In Neptune's Realm - OOC thread, Chatter on the high seas Options

[Penta]

Use this thread for chatter, die rolls, etc. Approved character sheets/bios, too.

Character list as of 06/27/10, links are to sheets:

Digital Heroin - Salt - CO
Minchandre - Cherry - XO/Comms/Intel
Faraday - Roger - Purser/Medical
Tutori - Eddie - Marine
Dumori - Sharky - Quartermaster/Dive O
Xahn Borealis - Aquaman - Engineer
GrimWulf - Malachi - Gunnery
Horvagab - name not yet chosen - Thamaturgical
Edana - Eliana - role undefined
Grinder - character undefined - role undefined
The Goon - Barnyard - role undefined

MY Quicksilver - HMG

Reserve list as of 06/27/10:
Nobody as of yet.

[Penta]

Brief points: Guys, if you arrive anytime after 0801:

You do not see guys with rifles, you see Miami cops, presumably bribed to keep onlookers away.

The pier is pretty long, such that the actual slip is enmeshed in a bank of fog. (My one memory of my one time travelling through Miami: It was fairly foggy til 10 am.)

(I was trying to surprise your characters, who would not know that the UCAS Navy is running the op...)

Finally, Malachi:

...Whut'd he say? Translation, please, I don't speak Rasta.

[Xahn Borealis]

Finally, Malachi:

...Whut'd he say? Translation, please, I don't speak Rasta.

Maybe translations should be spoilered.

[GrimWulf]

Sorry, i'll modify post, and for some reason I coulda sworn I'd put in a spoiler tag of what he'd said, apparently I hid it so well I can't even see it.

[Penta]

Thanks, GrimWulf. Yeah...So far as the rest of it: Not going to make you change posts, but I am imposing my reality upon yours.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Minchandre]

So, I'll just say that Cherry's waiting a few feet back from where Malachi is altercating with the cops or whatever, then?

Cherry, Current Edition, updated 6/10/10

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Vital Stats

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Name: Ilana Duvdevani
Alias: Cherry
Age: 28 (I think - born 29 February 2044)[/b]
Sex: Female
Metatype: Elf
Role: Electronic Warfare Specialist/Hacker
Brief Description: Though primarily an electronic warfare specialist, Cherry is also capable as a general-purpose hacker, though her military background leaves her with a particularly brutal style (it's telling that she carries a level 6 Blackhammer, but no Blackout). She's also okay with a gun, and kinda sort okay at talking.
Current Cash: 5535 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif)
Body 2
Agility 2
Reaction 3
Strength 2
Charisma 4
Intuition 5
Logic 6 (9)
Willpower 3
Edge 2

Biography in 3 Paragraphs

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Born 29 February, 2044 (1 Adar I 5804) in the town of Zikhron Ya'akov (about 30 km south of Haifa), it was clear from day one that Ilana "Cherry" Duvdevani was hopelessly infected with nerd. Her mom was a New York Jew who had fled the USA at 15 following the sort of collapse of that nation, and her father was a typical Sabra (Israeli native). Her parents and two much older brothers lavished attention on her, always pushing her to succeed academically.

In middle and high school, she excelled academically getting fast-tracked to the prestigious Talpiot program (roughly equivalent in prestige and status to attend Westpoint/Air Force/Annapolis). Two years after her enlistment, however, her studies were interrupted as war broke out, and young Cadet Duvdevani was immediately tasked as a Battlefield Control and Coordination operator, which task she excelled at. After the war, she finished up her studies, and then continued them through the Technion's Fight/Study PhD program for serving officers, culminating in her thesis last year, "Transmission band coding: a high performance hardware-based encoding method for high volume, wideband transmissions", which seems likely to spark a small technical revolution. She excelled in her military work, and along the way got enough 'ware shoved in her head to turn her into a modern-day Mentat and make her sneeze fiber.

Doctorate in hand, Seren (Captain - roughly O3/O4 in NATO standards) Duvdevani thought to take a few years' break to give civilian life a try. A few short weeks in, however, she was contacted by her godfather, Alam (Colonel) Chaim Levy, a senior officer in Modi'in (Intelligence Corps). Uncle Chaim explained that her leave had actually been granted basically on the understanding that she would perform a particular job. Obviously, Israel was a free country, and she wouldn't be obligated to serve in this capacity, but it would definitely hurt her career path not to...

