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circlmastr (7:32:19 PM): Ahoy.
Thematrian1 (7:32:46 PM): greetings, gentlemen
Dragcrell (7:32:51 PM): Ello
MilesMk1 has entered the chat room.

Dragcrell (7:33:53 PM): ah good we all be here ^_^b let the fun and carnage begin
circlmastr (7:34:03 PM): I wonder if it would encourage players to join Monopoly if karma was given out as prizes.
Umbrafer (7:34:17 PM): Probably, but that's against my religion.
Umbrafer (7:34:29 PM): And by religion I mean "philosophy of good GMing".
Thematrian1 (7:34:41 PM): I'm not giving out any karma either.
circlmastr (7:34:51 PM): I was going to try for a Hinduism joke, but I couldn't think of one.
Umbrafer (7:35:43 PM): I'd be willing to give out a point of dharma to the winner. I'm not sure if it would help them.
Thematrian1 (7:35:49 PM): enough of this. When we left the party, they were ransacking B4.
Umbrafer (7:35:59 PM): *Ransack*
circlmastr (7:36:07 PM): *pillage*
Dragcrell (7:36:20 PM): *pilfer*
MilesMk1 (7:37:02 PM): *nonchalantly peruse*
Thematrian1 (7:38:09 PM): Okay, you peruse. Did I give you a list of goodies at the end of last session?
Thematrian1 (7:38:16 PM): (Oh, and happy Martin Luther King day, everyone)
MilesMk1 (7:38:39 PM): I don't think so. We found the disassembled tank, and that was it.
circlmastr (7:38:41 PM): I don't remember one.
Thematrian1 (7:39:14 PM): oh, right
Thematrian1 (7:39:23 PM): speaking of, were you guys going to reassemble that?
Dragcrell (7:39:23 PM): ( mmm this is a intresting fact "Rats, it should be mentioned, die after 17 days without shut-eye." )
Umbrafer (7:39:46 PM): Totally. Maybe later, though.
Thematrian1 (7:39:53 PM): aw
MilesMk1 (7:39:58 PM): Blake didn't quite feel up to it.
Umbrafer (7:40:01 PM): But we should put the main gun on first, just in case.
Umbrafer (7:40:23 PM): (When we eventually assemble it, I should say)
MilesMk1 (7:40:48 PM): Just in case it really wants to shoot us?
MilesMk1 (7:41:06 PM): So we don't keep it waiting, or force it to try to ram? :)
Umbrafer (7:41:34 PM): Just because I think it would be safest.
Dragcrell (7:41:44 PM): mmmm all good points but mostly a consern for the rest of ya ;3
Thematrian1 (7:42:06 PM): Ok. The guys on this floor did a better job of hiding or destroying their OMCs than did the group on B5. Even so, a cursory search turns up four discs: "Specs", "H08", "H66", and "KCM All"
Umbrafer (7:42:18 PM): Interesting.
Thematrian1 (7:43:45 PM): As before, you find several locked drawers. No fully-assembled drones this time, though.
circlmastr (7:44:16 PM): Yay for Todd not being shot at.
MilesMk1 (7:44:26 PM): #Everyone still fine with checking out locked drawers and cabinets on the way back?#
Dragcrell (7:44:52 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 4 6 4 4
Dragcrell (7:44:58 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (7:45:39 PM): #I'm fine for now, though keep in mind we could be forced to retreat faster than would allow ransacking.#
MilesMk1 (7:46:36 PM): #I know.#
circlmastr (7:47:16 PM): #What should we be focusing on until we find a vehicle?#
MilesMk1 (7:48:09 PM): #I'd say OCMs and any small and portable bits of tech. Alex might have other ideas, from a rigger's perspecrtive.#
Umbrafer (7:48:56 PM): #Drones that aren't trying to kill us and weapons.#
circlmastr (7:49:41 PM): #Okay.#
MilesMk1 (7:50:07 PM): #On to B5?#
Dragcrell (7:50:12 PM): #this floorrr smells of cleanerrrs and disinfectiant well all but one desk it smells of blood#
Thematrian1 (7:50:13 PM): (You came from there)
MilesMk1 (7:50:45 PM): (I meant B3?)
MilesMk1 (7:51:04 PM): Hey, wait... Smells of blood? Didn't we find a hand on ice, towards the end, last time?
Thematrian1 (7:51:10 PM): yep
Umbrafer (7:51:15 PM): We did.
MilesMk1 (7:51:18 PM): This floor or previous one?
Thematrian1 (7:51:19 PM): that was on a different floor, though
Thematrian1 (7:51:22 PM): B5
MilesMk1 (7:51:24 PM): Ah.
MilesMk1 (7:51:37 PM): #Blood, eh? Well, might as well take a look.#
MilesMk1 (7:52:03 PM): #Which one?#
Dragcrell (7:52:19 PM): #all rrready did nothing someone orrr something trrryed to hide it but left the smell#
Thematrian1 (7:52:23 PM): The floor is quiet, so SC can easily lead you to it.
MilesMk1 (7:53:00 PM): *takes a look for himself*
MilesMk1 (7:53:06 PM): #Did you check the drawers?#
MilesMk1 (7:53:22 PM): Perception?
Dragcrell (7:53:37 PM): #yes nothing#
Thematrian1 (7:53:41 PM): No. There's nothing to see; it's your garden variety immaculate work surface.
Thematrian1 (7:53:48 PM): Empty drawers, no pictures on the walls, nothing.
MilesMk1 (7:53:52 PM): Ah.
MilesMk1 (7:54:10 PM): Ok, let's go to B3, then.
Dragcrell (7:54:36 PM): *follows behind keeping to the more shadowed areas*
Dragcrell (7:55:19 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 2 4 3
Dragcrell (7:55:26 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (7:55:56 PM): You move up another level, taking the stairs as before.
Thematrian1 (7:56:14 PM): Same plan as last time, head to the open area and loot?
MilesMk1 (7:57:22 PM): Well... Carefully head to the open area, check for unfriendly drones, then loot.
Thematrian1 (7:57:26 PM): oh yes, Blake, you heft the motorcycle up the stairs again
Thematrian1 (7:58:12 PM): ok. Perception from whoever enters first. Blake?
MilesMk1 (7:58:51 PM): Sure.
MilesMk1 (7:58:54 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 5 3 5 2
Thematrian1 (7:59:53 PM): ok. This area is quiet, but the setup is different than B4 and B5; there are 8' plastic partitions set up, dividing the space into a collection of smaller work areas
Thematrian1 (8:00:06 PM): they look very flimsy,and you doubt they cancel noise all that well
Thematrian1 (8:00:15 PM): Alex, this setup does not look practical to you
Umbrafer (8:01:55 PM): #The hell were they doing in here?#
Umbrafer (8:02:13 PM): From a defensive standpoint, does it look any more practical?
Thematrian1 (8:02:40 PM): If you wanted to hide from something, it'd be great, but these dividers don't look like they'd stop bullets worth a damn
MilesMk1 (8:02:47 PM): #What'd you mean? The cubicles?#
Umbrafer (8:03:27 PM): Yeah, I was thinking more concealment/ambush than hard cover.
Umbrafer (8:04:11 PM): #Yeah. This is no way to do vehicle work. Maybe microdrones, but… why partition the area if you're not even going to block sound? That's the distracting part. Something's weird.#
Thematrian1 (8:04:13 PM): Yes, they hide things quite nicely
Umbrafer (8:04:34 PM): #It may be a trap. Could have an innocent explanation, but it smells wrong.#
MilesMk1 (8:04:41 PM): #So you're saying it might be a tra...#
MilesMk1 (8:05:08 PM): #SC, you could go on the ceiling and get a look from above, right?#
Dragcrell (8:05:28 PM): #look up and you tell me#
Umbrafer (8:05:38 PM): Going to scan for any strong signatures behind the nearest panels.
MilesMk1 (8:05:40 PM): *looks up*
Umbrafer (8:05:41 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (8:05:47 PM): ah, SC, you've entered the room?
Dragcrell (8:06:02 PM): ya once I didn't hear shooting ;3
Umbrafer (8:06:02 PM): If it's coal-burning, I probably found it.
Thematrian1 (8:06:18 PM): Nothing in this room burns coal, as far as you can tell
Umbrafer (8:06:50 PM): (Damn them and their not-steam-powered arsenal)
circlmastr (8:07:40 PM): (Why are we looking for coal? Did I miss something?)
Thematrian1 (8:07:59 PM): (It's the only thing that Sensors roll qualifies him to find)
Thematrian1 (8:08:23 PM): SC scuttles up the wall into the shadows above the dangling lights.
