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umbrafer (8:37:30 PM): You guys know better than I do how much you need Matt, so after three more minutes (about 8:40 by my clock), we start whenever you collectively say go.
Thematrian1 (8:40:40 PM): Hmm. We had a plan, right?
umbrafer (8:41:15 PM): I remember several plans. I believe there was at least one that didn't get discarded.
Thematrian1 (8:41:32 PM): that's good
umbrafer (8:42:09 PM): *Dig dig8
circlmastr (8:44:23 PM): The one we were going for was "wait for them to ask for info on the train crash night, say we have some, then kill them and rob them at the meet"
umbrafer (8:45:26 PM): Well, more generally "wait for them to start looking for people, get hired, use that to find out what they're doing and then kill them"
circlmastr (8:46:09 PM): Hound doesn't care what they're doing, as the team doesn't get paid to find that out.
Thematrian1 (8:47:06 PM): mmm. We are going to kill them. It behooves us to know what sort of effect that will have.
circlmastr (8:49:07 PM): The effect of helping Hound pay for his mech.
Thematrian1 (8:49:37 PM): let me rephrase. It behooves us to know who might want revenge.
circlmastr (8:50:18 PM): Sooth.
circlmastr (8:51:08 PM): I just remembered Hound also needs to pay for a vehicle turret for the van.
Thematrian1 (8:51:24 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 4 5 4 1 3
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umbrafer (8:54:23 PM): By the time those of you who went to sleep at the end of last session (which I believe was everyone) wake up, Maya's up and watching nature programs.
Thematrian1 (8:54:48 PM): #Does anyone else feel like we should be sending her to school or something?#
umbrafer (8:55:38 PM): (As it happens, the answer's probably "no"—it's early July :) )
umbrafer (8:56:00 PM): (Well, I guess mid-July now)
umbrafer (8:58:57 PM): The Law of Conservation of Shadowrunners holds.
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MilesMk1 (8:59:11 PM): Hey.
Thematrian1 (8:59:15 PM): Greetz
umbrafer (8:59:29 PM): There are three days remaining until you become eligible once more for application to the Sisters of the Sea, and seventeen until your meeting with Jim Oak.
umbrafer (8:59:58 PM): Add one if you count the current day, which is admittely mostly still ahead of you.
MilesMk1 (9:00:16 PM): ...
MilesMk1 (9:00:18 PM): ...
Thematrian1 (9:00:20 PM): I'm thinking we might want to sign Maya up for piano lessons or something.
MilesMk1 (9:00:21 PM): ...?
MilesMk1 (9:00:51 PM): Jim Oak? Oh, is that who we're meeting about the little girl?
Thematrian1 (9:00:53 PM): yeah
umbrafer (9:00:54 PM): (That was to Gem. The second item applies to you as well, the first not so much.)
MilesMk1 (9:01:08 PM): So, did anything happen last week, in-game?
umbrafer (9:01:44 PM): My memory of the last week and a half is hazy, but I don't believe so.
MilesMk1 (9:01:58 PM): So Glitch is still on the roof?
Thematrian1 (9:02:07 PM): Nothing big. We have a new plan for killing them; they're going to be looking for info on that train crash
umbrafer (9:02:30 PM): Oh! No, the week before that you guys had gone home after you left
MilesMk1 (9:02:34 PM): The people we're supposed to kill are looking into the train crash?
umbrafer (9:02:34 PM): Or whenever we met last
umbrafer (9:03:36 PM): The train was never mentioned as such.
Thematrian1 (9:03:45 PM): Well, not explicitly
umbrafer (9:03:47 PM): One minute, let me get this log up.
Thematrian1 (9:03:50 PM): But astral mayhem
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umbrafer (9:09:15 PM): There we go, one moment.
umbrafer (9:09:38 PM): http://www.sotsw.net/runs/SotSW%202007-10-25.html
umbrafer (9:11:43 PM): umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 5 4 1 5 3
umbrafer (9:14:22 PM): Anyway, it's a bright morning in Seattle, and it's only supposed to start raining again at about 1:00 PM. Actions?
MilesMk1 (9:15:39 PM): Is Dave on his way, or is he not playing tonight?
MilesMk1 (9:15:44 PM): Hold on, let me catch up on the log.
umbrafer (9:16:29 PM): He was here but now is not. Presumably he'll be back.
MilesMk1 (9:23:50 PM): Ok, so they're investigating magical accidents. This is sort of meta-gamey, but Maya definitely sounds like some kind of "prey".
MilesMk1 (9:23:54 PM): Unless she's really the Wolf.
Thematrian1 (9:24:17 PM): Gem has been assuming, IC, that she's the Wolf
MilesMk1 (9:24:31 PM): She being Maya, or Gem?
Thematrian1 (9:24:54 PM): Heh. Maya.
MilesMk1 (9:24:58 PM): Regardless, there's a connection between them and us now, independent of the contract to kill them.
MilesMk1 (9:26:30 PM): Well, we need to find out what kind of searching they're doing. Sounds like a job for someone with extensive contacts and social skills...
Thematrian1 (9:26:45 PM): It does, doesn't it. And I'd like a bug or five in their offices, if you can arrange that.