Physical and Personality Description

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Cherry is about average attractiveness for an elf, which makes her a knockout by any other standard, especially if you're into redheaded pointears (and let's face it: who isn't?). Unfortunately, this innate attractiveness is balanced out by her being a giant nerd. Makeup is something that's inflicted on her by friends when they go out, and hair is kept short and in a sensible pony tail, typically with the Computer Directorate's dayglow green beret on top. Clothing tends to be olive fatigues on duty or on base, and jeans and a tshirt when on leave. When she goes out (God forbid!), she typically wears whatever her more fashionable friends are able to inflict on her.

Personality-wise, Ilana is a typical nerdy academic, with a splash of army. She's pretty quiet except when talking about her fields of interest, when she practically explodes with knowledge. Whenever she speaks, its heavy with jargon and technical terms. She also has a light but noticeable Israeli accent when she speaks, though she's able to do a fairly convincing Brooklyn when needed. She's always optimistic, even if she can be a little cynical, which tends to grate on people.

Skillz (Yes, with a Z)

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Actives
Athletics (Group) 2
Outdoors (Group) 1
Mechanic (Group) 1
Electronics (Group) 4
Electronic Warfare 6 (Communications (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Cybercombat 4
Hacking 4
Automatics 3
Unarmed Combat 2
Leadership 2
Etiquette 1 (Military 3)

Languages
Hebrew N
English N
Arabic 6
Armenian 4
Russian 4

Knowledges
Electrical Engineering 6 (Communications (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Computer Theory 4
Physics 4
Military 3 (IDF 5)
Corp (Ares Macrotechnology) 3 (Israeli Branches 5)
Matrix Theory 4
Sci-Fi Trids 1
Criminal (Vory) 1(Magen David Agom (Israeli Vory) 3)

Qualities

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Bilingual 5
Trust Fund 20
Records on File (IDF) -10
Records on File (UCAS military) -10
Low Pain Tolerance -10
SINner -5

Gear

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'Ware

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Commlink (Alpha) (Fairlight Caliban, modified to 6/6)
Datajack (Alpha)
Encephalon II
Math SPU (Alpha)
Hot Sim Module (Alpha)
Image Link (Alpha)
Cerebral Booster 3
Sleep Regulator
PuSHeD

Programs

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Hacking
Armor 3
Attack 3
Biofeedback Filter 6
Black Hammer 6
Blackout
Corrupt 3
Data Bomb 3
Decrypt 6
Defuse 3
Disarm 3
Exploit 3
Medic 3
Nuke
Sniffer 6
Spoof 3
Stealth
Track
ECCM 6

Common Use
Analyze 6
Browse 6
Command 6
Edit 6
Encrypt 6
Purge 6
Reality Filter 6
Scan 6

Weapons

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Ares Crusader
Unmodified
Ares HVAR
Electronic Firing
Trigger Removal
Skinlink
Improved Range Finder
Sling
Foregrip

Armor

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Ares Globetrotter Fatigues
Zoe Moonsilver Cocktail Dress
Zoe Moonsilver Stole

Drones/Vehicles
2 Aztechnology Armadillos

Stuff

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1 Radio Signal Scanner
1 AR Gloves
1 Customized interface
1 Skinlink
1 Satellite Link
1 Smart Jammer,Area R (4)
50 Fiberoptic Cable 1m
2 Laser Link R (6)
1 Skinweb Array
1 Goggles (4)
1 Flare Compensation
1 Smartlink
1 Vision Enhancement R(3)
1 Vision Magnification
5 Wireless Negating Paint, 30 sq m
5 Stimulant Patch (1-6)
500 Regular Ammo
100 Regular Ammo
1 Combat Load Vest
6 Ammunition Pouch
2 Smart Canteen 1 liter
2 Ration Pouch 3 days

Lifestyle
High - Permanent

Contacts

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Chaim Levey 4/4
A close personal friend of the Duvdevani family, Chaim Levey also happens to be very high up in Israeli military intelligence. He'll stretch himself to help Cherry, and his influence is immense within Israel, and surprisingly powerful outside, as well.

Amit Eisenberg 3/4
A shooting star in Ares Macrotechnology, Amit currently heads up one of their EW divisions. He and Cherry met in Talpiot, and dated for long enough that people thought they might get married. Unfortunately, when Amit got his job with Ares and was transferred, the young couple learned that neither was willing to sacrifice their ambitions for the relationship. The two remain close, however, communicating regularly through the Matrix.

