OOC: Gate Technologies, Stargate: 2064 Options

[kevyn668]

Hey, I just thought of something: did anyone bring a shovel? or entrentching tool? I reread the survival pack that we get but didn't see it.

[BGMFH]

Maybe not, but it can be done he he he he...

[Morgannah]

[A Clockwork Lime]

If we need shelter, we have it a couple of kilometers away. :) If it's hostile, then digging a hole in a nearby dune's not gonna help much. ;)

[Moonstone Spider]

Personally I think it's rather realistic that the runners don't trust each other and aren't working as a team. What group of 8 random strangers, all of them criminals, are going to run like clockwork on their first meeting?

PS: History Knowledge Skill Check to see if Torque remembers any Culture that built something similar to what we see on the other side.

04 09 01 05 01 10

[BGMFH]

LOL... only two riflemen? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Who needs Rifles in SR unless you want a Grenade launcher underbarrel?

[crechebaby]

wait, wait.. when did we start shooting for realism?

*looks around*
this is Shadowrun, right? and I'm playing a frickin ELF, right?

;)

besides.. shadowrunners (especially these ones) aren't petty thieves. we have this thing called professionalism. It's a shadowrunner's JOB to work with a team.

[Tziluthi]

OMG i th1nk sMGs are teh b0Mb :)

Think more along the lines of "individuals competent with a firearm capable of out-distancng a pistol."

But if you think about it, assault rifles do have a couple of benefits as a primary weapon: Higher Damage. Extended clip. Long range. According to the rules, I could bear my arse at a SMG at 160m.

[kevyn668]

Well, IC we we were all selected because we have the "Good Rep" edge. OOC, we were told to "...be able to work as a team."

I'm not bashing you, BGMFH, James seems to have a "Plumbly" [the Sargent Major in "We Were Soldiers"] thing working for him. He's probably going to have to kick/save someone's ass to get our respect though. :P

[BGMFH]

Actually, think of the old white guy in the Movie Starship Troopers, or Sergeant Zim in the book of the same name.

But yeah, someone or somethings ass is likely gonna be kicked good...

[kevyn668]

Sgt. Zim. I'll keep that in mind...

[kevyn668]

Which old guy?

The dude w/ only one arm("MI made me the man I am today")

or Radjek ("Everybody fights. No one quits. Do you get me?") ?

[BGMFH]

Same man in the movie, I do believe.

In the book, his name was DuBoise or similar.
The movie made him the teacher and the guy in charge of Rico's unit on the buginfested planet where they catch the brainbug.

edit: Are you trying to force me to rescue you guys?

[Shadow]

........

[crechebaby]

medic!

...

in any case.. it's just the automatic assumption that YOUR ass won't need saving that pisses me off..

[BGMFH]

LoL!

No, I'll likely need plenty of it. Its the, "hey, lets go investigate the pyramid without telling anyone" that prompted that comment.

[Moonstone Spider]

Dang it.

[Moonstone Spider]

My connection is not good today.

[Moonstone Spider]

Hey Shadow, how about the History Test?

Starship Troopers (Shudders). Worst movie I've ever seen. I'm not sure the people who wrote it even read the book. I've often dreamed of becoming an indie film-maker just to create a version that was true to Heinlein's vision. . . 10-foot tall power-armor suits that can run at hundreds of miles and hour and pack enough firepower to level a city in seconds. Bugs who do have their own starships and use nukes as paving stones since they're virtually radiation immune. Planet-destroying bombs. And realistic intelligence command, none of this dropping 3 million men on a planet without any plan, organization, or so much as a map to guide them.

[crechebaby]

shadow's sleepin on the job!
*pokes shadow*

bgmfh: hehe.. yeah, I hear ya.. maybe something'll jump them and be too busy to bother us ;)

[Shadow]

Check your PMs, Moonstone.

[kevyn668]

[A Clockwork Lime]

Cosmo is going to fly in an ever-widening spiral search pattern using the maximum range of his passive sensors to get a full picture of the surrounding area. He does this until he gets about twenty-five kilometers from the basecamp unless he runs into any signs of life or other signs of interest, at which point he'll investigate a little further. With that sort of pattern, his altitude (high enough to only be a speck), the speed of his board, and the range of his sensors, he shouldn't have any problem covering a huge area in no time.

Oases, camps, or anything that looks remotely man-made (including trails) will pique his interest. He's also recording all the sensor data into his memory for future reference. If he runs into any signs of life whatsoever, he'll quickly evade and go low-profile, using the terrain to hide as best he can while he zooms in for more information. And except for the Mad Hatter's interuption on the radio, he's pretty much maintaining radio silence, instead focusing on taking in all the data (visual and beyond).

Just lemme know which die rolls (if any) you need either here or in PM, Shadow. :)

[Leowulf]

Force 1 watcher.

Conjuring Test: 35, 3, 1, 10 (I'm assuming I succeed with a roll of 35)
Drain Test: 4, 5, 2, 3, 16

Talismongering Test to see if there are any signs of anything magical while Ghost Dragon waits for his watcher to return: 2, 2, 11, 2, 3

[A Clockwork Lime]

Out of curiosity, Leo, have you had Ghost Dragon call his Earth Elemental to see if it shows up? If memory serves, you summoned it while still on Earth, and unless it jumped through the gate with you, I'm curious as to how long it'll take it travel through the astral plane to get here... if possible at all.

If it does show up, you might be able to divine some information on how far from Earth we really are, and that might come in handy later. I dunno, just offering up an idea. :)