MilesMk1 (9:27:33 PM): I imagine I can, especially once the mage is off the premises. Well, assuming we can buy the bugs quickly, I'm ashamed to admit I don't actually own any.
Thematrian1 (9:27:55 PM): Truly? Well, ok: first I'm off to buy you some bugs:
Thematrian1 (9:27:59 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 6 2 5 4
umbrafer (9:28:00 PM): I imagine they're pretty easy to get quickly, at least if you don't need ultra-high-end ones.
Thematrian1 (9:28:01 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
umbrafer (9:28:27 PM): Now I get to figure out which book they're in.
Thematrian1 (9:28:36 PM): That's 6, probably. And yeah, lucky you.
MilesMk1 (9:29:50 PM): Yeah, I know. It's almost like Glitch was an assassin pretending to be a stealth specialist. ;)
Thematrian1 (9:30:20 PM): heh. Gem has probably figured it out, with this latest purchase.
umbrafer (9:30:28 PM): Of course, the main book. They do occasionally get something right.
MilesMk1 (9:31:55 PM): (Well, that's my line and I'm sticking to it. I have definitely not simply overlooked it at character creation.:))
Thematrian1 (9:31:58 PM): Let's see. They already know me, so either Glitch or Hound has to be the face man on the fake hiring part.
umbrafer (9:32:42 PM): Hm. Ok, it's clear that I need to diversify the bug lineup, but the short version is that audio bugs are 6/48 hours, while video bugs are… well, actually the same thing.
umbrafer (9:33:07 PM): Which means you got a billion successes, whichever one you were going for.
Thematrian1 (9:33:23 PM): woah. Ok, that looks like an 8 hour job from here.
umbrafer (9:33:50 PM): Cost on the micro-recorders is ¥500*Rating
umbrafer (9:34:23 PM): Sorry, make that ¥1k because of Street Index. Which is weird, and once again indicates my need to mess with these rules.
Thematrian1 (9:34:43 PM): hm. Glitch, this is your bunny, how much recorder are you in the market for?
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Thematrian1 (9:35:11 PM): Want to play face man on our trap for the Elf-lovers?
umbrafer (9:35:15 PM): The good news is that the bug is slightly larger than a U.S. dime.
CirclMastr (9:35:28 PM): Who? What bug?
Thematrian1 (9:35:31 PM): that's bad news. Modern day bugs are much smaller.
CirclMastr (9:35:36 PM): What happened?
Thematrian1 (9:35:41 PM): we're buying them, not finding them
MilesMk1 (9:35:55 PM): Are the bugs and the micro-recorder separate things?
umbrafer (9:35:57 PM): Actually, it's worse, they're about that thick but decently wider
umbrafer (9:36:04 PM): The same
umbrafer (9:36:22 PM): Or if not, it's news to me (I'm using the Micro-Recorder)
Thematrian1 (9:36:40 PM): bzuh? Hm. How good are they at listening through...stuff?
MilesMk1 (9:36:41 PM): Ok, so the rating affects their function how? Broadcast range, sensitivity, ease of location... all tof those?
MilesMk1 (9:37:04 PM): At 1k per rating, getting several would get pricy at any kind of decent rating.
umbrafer (9:37:18 PM): As of today (being before I change the rules), broadcast range and only broadcast range.
umbrafer (9:37:31 PM): Device rating = Flux.
CirclMastr (9:37:34 PM): Hey
Thematrian1 (9:38:17 PM): hmph. How far can we go for Flux 1,2,3,4?
MilesMk1 (9:38:17 PM): Ok, so what sort of rating do we need, then? Can we use a drone as a relay?
CirclMastr (9:38:17 PM): Connect them to Hound's retrans blimps, instant extended range.
umbrafer (9:40:42 PM): One second
umbrafer (9:41:34 PM): Flux Range Table is on SR3 page 137. Short version: 1, 2, 4, and 6 kilometers respectively for those four fluxes you mention. That's without any modifiers, though, give me a second to work them in.
Thematrian1 (9:41:55 PM): oh. Well, even half a kilometer seems like plenty
umbrafer (9:42:07 PM): Ok, since they'll be operating in an urban environment, it'll be 250 meters, 1km, 2km, and 4km
MilesMk1 (9:42:27 PM): Rating 2, then?
MilesMk1 (9:43:08 PM): I'm inclined to say, 3 bugs at rating 2.
umbrafer (9:43:15 PM): In a thunderstorm it'll drop down to negligible, negligible, 250 meters, and 1km, but you aren't supposed to get one of those in the next week or so and even if you do the bugs have six hours of recording time.
Thematrian1 (9:43:47 PM): Rating 2 seems sufficient. That's 6k worth of bugs, then.
Thematrian1 (9:43:48 PM): Nothing to it.
MilesMk1 (9:43:56 PM): Or rather, 3 Rating 3.
CirclMastr (9:44:16 PM): What about retrans? Park a blimp overhead and we can get away with 1 or 2
MilesMk1 (9:44:18 PM): It's not that much extra money for a solid boost. You never know when something weird happens to mess with transmission.
MilesMk1 (9:44:56 PM): Well, I was assuming I was paying for this, but if it's a group purchase, and you feel you want to go with something cheaper, I won't argue.
