 4 4 2 3 3
MilesMk1 (9:35:44 PM): Can't believe I forgot that part.
Thematrian1 (9:35:50 PM): funny thing...you don't see a security camera
MilesMk1 (9:36:07 PM): Mhmm. Well, leave it be. I don't have the time.
MilesMk1 (9:36:12 PM): Yeah, that's the plan.
MilesMk1 (9:36:30 PM): And I'm ready to stop this sucker manually.
Thematrian1 (9:37:05 PM): very good. You're on the elevator and headed downward. On the panel above the doorway, the little B1 lights up. Then the little B2.
MilesMk1 (9:37:44 PM): Trying to time the manual stop as well as I can.
Thematrian1 (9:38:00 PM): yep. Ok, the cable is cut. The elevator is still.
MilesMk1 (9:38:26 PM): Help SC with the door.
Thematrian1 (9:38:37 PM): Both of you, roll Strength
MilesMk1 (9:38:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 3 5 4 3 5
MilesMk1 (9:38:46 PM): Gah.
Dragcrell (9:38:53 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 4 1 5
Dragcrell (9:38:59 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:39:31 PM): (my assumptions about how easy it is to open an elevator door, based on real life expereience, are no doubt about to bite me in the ass)
Thematrian1 (9:39:34 PM): Both of you tug powerfully. It's like pulling on a mountain.
Thematrian1 (9:39:56 PM): (Were you in a building designed to be secured against paramilitary attack? No?)
Thematrian1 (9:40:18 PM): Duncan emerges from the van. He's got the first aid kit and a bottle of water.
CirclMastr (9:40:56 PM): *takes them both* "Can you two wait in the van, please?"
MilesMk1 (9:41:40 PM): I check to see if there's a way to do an "emergency open" electronically despite the elevator being disabled. (don't these people care about fire safety?)
Thematrian1 (9:42:40 PM): There's an "emergency" button.
Thematrian1 (9:42:47 PM): and an intercom, or something that looks like one
MilesMk1 (9:43:01 PM): Hehe... So that's a no?
Thematrian1 (9:43:15 PM): That's a no.
MilesMk1 (9:43:25 PM): Can I reconnect the damn cable and resume my descent? (man, these guys are going to die laughing)
MilesMk1 (9:43:53 PM): Because I really don't want to break out the burning bar for this.
Umbrafer (9:43:59 PM): Not to speak for our GM, but you can probably reconnect the cable. Whether or not the descent will resume…
Thematrian1 (9:44:26 PM): Lesse. You've got your electronics kit, so...sure. Try it.
Thematrian1 (9:44:43 PM): TN 6
MilesMk1 (9:44:45 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (9:44:52 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
CirclMastr (9:44:55 PM): *gives Mr. Mage some water and painkillers, hoping the kids go back inside the van*
Thematrian1 (9:45:25 PM): Alice is hanging around by the passenger side door. That's apparently as much as she's willing to risk disobeying you.
Thematrian1 (9:45:36 PM): Blake: the elevator shudders to life, and continues its descent.
Thematrian1 (9:45:46 PM): With a ding, it stops on B3
MilesMk1 (9:46:01 PM): Does the door open?
MilesMk1 (9:46:13 PM): I position the shield drone in front of it just in case.
Umbrafer (9:46:27 PM): Heh, not too far in front of it! My poor shielddrone isn't invincible.
MilesMk1 (9:46:49 PM): (Just inside the elevator. I don't send it out.)
CirclMastr (9:46:53 PM): And whose fault is that?
Dragcrell (9:47:02 PM): *readys her longs and moves to a area thats not easly seen from out side the doors
Umbrafer (9:47:39 PM): I edge the shielddrone into the cover of the elevator sides, though not so far as to deny any of the meatlings cover.
Thematrian1 (9:48:00 PM): The door opens. The change in decor is astonishing: this area is built like a bomb shelter, or a military base, with caged red lights illuminating a corridoor done up in Institutional Grey.
MilesMk1 (9:48:20 PM): ...interesting.
MilesMk1 (9:48:42 PM): Let me guess, it has PAC turrets to go with the look?
CirclMastr (9:48:51 PM): Does Mr. Mage respond to the offering of drugs?
