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Thematrian1 (9:04:24 PM): We were fleeing.
circlmastr (9:04:47 PM): Oh this is going to be cute.
Umbrafer (9:05:22 PM): You were indeed, IIRC, fleeing. The fleeing will start in just a moment.
Umbrafer (9:08:52 PM): Ok. When we last left our antiheroes, they were in the grip of a fiendish…
Umbrafer (9:08:54 PM): Wait, no
circlmastr (9:08:54 PM): Should Hound be warming up the engine?
Umbrafer (9:08:58 PM): That's tonight's notes
Thematrian1 (9:09:22 PM): Yes.
Thematrian1 (9:09:25 PM): Hell yes.
Umbrafer (9:09:26 PM): They were, Hound aside, in a server closet. With some books.
circlmastr (9:09:46 PM): *vroom vroom*
Thematrian1 (9:09:59 PM): Are the lights on?
Umbrafer (9:10:46 PM): The exit signage illuminates dimly.
Umbrafer (9:11:28 PM): Wait, that was already lit. Some other lighting does come on, though the main overhead lights are still off.
Thematrian1 (9:12:28 PM): Delightful. We run like the wind.
Thematrian1 (9:12:33 PM): Back up to the roof for us.
Umbrafer (9:12:53 PM): *Zip*
Umbrafer (9:13:03 PM): Did Glitch disable the cameras that were powered off?
Thematrian1 (9:14:27 PM): I don't think so. Crap. Ok, new plan.
Umbrafer (9:14:30 PM): If the answer is no, he points this fact out.
Thematrian1 (9:14:42 PM): How many cameras between us and the way out of the mackarel room?
Umbrafer (9:15:54 PM): Retroactive Perception test (you never asked, that I can find, but you're professionals)
Umbrafer (9:16:13 PM): (And have been looking out for cameras the entire rest of the time)
Thematrian1 (9:16:31 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 6 5 4 4
Thematrian1 (9:16:35 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:16:38 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (9:17:18 PM): There are some ultrasound emitters, and even a few little thingamajigs that look like they might be laser tripwires, but you can't for the life of you find any cameras.
Umbrafer (9:17:33 PM): Except for the one in the server room, of course
Umbrafer (9:17:47 PM): (Which Glitch took out)
Thematrian1 (9:18:09 PM): Ok. I call out to a City spirit, F4
Thematrian1 (9:18:14 PM): #Any movement outside?#
Thematrian1 (9:18:16 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 4 3 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:18:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 3 1 5 6 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:18:22 PM): 3 services, no drain
Umbrafer (9:18:57 PM): Hound: the scene, to casual inspection, is still quiet but brighter.
circlmastr (9:19:33 PM): *inspects a bit more just to be safe*
Umbrafer (9:19:44 PM): The city spirit you get is pale and holding a cup of steaming black liquid. It doesn't so much have hair as it has wires and cables.
Thematrian1 (9:19:55 PM): "Hiya"
Umbrafer (9:20:07 PM): *Mumble*
Umbrafer (9:20:51 PM): (Appropriate Sensors roll or description of your inspection as you will)
Thematrian1 (9:21:19 PM): "I need you to cause a little glitch in some of these devices for me. Just a few seconds, long enough for us to get out the door, all right?"
circlmastr (9:22:01 PM): circlmastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 6 3 1 4 3
Umbrafer (9:22:03 PM): *Mumble*
circlmastr (9:22:03 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
circlmastr (9:22:05 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 3 6 2
circlmastr (9:22:07 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (9:22:12 PM): That mumble may have been more affirmative than the previous one.
circlmastr (9:22:13 PM): (Active and passive, respectively)
Umbrafer (9:22:16 PM): It's hard to tell.
Thematrian1 (9:22:21 PM): (Should've called up a Great Form. Next time)
Umbrafer (9:22:21 PM): Your spirit looks tired.
Thematrian1 (9:22:32 PM): I tousel its...hair.
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Umbrafer (9:23:16 PM): It makes an appreciative squeak.
MilesMk1 (9:23:22 PM): Does it?
Umbrafer (9:23:27 PM): Yep.
Umbrafer (9:23:42 PM): As far as Glitch can tell, though, Gem is holding her hand out to empty air.
Thematrian1 (9:23:50 PM): oh good. I beckon to Glitch.
MilesMk1 (9:23:56 PM): Hey. This is me, BTW, completely losing track of what day it is on account of actually having time off for the first time in months.
Thematrian1 (9:23:56 PM): "Are the ultrasound emitters down?"
Umbrafer (9:24:14 PM): Heh. I've had that happen.
MilesMk1 (9:24:16 PM): *checks ultrasound emitters*
Thematrian1 (9:24:19 PM): (It's cool. Having fun with your time off?)
Umbrafer (9:24:50 PM): The ultrasound emitters are still fully active. None bar your path to the stairwell, however.
Thematrian1 (9:25:10 PM): and the laser tripwires?
circlmastr (9:25:28 PM): (Nothing to sense, or my roll just sucked?_
MilesMk1 (9:25:31 PM): (Reasonably. A few days ago, a buddy and I hit a Brazilian BBQ, saw a couple of movies, and then had eight pints of beer. Earlier today I ran a D&D gama that was quite well received... And I got a lot of sleeping done.)
MilesMk1 (9:26:13 PM): There are laser tripwires, now? Where?
Umbrafer (9:26:20 PM): The scene outside is still pretty quiet. There's an increased number of signatures to the South, but they aren't coming this way.
MilesMk1 (9:26:22 PM): Regardless, I check to see if those are active.
Umbrafer (9:26:55 PM): The laser tripwires are also deeper into the mackarel room.
MilesMk1 (9:27:03 PM): (And Christmass was ok. How're you guys doing?)
Thematrian1 (9:27:17 PM): (Pretty well. My great grandma is 95 and she can still drive)
Thematrian1 (9:27:25 PM): (safely, I've seen it. It's nuts)
MilesMk1 (9:27:40 PM): (That is something. Hopefully, you ended up with some of those good genes...)
Thematrian1 (9:27:42 PM): I guess we book it upstairs, then.
MilesMk1 (9:27:59 PM): Hold on - so, did we do what we needed to do?
