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Dragcrell (7:39:40 PM): matt runnign late I take it?
Thematrian1 (7:39:55 PM): I guess. And we were in the middle of a fight, too. Dammit.
Thematrian1 (7:40:53 PM): in the meantime, and to check my own numbers, would you all cast back into the histories and establish for certain the last time that I awarded karma?
Umbrafer (7:41:59 PM): Hm.Does anyone remember what time of year it was when we got back from recovering J-person?
Umbrafer (7:42:20 PM): I think that was the last thing we got karma for.
Dragcrell (7:42:28 PM): mmmm here march 14 of 2006
Thematrian1 (7:43:19 PM): crap. I have March 12th, but I was hoping that I'd found a way to award some sometime in the last year.
Umbrafer (7:46:03 PM): I'll check, but I don't think so.
Dragcrell (7:46:40 PM): well that was around the time I got SC in on thaings so
Umbrafer (7:47:16 PM): Did Delioch ever get karma? I don't think so, meaning that our last award was before he joined.
Umbrafer (7:47:17 PM): Does Essie have any karma?
Umbrafer (7:47:21 PM): Aww, I was planning to spend karma on Interrogation to torture Deadeye. I guess I missed out :(
Thematrian1 (7:47:35 PM): no, he never did
Thematrian1 (7:47:48 PM): damn.
Umbrafer (7:48:05 PM): So you couldn't have awarded karma since last April.
Dragcrell (7:48:08 PM): well rather mote point on Delioch
Thematrian1 (7:48:18 PM): Ok. In the general way of things I'm going to do karma as I always have: karma at the end of a run.
Thematrian1 (7:48:22 PM): However
Dragcrell (7:48:36 PM): and that time stape I posted was for S.C.
Thematrian1 (7:49:16 PM): In situations like this one, where there aren't any runs or discrete experiences at all, just a lot of scrappy unpleasantness, I'm going to award karma every single game, in posts in the character forums.
Umbrafer (7:49:50 PM): Found it!
Umbrafer (7:50:04 PM): Well
Umbrafer (7:50:27 PM): Sorta. You say you're going to award it next week on 03-07-06
Dragcrell (7:50:28 PM): *nods* add in as well the time frames we tend to deal with as well
Thematrian1 (7:50:43 PM): heh
Thematrian1 (7:50:54 PM): And then, on March 14, SC got Karma
Umbrafer (7:52:21 PM): Oh, right
Umbrafer (7:52:29 PM): You know, we didn't need to check the logs—you always post our karma in the forums :)
Thematrian1 (7:52:32 PM): ok, it all hangs together.
Thematrian1 (7:52:40 PM): I think that's what Heath did. Yes?
Thematrian1 (7:52:55 PM): Kudos, not to mention "How embarassing that I failed to think of that"
Dragcrell (7:52:59 PM): yep
Umbrafer (7:53:12 PM): So yeah, it's been about 14 months since we got karma.
Umbrafer (7:53:19 PM): And I can totally understand that new policy.
Thematrian1 (7:53:33 PM): God singing, why do I still have a roleplaying group?
Dragcrell (7:54:04 PM): :p
Dragcrell (7:56:07 PM): helps keep some of us sane?
Umbrafer (7:56:47 PM): Well, I mean
Umbrafer (7:56:55 PM): I'm going on two years with eight boxes of Physical
Umbrafer (7:57:01 PM): I think I can deal with not getting karma now and again :)
Dragcrell (7:57:06 PM): lol
Thematrian1 (7:57:21 PM): so your TN mod for everything you do is down to a mere -1. Cry me a river ;-)
Umbrafer (7:57:39 PM): Hey now, I've done several things in meatspace over the last few months! :)
Thematrian1 (7:57:48 PM): that's true
Thematrian1 (7:57:54 PM): took out a mosquito in one hit
Umbrafer (7:58:04 PM): With Kids in Melee bonuses.
Dragcrell (7:58:45 PM): lucky you I've had two chers that have been blown up (tho trick was only a neer blow up) and been shot mutiable times..........you know I'm almost afreaid to play a chere that dont have regen >_>
Umbrafer (7:59:09 PM): Essie by herself has been blown up twice
Thematrian1 (7:59:12 PM): you would have to temper your style somewhat
Umbrafer (7:59:47 PM): To be fair, I know the feeling. I feel weird playing a character without five points of vehicle armor and sensors with a 25-kilometer range.
Dragcrell (8:00:15 PM): twice? *thinks* there was the time in the sweers that I know of or am I forgeting a exsplosion?
Umbrafer (8:00:20 PM): (Though the ability to make people shoot themselves instead of me having to do it is worth something)
Umbrafer (8:00:30 PM): Well, if you count getting hit by the Gyrojet rocket.
Thematrian1 (8:00:30 PM): you got shot by rockets a bit in the Tower
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Dragcrell (8:01:06 PM): Oh ya them >_> and if I rember right that was 3 of em
Dragcrell (8:02:16 PM): and you guys wounder why I'm always scavageing any clotheing I can -_-
Thematrian1 (8:03:28 PM): How many of you are familiar with OpenRPG?
Dragcrell (8:03:43 PM): I've played around with it some why?