Thematrian1 (8:09:23 PM): Then she rolls Body.
Dragcrell (8:09:36 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 6 5 3
Dragcrell (8:09:43 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Dragcrell (8:10:54 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 2 6 2
Dragcrell (8:11:01 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 2
Dragcrell (8:11:07 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (8:12:20 PM): *Suspense*
Thematrian1 (8:12:36 PM): Nothing much happens.
circlmastr (8:12:44 PM): Yay?
Thematrian1 (8:12:51 PM): In fact, you guys can't even tell that anything happened. Go about your business.
Umbrafer (8:12:52 PM): The suspense is thus unrelieved.
Dragcrell (8:13:24 PM): #mage behind one of the partishions frightened# *gives rught diretions to said partishion*
MilesMk1 (8:13:59 PM): *checks the ceiling, then tries to sneak over there*
Thematrian1 (8:14:03 PM): SC begins to give directions. Then she rolls Body again.
Dragcrell (8:14:26 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 1 1 3
Dragcrell (8:14:32 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Dragcrell (8:14:37 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (8:15:39 PM): still nothing. Who's following SC's directions? Stealth from anyone who's sneaking.
Umbrafer (8:15:58 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (8:16:14 PM): Magical Theory roll to see if I remember anything about this "Object Resistance" concept:
MilesMk1 (8:16:43 PM): I am.
Thematrian1 (8:16:43 PM): heh, ok
MilesMk1 (8:16:46 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 1 6
MilesMk1 (8:16:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (8:16:50 PM): Umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
Umbrafer (8:16:53 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (8:17:22 PM): That's what, a 0 and a -1 after mods?
Umbrafer (8:17:22 PM): With that roll, do I even remember that magic works differently on objects? I hope that's enough for "mages need to see you to cast spells".
Umbrafer (8:17:28 PM): Yeah.
Umbrafer (8:17:35 PM): Though only the natural 1 is an autofail.
Dragcrell (8:17:59 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 6 1
Dragcrell (8:18:03 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Thematrian1 (8:18:05 PM): right. You remember that mages have to see you to cast spells, but then it occurs to you: what if the mage had a magical way of looking through objects? Scary!
Umbrafer (8:18:18 PM): *Nervous*
Thematrian1 (8:18:55 PM): That would explain everything...
MilesMk1 (8:19:14 PM): #What do you think, should we try to talk to this mage?#
Thematrian1 (8:19:19 PM): Todd, were you joining the assault/whatever?
circlmastr (8:19:52 PM): Todd has no stealth
Thematrian1 (8:20:03 PM): and so?
Dragcrell (8:20:11 PM): #he's casting a combat spell that can hurt so keep your head down#
Umbrafer (8:20:11 PM): #Yeah. That or shoot him. Let's just do it quickly before he megabolts someone.#
circlmastr (8:20:54 PM): Eh, sure, he'll join in a rush attack
Thematrian1 (8:21:24 PM): nifty. And the motorcycle?
Umbrafer (8:21:53 PM): Yeah, sure. I'll just hope he can't see me inside the motorcycle, or however that works.
Thematrian1 (8:22:05 PM): hehehe
Thematrian1 (8:22:40 PM): The location SC indicated is at least 30 meters away, so it'll take a few Turns to get there. Initiative.
MilesMk1 (8:22:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 3 3
MilesMk1 (8:22:54 PM): 20
circlmastr (8:23:09 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 6 4
Dragcrell (8:23:10 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 4 6 6
circlmastr (8:23:15 PM): Hah, 23!
Dragcrell (8:23:20 PM): 24
circlmastr (8:23:23 PM): Damn
Thematrian1 (8:23:27 PM): Alex?
Umbrafer (8:23:31 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 5 3 4
Umbrafer (8:23:43 PM): 24
Thematrian1 (8:23:52 PM): aw, man. A once-in-a-lifetime shot to be at the bottom of the initiative order, and you blew it.
Umbrafer (8:23:58 PM): Hehehe
Dragcrell (8:24:05 PM): lol
Thematrian1 (8:24:09 PM): Nothing much is happening. The motorcycle rolls?
Umbrafer (8:24:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 1 1 5
Umbrafer (8:24:41 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (8:24:55 PM): oh, sorry. The motorcycle's wheels spin as it approaches its goal?
Umbrafer (8:24:56 PM): The motorcycle rolls. How crowded is the terrain between here and there?
Umbrafer (8:25:16 PM): (That wasn't an official roll, that was me seeing how brave I was feeling)
Thematrian1 (8:25:17 PM): oh, tight, definitely. Though if you were to sideswipe a partition it would probably be ok
Umbrafer (8:25:37 PM): Well, I'll accelerate anyway.
Umbrafer (8:25:42 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 2 5 1 5
circlmastr (8:25:46 PM): #What's our goal?#
Thematrian1 (8:26:06 PM): Ok, Alex, you have any speed you want, pretty much.
MilesMk1 (8:26:22 PM): #I'd like to get him alive and shake him down for any relevant information.#
Umbrafer (8:26:27 PM): +3-6+2. What's my maximum non-driving-test speed?
MilesMk1 (8:26:44 PM): #Failing that, disable him.#
Thematrian1 (8:26:46 PM): Your base Accel, so 25 MPT
Umbrafer (8:27:01 PM): Mmk. Well, might as well do that. It's not like I spent any pool on it.
Thematrian1 (8:27:49 PM): oh. I see what you meant. I'm sorry, the true answer is like 10MPT. SC, you're approaching their position?
Umbrafer (8:28:20 PM): Oh, ok
Thematrian1 (8:28:35 PM): Next up, Todd.
Dragcrell (8:28:37 PM): yep he wants to play so I well be showing him how I play
Umbrafer (8:28:48 PM): Well, I'll do that then.
Umbrafer (8:28:55 PM): (Lagariffic)
Umbrafer (8:29:12 PM): #I'll lend you the blowtorch later if you want, just get him alive and able to answer questions for now.#
Thematrian1 (8:29:17 PM): And Blake, too. Anyone doing anything other than "follow directions"?
MilesMk1 (8:30:16 PM): Well... I realize that this is going to take much too long, and SC is being very quiet about not dismembering him, so I'll actually sprint forward and only sneak later.
Thematrian1 (8:30:49 PM): What, you don't trust SC to not disembowel the guy?
MilesMk1 (8:30:51 PM): I'll be trying to dash the first 2/3 or 3/4 of the way, then sneak for the rest of it.
Thematrian1 (8:31:02 PM): Ok. SC, roll reaction.
Dragcrell (8:31:13 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 4 3
Thematrian1 (8:32:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 4 3 4 1 5 2 2 3 3 1 4 1
Thematrian1 (8:32:20 PM): ooh.
Thematrian1 (8:32:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 6 2 1 4 6 5 6 2 2 4 4 6
Dragcrell (8:32:55 PM): ^_-
Thematrian1 (8:33:38 PM): Everyone hears a deep, booming gunshot, then sees a flash of light streaking from the mage's position to SC's. Alex and Blake recognize it, sort of: it's a rocket flare, only far too tiny.
MilesMk1 (8:34:02 PM): Gyrojet? Or another of those spear guns?
Dragcrell (8:34:06 PM): ........oh this coudl be intresting
Thematrian1 (8:34:24 PM): Not a spear gun; those don't have any propellant in the missle. Gyrojet would fit.
Dragcrell (8:34:56 PM): Dragcrell rolled 9 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 2 1 2 6 2 6
Umbrafer (8:35:01 PM): He might have just used a flaregun.
Dragcrell (8:35:05 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 3 3
MilesMk1 (8:35:48 PM): #SC, you ok?#
Thematrian1 (8:35:51 PM): You hear an explosion, but SC doesn't fall.
Umbrafer (8:36:35 PM): Those spears, how aquadynamic were they?
Thematrian1 (8:36:47 PM): Roll aquadynamics or an acceptable substitute
Thematrian1 (8:37:28 PM): or Intelligence, I mean, whatever.
Dragcrell (8:37:34 PM): #ask........laterrr#
Thematrian1 (8:37:36 PM): Ok, back to Alex in the initiative order.
MilesMk1 (8:37:58 PM): #Well, get back to the ground, then.#
MilesMk1 (8:38:15 PM): #And don't kill the guy. At least not now.#
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Umbrafer (8:39:07 PM): Is this a Stressful Situation? If so, how Stressful?