Umbrafer (9:28:00 PM): (Things are good, by and large. Too little time, and I still haven't started on the proofs I need to finish, but that's life.)
MilesMk1 (9:28:25 PM): And how did I miss the laser tripwires the last time?
Thematrian1 (9:28:43 PM): They were off.
MilesMk1 (9:28:47 PM): Ah.
Thematrian1 (9:29:01 PM): speaking of which, it's time we left
MilesMk1 (9:29:16 PM): All right, let's get the hell out.
Umbrafer (9:29:34 PM): You reach the top of the stairwell. Exiting the mackarel room?
MilesMk1 (9:29:45 PM): I suggest we simply find a ground-level door, I bugger the lock, and we walk out and get into the car around a corner.
Thematrian1 (9:30:00 PM): sounds delightful
Thematrian1 (9:30:05 PM): "You're the expert."
MilesMk1 (9:30:19 PM): Assuming we can do that without spending time on multiple cameras.
MilesMk1 (9:30:37 PM): I'll listen for activity outside, then exit the mackerel room.
MilesMk1 (9:31:06 PM): #If we try to retrace our steps, we'll need to deal with a ton of security that was inactive the first time around.#
MilesMk1 (9:31:50 PM): So, listening:
MilesMk1 (9:31:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 6 6 5 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:31:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 2
Umbrafer (9:32:17 PM): You've got the entire book worth of hearing augs, right?
MilesMk1 (9:32:34 PM): (I believe so.)
MilesMk1 (9:33:19 PM): (Let me see if I can check - I should have a backup of my character sheet...)
circlmastr (9:33:59 PM): #How long till you folks get out here and we get going?#
Umbrafer (9:34:06 PM): Apart from some hums of active electronics of one sort or another, you hear nothing. Wait, it sounds like there's a fan somewhere that turned on.
MilesMk1 (9:34:17 PM): Damn.
MilesMk1 (9:34:25 PM): I hate fans.
MilesMk1 (9:34:32 PM): #We're on the way out now.#
MilesMk1 (9:35:22 PM): Ok - Glitch is going to try to find the best path to a fire door, or some such (or some other secondary exit) that's not going to be covered by cameras - or least covered.
MilesMk1 (9:35:45 PM): #Why, is there anything incoming?#
circlmastr (9:36:42 PM): #Just the power coming on, it makes me nervous.#
MilesMk1 (9:37:05 PM): #We're trying.#
Umbrafer (9:37:32 PM): The exit signage is, fortunately, quite good.
MilesMk1 (9:38:59 PM): Ok... I head for one that won't involve having to deal with many cameras.
MilesMk1 (9:39:46 PM): Ideally, I'd like to bypass things and get out clean.
Umbrafer (9:40:19 PM): You suspect there'll be a camera on every exit, just for insurance purposes, though it may be exterior in some cases.
MilesMk1 (9:40:43 PM): Well, I try to lead Gem to an exit without getting her on camera - is that doable?
Umbrafer (9:40:53 PM): The shortest route takes you out through the lobby. A slightly longer one brings you back past some offices and out the side.
Thematrian1 (9:40:57 PM): #Worse comes to worst, I have a spirit.#
Umbrafer (9:41:03 PM): It's doable right up until the exit itself.
MilesMk1 (9:41:40 PM): That's fine... I'll have her wait out of sight, take out the camera and the lock as quickly as possible - using the tool laser if necessary - and then we just walk out and leave.
Umbrafer (9:42:09 PM): There's no lock, though a sign proclaims that the alarm will sound.
Thematrian1 (9:42:18 PM): geez, it's like you're ashamed to be seen with me
Thematrian1 (9:42:28 PM): "Oh spirit? Can you stop that alarm from sounding?"
Thematrian1 (9:42:32 PM): (whispered)
MilesMk1 (9:42:33 PM): I'm trying to protect you. ;)
MilesMk1 (9:42:44 PM): Can I stop the alarm from sounding?
circlmastr (9:42:48 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 5 6 4 4
circlmastr (9:42:50 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Umbrafer (9:43:01 PM): It flits around for a bit, then comes back. "Dunno. Prob'ly."
MilesMk1 (9:43:04 PM): Just to make doubly sure.
MilesMk1 (9:43:20 PM): Well, going off, I mean.
Thematrian1 (9:43:33 PM): To the spirit: "Please do so." To Glitch: "you get the camera?"
MilesMk1 (9:43:41 PM): "Sure."
MilesMk1 (9:44:00 PM): Ok, so I open the door, then quickly nail the camera, and we leave.
Umbrafer (9:44:18 PM): Glitch isn't sure if he can stop it. It looks like he could, but there are a couple of designs that require digging into the door to disable.
MilesMk1 (9:44:46 PM): Ok, no point in overthinking this.
MilesMk1 (9:45:21 PM): I open the door, get the camera with my tool laser, and we head for the van, trying not to blunder into the FOV of any other camera.
Umbrafer (9:46:22 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 2
Umbrafer (9:46:26 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (9:46:55 PM): The camera's mounted midway up on the building. Your tool laser won't cut it there, though it might blind it if you're accurate enough.
MilesMk1 (9:47:43 PM): Ok, I'll do that.
Umbrafer (9:47:58 PM): You hold the tool laser very steady while Gem runs by. Quickness.
Thematrian1 (9:48:10 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 5 6 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:48:13 PM): deoh
Umbrafer (9:48:17 PM): Well
Thematrian1 (9:48:17 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 2 2 3
Thematrian1 (9:48:20 PM): aw mn
Umbrafer (9:48:25 PM): I was kinda thinking Glitch
Thematrian1 (9:48:30 PM): oh
Umbrafer (9:48:31 PM): But Gem runs by extremely quickly
circlmastr (9:48:37 PM): Go Gem g!
circlmastr (9:48:38 PM): *go
MilesMk1 (9:49:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 3 3 6 4 6
MilesMk1 (9:49:13 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Umbrafer (9:49:44 PM): You're pretty sure this section of tape is ruined.
Umbrafer (9:49:59 PM): Not that there's tape involved, mind you.
MilesMk1 (9:50:00 PM): Once Gem is out of sight, I follow, ruthenized.