Thematrian1 (9:45:13 PM): 3x3 is also fine. They are, as you say, your bugs
CirclMastr (9:46:30 PM): If you want them for yourself, go for it.
umbrafer (9:46:51 PM): Three bugs, ready this evening.
Thematrian1 (9:47:38 PM): Ok, that's that. Now for the tricky part. We need them to know that we have information.
Thematrian1 (9:48:18 PM): I could just straight-out tell them, maybe that I heard one of you talking about something you saw, but I'd rather stay separate from this scam.
CirclMastr (9:48:52 PM): Why?
Thematrian1 (9:49:46 PM): So that I can still Mata Hari a few others without being suspected of having set a trap.
umbrafer (9:53:48 PM): umbrafer rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
MilesMk1 (9:53:56 PM): Well, the thing to do, I guess, is to see if anyone on the street heard that they're asking questions, so we can plausibly claim to have info for them.
CirclMastr (9:54:39 PM): I've no ideas, myself.
Thematrian1 (9:54:41 PM): Yeah. I'll Disguise myself and go investigate.
Thematrian1 (9:54:44 PM): Disguise:
Thematrian1 (9:54:47 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 5 4 2 4
Thematrian1 (9:54:58 PM): Etiquette:
Thematrian1 (9:54:58 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 2 3 2 4 6 5
MilesMk1 (9:55:20 PM): I suppose I could go ask around as well. I'm decent at social skills, with my softs.
umbrafer (9:55:27 PM): Any way in particular you're disguising yourself?
Thematrian1 (9:55:44 PM): With my disguise kit!
umbrafer (9:56:19 PM): Heh. I meant for flavour, your disguise kit does its work.
Thematrian1 (9:56:23 PM): (Not my field of expertise, I'm afraid. Hair, lifts in my shoes, off-type clothes, not as classy as Gem usually manages)
umbrafer (9:58:58 PM): As of about midday on Sunday, July 11, you're unable to find any real indication that the APN has been doing anything but preaching the Good News of Elfdom.
Thematrian1 (9:59:18 PM): Sensible. We'll have to give it a few days, say 'til Wednesday
Thematrian1 (9:59:25 PM): Thursday's the next meeting, right?
umbrafer (9:59:38 PM): Yep.
Thematrian1 (9:59:41 PM): Meantime, I want to find out what Maya's hobbies are.
umbrafer (10:00:46 PM): Right now they mostly seem to involve nature shows and not going to sleep. She's sitting on the couch looking only marginally less tired than she did last night.
MilesMk1 (10:01:01 PM): Maybe we should buy her a puppy.
Thematrian1 (10:01:18 PM): Right. I figured conversation would be the ticket.
umbrafer (10:02:24 PM): You attempt to initiate conversation. Choose your level of abstraction.
Thematrian1 (10:02:33 PM): Dice rolls!
Thematrian1 (10:02:45 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 6 2 5 6 4
Thematrian1 (10:02:45 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
Thematrian1 (10:02:56 PM): (My job is doing bad things to my social skills, I've noticed)
umbrafer (10:03:38 PM): (Hah, I know what you mean.)
umbrafer (10:04:48 PM): It takes a little while, but you do manage to get Maya's attention away from the show and onto the conversation. It's slow going, though, for reasons I think we can both out-of-character understand.
MilesMk1 (10:04:56 PM): Hmm. Glitch tinkers with electronics and does Ninja upper-body strength exercises that probably give Hound and Gem muscle cramps if they watch it.
umbrafer (10:05:04 PM): Are you astrally active while talking?
umbrafer (10:05:04 PM): Hehehe
Thematrian1 (10:05:06 PM): yeah. And yeah.
MilesMk1 (10:05:10 PM): (Buying up my Str and unarmed combat skills)
umbrafer (10:06:16 PM): Roll Assensing, if you're doing it.
MilesMk1 (10:06:19 PM): (He's now as strong as a human weightlifter but only weight 57kg. I sometimes wish climbing ability depended on your str/body weight ratio, in this game.)
MilesMk1 (10:06:29 PM): weighs
umbrafer (10:06:33 PM): Glitch looks more muscular now.
Thematrian1 (10:06:38 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 5 2 4 6 3 1
umbrafer (10:06:40 PM): (It sorta does, but the other way around.
umbrafer (10:06:44 PM): (You get heavier, and you can climb better.)
umbrafer (10:07:05 PM): (Well, ok, I don't think they've actually had the rules for Body-to-mass conversion since 2nd or 1st edition)
umbrafer (10:08:18 PM): When the conversation comes around to things she likes to do, she says a few general things ("do things with friends", "read screamsheets"), but on specifics like "what do you do with your friends" or "what are their names"
MilesMk1 (10:08:23 PM): (In my D&D game, I house-ruled halflings to be amazing jumpers and climbers. They're only 20% weaker than a human, but weight about 1/6th as much. No one actually cares that much, but it makes me happy.:))
MilesMk1 (10:09:01 PM): (Gah. Weigh. Weigh. What is it with me and typos tonight.)
umbrafer (10:09:11 PM): or "what sheets do you read", she has difficulty answering.