Umbrafer (8:04:48 PM): I'm familiar with it. Every few years I try it, find it annoying, and forget about it. The last time I did that was Winter/Spring 2006.
Thematrian1 (8:04:57 PM): I've installed the latest version, and it seems to have come a long way since we rejected it 3 years ago. If you'll download the new one and...so recently? What was wrong?
Umbrafer (8:05:56 PM): I don't remember offhand—the setup and interface bugged me, so I stopped looking at it and started rolling my own.
Dragcrell (8:06:44 PM): well what I rember of it you al......oh wait hat was webrpg ya open take some getting use to
Umbrafer (8:07:23 PM): WebRPG was a little less annoying in some respects, and more annoying in a lot of others, IIRC. I don't think I gave that one a second chance, though, so it might have improved.
Dragcrell (8:07:55 PM): well I think you had problems getting it to run on a mac
Umbrafer (8:08:28 PM): Well, there was that, and it certainly didn't give me a favourable first impression, but even after I got it working I was unimpressed.
Dragcrell (8:09:16 PM): *nods*
Dragcrell (8:12:02 PM): mmmmmm should I get the summoning supplys to see if we can get him here that way?
Thematrian1 (8:12:22 PM): please do
Umbrafer (8:12:24 PM): Yeah. We need to find someone who can summon him, the way he always used to be able to summon Seiler.
Dragcrell (8:13:04 PM): mmmm now where did I stick that FF 11 nOOb at I know I had them here someplace.............
Umbrafer (8:13:54 PM): Woot!
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Umbrafer (8:14:09 PM): We have found our Summoner.
Dragcrell (8:14:11 PM): .........ok no one say a word
Thematrian1 (8:14:17 PM): nicely done, very nicely done
MilesMk1 (8:14:26 PM): Sorry. Unexpected guests. (well, to me, anyway)
MilesMk1 (8:14:34 PM): What's happening?
MilesMk1 (8:14:39 PM): What's this about a summoner?
Thematrian1 (8:14:40 PM): ok then, experiment aborted, when we last left our heroes they were in a bit of a bind
MilesMk1 (8:14:54 PM): (Experiment?)
Umbrafer (8:14:57 PM): (We just performed a summoning ritual. It worked.)
Dragcrell (8:15:13 PM): nothing yet *hids the knife* ah now we can get the game going yes *cough*
circlmastr (8:15:29 PM): Todd is in sorry shape. Again.
Umbrafer (8:15:49 PM): Get that man a meat pie!
Thematrian1 (8:16:26 PM): in fact, they were in such dire straits that we need another turn's worth of initiative!
Dragcrell (8:16:26 PM): (and SC just showed up on the the mess I think)
Umbrafer (8:16:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 3 5 2
Umbrafer (8:16:53 PM): 25
circlmastr (8:17:00 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 4 4
circlmastr (8:17:06 PM): 17, I think.
Dragcrell (8:17:13 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 2 1 3 1
Dragcrell (8:17:25 PM): 11
MilesMk1 (8:17:42 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 6
MilesMk1 (8:17:45 PM): 23
Umbrafer (8:17:56 PM): The universe is well.
Dragcrell (8:18:40 PM): (why do I feel i should be praying now?)
Thematrian1 (8:18:44 PM): ok. Alex, all you have in the area are observer drones, right?
Thematrian1 (8:19:02 PM): And everybody remembers the thingie that came out of the wrecked airplane?
Dragcrell (8:19:25 PM): (huh!?)
Dragcrell (8:19:38 PM): (Oh the dropappartment ya)
Umbrafer (8:20:15 PM): There's a Strato hovering by a corner of the roof, and the LDSD has a rifle on it, but mostly.
Umbrafer (8:20:19 PM): And yes, I remember.
MilesMk1 (8:20:22 PM): Vaguely. I didn't see it, but was told about it.
Thematrian1 (8:20:25 PM): that's right, it's a sniper drone.
Thematrian1 (8:20:45 PM): Meanwhile, there were some bug-men on the stairs, that Todd narrowly avoided getting salsa'd by
Umbrafer (8:20:50 PM): That has only actually shot one bullet this entire campaign
Umbrafer (8:21:05 PM): And that into a target less than fifteen meters away. Probably less than ten.
Thematrian1 (8:21:19 PM): into an innocent, or at least helpless, man
Thematrian1 (8:21:25 PM): who wasn't facing you
Umbrafer (8:21:44 PM): Who I had just told was being let go free.
Thematrian1 (8:21:56 PM): ah, you remember
Thematrian1 (8:21:57 PM): good tiems
Umbrafer (8:22:07 PM): I figured it was the right thing to do.
Thematrian1 (8:22:15 PM): anyway, Alex, you hear a sonic boom. Actions?
Umbrafer (8:22:48 PM): Well, do I have an idea on the direction?
Thematrian1 (8:23:09 PM): From the northwest.
Umbrafer (8:23:11 PM): (And are any of the drones giving unusual status reports?)
Umbrafer (8:23:25 PM): Northwest is where relative to the line from me to the tower?
Thematrian1 (8:23:26 PM): (No, although of course the spoils of war are all complaining of various ailments)
Umbrafer (8:23:57 PM): (Well, so's the Strato. That Elemental beat it up pretty good.)
