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Thematrian1 (8:33:18 PM): hm
Thematrian1 (8:33:28 PM): I started the chat on time, but we actually face a conundrum this time.
MilesMk1 (8:33:43 PM): What is it this time?
Thematrian1 (8:34:02 PM): historically, I've had no problem starting the game without CirclMastr, because his role was mostly "guard the rigger", which isn't something he need to be physically present to do.
Umbrafer (8:34:08 PM): Oh.
Umbrafer (8:34:11 PM): Oh my.
Thematrian1 (8:34:32 PM): right
Thematrian1 (8:34:45 PM): So we can continue the conversation/exposition from where we stopped last time
Dragcrell (8:34:53 PM): well acualy when we left off we as still moveing the stuff we found from the closit
Umbrafer (8:35:19 PM): Right now we're investigating The Stuff, and Todd appears to be carrying around The Dude
Thematrian1 (8:35:21 PM): but, in the unlikely event that there should be action, we need to stop and wait. Fair?
Umbrafer (8:35:25 PM): Running Dude is long gone, sadly.
Umbrafer (8:35:27 PM): I dig.
Dragcrell (8:35:41 PM): *nods* its fare
Thematrian1 (8:36:13 PM): when we left our illustrious looters, they'd just rescued a boy and his drone.
Thematrian1 (8:36:29 PM): more of a man than a boy, but still young, and clearly in terrible shape
Umbrafer (8:36:33 PM): I prefer to think of it as my drone, that he is currently taking care of.
Dragcrell (8:36:59 PM): (lol
Dragcrell (8:37:34 PM): (so I can see this as a order of take out then?)
Thematrian1 (8:37:46 PM): that's...up to the group.
Umbrafer (8:38:05 PM): (Nah, the kid kept his word. Besides, he might know where we can get more.)
Thematrian1 (8:38:11 PM): Your rescuee has gone silent, or maybe catatonic. It's hard to tell.
Umbrafer (8:38:19 PM): (Plus he might have organs we can use.)
Dragcrell (8:38:39 PM): (alllll right......and you can't blame me for that)
Dragcrell (8:39:11 PM): *contunes to move stuff from the strangers bolt hole*
Umbrafer (8:39:16 PM): (Just don't eat him without checking with us. If he betrays us, though, he's lunch.)
Dragcrell (8:39:36 PM): ( ^_^b that I can do)
MilesMk1 (8:41:15 PM): So, I missed the very end of last session - did the rigger go unsually silent (or is it simply that no one is talking?)
MilesMk1 (8:42:02 PM): Come to think of it... Is there anything I can do for him, using First Aid, or is he simply exhausted and on too many stims?
Thematrian1 (8:42:06 PM): At the end of the session, he revealed his stash of weapons and babbled a lot. He didn't sound too coherent., and has stuttered into silence.
Thematrian1 (8:42:14 PM): First Aid would tell you for sure what's wrong with him
Thematrian1 (8:42:28 PM): although the guess you've put forth has plenty of supporting evidence
Thematrian1 (8:42:42 PM): for instance: he said he was exhausted, and there are empty stim bottles everywhere
MilesMk1 (8:43:29 PM): Ok, First Aid it is...
MilesMk1 (8:43:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 6 5
MilesMk1 (8:43:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (8:43:49 PM): What's wrong with him, and is there anything I can do to help?
Thematrian1 (8:44:04 PM): you check him over; he does not resist in any way.
Umbrafer (8:44:24 PM): The Laser Axe Model 6: it's just a metal pole? No axe blade?
Thematrian1 (8:44:53 PM): a metal pole with a curve in it toward the top, like a drawn-out question mark
Dragcrell (8:45:06 PM): (ah ok)
Umbrafer (8:45:20 PM): Interesting.
Thematrian1 (8:45:26 PM): Blake: His #1 need right now is a month of consistent food and sleep. Failing that, sleep of any kind. Also, although he has no external injuries
Umbrafer (8:46:06 PM): We need another van. Too bad I didn't pick up a Lanceur before the place went to hell, though there's barely any non-Drone space in that anyway.
Thematrian1 (8:46:32 PM): his stomach feels way too tight and hot. Your best guess is internal bleeding, though it's hard to see how it happened as he has no broken ribs or similar explanatory injuries.
MilesMk1 (8:48:26 PM): Ulceration caused by the huge stim intake? Lots of stuff will irritate the stomach...
MilesMk1 (8:48:40 PM): Does the first aid kit have anything in it that'd help with that?
Thematrian1 (8:49:04 PM): Well, modern stims aren't supposed to do that. That's for the bad old days. Still, it's clear that your boy has shattered a few records here, so who knows?
Thematrian1 (8:49:36 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (8:50:05 PM): There's nothing in the kit that'd help with that, unfortunately.
Umbrafer (8:50:39 PM): (If he sprouts wings, you can also eat him.)
Thematrian1 (8:50:54 PM): (If he sprouts wings, have fun catching him)
Dragcrell (8:50:55 PM): (lol)
MilesMk1 (8:51:04 PM): Well, if there's anything I can do to help him with the tools at hand, I do it - if not, I just let Todd cart him around, and tell him to try not to put pressure on the guy's stomach as he does it.
Thematrian1 (8:51:42 PM): Not a lot you can do from here; you'll get another try once he's responsive, and able to tell you what hurts.
MilesMk1 (8:52:03 PM): Damn it, I was hoping he'd be our ticket to the more sensitive areas... Though he *did* mention code-keys, didn't he? That might be a big help... Were there any?
MilesMk1 (8:52:11 PM): Also, what-all did we find?
MilesMk1 (8:52:36 PM): I saw something about a drone/drones, and a laser axe?
Thematrian1 (8:52:39 PM): Not in the pile in the hollowed-out computer towers, there weren't.
Thematrian1 (8:52:57 PM): Jon, would you please post the log?
Umbrafer (8:53:06 PM): One moment
MilesMk1 (8:53:28 PM): Could have sworn he mentioned some... Will have to look.
Thematrian1 (8:53:32 PM): (All I have written up are the stats)
MilesMk1 (8:53:53 PM): Oh yeah - what skill governs the use of a laser axe? ;)
Thematrian1 (8:53:59 PM): actually, wait. While you were checking him over, you would have noticed that he has stuff in his pockets. And lots of it.
Thematrian1 (8:54:11 PM): Heh. Same that governs the Combat Axe.
MilesMk1 (8:54:18 PM): Polearms???
Thematrian1 (8:54:21 PM): that's the one
Thematrian1 (8:54:24 PM): god damn this game
Umbrafer (8:54:29 PM): Interesting.
Umbrafer (8:54:39 PM): Well, yet another sign that it isn't the Centurion or derivative.
Thematrian1 (8:54:44 PM): (I kid, I'm giggling like a fiend. I admit I didn't see this coming, though)
Dragcrell (8:55:30 PM): (edge weapon as its a one handed weapon)
Umbrafer (8:55:48 PM): (It isn't that one, though)
Umbrafer (8:55:56 PM): (That one has a blade, which we've determined this doesn't)
MilesMk1 (8:55:56 PM): Polearms/staffs for the combat axe!
MilesMk1 (8:55:58 PM): Yay!
Dragcrell (8:56:15 PM): (mmmmmm intresting)
Umbrafer (8:56:16 PM): And since it's laser-based, INW won't apply.
MilesMk1 (8:56:24 PM): Right.