MilesMk1 (10:09:54 PM): In a break between working out, Glitch purchases a selection of screamsheets and passes them on to Gem, in the interest of science. (assuming he can hear these conversations)
MilesMk1 (10:10:24 PM): (...or... hmm... what are screamsheets, again? Is that something you'd actually read on the web?)
MilesMk1 (10:10:45 PM): (I really ought to catch up on in-game terminology.)
CirclMastr (10:11:22 PM): (Screamsheets are newspapers/tabloids. And I'm back from being suddenly AFK)
Thematrian1 (10:11:32 PM): Hm. I'll let her get back to her show, and call up my lovely drug-pushing buddy, Jagged Jimmy Jet.
umbrafer (10:12:15 PM): (You are deeply lucky that I'm so tired, because listening to you say it like that has given me wonderful ideas for an outrageous personality to go along with that name.)
CirclMastr (10:12:18 PM): Yeah, let's get the kid hooked on novacoke! Wait, what?
umbrafer (10:12:25 PM): He answers.
Thematrian1 (10:12:37 PM): (Yeah, it's funny you should mention. I defined him in depth, and he's more or less like that)
umbrafer (10:12:46 PM): (Hey, it's a good idea. Keeps her more alert /and/ makes sure she won't run off on you.)
Thematrian1 (10:12:50 PM): (Jimmy has connections to a bunch of private schools. The plan is to find Maya some age mates)
MilesMk1 (10:13:40 PM): (That won't tell anyone we've... I mean Hound... ;) kidnapped a minor, hopefully?)
umbrafer (10:14:17 PM): (Man, look at what you do for a living. You think anyone'll care?)
CirclMastr (10:14:26 PM): (Eh, isn't it easier to just take her to a park or something?)
Thematrian1 (10:14:28 PM): (My cover story was going to be that she's my neice, visiting for the summer)
umbrafer (10:14:34 PM): (At most you'll probably get people bugging you to sell. ;) )
Thematrian1 (10:14:47 PM): (I don't want her out in public, just in case she really is some kind of Wolf spirit)
Thematrian1 (10:15:03 PM): (If someone who actually knows what's going on spots her, it could get real ugly)
Thematrian1 (10:15:15 PM): (Or so I reasoned when I cooked up this scheme 5 minutes ago. Thoughts?)
MilesMk1 (10:16:35 PM): (No, sounds fine to me. Glitch is actually in favor of doing things that have the potential for making this kid feel better.)
MilesMk1 (10:17:04 PM): (Tiny twinges of guilt and memories of corporate grade school, I guess.)
CirclMastr (10:17:08 PM): (Owned.)
CirclMastr (10:17:27 PM): (Lucky for Hound, he was raised by video games and corporate training.)
MilesMk1 (10:17:33 PM): (Hey, Hound doesn't know where Glitch came from.)
Thematrian1 (10:17:51 PM): (For Gem it's life as an orphan on the docks. Hound may be the only one without a emotional button to push here)
CirclMastr (10:19:17 PM): (Hound goes into a Berserker rage if someone calls mecha unrealistic. ...Okay, not really.)
Thematrian1 (10:19:34 PM): (Which Maya has not done, anyway)
Thematrian1 (10:19:37 PM): But ok, Jimmy.
Thematrian1 (10:20:29 PM): First, the small talk, the sly offers of sexual gratification politely refused. Then the request: who does he know in these schools, not necessarily a customer of his, who's in Seattle right now and would be a good friend to a
Thematrian1 (10:20:30 PM): 10(?) year old girl.
umbrafer (10:20:50 PM): Jimmy answers the phone. There's a lot of noise on the other end; there's obviously a party going on, though it's not clear whether there are other people involved.
umbrafer (10:21:10 PM): The wind-up, and then the question:
umbrafer (10:21:18 PM): umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 4 4 5 1 2
CirclMastr (10:21:30 PM): ("It's like a party injected into my eyeball, and everyone's invited!")
CirclMastr (10:22:08 PM): Okay, so Glitch is with Maya, Gem's on the phone. Is there armor for Hound to pick up yet?
umbrafer (10:22:29 PM): Maybe, when was it supposed to be ready?
CirclMastr (10:22:36 PM): Hell if I know.
umbrafer (10:23:30 PM): "Gem, sweetie, you know my customers are good kids. Lemme see here…"
CirclMastr (10:24:17 PM): Wait, Gem is finding playmates for Maya from the "addicted to drugs" demographic? How is this good?
umbrafer (10:24:46 PM): Ten days from when you ordered.
Thematrian1 (10:25:50 PM): We'll see what happens. We probably shouldn't let her go to any parties, but I doubt she'll want to anyway.
Thematrian1 (10:25:51 PM): Or Glitch could follow her secretly, whatever.
umbrafer (10:26:46 PM): "Well, I got a coupla kids, but… man, you just had to call during the Summer. Mosta the youngsters are away at camp or some drek, and the ones who don't buy I don't see much when school's out."
umbrafer (10:27:00 PM): "Easier to wait 'til they're all in one place, you know?"