Thematrian1 (8:24:10 PM): it forms about a 15-degree arc with that line, though of course your direction sense on this is quite vague
Umbrafer (8:24:59 PM): Well, the general idea is "in the general direction of the tower, but not directly towards"?
Thematrian1 (8:25:13 PM): yeah
Umbrafer (8:27:01 PM): I'm going to take my action to order the Schattenauge to find a supersonic object.
Thematrian1 (8:27:02 PM): meanwhile, indoors we have Blake, beating feat downstairs
Thematrian1 (8:27:10 PM): on its own?
Umbrafer (8:27:38 PM): Hm. Well, what can I see in what time I have of how the Jury reacts to this?
Thematrian1 (8:27:56 PM): they flinch and look skyward
Umbrafer (8:28:23 PM): Hm. Yeah, on its own.
Thematrian1 (8:28:45 PM): ok, what does it have for Pilot?
Thematrian1 (8:28:56 PM): Blake, did you have anything besides "run downstairs and find out what happened" to do?
MilesMk1 (8:29:13 PM): Sorry.
MilesMk1 (8:29:42 PM): I was readying an IPE frag, and trying to get some useful information from the people on the stairs.
MilesMk1 (8:29:58 PM): So basically, I keep on asking for updates over the radio.
Thematrian1 (8:30:04 PM): oh. Speaking of that, Todd is next
Umbrafer (8:30:35 PM): Pilot 3, amazingly enough
Umbrafer (8:30:46 PM): It's the one thing I have with decent autopilot.
Umbrafer (8:30:49 PM): Er
Umbrafer (8:30:50 PM): Pilot
Umbrafer (8:30:57 PM): Autopilot is different. Anyway.
Thematrian1 (8:31:37 PM): 3, eh? Ok, it acks and begins scanning the skies
Thematrian1 (8:32:30 PM): Todd's on the stairs, injured and bleeding but alive.
circlmastr (8:33:11 PM): Todd waits for Blake to arrive as backup. (Er, unless there's an ebil thing alive on the stairs)
Thematrian1 (8:34:02 PM): the other bug got blown up by the grenade that bounced back, but there's no telling what might lurk further down the stairs. You can still hear that eerie humming, though it might just be your shocked eardrums
circlmastr (8:35:22 PM): Then wait for Blake, razor out of course.
Thematrian1 (8:35:55 PM): check. SC?
Dragcrell (8:36:20 PM): well considering I have the longest to run what all can i see of now?
Thematrian1 (8:37:59 PM): You're...ah. In the hangar, you see Blake vanish down the stiars.
Dragcrell (8:38:37 PM): well I follow him then unless something pops up out of the floor ro some thing like that
Thematrian1 (8:38:47 PM): Todd: You see Accident peeking around the corner, watching you.
Thematrian1 (8:38:58 PM): (one sec)
Thematrian1 (8:40:23 PM): (back)
Thematrian1 (8:41:10 PM): There's another explosion from further down the stairs.
circlmastr (8:41:22 PM): Where's Accident in relation to me?
Thematrian1 (8:41:26 PM): Further up
circlmastr (8:42:15 PM): I just keep waiting.
Thematrian1 (8:42:23 PM): ok, that finishes out that pass, then. Alex?
Umbrafer (8:44:06 PM): Hm. Unless the Jury did something significant, I'm going to order the Schattenauge to pipe its visual feed to me. Not jumping into it, though.
Thematrian1 (8:45:09 PM): they're still in mid flinch; one second has elapsed since you heard the sound
Umbrafer (8:45:56 PM): Heh. I guess they aren't that quick.
Thematrian1 (8:45:57 PM): Blake?
MilesMk1 (8:46:14 PM): I keep going until I find Todd.
Thematrian1 (8:46:33 PM): Fair enough. You find Accident first, leaning around one of the stairway switchbacks
MilesMk1 (8:46:41 PM): #Todd, yell if anythind develops.#
circlmastr (8:47:01 PM): #Besides the burning pain?#
Umbrafer (8:47:45 PM): (They have powders for that these days, you know)
Thematrian1 (8:48:00 PM): Todd: roll Reaction
MilesMk1 (8:48:42 PM): #Christ's sake...#
circlmastr (8:49:22 PM): circlmastr rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 3 2 6 4 1 3
circlmastr (8:49:24 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (8:49:26 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
circlmastr (8:49:28 PM): circlmastr rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Thematrian1 (8:49:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 1 1 3 1 1 4 2 4 3 4 5 2 3 3
circlmastr (8:49:57 PM): 20, 4, junk. Not counting wound mod.
Thematrian1 (8:51:16 PM): k. Another buggy horror bursts from around the corner, brandishing what looks like a blowtorch attached to a long pole. It lunges for you, but it's not very nimble, and you have an opportunity to retreat
Thematrian1 (8:51:21 PM): or, if you prefer, engage in melee combat
circlmastr (8:51:50 PM): He's got a Flame Jet Weeder? Retreat
circlmastr (8:52:35 PM): Hopefully behind Accident so he can shoot the bugger.