Umbrafer (8:56:38 PM): http://www.sotsw.net/runs/SotSW%2012-05-2006.html
Thematrian1 (8:56:42 PM): thank you
MilesMk1 (8:56:50 PM): Well, I do only have a 4 in polearms, but that's why reach and combat pool were invented...
Umbrafer (8:56:52 PM): How long is this pole?
Thematrian1 (8:57:37 PM): quite. Set upright, it's about five feet tall, of which the last eighteen inches or so are curved
Dragcrell (8:57:38 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 6 2 5
Dragcrell (8:57:52 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 3 6
Thematrian1 (8:57:54 PM): straightened, it would probably be more like six
Dragcrell (8:57:58 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:00:03 PM): Interesting. What sort of angle are the emitters at relative to each other? Nearly 180°?
Thematrian1 (9:00:08 PM): concealability is about a -4
Umbrafer (9:00:14 PM): Heh
Umbrafer (9:00:33 PM): More or less concealable than a belt of 100 assault cannon rounds?
Thematrian1 (9:00:36 PM): about 160
Thematrian1 (9:00:44 PM): less. Those you can at least wad up
Umbrafer (9:01:05 PM): (Crazy broken things in the game: spears and polearms have concealability. 2, granted, but still.)
Thematrian1 (9:01:25 PM): (Heh. For Blake, they have a concealability of no.)
Umbrafer (9:02:00 PM): (Yeah. Maybe that's what we'll make the conceal if a troll tries to use a human-sized one, or a human a dwarf-sized one.)
Dragcrell (9:02:45 PM): (lol well the hilt would at lest be showing on the clamors even when a troll is useing one)
MilesMk1 (9:03:27 PM): If I'm going to be using a laser axe, I won't be anyplace concealing it would make any sense anyway... :)
MilesMk1 (9:04:09 PM): Ok, so there was a list of the weapons in the log, and apparently you are all a bunch of heretics.
Umbrafer (9:04:15 PM): Next up, what do we have in the large pistolage department?
Umbrafer (9:04:16 PM): Hehehe
Umbrafer (9:04:23 PM): At your service.
Dragcrell (9:04:51 PM): #he's afread of mosquitos and beetles and I think hes a little bit glade we got him out as well. Alot of tech crrrap in his head verrry low ess. and therrre is something weird about his stomach.#
Thematrian1 (9:04:59 PM): (The plural is a debasement, what?)
MilesMk1 (9:05:41 PM): So the list goes, Laser Axe, Fancy Bow, Collection of Pistols, Stubby Flamethrower, Misc Grenades, Mines.
MilesMk1 (9:06:29 PM): I'll mention to the guy - though I realize he probably won't answer - that I'll check his pockets for the codekeys.
Umbrafer (9:06:46 PM): How large is this collection of pistols, and how large are the pistols?
Thematrian1 (9:06:52 PM): Large pistols, large pistols. Two of these are recognizably derivative of the Ares Predator. The others...hm. Pistols background or a reasonable equivalent from everybody.
MilesMk1 (9:07:31 PM): ...pistols?
Dragcrell (9:07:38 PM): (*cough* riiight I'll just keep moveing stuff down)
Thematrian1 (9:07:39 PM): yeah, I'll accept that
Umbrafer (9:07:50 PM): You get background at -3, IIRC
Thematrian1 (9:08:04 PM): Each pistol is tagged with a piece of white, sticky plastic bearing an ID number or something. AP301a and AP301b for the predalikes, similar down the line
MilesMk1 (9:08:21 PM): I also have "Arms Dealers" as a knowledge skill, but I guess that's about knowing the people who sell the guns more so than guns themselves...
Umbrafer (9:08:23 PM): If the pistol is also a vehicle or drone, or if it has an autopilot, I might know something about it.
MilesMk1 (9:08:31 PM): Ok, at -3, then:
MilesMk1 (9:08:40 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 2 6
MilesMk1 (9:08:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (9:09:41 PM): ok then
MilesMk1 (9:09:54 PM): (I would so do Blake's knowledge skills differently if I knew then what I know now... I think I did ok for my first ever character, but some parts of it...)
Umbrafer (9:10:12 PM): (I've been playing for years, and have never done knowledge skills well.)
Thematrian1 (9:10:19 PM): we have nine pistols in all, here: the two preds, four other heavies, and three machine pistols.
Umbrafer (9:10:22 PM): (I mean, you have too now)
Umbrafer (9:10:26 PM): (But I had then, too)
Thematrian1 (9:11:47 PM): One of the heavies is marked "TSD Clone", which you identify as "Tiffani Self Defender". The TSD is a holdout pistol designed for elegant ladies, so its appearance here is a bit mysterious.
Thematrian1 (9:12:59 PM): Studying one of the machine pistols, you discover that it's set up for fully automatic fire. You don't see any gas vents or other ways to deal with the vicious recoil that that would cause, though.
MilesMk1 (9:13:09 PM): *to himself* "Planning to market to upper-crust Troll women?"
Dragcrell (9:13:28 PM): (lol)
Umbrafer (9:13:31 PM): Are there magazines in the weapons?
Thematrian1 (9:13:36 PM): no
Umbrafer (9:13:49 PM): Interesting, and unfortunate.
Umbrafer (9:14:09 PM): Any obvious accessories, integral or otherwise?
Thematrian1 (9:15:06 PM): one of the heavies is set up for burst fire, too. It seems to lack single shot capability; there's a selector switch, but it doesn't move
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CirclMastr (9:16:10 PM): (...My connection may be about to crap out here...)
Thematrian1 (9:16:26 PM): Alex: several have smartgun systems; these can be identified by the letters SG on their tag
Umbrafer (9:19:45 PM): What's the deal with the flamethrower, from casual inspection?
Thematrian1 (9:21:05 PM): Not much to say. The barrel's very stubby; you doubt it has much range. The fuel pack stored next to it (though disconnected) is awfully small.
Umbrafer (9:21:58 PM): Howsabout that bow, then? Who's going to be taking up archery?
Thematrian1 (9:22:28 PM): someone extremely strong, by the look of it
CirclMastr (9:23:20 PM): Wouldn't it be thematically appropriate for Shadowcat to take up archery?
Umbrafer (9:23:34 PM): Yes, probably.
Umbrafer (9:23:46 PM): Does it have a "TROLL USE ONLY" tag?
Umbrafer (9:24:33 PM): Also, what do the gadgets look like?
Thematrian1 (9:24:50 PM): it doesn't actually say that, no
Thematrian1 (9:25:27 PM): well, for starters, it has a little smartlink connector up top, and a guncam (bowcam) next to the place where you put the arrow.
Umbrafer (9:25:49 PM): Oh my.
Dragcrell (9:25:58 PM): ( ^_- mmmm thats intresting)
Thematrian1 (9:26:37 PM): no expense seems to have been spared on the bow or strings, either, though it's hard for you to judge
MilesMk1 (9:26:38 PM): How strong is SC, anyway?
MilesMk1 (9:27:03 PM): (Doesn't sound like I could use it, for both strength and height reasons)
Umbrafer (9:27:12 PM): The fact that it has a bowcam goes pretty far in Alex's unschooled-in-such-matters mind.
Umbrafer (9:28:22 PM): Though she'd probably know enough to ask: compound or recurve?
Thematrian1 (9:28:26 PM): SC is presently examining the computers
Thematrian1 (9:28:54 PM): compound
Thematrian1 (9:29:44 PM): no one has knowledge: bows?