Thematrian1 (10:27:42 PM): "Ah, Jimmy, you telling me you don't know any?"
umbrafer (10:27:57 PM): "Lemme see… got a kid who, no, shit, he got shipped off to Vancouver for rehab… one of my best customers, too…"
umbrafer (10:28:02 PM): "Hey now, I ain't sayin' that just yet!"
Thematrian1 (10:28:19 PM): (Ok, maybe this was a bad idea)
umbrafer (10:28:21 PM): "I ever let you down?"
Thematrian1 (10:29:13 PM): "Never once, Jimmy. Never once."
Thematrian1 (10:29:20 PM): (Probably, yeah, lots of times)
CirclMastr (10:30:21 PM): (If he let you down twice at a time the first time, then "Never once" could be entirely true anyway)
umbrafer (10:30:35 PM): "Wait, I got it. They're a little older, but there's some kids who hang out down by the Arc, down in the amusement park. One of 'em gets a bunch of free passes."
Thematrian1 (10:30:58 PM): (Oooh, good call)
Thematrian1 (10:31:28 PM): "That sounds perfect. I knew I could count on you."
Thematrian1 (10:32:17 PM): "How do I get in touch?"
MilesMk1 (10:32:44 PM): (When does Shutdown happen?)
umbrafer (10:33:05 PM): (36 hours ;) )
umbrafer (10:33:30 PM): (In pure canon, IIRC, December 2059.)
umbrafer (10:34:46 PM): "You go down there, you're gonna find 'em. Always meet at the Big Dino Burger for lunch, 'least most days."
umbrafer (10:35:47 PM): "Oh, that's the big one by the roller coaster, not the stand near the Company History Fun Tour."
Thematrian1 (10:36:02 PM): "Indoor roller coaster. What a life, right? Thanks, Jimmy."
Thematrian1 (10:36:13 PM): (Yeah, this was a bad idea.)
MilesMk1 (10:37:07 PM): (Mhmm. Too bad none of us have normal families. Actually, if we did, and introduced Maya to them, they'd probably refuse to give her back to us, so just as well, I guess.)
Thematrian1 (10:37:48 PM): (Yeah. I guess one dormant month won't kill her)
umbrafer (10:38:00 PM): (In my experience, most Shadowrunners who have normal families are either estranged from them or would have some deeply uncomfortable questions about where she came from in such a circumstance)
Thematrian1 (10:38:35 PM): Ok. I'll go ahead and mention the amusement park to Maya, and mention that I know where she could find some friends there. If she's not into it I won't press.
CirclMastr (10:38:48 PM): Uh
MilesMk1 (10:38:49 PM): (I'm telling you, puppy. She probably won't kill it by accident with her budding freakish powers and go catatonic from the trauma.)
CirclMastr (10:38:50 PM): Hound would recommend against that.
CirclMastr (10:39:11 PM): As it was same amusement park where some freaky-ass clown showed up.
umbrafer (10:39:17 PM): umbrafer rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 5 2 1 1 1
MilesMk1 (10:39:33 PM): Glitch can always watch he discreetly, but I'm guessing she'll say no.
umbrafer (10:39:38 PM): (The freasky-ass clown has shown up in half the city by now, though not for a week or two now.)
CirclMastr (10:39:39 PM): I can't even remember the details about that clown/mime thing with the balloon given to Glitch.
MilesMk1 (10:39:42 PM): Maybe we could take her to a zoo instead. Are there any in Seattle?
Thematrian1 (10:40:04 PM): Yeah. If she wants to, I think it's worthwhile. It's out in public, but at least most spirit hunters don't go to the amusement park.
Thematrian1 (10:40:04 PM): I hope.
CirclMastr (10:40:15 PM): Well, zoos in 2055 or whatever tend to have paranimals.
umbrafer (10:40:15 PM): There are some. One of them adjoins the aforementioned amusement park.
CirclMastr (10:40:19 PM): They might react badly to Maya.
CirclMastr (10:40:27 PM): And that might raise some eyebrows/.
umbrafer (10:42:17 PM): (It should be noted that a shadowtalker in RA:S claims that the amusement park on the Arc is one of the top ten in the world)
Thematrian1 (10:42:26 PM): (The puppy might well be the way to go. Oh well. Fast forward to Wednesday?)
Thematrian1 (10:42:26 PM): (I don't doubt it)
umbrafer (10:42:31 PM): (No, correction)
umbrafer (10:42:34 PM): (The /roller coaster/ in the amusement park)
umbrafer (10:43:11 PM): Wednesday! The stars are right!
Thematrian1 (10:43:25 PM): Right. I'll do some more Asking Around. Disguise/Etiquette action:
Thematrian1 (10:43:30 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 1 2 4 4 6 5
Thematrian1 (10:43:31 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Thematrian1 (10:43:41 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 3 1 4
Thematrian1 (10:43:48 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
MilesMk1 (10:43:51 PM): Well, Glitch is clueless when it comes to children thanks to being brought up on "The little black ICE that could" and "Whiff the magic Great Dragon ATGM", so he'll le the two of you sort it out.
MilesMk1 (10:44:26 PM): Hmm. Shouldn't I be planting bugs?