Thematrian1 (8:52:56 PM): check. It waves its pole all over the stairwell, scorching the walls. Accident tries to nail it with one of his improvised rebar javelins...
Thematrian1 (8:52:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 6 4 3 3 5 6 6 3 5 1 6 2 2 3
Thematrian1 (8:53:02 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 6 5 5 2 5 2 2 2 6 4 2 4 6 3 6
Thematrian1 (8:53:06 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 5 6 2 2 4 1 1 1 5 1 6 1 2
Umbrafer (8:53:12 PM): Hah. Style.
Thematrian1 (8:54:14 PM): He smashes through its left knee. Undaunted, it hops up the stairs toward you, grinning dementedly. Three more appear behind it, clutching stubby guns.
circlmastr (8:54:26 PM): (Even with 18 dice, I'm rolling for 6's before any reach mods... sigh)
Thematrian1 (8:55:49 PM): ok then. SC follows Blake?
Dragcrell (8:56:01 PM): yep
Thematrian1 (8:56:13 PM): then that's Pass Two. Alex and Blake are up
Umbrafer (8:56:46 PM): Did I get anything from the visual feed?
Thematrian1 (8:57:35 PM): off the cameras, at 300 mag? No. The Schat is having a devil of a time tracking whatever it is
Umbrafer (8:57:52 PM): Hm. Then I'll risk it and jump into the Schattenauge.
MilesMk1 (8:58:11 PM): Presumably I saw Accident throw, and I can hear the combat?
Thematrian1 (8:58:15 PM): yes
Thematrian1 (8:59:40 PM): Meanwhile: Alex, you have a Simple left. Plans?
MilesMk1 (8:59:47 PM): Give me a sec to look something up, but I'm definitely walking so that I can see Todd and them. Use Accident for cover. :)
Thematrian1 (8:59:52 PM): heh. Ok
Umbrafer (9:00:20 PM): Search for the fighter.
Umbrafer (9:00:27 PM): Active and passive.
Umbrafer (9:00:30 PM): Umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 3 6 2
Umbrafer (9:00:34 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (9:00:38 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Umbrafer (9:00:41 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Umbrafer (9:00:47 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 4 5 1 5 6 4 5
Umbrafer (9:00:52 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Thematrian1 (9:00:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 5 3 4 1 3
Thematrian1 (9:01:48 PM): you have him on the actives. That probably isn't going to thrill him, you know.
MilesMk1 (9:01:49 PM): Ok, how large an area are the four bugs squeezed into? In suppressing fire terms, for example?
Umbrafer (9:02:04 PM): Well, I didn't go for sensor lock.
Thematrian1 (9:02:06 PM): He's searing through the skies, not a care in the world about anti-aircraft fire.
Umbrafer (9:02:36 PM): Ok. I'll try to track him visually. Though he does have to target me if he wants to fire back.
Thematrian1 (9:02:45 PM): I know, but just getting painted is not great news for him.
Umbrafer (9:02:55 PM): 'Struth. Too bad for him :)
Thematrian1 (9:02:59 PM): Blake: the stairwell is about two meters wide, give or take.
Thematrian1 (9:03:21 PM): The bug in the back has cover from the one immediately in front, but that's the only caveat
MilesMk1 (9:03:33 PM): Ok. I fill the area the four bugs are in with suppressive fire. Six rounds of.
Thematrian1 (9:03:57 PM): Ex-Ex?
MilesMk1 (9:04:00 PM): So 3 rounds per each meter.
MilesMk1 (9:04:01 PM): Yeah.
Thematrian1 (9:04:04 PM): check
MilesMk1 (9:05:44 PM): (according to the book, my TN to hit them - should they fail to get 3 or more successes on a TN 4 dodge test - is just 4+any cover. Smartlink and Suppresive Fire cancel out.)
Umbrafer (9:06:05 PM): (Right.)
Thematrian1 (9:06:17 PM): (That matches my analysis. Thank you for checking)
MilesMk1 (9:06:21 PM): (Damage is 10M + staging, I don't get the bonus for auto fire)
Thematrian1 (9:07:22 PM): (Then let's see it)
MilesMk1 (9:08:15 PM): (I don't actually roll it unless they fail to dodge.)
Umbrafer (9:08:23 PM): (Yeah, they do their thing first)
MilesMk1 (9:08:34 PM): (And then I roll separately for each of them.)
Thematrian1 (9:08:55 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 6 4 5 4
Thematrian1 (9:09:14 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 10 6-sided dice: 1 6 1 6 6 4 2 1 5 1
Thematrian1 (9:09:32 PM): you hit 3, everyone except the guy on the extreme left
MilesMk1 (9:10:03 PM): Excellent.
Thematrian1 (9:10:09 PM): (Sorry about that, gang; I forgot to give them combat pool and didn't question my tools when they told me the bugs couldn't dodge)
MilesMk1 (9:10:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 5 6 6
MilesMk1 (9:10:18 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 4 1 3
MilesMk1 (9:10:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 1 6 5 4 2
MilesMk1 (9:10:33 PM): 10D, 10S, 10D
Thematrian1 (9:10:44 PM): I'm counting that from left to right, so the bug behind cover gets roll #3
Thematrian1 (9:10:52 PM): #2
Thematrian1 (9:10:53 PM): dammit
Thematrian1 (9:11:00 PM): Prospective Heroes must be distracting me
Umbrafer (9:11:28 PM): ?