Thematrian1 (9:29:50 PM): yeah, you see nothing strange about that
Thematrian1 (9:31:13 PM): your rigger has begun to mutter to himself
CirclMastr (9:31:39 PM): "...Is he alright?"
CirclMastr (9:32:00 PM): *quietly palms straight-edge*
Thematrian1 (9:33:03 PM): he doesn't look all right
Thematrian1 (9:33:08 PM): definitely not dangerous, but not all right
Dragcrell (9:33:14 PM): "no somethine is weirrrd with his stomach and hes rrratherrr afrrrad of mosquitos and beetles."
Dragcrell (9:33:31 PM): *starts moveing the computers down*
Umbrafer (9:34:04 PM): @Blake: #Is Essie reading minds now?#
Umbrafer (9:34:16 PM): Well, last things last. The grenades and mines. Any labelling?
Thematrian1 (9:36:13 PM): they're standard-size grenades, not minis. Seven are unlabelled but look like standard grenades. Of the remaining nine, we have 3 "WPX", 5 "IPE", and 1 "S"
Umbrafer (9:36:48 PM): Interesting.
Thematrian1 (9:36:56 PM): The mines all have 20-digit serial numbers. Also, their tags are black plastic with white lettering
MilesMk1 (9:37:26 PM): #Well, we knew she could see astrally, maybe she has some other tricks in her bag?#
CirclMastr (9:37:59 PM): ("The mines are labeled "Yours" ")
CirclMastr (9:37:59 PM): (Sheesh, I got hit bad by lag)
Thematrian1 (9:41:14 PM): the computers hum
CirclMastr (9:41:27 PM): Todd hums along.
Umbrafer (9:41:50 PM): Where are the medical or first-aid stations nearby?
MilesMk1 (9:42:21 PM): Why do we need one? For the Dude?
Thematrian1 (9:42:22 PM): hm. Excellent question. The medical stations are linked with the security stations, so there's one...hey! There's one just outside this door!
Thematrian1 (9:42:34 PM): out, take a right and you're there
MilesMk1 (9:42:55 PM): That'd be on the floor we just saved the rigger from, that's supposedly crawling with bugs?
Thematrian1 (9:43:06 PM): that's the one
Thematrian1 (9:43:14 PM): there's another security station five levels up or down
Thematrian1 (9:43:28 PM): those lack rigger outposts, but have guards (allegedly) and medical facilities (allegedly)
MilesMk1 (9:43:41 PM): Oh, hey - I did end up checking his pockets, BTW. Any keys or other useful stuff?
Umbrafer (9:43:57 PM): Yeah, for The Dude. And because it'd be nice to have one for ourselves.
MilesMk1 (9:44:22 PM): True... Well, we can try raiding one a few floors down, right?
Thematrian1 (9:44:22 PM): and of course, any cybertech research would eventually involve an operating theater, so there's probably one of those around too
Umbrafer (9:45:22 PM): And Blake /does/ have biotech…
Umbrafer (9:46:07 PM): How do you feel about exploratory surgery?
Dragcrell (9:46:41 PM): *pokes head down hole* "Blake I can't move these"
MilesMk1 (9:46:48 PM): Uh... On whom?
Umbrafer (9:46:54 PM): The Dude.
MilesMk1 (9:47:49 PM): I generally try not to kill people after going to the trouble of saving them and getting shot at with a homing speargun in the process...
MilesMk1 (9:48:05 PM): "Can't move what? Here, give me a hand up."
Umbrafer (9:48:21 PM): *Whirr* *Whirr*
MilesMk1 (9:48:34 PM): And I have a feeling you don't mean on his stomach, do you?
MilesMk1 (9:48:39 PM): You want what's in his head?
Thematrian1 (9:48:48 PM): (Well, that wouldn't be very exploratory)
MilesMk1 (9:49:31 PM): *looks at what SC couldn't move*
Umbrafer (9:49:34 PM): I did mean his stomach, actually
MilesMk1 (9:49:37 PM): Oh.
Dragcrell (9:49:39 PM): *pulls Blake up* "them" *points to the comps*
Umbrafer (9:49:47 PM): I suspect I've already got a decent amount of what's in his head, though he may have more neat stuff or a better grade.
MilesMk1 (9:49:48 PM): Worried about insect larvae?
Thematrian1 (9:49:51 PM): Way to assume the worst, jerk.
Umbrafer (9:49:59 PM): Something like that.
MilesMk1 (9:50:07 PM): Hey, he already mentioned organlegging... :)
MilesMk1 (9:50:21 PM): "Why do we want to move the computers?"
MilesMk1 (9:50:48 PM): #Did we decide to take the computers with us when I wasn't paying attention?#
Umbrafer (9:51:00 PM): #I don't think so.#
Umbrafer (9:51:14 PM): #They'd be handy, but not worth the effort#
Dragcrell (9:51:35 PM): "can you get whats on them off?"
Thematrian1 (9:52:02 PM): oh, and blake
Thematrian1 (9:52:27 PM): The Dude's pockets are full of good stuff. He has the code keys he mentioned, along with an OMC marked "overrides"
Thematrian1 (9:52:36 PM): also some more stims. This bottle's full!
MilesMk1 (9:53:07 PM): "Uh... No, probably not. I'm good with electronics and hardware, but not much good with decking and so on."
MilesMk1 (9:53:36 PM): #He's got a chip marked "override". Got any ideas what that might be? Damn, we need him conscious...#
Umbrafer (9:54:02 PM): #Plenty. Too many to be useful. Can you slot it?#
Thematrian1 (9:54:03 PM): and, hey, a few metal keys
Thematrian1 (9:54:27 PM): also, an OMC marked PFix
Thematrian1 (9:54:29 PM): that's the lot
Dragcrell (9:54:36 PM): *nods then moves to the floor below and starts checking out some of the stuff more closely*
Umbrafer (9:54:37 PM): Interesting.
Umbrafer (9:54:51 PM): Yeah, when I say "slot", I don't mean "run".
Umbrafer (9:55:12 PM): But we live in a world of beetles, you'd know better.
Umbrafer (9:57:11 PM): What all is on The Dude's old floor, again?
Thematrian1 (9:57:32 PM): it's marked Administrative
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MilesMk1 (9:59:00 PM): (By slot it, do you mean put it in a PDA, see what's on it, that kind of thing?)
Umbrafer (9:59:31 PM): (Yeah. Look at what's on it without running it, see if there are any helpful labels)
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MilesMk1 (10:00:00 PM): *tries to slot the chip and examine the contents without running it*
Thematrian1 (10:00:42 PM): it's...a bunch of encrypted data
MilesMk1 (10:00:57 PM): #Encrypted files.#
Umbrafer (10:02:18 PM): #Thought so. You're sure they're encrypted?#
MilesMk1 (10:02:21 PM): (Aw, shit shit shit... I have a household emergency here. I'll try to log back in later. Sorry.)
Thematrian1 (10:02:55 PM): (Sure. Good luck)
Umbrafer (10:02:56 PM): (No fire, I hope?)
Umbrafer (10:03:04 PM): (Tell us later. Good luck.)
MilesMk1 (10:03:04 PM): (No, quite the opposite.)
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Umbrafer (10:03:14 PM): Oh dear.
Thematrian1 (10:03:16 PM): (Furnace just died?)
Dragcrell (10:03:27 PM): (mmmm chilly)
Umbrafer (10:03:34 PM): I was thinking a pipe broke, or some other sort of water leak.
