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

[The Goon]

What I'm seeing is:

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[Faraday]

What I'm seeing is:

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Try it now. The file is in the first post.

[The Goon]

It looks like it works now but I have to sign up to download it.

How about tossing it up on rapidshare?

[Faraday]

It looks like it works now but I have to sign up to download it.

How about tossing it up on rapidshare?

Mkay. Hope this works.

[Xahn Borealis]

The 'Upkeep & Repair' column just copies the 'Incoming Funds' column.

[Faraday]

The 'Upkeep & Repair' column just copies the 'Incoming Funds' column.

Actually, it copies the "Amount to UCAS" line, or should. That's the way it works with what I've got. 25% to UCAS, another 25 to upkeep/repair/etc, and the rest to crew.

EDIT: Ok, figured out the problem. It's only the first line that does that. Changing cell directly below Upkeep and Repair to the following will fix that. Spoilered everything you need to cut and paste in.

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[The Goon]

Cool, looks sweet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Penta]

This is....yummy. Karmaworthy too. 1 karma.

[Minchandre]

I couldn't read; now it says

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[Penta]

Huh. Minchandre and others who can't get it, email me and I'll send along a fixed copy.

[Digital Heroin]

Writing a montage, with appropriate music, even.

[Faraday]

Writing a montage, with appropriate music, even.

Likewise.

Also, +1 karma noted. Thank you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Dumori]

I am also attempting a montage/descriptive peice. IDK what yet to be fair.

[Penta]

Okay guys.

Some thoughts/directives by group.

Quicksilver group (everybody but horvagab, Edana, The Goon): Today is Thursday, let's try to have everybody's posts bringing them up to the meeting by Sunday. If we can do it faster, cool. If not, Sunday.

Horvagab: Let's try to finish up by Sunday so that you're ready to join in when the boat docks. I know there isn't much left to do, but email me, let's try to get whats undone done.

Edana: You're all done, thank you. Just keep checking the threads.

The Goon: Changes made, you're done. Poke me off-thread, by email or PM, and we'll discuss what the IC training he's undergoing off-camera looks like.

On Sunday: I'll do my level best (dog and parents permitting) to post moving the action from Quicksilver to the docks of Cape May. What I had planned was that the takings and covers discussion would merge with a discussion on the mission assigned. However, what I'm going to ask is that the Quicksilver group keep things confined to hashing out takings and covers, leaving mission stuff for when you're joined up with the new characters. Yes, newbies, this means you're presented with the takings and covers decisions as basically a fait accompli ICly. To reduce the unfairness of that...You've always been welcome to pitch in your thoughts OOCly, and I'm glad to see Edana has. Now I'm going to say it explicitly: I encourage you to pitch in your OOC thoughts on either matter.

[Edana]

The proposed split (25% UCAS, 25% Boat, even split the remainder) is fine by me. Can always tweak numbers a little during play if we find out that the boat fund is too much or too little.

As far as covers go, salvage or transport would probably work out ok.

Falling back to smuggling just before the 'shoot them all and dump the bodies for the sharks to deal with' cover would give something that Eliana could help out a lot with, seeing as she basically is a smuggler.

[Penta]

Good to know we have the split worked out. Someone propose it ICly, since it hasn't been.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Salvage could work. I remember that Bob Ballard (the guy who found Titanic) got his funding by agreeing with the USN to go on active duty (he was a reservist at the time) and secretly look for the Thresher and the Scorpion, two SSNs lost during the 1960s. He wound up finding them, then finding Titanic basically by accident.

Transport, though, hmm. Of people? Of cargo? Different requirements for each, naturally. People do object to being treated like cargo.

Oh, by the by:

During the week, you do find out what gratis equipment the Navy is leaving behind.

Among them:

2 disassembled Zodiacs (stats are posted somewhere, if not I can post em). They're only a cubic meter when disassembled, excluding the engines, so yes they fit. I'm taking this opportunity to OOCly laugh at you guys for not thinking to get them. I was going to be mean and not include em, but then you'd be stuck.
A Renraku Manservant drone to handle the galley, unless you guys want to appoint someone to cook. (You should still have someone prep menus and make sure food for the drone to prep is on-hand.) Also, one to do limited cleaning of quarters (though the medical officer is still advised to make sure everybody keeps things relatively clean also). They're only 2500 nuyen each, so the Navy threw them in without blinking. Like breath-mints, they have tons of em.
The computer system is modified for your needs - it'll act like a normal CHN, yes; it'll also do other things, as you've seen with the guidance lights, it'll control the drones, etc. If you guys have any ideas as to what it should do beyond the guidance lights, tell me and we can assemble a more comprehensive features list.
A flag-maker to help with new identities, plus enough of the specialized cloth-stock used for modern flags for 8 flags - don't just make the flags and leave em around, it looks suspicious when you finally fly em. (More cloth-stock can be bought on the grey market for 80 nuyen per flag's worth.)
Space is allotted for an armory/arms room to store weapons and ammo, as I've noted. Captain Walker earnestly advises you use it - storing weapons and ammo outside of a controlled space is bad if a fire breaks out.
There's a small fitness room that came with the ship's original config. They swapped out some of the household gear for commercial (gym) stuff, but the end result is that there's a decent assortment of workout gear.
Washer and dryer modified for shipboard use.