Umbrafer (9:11:38 PM): Oh, the one with cover has it from another bug.
circlmastr (9:11:39 PM): (Heroes is a terrible show)
Umbrafer (9:11:57 PM): (Can we not sidetrack the session with discussions on the quality of television?)
Thematrian1 (9:11:57 PM): right
MilesMk1 (9:12:05 PM): (You are a horrible person. I will cut your head open.)
Thematrian1 (9:12:09 PM): (I'm sorry I brought it up)
Thematrian1 (9:12:13 PM): (And it stops now)
Thematrian1 (9:12:16 PM): (Me first)
Thematrian1 (9:12:20 PM): ok
Thematrian1 (9:12:35 PM): I see 10D, nothing, 10D. They try to resist...
Thematrian1 (9:12:40 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 2 3 1 5 3 4 3 4 6 1 1 5
Thematrian1 (9:13:13 PM): ooh, not good enough. They do seem to be wearing armor, patched together from god knows how many sources, but it's not up to the task required.
Thematrian1 (9:13:25 PM): that's two bugs down, two to go
Thematrian1 (9:15:37 PM): Oops, five more; another three show up around the corner. One of them is giving off a bright red light.
Umbrafer (9:16:01 PM): Hm.
Thematrian1 (9:16:03 PM): these are just carrying pistols, though, so that's good
Thematrian1 (9:16:10 PM): anyhoo...new init!
Umbrafer (9:16:21 PM): Umbrafer rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 3
Umbrafer (9:16:24 PM): :(
Umbrafer (9:16:33 PM): 20 :( :(
Dragcrell (9:16:34 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 6
MilesMk1 (9:16:40 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 4 4
MilesMk1 (9:16:43 PM): 19
Dragcrell (9:16:57 PM): 23 (IF I added right)
MilesMk1 (9:16:58 PM): Uh, didn't I maybe have one more pass, or was this my 3rd?
Thematrian1 (9:17:10 PM): that was pass 3
circlmastr (9:17:14 PM): circlmastr rolled 3 6-sided dice: 4 1 6
MilesMk1 (9:17:14 PM): Lost track what with all the running. Ah, ok.
circlmastr (9:17:20 PM): 17 again
circlmastr (9:17:29 PM): Wait
circlmastr (9:17:30 PM): 16
Thematrian1 (9:17:52 PM): oh, Todd: I didn't explicitly mention this, but may I assume that you hit the deck when Blake started blazing away?
circlmastr (9:18:44 PM): Presume away.
Umbrafer (9:18:54 PM): (That was the third pass)
Thematrian1 (9:18:59 PM): fair enough; I bring it up only because otherwise you need to make a dodge roll
Thematrian1 (9:19:09 PM): ok. SC, you draw level with Blake. You spot five bugs, and roll perception
Dragcrell (9:19:23 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 1 6 2 1
Dragcrell (9:19:28 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 6
Dragcrell (9:19:34 PM): Dragcrell rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Dragcrell (9:19:46 PM): (mmm)
Thematrian1 (9:20:14 PM): Your go, SC
MilesMk1 (9:20:43 PM): #Todd, back into cover!#
Dragcrell (9:22:01 PM): #ah ssssshit#
Dragcrell (9:22:10 PM): (how far is the glower?)
Thematrian1 (9:22:33 PM): (All the way down this section of stairs. Say 6 meters)
Dragcrell (9:23:14 PM): (need to look up something in teh main give me as sec)
Thematrian1 (9:23:57 PM): Meanwhile, several of the Jury are pointing their weapons in the general direction of the jet
Umbrafer (9:25:12 PM): Hm. What's the approximate altitude of the jet?
Thematrian1 (9:26:22 PM): at least 2 miles up.
Umbrafer (9:26:40 PM): Ok, I'm not worrying. None of the rifles were really assault cannons, right?
Thematrian1 (9:26:44 PM): no
Dragcrell (9:27:08 PM): ok thowing is a simple yes?
Thematrian1 (9:28:29 PM): Alex, do you have any awesome plans for your Pass?
Dragcrell (9:29:22 PM): ok i target the two closest bug's and throw a knife at each (6L befor any mods)
Umbrafer (9:29:46 PM): Hm. Is trying to take a close look at the jet an awesome plan?
Dragcrell (9:30:09 PM): Dragcrell rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 2
Thematrian1 (9:30:34 PM): I guess. Go for Passives; you've learned all you can from your active sensors, pretty much. Your guess would definitely be military air-to-air combatant
Umbrafer (9:30:45 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 4 2 3 1 4 4 5
Umbrafer (9:30:49 PM): Yech.
Umbrafer (9:31:03 PM): Do I have a trajectory?
Thematrian1 (9:31:17 PM): "over Chicago"
Thematrian1 (9:31:28 PM): approximately toward where the other plane was? You've not got a lot, here
Dragcrell (9:31:36 PM): (lol)
Umbrafer (9:32:02 PM): Interesting. Then I'm going to use my other Simple to jump back to the van.