Umbrafer (10:05:34 PM): Maybe heat, light, carbon, and various other substances are combining to produce a fuel and an oxidant.
Dragcrell (10:05:53 PM): mmm hard to say
Umbrafer (10:05:54 PM): That would be pretty weird, and could probably qualify as an emergency.
Thematrian1 (10:06:10 PM): I'd be unhappy if it happened.
Umbrafer (10:07:06 PM): It would be fairly upsetting.
Thematrian1 (10:07:37 PM): well, so: Do you guys have a plan?
Umbrafer (10:08:22 PM): Well, I'd like someone to check for a med-station. I'm kinda short on hands, or I'd do it myself.
Umbrafer (10:08:40 PM): Using the MMG barrel to operate things is the sort of trick I can get away with unwounded, not now.
Dragcrell (10:08:44 PM): #so what now?#
Umbrafer (10:08:58 PM): #What were you looking for up there?#
Dragcrell (10:10:34 PM): #neverrr know when I could find something I could use any way we could help the guy orrr is that needed?#
Umbrafer (10:11:58 PM): #Need to find some better medical supplies, maybe a defendable room with a bed or something#
Umbrafer (10:12:14 PM): #Couch, table, whatever. Choosers, and all that.#
CirclMastr (10:12:37 PM): #Why do we need a defendable room?#
Dragcrell (10:13:11 PM): #wherrre woudl be a safe place to starrrt looking?#
Umbrafer (10:13:32 PM): What do the medical stations look like on the map? Also the guard stations?
CirclMastr (10:14:08 PM): #Alex?#
Umbrafer (10:15:24 PM): #To put the guy in until we can ask him some questions. We could try the floor up, but he was antsy about leaving his hole.# What was the floor five down like?
Thematrian1 (10:15:32 PM): the guard stations are littered with couches, trid displays, and small weight areas. The overall plan seems to be to create aspacewhere the guards can do nothing untilcalled upon
Umbrafer (10:17:10 PM): Pretty typical. Were any of the code keys marked?
Thematrian1 (10:17:52 PM): numbered: 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29
Umbrafer (10:18:17 PM): Current floor is 8, right?
Thematrian1 (10:18:47 PM): 19. You bored infrom 18
Umbrafer (10:19:03 PM): Right.
Umbrafer (10:19:11 PM): Well, Strato's still on 18 right now.
Umbrafer (10:20:00 PM): What labelled building features repeat at those levels?
Thematrian1 (10:20:12 PM): the security stations
Umbrafer (10:20:40 PM): Suspected as much. Did I remember anything about what floor 14 was like/
Umbrafer (10:20:44 PM): ?
Thematrian1 (10:22:18 PM): That was one of the ones with a blocked-out window
Umbrafer (10:22:37 PM): I see. Not exactly comforting…
Dragcrell (10:23:31 PM): #something wrrrong?#
Umbrafer (10:24:57 PM): #Trying to figure out how to get to a security station. Can you open the door up there?#
Thematrian1 (10:25:13 PM): The Dude's mumbles trailawayinto numb silence.
Umbrafer (10:25:37 PM): #Someone get a pulse.# Anything unusual in thermo?
Dragcrell (10:25:40 PM): #let me check# *trys the door reading for anythaing that might jump out at her*
Thematrian1 (10:26:00 PM): Nothing weird in thermo, no
Thematrian1 (10:26:09 PM): SC: the door on which floor?
Umbrafer (10:26:35 PM): Door out of the Rigger closet.
Dragcrell (10:26:42 PM): that being 19
Thematrian1 (10:27:10 PM): ok. The door is locked, but form the inside.
Dragcrell (10:27:40 PM): *unlocks the door then slowly opens it*
Thematrian1 (10:28:36 PM): ok. The door opens into the 19th-floor security station. The trid system is smashed, the whole room is bloodstained, but there are no bodies, nor any stench of death. The room is empty of living things.
Thematrian1 (10:28:56 PM): There are poinsettas by the weight machines, but they're fake.
Umbrafer (10:29:04 PM): :(
Dragcrell (10:29:42 PM): #I dont think we well find much herrre any otherrr arrreas?#
Thematrian1 (10:30:08 PM): There are two doors. By the map, the one straight ahead leads to the main area while the one to your left leads to the medical office
Thematrian1 (10:30:24 PM): both door windows are too stained with blood to confirm this, however.
Umbrafer (10:30:48 PM): #Check the med-office. Left. Blake'll keep the door.# Are the stains on the inside?
Dragcrell (10:31:26 PM): *draws both her longs out and slowly goes to check the med-office*
Thematrian1 (10:33:19 PM): ok. The door opens easily. Inside, you find a small desk and three cots. The near wall is soaked with dried blood - a few days old, you think. The far wall is immaculate, and the cots are all upright and untouched
Thematrian1 (10:33:23 PM): with clean-smelling sheets, even
Thematrian1 (10:33:27 PM): perception
Dragcrell (10:33:42 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 6 6 3
Dragcrell (10:33:51 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 3
Dragcrell (10:37:37 PM): #not as bad herrre clean-smelling sheets, one wall is soaked with drrried blood days old. Some one was herrre in the last 4 or so hourrrs uses florrral perrrfume.#
Umbrafer (10:38:41 PM): #Weird…#
Dragcrell (10:39:50 PM): #well this one worrrk forrr what you need orrr should I check otherrrs?#
Umbrafer (10:40:50 PM): #Blake, you take the prisoner and hole up in there. Todd, can you get up through that hole unassisted?#
CirclMastr (10:41:15 PM): Uh, can I?
Thematrian1 (10:41:22 PM): yes, easily
Umbrafer (10:41:23 PM): #Prisoner… rescuee. Whatever.#
CirclMastr (10:41:30 PM): #Yeah#
Umbrafer (10:42:39 PM): #Ok. Essie, check what's outside the guardroom. Todd, you're with me, we're going to check out the stairwell door.
Umbrafer (10:42:49 PM): *#
Dragcrell (10:43:20 PM): #rrright# *moves to check that diretion longs still at the ready*
Thematrian1 (10:43:37 PM): that's the 18th floor stairwell?
CirclMastr (10:44:02 PM): *gets up the hole*
Umbrafer (10:44:14 PM): Yep. We're going to go to the stairwell cautiously. Any sign of Running Dude or bugs?
Umbrafer (10:44:38 PM): #Wait, Todd, not yet. We're going to check the stairwell, try to get a route that doesn't involve climbing everywhere.#
CirclMastr (10:45:06 PM): #Oh, alright.# *goes there instead*
Thematrian1 (10:45:11 PM): you head back to the stairs. No Running Dude, but you still haven't seen one of the four faces of the central hub, and it's a face with elevators
Umbrafer (10:45:48 PM): Interesting. Well, unless he suddenly stopped running he's long gone. incidentally, I'm going to check on the front of the building.
Thematrian1 (10:46:54 PM): out in the van, you mean?
Umbrafer (10:47:11 PM): Yep. Or via Schattenauge, whichever has a better view.
Thematrian1 (10:47:45 PM): that would be the schattenauge. There's a cat poking around the bushes that line the driveway, but other than that things are quiet.