Umbrafer (9:48:54 PM): SD: *Peeks around corner nervously*
Thematrian1 (9:49:12 PM): He gulps them right down, though he doesn't look much better for having taken them.
CirclMastr (9:49:13 PM): (brb, dinner)
MilesMk1 (9:49:39 PM): (Well, I'm sure he's in less pain, but strangely, not at any less of a wound penalty. :))
Thematrian1 (9:51:51 PM): Shadow Cat: you've got the hallway in two directions. If you're facing north coming out of the elevator, both hallways turn toward the south, with two doors at the corner
Dragcrell (9:52:32 PM): (mmm fun)
MilesMk1 (9:53:06 PM): I'll take a peek, and check for any sings of pop-up turrets.
Dragcrell (9:53:06 PM): (but I think you mean the Shild Drone as thats the one peeking out)
Umbrafer (9:53:21 PM): SD: *Makes meeping noises*
Thematrian1 (9:53:43 PM): (SC, SD, whatever)
Umbrafer (9:53:44 PM): (SC, SD, SF… we're racking up a considerable number of Ss)
Thematrian1 (9:53:50 PM): The shield drone goes "meep"
Thematrian1 (9:54:14 PM): the mage goes "teluthelarlien", more or less
Dragcrell (9:54:18 PM): (yes we are at that)
MilesMk1 (9:54:58 PM): Perception, if appropriate:
MilesMk1 (9:55:01 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 5 1 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:55:05 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:55:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (9:55:14 PM): 13,5,4,4
Thematrian1 (9:55:26 PM): Blake: the lights are humming slightly
Umbrafer (9:55:35 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 3 4 4 3 3 1 6
Umbrafer (9:55:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:55:41 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:56:15 PM): (6, 2, 2, with 5 on active. Presumably nothing more with the lower roll.)
MilesMk1 (9:56:33 PM): Do I have reason to see that as a sign that they mean me harm, or is it the only thing I'm aware of, in the ominous still and quiet? ;)
Umbrafer (9:56:46 PM): *Checks the directions*
Thematrian1 (9:56:52 PM): It's the only thing you're aware of, in the ominous still and quiet. Other than the meeping.
MilesMk1 (9:56:56 PM): #Where to?#
Thematrian1 (9:58:02 PM): The security chamber is is around the corner and then around again, on the far wall. Due south, more or less.
Dragcrell (9:58:06 PM): *crawls up the side of the elelvator and looks out along the ceiling sniffing the air and looksing around her ears twiching every so often*
MilesMk1 (9:58:24 PM): *heads for the security room*
Thematrian1 (9:58:52 PM): SC: climbing the walls puts you up close and personal with the glowing red lights. Interesting fact: they illuminate in the infrared as well as visible spectrums.
Umbrafer (9:59:13 PM): Left or right?
Umbrafer (9:59:19 PM): Or either way?
Umbrafer (9:59:32 PM): This worries.
Thematrian1 (10:00:02 PM): either way
Thematrian1 (10:00:16 PM): The floor is arranged in a big square of corridoor which feeds rooms on either side.
MilesMk1 (10:00:25 PM): I'
MilesMk1 (10:00:32 PM): I'll go left.
Umbrafer (10:00:42 PM): Just what I was thinking.
MilesMk1 (10:00:42 PM): You always turn left in a dungeon. ;)
Umbrafer (10:01:04 PM): Leading with the shielddrone. I assume we didn't bring the Strato due to tight quarters?
Thematrian1 (10:01:39 PM): It wouldn't have fit, not with its rotors rotoring
Umbrafer (10:02:11 PM): It's guarding the first floor elevator, then, with orders to yell at me if it picks up anything within 30 meters or LOS.
Dragcrell (10:02:11 PM): *moves along the ceiling sniffing and keeping a eye and ear out for trouble*
Thematrian1 (10:03:24 PM): SC, Blake, Alex: hearing, please
Dragcrell (10:03:43 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 5 1 5 6
Dragcrell (10:04:00 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (10:05:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 6 5 1
MilesMk1 (10:05:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 1
Dragcrell (10:05:28 PM): ( -_- show off)
Umbrafer (10:06:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 6 2 4 3 1
Umbrafer (10:06:05 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (10:06:08 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (10:06:17 PM): 14, 2, crap
Thematrian1 (10:07:21 PM): All three of you hear the start of a mechanical whining noise behind the door you're facing as you turn left. Blake and Alex recognize it as the sound of a Vindicator minigun spinning up, muffled by the heavy ceramic door.
