Professor astral perception around the van:

9 dice ==> 5 HITS

Street etiquette roll to see how cool Ferret is in his dealings with the Crush:

Charisma 3 + Etiquette (street) 5 = 8d6.hits(5)=4 - he da man!

Now that the commlink is off here comes a find hidden node test.

here

Should hit 15 by 7 seconds.

So, is there anything still broadcasting from the car which is on the Ork's person? Implanted commlink or such?

Red-ROM, will Jovan's Compulsion (Immobility) power work on the guy when he's still unconscious, or does he have to be awake for the power to be used successfully?

P.S. No, I swear I'm not metagaming with the Immobility thing. I don't remember if I ever mentioned my choice for Compulsion in this thread, as I had not decided on it yet when I first posted him, but I did add it to Jovan's sheet on the Cast of Shadows thread around the time I got off the reserve list and started playing. I promise I'm not cheating. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dead.gif)

@ Seph: Ok, Immobility it is. I don't think you can compel someone who is unconscious. Try substituting immobilize for, say, eating. It wouldn't work.

@ Saint: you detect no other WIFI signal from the Mercinary, also, I think he's Human. The ork stayed in the chopper, the other human with the head gear and the other ork were in the SUV. Maybe I should go back and reread what I'm writing just in case.

@ Notso: Ettiquette has been noted

@ Pban: Nothing happening on the Astral right now

wow, it doesn't take long to end up on page 2

hmm. The comm number Amber was given was supposed to be Mrs. Johnson's. I guess I didn't make that clear.
Oh well.

Whoops. It's not too late to retcon that, as only one post has occurred since then. Your call, boss.

Aww hell, no. Let us live in mortal fear of our employer.

yea, let's just roll with it

Well, if he's a human, that'll make it easier to interrogate him in the Crusher's back yard.

updated the death clock, it might help Packer if someone responds to Amber's message

Professor looking for tags on the van;

Perception 5 + INT 4 + actively looking for something in particular 3 = 12 dice ==> 5 HITS

He will remove them as he finds them.

Casting a Force 7 Mana Bind (his magic is still at 7, and will be for basically the rest of the night IC) on the human as he wakes up:

Magic 7 + Spellcasting 3 + Power Focus 4 - wound modifier 1 = 13d6 = 4 hits

Using Edge to reroll failures, because it's important to bring the guy's Agility down to 0 with this and he probably has some agility augmentations in all that cyberware:

9d6 => 8 total hits

Resisting 3 points of drain:

Will 3 + Logic 6 = 9d6 = 3 hits

Yay. I'm gonna have a bunch of things to do, but I'll post with this sometime tomorrow. I wonder if biting his arms would affect his Strength to resist... I certainly hope he still has some decent stun modifiers, at the very least.

@ Seph: where is this mana bind spell?

Hey, 2071 is before the Knight Errant take over right?

I just searched through Seattle 2072 and can't find a definitive date at all. After Brackhaven takes office, and there's a reference to his declaring his candidacy in 2070, but not much else with dates. Probably to avoid stepping on gamers' toes with too many hard and fast dates.

If it's the 'Star she should be worried about, I'll gladly edit. I'm going to run through a few other books and see if I can find a timeline anywhere.

Oh, and Mana Bind is a Bind variant on SM 172.

Edit: Found it. Sixth World Almanac - page 99. They don't take over until March 15, 2072. I'm off to edit my post!

And some people here on DS think that 6WA isn't useful... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Using stun baton as improvised bug zapper:

Logic 6 + Electronics 4 = 10d6.hits(5)=2

@RED-ROM: Ferret has the Juryrigger quality. Checking the book again, this seems to mainly apply to mechanic skills, but when I created him I was thinking more of an ability to get electronic devices to work or do weird stuff with just a couple of bits of wire and some duct tape. Is that okay with you?

I like the bug zapper (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'll have to judge the jurry rigger stuff on a case by case basis. Your description sounds like a hardware test and I would count that as a "mechanic" skill. especially considering the mention of electronics in the fluff.

@Red: IRL, the trip from the docks to Redmond is at least 20 minutes, even with a bit of creative driving. I don't want to be out of comm the whole time, and risk being dead before I get there - how would you like to handle it?

I guess you are already in rout, and the team is debugging, and interrogating and such. You could probably catch up, The time thing is always tricky. sometimes you have to post a flashback or your thoughts on things to fluff it out a bit

Sounds good. I'll see if can wax all lyrical in the meantime.

Also says in Seattle 2072 that LS still works the rougher areas since the handover is going a precinct at a time.

Cool. I'll limit it to hardware tests then and you can still decide that it doesn't apply if I try something too off the wall.