Thematrian1 (8:39:24 PM): hm. No more so than usual; no one's shooting at you, after all
Umbrafer (8:40:13 PM): I'll accelerate by my full acceleration rating, unless that would incur a harsher-than-usual Driving test in which case I accelerate to a safe-but-not-too-safe speed.
Thematrian1 (8:40:46 PM): the driving test is no harsher than usual. You ramp up to 35 MPT. Go for it.
Thematrian1 (8:40:53 PM): This does mean you'll leave your colleagues behind.
Umbrafer (8:41:50 PM): Two behind, two ahead. Close enough.
Umbrafer (8:41:58 PM): One ahead, rather.
Thematrian1 (8:42:39 PM): Off you go. Todd?
circlmastr (8:42:58 PM): Uh, Todd follows Blake?
MilesMk1 (8:43:12 PM): Nope. I'm last.
Thematrian1 (8:43:30 PM): SC continues to advance on the ceiling
MilesMk1 (8:43:33 PM): Oh, you mean literally.
circlmastr (8:43:35 PM): ...For some reason I thought you had already gone.
circlmastr (8:43:47 PM): Yes, I mean Todd goes in the path Blake took
Umbrafer (8:43:49 PM): +2+3-3+1+2 = TN 5.
Umbrafer (8:44:02 PM): Umbrafer rolled 10 6-sided dice: 3 4 1 3 5 1 3 5 3 4
Umbrafer (8:44:09 PM): Yeesh.
Thematrian1 (8:44:10 PM): Ok. Run run run. Blake continues to sprint at, what, 12 MPT?
Thematrian1 (8:44:23 PM): Alex: not your best roll ever, but you managed it.
MilesMk1 (8:44:33 PM): ...I guess.
Umbrafer (8:45:01 PM): On this MLKJr. day, let us celebrate the differences of our stumpy bretheren ;)
Thematrian1 (8:45:23 PM): Todd: if you're at all in a hurry, you quickly outdistance the bullet catcher.
MilesMk1 (8:45:35 PM): It should be based on body anyway. :)
Dragcrell (8:45:42 PM): (and soon to be stumpy)
Thematrian1 (8:46:07 PM): (And not...Quickness?)
MilesMk1 (8:46:14 PM): (Damn right!)
MilesMk1 (8:46:23 PM): (At least in this case.)
Umbrafer (8:46:24 PM): (Your problem isn't that it's based on Quickness)
Thematrian1 (8:46:34 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 1 6 5 4 3 6 3 6 2 2 4 3 1 5
Dragcrell (8:46:41 PM): (but running mods ;3)
Umbrafer (8:46:45 PM): (Your problem is that Dwarves get an x2 modifier. Though I guess you'd get a pretty big running score even with x2 on Body)
Thematrian1 (8:46:55 PM): that tiny rocket weapon fires at SC again. This time she may dodge, if she likes.
MilesMk1 (8:47:17 PM): (Yeah, I know. I'm still as fast as a Quickness 4 human, which isn't bad. Just not great by runner standards...)
circlmastr (8:47:41 PM): I'll stay behind cover (Blake)
Umbrafer (8:47:51 PM): (In retrospect, it probably wasn't best to approach a mage who's possibly freaked out by insect spirits by running across the ceiling towards him)
MilesMk1 (8:47:55 PM): (And I suppose that since all I'm doing is running, I should have rolled Athletics.)
Dragcrell (8:47:55 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 2 4
Dragcrell (8:48:08 PM): #two herrre#
MilesMk1 (8:48:13 PM): (Well, I asked her to get off the ceiling...)
MilesMk1 (8:48:24 PM): #Fine. Get off the ceiling. Don't kill anyone.#
MilesMk1 (8:48:42 PM): #You realize that if they can't see you, they can't shoot you, right?#
Dragcrell (8:49:50 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 2 6 1
Dragcrell (8:49:58 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Umbrafer (8:50:03 PM): @Blake: #Not true always.#
Umbrafer (8:50:20 PM): (Mmm, SDW)
Thematrian1 (8:50:25 PM): SDW?
Umbrafer (8:50:37 PM): (Sniper Drone Wars)
circlmastr (8:50:50 PM): (Ugh, I have to go. Todd will help out in combat while I'm gone.)
Thematrian1 (8:50:58 PM): (Best of luck with whatever)
circlmastr (8:51:06 PM): (Family)
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Dragcrell (8:51:33 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 1 2 1
Thematrian1 (8:51:36 PM): oof
MilesMk1 (8:51:41 PM): @Alex #True for gyrojet guns aimed badly.#
Thematrian1 (8:51:46 PM): SC falls off the ceiling.
Dragcrell (8:51:47 PM): oi
Thematrian1 (8:52:20 PM): she lands on a divider, toppling it. You don't see her fall the rest of the way, but you hear the clatter; she must have knocked over a desk or something.
MilesMk1 (8:52:32 PM): Ouch.
Umbrafer (8:52:37 PM): How high?
Thematrian1 (8:52:47 PM): eight, nine meters maybe. Same setup as the other two floors.
Thematrian1 (8:53:30 PM): Ok. Third actions for Alex and Todd. Todd sticks with Blake, Alex continues to rush ahead?
Umbrafer (8:53:51 PM): Pretty much, yeah.
Umbrafer (8:54:08 PM): Umbrafer rolled 10 6-sided dice: 5 6 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 3
Thematrian1 (8:54:10 PM): ok, that's the Turn. Regen roll.
Umbrafer (8:54:13 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (8:54:19 PM): Oh dear.
Dragcrell (8:54:21 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Dragcrell (8:54:27 PM): ^_^b
Umbrafer (8:54:27 PM): She took D, eh?
Thematrian1 (8:54:41 PM): And considerable overdamage
Umbrafer (8:54:48 PM): Yeesh.
Dragcrell (8:54:49 PM): *cough*
Thematrian1 (8:55:00 PM): Let's just say it's good that she has Body 6, and not, say 5.
Thematrian1 (8:55:02 PM): Anyway.
Thematrian1 (8:55:32 PM): Initiative.
Thematrian1 (8:55:32 PM): Alex: on your next pass you're going to reach the opening that SC pointed out as the mage's location, unless you prevent it.
MilesMk1 (8:55:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 3 4
MilesMk1 (8:55:44 PM): 22
Dragcrell (8:55:47 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 6 2 5
Dragcrell (8:55:59 PM): 18
Umbrafer (8:56:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 6 3 2
Umbrafer (8:57:54 PM): 25
Umbrafer (8:57:54 PM): I'm not sure if I forgot to say 25 or if I'm just lagging, so: 25.
Umbrafer (8:58:01 PM): That answers that.
Thematrian1 (8:58:05 PM): heh
Thematrian1 (8:58:10 PM): Ok, Alex, decision time
Umbrafer (8:58:38 PM): I will slow. No mini-rockets for me, at least not after one or more driving tests.
Thematrian1 (8:58:51 PM): check. Blake?
MilesMk1 (8:58:59 PM): How far am I?
Thematrian1 (8:59:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 5
Thematrian1 (8:59:30 PM): a full Turn away
Umbrafer (8:59:31 PM): In retrospect I really should have given Blake a lift.
MilesMk1 (9:00:32 PM): I'll run again, to be in position to get into that cubicle next turn. Athletics for faster running:
MilesMk1 (9:00:37 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 2 2 6
MilesMk1 (9:01:05 PM): IIRC it's as if I had a Quickness 1 point higher for every 2 4s on the Athletics test, no?
Umbrafer (9:01:53 PM): Corr—let me check.
Thematrian1 (9:02:04 PM): please
Umbrafer (9:03:06 PM): Base TN 4, each success increases effective Quickness by 1.
MilesMk1 (9:03:33 PM): Ah. even better.
Umbrafer (9:04:00 PM): Difficult terrain may pose modifiers. Infuriatingly, they don't provide a mod table the way they do for every other skill in the section.
Thematrian1 (9:04:04 PM): nifty. 18MPT, so you're on par with Todd and rounding the last corner just as Alex decides not to charge in this Pass.
Thematrian1 (9:04:13 PM): whatever, I decline to think about it right now.
Thematrian1 (9:05:39 PM): Lesse. SC?
MilesMk1 (9:06:14 PM): #You still alive, SC?#
Dragcrell (9:06:22 PM): I get back up and plow throw or jump over the dividers tords the cubicle
Dragcrell (9:06:38 PM): #*grrroooowwllllll*#
Thematrian1 (9:06:53 PM): And she's off once again.