Dragcrell (9:32:52 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 2 2 3 5
Dragcrell (9:33:04 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 3 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:33:14 PM): fwip fwip
Thematrian1 (9:33:18 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 3 5 6 6 3 2 3 3 6 6 1 2 4 3 3
Thematrian1 (9:34:33 PM): one of your knives bounces off a single chitinous cheekbone; the other lodges in an entirely human eye. The one you wounded doesn't topple as you'd expect, just hums a bit and points its weapon at you.
Thematrian1 (9:34:37 PM): And now we're up to Blake!
Dragcrell (9:35:12 PM): (oh yay -_- i pissed it off good times)
MilesMk1 (9:36:11 PM): 1. Is the one with the jetwhacker still up? 2. What weapon does the one SC wounded have?
Thematrian1 (9:37:25 PM): 1: no; it dropped its weapon and the wall is now melting gently. 2: Something stubby and SMG-looking. Grenade launcher, maybe?
Umbrafer (9:38:01 PM): From the pilot, or did it fall with the trigger pressed?
Umbrafer (9:38:18 PM): Well, I guess that's more information than we'd know operating. Is it on full flame or no?
Thematrian1 (9:38:22 PM): full flame
MilesMk1 (9:39:57 PM): Ok, I shoot two 3-round bursts at the two with the most dangerous looking weaponsm then.
MilesMk1 (9:40:21 PM): Since my preferred tactic - grenades in small spaces - would probably wipe out too many friendlies.
MilesMk1 (9:40:32 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 2 2 5 1 4 4 1 4
MilesMk1 (9:40:36 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 8 6-sided dice: 6 2 6 3 2 5 3 4
Thematrian1 (9:40:51 PM): Ok. Including the target-switching mods, that's...4 and 4?
Umbrafer (9:41:08 PM): And damage some potentially useful weaponry.
MilesMk1 (9:41:30 PM): 6 and 4, I thought? My TN is 2, but does the first one have cover, or is running?
MilesMk1 (9:41:50 PM): Either way, 13D on each.
Thematrian1 (9:42:19 PM): Ah, yes. They try to take the Ex-Ex like man-bug-horrors...
Thematrian1 (9:42:22 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 4 5 5 2 6 2 2 1 2 4 3 6 1 6
Thematrian1 (9:42:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 1 5 6 6 4 3 3 1 6 4 4 2 3 4
Thematrian1 (9:43:18 PM): ...which goes about as well as could be expected. Down they go. Accident heaves a spear as the three visible bugs return fire with what turn out to be machine pistols...
Thematrian1 (9:43:21 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 4 1 1 6 2 6 6 1 4 2 3 5 1 6
Umbrafer (9:44:18 PM): Curious. If they aren't loaded with EX-EX, this could be good. If they are, probably not so much.
Thematrian1 (9:46:18 PM): The bugs are following Blake's example, Suppressing the meter that you all are using to lean out and shoot them from. As they slowly advance, firing full auto from the pistols, you get a better look at their clothes: the remains of
Thematrian1 (9:46:28 PM): security uniforms
Umbrafer (9:47:12 PM): Oh my.
circlmastr (9:47:18 PM): Dare I even ask where Todd is? Last I remember he hit the deck... somewhere.
Thematrian1 (9:47:29 PM): More bugs are piling in behind them, but in the meantime Blake, Accident, and SC need to avoid 10 rounds 3 times
Dragcrell (9:47:57 PM): -_- oh this well be painfull
Dragcrell (9:48:35 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 6 6 4 6 6 6
Umbrafer (9:48:46 PM): Yeesh. Hopefully bugs can't have smartlinks.
Umbrafer (9:48:55 PM): Wait a minute
Dragcrell (9:49:02 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 5 6 2 4 3
Umbrafer (9:49:08 PM): Unless you're up to spending 10+ combat pool, you shouldn't bother rolling
Umbrafer (9:49:21 PM): Unless you entirely dodge, you take the same damage
Umbrafer (9:49:26 PM): Save it for soak
Thematrian1 (9:49:36 PM): yeah, SC, to review the SF rules, you need to make 10 successes. Not to waste that awesome roll, but...
Umbrafer (9:49:44 PM): That was a pretty awesome roll.
Dragcrell (9:50:29 PM): (with what I have left of a cp after the dismale knife throwing but eh the soaking idea works but then thats what he ment to roll for)
Dragcrell (9:50:49 PM): (gah I thout he ment to roll for >_<)
Thematrian1 (9:51:13 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 2 6 3 5 5 3 6 5 4 5 5 6 3 1 2
Thematrian1 (9:51:15 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 4 1 6 4 5 6 3 4 2 5 2 2 6 6
Thematrian1 (9:52:04 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 6 1 6 4
MilesMk1 (9:52:21 PM): Keep in mind that, if we fail to dodge, they still have to roll *to hit* and we have cover. Maybe.
Thematrian1 (9:52:28 PM): Luckily for you guys, you all have cover. Resist 6M 6L 6L from APDS ammo.
MilesMk1 (9:52:34 PM): And they don't get the damage bonuses for firing 10 rounds.