MilesMk1 (9:50:17 PM): (I know, I know, not a word, feeling lazy)
MilesMk1 (9:51:09 PM): (BTW, Ever been to one of those Brazilian Churrascarias where they circulate with steaming skewers of meat and slice it off right at your table? You just have this little sign you flip from green to red if you want to stop the
MilesMk1 (9:51:14 PM): read meat from coming)
Thematrian1 (9:51:47 PM): (Yep, and also yum)
MilesMk1 (9:52:31 PM): #We're out, and on the way back.#
Thematrian1 (9:52:42 PM): So where are we, relative to the van?
circlmastr (9:52:47 PM): #Good, some erratic signals closing slowly from the south.#
Umbrafer (9:52:52 PM): (I haven't, but I clearly need to correct that.)
Umbrafer (9:54:04 PM): Van was parked where, a block or two away?
circlmastr (9:54:16 PM): Like I have any recollection.
circlmastr (9:54:22 PM): But it sounds good enough.
Umbrafer (9:55:39 PM): You're about 50 meters from the van, counting a hook around a fenced property.
Thematrian1 (9:56:07 PM): what time is it?
MilesMk1 (9:56:23 PM): (They tend to be pricey - the good ones in major cities, do, anyway - but for all-you-can-eat of choice cuts of beef, it's worth it.)
MilesMk1 (9:57:04 PM): #Head for the van, Gem, I'll cover in case those signatures are trouble...#
Umbrafer (9:57:12 PM): IIRC, 1:45ish.
MilesMk1 (9:57:29 PM): *gets the MGL ready and follows along stealthily, scanning the area*
Umbrafer (9:59:24 PM): Perception
MilesMk1 (9:59:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 6 3 2 6
MilesMk1 (9:59:38 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 2
circlmastr (9:59:40 PM): #Uh, some security vehicles are checking buildings, you guys better hurry.#
MilesMk1 (9:59:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
MilesMk1 (9:59:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (10:00:05 PM): #What kind of vehicles?#
Umbrafer (10:00:09 PM): You're fairly certain that no one is hiding in the shadows. It's surprisingly quiet.
MilesMk1 (10:00:36 PM): Hmm.
Thematrian1 (10:00:36 PM): To my spirit: "Conceal me!"
Thematrian1 (10:00:47 PM): Or are we no longer in City?
circlmastr (10:01:00 PM): #Patrol car.#
MilesMk1 (10:01:18 PM): Well, I'll pick it up, then. Start jogging.
Umbrafer (10:01:40 PM): You are in Office Park, which is a subset of City.
Umbrafer (10:01:59 PM): More orthodox Shaman deny the distinction.
Thematrian1 (10:02:44 PM): #Anywhere near you?#
Umbrafer (10:03:48 PM): You find yourselves looking like decorative shrubbery. You'd be dubious about the concealment value, but you learned long ago that these things work much better than they seem like they ought to. Must be magic.
circlmastr (10:04:31 PM): #Fair way south, still. Lone Star vehicle too, parked. Two cops walking the office park.#
Thematrian1 (10:05:08 PM): #Can you move?#
circlmastr (10:05:34 PM): #Need me to pick you up?#
Umbrafer (10:05:52 PM): You're probably in sight of the van at this point
MilesMk1 (10:05:56 PM): *imitating a manner of a veteran instructor*
MilesMk1 (10:05:58 PM): #...and for god's sake, do not rip off pieces of foliage and stick them on your person for "camouflage". Walking bushes are unusual, and if you ever see one, I encourage you to shoot it.#
MilesMk1 (10:06:14 PM): *heads for the van, still scanning for trouble*
Umbrafer (10:07:05 PM): No trouble has appeared by the time you reach the van.
Thematrian1 (10:07:30 PM): #Ok, we're set. Get us out of here.#
circlmastr (10:08:47 PM): *hopes into the van and makes like moving away*
MilesMk1 (10:09:10 PM): *gets into the van*
Thematrian1 (10:09:58 PM): "Hi, Hound."
circlmastr (10:09:59 PM): Er, hops
Thematrian1 (10:10:14 PM): "Smile; we have a book. Want a copy?"
circlmastr (10:10:40 PM): "Please. Did you guys get that behavior modification book?" *drive drive*
Thematrian1 (10:10:51 PM): "Of course."
circlmastr (10:11:18 PM): "Excellent."
MilesMk1 (10:12:44 PM): *stretches, peels off the suit's hood*
Umbrafer (10:13:13 PM): A Glitch-head appears.
MilesMk1 (10:13:48 PM): "God, to think there are fucktards out there who get all hot and bothered dressing in rubber suits and getting tied up and stuff." *cracks neck audibly*
Umbrafer (10:14:04 PM): Actually, that's a question. Did you turn off the suit or ignore it when you were jogging back to the van, or were you continuing with the full camo?
Thematrian1 (10:14:10 PM): "Wait, what?"
MilesMk1 (10:14:37 PM): *blinks* "Ah, I mean, ruthenium doesn't breathe all that well."
circlmastr (10:14:56 PM): "Cough gimp cough..."
MilesMk1 (10:15:01 PM): Well, when I was scouting, I had it on - the rest of the time, I ignored it.
Umbrafer (10:15:08 PM): Ok.
MilesMk1 (10:15:48 PM): I know it doesn't work as useful camo if I move quickly, but I'm still basically a messy blur with no discernible features, right?
Umbrafer (10:16:38 PM): An extremely messy blur, but yeah, you're indistinguishable A Scanner Darkly-style.
circlmastr (10:17:48 PM): *drive drive drive* "How much are we getting paid for this again?"
MilesMk1 (10:18:48 PM): You know, I bet there's a club scene somewhere where people dress in this stuff, load up some pre-scanned images to display (since who wants to pay for 10,000 nuyen scanners) and dance under strobing lights.
Umbrafer (10:19:17 PM): There is. Dante's Inferno does it weekly.
MilesMk1 (10:19:55 PM): Man, I bet Glitch could so be a hit with his real 12-scanner system...
MilesMk1 (10:20:13 PM): "Good question... Let me look that up."
MilesMk1 (10:20:26 PM): (How much do we get paid, again? It's been ages.)
MilesMk1 (10:20:48 PM): (Also, could you try to dig up my stupid character sheet? Please?)