CirclMastr (10:07:40 PM): (Back(
MilesMk1 (10:07:44 PM): #Minigun!#
MilesMk1 (10:08:12 PM): Does the door, by any chance, open?
CirclMastr (10:08:38 PM): (What's the mage up to?)
Thematrian1 (10:08:39 PM): Todd: the mage drinks thirstily.
Umbrafer (10:08:58 PM): This is as soon as we enter the hallway?
Dragcrell (10:09:04 PM): "Thats not good to be hearrring." *moves out of the doors way and flatens her self agenst the ceiling*
CirclMastr (10:09:09 PM): "So.... what the hell are you doing here?"
Umbrafer (10:09:53 PM): Let's see…
Umbrafer (10:10:00 PM): The other side of the hallway still has a door.
Umbrafer (10:10:18 PM): That means either this thing hasn't fired without the door being replaced, or it isn't using AV rounds.
Thematrian1 (10:10:36 PM): This is as soon as you get within ~5 meters of the door
Umbrafer (10:10:53 PM): Ah, I see. Five meters ahead, how far behind?
Thematrian1 (10:11:02 PM): ?
MilesMk1 (10:11:09 PM): Is the door direcly in front of us, or is it in the wall that's to our side?
Umbrafer (10:11:12 PM): How far back to the elevator.
Umbrafer (10:11:33 PM): (And forward to the corner, I guess--3.5-4 meters?)
Thematrian1 (10:11:42 PM): about twenty meters. It's directly in front of you.
Thematrian1 (10:12:01 PM): Todd: Mr. Mage waves weakly in the general direction of the burning bus you found him in.
MilesMk1 (10:12:03 PM): So the corner is actually directly behind the door?
CirclMastr (10:12:31 PM): "Uh, yeah, we found you in a burning bus.."
CirclMastr (10:12:37 PM): "What were you doing there?"
Thematrian1 (10:13:12 PM): (About that, yeah)
Thematrian1 (10:13:22 PM): The door remains closed
Thematrian1 (10:13:28 PM): the noise is very faint, through it
Umbrafer (10:13:46 PM): #Move!# I'm dropping to captain's chair mode and ordering the drone forward.
MilesMk1 (10:14:00 PM): Ok, I move.
MilesMk1 (10:14:28 PM): (using the door and any corners for cover)
Thematrian1 (10:14:58 PM): Moving toward or away from the whining door?
MilesMk1 (10:15:21 PM): toward, since the drone is moving forward
Thematrian1 (10:15:41 PM): ok. You're at the corner.
Umbrafer (10:15:45 PM): Just to be clear, there isn't any major damage to the wall normal to the door, right?
Thematrian1 (10:15:48 PM): Mr. Mage doesn't answer you, Todd.
CirclMastr (10:16:02 PM): "Uh... Why are you here? What reason?"
Thematrian1 (10:16:06 PM): The door points straight down the hallway to the other door at the other end, but no, there's no damage to it.
Thematrian1 (10:16:10 PM): He shrugs helplessly
Umbrafer (10:16:26 PM): Right, but the wall adjacent the door?
Thematrian1 (10:16:44 PM): Then, with a look of sudden, demented inspiration, he plunges his hand into his jacket pocket. Much to his alarm, he comes up empty.
CirclMastr (10:16:46 PM): *draws "Y R U here?" in the dirt*
Thematrian1 (10:16:48 PM): He looks at you accusingly.
CirclMastr (10:16:58 PM): "What? What is it?"
CirclMastr (10:17:07 PM): #Did this guy have something on him when we got him?#
MilesMk1 (10:17:31 PM): #I don't know, ask SC, she tends to scavenge.#
Umbrafer (10:17:46 PM): #Weren't the kids with him? They could have found something.#
MilesMk1 (10:17:49 PM): Does the door have any visible means of opening it?
Thematrian1 (10:18:07 PM): There's a cardreader in the wall beside it, attached to a maglock.