Dragcrell (9:52:50 PM): >_>;
MilesMk1 (9:52:55 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 3 5 3 6 3 2 6 6 3
MilesMk1 (9:53:00 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 1 6 6 2 6 3 6 5 6
MilesMk1 (9:53:03 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 9 6-sided dice: 4 6 5 5 2 4 5 5 5
MilesMk1 (9:53:06 PM): Needed 2s.
Dragcrell (9:53:17 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 5 5 2 1 3 4
Dragcrell (9:53:27 PM): Dragcrell rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 5 1 6 1 1 6
Dragcrell (9:53:36 PM): Dragcrell rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 3 5
Dragcrell (9:53:43 PM): Dragcrell rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 3 6 2
Thematrian1 (9:53:49 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 4 4 5 3 2 4 6 1 2 1 2 5 5 2
Thematrian1 (9:53:51 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 6
Thematrian1 (9:53:53 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 4 4 2 3 6 4 6 6 4 2 1 5 6 5
Thematrian1 (9:54:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 1 5 2 3 3 5 6 5 2 4 6 3 5 3 5
Thematrian1 (9:54:03 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 15 6-sided dice: 5 2 3 3 3 5 3 1 5 2 4 1 3 3 1
Dragcrell (9:54:10 PM): .....oh ehll I'm not even going to roll that last 6 -_- rather mote
circlmastr (9:54:38 PM): Should I be rolling something?
Thematrian1 (9:54:54 PM): Nope. Thirty bullets just flew over your head.
Umbrafer (9:54:55 PM): You weren't mentioned as being in the suppressed area
Thematrian1 (9:54:57 PM): Accident is also ok, and returns fire, dropping one of the shooters.
MilesMk1 (9:54:58 PM): Yeah. Soak 6M, 6L, 6L with 1/2 your ballistic armor.
Umbrafer (9:55:02 PM): You can roll to resist hearing loss, if you want.
MilesMk1 (9:55:05 PM): Oh.
MilesMk1 (9:55:08 PM): Never mind.
Thematrian1 (9:55:29 PM): (The bugs have ignored him completely ever since he lay down)
MilesMk1 (9:55:38 PM): "Everyone back!"
Thematrian1 (9:55:54 PM): More bugs pile in from behind. Todd's turn.
circlmastr (9:57:33 PM): Todd stays the fuck down and crawls toward Accident/Blake/SC. #For the love of shit...#
Umbrafer (9:57:53 PM): Man, that's a lot of bugs. We need a portable insecticide cannon or something.
Dragcrell (9:58:24 PM): #back wherrre?#
Thematrian1 (9:59:04 PM): You have one. It's called Blake.
MilesMk1 (9:59:37 PM): #Back outside blast radius!#
Thematrian1 (9:59:57 PM): Accident starts backing up.
circlmastr (10:01:30 PM): Todd can only crawl so fast! Don't blow him up!
Dragcrell (10:02:22 PM): #might not hurt glowy# *hits the ceiling and moves well out of blast range*
Thematrian1 (10:04:56 PM): ok. Todd crawls up the stairs, moving (I'll say) 2 meters this Pass. Back at the top of the order, we find SC, who's hitting the ceiling. Alex?
Umbrafer (10:07:09 PM): Hm. I'm going to observe the Jury.
Umbrafer (10:07:14 PM): Umbrafer rolled 8 6-sided dice: 4 3 2 6 2 3 1 1
Umbrafer (10:07:17 PM): Umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Umbrafer (10:07:21 PM): In detail, natch.
Umbrafer (10:07:25 PM): Umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 3 3 1 1 4
Thematrian1 (10:07:36 PM): ok. What sorts of things are you interested in?
Thematrian1 (10:07:39 PM): Meanwhile: Blake?
Umbrafer (10:09:22 PM): Well, anything particularly unusual. I'm most interested in anything that would indicate that my guess that these are management types who robbed a gun shop is incorrect.
MilesMk1 (10:09:23 PM): 1. What's the farthest from me I could shoot a grenade? 2. How long does it look like it will take Todd to crawl around the corner? 3. I suppress a 2-meter area with 10 rounds. (since I just realized I don't get a recoil penalty)
Thematrian1 (10:10:38 PM): 1: The stairwell is six meters deep before the switchback, so that far. 2: He should reach you at the end of his second Pass. 3: None of them have 10 pool available, so roll it.
Umbrafer (10:11:07 PM): (Ah, I thought you were saving ammo)
MilesMk1 (10:11:24 PM): Well, they actually only need to make 5
MilesMk1 (10:11:39 PM): 5 rounds / meter
Thematrian1 (10:11:48 PM): 2-meter area. True. Hm. Roll anyway.
MilesMk1 (10:12:06 PM): How many times do I roll? It's one per bug...
MilesMk1 (10:12:40 PM): It got hazy how many bugs there were.
Thematrian1 (10:12:56 PM): oh. Ugh. Hm. We'll say 6 times in all; the ones in back (which are still pouring in) have total cover, more or less
MilesMk1 (10:13:03 PM): Ok.
circlmastr (10:13:05 PM): (brb, dinner)
MilesMk1 (10:13:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 4 4 5 3 6
MilesMk1 (10:13:11 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 2 5 4 5 5
MilesMk1 (10:13:14 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 2 1 6 6
MilesMk1 (10:13:17 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 5 4 6 6 6
MilesMk1 (10:13:23 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 3 5 3
MilesMk1 (10:13:27 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 3 4 3 1
Thematrian1 (10:14:29 PM): Re-roll sixes on the second set; those 3 have Cover
Thematrian1 (10:15:44 PM): meanwhile, I see D D S for damage on the first 3?
