The Last Stand, Out of Character Options

[Gremish]

@Gremish
I was wondering if we got any external views of the temple that the sphere was in; Abe might be able to identify the plants or animals in the scene, or animal remains or carvings or what-have-you and get a possible location for the temple as a first step. Not sure what kind of test that would be: memory, biology, some wilderness skill?

You see it as a rain forest, the temple is ancient, maybe South American? The plant life seems to be similair to modern day but something about it is wrong, it seems like the plant life is ancient as well, like the beginnings of modern day plant life.

Your skills easily ID these things without needing to roll.

[Gremish]

Sorry about being so far behind guys, New IC post is up, my weekend was hella busy, but fun. Hope you guys all had a great weekend as well!

[crizh]

eek, you jumped forward a bit.

How did we do with locating each other?

[DWC]

@Gremish: Since it suddenly became a pressing concern, how well does Vice think his rating-4 fake SIN and fake licenses will do at getting him through security and onto a commercial flight to Seattle? I'm curious because I can't find anything specific in any 4th ed book on how tight travel security measures.

[Gremish]

eek, you jumped forward a bit.

How did we do with locating each other?

I appologize, I didnt do a great job of reading all the way through everything for everyone, I will have to re-read it tonight and get back to you on this one.

Vice think it will do fairly well for the most part, minus any major catastrophes.

[BlackHat]

are we nine? I thought there were 10 of us?

[Glyph]

I was curious about that myself. My first draft of my post had Viper wondering about that IC, but then I thought I had better make sure it really was only nine people or not.

[DWC]

I figured I'd gloss over that, because I was more curious about whether Vice could wake up from the dream, hop on a suborbital to Seattle where it's still the previous day, go to sleep on a second July 8th and have the dream again.

[Gremish]

are we nine? I thought there were 10 of us?

My mistake you are totally correct, my brain is obviously still fried =P

[DWC]

@Gremish: Am I having another characteristic case of cluelessness and missing the character specific adjustments you made for the Hong Kong and Tokyo PCs? I saw the ones for Seattle and Detroit and it got me wondering.

Edit:
And does high lifestyle cover little things like intercontinental airfare? If not, what's a round trip ticket to Seattle going to cost?

2nd Edit:
@Gremish: Can the PCs in different time zones, asleep at different times, interact with each other in the dream?

[crizh]

@Gremish. Was the Sim recording I tried to make of the first dream successful?

[Gremish]

@Gremish: Am I having another characteristic case of cluelessness and missing the character specific adjustments you made for the Hong Kong and Tokyo PCs? I saw the ones for Seattle and Detroit and it got me wondering.

Edit:
And does high lifestyle cover little things like intercontinental airfare? If not, what's a round trip ticket to Seattle going to cost?

You are 100% correct, i apologize, I forgot to add them in without their extra stories =P

The airfare costs 300 round trip, 200 one way!

Here they are!

@Scope

[ Spoiler ]

Jane Reaction: Ability - Mental Conquer - Because of Janes unique "mental" issues she is also special in another way. This ability allowed Jane to read more than just body language and difference in speech ect that give away the intentions of people. Jane can read minds, and in some situations even mess with their minds. In game purposes Jane can attempt to read thoughts, and vs weak opponents or with very good rolls can make visions and craziness enter the mind of the victim and make them hallucinate. When attempting to have the victim hallucinate Jane can only effect their vision and views of herself, not of the world or others around her. This ability can/does exhaust Jane at times.

@BlackHat

[ Spoiler ]

Maloc.I as a special little toy. This gadget is a creature almost human and creation, it is a mechanical bot that Maloc.I can infest. The reason this is special is because this bot is a morph creature, it has the ability to take many different shapes (think the gadget creature that turns into a boom box in Transformers movie). When attempting to turn into things Malloc.I will make intelligence checks and such to see how close to the exact item in look he accomplishes.

@DWC

[ Spoiler ]

Vice has a Very special watch. The head of it flips open to reveal a inside container. This container has several things that are extremely valuable for Vice.

1) Inside are 3 "spybots" these tiny (small ant size) bots are controllable via the watch and can "hear" via the speakers on the watch as well. a small view screen pops up on the watch as well when activated.