Kevin Roberts 2/4
Cherry's never actually met Kevin Roberts in person, though they've spoken a little over the Matrix. They got put into touch with each other by a fairly convoluted chain of mutual friendships, but such are the credentials they've been presented with that there's a fair bit of mutual trust.

[Dumori]

I'm back from my sudden trip across country and should have a bio and such ready by the weekend if not tomorrow.

[Minchandre]

By the way, I had intended to note that Cherry was prominently wearing her machine pistol. Should I retroactively edit this in to the description, or just allow it to come up naturally?

[fazzamar]

Summoning a Rating 3 Spirit of Water:
My Summoning + Magic (2 + 4) (6d6.hits(5)=1) (Ick!)
Spirt's Force (3) (3d6.hits(5)=2) (Doh)

Resist Drain of 4S
Will + Logic (5 + 5) (10d6.hits(5)=6) (No drain at least)


Take 2
Summoning a Rating 3 Spirit of Water:
My Summoning + Magic (2 + 4) (6d6.hits(5)=3) (Much better)
Spirit's Force (3) (3d6.hits(5)=1)

Resist Drain of 2S
Will + Logic (5 + 5) (10d6.hits(5)=3) (Again with no drain)

Result a Force 3 Spirit of Water with 2 Services till sundown.

[Minchandre]

Hey, did we ever decide on an XO?

[Penta]

By the way, I had intended to note that Cherry was prominently wearing her machine pistol. Should I retroactively edit this in to the description, or just allow it to come up naturally?

Let it come up naturally.

And no, we'd never decided on an XO.

[fazzamar]

Let it come up naturally.

Iff any of the other 5 or so people that are supposedly playing ever post. Penta, are you going to implement a 2 or 3 day without response we continue on rule?
Not sure how we'd do it for the meet though. When dealing with the military saying that their characters are late because of their lack of posting isn't really an option me thinks.

[Penta]

I was going to, but it's hard to implement for the start of the game.

[GrimWulf]

Sorry it took so long, but modified post up. I worked a bit into the cop seeing as I didn't want to have to force Minchandre to edit their post either.

[Penta]

Thanks, GrimWulf.

[Minchandre]

Sorry it took so long, but modified post up. I worked a bit into the cop seeing as I didn't want to have to force Minchandre to edit their post either.

Thank you for the kind consideration.

By the way, to clear this up, as there seems to have been confusion: Minchandre is a male. Honestly, I don't mind be referred to with female pronouns, but I find the use of "their" as a gender neutral to be awkward.

[Digital Heroin]

While I am apologetic about my lack of a post thusfar, it is hardly productive to start ragging on people as not having taken time so far to post, when the debate over the ship, and the character creation process, dragged on so long. I had work kick me in the ass at the end of this week (got given one day's notice of overnight exercises), and I had a road-trip to take this weekend. I am, however, back, and salivating over the opening of the IC posting, so will be writing my ass off for Salt, asap.

[Penta]

I'm not biting yet, DH.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

[Digital Heroin]

I didn't mean you, eh.

[fazzamar]

He meant me. While you may have a valid reason for not posting yet, I don't feel I was out of line for poking at the people who haven't posted yet. Especially when one considers that 5+ people have yet to post in the IC thread, the IC thread that's been there for 4 full days, the IC thread that was posted after a chargen/shipgen process that took 51 days, FIFTY-ONE DAYS! If it's going to be 4+ days between posts from some people then don't get grumpy if I suggest we have a standing rule that we'll continue without you. Unfortunately for those of us who want to play, but fortunately for those who haven't posted, right now that is not a really viable option.

Changing the subject, I hope you guys are patient with my posts. This is my first play by post game AND the first time in 10+ years I get to be a player in a SR campaign (always the GM never the Player). I'm going to try and be more descriptive in my posts that I was in my first post.

[Minchandre]

I'll chime in on the poking people to post discussion. I understand that people have lives. I understand that after 2 months of painstaking crew and ship construction, people probably aren't checking the board as compulsively as I am. Still, I am afraid that if people get into a habit of posting every 4 or 5 days, then the game will continue at that pace, which is...somewhat slower than I'd like.

