OOC: Interception Options

[DireRadiant]

It might be up to Sundown or Crash to come through on the social front.

Boris The Ear will be getting to the Socket ahead of most people. So whenever the Metroplex Bus gets him there he will scout the physical location and observe the area in detail: Specifically interested in physical exits, and later on checking out who goes in and out and what gets delivered. Boris will attempt to blend in to the neighbourhood and watch for the many hours until the meet.

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Use as needed:
Perception 3 + INT 3 = 6 (5,4,3,3,2,2)
Perception 3 + INT 3 = 6 (6,5,5,4,2,2)
Perception 3 + INT 3 = 6 (6,5,3,3,3,3)
Disguise 3 + INT + 3 = 6 (3,3,2,1,1,1) to blend into the area, high class bum time.
Infiltration 3 + AGI 4 = 7 (6,2,2,1,1,1,1) to avoid being detected by the Socket security
Shadowing 3 + INT 3 = 6 (6,5,5,3,2,1) to not be followed

I blame Dashifen's dice roller for the glitches...!

Do I get to have an idea what the critical glitch might be before deciding on using Edge to make it a simple glitch?

[Dashifen]

Actually, my RL games resulted in Faces with 6 dice (Cha 3 or 4, Influence SG of 2 to 3) and they're doing fine. So, Nikoli or Fortune, you both could probably act as decent Faces.

As for timestamps, I'm not a big fan of them, some games use them more than others. More often than not, I think they're most effective when the GM posts them at the top of her/his posts to keep the important timing in line and then the player posts can be free-formed. But, you did hit on probably the most interesting things about online gaming, DireRadient, and that is the asychronous nature of posting results in non-linear IC thread.

[Dashifen]

@DireRadiant

The critical glitch on infiltration probably means that the door man at the Socket sees you hanging out for a few hours. The glitch just means you stick out like a sore thumb. 'Course, this doesn't seem to be out of character for Boris, so if you're good with that, then we'll leave those rolls as is and I'll post an IC message later tonight (have to go back to the tattoo parlor tonight :D) as to what Boris sees outside the Socket.

[DireRadiant]

That's fine with the glitch then. Boris is at least half a man, and can handle it I just didn't want anyone else to get hassled because of it.

[Slacker]

Moving on to the meet is fine by me.

Slacker will use his rudimentary skills at Palming to hiding his pistol up his sleeve a little better. 5 dice (1, 3, 6, 6, 6) = 3 successes.

He intended to be there 20 minutes or more ahead of time, but he pays so little attention to time he only arrives 5 minutes early.

[Nikoli]

Morgan intends to be there 30 minutes early, scouting the area.
Dressed in the Actioneer suit (Armor 5/3) the hidden arm slide with the streetline special. The Decoy commlink is in passive mode unless any security zones require otherwise.
Palming test for addtional hiding of the streetline: 3 Hits
Perception test for casing the outside: 4 hits
Ettiquette test to fit in: 3 Hits
Stanley spoofing main Commlink: 4 Hits

[Shadow]

I can negotiate ok so I can if you all want.

Sorry for the absence, still moving.

[DireRadiant]

Boris didn't bring any weapons, just himself, which should be offensive enough.

[Nikoli]

If anyone minds me stepping up as something resembling a co-ordinator let me know.
BTW, DireRadient, loving Boris, just trying to not be rude to you as a player.

[DireRadiant]

It's a fun exercise doing the whacky stream of consciousness. But no one worry, if you insult Boris odds are he won't even realize it, and even if he does, he would probably simply accept it. I don't understand why the Team hasn't shot him yet.

On a purely mechanical level, Boris is almost purely average across the board on attributes, yet it works out that Boris is required to roll for any social skill, even when for most people no roll is required, and he would fail 2/3 of the time, and critical glitch 1/8. So theoretically a critical glitch on 1 out of 8 social interactions... How does he survive? Well he is a dwarf and fairly tough...

I don't take IC insults to Boris OOCly, you should be insulting him, I can't imagine anyone not wanting to. So feel free. Maybe we should have a contest for the most entertaining insult to Boris?

[Panzergeist]

Some stuff has come up, and it looks like I won't be able to play after all. Sorry if I slowed you guys down. Good luck on the run.

[Nikoli]

Sorry to see you go.

[Nikoli]

So we lost our Rigger?
Sad.
Do we have another person witing in the wings to step up?
Might be time to call Bhudda72.

[Fortune]

[Dashifen]

Blitz also expressed interest but she's usually a mojo-slinger from what I can tell. Didn't Fenris and Buddha indicate a desire to play and then back out earlier?

[Nikoli]

That might be, though I thought it was due to numbers not lack of interest, though I know Bhudda is really busy lately. We need a dedicated rigger I think.
So, just to refresh my memory, who is still on the team and what is their specialty and alternate?

[DireRadiant]

My personal impression, bound to be innaccurate:

Slacker - Slacker the Hacker
Fortune - Flair the Razorgirrrrl
Nikoli - Morgan the Thief, formerly Stanley the Man.
Shadow - Sundown the Burned Out
Dire Radiant - Boris the Unclean

Should we bump the recruitment thread to raise visibility?

[Nikoli]

where'd you get Stanley? that's just the name of the agent. As Morgan is a former project manager at the ECSE (reporttedly perished in the goings on of the second crash) the Stanley thing is a joke. Morgan Stanley, an investment firm. The Bike will be referred to as JP, for JP Morgan, a business mogul and not sure what the Flybot will be nicknamed, trying to draw out the Morgan/Financial jokes.

[Dashifen]

Flybot could be Meryl or Lynch.

[DireRadiant]

[Nikoli]

Maybe Freeman, to shake things up...

[DireRadiant]

Boris is going to patiently wait outside as cover during the whole meet unless there is some weird event at the Socket that makes think he has to come in and save everyone. Let me know if you need some rolls for Boris during this time. I have some posts planned for when people actually start eating.

[Nikoli]

lol, good stuff.
i think there is a term for runner like boris.
two come to mind: distraction & dead man walking

[Dashifen]

Yeah, but it's great fun to read :D

[Slacker]