I don't think Grease will change into his armor vest, sticking with the business suit. He'll keep his armament to pistols since we'll be in the UCAS sector. He will mention to Valkyrie in an aside about the Rotodrone (preferably so Stinger can't hear) so her group doesn't shoot it down out of hand.

I will send a message to the Beemer to be parked a few blocks away once we get the location of where we're going (scheduled to arrive a few minutes before us).

@Lobo: Feel free to post about Grease's crash- you're generally harsher and more realistic with the downside to Grease's bad habits (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Other than that, I think we're good to go!

Reminder: Amy has no ID, real or fake. She better stay in the car as much as possible to avoid any situation where this becomes a problem. She has to keep her commlink in hidden mode even when in the open like that. She is wearing an armor jacket iirc, but I'll need to check. That would also be quite out of place considering where we're going.

Ok - btw, although I've been pretty lenient so far, I'm going to press a little bit here (should have done it before, to be honest, but it was the middle of the night, mostly in the Warrens).

The rotodrone is marked as a Lone Start drone - you haven't had time to repaint it or anything - are you sure you want to be flying that around your vehicle in daylight outside of the Warrens?

That's a good point. There's no way I can have it setup in the trunk of a vehicle, can I? Basically, if the drek hits the fan, I pop the trunk and it comes zooming out?

-DrZ

No worries - we can assume it is in the trunk.

Shall I keep going or is there any RP that needs to get done?

I'm totally fine if the answer is no, please keep going, I'm just giving the opportunity if you want it.

I'm good with moving forward.

With that said, I don't think any of us would be okay with Stinger traveling separately, particularly without one of our guns on him. I just don't see why Stinger, now basically free from our clutches, wouldn't call Valkyrie and renegotiate the deal while calling Lynx and letting him know what's going down. To me, the only leverage we ever seemed to have was the relative ease by which we could have killed Stinger, which we don't have any longer. There could very well be forces outside of our awareness that would keep Stinger from betraying us, but I'm not seeing it from Jack's perspective.

With that said, as long as we're not going to get screwed from the transportation arrangements, I don't have a problem with it.

Yes, the idea is to exchange Stinger's freedom for the data. We can't give one without having received the other. The idea of hiring Valkyrie is to supervise the transfer and insure that everyone is safe in doing so and that there is no foul play. But we won't give away our only negotiation chip (Stinger's life) just yet.

Him being in the other car won't screw you guys over - that isn't my intent.

However, I can see that in character you would refuse to let him out of your sight - so I'll modify it for him to ride with you, it makes more sense.

As long as Grease says there isn't anything else, I'll post the next installment.

ETA - adjusted the IC post.

I'm good- post away!

I'm going to leave my post where it is, Lobo. If you want to respond with a simple OOC post saying that it looks like it probably checks out or if you want to post a more in-depth IC post, just let me know. If you want the former, I'll edit my post to say that Jack checked it out, turned his link back on, and messaged the team that the data appears to be what Stinger said it was. Once the team is aware of the transaction, Jack will professionally tell Hammer that business is concluded.

Waiting in the car I don't really have this option, but I don't think it would be a bad idea to have Overkill check it, if at all possible. That said, I'm fine moving forward if that's too meta-gamey (since I'm not there and can't really suggest it); just something I thought of.

-DrZ

I had thought of that, but since we still have Overkill in a reserve capacity, I don't really have any way to get him the chip. I might turn the commlink's wireless on once Lobo replies and says that it does appear to be the information Stinger promised. I'd rather not just turn my commlink's wireless on and get it torched or send out some kind of distress call/homing beacon or something.

Yeah, it's tricky. Definitely make a copy, I would think. Additionally, if there was a way right after to have Overkill look at it that'd probably be best. If there's some databomb on it once we leave his apartment we could still go back to Valkyrie and let her know that Stinger didn't hold up his end of the bargain; her rep is important enough that she probably wouldn't want us badmouthing her around town.

I think that Jack has the right approach for taking care of the chip. Check it offline first. Copy it. Send copy over to Overkill. Double check chip and status of commlink later on.

Good call.

@Lobo: Do Amy & Jack get back to the cab safely? If so, I can post IC a semi-transition scene.

-DrZ

Yes - Hammer and his team leave and you all make it to the cab safely.

Jut FYI, I have Cherry Street in Commerce City showing in the Sioux sector. I had Highway 85 as the dividing line, which was what it appeared as on the map, at least to me.

follow 76 northeast past Barr Lake to where it intersects with 52

Cherry Street runs north south and connects 52 to 5th ave to 4th ave - all in Hudson in the UCAS Zone

It is very close to the sioux border though.

OK, I was looking at Commerce City, not out in the boondocks. I remember now that he said it was in the northeast part of the UCAS. Funny, the area in Commerce City uses several of the same street names as that part of Hudson.

So that puts us about 20 miles or so outside of the urban core of Denver.

ETA: I added Stinger's house to the map in case anyone wants to see where we are. Zoom out and look for the farthest house to the north. (Also, use the "Original Map" link. The new version of maps has the colors screwed up for some reason. Not a fan of the new version, it's garbage).

You can find a no-tell motel east on Route 52 about 5 miles down the road.

BTW, I threw "Maple Street" out there just as a placeholder. If there's an actual location that makes more sense I'd be more than willing to edit my post. I just figured it'd make sense, given the naming conventions.
-DrZ

Ash Street is a few blocks off of Cherry, in case you want to change it. I don't know if it really matters though.

Let me know if you need anything - otherwise we are at free RP

Quick fix. No reason not to be consistent! Although now you need to change your post as well..

-DrZ

@Lobo: Sounds good. Let's wait for Chrome to get on to post Amy's reaction; then we can keep going. I think I may have some opinions from Grease's perspective.