Umbrafer (10:20:56 PM): (I, um… *dig dig*)
Umbrafer (10:21:24 PM): (Charsheet too, but I've quite forgotten your pay)
Umbrafer (10:21:37 PM): (You think I'd learn to write it down, but noooooo…)
MilesMk1 (10:21:45 PM): "I think we should try to offload this thing as soon as possible. There was way more to that place than their public image suggests, so the sooner we get rid of it, the better."
circlmastr (10:22:13 PM): "I second that. You still have my spider?"
Thematrian1 (10:22:41 PM): "I third it, the motion is passed by acclimation, do you want to make the call or should I?"
circlmastr (10:23:24 PM): "You can. You have my spider right?
Thematrian1 (10:23:56 PM): "Yes."
MilesMk1 (10:24:26 PM): "I'll let you call them."
Thematrian1 (10:24:35 PM): ::nod:: ::dial::
circlmastr (10:27:35 PM): *drive drive*
Thematrian1 (10:27:52 PM): Does it ring?
Umbrafer (10:28:02 PM): It does ring.
Umbrafer (10:29:31 PM): It also picks up. "Hello?
Umbrafer (10:29:32 PM): *"
Umbrafer (10:31:19 PM): *Slowly works his way back through the logs*
Thematrian1 (10:31:26 PM): Is it the same guy, as far as I can tell?
Umbrafer (10:32:52 PM): Yep.
Umbrafer (10:32:59 PM): Woman, IIRC
Thematrian1 (10:33:16 PM): "Good {evening | morning}, Ms. Johnson. I'm just calling to let you know that your package has arrived and is ready for pickup any time."
Umbrafer (10:35:36 PM): "Excellent. Monorail station, [neighborhood just outside of downtown] in two hours?"
Thematrian1 (10:37:13 PM): ::mute:: "Hey Hound, can you get to {the location} in two hours?"
circlmastr (10:37:51 PM): "Is the Pope Catholic?"
Umbrafer (10:38:04 PM): You estimate it as being, at present traffic levels and assuming no riots, under half an hour away. That's to an ordinary driver, no less.
Thematrian1 (10:38:07 PM): "I dunno, is he still?"
Umbrafer (10:38:15 PM): Note that present traffic levels approach zero.
MilesMk1 (10:39:10 PM): (You know, until he died, I hadn't fully realized how much my concept of "Pope" involved the fact he was Polish.)
MilesMk1 (10:40:21 PM): (At one point not too long ago, I managed to really annoy my mother by responding to her "The Pope's speech is on TV" with "...that's not the Pope, that's that German guy...")
circlmastr (10:40:23 PM): "Isn't he? Fuck if I know."
Umbrafer (10:40:31 PM): (The current pope is in fact Catholic. The last one may not have been, based on some of the uproar you heard about.)
Thematrian1 (10:40:57 PM): (Heh)
MilesMk1 (10:42:35 PM): "So that's a yes, anyway."
Thematrian1 (10:42:47 PM): ::unmute:: "We'll be there."
Umbrafer (10:42:54 PM): *Click*
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MilesMk1 (10:43:17 PM): I'm assuming that's a fairly decent neighborhood?
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circlmastr (10:43:38 PM): (Sorry about that, wireless gave out)
Umbrafer (10:43:50 PM): It's not a great neighborhood—close to the heart of Halloweener turf, actually. That said, it isn't awful.
circlmastr (10:44:03 PM): *drive drive*
Thematrian1 (10:44:50 PM): Ok. I'll send the blimp out once we're fairly close.
circlmastr (10:45:32 PM): Wait, what?
Thematrian1 (10:45:59 PM): I have a blimp.
Thematrian1 (10:46:03 PM): You can send one too
Thematrian1 (10:46:05 PM): in fct, please do
circlmastr (10:46:14 PM): Gem has a blimp?
Thematrian1 (10:46:22 PM): yes
circlmastr (10:46:23 PM): I thought she was a decker/shaman
MilesMk1 (10:46:32 PM): With a blimp.
Thematrian1 (10:46:39 PM): And social skills.
Umbrafer (10:46:58 PM): Riggerdeckerfacemage.
circlmastr (10:47:09 PM): Fun.
Thematrian1 (10:47:17 PM): one cure for munchkinism, or at least one way to suppress the symptoms, is to build a ridiculous and underpowered concept.
circlmastr (10:47:24 PM): My blimps are already in the air, they just need to position themselves.
circlmastr (10:47:39 PM): (My ridiculous and underpowered concepts always fail.)
Thematrian1 (10:47:54 PM): (Yeah, this is about my 25th iteration of this concept)
circlmastr (10:48:35 PM): "So where am I headed? For the meet straight away?"
MilesMk1 (10:49:11 PM): "How do we want to handle the hand-off? You deal with them and I stay hidden as backup, we both show, only I show?"
MilesMk1 (10:50:06 PM): (Is a monorail station even someplace I could get into in Ruthenium, or is it more trouble than it's worth>)
MilesMk1 (10:50:09 PM): ?)
Thematrian1 (10:50:42 PM): "I'll show, you hide, Hound does overwatch. I doubt it's a trap, but you're better at watching out than I am."
MilesMk1 (10:51:10 PM): "All right."
circlmastr (10:51:17 PM): "Mind if I show too? I can have the drones on auto."
Umbrafer (10:51:48 PM): (You could get in, though the number of people usually makes detection likely. It's probably less crowded now.)
Thematrian1 (10:52:00 PM): "I'd rather I had you looking down from above. What do you want to meet the man for, anyhow?"
Thematrian1 (10:52:05 PM): err, lady
MilesMk1 (10:52:20 PM): "He's angling for a date, remember?" *grins*
Umbrafer (10:52:24 PM): (Nevertheless, like any public place, it's one of the riskier areas to be in camo.)
MilesMk1 (10:52:52 PM): Fair enough - I'll just go in plainclothes, and try to stay hidden the conventional way.
MilesMk1 (10:53:14 PM): Oh... Any metal detectors to worry about?
circlmastr (10:53:40 PM): "Har har."