CirclMastr (10:18:08 PM): *looks at Alice* "Did he have someone in his pockets before?"
Dragcrell (10:18:17 PM): #just a bag with some grrrray powder why?#
CirclMastr (10:18:27 PM): #He wants it back, what did you do with it?#
MilesMk1 (10:19:36 PM): (back in 5 minutes)
Dragcrell (10:20:01 PM): #I have it and the keycards he had as well.#
CirclMastr (10:20:29 PM): #Wonderful.#
Thematrian1 (10:22:11 PM): Everyone in the Tower is safely past the doorway now.
Dragcrell (10:22:13 PM): #why is that bad?#
Umbrafer (10:22:37 PM): Going to take a good look to make sure no autocannons are waiting in the new hallway.
CirclMastr (10:22:41 PM): #He thinks I took it.#
CirclMastr (10:22:52 PM): *mimes empty pockets to the guy* "Whatever it is, I don't have it."
Thematrian1 (10:23:01 PM): Looking down the hallway, you can see an open door into a small kitchen. A bag of bagels lies on on the floor, half-empty and spilling its contents onto the rug.
CirclMastr (10:24:11 PM): "What are you doing here?"
Dragcrell (10:24:26 PM): *sniffs at the bag and the bagles and looks around to see if there is any one close by yet*
Thematrian1 (10:25:08 PM): The bag is room-temperature, and smells only of bagels. The kitchen is small, with a sink and refridgeration unit.
Thematrian1 (10:25:23 PM): Five chairs are gathered loosely around the two round tables; a sixth lies overturned in a corner.
Dragcrell (10:26:16 PM): the bagels still freash or old and crusty?
Thematrian1 (10:27:33 PM): still fresh, but that proves nothing; a high-class baked good like this could sit outside all winter without losing its dubious freshness
MilesMk1 (10:28:00 PM): (You don't get many real bagels up in Montana, eh? ;))
MilesMk1 (10:28:09 PM): Wait, so I'm completely confused.
MilesMk1 (10:28:15 PM): We managed to round the corner?
Thematrian1 (10:28:18 PM): yes
Thematrian1 (10:28:23 PM): nothing whatsoever happened
MilesMk1 (10:28:29 PM): ... so the door was, in fact, open.
Umbrafer (10:28:33 PM): No mold? Are we still hearing the sound?
Thematrian1 (10:28:38 PM): no, the door was closed
Dragcrell (10:28:41 PM): (>_> ya just never eat the suckers as to me they would kill my gut and likely send me to the ER X_x)
Umbrafer (10:28:44 PM): Nope, door still closed. I think you're misunderstanding the layout.
Thematrian1 (10:28:49 PM): Imagine a big square
Thematrian1 (10:28:53 PM): that's the way the hallway runs
Thematrian1 (10:28:59 PM): at each corner, imagine two doors
Thematrian1 (10:29:19 PM): So, since you're at the NW corner (or just past it), there are doors N and W of you, and the hallway runs S
Thematrian1 (10:29:26 PM): arbitrarily aligning the elevators to be due north
Umbrafer (10:29:39 PM): Wait, two doors at each corner? I thought it was just one at the two corners we'd seen. Hm. Well, I guess we aren't safe yet.
MilesMk1 (10:29:46 PM): And the hallway we came from going E?
Thematrian1 (10:30:05 PM): Correct.
MilesMk1 (10:30:27 PM): Hmm. Ok, let'
Thematrian1 (10:30:40 PM): Jon: Yeah, each hallway has two doors, one at each end. This isn't the best way to run an ambush, since two ambushing teams would have to risk shooting each other to engage you, and you could duck into the kitchen.
MilesMk1 (10:30:41 PM): s head for where we thing the security room is, I suppose.
MilesMk1 (10:30:49 PM): Or... No, wait.
MilesMk1 (10:31:00 PM): #Should I try to take control of the doors?#
Umbrafer (10:31:11 PM): #Take control?#
MilesMk1 (10:31:25 PM): #Well, of the maglocks / card readers.#
Dragcrell (10:31:42 PM): "would thes be of help?" *takes ot the keycards the one guy had on him*
MilesMk1 (10:31:48 PM): #We don't want them opening behind us, catching us in the middle of a hallway, with no cover.#
MilesMk1 (10:31:56 PM): "I don't know."