Umbrafer (10:49:13 PM): Mmk. Back into Strato, I'll scoot out and take a look at the Unseen Face
Thematrian1 (10:52:06 PM): the elevator doors are missing. You can see a few white sacs, about seven feet long, attached to the walls of the elevator shaft. The main area is just like you've already seen, though
Umbrafer (10:52:41 PM): Aw shit. White sacs? Taking a closer look (without the "moving closer" bit):
Umbrafer (10:52:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 3 1 3 5 5 2 2
Umbrafer (10:52:48 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 4 5 2 4
Umbrafer (10:52:53 PM): Well crap.
Thematrian1 (10:52:55 PM): they're white. sacs. attached to the walls.
Dragcrell (10:53:00 PM): (well I'm glad there the ones to find the "fun" in this)
Thematrian1 (10:53:03 PM): also attached to one another
Umbrafer (10:53:10 PM): #Todd, what the hell are those things?#
CirclMastr (10:54:44 PM): #How am I supposed to know?#
Dragcrell (10:54:54 PM): #what thaings?#
CirclMastr (10:55:08 PM): #Should I cut one open and find out?#
Umbrafer (10:55:14 PM): #White sacs.#
Thematrian1 (10:55:37 PM): (Yes. Please do that)
Umbrafer (10:55:49 PM): #Sure. I'll cover you.#
Dragcrell (10:55:58 PM): #how big and wherrre at?#
CirclMastr (10:56:00 PM): *opens razor and slices open the nearest sac*
Umbrafer (10:56:07 PM): #*Description*#
Umbrafer (10:56:17 PM): Before he does that, I'm going to Take Aim x3 on that sac.
Thematrian1 (10:56:33 PM): They're attached to the walls of an elevator shaft. Am I to conclude that you're walking over to the shaft, leaning in, and slicing a sac open?
Umbrafer (10:56:55 PM): #Wait, I'll check the shaft first.#
CirclMastr (10:57:05 PM): After Alex checks the shaft, yes.
Umbrafer (10:57:14 PM): I'm going to sidle on over and try to sorta peek down the shaft.
Dragcrell (10:57:19 PM): #that sounds like the ones in the basment of the building with the beetles that tryed to eat Blake#
CirclMastr (10:57:20 PM): Unless I can throw the scissors accurately enough to cut them open.
Thematrian1 (10:57:29 PM): Heh. Do you have Missile Mastery?
CirclMastr (10:57:33 PM): Nein.
Thematrian1 (10:57:34 PM): If you do, I might allow it.
CirclMastr (10:57:51 PM): Doesn't my Barber skill cover throwing scissors? ;(
Thematrian1 (10:57:57 PM): Alex: How close to the opening are you willing to get?
Umbrafer (10:59:04 PM): Hm. I'll first see what I can see at two meters out. #Do you have a mirror?#
CirclMastr (10:59:31 PM): #I can try to use the reflection of the razor blade.#
Thematrian1 (10:59:39 PM): Two meters out, check. Roll perception.
Umbrafer (10:59:48 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 3 4 3 6 4
Umbrafer (10:59:52 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (10:59:58 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (11:00:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 1 5 1 4
Umbrafer (11:00:21 PM): 12, 0, 0 and 3, 2, 1
Thematrian1 (11:00:22 PM): a faint droning sound is emanating from the shaft
Umbrafer (11:00:39 PM): Aw shit. #Abort, bugs.#
CirclMastr (11:00:47 PM): *aborts*
CirclMastr (11:01:09 PM): #Didn't we get some grenades and a flamethrower?#
Umbrafer (11:01:10 PM): Here's a question for you:
Umbrafer (11:01:26 PM): We got some grenades. We also got a flamethrower, but no fuel.
Dragcrell (11:01:44 PM): #want me to come back as well orrr keep looking arrround?#
Umbrafer (11:01:50 PM): Do we feel lucky enough to try to use experimental explosives in live-fire?
Umbrafer (11:01:57 PM): #What are you finding?#
CirclMastr (11:02:01 PM): I vote yes.
Dragcrell (11:02:29 PM): #old blood#
CirclMastr (11:02:46 PM): (So begins my next attempt at poker, with 3-J offsuit)
Umbrafer (11:02:52 PM): #Any elevator shafts?#
Umbrafer (11:03:00 PM): The three WPX grenades, are they at all different from each other?
Thematrian1 (11:03:12 PM): one is blue, the other two are light gray
Umbrafer (11:04:23 PM): What about the the "IPE" grenades, and the one labeled "S"? any distinctive colouration, or difference between the "IPE"s?
Thematrian1 (11:04:43 PM): no; they are identical
CirclMastr (11:05:10 PM): (Just pick one, chunky salsa will take care of the problem, regardless of nade type!)
Umbrafer (11:05:11 PM): Also, what were the mines like? We forgot to ask.
Thematrian1 (11:05:23 PM): #1
Thematrian1 (11:05:24 PM): large
Umbrafer (11:05:43 PM): Just one mine?
Thematrian1 (11:05:44 PM): you'd say, meant to take out vehicles
Umbrafer (11:05:50 PM): Ah.
Umbrafer (11:05:55 PM): #Blake, are there any weapons in the guardroom?#
Dragcrell (11:06:07 PM): (well maby to big a boom could take out the building ;3)
Thematrian1 (11:06:32 PM): there aren't
Umbrafer (11:06:56 PM): Do I have any distance approximation for the buzzing/
Umbrafer (11:06:58 PM): *?
Umbrafer (11:07:02 PM): Oh praise be.
CirclMastr (11:07:03 PM): (Speaking of Blake)
MilesMk1 has entered the chat room.

Umbrafer (11:07:11 PM): Just what I was not-quite-stalling for.
MilesMk1 (11:07:17 PM): Oh?
Dragcrell (11:07:23 PM): (wellcome back right in time for the fun)
Umbrafer (11:07:29 PM): We all got eaten. And by "got" I mean "are about to get".
MilesMk1 (11:07:41 PM): Are we under attack aga...
MilesMk1 (11:07:48 PM): What is it this time?
CirclMastr (11:08:03 PM): An elevator shaft potentially full of bugs
MilesMk1 (11:08:04 PM): And where's that laser axe?
Umbrafer (11:08:08 PM): The elevators. They're a hive. Buzzing noises and sacs. Lots of large, large sacs.
CirclMastr (11:08:30 PM): (Pocket Kings!)
MilesMk1 (11:08:35 PM): And we're looking inside the elevators... Why?
Umbrafer (11:08:46 PM): it was the only thing we hadn't done yet.
MilesMk1 (11:08:47 PM): Elevator shafts, rather.
MilesMk1 (11:08:57 PM): Hmm.
Umbrafer (11:09:03 PM): In retrospect, I should have guessed that they'd be a potential breeding ground. I blame wound mods ;)
CirclMastr (11:09:09 PM): (And I win)
MilesMk1 (11:09:14 PM): Ok, well, can we just close it back up and pretend it doesn't exist?
Umbrafer (11:09:15 PM): You're in the medical facility on the 19th floor with our rescuee. Essie is exploring that floor.
Umbrafer (11:09:51 PM): #We need to kill these. How?#
CirclMastr (11:10:19 PM): #I vote grenade#
Umbrafer (11:10:24 PM): Map. Is there a janitorial closet on the floor?
MilesMk1 (11:10:29 PM): #Well, we do have a container of Russian military surplus nerve gas back in the van...#
Umbrafer (11:10:44 PM): #Does nerve gas work on these things?#
Thematrian1 (11:10:58 PM): (military surplus nerve gas and preteens. That's what Alex's van contains right now)
CirclMastr (11:10:59 PM): #...You have nerve gas in the van? The containers don't leak, right?#
Thematrian1 (11:11:01 PM): (She should be proud)
Umbrafer (11:11:32 PM): (She is.)