Umbrafer (10:54:14 PM): You know they exist (biz secret), but they're generally used for an idea of who to watch for. Enough people pack that even Heavy Pistols won't cause comment, though heavier armament (if identifiable) will.
MilesMk1 (10:54:39 PM): Ok, I'll stick to a heavy pistol, then.
MilesMk1 (10:54:44 PM): APDS load.
circlmastr (10:55:36 PM): *blimp blimps around on auto*
MilesMk1 (10:55:37 PM): And shock gloves, since those are highly concealable.
MilesMk1 (10:56:26 PM): *peels off the camo suit and gear webbing, changes into street clothes with an armored jacket*
Umbrafer (10:56:39 PM): *Blimp blimp blimp*
circlmastr (10:57:33 PM): Hound wonders why it is that whenever someone changes clothes in his van, it's a guy and not a girl.
Umbrafer (10:58:01 PM): Wondering that might be the reason :)
circlmastr (10:58:15 PM): He didn't wonder ALOUD.
Thematrian1 (10:59:02 PM): Good call.
circlmastr (10:59:23 PM): "So, what are we doing in the meantime?"
MilesMk1 (10:59:58 PM): "Coffee and donuts?"
Thematrian1 (11:00:03 PM): "Spying, sleeping?"
Thematrian1 (11:00:10 PM): "Yeah, coffee sounds good."
Umbrafer (11:02:15 PM): There's a CATCo Coffee and a Mitsuhama House of Donuts right nearby, and a few blocks down there's a French-named chain owned by, if intel is correct, Fuchi.
circlmastr (11:04:04 PM): "I like Fuchi better."
MilesMk1 (11:04:10 PM): "Here's the plan: Gem picks the place, Hound drives to place, I extract the coffee and donuts."
MilesMk1 (11:04:17 PM): "Or, whatever..."
Thematrian1 (11:04:40 PM): "Fuchi-owned, every time."
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Umbrafer (11:08:12 PM): New chat, same as the old chat.
circlmastr (11:08:18 PM): w00t
Umbrafer (11:08:20 PM): Anyway.
MilesMk1 (11:08:25 PM): That was annoying.
Umbrafer (11:08:36 PM): Fuchi, world's #2, though they've been fighting pretty hard for that position over the last six years.
MilesMk1 (11:08:38 PM): So, Fuchi-brand coffee and donuts.
Umbrafer (11:09:26 PM): It's pretty good, all things considered. The fake stuff continues its march towards quality, whilst those who have learned to taste the difference weep in solitude.
circlmastr (11:09:28 PM): Mm, realer than real.
Umbrafer (11:11:04 PM): Your coffee and donuts are, while tasty, not BTLs.
MilesMk1 (11:11:25 PM): Ok, with that done, let's head for the meet somewhat early.
Thematrian1 (11:11:30 PM): ::munch munch::
MilesMk1 (11:11:52 PM): (I entertain the vain hope of wrapping this up and actually getting some Karma for the first time in... I dunno, six months? Longer? ;))
Umbrafer (11:13:04 PM): (About six months. The logs get hard to follow in August, but that's about when the run starts.)
circlmastr (11:13:10 PM): ::munch munch:: "Mmm, devil's food..."
Umbrafer (11:13:10 PM): Well, July or August
Umbrafer (11:13:13 PM): *)
Umbrafer (11:13:22 PM): *(
Thematrian1 (11:13:24 PM): so, 20 minutes early, we show up at the meet location?
Umbrafer (11:13:28 PM): Yep
Umbrafer (11:14:11 PM): Some time passes. A guy stumbles over to a corner and then flops onto the ground.
Umbrafer (11:14:17 PM): Ten minutes early, the J wanders in.
circlmastr (11:15:05 PM): ::gives her a little wave::
MilesMk1 (11:15:08 PM): *blends into the background*
Thematrian1 (11:15:27 PM): I augment Hound's wave with a beckon.
MilesMk1 (11:15:35 PM): *keeps an eye on the flopper, looking for possible concealed weapons*
Umbrafer (11:15:45 PM): She wanders over to you. Perception.
MilesMk1 (11:15:49 PM): *scans the area*
MilesMk1 (11:15:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 6 3 6 4
MilesMk1 (11:16:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 5
Thematrian1 (11:16:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 4 4 1 2 5
Thematrian1 (11:16:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
circlmastr (11:16:23 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 1 3 6 6 2
circlmastr (11:16:25 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 2
Umbrafer (11:17:18 PM): She looks nervous. She's definitely keeping watch on the guy in the corner, Glitch, and the direction of the entrance.
Umbrafer (11:17:36 PM): Close watch, that is. The kind where you risk other people noticing.
MilesMk1 (11:17:40 PM): She noticed me? I'm appalled!
Thematrian1 (11:17:42 PM): Oh boy.
Thematrian1 (11:17:44 PM): "Want to take a walk?"
Thematrian1 (11:17:58 PM): (once she's nearby)
MilesMk1 (11:18:16 PM): #Something has her really spooked... Hound, maybe it's best if your plugged in?#
circlmastr (11:18:41 PM): *takes a brief moment to jump into the blimp and get an overhead shot*
Umbrafer (11:19:02 PM): "No, let's get this over with. You hear what went on near Fort Lewis?"
Thematrian1 (11:19:28 PM): #Do we have the details on that?#
MilesMk1 (11:19:40 PM): *racks his brain*
Thematrian1 (11:20:11 PM): Jon, do we?
circlmastr (11:20:11 PM): #The power outage?#
Thematrian1 (11:20:35 PM): #Right, but#
Umbrafer (11:20:48 PM): You don't.
Thematrian1 (11:20:48 PM): "Not really, no."
Thematrian1 (11:20:57 PM): "We saw the effects, of course."
Umbrafer (11:21:51 PM): "There was a riot. Some people say it was a trog riot, some say that's not true. The fort turned out the death squad on them."
Umbrafer (11:22:05 PM): "Heavy armor, moved like cats on crack. I saw a video."
MilesMk1 (11:22:20 PM): (Blake? Blake wasn't there...)
MilesMk1 (11:22:58 PM): #Well, since when does Ms. Johnson care about that kind of thing? Are we working for someone with a cause?#
Umbrafer (11:23:17 PM): "Then the Star sent in their heavy armor. Never seen anything like it, not even in '48."