Thematrian1 (10:44:28 PM): Hey, it's not like I grew up with strong parental influences.
umbrafer (10:44:34 PM): (Someone needs to write those children's books.)
Thematrian1 (10:44:36 PM): Doh, yes. Plant them, then Wednesday can happen.
CirclMastr (10:45:19 PM): Well, Hound can try to show her some mecha cartoons from Japan...
umbrafer (10:45:21 PM): You probably should be. Feel free to do that concurrently with Wednesday, 'cause why not.
umbrafer (10:45:41 PM): She regards the mecha with… roll Perception.
CirclMastr (10:46:18 PM): circlmastr rolled 6 6-sided dice: 3 2 3 6 6 2
CirclMastr (10:46:20 PM): circlmastr rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
MilesMk1 (10:46:23 PM): Ok, do we abstract that, or should be play out the infiltration?
CirclMastr (10:46:26 PM): 8, 7
MilesMk1 (10:46:32 PM): we
umbrafer (10:47:54 PM): Go ahead and play it out. I'm assuming that nothing will happen that will change what happens Wednesday enough so that we can't set things right just by adding information, but not so much that we can't just scrap the parallel Wedne
umbrafer (10:47:59 PM): Wednesday.
umbrafer (10:48:14 PM): Gem: not many people know much about the APN doing anything new, but there /are/ a few reports of people asking around who match Big Six descriptions. In particular, Erendahl's description comes up a lot.
Thematrian1 (10:48:34 PM): heh. Most excellent. Asking around about what?
umbrafer (10:48:49 PM): One person reports having talked to someone who looked a lot like Fierelle, but she doesn't seem to get around much.
umbrafer (10:49:06 PM): Let's get another Etiquette roll.
Thematrian1 (10:49:11 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 4 1 2 1 2 6
Thematrian1 (10:49:12 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
Thematrian1 (10:49:29 PM): rats
umbrafer (10:50:20 PM): The general thrust of the questions involves odd sights and sounds, flocks of birds behaving strangely, odd things happening on the Astral.
Thematrian1 (10:50:39 PM): good enough. We can plausibly make the approach.
CirclMastr (10:50:51 PM): Hound provides a more or less inexhaustible supply of shows featuring giant robots for Maya, interspersed with nature shows.
Thematrian1 (10:50:58 PM): Glitch and Hound can fight over who gets to play point man for that.
umbrafer (10:51:01 PM): One of them mentions that they talked for a while about the deaths in Seattle General.
umbrafer (10:51:26 PM): How about nature shows about giant robots? Showing them in their natural habitat?
MilesMk1 (10:51:55 PM): So, where did we want those bugs?
Thematrian1 (10:52:06 PM): F's room, X's room, and their meeting room?
MilesMk1 (10:52:06 PM): I assume I'll be coming in through the roof entrance, so I'll reprise my climbing performance.
umbrafer (10:52:57 PM): Roll a bunch of stuff. You're looking for, IIRC, 2 6s, 3 7s, and 5 8s.
MilesMk1 (10:52:57 PM): Oh, yeah - and I take my fiberoptic camera with me, so I can check under doors. (I'm glad we finally decided such a thing needs to exist in SR.)
umbrafer (10:52:59 PM): (In that order)
MilesMk1 (10:53:16 PM): Athletics, you mean?
MilesMk1 (10:53:20 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 6 2 5 4 4 3 4
umbrafer (10:53:24 PM): Yeah.
MilesMk1 (10:53:24 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 3 5 5 6 4 1
MilesMk1 (10:53:33 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 3 2 5 1 6 2 1
umbrafer (10:53:37 PM): That last person indicated that the E-looking person was headed to S. G. next to ask questions.
MilesMk1 (10:53:49 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 2 3 6 6 4 3
MilesMk1 (10:53:53 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 4 6 1 2 2 5
MilesMk1 (10:53:57 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
MilesMk1 (10:53:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 4 5 4 2 6 1 4
MilesMk1 (10:54:04 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
MilesMk1 (10:54:07 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 5 2 1 5 5 4
MilesMk1 (10:54:43 PM): Got carried away, with -4TN I think I made it already. (or were those numbers adjusted for my mods already?)
Thematrian1 (10:55:36 PM): S.G.?
umbrafer (10:55:42 PM): Seattle General Hospital
Thematrian1 (10:56:17 PM): Ah. Hound, you're likely to be in the van when shit goes down, so I think you should do the approach.
Thematrian1 (10:56:27 PM): I might be able to swing it with my disguise, but why risk it?
umbrafer (10:56:39 PM): Well, you are at the top, though most of those numbers were properly adjusted
CirclMastr (10:57:08 PM): What am I doing?
umbrafer (10:57:14 PM): Wait, not quite.
umbrafer (10:57:14 PM): In truth you needed 2 4s, 2 6s, and 6 8s
umbrafer (10:57:18 PM): That leaves you…
MilesMk1 (10:57:33 PM): Yay. I wait for someone to come up to smoke so I can get in without having to open the door myself. (in case someone watches). Or, not.
umbrafer (10:57:34 PM): Roll four dice for the sixes you would have otherwise rerolled.
