Fields of Fire (OOC) Options

[Dumori]

I'll post the post for the new years meet and party up on Friday so make sure your all on the same day XD. On the wiki I will begin to post articles on keypower players and such. Beginning with a detailed look on TSAT then General Yassem (these represent conman and shadow knowledge that could be found with data searches and simple legwork). I hope this add to the flavor of the plot I will also add a IC section The Oupost for different Mercenaries' outlooks on the events feel free to post IC in that area when its up. I will also reference a few items of good reading to help stay IC/ understand your place in the 6th world. Also 85% of Sub-Saharan Africa's population died out with Vistas so its more populated in urban locations plus with para-critters pushing rural people to lager settlements its now much less people friendly.

[Mickle5125]

FYI, mates. I've got the ability to set up life pacts. A couple of you already have them set up. Let me know if any of you others want one.

LIFE PACT:
Cost to you: 1 karma per use.
Result: spend 1 complex action and instantly heal 2P damage.

[crizh]

FYI, mates. I've got the ability to set up life pacts. A couple of you already have them set up. Let me know if any of you others want one.

LIFE PACT:
Cost to you: 1 karma per use.
Result: spend 1 complex action and instantly heal 2P damage.

Is that your freebie Pact?

[Muspellsheimr]

Technically, we still have to pay Karma for the Spirit Pact Quality if we take you up on that, unless Dumori waves it.

[crizh]

I've been wondering about this.

Free Spirits get one Pact for free. I'm pretty sure this is to encourage them to take the new Friendship Pact without which they are incapable of earning karma.

As I recall a Friendship Pact does not require the 'Friends' to expend karma for the quality but all the others certainly do.

[Mickle5125]

It's not my freebie pact. I did pick up friendship pact as that one. Life Pact, I paid for.

huh... you'd have to pay karma to get it? didn't really know that... *ponders, then shrugs* I'm sure dumori won't complain...

[Dumori]

The pacts are free form our spirit as with 10 edge is 100karma that logicly gose to him and not going to happen also RAW could alow this.. as friendship pact says its free to players and the first spirit pact that spirit takes is free.

[DWC]

FYI, mates. I've got the ability to set up life pacts. A couple of you already have them set up. Let me know if any of you others want one.

LIFE PACT:
Cost to you: 1 karma per use.
Result: spend 1 complex action and instantly heal 2P damage.

Makes me almost wish I'd saved a little bit of karma after character creation. Almost. I had to have all those anti-vehicle missiles.

[JoelHalpern]

I expect that as things play out Tam will probably talk with Adrian about this (life pact) within a few sessions.
Joel / Tam

[Mickle5125]

FYI to fluff out what Dumori's saying: For the life pact, You aren't going to be charged to form the pact. IC reasoning is that Adrian's not charging you for it, because he knows he'll make up the difference for a long time before any of you get killed. BTW, AI characters cannot form a spirit pact. Unfortunately, any of you who have AI characters are plain out of luck.

In other news... I still don't have a call sign.

EDIT: Dumori has suggested "Dead Man's Hand" for my call sign. Opinions?

[Dumori]

Ok every one the game will fully start this week. So post you arrival to the meting. Then I'll put a IC post up. If you can't make it in person Dust has rigged a few holo-projectors up with cameras to allow to to "be" there. After this round or two of posting we'll begin the job. As I ad-hoc more than right full scritps and such any Ideas on wat to will be taken in to account though I will "railroad" a tiny bit for the first part of the plot (it's needed that you fight on one side of the TSTA war thus you will be forced in to that and fighting for makes the most sence you'll see why.)

[crizh]

Looking at my IC posts so far, I've assumed the meeting is on the morning of the 1st, is that right?

If not I can always edit them and dial the dates back one day...

[DWC]

Ok every one the game will fully start this week. So post you arrival to the meting. Then I'll put a IC post up. If you can't make it in person Dust has rigged a few holo-projectors up with cameras to allow to to "be" there. After this round or two of posting we'll begin the job. As I ad-hoc more than right full scritps and such any Ideas on wat to will be taken in to account though I will "railroad" a tiny bit for the first part of the plot (it's needed that you fight on one side of the TSTA war thus you will be forced in to that and fighting for makes the most sence you'll see why.)

That's the beauty of the PCs being mercenaries. They're on the side that you put them on, since that's who's paying them. And this really doesn't seem like the sort who're idealistic enough to decide they need to switch sides for some moral reason.

[BlackHat]

For fun? Maybe. For a moral reason? No.

[Intro]

For fun? No. For a moral reason? No. Because they see an opportunity for getting paid twice? Almost definitely.

(Using the Schlock Mercenary school of mercenary ethics)

[Dumori]

Looking at my IC posts so far, I've assumed the meeting is on the morning of the 1st, is that right?

If not I can always edit them and dial the dates back one day...

Well its the night of the 31st/early hours of the 1st but I can also move it to the 1st its not that important when exactly it happens just need to be close to that start of the year.

[Dumori]

Well is it just the money you want or can other thing play in to the bargin....

And keeping to your word following though a contract is important for mercs if you get paid to do something them do the opersit its not the best rep more important for mercs than runners rep is.

[crizh]

Of course there is nothing to stop you completing your contract and then, having proved your worth, immediately hiring on with the other side...

Can we go with late morning on the 1st then? Give everyone a chance to party and then sleep it off...

[Intro]

Yeah, the Schlock Mercenary reference also reminds one to pay very close attention to the precise details of the contract before agreeing to the job.

[Dumori]

Yep and to negotiate pay increases incase things go hairy. if you get hired to stand and scare off an attack but it turns to a war you don't just want t get paid for standing and looking pretty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) . If I think Its needed I'll negotiate the first contract as Dust to show how but it looks like you all get the jist of it so that should be fine.

[Dumori]

OK squinky has agreed to draw all of our mercs and to s group pic as well so I will start a page on the wiki for you to drop how you want the pic and for a description of how they would look in it as well as what cards you handle is.


Theres a link to the post here I'll have a link to the page up in a few mins

Heres the link for posting you descriptions

http://fieldsoffire.wikidot.com/the-pictures

On a side note if you have not made an account please do so so you can edit your pages as I've only put up the most recent version I could find.

[Mickle5125]

Most employers will add a "no turncoat" clause to the contract... makes it so that you can't be hired by the other side for, say, a year, so that you don't use information gained during your employment against your employer.

[Muspellsheimr]

Which is why you have a hacker remove such a clause before signing (or after). If they happen to be using paper, nanites can do the same.

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[Mickle5125]

soo... call sign. Any problems with Dead Man, referring to dead man's hand (Aces and Eights)?

[Tarantula]

Sounds good to me.