Thematrian1 (11:23:22 PM): #Yeah, probably.#
Umbrafer (11:23:35 PM): She shakes herself. "Business. You got it?"
MilesMk1 (11:23:39 PM): (Also, what's Fort Lewis - I assume Glitch knows even if I don't.)
circlmastr (11:23:39 PM): #Ehran whoever sounds like a cause.#
MilesMk1 (11:24:10 PM): #The Scribe. Wasn't it?#
Umbrafer (11:24:11 PM): (Fort Lewis is a military base and training ground)
Thematrian1 (11:24:14 PM): #Yep#
MilesMk1 (11:24:18 PM): (Ah.)
MilesMk1 (11:24:44 PM): (So I'm assuming the Star armor shot some more protesters, not mixed it up with the military.)
MilesMk1 (11:25:01 PM): (You know, I like Glitch, but I so have Street Sam Envy sometimes.)
Umbrafer (11:25:37 PM): (She wasn't clear about that, but it seems logical)
Umbrafer (11:26:01 PM): (Getting involved in a shootout with the UCAS military seems like a good way to lose a contract with the city of Seattle.)
MilesMk1 (11:26:44 PM): (I think this is the part where Gem tells her she has it.)
Thematrian1 (11:26:58 PM): (Argh, thank you)
MilesMk1 (11:27:07 PM): (;))
Umbrafer (11:27:08 PM): (Or that she doesn't have it, alternately. Though I'm not sure what purpose that would serve)
circlmastr (11:27:21 PM): "Yeah, we've got it."
circlmastr (11:27:35 PM): (*physically drags the chat back to the game*)
Thematrian1 (11:27:39 PM): "Right here."
Umbrafer (11:28:34 PM): She holds out a hand, withdrawing a small pouch with the other.
Thematrian1 (11:29:59 PM): I pass it over.
Umbrafer (11:30:51 PM): She takes it, then hands you the pouch. It feels like it has a handful of credstick-shaped objects in it.
Thematrian1 (11:31:37 PM): I take about a million pictures of this whole procedure.
Umbrafer (11:31:50 PM): She skims the manuscript briefly.
circlmastr (11:32:01 PM): "What the book about, anyway?"
circlmastr (11:32:25 PM): *What's
Umbrafer (11:32:38 PM): "No idea, sorry."
Umbrafer (11:33:19 PM): "Pleasure doing business with you." She hefts the manuscript and starts walking quickly towards the exit.
Thematrian1 (11:33:53 PM): #Orca bites. Track her, Hound.#
Umbrafer (11:34:11 PM): (Orca bites?)
circlmastr (11:34:38 PM): #Be sure to catch my body.# *jumps into the blimp and tracks her#
Thematrian1 (11:35:07 PM): (Imagine it being said with the same emphases as "God damn")
Umbrafer (11:35:29 PM): (Got it.)
Umbrafer (11:35:35 PM): Mmk. Getting sensor lock, or just tracking visually?
circlmastr (11:36:26 PM): Does the sensor lock do anything for me/
circlmastr (11:36:28 PM): *?
Umbrafer (11:36:42 PM): Makes it easier to track when you don't have LOS
Thematrian1 (11:36:44 PM): Yes. You can go on tracking even without visual contact, in some situations.
MilesMk1 (11:36:51 PM): #What's wrong, Gem?#
MilesMk1 (11:37:13 PM): *helps with Hound's body if necessary*
circlmastr (11:37:38 PM): Then yes, sensor lock
Thematrian1 (11:37:41 PM): #Let's get out of here. Come help me get my drunk friend out.#
Umbrafer (11:37:57 PM): (Roll it. Active sensors)
circlmastr (11:38:46 PM): circlmastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 1 5 4 2 3
circlmastr (11:38:52 PM): (Let's hope the TN is 4)
MilesMk1 (11:38:54 PM): #Ok.#
MilesMk1 (11:39:13 PM): *throws Hound over his shoulder, heads back to the van*
Thematrian1 (11:39:16 PM): (You have LOS, so it probably is)
Umbrafer (11:39:21 PM): (A standard human is usually pretty easy to lock, especially with LOS)
Umbrafer (11:39:32 PM): (This one, though, you've only got a marginal lock on. Still, you have lock.)
circlmastr (11:39:40 PM): (Can I make it better?)
Umbrafer (11:39:54 PM): (No real need to)
circlmastr (11:40:08 PM): (Okay) *track track track*
MilesMk1 (11:40:20 PM): (How big is Hound, anyway?)
Thematrian1 (11:40:38 PM): #I think you're right, Glitch; we're dealing with an idealist. She has a Cause.#
circlmastr (11:40:39 PM): (Maybe 6' tall at the outside. The trick is the cyberleg.)
circlmastr (11:41:05 PM): (I have 6'1" on my sheet)
circlmastr (11:41:28 PM): (And 189 lbs which is an utter lie with an obvious cyberleg)
Thematrian1 (11:42:16 PM): I get into the passenger's seat of Hound's van. What's our target doing?
Umbrafer (11:42:20 PM): The two of you half-carry, half-drag Hound back to the van.
MilesMk1 (11:42:38 PM): Unless Gem objected, I really did toss him over a shoulder.
Thematrian1 (11:42:43 PM): She didn't.
Umbrafer (11:42:48 PM): The target is walking at a brisk pace, changing direction every so often.
Thematrian1 (11:42:50 PM): My Strength 1 and I don't do a lot of carrying.
Umbrafer (11:43:00 PM): Fair enough. If you have the Strength for it, you do indeed do that.
circlmastr (11:43:01 PM): *track track*
MilesMk1 (11:43:22 PM): (I think I'm actually at 6, now, but I don't have my character sheet... It's 5 at least.)
Umbrafer (11:43:37 PM): After a while, she gets into a car. It's small and Electric.
MilesMk1 (11:43:39 PM): *puts hound in the driver's seat, gets in the van*
MilesMk1 (11:43:56 PM): "Let me see the credit chips?"
Thematrian1 (11:44:08 PM): I pass a few over. "Bugs and bombs?"
MilesMk1 (11:44:17 PM): "So, why are we trying to track her? And should I suit up again?"