MilesMk1 (9:07:26 PM): #Oh for God's sake... Calm the hell down, we're working here.#
Thematrian1 (9:07:27 PM): Nothing else happens. NExt pass.
Umbrafer (9:08:28 PM): Do I see Essie?
Dragcrell (9:09:03 PM): (note that growl is one you woudl hear from something thats about about to rip off a body appendage if you was woundering)
Thematrian1 (9:09:29 PM): Yes, yes you do.
Umbrafer (9:09:32 PM): (Wasn't that hard to guess)
Dragcrell (9:09:56 PM): (just thout I would make it clear is all)
Umbrafer (9:10:05 PM): What does it look like she's going to do, movement-wise, this pass?
Umbrafer (9:10:17 PM): Assuming no major changes of direction?
Thematrian1 (9:10:35 PM): She's attacking the mage, definitely
Thematrian1 (9:11:46 PM): or, approach so that she may et cetera
Thematrian1 (9:12:06 PM): She does not appear to have obeyed Blake's injunction
Umbrafer (9:12:17 PM): If I'm close enough to enter the mage's area this pass, I hold my action to move such that she and I will enter the area at the same time.
Thematrian1 (9:13:02 PM): Ok. The mage is in a cubicle-like space, so you'll need to change direction.
Umbrafer (9:14:15 PM): Meaning what? Extra time to enter, driving test, both, one or the other, something else/
Umbrafer (9:14:17 PM): *?
Thematrian1 (9:14:36 PM): Neither of the above, just that you won't be able to leave again without stopping and backing.
Thematrian1 (9:14:49 PM): Blake, I see you have another action coming.
MilesMk1 (9:15:36 PM): Yeah... Can I make it into the cubicle?
Umbrafer (9:16:03 PM): Mmk. Or ramming through a partition, presumably.
Thematrian1 (9:16:17 PM): Yes, you can. That will exhaust your movement for the Turn.
MilesMk1 (9:16:21 PM): (Since for the sake of party amity, I won't shoot SC right now.)
MilesMk1 (9:16:40 PM): So presumably I could hit someone once I got in there?
Thematrian1 (9:16:46 PM): (Ok then)
Thematrian1 (9:16:52 PM): Or shoot them. What are you carrying?
MilesMk1 (9:16:58 PM): AK.
MilesMk1 (9:17:14 PM): I can always let go of it and punch with a shock glove, though.
Thematrian1 (9:17:23 PM): ok
MilesMk1 (9:17:31 PM): All right, I go in.
MilesMk1 (9:17:40 PM): Yelling "Freeze!"
Thematrian1 (9:18:00 PM): hm
Thematrian1 (9:18:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 6 6 2 2 6 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:18:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 5 5 4 6 4 5 3 5 6 4 5 2 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:18:27 PM): Blake: ultrasonic vision or no?
MilesMk1 (9:18:28 PM): #And you, stop acting like a damn wild beast!#
Umbrafer (9:18:30 PM): (Actually, yelling "Freeze!" would take up your Free Action which you'd otherwise drop your rifle with ;) )
MilesMk1 (9:18:32 PM): Nope.
MilesMk1 (9:19:02 PM): Sonofa... He's invisible?
MilesMk1 (9:19:18 PM): Once again. quality intel from SC... *sigh*
Thematrian1 (9:19:20 PM): Heh, wait for it
Thematrian1 (9:20:20 PM): Ok. This space is dominated by a narrow desk with two grooves at either end, suitable for clamping things to the side. The cubicle itself contains one person. He's short, maybe 5' 5'', but bulky looking, wearing a long coat and
Thematrian1 (9:20:33 PM): holding a strange-looking pistol. He whirls and points it at you as you enter, but does not fire. Do you?
MilesMk1 (9:21:00 PM): Nah, I'll hold as well.
MilesMk1 (9:21:11 PM): I'll point the AK at him, though.
Thematrian1 (9:22:16 PM): Ok. He's wearing FFBA and a mask, so all you see are the eyes. No need to roll; this is a tense person. Flanking him are a pair of tall file cabinets, with the drawers pulled out. There are some food wrappers on the floor, but
Thematrian1 (9:22:19 PM): it is otherwise empty.
MilesMk1 (9:22:28 PM): @Alex #Stop SC!# (assuming he does not, in fact, decide to shoot after all.)
Thematrian1 (9:22:43 PM): He does not decide to shoot after all. Shadow Cat's action.
MilesMk1 (9:23:25 PM): Assuming it's not too many free actions, also: #SC! Hold, damn it!#
Thematrian1 (9:23:33 PM): Under his mask, the person's lips move slightly.
Thematrian1 (9:23:58 PM): I'm trying out "three words per Free" on a transciever, but you can speak those three on her turn so it's fine.
Thematrian1 (9:25:41 PM): well, SC?
Thematrian1 (9:26:11 PM): SC's head appears over the partition
Dragcrell (9:26:12 PM): #mage invisable#
Umbrafer (9:26:40 PM): *Vrrrrm*
MilesMk1 (9:26:43 PM): #Thanks. Keep an eye on him, please.#
Dragcrell (9:27:48 PM): #crouched#
MilesMk1 (9:28:13 PM): #Which direction from me?#
Thematrian1 (9:28:26 PM): New pass, this one for Alex and Blake only!
Thematrian1 (9:28:43 PM): (Todd comes up behind Blake once there isn't any gunfire)
Umbrafer (9:29:51 PM): I'm in, what do I see without OIDing?
Thematrian1 (9:30:38 PM): what Blake saw. There's a table in front of you; you must either stop immediately or ram. Choose now.
Dragcrell (9:31:00 PM): #next to other#
Umbrafer (9:31:22 PM): Stop.
Umbrafer (9:31:40 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 1 4 1 3 2 3 5 2
Umbrafer (9:32:01 PM): Decel test easily done, and I'm decelerating less than 100mpt.
MilesMk1 (9:32:08 PM): On my action - assuming nothing horrible happens - I say "Thank you." and try to appear calm and relaxed.
Thematrian1 (9:32:27 PM): yep
Umbrafer (9:32:29 PM): That's a Simple. My other Simple is an OID.
Umbrafer (9:32:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 5 5 2 6 2 3 3
Umbrafer (9:32:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (9:32:41 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Umbrafer (9:32:44 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (9:32:49 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
MilesMk1 (9:32:54 PM): Say it the way you do as a matter of (somewhat strained) courtesy, though, not like I'm actually grateful he didn't shoot me.
MilesMk1 (9:33:04 PM): And I also OID.
MilesMk1 (9:33:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 6 3 6
MilesMk1 (9:33:12 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 5 4
Umbrafer (9:33:13 PM): Active: 11, Passive: 14, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1
Thematrian1 (9:33:14 PM): Ok. Visuals detect the one guy, ultrasound detects a second form crouching next to him under the table.
MilesMk1 (9:33:32 PM): 11,10,7
Umbrafer (9:33:41 PM): #Guy under the table. Probably mage.#
MilesMk1 (9:33:54 PM): Aw, shit... And if I haven't said it yet, I make it "Thank you both."
Umbrafer (9:33:56 PM): #Pos ultra, neg therm#
Thematrian1 (9:34:13 PM): It comes out "Thank you...both."
Thematrian1 (9:34:23 PM): Blake: now that you get a look at the short guy, you conclude that he's probably a short girl, instead. Her eyes keepmoving around, worse than Alex's, even
Umbrafer (9:34:33 PM): Scrap "guy" and "the" to economize words.
Umbrafer (9:34:34 PM): Heh, wow
Thematrian1 (9:36:03 PM): You get a tiny nod.
Thematrian1 (9:36:08 PM): (Then, wait a sec...)
Dragcrell (9:36:09 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 2 4 4 6
Dragcrell (9:36:16 PM): Dragcrell rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Thematrian1 (9:36:58 PM): She speaks: "Where's the bug?"
MilesMk1 (9:38:11 PM): "I wasn't aware we had any with us."
Umbrafer (9:38:15 PM): (Did I call it? I called it.)
MilesMk1 (9:38:26 PM): #Say, where's Derek?#
Dragcrell (9:38:35 PM): (ya you called it)
Umbrafer (9:38:48 PM): #Todd, can you see Derek?#
Thematrian1 (9:38:57 PM): #No, I'm with Blake#
Umbrafer (9:39:22 PM): Oh, right.
