IC: Plata o Plomo - Reloaded, One Month later Options

[DWC]

04-Apr-2071, 01:55:32, Tacoma, Seattle

Nuke watches through the limo's pilot's sensors as it makes its' way through the evening's traffic, all the while listening in on Gannings inside. The surrounding traffic is studied, then the hacker abruptly flips over to the account he left in the GridGuide system, looking for any sign of major traffic delays between the limo's location and the Ganning residence.

<<Call it when you want to hit him, J.>>

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 01:55:32, Tacoma, Seattle

There's some pile-up on a major crossing - a go-gang scuffle caused a truck to skid while avoiding a fallen ganger, which led to a crash on the other lane. Most nav systems reroute their cars, but a few are blocked there, which means trafic is slowing down some.

Nuke also could manipulate the traffic lights to stop Ganning's car by stopping the car in front of him any place he wants to - under a bridge might be best, provides cover from helicopters and drones.

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:05:12, Tacoma, Seattle

Jasper turns "Charlene" back onto the road just ahead of the limo as "Shelly" circles the block.

<<The next decent overpass we get to I'll have Shelly hold up traffic behined us and we can make the grab. I'll stop the van in front of 'em and you can drop the hammer. Stray grabs the target, with a little support, and we're out. sound good?>>

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:15:10, Tacoma, Seattle

Stray nods. "Sounds good. can you open the doors as well when I reach them?"

[DWC]

04-Apr-2071, 02:15:13, Tacoma, Seattle

Nuke reaches for the hood again, then does a quick check of the limo's node, verifying that he's not locked out of window and door lock control.

<<They'll be open when you get to the handle.>>

I need a shotgun...

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:32, Tacoma, Seattle

There it is, time for the show...

Jasper signals "Shelly" to turn across traffic slowly and come to a stop. He brings up some bad diagnostic reports and has the truck broadcast them. Dropping into VR, he puts the drone feeds to max, blocking out the nodes scenery. Front and center is the Limo following him to the Underpass. The hot sim and adrenalin mix into a potent cocktail.

<<here comes the spot. Ready in 10 sport fans>>

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:42, Tacoma, Seattle

The truck slows down, then stops, forcing the limousine to follow suit. Stray pulls a mask over her head and grips her shotgun. The smartlink informs her with the familiar slightly tingling warm feeling when it links up with her simsense rig that the weapon is ready, loaded with slugs. A small crosshair pops up as well in her field of view.

<<Get the door to Gannings open!>> the adept signals over the commlink before opening the door if the car and storming towards the limousine.

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:42, Tacoma, Seattle

When Stray jumps out the limousine starts to react, its driver gunning the engine, as of yet unaware that Nuke's got his hooks into the car's system. He also initiates an emergency security lockdown though - Nuke will have to cancel that too, or the doors won't open.

[ Spoiler ]

Roll Initiative!

[DWC]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:42, Tacoma, Seattle

<<On it.>>

[ Spoiler ]

Matrix Initiative, persona running on Nexus 2
Intuition+Response 9d6.hits(5)=3
Init of 12, 3 passes

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:42, Tacoma, Seattle

<<Sic'em Bud!>>

[ Spoiler ]

jasper(VR hot) 13
Bud 7

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:43, Tacoma, Seattle

Both Jasper and Nuke are quicker than the rest.

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:43, Tacoma, Seattle

Jasper orders Bud to neutralize the Limo Driver.

<<we got their communications on lock Nuke?>>

He checks on "Shelly" to see how the traffic jam is going.

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:43, Tacoma, Seattle

Bud starts to move into a position to rake the driver side with autofire while Stray is closing in on the limousine, left hand reaching out for the door handle that should extract right now.

The traffic jam is going nicely - lots of honking, and the traffic blogs must be filling up with frustrated venting soon.

[DWC]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:43, Tacoma, Seattle

As the jaws of the trap close on Gannings, Nuke lashes out at the protocol holding the doors locked, trying to brute force it into stopping.

[ Spoiler ]

Crash Program
Hacking+Exploit versus Firewall+System
15d6.hits(5)=1
Well, crap.