Umbrafer (11:44:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 5 5 6 4 2 3 1 4 6 6 6 2
MilesMk1 (11:44:37 PM): *examines the chips* (what do I roll? Perception, electronics, demolitions?)
Umbrafer (11:44:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 5 4
Umbrafer (11:44:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 6 5
Umbrafer (11:44:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (11:45:18 PM): (I was just asking, beacuse it'd look faintly ridiculous for a 5' tall guy that weighs about 130 pounds to carry you...)
Umbrafer (11:45:34 PM): The credsticks add up to roughly the amount you expect. I'd tell you that amount, but I couldn't find it and I'd prefer to look for the number. If I haven't found it by next week, we try to agree on what it was.
MilesMk1 (11:45:46 PM): That's fine with me.
Umbrafer (11:45:58 PM): (Perception and Electronics are the two big ones.)
MilesMk1 (11:46:06 PM): Perception:
MilesMk1 (11:46:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 1 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (11:46:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (11:46:19 PM): Electronics:
MilesMk1 (11:46:22 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 1
MilesMk1 (11:46:39 PM): Damn it... Well, microscopic vision hopefully applies.
Umbrafer (11:47:00 PM): The J drives along, then abruptly cuts into a series of sharp turns and into some sensor shadows. You lose contact.
Umbrafer (11:47:13 PM): You may want to review SR3 page 144
circlmastr (11:47:25 PM): *digs for that*
Umbrafer (11:47:45 PM): What with it having the rules that will govern the remainder of tonight's action, should you choose not to break off pursuit
Umbrafer (11:48:03 PM): As for the credsticks, they look clean.
Umbrafer (11:48:16 PM): One of them may have been chewed on at some point during its lifetime, though.
MilesMk1 (11:48:39 PM): #They look ok.#
MilesMk1 (11:48:45 PM): "Still..."
circlmastr (11:48:48 PM): Do blimps even have Maneuver scores?
circlmastr (11:48:58 PM): (I know people don't...)
MilesMk1 (11:49:02 PM): *wraps credsticks in metal foil just in case*
circlmastr (11:49:03 PM): (Well...)
circlmastr (11:49:10 PM): Fuck, just tell me what the TN is, heh
Umbrafer (11:49:11 PM): Thus far we've ignored Maneuver score. While I'm not sure that's sustainable, we're not going to change it tonight.
circlmastr (11:50:14 PM): So here's Active Sensors (I think)
Umbrafer (11:50:31 PM): Signature of target - 1 + x, where x is the number of successes she got on her hiding test.
MilesMk1 (11:50:43 PM): "So, what's her capital-C Cause, and why are we trying to follow her? You think this is something that might bite us in the ass? On top of the whole messing-with-Ehran thing, I mean."
circlmastr (11:51:07 PM): circlmastr rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 6 1
circlmastr (11:51:09 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (11:51:37 PM): "Well, I don't know. But I can't shake the feeling that we have now done work for both sides of some kind of political conflict."
circlmastr (11:51:38 PM): (That'd better be at least one success, otherwise karma)
Umbrafer (11:51:47 PM): It takes you some work, but a few blocks later you reestablish contact. A slight readjustment of course brings you back into visual contact.
Umbrafer (11:52:29 PM): She drives for some time, then gets on the highway headed South.
circlmastr (11:52:54 PM): *track track*
Umbrafer (11:53:18 PM): What's the range on your remote-control network?
circlmastr (11:54:11 PM): Something ridiculous. I figured it out at some point and it basically covered all of Seattle.
MilesMk1 (11:54:56 PM): "Well, I hope we haven't started any revolutions."
Umbrafer (11:55:08 PM): She goes a fair way South, then bypasses a barrier heading into Puyallup.
circlmastr (11:55:21 PM): *informs the group of her progress*
Thematrian1 (11:55:31 PM): Puyallup? Is that good or evil?
circlmastr (11:55:53 PM): It's pretty slummy IIRC
Umbrafer (11:55:57 PM): That's the destroyed-infrastructure Barrens.
Umbrafer (11:56:09 PM): The one with the massive Troll who'd forgotten English.
Thematrian1 (11:56:15 PM): oh, yeah
MilesMk1 (11:56:43 PM): Trogzilla!
circlmastr (11:57:29 PM): *track track*
Umbrafer (11:58:00 PM): Some distance in, she takes a turn into a partly-wrecked tunnel.
MilesMk1 (11:58:10 PM): "Yeah, well, whatever we did, it's not our fault someone made the call to start shooting protesters and decided not to use gel rounds."
Umbrafer (11:58:23 PM): She stops inside. You can't see in from high up. Do you descend or remain where you are?
MilesMk1 (12:00:58 AM): *ping*
Umbrafer (12:01:03 AM): *Pong*
circlmastr (12:01:15 AM): Sorry
circlmastr (12:01:17 AM): Descend
circlmastr (12:01:30 AM): In an arc, preferably, to keep distance
Umbrafer (12:01:59 AM): You do what you can, though it's extremely difficult to keep any sort of distance and remain in visual contact. Which do you prioritize?
circlmastr (12:02:52 AM): Contact. No way she can see it's MY drone and not someone else's, after all.
Umbrafer (12:03:32 AM): She /knows/.
Umbrafer (12:03:34 AM): Anyway.
Umbrafer (12:03:37 AM): You descend.
Umbrafer (12:04:26 AM): Roll your piloting skill for descent time.
Thematrian1 (12:04:47 AM): (I have to sleep, I'm afraid. Can we get karma?)
circlmastr (12:05:22 AM): Defaulting to Reaction
Umbrafer (12:05:23 AM): (Can you hold on 150 seconds?)
circlmastr (12:05:24 AM): circlmastr rolled 12 6-sided dice: 5 1 4 1 6 2 5 5 6 4 1 2
circlmastr (12:05:27 AM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
Umbrafer (12:05:40 AM): Mmk. You descend quickly.
Thematrian1 (12:05:45 AM): (Ok. 150 seconds)
Umbrafer (12:05:56 AM): When you get to the bottom, you see inside. Perception.
circlmastr (12:06:55 AM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 2 4 6 1 5
circlmastr (12:06:58 AM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (12:07:11 AM): It takes you a few seconds to find the woman. She appears to be lying on the ground. Some people you can't see clearly are getting into two sedans and a van.