Thematrian1 (9:39:40 PM): A pause. SC, Reaction
Thematrian1 (9:39:43 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 5 4 6 4 6 5 5 4 3 6 2 5 2 4
Dragcrell (9:39:49 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 5
Thematrian1 (9:39:49 PM): actually, never mind
Dragcrell (9:39:56 PM): ^_-
Umbrafer (9:40:16 PM): #We left him at the stairs.#
Thematrian1 (9:40:19 PM): although: Blake, Alex, and Todd, you guys roll Reaction too
Thematrian1 (9:40:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 5 6 5 3
Umbrafer (9:40:27 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 5 4 2 3 1 2 6 6 6 4 4 2 4
Umbrafer (9:40:32 PM): Umbrafer rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 1 6
MilesMk1 (9:40:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 4 6 4 2 5 2 6 1 3
Umbrafer (9:40:36 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (9:40:50 PM): Count successes at TN 4
Umbrafer (9:40:59 PM): Three.
MilesMk1 (9:41:01 PM): 5 for me.
Umbrafer (9:41:04 PM): I miss being unwounded :(
Umbrafer (9:41:14 PM): It would have been… eight.
Dragcrell (9:41:16 PM): 2
Thematrian1 (9:41:42 PM): Ok then. The lady with the rocket pistol whirls and shoots SC.
Thematrian1 (9:41:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 4 4 1 5 4 1 5 2 4 6 6 3 1
Dragcrell (9:42:17 PM): ............not again
Thematrian1 (9:42:26 PM): I count 12D this time. Roll 'em.
Thematrian1 (9:42:27 PM): Over her shoulder: "This one"
Dragcrell (9:42:35 PM): -_-
Dragcrell (9:43:06 PM): /roll-dice 12
Dragcrell (9:43:14 PM): Dragcrell rolled 12 6-sided dice: 2 6 1 6 1 5 1 5 5 6 1 5
Dragcrell (9:43:26 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 5 3 3
Dragcrell (9:43:36 PM): *sighs*
Thematrian1 (9:43:43 PM): there's an explosion. SC topples out of sight. You all may take actions if you wish.
Thematrian1 (9:43:46 PM): Except SC.
Dragcrell (9:44:04 PM): *cough* deffent not winning points that one
Thematrian1 (9:44:23 PM): Anybody?
Umbrafer (9:44:25 PM): Hm. Y'know, I really hate to do it, but she asked for it.
Umbrafer (9:44:38 PM): Full acceleration, ramming test on woman with rocket pistol.
MilesMk1 (9:44:54 PM): I...
MilesMk1 (9:45:04 PM): Huh. I slug her with a shock glove.
Umbrafer (9:45:13 PM): Hm.
Umbrafer (9:45:28 PM): If I see him do that, I let him do it and go for the mage instead. Reaction to see who moves first?
Umbrafer (9:45:36 PM): Or were we in init still/
Umbrafer (9:45:38 PM): */
Umbrafer (9:45:40 PM): *?
Thematrian1 (9:45:43 PM): We'll re-use the surprise test. Blake goes first.
Umbrafer (9:45:49 PM): Mmk.
MilesMk1 (9:45:52 PM): Ok, so... Slugging?
Thematrian1 (9:45:55 PM): go for it
MilesMk1 (9:46:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 4 1 3 4 1 4 2 1 6 2
MilesMk1 (9:46:05 PM): Shit.
Thematrian1 (9:46:15 PM): that wasn
Umbrafer (9:46:20 PM): That's still four.
Umbrafer (9:46:23 PM): One worse than expected.
Thematrian1 (9:46:25 PM): 't great, but she doesn't have a weapon either...
Thematrian1 (9:46:28 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 2 1 1 3 2 5 2 2 4 5 1 1 4 2
Thematrian1 (9:46:30 PM): ooh
Thematrian1 (9:46:35 PM): yeah, you win. By four.
MilesMk1 (9:47:07 PM): Ok... So that's 6M for my punch, 7S for the stun glove.
Umbrafer (9:47:07 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (9:47:40 PM): 6M staged to 6D. Speaking of staging...
Umbrafer (9:47:44 PM): Ouch. I take back my unstated "you handle them, you do less damage".
Thematrian1 (9:47:51 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 4 6 4 4 6 2 4 3 5 5 6 6 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:47:57 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 2 6 4 3 5 5 5 2 3 6 2 1
Umbrafer (9:48:19 PM): (Less /physical/ damage, I should say)
MilesMk1 (9:48:23 PM): Oh, and as I do it, I point under the table with my other hand (or look, if that's all I can do) and yell "Stop!"
MilesMk1 (9:48:28 PM): Well, this is all stun so far.
MilesMk1 (9:48:34 PM): And I'm sure she'll soak some.
Umbrafer (9:48:50 PM): /You're/ sure. I'm not, but we'll see.
Thematrian1 (9:49:14 PM): Ok. You discover some things: the long coat has metal plates in, and whatever's underneath it also has metal plates in.
Thematrian1 (9:49:30 PM): She grunts unhappily, but you didn't take her out. Nowhere near.
Thematrian1 (9:49:40 PM): Meanwhile, Alex is ramming the table
MilesMk1 (9:49:46 PM): What about the 7S from the glove?
MilesMk1 (9:49:58 PM): Ah, I see you rolled twice.
Thematrian1 (9:50:01 PM): Indeed.
Thematrian1 (9:51:00 PM): roll me some ramming, Alex
Umbrafer (9:51:16 PM): Yep, just adding up modifiers. TN 0.
Umbrafer (9:51:20 PM): Umbrafer rolled 9 6-sided dice: 5 6 4 2 6 5 6 2 3
Umbrafer (9:51:27 PM): That would be nine.
Thematrian1 (9:51:33 PM): it sure would.
Thematrian1 (9:52:10 PM): Hm. The motorcycle takes off like a rocket, knocking the desk over and catching both your opponents off guard. Damage is what?
Umbrafer (9:52:44 PM): Barring whatever the table soaks up, if anything, the mage takes 3S. Unless the table counts as non-pedestrian-scale, I resist 3L.
Thematrian1 (9:53:04 PM): It's pretty flimsy. Go with 3L
Thematrian1 (9:53:12 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 1 3 3 6 3 3 1 5 3 5 2 1 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:53:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 3 1 6 3 5 6 6 1 5 4 6 1
Umbrafer (9:53:23 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 2 3 1 1
Umbrafer (9:53:32 PM): No damage, if barely.
Thematrian1 (9:54:49 PM): indeed. The mage is invisible, so there's way to really tell how much you hurt him. Rocket Lady gets clipped by an edge, but it bends around her rather than vice versa.
Thematrian1 (9:55:09 PM): the table slams into the partition, toppling it, and you roll out into the new corridoor.
Dragcrell (9:55:29 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (9:55:39 PM): I think that's good
Thematrian1 (9:55:52 PM): You're pretty sure you just ran over SC
Umbrafer (9:55:58 PM): Oh. Oh dear.
Thematrian1 (9:56:07 PM): it's ok, you're already off of her
Umbrafer (9:56:20 PM): Well, not that I know this, but she wouldn't know—she wasn't done regenerating when I ran over her :)
Thematrian1 (9:56:35 PM): heh, true
Thematrian1 (9:57:38 PM): The Rocket Lady brings her gun to aim on your again, and begins to speak: "You
Thematrian1 (9:57:45 PM): (We can go to initiative if you like)
Umbrafer (9:58:13 PM): (Probably best, even if shooting doesn't resume)
MilesMk1 (9:58:19 PM): I'll let it stay like this, but I'm certainly ready to dodge if I see that trigger finger twitch...
Thematrian1 (9:58:28 PM): Ok. Initiative all around.
MilesMk1 (9:58:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 2 4
Umbrafer (9:58:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 1 5 5
Dragcrell (9:58:35 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 3
MilesMk1 (9:58:36 PM): 19
Dragcrell (9:58:47 PM): 20
Umbrafer (9:58:48 PM): 27.
Thematrian1 (9:58:58 PM): sheesh
Thematrian1 (9:59:16 PM): Rocket Lady continues "didn't"
Thematrian1 (9:59:19 PM): Alex, you'reu p
MilesMk1 (9:59:33 PM): She goes first?
MilesMk1 (9:59:35 PM): Damn.
Umbrafer (9:59:46 PM): No, you can Free Action on anyone's turn.
MilesMk1 (9:59:51 PM): Oh, right.
Umbrafer (9:59:58 PM): More specifically, on /everyone's/ turn.
Thematrian1 (10:00:09 PM): Which leads to some odd situations, yeah.
MilesMk1 (10:00:12 PM): *breaks in* "Shoot you?"
Thematrian1 (10:00:40 PM): "Right"
Umbrafer (10:00:52 PM): Free deceleration, wheel, hold action to ram the mage again if Rocket Lady shoots.