MilesMk1 (10:57:34 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 5 4 6 5 4 4 6
MilesMk1 (10:58:05 PM): I'll take any four out of that 7. :)
MilesMk1 (10:58:08 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 1 3 1 6
MilesMk1 (10:58:14 PM): Gah.
Thematrian1 (10:58:20 PM): You're getting approached by Erendahl, or failing that approaching him (having overheard him asking someone else). When he asks about supernatural phenomena...hmm.
Thematrian1 (10:58:41 PM): What do you think, gang. Repeat some rumors, or was he a hiking eyewitness to the train crash?
CirclMastr (10:58:55 PM): We're already on some faked record as going down there. Might as well corroborate that.
MilesMk1 (10:59:30 PM): He was in the area of the train crash - nothing too obvious, say a rest stop not far away - and saw the massively freaky crow flock?
umbrafer (10:59:37 PM): (And you've got the two sixes for that last roll. You're now... 7/10 meters up)
MilesMk1 (10:59:41 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 5 2 1 5 3 1
MilesMk1 (10:59:47 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 1 5 2 1 4 6 4
MilesMk1 (10:59:48 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (10:59:51 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 7 6-sided dice: 2 6 4 5 6 3 5
CirclMastr (10:59:52 PM): Sure
MilesMk1 (10:59:58 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
MilesMk1 (11:00:04 PM): Finally. Well, like I said, I wait on the door.
umbrafer (11:00:13 PM): I believe that's the distance.
umbrafer (11:00:13 PM): And you wait.
Thematrian1 (11:00:14 PM): Mmm. The thing is, we need enough info to plausibly sell to them, to get them to come to us, so we can kill them.
umbrafer (11:00:22 PM): umbrafer rolled 5 6-sided dice: 2 5 5 1 6
MilesMk1 (11:00:27 PM): Ah, yes.
umbrafer (11:00:35 PM): umbrafer rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
MilesMk1 (11:00:53 PM): Well, then we drove over to see what was happening and saw all kinds of weird shit from the distance?
umbrafer (11:00:57 PM): Eventually two people you don't recognize come out to smoke. They're chatting about Combat Biking.
MilesMk1 (11:01:23 PM): I mean, we can't really tell them any of the really good stuff without making it obvious we were up to our ears in it.
MilesMk1 (11:01:39 PM): I sneak in.
Thematrian1 (11:01:42 PM): Yeah. And we'll sell the story of the weird shit for the low, low price of whatever.
MilesMk1 (11:01:43 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 6 2 1 3 1
MilesMk1 (11:01:44 PM): MilesMk1 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 3
Thematrian1 (11:01:52 PM): Yeah, we just need to tell them enough to whet their appetites.
Thematrian1 (11:02:22 PM): If we're very lucky, Fierelli will come to collect our freaky astral data in person, and we can get the drop on her. Maybe.
MilesMk1 (11:03:06 PM): We can probably go as far as to say we saw people fighting something, or running to/from it - enough reality to make it interesting, but no details we would only have been able to see from close up.
CirclMastr (11:03:14 PM): That just gave me an incredibly freaky thought.
CirclMastr (11:03:23 PM): Which was: Imagine how cool it would be if you could get someone to swallow a spider and then explode it inside them.
MilesMk1 (11:03:38 PM): Hmm.
MilesMk1 (11:03:53 PM): Sure, but the SR spider drones are sort of big for that.
CirclMastr (11:04:02 PM): Sadly.
Thematrian1 (11:04:11 PM): Yikes. That's...wow.
Thematrian1 (11:04:21 PM): Some brutal.
Thematrian1 (11:04:22 PM): How small are IPEs?
umbrafer (11:04:24 PM): I imagine that it's probably in the same order of magnitude as getting them to swallow a small explosive and then exploding it
umbrafer (11:04:31 PM): I mean, the legs add something, but I'm not sure how much.
Thematrian1 (11:04:38 PM): A huge yuck factor, for starters
umbrafer (11:05:14 PM): Oh yeah, another thing we should consider at some point is making minigrenades do less damage than full-sized, what with being mini and all. I believe minigrenades are officially 20mm grenades.
CirclMastr (11:05:45 PM): As opposed to... 40mm grenades?
umbrafer (11:05:58 PM): Yeah, pretty much
MilesMk1 (11:05:59 PM): Wait, what? Heresy!
Thematrian1 (11:06:19 PM): (Two centimeters? That's not big at all. I am...hm.)
MilesMk1 (11:06:19 PM): I might have to shoot people multiple times.
MilesMk1 (11:06:51 PM): Even 40mm grenades are undersized compared to the "normal" ones.
MilesMk1 (11:07:17 PM): They're especially deficient when it comes to the fragments, not as much the explosive charge.
umbrafer (11:07:45 PM): (It isn't actually specified, unsurprisingly, but the ArmaTech MGL-6 has Conceal 6 and carries six of them)
MilesMk1 (11:08:06 PM): (Six mini-grenades? Right.)
MilesMk1 (11:08:24 PM): (It's what Glitch carries.)
MilesMk1 (11:09:00 PM): OICW was supposed to, IIRC, have 25mm ones.
umbrafer (11:09:32 PM): (Yeah, this is another area to get SR3Red. Put that on my "stuff to do on flight" list)
umbrafer (11:10:14 PM): Anyway, Glitch is now inside the building. Final actions?