Dragcrell (11:11:33 PM): #therrre bugs just biggerrr. and the outerrr offices have been sealed off useing the desks and tables herrre in about a 45 degree arc away frrrom the station.#
CirclMastr (11:11:34 PM): (Hound's van is so boring)
Umbrafer (11:11:43 PM): #Not usually.#
MilesMk1 (11:11:52 PM): #I had it in my apartment before that for a couple of weeks, and didn't notice any leakage.#
Umbrafer (11:12:16 PM): (Of course, it wasn't being jostled around then…)
CirclMastr (11:12:17 PM): #I could make a cynical remark right now, but I won't.#
Dragcrell (11:12:35 PM): #you all arrre worrrse then packrrrat only less smelly#
MilesMk1 (11:13:29 PM): #How do we know nuking the eggs and sacks and things won't send the bugs after us?#
Umbrafer (11:13:50 PM): How many elevator shafts are there with visible sacs, and how are they arranged?
CirclMastr (11:13:50 PM): #Okay, we'll use several grenades.#
Umbrafer (11:13:55 PM): #It probably will. I just don't see letting them hatch as being a good idea.#
MilesMk1 (11:14:38 PM): #So, we're assuming we'll be wanting to stay in this building for a while longer yet? Because if not, what's a few dozen more bugs in the city?#
MilesMk1 (11:15:07 PM): BTW, as this is going on, let's assume I use the medical equipment to help the rigger guy as best I can.
Thematrian1 (11:15:18 PM): the stuff in the medical office, you mean?
MilesMk1 (11:15:26 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (11:15:27 PM): Ok, roll First Aid again.
MilesMk1 (11:15:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 2 2 3 5
MilesMk1 (11:15:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:15:37 PM): #If you've got a better idea for where to hole up, I'm all ears.#
CirclMastr (11:15:53 PM): #Inside the van?#
MilesMk1 (11:16:08 PM): #Wasn't the original idea to try to raid the R&D for something big and heavily armored we could get out of this place in?#
Thematrian1 (11:16:35 PM): Blake: you get him laid out on the bed, sedate him, and find a medicine for his stomach, if it really is an ulcer or five
Dragcrell (11:16:46 PM): #I dont like this sac's that big could easly hold any of you inside and the wasps have taken ppl still alive if parrralyzed and therrre was some sacs in the otherrr building that had odd astral aroudn them.#
MilesMk1 (11:16:58 PM): Ok... Are there any... I dunno, medical scanners that could maybe shed some light on the stomach situation?
Dragcrell (11:18:01 PM): #And the bugs that attacked us earrrlyer looked as if therrre was both a bug spirrret in them and a human one and the human one was in pain and sufferrring I dont like this.#
Thematrian1 (11:18:02 PM): not here. You don't get the impression that this office is meant for serious medical issues. It's more like the grown-up version of the school nurse
Umbrafer (11:18:04 PM): #Yeah. Plus a place to hole up long enough for my liver to grow back. I mean, if you've got a way out of the city that doesn't involve me driving, I'm all ears again.#
MilesMk1 (11:18:05 PM): #I suppose we can try clearing the shafts - but how much space are those sacks spread over? This building is huge, we could set off multiple grenades in the shafts and still not get them all.#
MilesMk1 (11:18:42 PM): #Now, if we could somehow get the elevators up and moving, couldn't we just effectively scrape the shafts clean?#
Umbrafer (11:19:20 PM): #That was one idea. Problem is, don't the mama bugs astralize? Demater—whatever the mages call it.#
Umbrafer (11:19:37 PM): #There any small mirrors up there?
MilesMk1 (11:19:52 PM): (And OOC - at the rate we're going, do we really think we can handle clearing out a building this size, just by ourselves? It took us two sessions to fight four bugs...)
MilesMk1 (11:20:06 PM): *looks around for small mirrors*
Umbrafer (11:20:27 PM): I'm sure we can fight umpteen bugs in less than umpteen/2 sessions.
Thematrian1 (11:20:32 PM): (I didn't think clearing the whole building floor by floor was ever in the plan. I mean, you only have eto get unlucky once, right?)
Umbrafer (11:20:40 PM): Indeed.
MilesMk1 (11:21:14 PM): #Well, yeah - and speaking of that passing through walls thing - isn't any place that's not warded, or whatever, pretty much about as useless as a long-term hideout as any other?#
Dragcrell (11:21:19 PM): #I dont know and rrratherrr not find out wherrre was the vehical arrrea in this place?#
Umbrafer (11:22:08 PM): #From the bugs, yeah. Anyway. Did you find a mirror?#
MilesMk1 (11:22:20 PM): Did I?
Thematrian1 (11:22:50 PM): yes; the ones in the attached bathroom aren't built into the walls
MilesMk1 (11:22:57 PM): #Yeah. got one.#
Thematrian1 (11:23:07 PM): You do notice a camera in the ceiling on your way out, though
MilesMk1 (11:23:20 PM): In the bathroom?
Umbrafer (11:23:34 PM): Well, it /is/ Ares.
MilesMk1 (11:23:40 PM): #There's a camera in the restroom. Corp pervs.#
Umbrafer (11:24:05 PM): #They haven't changed a bit.#
MilesMk1 (11:24:09 PM): #What do you want me to do with the mirror?#
MilesMk1 (11:24:27 PM): #Hmm... Do I detect a hint of a personal grudge, there?#
Dragcrell (11:24:40 PM): #why arrre you hummans so stuck up with clothing just mats the fur and is rrratherrr uncomftable#
Umbrafer (11:24:43 PM): #Family business.#
MilesMk1 (11:25:26 PM): #Don't know if you noticed, but we don't have any fur to mat.#
Umbrafer (11:25:49 PM): @Blake: #I was born in Detroit. Enough said.#
MilesMk1 (11:25:59 PM): #Ah.#
Dragcrell (11:26:10 PM): #eh you have to meny odd thaings#
Dragcrell (11:26:19 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 3 5 2 5
MilesMk1 (11:26:21 PM): (I have no clue what that means, but I assume Blake would. I'll look it up.)
Umbrafer (11:26:24 PM): #So do we want to see how bad the shafts are, or is ignorance bliss?#
Dragcrell (11:26:34 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Dragcrell (11:26:41 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (11:26:55 PM): #Let's see, if nothing else, it will dictate whether we try to stay here, or take what we can and get out.#
MilesMk1 (11:27:33 PM): BTW, unless anyone objects, I will now start to lug the damn laser axe around with me.
Umbrafer (11:27:52 PM): #Got a string or rope strong enough to pull the mirror along the ground you can tie to it? Maybe some bandage?#
MilesMk1 (11:28:17 PM): #I've got duct tape.#
CirclMastr (11:28:34 PM): ( http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=1587706 )
Umbrafer (11:29:00 PM): (Re: Detroit: Ares corporate HQ. They basically own the city.)
MilesMk1 (11:29:03 PM): Mhmm...
CirclMastr (11:29:36 PM): (Phoenix Wright objects to you lugging the laser axe around)
Dragcrell (11:29:55 PM): (is someing one being a smart ass?)
MilesMk1 (11:30:02 PM): (Yeah, well, fictional characters don't count.)