2) Sticky trackers - these small sticky balls are able to be thrown or attached to something and will show on the watched screen as a blip with a direction and distance to them.

@Crizh

[ Spoiler ]

Granny has also gained the ability to calm others. Call it the natural old lady sense, but she is able to make people around her who are not in outright hate or fear able to calm slightly and sometimes even be more susceptible to negotiations and charms from her. She is also able to sooth creatures and people with just her smile.

[Gremish]

2nd Edit:
@Gremish: Can the PCs in different time zones, asleep at different times, interact with each other in the dream?

Yes.


@crizh

No sir it comes out 100% fuzz static.

[BlackHat]

Good plan, though. Posting IC shortly. Sorry, I've been swamped.

[BlackHat]

Question: If Malloc.I attempts to 'speak' through iconography, or otherwise use his innate programs (creating a backdoor in this node, an account with admin access, etc) do these have any effect? Even if no icons appear near his, is the being aware of Malloc.I's attempt to speak in this manner?

[Oenone]

@Gremish

Did Weavers Data Search (before the second dream) find any of the honeypot sites that Granny set up?

If so how long did it take and how secure are the sites the data is on? (Because she may well want to probe and hack them or perhaps leave a sprite.)

Regarding the money transfer after the second dream, what sort of account did the money come from? A one time credit/debit account? A numbered account or is there any actual information showing up in terms of the bank details it came from?

(I am admittedly assuming the receiver gets nominal information about who pays them nuyen without having to hack things. Well, that and I'm also assuming the money doesn't just 'appear' like magic.)

Quick edit - The round trip tickets, are they like a standard holiday ticket with a preset return flight? Or are they more like a travel back whenever ticket?

[Gremish]

Good plan, though. Posting IC shortly. Sorry, I've been swamped.

Me too brother lol. I have been swamped for weeks now =P

[crizh]

I have a feeling that we are going to spend a fair amount of time globe trotting. Getting people and more importantly their gear across borders is a pest and the more you do it the more likely you are to f up and get in trouble.

Which is why I added 'The Blimp' to Granny's drone army...

However, I've just looked up the distance from Hong Kong to Seattle and it's a long way. Nine days by blimp, to be precise.

I'm wondering if either of the Mages might be able to give a bit of Spirit assistance?

Force 4 or 5 would cut that down to a couple of days....

We could even swing past Tokyo on the way.

Goodness knows where we'll end up after Seattle but I'm thinking moving the whole team and big chunks of restricted or illegal gear rapidly around the globe is going to be a major feature of this game...

[Scope_47]

Sorry I haven't posted yet, I was going to tonight after I finished my work for tomorrow, but its already 1am, and I just now finished - so it'll be tomorrow. (Shame how work piles up when you have to go out of town for a couple of days unexpectedly... BLEH).

[BlackHat]

Question: If Malloc.I attempts to 'speak' through iconography, or otherwise use his innate programs (creating a backdoor in this node, an account with admin access, etc) do these have any effect? Even if no icons appear near his, is the being aware of Malloc.I's attempt to speak in this manner?

Bumping question just because Gremish has posted since then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[crizh]

edit- wrong flaming game.

What a moron.....

[Oenone]

Which is why I added 'The Blimp' to Granny's drone army...

Granny has her own airship now?

(Why do I have the image of fleet of Conestoga Vista with the lighter than air modification and tartan paintwork suddenly stuck in my head....)

[crizh]

(Why do I have the image of fleet of Conestoga Vista with the lighter than air modification and tartan paintwork suddenly stuck in my head....)

Just the one for now..

How does 'Haggis Air' sound?

[Oenone]

I guess having our own air transport would stop people tracking us via plane tickets...

But then we're going to have to smuggle ourselves across borders in a flying bus. Which doesn't seem like the most sneaky way to get between countries! (Does the bus have the Reduced Signal and Ruthenium polymer upgrades too?)

[crizh]

No just a bunch of fake licenses that say we run custom tours and air-cruises for the super-rich.

I don't think Granny possesses anything that is actually illegal, just restricted with appropriate licenses.

I could always add some smuggling compartments....