MilesMk1 (10:15:56 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 2 6 2
MilesMk1 (10:16:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:16:11 PM): Yeah.
MilesMk1 (10:16:42 PM): and I guess one more S and an M?
Thematrian1 (10:17:59 PM): yep. Two of the first set of bugs go down, firing a few bullets spasmodically into the floor. The second set stumbles, and then it's hard to see what's going on because the Halon fire extinguishers are going off.
Thematrian1 (10:21:09 PM): This doesn't have an effect quite yet, but anyone without an artificial source of oxygen is going to have a really hard time of it in a Pass or Two. This definitely includes the bugs, but do they need to breathe?
Thematrian1 (10:21:38 PM): Todd's up.
Umbrafer (10:21:41 PM): Hmf.
Thematrian1 (10:22:30 PM): oh, I owe you some data
MilesMk1 (10:22:32 PM): I have a respirator.
Thematrian1 (10:23:44 PM): Well, their clothes are definitely high quality; even the two leather jackets have that "expensive trying to look grungy" feel to them. The weapons are new and shiny, but their wielders are carrying them with confidence.
circlmastr (10:23:52 PM): (Back)
circlmastr (10:24:36 PM): Is Todd in Halon country?
Umbrafer (10:24:53 PM): (I should add, inhaled halon has impairing effects beyond just not being oxygen. Nothing life-threatening aside from hypoxia in non-combat conditions, though)
Thematrian1 (10:25:00 PM): yes, definitely
circlmastr (10:25:19 PM): Todd opts to take advantage of the cloud of cover, and get up and run.
Umbrafer (10:25:32 PM): Concealment, not cover. :)
MilesMk1 (10:25:40 PM): But why the halon? There's only been something like 50 rounds fired in this tight space, only 22 of them explosive... :)
Thematrian1 (10:25:47 PM): You're on the stairs, so getting up is no challenge. You're behind the turnaround in a flash
circlmastr (10:25:55 PM): Whatever. Todd isn't a gun combat guy.
Umbrafer (10:25:57 PM): Remember the full-on fire weapon torching the wall?
Thematrian1 (10:26:01 PM): Actually, if you had to guess, you'd say it's the blowtorch
MilesMk1 (10:26:09 PM): Ah, right, that.
MilesMk1 (10:26:19 PM): Hey, that's probably a Polearm, no? ;)
Thematrian1 (10:26:29 PM): the wall is now crackling a bit, though not shooting off visible sparks
Thematrian1 (10:26:33 PM): And, yes, almost certainly
Umbrafer (10:26:34 PM): Too bad Ares doesn't follow the Montreal protocol.
Umbrafer (10:26:43 PM): (Also, remind me, does Blake have a bayonet?)
Thematrian1 (10:26:54 PM): (The Montreal protocol?)
Umbrafer (10:27:25 PM): (Ban on various bad-for-ozone-layer substances, including Halon)
Thematrian1 (10:27:53 PM): (Oh. Yeah, Ares isn't signatory to that)
Umbrafer (10:27:54 PM): (Well, a treaty that requires a…)
MilesMk1 (10:28:34 PM): (Yes, Blake has a bayonet. It's currently fixed, in fact._
MilesMk1 (10:28:36 PM): )
Umbrafer (10:28:56 PM): (Good times.)
Thematrian1 (10:30:37 PM): There's a little gunfire, and an ominous electrical crackle, but none of you are hit with anything. Accident is jogging backward up the stairs.
Thematrian1 (10:30:47 PM): SC has a third Pass, and astonishingly, no one else does.
Umbrafer (10:31:13 PM): *Weep*
Dragcrell (10:31:24 PM): I just keep moveing up out of the halon cloud
Dragcrell (10:31:38 PM): or soon to be i should say
Thematrian1 (10:34:11 PM): ok. The cloud is descending from the ceiling, so the walls are much easier to move along.
Dragcrell (10:34:57 PM): :p that works I'm not picky wall, ceiling, floor all work as a "floor" for me
Thematrian1 (10:35:00 PM): And that's where we break. As you may have guessed, I'm wiped. Next week: survival horror action!
Umbrafer (10:35:11 PM): Bugs lurking in halon clouds?
Thematrian1 (10:35:17 PM): sure
Dragcrell (10:35:21 PM): *nods* your not the only one -_-
MilesMk1 (10:35:26 PM): Grenades lurking in halon clouds.
Dragcrell (10:35:29 PM): later
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MilesMk1 (10:35:33 PM): See you guys Thursday.
Umbrafer (10:35:40 PM): Just to mention:
circlmastr (10:35:51 PM): Sadness
Umbrafer (10:35:54 PM): There is a small but non-zero chance that Thursday will be cancelled. I'll email if it is, but it's pretty unlikely.
MilesMk1 (10:36:03 PM): Ok. G'night.
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