MilesMk1 (10:32:12 PM): *examines the keycards and the readers on the doors*
Thematrian1 (10:33:10 PM): It's the right size, but then it couldn't not be
Umbrafer (10:33:16 PM): #If you think you can do it, go for it, but we're more likely to get ourselves killed messing around with everything than not.#
MilesMk1 (10:33:33 PM): #It'd probably take too long.#
Umbrafer (10:33:47 PM): Sure it could be. They've got those half-width cards that you can't swipe in a full-width slot without losing your grip on them :)
MilesMk1 (10:34:07 PM): "I don't know... And with the minigun behind the door, this isn't the right time to try it."
MilesMk1 (10:34:17 PM): #Let's head for the security post.#
Thematrian1 (10:35:16 PM): Jon: by 2057, those have been universally recognized as a bad idea and phased out
Thematrian1 (10:35:31 PM): By the map, it's down the hallway, to your left, and to your right.
Thematrian1 (10:35:48 PM): The illumination around the corner suggests that the lights in this next hallway are all otu
Umbrafer (10:36:03 PM): But we're still in 2055 :)
Thematrian1 (10:36:13 PM): I guess it sucks to be you, then.
MilesMk1 (10:36:23 PM): Ok, let's go.
Thematrian1 (10:37:04 PM): You proceed down the hallway, past the kitchen and around the corner. Sure enough, all the lights in this hallway are broken, though there's enough spillover from the connecting hallway that you can see fairly well.
Thematrian1 (10:37:13 PM): Actually, all of you have Mad Vision Mods, so I guess you're fine.
Thematrian1 (10:37:20 PM): Todd: what are you up to now?
CirclMastr (10:37:47 PM): I'm still trying to get a meaningful answer to "What are you doing here?"
Umbrafer (10:38:30 PM): The drone's vison mods are only a little annoyed.
Thematrian1 (10:39:15 PM): After a few seconds, Mr. Mage gives up being mad at you and lies down on the sidewalk.
Thematrian1 (10:39:45 PM): Meanwhile, the strike team progresses. Vision rolls, please
Umbrafer (10:39:53 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 5 2 5 3 2 3 6 3
Dragcrell (10:39:54 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 2 2 3 4
MilesMk1 (10:39:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 4 4 6 6
Umbrafer (10:39:56 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (10:40:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Dragcrell (10:40:03 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:40:20 PM): 9,7,5,4,4,4
Umbrafer (10:40:49 PM): Is the light Partial or Minimal?
Thematrian1 (10:41:10 PM): Partial
Umbrafer (10:41:22 PM): 8, 2, 2, crap
Thematrian1 (10:41:49 PM): Meanwhile, the strike team progresses. The doorway should be on your right, in the center of the hallway, but...no, there it is. A very faint seam in the wall, with no obvious handles or buttons.
Umbrafer (10:42:04 PM): #Aw shit.#
MilesMk1 (10:43:02 PM): Can I try to see if there is any way to open it, if I get close? Microscopic vision, and all that.
Thematrian1 (10:44:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 1 6 4 1
Thematrian1 (10:44:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 5
MilesMk1 (10:45:24 PM): (No vision penalties in partial light)
Thematrian1 (10:46:19 PM): Blake: You've heard of something like this once before: a security post, meant to be monitored 24/7, whose door couldn't be opened or closed from the outside. Terribly impractical in most cases; after all, what do you do when one o
Thematrian1 (10:46:22 PM): f your shifts calls in sick?
Thematrian1 (10:47:19 PM): The door yields up no new secrets at the microscopic level
Dragcrell (10:47:22 PM): (your fucked lol)
Umbrafer (10:47:26 PM): What's our thermite stockpile?
Umbrafer (10:47:32 PM): I hesitate to use that, because…
Umbrafer (10:47:33 PM): Well
Thematrian1 (10:47:37 PM): (that's "you're")
Umbrafer (10:48:05 PM): (Not necessarily. He could have a lol that is fucked. It's still a sentence fragment then, though)
Umbrafer (10:48:15 PM): If there's one thing that'll set defenses off, it'd be burning through the door.