Still, whatever's good. I'm probably the least busy now that I've been in, oh, about 5 or 6 years. That's probably not true of everyone.

[Xahn Borealis]

As for me, I'll be able to post quite likely every day, but I'll likely be AFB and away from my sheet. I have no (reliable) internet access at home, but that may be changing soon. As I said in the recruitment thread RL is dumping all over me. Think moving from a Middle Lifestyle to a Low and getting Day Job at maximum BP for minimum nuyen. (It's actually......McHughs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/embarrassed.gif) )

[Penta]

Hence why I recommend posting sheets up here, Xahn. My initial plan was they'd be the first posts of the thread, but it'd still be good if people posted em up here.

[Xahn Borealis]

And here it is, finished! (at last)

Char

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Name: Billy Strewkin (Aquaman)
Nationality: CAS
Metatype: Ork

Attributes

Body: 4
Agility: 3
Reaction: 6[8]
Strength: 3

Charisma: 2
Intuition: 3
Logic: 4
Willpower: 3

Edge: 2
Initiative: 9 [11] (9 in Matrix)
Initiative Passes: 1 (5 in Matrix)
Essence: 2.05
Magic/Resonance: 0

Skills

Active Skills
Pilot Watercraft 6 (Ship +2)
Swimming 4 (Cyberfins +2)
Diving 3
Automatics 3 (Submachine Guns +2)
Nautical Mechanic 4 (Ship +2)
Pistols 4
Navigation 4
Cybercombat 3
Cybertechnology 3
Electronics Group 4

Knowledge Skills
IN: Fishing 4

AC: Design (Drones) 3

ST: Corps (Aquatic) 4

ST: Procedure (CAS Navy) 3

ST: Regional (Tampa) 3
English N
Aztlaner 4

Gear (250,000¥ 220¥ Remaining)
Weapons

Beretta 200ST 550¥
-Silencer, 2 slots, 400¥
-Electronic Firing, 2 slots, 1000¥
-Gecko Grip, 1 slot, 100¥
-Skinlink, 1 slot, 50¥
-Smartgun System Accessory, Underbarrel Mount, 400¥
Colt M24A3 Water Carbine 1200¥
-Smartgun System, underbarrel mount, 400¥
-Gas Vent Rating 3, 2 slots, 400¥
-Electronic Firing, 2 slots, 1000¥
-Gecko Grip, 1 slot, 100¥
-Skinlink, 1 slot, 50¥
-Smartgun Camera Vision Magnification Upgrade, 0 slots, 100¥
Cyber Holdout Pistol Cost below


10 20-Round Clips of Subsonic Caseless Light Pistol Ammo for Beretta 200ST, 850¥
5 30-Round Clips of Regular Caseless SMG Ammo for Colt M24A3 Water Carbine, 325¥
10 Rounds of Stick-n-Shock Caseless Holdout Pistol Ammo, 80¥

Augmentation

Control Rig, 0.5 Essence, 10,000¥
Datajack, 0.1 Essence, 500¥
Simsense Booster, 0.5 Essence, 65,000¥
Orientation System, 0.2 Essence, 1,250¥
Cyberfins, 0.3 Essence, 3,500¥
Internal Air Tank, 0.25 Essence, 650¥
OXSYS Cybergill, 0.25 Essence, 2,200¥
Gastric Neurostimulator, 0.2 Essence, 2,500¥
Touch Link, 0.1 Essence, 1,000¥
Reaction Enhancer Rating 2, 0.6 Essence, 20,000¥

Cybereyes Rating 2, 0.3 Essence, 750¥
-Image Link
-Eye Recording Unit
-Low-Light Vision, 2 Capacity, 1,000¥
-Thermographic Vision, 2 Capacity, 1,000¥
-Smartlink, 3 Capacity, 1,000¥
-Flare Compensation, 1 Capacity, 750¥

Cyberears Rating 1, 0.2 Essence, 500¥
-Sound Link
-Ear Recording Unit
-Audio Enhancer Rating 3, 3 Capacity, 4,500¥
-Increased Sensitivity, 1 Capacity, 1,000¥

Left Cyberarm (Modular Obvious Lower Arm), 0.45 Essence, 11,000¥
-Cyberarm Slide, 8 Capacity, 3,000¥ (Contains Beretta 200ST)
-Cyber Holdout Pistol, 2 Capacity, 800¥
-Small Smuggling Compartment, 2 Capacity, 1,500¥
-Enhanced Capacity, -2 Capacity, 2,000¥