Thematrian1 (10:01:17 PM): ok. The mage is clambering off the floor.
Thematrian1 (10:01:22 PM): SC, you're up
Umbrafer (10:02:02 PM): I should change that to "obviously aggressive action by them", but not much other than Rocket Lady will be obvious.
MilesMk1 (10:02:20 PM): #SC, stay down.#
Thematrian1 (10:02:21 PM): that's too vague anyway
Umbrafer (10:02:29 PM): Fair enow.
Dragcrell (10:03:22 PM): #why kill them#
MilesMk1 (10:03:56 PM): #Could have done that without going to all this trouble.#
Umbrafer (10:04:14 PM): Should that be "Why kill them?" or "Why? Kill them."?
Thematrian1 (10:04:37 PM): I'm curious about thta myself.
Dragcrell (10:05:03 PM): :P think about what has passed then apply that to SC thinking
Thematrian1 (10:05:21 PM): or, you could tell us
Umbrafer (10:05:23 PM): That seemed plausible, but, well
MilesMk1 (10:05:40 PM): You mean, you're starting to get used to it, and see no point in killing them anymore?
Dragcrell (10:06:02 PM): I'll push up the devider with a low rumblign growl
Dragcrell (10:06:25 PM): no just with SC thaing tend to be cliped when she's pissed
Thematrian1 (10:06:39 PM): Lady: "What's that?"
MilesMk1 (10:08:36 PM): Assuming my turn comes up, I take an action to speak, with emphasis: "She's with us.You, stop shooting, SC *looks at SC* don't rip off any limbs."
Dragcrell (10:10:05 PM): "not a bug" *tail snaps back and forth*
Thematrian1 (10:10:17 PM): A thin male voice, as if from thin air: "They attack in swarms. This doesn't fit the data..."
Thematrian1 (10:10:59 PM): More faintly: "And it has a tail..."
Umbrafer (10:11:20 PM): (Awesome, it looks like everyone might make it out of this alive. What do you know, mages are good for something other than hood ornaments!)
Dragcrell (10:12:07 PM): (dont doung the liveing as yet alot can still happen)
Thematrian1 (10:12:11 PM): Still with her pistol trained on you: "Who are you, then?"
Thematrian1 (10:13:52 PM): (Yeah, it's a complicated question.)
Umbrafer (10:14:24 PM): (Well, first we have to come to a proper definition of the self…)
Dragcrell (10:14:55 PM): (mmmmmm thats right which you is she specking of?)
Thematrian1 (10:15:12 PM): She's looking at Blake.
MilesMk1 (10:15:15 PM): *lowers the AK and ejects one AV round, holds it up* "Could have, but didn't. That good enough, for now?"
Thematrian1 (10:15:44 PM): She lowers her own weapon. Her eyes are still flickering madly, though.
MilesMk1 (10:16:11 PM): Lack of sleep, stims and wired reflexes? Yum.
Dragcrell (10:17:30 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 1 1 4
MilesMk1 (10:17:34 PM): "Thanks. We were investigating the garages, hoping to find a ride that might be able to get us out of this city. Without getting shor by the NG."
Dragcrell (10:17:41 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:17:42 PM): shot
Thematrian1 (10:19:27 PM): "Ares took something of ours. We found it, but..."
MilesMk1 (10:19:47 PM): "Yes?"
Dragcrell (10:20:03 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 4 4 6 3
Dragcrell (10:20:10 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (10:20:12 PM): "First the insects, then the building itself. There are fireflies all over the upper floors."
MilesMk1 (10:20:52 PM): "Got trapped, then?"
MilesMk1 (10:21:13 PM): sounding non-judgmental
Thematrian1 (10:21:46 PM): "The stairs were blocked, so we risked the elevator. It brought us here. We chose to fortify."
Thematrian1 (10:22:07 PM): "...after seeing what's upstairs."
MilesMk1 (10:23:10 PM): "Fair enough. Yeah, upstairs is a nightmare. Ran into some man-bug hybrids with guns and body armor. None had fur, though..."
Thematrian1 (10:24:01 PM): A voice from the air: "My intel was incomplete."
Thematrian1 (10:24:07 PM): "But correct, as far as it went."
Umbrafer (10:25:25 PM): (I really need to have Blake start toting around the telepresence rig.)
Dragcrell (10:25:33 PM): *ears snap back and looks around trying to pin poin the location of the voice*
Thematrian1 (10:25:35 PM): Rocket Lady: "Have you seen the levels below these two?"
Umbrafer (10:25:40 PM): #Hey Todd, check on suit.#
Thematrian1 (10:25:56 PM): #What?#
Umbrafer (10:26:08 PM): #Suit. We left him by the stairs.#
Thematrian1 (10:26:27 PM): #Ugh. Fine#
Thematrian1 (10:26:31 PM): Todd trots off.
MilesMk1 (10:27:03 PM): (Have we been going down, or up?)
Umbrafer (10:27:17 PM): (Up.)
MilesMk1 (10:28:21 PM): "A couple of them."
Dragcrell (10:28:27 PM): *glares at a spot* "drrrop the spell now!" *low growl*
Thematrian1 (10:28:55 PM): The Lady, to SC: "Cool it. He's shy."
MilesMk1 (10:29:11 PM): "Look, I know you're pissed, but there's been enough shooting."
MilesMk1 (10:30:00 PM): I'm saying that to SC.
Dragcrell (10:31:23 PM): (sorry had to fill the heater
Thematrian1 (10:31:25 PM): To Blake: "Did you leave a clear path behind you? We're about done, here."
MilesMk1 (10:32:11 PM): #We wanna let them go?#
Dragcrell (10:32:45 PM): *moves glare to the lady but speaks to Blake* "the last mage to hide frrrom you nearrrly got you killed and they both attacked firrrst." *tail keeps snaping back and forth*
Umbrafer (10:32:56 PM): #In exchange for information, sure. If Essie can be kept under control we could try to convince them to join us.#
Umbrafer (10:33:14 PM): That was @Blake ,at least the second half
Thematrian1 (10:33:30 PM): Todd: #Guys, I can't find Derek.#
MilesMk1 (10:33:46 PM): "I was wounded, and besides, they know better than that."
Thematrian1 (10:33:56 PM): #But I hear explosions in the main stairwell.#
Umbrafer (10:34:10 PM): #It sounds like they know about the bugs, and if worst comes to worst it looks like they've got some nice weapons.#
Umbrafer (10:34:12 PM): #Aw shit.#
MilesMk1 (10:34:17 PM): #Shit. Well, join back up, no point in... Shit, definitely join up.#
Thematrian1 (10:34:43 PM): Moments later, Todd strolls around the corner.
Umbrafer (10:34:45 PM): #Can you handle these guys?#
MilesMk1 (10:34:46 PM): "You're here alone? We're getting reports of explosions from the main stairwell."
Thematrian1 (10:35:10 PM): Her eyes widen. "We left some mines on B1."
MilesMk1 (10:35:13 PM): "I was about to say we had the way out clear, but..."
Umbrafer (10:35:33 PM): #Explosions coming from up or down?#
Dragcrell (10:35:36 PM): "why?"
Thematrian1 (10:35:37 PM): #Above#
Umbrafer (10:35:48 PM): #Aw fuck#
Umbrafer (10:35:56 PM): I zip off towards the stairwell.
Thematrian1 (10:36:02 PM): off you go
MilesMk1 (10:36:57 PM): "Well, it looks like we have company. I think it'd be a bad idea to start trying to kill one another now." *gives SC A Look*
Thematrian1 (10:37:30 PM): "If it's the stairwell, then someone's headed down. I'm sure there's nothing left on B2."
MilesMk1 (10:38:10 PM): #Can I take them? Depends. The girl is fast, but I think so.#
Dragcrell (10:38:38 PM): "I said I would help you and I well how everrr they arrre not with you at this time but I well hold forrr now."
Umbrafer (10:38:51 PM): #We found Behemoth!#
MilesMk1 (10:38:57 PM): "What's on B1, anyway? Any vehicles, or all drones? By the way, I'd suggest we all move to cover the stairwell."
Thematrian1 (10:39:07 PM): She nods. "After you."
MilesMk1 (10:39:09 PM): #We did? Where is it, and what is it?"
MilesMk1 (10:39:12 PM): #
Umbrafer (10:39:34 PM): #First floor, probably. It can hear the explosions well, anyway. Still don't know what it is.#
Thematrian1 (10:40:12 PM): She makes a small gesture toward the empty space that SC was threatening earlier.