And I ran out of ideas.

[Edana]

I would assume cargo transport. You can always put people in cargo space if need be, but putting cargo in living space is a lot tougher (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) .

For that matter, you could use something like human rights activists as a cover. Maybe we sneak people out from the oppressive countries in the area, or away from the cartels.

That would possibly give you a cover chain of: Salvage -> Cargo Transport -> Activists -> Smuggling -> Shoot it and let deity of choice deal with it.

[horvagab]

Okay Penta, only 20BP and the history left, I'll get those by Sunday, and since I finished work for the summer, I have loads of time. The 25/25 split seems to be right for me too, btw.

[Minchandre]

Penta: Cherry's gonna go shopping on shore (mostly for gel rounds); can she start doing availability rolls while she's still on the boat? I know that at least one of the things she's gonna be in the market for (a Blackout) is likely gonna have to turn up on the black market, and gel rounds too, maybe (though Cherry's rifle is registered in Israel, and probably with Ares, it's definitely not in the UCAS). I can write up a full shopping list for you tomorrow after I've had some time to consider it better.

Everyone else: can you think of any equipment that Cherry should have?

[Faraday]

Everyone could use a biomonitor. I'm sure you can always just strap one on somewhere.

[The Goon]

Salvage could work. I remember that Bob Ballard (the guy who found Titanic) got his funding by agreeing with the USN to go on active duty (he was a reservist at the time) and secretly look for the Thresher and the Scorpion, two SSNs lost during the 1960s.

That's kind of what I was thinking.

Salvage-> Treasure hunting/salvage of a Spanish gallion, Corp sub or other target-> Smuggling-> Murder Death Kill

It could be believable enough and if someone giving us trouble decides they want to go after our treasure we could hand over to them a bunch of faked info on the location, sending them on a wild goose chase.

[horvagab]

Quick question: what spells would you guys think would be useful? I'm kind of stumped on this one, the current grimoire is this:
Analyze Device: to help when in need to fix ship etc....
Heal: for emergencies
Mana Barrier: Astral defense will probably the lion share of my work, and this spell seemed useful to reinforce the wards on critical areas e.g. bridge, engine section
Stunbolt: so I have something to use in combat

Any suggestions?

[toturi]

Quick question: what spells would you guys think would be useful? I'm kind of stumped on this one, the current grimoire is this:
Analyze Device: to help when in need to fix ship etc....
Heal: for emergencies
Mana Barrier: Astral defense will probably the lion share of my work, and this spell seemed useful to reinforce the wards on critical areas e.g. bridge, engine section
Stunbolt: so I have something to use in combat

Any suggestions?

Personally I wouldn't take Analyze Device or Mana Barrier. Analyse Device would require you to overcome the item's Object Resistance(I do not think that the ORs on this ship is going to be trivial) and the Mana Barrier would require you to sustain it and it blocks friendly astral movement as well. Instead first on my list of spells would be Increase Reflexes with a Sustaining Focus, more IPs means you can be more useful.

[Penta]

Penta: Cherry's gonna go shopping on shore (mostly for gel rounds); can she start doing availability rolls while she's still on the boat? I know that at least one of the things she's gonna be in the market for (a Blackout) is likely gonna have to turn up on the black market, and gel rounds too, maybe (though Cherry's rifle is registered in Israel, and probably with Ares, it's definitely not in the UCAS). I can write up a full shopping list for you tomorrow after I've had some time to consider it better.

Everyone else: can you think of any equipment that Cherry should have?

I need to think about it. There are good arguments for making you wait til you reach shore, there are good arguments for not waiting.

It is, in my head, a coin toss.

*thinks as he plays with puppy*

Okay, my quick ruling for this time only:

For most of the voyage, while the ship is not under EMCON (I'm going to let DH clear up my jargon), the Navy disallows outbound comms - with the sensble explanation that they'd prefer not to be tracked as they progress up the East Coast, if they could avoid it, and maintaining COMSEC is a good way of making the ship seem innocuous.

*After* the meeting you guys are currently amid with Walker and Roberts, you're under 12 hours out. You may then begin outbound comms and talk to contacts and such.

OOC reasoning is that I don't think it's necessarily best for the isolated feel of being at sea if you can still get gear whenever and have it waiting for you.

[Minchandre]

Fair enough. How do you feel about Cherry having a contact start searching for something now, so she can grab it next time they hit the shore?