MilesMk1 (10:48:22 PM): By my count, we have... 3 burning bars, 4 normal charges.
Umbrafer (10:48:29 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (10:48:39 PM): Put that under the "Plan M" header.
Thematrian1 (10:49:02 PM): (Plan M?)
Umbrafer (10:49:22 PM): (To be used after plans A-L)
Thematrian1 (10:49:40 PM): (Gotcha)
Thematrian1 (10:51:05 PM): Actions?
Thematrian1 (10:51:10 PM): Mr. Mage seems to have fallen asleep.
CirclMastr (10:51:50 PM): #Um... he fell asleep.#
Dragcrell (10:51:57 PM): *moves up to the door and see what happens when I push on it*
MilesMk1 (10:52:02 PM): Hmm... Well, I'm actually about to join him. (I'm exhausted all the time, lately)
Thematrian1 (10:52:19 PM): (Ugh. One more reason to start early, so we can all get some sleep)
Thematrian1 (10:52:20 PM): SC: nothing.
MilesMk1 (10:52:25 PM): #I guess that's good. Maybe we can get him back his gray dust before he wakes up.#
CirclMastr (10:52:54 PM): #What do I do with him?#
Umbrafer (10:52:57 PM): #He's probably out bringing people to kill us all.)
Umbrafer (10:52:59 PM): *#
MilesMk1 (10:53:51 PM): So, assuming for a second that all the doors we've seen have miniguns behind them - are we in LOS to any at the moment? (or did we enter some kind of secondary corridor branching from the square.)
Dragcrell (10:53:52 PM): how large is the space on the door?
Umbrafer (10:54:07 PM): #Bring him back to the van, but keep him in the back.#
Umbrafer (10:54:12 PM): I sense wishful thinking.
Thematrian1 (10:54:31 PM): if each door has a minigun behind it, you are within LOS of two miniguns
MilesMk1 (10:54:42 PM): You mean, me hoping they only have miniguns behind those doors?
Thematrian1 (10:54:47 PM): (It's like a really gruesome word problem for first graders)
CirclMastr (10:55:38 PM): *carries him to the van and puts him in the back*
Thematrian1 (10:55:57 PM): ("Consider the parallelogram ABCD. If minigun sight lines exist along the rays AB, AC, AD, BA, BC, BD, CA, CB, CD, DA, DB, and DC, how many miniguns can fire on the center of the ray AB?")
CirclMastr (10:55:57 PM): (Him being Mr. Mage)
CirclMastr (10:56:12 PM): (Answer: Too many.)
MilesMk1 (10:56:15 PM): (Heh... You should post that.)
Thematrian1 (10:56:18 PM): (For extra credit, how many can fire on point A? Show your work.)
MilesMk1 (10:56:41 PM): *gets a thermal smoke grenade from the SD, just in case we turn out to need one*
Umbrafer (10:56:50 PM): (A minigun bullet leaves the East door travelling at 2700 FPS. .04 seconds later, a minigun bullet leaves the West door travelling at 2675 FPS due to an uncleaned barrel. Where do the bullets meet?)
Thematrian1 (10:56:53 PM): Todd: he stirs as you lift him, but doesn't resist.
CirclMastr (10:57:22 PM): *gets Alice and Duncan back in the van at this point as well*
Umbrafer (10:57:36 PM): I was thinking "you hoping we might be out of LOS of the doors" :)
MilesMk1 (10:58:09 PM): The thing that's paralyzing me about this is the fact I can not, in fact, either dodge or soak a vindicator blast, which makes me hesitant about engaging any.
Thematrian1 (10:58:18 PM): (A minigun's maximum rate of fire is sixty rounds per second. Assuming that the gun spins up at a rate of 30 rounds per second per second, how many rounds can a minigun fire from a cold start in a quarter of a second?)
Dragcrell (10:59:09 PM): (to meny to be healthy)
Umbrafer (10:59:16 PM): (We would make good first-grade teachers.)
Thematrian1 (10:59:51 PM): As you dither, you hear the potentially-minigunned door you just passed swish open.
MilesMk1 (11:00:02 PM): (Ok, I give up... I'm too tired to think, and I'm not sure we have the tools to deal with... Oh, shit.)
Umbrafer (11:00:02 PM): !!!