Umbrafer (11:30:19 PM): (More or less fictional than Alex and Blake? ;) )
CirclMastr (11:30:24 PM): (Technically the ones you were asking are also fictional characters)
CirclMastr (11:30:30 PM): (Yeah, what he said)
Dragcrell (11:30:45 PM): #I hearrr drrroning farrraway consistent tho#
Umbrafer (11:31:03 PM): #Get that mirror down here and let's take a look.#
MilesMk1 (11:31:48 PM): (Actually, I'm solipsist, you're all fictional characters as far as I'm concerned.;))
Thematrian1 (11:31:53 PM): You've got duct tape and a mirror. What're you trying to do again?
MilesMk1 (11:32:12 PM): *gets the mirror down there*
Umbrafer (11:33:21 PM): Trying to position the mirror in such a way that the Strato can, with the aid of its powers of magnification, look either up or down the shaft as convenient. It should preferably result in a minimum of holder exposure.
Umbrafer (11:33:41 PM): The duct tape can help with that, potentially (say, by sliding the mirror across the floor and reeling in with duct tape)
Umbrafer (11:33:48 PM): So.
Umbrafer (11:33:52 PM): We have some questions here.
CirclMastr (11:34:09 PM): (I one received a letter from a woman saying she was a solipsist and wondering why she didn't meet more people like her. I wondered why she would expect to.)
Umbrafer (11:34:10 PM): One of which being why the bugs didn't come out when the MMG fire and grenade blasts were going off.
CirclMastr (11:34:14 PM): (*once)
Umbrafer (11:34:38 PM): (Well, because one might expect figments of one's imagination to generally hold one's opinions.)
Umbrafer (11:34:46 PM): (Not necessarily the case, but I could see how one might expect it)
CirclMastr (11:35:05 PM): (That's sort of ignoring the joke, man.)
CirclMastr (11:35:14 PM): ( :( )
Umbrafer (11:35:20 PM): (Yeah, sorry :) )
Thematrian1 (11:36:05 PM): (Guys)
Umbrafer (11:36:28 PM): #Slide that mirror out, please. Make sure you can retrieve it.#
Thematrian1 (11:37:07 PM): so: sliding the mirror toward the shaft with, what, your telescoping staff?
Dragcrell (11:37:30 PM): *pokes around the unburcaded areas to see what else can be found*
MilesMk1 (11:39:21 PM): That can work, sure. I'll tape it to the end of the staff.
Dragcrell (11:39:58 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 3 4 6
Umbrafer (11:41:07 PM): When it's in position, the Strato will hover as far away as it can while still getting a decent view up the shaft.
Thematrian1 (11:41:09 PM): ok. You have a mirror down the elevator shaft. Todd and the Strato can both see it, and thus can easily see...a whole bunch more of those white sacs. The elevator is dark, but ambient light lets you see several dozen more, stret
Thematrian1 (11:41:13 PM): ching down into the gloom
Thematrian1 (11:41:16 PM): no bugs, tho
Umbrafer (11:41:17 PM): Ok, that too
Umbrafer (11:41:26 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (11:41:35 PM): Any motion in the sacs?
Dragcrell (11:42:33 PM): #we have problems#
Umbrafer (11:42:45 PM): #What's up?#
Thematrian1 (11:42:47 PM): no
Umbrafer (11:43:59 PM): Is there still a buzzing sound around the shaft?
Dragcrell (11:45:06 PM): #that drrroning is from a few dozen astrrral mosquitos buzzing arrround a supporrrt pillerrr if you wish to call a few feet acrrross small.#
CirclMastr (11:45:39 PM): #Astral? Uh, I highly suggest we move on to safer pastures.#
MilesMk1 (11:45:48 PM): #A few dozen? I think that tears it, there's no way we can handle that many. Or risk setting them off by blowing things up.#
Umbrafer (11:46:18 PM): #Well, shit. Yeah, we're keeping quiet for now.#
Dragcrell (11:46:25 PM): #ok is it safe to move this guy to the van?#
Umbrafer (11:46:47 PM): Double-checking the map for the locations of the motor pool, vehicle and/or drone research labs, and weapons research labs.
MilesMk1 (11:46:55 PM): #I think we should pull back to the van with what we found so far, then take a stab at reaching their vehicle facilities using the code-keys we found.#
CirclMastr (11:47:22 PM): #Sounds like a plan.#
Umbrafer (11:47:25 PM): #Sounds good. We just need to figure out what to do wth the guy.#
MilesMk1 (11:47:38 PM): #Unless anyone can think of a good reason not to - yeah, let's start pulling back.#
Thematrian1 (11:47:59 PM): Alex: the locations you list are all basement-level, fed through tunnels to a garage down the street
Umbrafer (11:48:00 PM): #Bring his RCD, too.#
MilesMk1 (11:48:08 PM): #For the short term, it costs us nothing to take him with us.#
Umbrafer (11:48:36 PM): #I don't trust whatever's up with his stomach.# (Remind me, did his stomach show anything strange on thermo?)
MilesMk1 (11:48:44 PM): #And if we do end up grabbing another ride, he might even be useful. That's if he ever comes around.#
Thematrian1 (11:48:55 PM): Alex: It did not.
Dragcrell (11:48:56 PM): #rrright.# *grabes the guy and heads to the van*
Thematrian1 (11:49:21 PM): It was maybe a little warm, but nothing ridiculous.
Thematrian1 (11:49:46 PM): SC: You grab The Dude and head for the van. Taking the stairs down carrying this guy is an ordeal, but you can manage it.
CirclMastr (11:49:50 PM): *heads back down to the van*
MilesMk1 (11:49:55 PM): @Alex #I hate to say this, but SC has proven reasonably adept at spotting weird magical stuff. If there was a bug growing in him, I think she'd have noticed.#
MilesMk1 (11:50:18 PM): *makes sure all the goodies are loaded up, then heads down as well*
MilesMk1 (11:50:28 PM): (what did we do with that kick-ass drone he had?)
MilesMk1 (11:50:44 PM): (I assume we herd it downstairs, too?)
Umbrafer (11:50:54 PM): @Blake: #Sorry. I get edgy when someone I don't know is in the van, let alone four… five… six… four someones.#
MilesMk1 (11:52:54 PM): #It's not like it doesn't bother me, I just don't see any viable alternatives right now... Though he doesn't have to go in the van, we can put him in the car I've been driving.#
MilesMk1 (11:53:02 PM): #Along with Mr. Sperethiel.#
Dragcrell (11:54:23 PM): /roll-dice 6
Dragcrell (11:54:30 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 2 5 4 3 4
Dragcrell (11:54:42 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:55:13 PM): #Shit. This town is a nightmare. Anyway, get me that RCD of his and I'll pull whatever drones it has subscribed down here. Then we can decide whether to head right back in or rest for a few hours.#
MilesMk1 (11:55:29 PM): *makes sure he has the RCD*
Thematrian1 (11:55:43 PM): You have the RCD
MilesMk1 (11:55:45 PM): (Which book has the Steel Lynx in it?)
Thematrian1 (11:55:50 PM): Rigger 3
Umbrafer (11:56:33 PM): Jacking in. What all is subscribed?
MilesMk1 (11:56:46 PM): *heads down*
Umbrafer (11:56:56 PM): Well, when he gets here with it, of course.
Thematrian1 (11:57:11 PM): Right. Blake, you head down stairs
Dragcrell (11:57:16 PM): *drops the guy off at the van then heads back to the bushes*
Umbrafer (11:57:20 PM): Strato follows the team down, Shielddrone… Shielddrone needs rescuing. How is it doing?