MilesMk1 (10:40:14 PM): *gives her a level look, then sets off* #Well, watch my back, then.#
Thematrian1 (10:40:28 PM): She sets off behind you.
Thematrian1 (10:40:35 PM): No backstabbing takes place.
Umbrafer (10:40:42 PM): (FWIW, if that was to me I'm well in front of you on the way to the stairwell now.)
MilesMk1 (10:41:04 PM): (General purpose, mostly to SC. And Todd.)
Dragcrell (10:41:05 PM): *follows the mage covering the back*
Thematrian1 (10:41:16 PM): Alex: you reach the stairs. You can't climb them unaided, but you hear another explosion
Thematrian1 (10:41:20 PM): That's a big explosion.
Umbrafer (10:41:29 PM): Is Behemoth still ok?
Umbrafer (10:41:38 PM): I check the status this time, without jumping in.
Thematrian1 (10:41:46 PM): It's no worse than it was.
MilesMk1 (10:41:49 PM): "That one of yours?"
Umbrafer (10:42:00 PM): #Something big's happening.#
Thematrian1 (10:42:08 PM): "Yes."
Thematrian1 (10:42:24 PM): "If they set it off by accident, we can slow down a bit."
MilesMk1 (10:43:25 PM): "All the same, I'd rather not risk having them get down the stairway and below us."
Dragcrell (10:43:29 PM): "and id they didn't"
MilesMk1 (10:43:52 PM): "Then we're dealing with smart opposition, and that's always harder."
Thematrian1 (10:44:11 PM): Alex: you hear a thunderclap, then the sound of running feet
Thematrian1 (10:44:33 PM): running down the stairs
MilesMk1 (10:44:36 PM): BTW, as I'm saying this, I'm still moving towards the stairwell.
Thematrian1 (10:44:38 PM): yes
Thematrian1 (10:44:40 PM): her too
Thematrian1 (10:44:43 PM): with Todd and SC behind
Umbrafer (10:45:22 PM): #Someone's moving, and that sounded like thunder. I don't think they stopped.#
MilesMk1 (10:45:25 PM): Get there quickly, get the door open, if possible take up a firing position with cover. (side of the doorway, maybe?)
Umbrafer (10:45:30 PM): #Incoming!#
Thematrian1 (10:46:05 PM): You and she take up positions on opposite sides of the doorway. She's exactly tallenough to shoot over Blake's head.
Thematrian1 (10:46:06 PM): SC?
Dragcrell (10:46:59 PM): Ceilling and in the darkest shadows I can find with the longs out and ready for who ever gets with in my range
Thematrian1 (10:47:20 PM): Sticking to the classics, I see.
Thematrian1 (10:47:49 PM): You hear a whirrring sound start up. It's very familiar to you all: the rotors of a Strato 9.
Dragcrell (10:47:52 PM): oh but death from above is even the fun one ;3
Umbrafer (10:47:55 PM): I'll stay some distance back from the doorway, someplace where I can ram anyone who comes in or past.
Thematrian1 (10:48:00 PM): check
Umbrafer (10:48:01 PM): #Strato starting.#
Umbrafer (10:48:08 PM): (Damn, I need some EW gear)
Thematrian1 (10:48:26 PM): The feet stop, and the strato rounds the corner of the stairwell. You see it, it sees you. Reaction.
Thematrian1 (10:48:30 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 1 5 1 5 1 2 5 4 3 4 2 1 4 4
MilesMk1 (10:48:38 PM): "Rotodrone incoming. Probably LMG or MGL arm..."
MilesMk1 (10:48:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 2 6 6 2 6 5 1 5 6 3
MilesMk1 (10:48:47 PM): 6
Thematrian1 (10:48:50 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 3 5 6 1 6 4 2 4 4 3 3 2
Thematrian1 (10:48:55 PM): yeah, count 4s or above
Thematrian1 (10:49:45 PM): Blake, what's your reaction? 10?
Thematrian1 (10:49:47 PM): er
MilesMk1 (10:49:50 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (10:49:51 PM): doh, never mind
Umbrafer (10:50:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 13 6-sided dice: 3 6 5 6 1 4 6 3 4 4 3 2 3
Umbrafer (10:50:25 PM): 3 *sad*
Thematrian1 (10:50:48 PM): ok. It has the first action. It brings its weapon to bear on blake, and fires.
Umbrafer (10:50:55 PM): Of course, I'm out of LOS anyway.
Thematrian1 (10:51:12 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 1 2 4 4 1 3 4 6 1 6 4 4 2 6
MilesMk1 (10:51:14 PM): What kind of weapon?
Thematrian1 (10:51:59 PM): definitely a machine gun. You are facing a ten-round burst.
Umbrafer (10:52:15 PM): MMG, unless they… holy crap, they can actually keep that kind of thing on-target?
MilesMk1 (10:52:46 PM): Well, I can't dodge that. There are no bonuses to dodging for cover, are there?
Umbrafer (10:53:02 PM): No, those're all applied to the attack test.
Thematrian1 (10:53:10 PM): along with the recoil mod, yeah.
Umbrafer (10:53:53 PM): It's only a +3 dodge. I mean, it's all kinds of ugly, but TN 7 dodge might be better than 18D soak.
Thematrian1 (10:53:54 PM): it has one success
Umbrafer (10:54:18 PM): "might be" -> "is"
MilesMk1 (10:54:22 PM): Well, too late now, right?
Thematrian1 (10:54:33 PM): to dodge? No.
MilesMk1 (10:54:45 PM): Oh.
MilesMk1 (10:54:51 PM): Ok, then, I try to dodge.
MilesMk1 (10:54:59 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 2 1 5
Thematrian1 (10:55:01 PM): (Why would it have been?)
MilesMk1 (10:55:02 PM): Karma.
MilesMk1 (10:55:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 1 3 1 3 6
MilesMk1 (10:55:10 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (10:55:25 PM): (It wouldn't have been, it just got even more obvious)
Thematrian1 (10:55:47 PM): You duck out of sight. Rocket Lady does likewise, even though she wasn't quite in the line of fire.
Umbrafer (10:56:05 PM): Even though it's the enemy, it makes me sad that we're gonna have to take down a Strato.
Thematrian1 (10:56:06 PM): Just as well; the bullets are flying all over the place.
MilesMk1 (10:56:12 PM): My go?
Umbrafer (10:56:19 PM): Init, presumably.
Thematrian1 (10:56:37 PM): This is the Surprise round, so we count down in order of successes, more or less
Thematrian1 (10:56:45 PM): but you can't act gainst anyone who has more, so...
Umbrafer (10:56:46 PM): Ah
Umbrafer (10:56:47 PM): Right
Thematrian1 (10:57:12 PM): (Which reminds me, if anyone can come up with a slicker way to do Surprise, by all means mention it on the forums)
Thematrian1 (10:57:18 PM): But yes, your action.
MilesMk1 (10:57:32 PM): So I can shoot at the Strato, then.
MilesMk1 (10:57:34 PM): can't
Thematrian1 (10:57:42 PM): nope
MilesMk1 (10:58:23 PM): Give me one sec.
Thematrian1 (10:58:53 PM): sure
MilesMk1 (10:59:52 PM): I... reflexively fire a grenade, not at it, just into the stairwell. Nah, I just lean back to be out of LOS in case (or when) it wins Init.
Thematrian1 (11:00:08 PM): RL does likewise. We go to initiative.
MilesMk1 (11:00:16 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 3
Thematrian1 (11:00:18 PM): unless SC or Alex has something they must do, I guess.
MilesMk1 (11:00:20 PM): Shit.
MilesMk1 (11:00:23 PM): 18
Thematrian1 (11:00:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 4 6 3 3 6 2 1 4 3 1 3 4 1 4
Thematrian1 (11:01:08 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 5 5 5 2 6 2 1 4 1 2 5 5 3 2
Umbrafer (11:01:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 1 6 1
Umbrafer (11:01:28 PM): Ech. 21.
Dragcrell (11:01:29 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 4
Dragcrell (11:01:41 PM): 15 ; ;
Thematrian1 (11:02:01 PM): good grief, you guys
Thematrian1 (11:02:05 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 5 1
Thematrian1 (11:02:13 PM): and Todd also stinks up the joint
Thematrian1 (11:02:42 PM): Rocket Lady leans out of cover with her pistol...
Thematrian1 (11:02:54 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 4 1 3 3 2 4 6 2 5 5 1 1 1 2
Thematrian1 (11:03:17 PM): Ducks again as the strato attemps to fill her with holes...
