Blood in the Water OOC Thread, Cyberpirates: Chatter here! Options

[CollateralDynamo]

Ok, I'm no longer super busy. See my posts increase manyfold! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Knight Saber]

How are we fixed for non-lethal weaponry, speaking of taking over the ship without casualties? Rusty has an L36 with 2 clips of Stick-n-Shock, so she's covered there.

[Marwynn]

Iago has 5 clips of SnS for the Ares Alpha and Ingram Smartgun. He also has Stunball and can summon a Spirit of Man with Stunball too. He has 16 each of Gas, Flash-Bang, and Thermal Smoke grenades.

Two flashpack grenades as well.

I think we'll have to use non-lethal rounds, don't really want anything else ricocheting in the bowels of a ship.

[budoka05]

John has 120 rounds of Sns. Plus his electrified fists can knock out people very nicely.

Just a thought, does anyone have restraints or handcuffs?

[CollateralDynamo]

Plastic restraints are inconsequentially cheap as well as legal...I don't have any on my character sheet, but I can't imagine that our ship lacks for zip ties.

[Karoline]

How are we fixed for non-lethal weaponry, speaking of taking over the ship without casualties? Rusty has an L36 with 2 clips of Stick-n-Shock, so she's covered there.

My drones only have capsule rounds, and I have SnS myself.

Sorry I haven't posted in ages, I thought we were still on that side quest thing. I'll see about getting a post up today to try and catch up.

[CollateralDynamo]

Zalermo has 50 rounds of SnS on his silenced pistol, should be enough to last for awhile, even if it doesn't match the stopping power of some of the other guns floating about.

[Penta]

Just a quick bump to confirm: I am not dead, the game is not cancelled...I'm actually sitting back to let you guys plan, for what its worth!

I'm just busy with multiple things at once, too.

School primarily (I'm finding I need Word 2007. Looking at the prices for Office...Makes your GM want to cry. But I would have no idea how to acquire a properly-cracked and virus-free pirate copy anyway.), where I have a takehome midterm I've been procrastinating on and a whole lot of other homework (for my classes without midterms or finals) that I've just plain let pile up. I have no Earthly idea how I'm going to fully dig myself out of it.

But also something...Well, something closer to my heart. No, not another GF.

No. As I mentioned to CD this morning, on Friday night I...will put out to pasture my main character (Penta, naturally) at Ansible MOO, an Ender's Game themed MOO where I've been playing for the last 4 years. 4 years of rather active roleplaying...This character has become my headvoice at times even on RL stuff, has become alive and distinct from his creator in so many ways. Simply graduating him, as the case is, removing him from active play...Well, it's like saying goodbye to, or burying, a part of myself.

I found out about a month ago that his time was up, and hence have been RPing there as much as I could, to wrap plotlines up. (And I'm still finding there are lots of plots that'll be left untied-up...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) ) That'll continue to the very end Friday night; after 4 years with this character, and with the people I've met there, I'm fairly determined to "give a good show", so to speak. I'll be making a new character soon enough, but this one was that most dangerous of characters: The (somewhat idealized) self-character. A crutch of mine when I'm new to a setting...And in this case, that fact makes him very hard to say goodbye to, even temporarily. (I say temporarily because I have no doubt he'll feature in "after-stories", so to speak...Eventually, anyway.) He was how I learned a lot of things. He was how I met my first GF, for one thing; Our characters had a crush on each other at first sight...And then, not long after, I found myself falling for her as well.

And now I'm saying goodbye to the "little guy". And that hurts. Ending a character is never easy, but this character...is especially hard to put aside.

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Anyway, enough. I didn't mean to mourn in public. But...

For the next 48 hours? Penta will be a bit of a wreck. Not the time to tease your GM, guys, even if I'd normally appreciate it.

After I wrap things up Friday, I hope to dig in and focus: On school, yes, but also here.

However, I'm not going to push things along. When you guys are done planning, indicate it to me somehow as a group. Until then, I'll let you plan your little hearts out.

When you're done planning, I'll get working on the next cutscene and stuff, which will cut to...Well, I'm yet to decide that.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[budoka05]

Good luck with the work. Fortunately, there is currently a version of Office 2007 for $60 from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts...us/default.aspx. Hope that helps!

[MusicMan]

Alexander can hit things with the back end of his rifle... he does have 50 gel rounds for one of his handguns. He has a whole mess of APDS and Ex ammo.

[MusicMan]

I think we'll have to use non-lethal rounds, don't really want anything else ricocheting in the bowels of a ship.

Frangible rounds would be a much better bet, but I don't remember seeing them listed in RAW...

[budoka05]

Gear list for the Op:

[ Spoiler ]

1x Camouflage Suite
1x SmartPack
1x Combat Vest

3x Betel
3x Cram

1x OXSYS Artificial Gill
1x Grapple Gun
1x Myomeric Rope 100m
1x Pair Gecko Tape Gloves

1x Commlink with

• Armor 5
• Skinlink
• Sat Link
• Subvocal Mic
• Hardening 2
• Trodes
• Spatial Recognizer
• Motion Sensor
• Microphone 4
• Earbuds 3

1x Goggles with

• Image Link
• Smart Link
• Thermographic
• Flare Compensation

1x Quick Draw Holster
1x Ares Predator
2x Clips SnS
1x Clips Regular
1x Clips APDS

1x FN Praetor
3x Clips SnS
1x Clips Regular

1x Monofilament Chainsaw

[Knight Saber]

Frangible rounds would be a much better bet, but I don't remember seeing them listed in RAW...

Arsenal has low-velocity rounds in it... those might do. And flechette rounds are plenty frangible.

[Knight Saber]

Did my orders not go over well? It's deathly quiet now!

[budoka05]

Your orders were great. I'm just suffering from post Halloween hangover.

I'm ready to move out when the team is.

[Penta]

Okay, good to hear. Now if only your GM weren't curled up into a ball when he wasn't in class.

Yeah. My MOO adventures went smoothly...yay....But the combination of the late nights that provoked plus trying to do too much for school has me hurting physically.

[CollateralDynamo]

Heh, well whenever you are ready Penta, it looks like the team is ready to move out. Also Karoline, Whizbang, and Ears have been pretty silent...

[budoka05]

Karoline has been active elsewhere on the boards, so we just need to get her attention.

[MusicMan]

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO????????????????

[budoka05]

Good to see you're still here, MM.

[Penta]

I'm not dead, just waiting for replies to my post advancing things...

[Knight Saber]

Sorry for going quiet, my HD died and needed to be replaced. Just got it back today.

[Inane Imp]

Was reading the 'Johnson memorial career centre' thread, and noticed Penta said you guys were 'always looking for new people'. I was wondering if a down on his luck, Philipeano ex-freedom fighter (read: pirate) and qualified merchant watchkeeper would be able to sign on next time you guys hit a port?

[MusicMan]

Was reading the 'Johnson memorial career centre' thread, and noticed Penta said you guys were 'always looking for new people'. I was wondering if a down on his luck, Philipeano ex-freedom fighter (read: pirate) and qualified merchant watchkeeper would be able to sign on next time you guys hit a port?

Yes, but we will have to get into port first... our IC thread has been at a standstill for some time.

[budoka05]

I think we would be very welcome to have you aboard, but yeah, we need to come back to port first after getting the band back together after the holidays. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)