MilesMk1 (11:57:23 PM): I assumed we were talking as I was taking the stairs down, but maybe not...
MilesMk1 (11:57:43 PM): Shielddrone we left on the ground floor, right?
Thematrian1 (11:57:52 PM): It couldn't negotiate the stairs, so yeah.
MilesMk1 (11:58:19 PM): I familiarize myself with the laser axe controls on the way down.
Umbrafer (11:58:53 PM): Unfortunately not. It went down to the sublevel with you but then was stymied by the stairs back up.
Thematrian1 (11:59:03 PM): oh, right
Thematrian1 (11:59:24 PM): The shield drone got covered with halon at some point.
MilesMk1 (11:59:31 PM): Damn it.
MilesMk1 (11:59:49 PM): Can it make it up the stairs if I help it periodically?
MilesMk1 (11:59:57 PM): Also, how much does it weigh?
Thematrian1 (11:59:58 PM): How much does it weigh, Jon?
MilesMk1 (12:01:00 AM): I will drop off the RCD first, before going off anywhere else, so Alex can collect the sort-of-Steel Lynx if she hasn't yet.
Umbrafer (12:01:11 AM): Um. Body 2, nominal mass 150 kilos, could be anywhere between 75 and 300.
MilesMk1 (12:01:21 AM): Ugh.
Umbrafer (12:01:47 AM): Given the amount of armor, it's probably in the 200 range.
Dragcrell (12:01:54 AM): ngiht all
MilesMk1 (12:02:15 AM): Good night.
MilesMk1 (12:02:42 AM): (I should probably go as well - in fact, I'd have called it quits at 11:00 if I hadn't skipped out.)
CirclMastr (12:02:43 AM): Night
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MilesMk1 (12:03:02 AM): But it'd be good to regroup and have that wrapped up, before we break.
Thematrian1 (12:03:04 AM): Blake: there's a button in the center of the axe that you suspect activates the lasers, but there's also an empty battery-pack-sized space, so you can't test your theory
Thematrian1 (12:03:08 AM): yeah
Umbrafer (12:03:24 AM): What all is subscribed to the RCD? (Yeah, I'm fading fast too. I just want to know new toys we have)
MilesMk1 (12:03:28 AM): Damn it... Well, that was a useful detail to know.:)
MilesMk1 (12:03:53 AM): And there was no battery pack anywhere, just as there were no clips.
Thematrian1 (12:04:01 AM): correct
MilesMk1 (12:04:18 AM): Well, I'm sure Ed will be able to think of something.
MilesMk1 (12:04:39 AM): So, Alex plays with subscribed drones, Blake tries to help the shield drone up the stairs.
Thematrian1 (12:04:44 AM): Alex: the big drone I already mentioned, the little laser drone, several maintainence drones threaded through the ductwork of the first 20 floors.
Umbrafer (12:05:14 AM): Interesting. Big drone and little laser drone's current positions?
Thematrian1 (12:05:28 AM): The big drone is on floor 18, unless you guys moved it more and I missed it
Thematrian1 (12:05:42 AM): the little one is still with SC
Umbrafer (12:06:08 AM): Good times. Last question, what (in general terms) is their fuel/ammo status?
Thematrian1 (12:06:20 AM): Blake: You can slowly heft the drone up the stairs. The entire procedure is painfully slow, though; check back in ten minutes
Thematrian1 (12:06:28 AM): Alex: thre are more drones in the list
Umbrafer (12:06:45 AM): Ooh.
Umbrafer (12:06:52 AM): How big is the list?
Thematrian1 (12:07:23 AM): Something huge and unidentified is deep underground, you estimate B8 or so. It's heavily damaged and most of the status readouts are obviously wrong, but the one that reports it to be slightly larger than your van is probably relia
Thematrian1 (12:07:24 AM): ble
Thematrian1 (12:07:29 AM): three more
Umbrafer (12:08:35 AM): Interesting.
Thematrian1 (12:08:40 AM): Two vectored-thrust drones of some kind on the 24th floor. They're presently powered down, and undamaged, so they're only broadcasting still-alive heartbeats.
MilesMk1 (12:08:41 AM): *huff* *puff*
MilesMk1 (12:09:09 AM): #SC, I need a hand, here.#
Thematrian1 (12:09:25 AM): SC temporarily breaks off staring at the housecat to assist you
MilesMk1 (12:09:39 AM): ...there was a housecat?
Umbrafer (12:09:43 AM): Yep
MilesMk1 (12:09:51 AM): Where did we find one of those?
Umbrafer (12:09:55 AM): What's the crypto level on the network?
Umbrafer (12:10:00 AM): Wandering around outside the tower
MilesMk1 (12:10:32 AM): Probably one of those mind-controlling ones. Or a shifter. Or a magician in disguise.
Thematrian1 (12:10:36 AM): Last but not least, we have a motorcycle under remote control. It is presently about twenty meters under ground, travelling north at 4 or 5 kilometers per hour.
Umbrafer (12:11:27 AM): Curious. What's in front of it?
Thematrian1 (12:12:12 AM): it's in a broad, smooth tunnel, lit only by a flashlight carried by the young man pushing it.
Umbrafer (12:12:48 AM): !!
Umbrafer (12:13:28 AM): Chance…
Umbrafer (12:14:18 AM): Anything on the encryption level?
Thematrian1 (12:14:57 AM): He's another wage slave: indoors-pale, but naked to the waist and sweating. It must be hot in there.
Thematrian1 (12:15:32 AM): The deck is running at encryption level 5
Umbrafer (12:15:37 AM): Steam tunnel, possibly. Do I have a cardinal direction of travel?
Umbrafer (12:15:49 AM): I guess Ares does the math too ;)
Thematrian1 (12:15:52 AM): as in, north/south/east/west?
Umbrafer (12:15:57 AM): Yeah
Thematrian1 (12:16:01 AM): north
Thematrian1 (12:16:47 AM): toward that garage
CirclMastr (12:16:55 AM): #Hey guys, my arm is better.#
MilesMk1 (12:17:09 AM): #That's good to hear.#
MilesMk1 (12:17:23 AM): #It just needed time, or...?#
Umbrafer (12:17:31 AM): #You heal quick.#
Umbrafer (12:17:48 AM): (#…Quick like a /bug/.#)
CirclMastr (12:18:39 AM): #Mr. Sperethiel hooked me up. No scars or anything left. And I feel awesome.#
Umbrafer (12:19:31 AM): #Mr. Sperethiel, eh? Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all, jerky-thievery or no.#
MilesMk1 (12:20:14 AM): #Interesting... See, it does pay off to help random strangers. Sometimes.#
MilesMk1 (12:21:20 AM): (And with that Hallmark-worthy sentiment, I will make my goodbyes.)
Thematrian1 (12:21:36 AM): (Sure thing. Thanks for sticking with us)
Thematrian1 (12:21:38 AM): (Sleep well)
Umbrafer (12:22:21 AM): (Sleep well, all)
MilesMk1 (12:22:30 AM): (If you keep playing, and Blake gets back to the van, he'll probably try to persuade Mr, Sperethiel to look at Mr. Dude.)
MilesMk1 (12:22:35 AM): (Goodnight.)
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Umbrafer (12:22:46 AM): (That's a good idea, but my brain is mush now.)
Umbrafer (12:23:03 AM): (Anyway. 'Til tomorrow. *Waves*)
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