Thematrian1 (11:03:19 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 4 1 4 2 2 1 2 5 4 1 1 5 4 1
Thematrian1 (11:03:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 2 6 6 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 3
Umbrafer (11:03:50 PM): Go Rocket Lady! No one's allowed to fill you full of holes but us!
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Thematrian1 (11:04:02 PM): ..and fires. There's a small explosion, and she says something impolite in Russian.
Thematrian1 (11:04:09 PM): Alex, you're up
circlmastr (11:04:23 PM): (Whoa, I missed a lot.)
Umbrafer (11:04:37 PM): Holding action for the Strato, or anything else, to enter the space visible behind the door.
Thematrian1 (11:04:52 PM): What action will you take if something enters that space?
Umbrafer (11:05:05 PM): Acceleration test + Ramming test
Thematrian1 (11:05:11 PM): ok
Thematrian1 (11:05:18 PM): Blake's turn.
Thematrian1 (11:05:26 PM): Everyone else, fill Todd in.
MilesMk1 (11:06:31 PM): I lean out, and give the Strato a 3-round burst.
MilesMk1 (11:06:37 PM): Does it have any cover?
Thematrian1 (11:07:07 PM): only partial; it's hovering by the point where the stairs switch back
MilesMk1 (11:07:13 PM): Mhmm... Ok.
MilesMk1 (11:07:18 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 4 2 3 3 1 5 6
MilesMk1 (11:07:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (11:07:36 PM): And, another burst, because I have a feeling that won't be enough:
Thematrian1 (11:07:41 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 6 3 3 2 1 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 4 5
MilesMk1 (11:07:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 3 3 6 6 6 3 2 2
MilesMk1 (11:08:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 2 6
MilesMk1 (11:08:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 2
MilesMk1 (11:08:06 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Umbrafer (11:08:12 PM): (Go single-shot, IMO. It can't take the hit anyway, and you'll have a hard time giving it a meaningful dodge TN)
Thematrian1 (11:08:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 3 6 3 5 6 1 3 4 5 2 1 5 6 5
MilesMk1 (11:08:28 PM): (Good point... Habit.)
Thematrian1 (11:08:58 PM): It nimbly evades you, twice. Move like that look great when it's Alex doing them, but now they're not so much fun.
Thematrian1 (11:09:10 PM): Todd, it's your turn. Do you know what's going on?
circlmastr (11:09:34 PM): All I've been told is we're fighting a Strato, and Todd can't do anything to a drone, so he hides.
Thematrian1 (11:10:15 PM): check. Shadow Cat is up
Dragcrell (11:11:24 PM): I do the same
Thematrian1 (11:11:55 PM): and that's that. The Strato jerks upward, out of sight.
Thematrian1 (11:12:41 PM): Rocket Lady leans back out of the way. "What's a..."
Thematrian1 (11:12:46 PM): Alex's turn
Umbrafer (11:13:08 PM): Hold, same as before.
Thematrian1 (11:13:18 PM): Blake
Thematrian1 (11:13:22 PM): "...strato...":
MilesMk1 (11:14:04 PM): I hold an action to shoot at it if it comes back.
Thematrian1 (11:14:26 PM): "doing here?"
Thematrian1 (11:14:30 PM): Todd's up
circlmastr (11:15:00 PM): (Wait, who's Rocket Lady?)
MilesMk1 (11:15:01 PM): (Someone we met.)
circlmastr (11:15:05 PM): (Ah well, Todd stays hidden anyway)
Thematrian1 (11:15:28 PM): (She's the one who nearly killed SC. Twice)
Thematrian1 (11:15:54 PM): ok. New pass. The strat odoes not reappear
Umbrafer (11:17:09 PM): I will break my held action and jump into the Behemoth for a listen.
Umbrafer (11:17:30 PM): No time for an OID, but I jump.
MilesMk1 (11:17:36 PM): The Behemoth doesn't have visual sensors?
Umbrafer (11:17:50 PM): Not currently-functioning ones, or at least not reliable ones.
Thematrian1 (11:20:01 PM): It's gotten worse since last time. Now all the visual scanners detect...huh, this is odd. They detect a blue and red plaid print. Some kind of test pattern?
Umbrafer (11:20:25 PM): Hm. Why do I get the feeling that this is really a microdrone that someone has just stolen?
circlmastr (11:20:33 PM): (Someone wearing a kilt is standing in front of the sensors!)
Umbrafer (11:20:38 PM): In their pocket or a small sack?
Thematrian1 (11:20:54 PM): Your motion sensors claim that you're not moving.
Umbrafer (11:21:41 PM): Fair enough as far as it goes.
Thematrian1 (11:21:51 PM): Hm. That wraps up the Turn. New initiatives, if you wish.
Umbrafer (11:22:53 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (11:23:27 PM): well?
MilesMk1 (11:23:32 PM): Sure...
MilesMk1 (11:23:35 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 3 6 1
MilesMk1 (11:23:38 PM): 20
Umbrafer (11:23:42 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 3 4 3
Dragcrell (11:23:44 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 4
Umbrafer (11:23:54 PM): Could be worse. 25.
Dragcrell (11:23:55 PM): 20
MilesMk1 (11:23:56 PM): #Alex, the shield drone can't make it up these stairs, right?#
Thematrian1 (11:24:00 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 1 6 6 6 2 6 1 5 2 2 4 3 2 4
Umbrafer (11:24:13 PM): #Even if we had it here, I doubt it.#
Umbrafer (11:24:33 PM): #Pity, this is exactly what it's for…#
circlmastr (11:25:26 PM): #Do we have a plan?#
Umbrafer (11:25:54 PM): #Yeah. Figure out what the plaid print is.#
Umbrafer (11:26:03 PM): (No, I did not relay what I was seeing)
Thematrian1 (11:26:39 PM): then your companions are baffled
MilesMk1 (11:26:42 PM): #If we want to, we can still go down the stairs and out the way we came. Probably.#
MilesMk1 (11:26:49 PM): #Plaid?#
MilesMk1 (11:27:28 PM): "Any ideas? It seems they're all upstairs - whoever they are - so we could try to go down and out the way we came."
Umbrafer (11:27:35 PM): #Behemoth's started seeing something, but it's all plaid.#
Dragcrell (11:28:26 PM): #I could try to move from shadow to shadow and find out#
Umbrafer (11:29:02 PM): #Your call. Firepower like that we can't bail you out from right now, though.#
MilesMk1 (11:29:30 PM): #Yeah... How sure are you that you can stay undetected?#
Dragcrell (11:30:43 PM): #not all this tech only confuseds me and I'm rrrather hunngrrry at the moment as well#
Thematrian1 (11:31:27 PM): Your enemies do not reappear.
Umbrafer (11:32:28 PM): I'm going to OID the plaid to try to determine if it's a test screen. I guess I can't determine with any certainty, but if it varies at all in any way that'd be a hint.
Umbrafer (11:32:33 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 4 2 2 5 3 4 2
Umbrafer (11:32:37 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Umbrafer (11:32:49 PM): I'm also going to keep my ears open. That was 5, 3, 2, 2
Umbrafer (11:32:58 PM): A 1 and some 0s.
Thematrian1 (11:33:09 PM): after careful analysis, you conclude that it's probably someone's shirt. Also, the visual controls are far less glitchy than they were
MilesMk1 (11:34:35 PM): Sound like someone... fixing the Behemoth?
Thematrian1 (11:34:46 PM): I'm starting to slow down. Any final actions before we break?
MilesMk1 (11:35:06 PM): Nah, I'm all out.
MilesMk1 (11:35:24 PM): I'm contemplating the possibility of assaulting under the cover of thermal smoke, but that's about it.
Umbrafer (11:35:34 PM): Be joyful. Though we need to figure out what to do if/when they start poking around the control module.
Umbrafer (11:35:39 PM): That and grenades.
Umbrafer (11:36:08 PM): If we can find a way, communicating would be good. We may or may not actually need to kill these people.
Umbrafer (11:36:31 PM): I'm reluctant to leave the Behemoth alone, especially if they're doing something with it, but less reluctant than I am to get us killed.
MilesMk1 (11:36:39 PM): Right.
Umbrafer (11:36:48 PM): That last may have been a lie.
MilesMk1 (11:36:48 PM): So, see you guys Thursday.
Thematrian1 (11:37:03 PM): heh
Thematrian1 (11:37:07 PM): yeah, sleep well everyone
Dragcrell (11:37:38 PM): later
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Umbrafer (11:38:45 PM): *Particles*
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