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:43, Tacoma, Seattle

Against every expectation Nuke's hack fails - and the door remains locked. Stray is almost there, hand going forward, but no door is opening yet, and no handle extracting. No alert blaring either, at least.

Then Bud opens up, sending round after round at the windscreen on the driver side - the armored glass can't withstand that amount of high-velocity bullets that long, but for a second it holds still, allowing the driver to duck and hit a panic button. And this time the system goes on alert. Next it'll call the police - or try to, unless Nuke stops it.

[ Spoiler ]

Pass 2 starts.

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:46, Tacoma, Seattle

Looks like Nuke got held up a bit..

Jasper switches gears, he pulls up "Charlene's" Hardware driver's . He directs her wireless transmitter to dump static into the bandwidths coming from the limo.

[ Spoiler ]

Jamming on the fly:
J's E.W. 3+ signal 3= 0, ouch

edge to roll failures =3 hits

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:46, Tacoma, Seattle

The distress signal, if it even got out, would be drowned in electronic noise put out by Charlene. Others in the vicinity will be pressing panic buttons any second now - Bud's fire is almost impossible to mistake for anything else. Still, enough time to grab the mark and run, if things go more or less according to plan - and if that door gets open soon.

[DWC]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:46, Tacoma, Seattle

Nuke grinds his teeth and he continues working on the security lockout.

[ Spoiler ]

Hacking+Exploit, again.
15d6.hits(5)=2
Wow. 2 hits, and missed the glitch by 1 die.

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:46, Tacoma, Seattle

Nuke makes some progress but isn't there yet - he is almost there though, the security node's defenses must be exhausted now, nothing short of a military node could baffle his programs that much!

Stray ducks down, avoiding some riccohets from Bud. The adept prays the door opens soon - evne though it's been only seconds they feel like hours to her, hopped on adrenaline.

[ Spoiler ]

3rd pass now, Jasper and Nuke

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:49, Tacoma, Seattle

Aw hell, I can't just sit here..

Jasper jumps out of his virtual rocking chair through the Screen into Buds small metalic body. He pulls his Ingram up and squeezes off a burst before he even adjusts to his new environment.

[ Spoiler ]

wide burst- Gunnery 5 + sensors 3=[4,4,5,3,5,2,2,1] = (2)

[DWC]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:49, Tacoma, Seattle

Trying to block out the chaos around him, Nuke continues fidgeting with the digital screwdriver, trying to find the right virtual cable to sever to de-energize the maglock representing the security protocol.

[ Spoiler ]

One more time! Hacking+Exploit versus Firewall + System
15d6.hits(5)=6
Assuming that's good enough, Nuke spends his free action unlocking the door

[Fuchs]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:50, Tacoma, Seattle

Jasper's burst cracks the weakened armor glass, and bullets rip up the inside of the driver's compartment. The driver himself screams when his shoulder gets hit, and blood sprays over leather seating. Dazed he still manages to try to flee, pushing the door open and stumblung out.

Nuke finally manages to open the door, and Stray raises, shotgun ready - only to drop back when a shot is fired from inside - looks like Gannings is armed too. The adept snarls and fires her Remington into the ceiling of the car, then jumps inside.

[ Spoiler ]

New initiative

[DWC]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:50, Tacoma, Seattle

[ Spoiler ]

Matrix Initiative, persona running on Nexus 2
Intuition+Response 9d6.hits(5)=0
Initiative 9, 3 passes

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:50, Tacoma, Seattle

[ Spoiler ]

response 5 + intuition 3 + hot sim 1 =[5,6,5,5,1,4,5,5,2] = (6) = 15 / 3 passes
sure, wait until I roll initiative to get those numbers

[Red-ROM]

04-Apr-2071, 02:16:53, Tacoma, Seattle

Jasper crawls to the limo, Bud's gecko paws snag the door and he pulls himself up to the window, scanning for targets.

[ Spoiler ]

If I can shoot;
short narrow burst=response 3 + gunnery 5 + hot sim +2 = [3,5,6,6,3,1,3,3,6,6] = (5)
If i need a second burst= [5,2,3,3,4,3,2,3,1,2] = (1)
(well, one good shot anyway)