Umbrafer (12:07:30 AM): There's some kind of liquid pooling next to her.
Umbrafer (12:07:38 AM): Everyone gets nine karma, and I'll see you next Tuesday.
Thematrian1 (12:07:46 AM): You two are going to stab me to death, but I want to rescue her.
MilesMk1 (12:08:25 AM): Aw...
circlmastr (12:08:33 AM): Hound wouldn't mind rescuing her.
MilesMk1 (12:08:51 AM): Well, we can try, but unless they were incompetent, she'll be beyond that.
MilesMk1 (12:09:05 AM): I'll go along with it, though.
circlmastr (12:09:06 AM): If nothing else, we can loot the place.
Thematrian1 (12:09:19 AM): true dat. See you guys Tuesday.
circlmastr (12:09:28 AM): Damn you for killing off my contacts before I even get them, though.
MilesMk1 (12:10:02 AM): See you Tuesday.
MilesMk1 (12:10:17 AM): BTW, Jon, any chance of my character sheet? :)
MilesMk1 (12:10:29 AM): I think I might have leveled. ;)
Umbrafer (12:10:46 AM): (Hehehe)
Umbrafer (12:10:49 AM): (Sure, one minute)
MilesMk1 (12:11:28 AM): And on the other hand, they could have been overconfident and not shot her in the head to make sure.
MilesMk1 (12:11:55 AM): Or they simply didn't want to make it look... well, no, these are the Barrens, they wouldn't care what the kill looked like.
Thematrian1 (12:11:56 AM): potentially. I'd kinda like Hound to follow the proto-contact-shooting guys too, if possible.
circlmastr (12:12:23 AM): My plan was to get a sensor lock on the vans and let it follow them on auto, then fly after them in the strato.
circlmastr (12:12:34 AM): Er, sedans
MilesMk1 (12:13:05 AM): The big question is, how quickly can you get us to where she is?
MilesMk1 (12:13:25 AM): If it's not a matter of minutes, tops, then the whole thing is academic...
Umbrafer (12:13:52 AM): She went a good… figure twenty kilometers south, minimum.
circlmastr (12:13:54 AM): Van speed is 80, so... no clue
circlmastr (12:14:04 AM): Er
circlmastr (12:14:10 AM): Speed is 121
Umbrafer (12:14:12 AM): Wait, more like 15.
Umbrafer (12:14:33 AM): Nevertheless, she went from Downtown to a southern area of the greater metropolitan area.
Thematrian1 (12:14:34 AM): 121 MPT * 20 Turns/Minute = 2420 Meters/Minute max (less, obviously, for turning and whatnot)
Thematrian1 (12:14:53 AM): so 7 minutes in the best case. Ok, ok, she's dead.
circlmastr (12:15:04 AM): 2 km/min into 15 km = about 8 minutes.
circlmastr (12:15:20 AM): Can't Gem like, conjure a spirit? They fly super fast.
Thematrian1 (12:15:23 AM): !
circlmastr (12:15:24 AM): Or go there astrally.
Thematrian1 (12:15:31 AM): No, that's for full mages
circlmastr (12:15:35 AM): She's not?
Thematrian1 (12:15:37 AM): But a spirit might be able to...do something...
Thematrian1 (12:15:38 AM): no
circlmastr (12:15:41 AM): Well, conjure a spirit.
circlmastr (12:15:49 AM): With healing. Or something.
circlmastr (12:15:58 AM): Gem needs an ally spirit.
circlmastr (12:16:07 AM): With sorcery.
Thematrian1 (12:16:09 AM): She totally does.
Thematrian1 (12:16:12 AM): She's saving her karma
circlmastr (12:16:31 AM): Hound now has 9 karma.
circlmastr (12:16:46 AM): Can he study that behavioral modification book and take Mind Control as an active skill?
Thematrian1 (12:16:47 AM): Gem has more, but she's still well short of her goal
circlmastr (12:17:38 AM): *puppy eyes at Jon*
Umbrafer (12:18:29 AM): It'd be a specialization of Interrogation, presumably.
Thematrian1 (12:18:33 AM): One more run, and I'll be able to get my Ally on.
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circlmastr (12:19:57 AM): *puppy eyes at Jon*
Umbrafer (12:21:02 AM): Like I said, it'd be presumably a specialization of Interrogation.
MilesMk1 (12:21:03 AM): Huh. 61 karma.
circlmastr (12:21:16 AM): I didn't see that said
MilesMk1 (12:21:25 AM): One more point of karma pool. I *did* level. :p
Thematrian1 (12:21:32 AM): Nice. I only have 41.
MilesMk1 (12:21:38 AM): Huh? What, how?
Thematrian1 (12:22:01 AM): I bought off a flaw, that was 10. I'm not sure where the other 10 went.
Umbrafer (12:22:43 AM): Which flaw was it again? Note that that doesn't disappear from your "total earned karma" count.
Thematrian1 (12:23:14 AM): I don't know, I just observe that my edges and flaws don't balance
Thematrian1 (12:27:39 AM): anyway, good night
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circlmastr (12:27:58 AM): How much are tool lasers again?
circlmastr (12:28:06 AM): My spiders need them. And maybe tiny chainsaws.
Umbrafer (12:28:11 AM): Hehehe
circlmastr (12:28:12 AM): Because that would be cool.
Umbrafer (12:28:34 AM): The price is listed in Man and Machine. Just ignore the fact that the one they mention there is intended for cybereye implantation.
Umbrafer (12:28:45 AM): For mounting on a drone, I'll try to have rules by next session.
Umbrafer (12:28:53 AM): Or just get Seiler to tell me his, more likely.
circlmastr (12:29:34 AM): I asked Seiler first and he didn't remember them.
MilesMk1 (12:31:16 AM): Well, I'm going to run off and think about what to spend my shiny Karma on... See you guys Tuesday. Good night/
Umbrafer (12:31:32 AM): I'm going to do likewise. But without the karma-spending.
MilesMk1 (12:31:33 AM): Thanks for the character sheet.
Umbrafer (12:31:38 AM): No problem.
Umbrafer (12:31:41 AM): Sleep well, all.
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