MilesMk1 (11:10:32 PM): I'm going to move from the top to bottom, doing the rooms in order.
MilesMk1 (11:10:54 PM): Unless something is occupied, forcing me to revise the plan.
Thematrian1 (11:10:56 PM): In my persona as Gem, I'd like to get in touch with a gunsmith.
Thematrian1 (11:11:19 PM): I want a very concealable taser. Probably it'll take a while to hunt down/modify
MilesMk1 (11:11:35 PM): Can't you have one installed in your cyber-hand?
MilesMk1 (11:11:44 PM): (or did I imagine you having one?)
CirclMastr (11:12:09 PM): That gives me an awesome idea.
umbrafer (11:12:12 PM): (Presumably she's looking for the ranged capability)
MilesMk1 (11:12:19 PM): (Oh, right.)
CirclMastr (11:12:21 PM): A mini-mech drone that is housed in Hound's cyberleg, and can emerge to do his bidding.
Thematrian1 (11:12:23 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 6 6-sided dice: 6 3 5 3 4 3
Thematrian1 (11:12:29 PM): Thematrian1 rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
umbrafer (11:12:33 PM): Do you have a design in mind?
Thematrian1 (11:12:45 PM): (Broadly speaking. One sec)
MilesMk1 (11:13:50 PM): Hopefully, Glitch will get at least one chance to run up bouncing off hallway walls and hide spread-eagled under the ceilgin.
MilesMk1 (11:13:51 PM): ceiling.
umbrafer (11:15:06 PM): It looks like without modifying or discarding the Design Rules (which needs to get done anyway), the highest you can get is Conc. 7
Thematrian1 (11:15:19 PM): 7, yeah
Thematrian1 (11:15:22 PM): 13 in a holster under a long coat
Thematrian1 (11:15:26 PM): It'll do
umbrafer (11:17:45 PM): Remember to make it a concealable holster
umbrafer (11:18:02 PM): Oh, wait
umbrafer (11:18:05 PM): Never mind, you did
umbrafer (11:24:10 PM): Anyway, you're in touch with someone who can get you what you need, probably in about a week.
Thematrian1 (11:24:36 PM): What a great city.
umbrafer (11:26:34 PM): Also, I was reminded by the Genesis Shadowrun game and should by extension remind you all that many minor problems with law enforcement (and some major ones) can be solved with selective application of nuyen.
Thematrian1 (11:26:57 PM): Ah, capitalism
umbrafer (11:27:11 PM): For example, individuals stopped for, say, possession of an unlicensed firearm may have the option of electing to pay an on-the-spot fine in return for temporary amnesty.
CirclMastr (11:28:51 PM): So nobody cares about my micro-mech idea for Hound?
umbrafer (11:29:14 PM): I'll care about it more when you have the nuyen to do it ;)
Thematrian1 (11:30:04 PM): How many, uh, space points does a Body 1 drone take up, anyway?
umbrafer (11:31:00 PM): I think that's one of those things I need to make rules for.
CirclMastr (11:31:03 PM): I have no idea.
CirclMastr (11:31:16 PM): Why can't it be Body 0?
umbrafer (11:31:19 PM): It has the nominal size of a toaster, IIRC
umbrafer (11:31:38 PM): Well, because that reduces the useful things you can do with it
CirclMastr (11:34:41 PM): Ah well
Thematrian1 (11:35:04 PM): I'm fading, so I'm done for the night. There will be no game on Monday, as I have to pack for my long drive home
umbrafer (11:35:22 PM): And with that: mass is over, go in peace.
umbrafer (11:35:23 PM): Aww.
CirclMastr (11:35:26 PM): Awww. Well, enjoy your Thanksgiving. I assume there's no game Thursday.
umbrafer (11:35:40 PM): I'd be willing to run a game then, but I'm assuming it'd be a mostly empty room.
CirclMastr (11:35:55 PM): There's actually a fair chance of me being here.
Thematrian1 (11:36:03 PM): Glitch and Hound could maybe do their things?
MilesMk1 (11:36:11 PM): I have no Thanksgiving plans. Over here, it just means there's Turkey for dinner. I'm pretty well americanized, but that holiday never resonated with me.
CirclMastr (11:36:43 PM): On my side, my family is going to Arizona and I'm not.
MilesMk1 (11:37:17 PM): Maybe it's also beacause I don't have any spread out family to visit, five out of seven of the blood relatives I have in this country live in the same city...
MilesMk1 (11:37:29 PM): Same as me, I mean.
umbrafer (11:37:49 PM): Well, I'll figure out what there is to do and send out an email regarding the presence or absence of game and any time adjustments. If you don't hear from me by Wednesday afternoon, there's no session, though I'll try to send an em
umbrafer (11:37:59 PM): email regardless.
MilesMk1 (11:38:24 PM): Ok, then. Have a happy Thanksgiving, those so inclined, and I'll see you variously. :)
Thematrian1 (11:38:34 PM): indeed
MilesMk1 (11:38:44 PM): G'night.
CirclMastr (11:38:47 PM): G'night all
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