CirclMastr (11:00:15 PM): (A bullet leaves a machine barrel at 3,000 feet per second. Assuming the target is unarmored and the bullet doesn't strike any bone, how long will it take the bullet to completely penetrate the target's vital organs?)
Umbrafer (11:00:19 PM): !!!
Dragcrell (11:00:22 PM): *leaps up and hugs the ceiling*
Thematrian1 (11:00:33 PM): The whining is much louder now.
Thematrian1 (11:00:43 PM): A blond woman cautiously sticks about half her head around the corner and cautiously regards you through one silver eye.
Thematrian1 (11:00:48 PM): Cautiously.
MilesMk1 (11:01:18 PM): Silver, as in solid? Yay, we share a taste in cyberware!
Thematrian1 (11:01:28 PM): silver, solid, and cybernetic
Umbrafer (11:01:40 PM): I'd be more worried if it weren't.
MilesMk1 (11:02:02 PM): Mine are gunmetal metallic gray, but close enough.
Thematrian1 (11:02:16 PM): I'm sleepy enough that I'm coming up with more minigun word problems instead of tracking the tactical situation, so here is where we break. Final actions?
CirclMastr (11:02:32 PM): Make sure everyone who is supposed to be in the van is in the van.
Umbrafer (11:02:44 PM): Resume captain's-chair mode
Dragcrell (11:02:45 PM): *just keeps on hugging the ceiling and staring at the lady*
Umbrafer (11:02:47 PM): Wait
Umbrafer (11:02:49 PM): No
Umbrafer (11:02:58 PM): First priority, protect the meatlings.
Thematrian1 (11:03:00 PM): Alice re-enters the van when you do, her interest split between you and Mr. Mage
CirclMastr (11:03:16 PM): "Something on your mind?"
MilesMk1 (11:04:13 PM): *Gets ready to jump behind the shield drone and crouch down in complete cover if minigun becomes imminent, while, with an outwardly calm air, cocking an eyebrow at the silver-eyed lady*
Thematrian1 (11:04:19 PM): She looks you in the eye. "Why's he still alive?" Her voice breaks a little on the "alive".
CirclMastr (11:05:15 PM): "I don't know. We're guessing he's a mage. It seems like he cast too many spells, though, he's pretty out of it."
MilesMk1 (11:05:44 PM): (Heh... For a second, I thought that was the silver-eyed woman talking.)
CirclMastr (11:06:17 PM): (Little do you know that the silver-eyed woman IS Alice!)
CirclMastr (11:06:33 PM): (She came back in time to save her child self!)
CirclMastr (11:06:36 PM): (Or something.)
Umbrafer (11:06:58 PM): (So did I.)
Thematrian1 (11:07:08 PM): (Whoops, sorry. Time to turn in)
CirclMastr (11:07:13 PM): (You came back in time to save your child self?)
Umbrafer (11:07:14 PM): (Nah, she's aging backwards. Alice came back in time to save her silver-eyed self.)
Umbrafer (11:07:51 PM): (Just be glad we aren't going to be around for the horrible accident in which she gains her meat eye)
Thematrian1 (11:08:08 PM): (That's what you think)
Thematrian1 (11:08:15 PM): (I've said too much)
Umbrafer (11:08:20 PM): The shielddrone is going to wonder why it's protecting the meatlings.
MilesMk1 (11:08:53 PM): (Wait, so who said that? Alice, or the woman?)
CirclMastr (11:09:07 PM): (Alice)
Thematrian1 (11:09:30 PM): Alice said it. The silver lady hasn't said a thing.
MilesMk1 (11:10:01 PM): Ah. Well, I suppose we find out what, if anything, she says next week?
Thematrian1 (11:10:15 PM): yeah. You get to react to her then, too.
Umbrafer (11:10:17 PM): He's saving the TPK for next week.
CirclMastr (11:10:18 PM): She probably only speaks Sperethiel.
MilesMk1 (11:10:34 PM): If that's the case, goodnight, and I'll see you guys on Thursday or Tuesday... Latet.
CirclMastr (11:10:39 PM): Later
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Dragcrell (11:11:25 PM): later have fun
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Thematrian1 (11:12:03 PM): Be sure to remember to loot.
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