Modular Grapple Hand Cyberarm, 3,000¥
Modular Synthetic Lower Arm, 1,3200¥
-Cyberlimb Smuggling Compartment, 2,000¥

Commlink

Hermes Ikon Commlink, 3,000¥
-Response 6 Upgrade, 6,000¥
-Signal 4 Upgrade, 350¥
-Simsense Accelerator, 15,000¥
-Optimisation (Command), 500¥
-Hot Sim Module, 250¥
-Skinlink, 50¥
Novatech Navi OS, 1,500¥
-Firewall 6 Upgrade, 3,000¥
-System 6 Upgrade, 3,000¥

Attack 6, 6,000¥
Biofeedback Filter 6, 6,000¥
ECCM 6, 6,000¥
Analyse 6, 600¥
Command 6, 600¥
Encrypt 6, 600¥
Scan 6, 600¥

Vehicles

SeaDoo Bolt, 5 slots, 6,000¥
-Rigger Adaptation, 1 slot, 2,500¥
-Touch Sensors, 1 slot, 4,000¥
-Complete Skinlink, 1 slot, 5,000¥
-Smuggling Compartment, 1 slot, 1,500¥ (Contains Colt M24A3 Water Carbine)
-Manual Control Override, Drive-by-Wire, 1 slot, 500¥

MCT Fly-Spy, 4 slots, 2,000¥
-Gecko Tips, 1 slot, 300¥
-Full Mechanical Arm, 2 slots, 4,000¥
-Retrans Unit, 1 slot, 4,000¥

Other Gear

Armoured Jacket, 900¥
-Insulation Rating 6 Armour Modification, 900¥
Kit (Nautical Mechanic), 1,000¥
2 Drysuits, 2,000¥
2 Full Face Diving Masks, 600¥
Subvocal Microphone, 50¥
-Skinlink, 50¥
10 Doses of Betameth, 300¥
Fake SIN Rating 4 (John McDonald, Professional Diver), 4,000¥
Virtual Weather ARE Program, 100¥
Wall Space ARE Program, 50¥
4 Glyph ARE Programs, 200¥

Mounted Sensor Package (Cost is sum of sensors) Capacity 5
-Rating 3 Atmosphere Sensor, Capacity [1], 75¥
-Rating 6 Active Sonar, Capacity [3], 1,200¥
-Barometric Sensor, Capacity [1], 200¥

Contacts

Kevin Roberts (Fixer), Connection 4, Loyalty 2 (free)
Qualities

Restricted Gear 5 (Rating 6 Response Upgrade)
Gearhead 10 (Ships)
Water Sprite 5

Compulsive (Mild) -5 (Loudly cracks knuckles and bones often)
Prejudiced (Common, Biased, Magicians) -10
Implant-Induced Immune Deficiency -10
Addiction (Moderate) -10 (Betameth)

Bio

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Since he was a little boy, Billy Jackson loved the water. Being an Ork did nothing to change that, and with his parents backing him, he joined the CAS Navy at 14 due to his ork physiology. Here he learned to dive, shoot, drive and fix up ships, use computers and defend them from intrusion like a living IC and got his ware. He was heading for a great career when the Crash hit at the same time a small complement of pirates attacked his ship. In the attack, a enemy shaman incapacitated him with a Fireball spell which killed his Captain and badly burned his left arm. Later, after the attackers were stopped, a mage medic suffered a crisis of confidence (critical glitch)when attempting to heal his arm. It promptly dropped off. Since then, he has been prejudiced against any and all magicians he has encountered, blaming them for the death of his captain, the loss of his arm, and the end of his career. He has spent the intervening time making a living as a low-level shadowrunner, until he gets a call from someone calling himself Kevin Roberts with a job in mind for him, "tailored for his unique skills". Interested, Jackson left his hometown Tampa for Miami, awaiting more info on this gig.

[Minchandre]

Rolling for Data Search to dig up info on Daniel Martinez (of that particular SIN).

Data Search + LOG = 13 dice, 13d6.hits(5) = 4 (Distressingly, this is exactly what statistics tells us is likely to happen! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) )

Also, I'll edit my charsheet into my first post on this thread in the morning.