Nothing's Free in the Free Zone (OOC), Adventure 2: A Dish Best Served Cold Options

[Jack VII]

No problem man. Take the time you need. I just quit my other SR game and two other games I am came to a somewhat abrupt ending (D&D 5E & D20 Modern), but at least they concluded to some degree rather than dying. Another D&D 5E game seems to have died on the vine. That leaves me DMing one game and playing in two others, plus this one, so it's pretty manageable for me at the moment.

Hope everyone is having a decent holiday season.

[PraetorGradivus]

It's all good.

[Chrome Head]

Don't worry about it Lobo, take your time.

[Melpomene]

Same here...no problem.

[PraetorGradivus]

Since DEC 2oth i around the corner (yours truly's birthday), one of you cheap bastards need to send me the winning lottery ticket.

But seriously, have a happy holiday, whichever ones you celebrate between now and New Years.
And if you don't celebrate any- have a good time anyway.

[Jack VII]

To y'all as well. I'm heading out of town next week and don't plan to get on the computer much, if at all, so please NPC me if we start back up again.

[Chrome Head]

Happy Holidays everyone.

I don't expect this to come back up until January (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[PraetorGradivus]

My feeling's is sometime after New Years as well.

[Lobo0705]

My feeling's is sometime after New Years as well.

Why don't we plan to get back in the swing of things at the beginning of 2016 - Happy Holidays to you all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Jack VII]

Just posted a quick post since our IC thread had fallen off my default view. Hope everyone had a good holiday season.

[Lobo0705]

Hope you had a great holiday season as well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

So - it probably doesn't hurt to have a summary to bring us back up to speed.

The team was hired to steal two artifacts from Chen Huiquing, and the Johnson was Huiquing's lover, who, after a perceived attempt on her life, decided to get even with Huiquing by having his two artifacts stolen. These were to be sold at auction the following day, and so time was of the essence. The group traveled across the border via an LAV, and met with their contact on the other side, a Rigger named Sisco. Grease, falling prey to an undercover sting operation by Knight Errant, was hauled off to prison right before the heist was to start. Thinking quickly, the team cut Sisco in on the deal, and headed to Huiquing's estate.

When they arrived there, they bypassed the security systems and were approaching the main house when an attempt was made on Huiquing's life. In an twist of fate, instead of robbing Huiquing, the team took him under their protection and escaped, heading towards a secure location. Negotiating with Huiquing, they first extracted his son, Bai, from his academy, and deposited him with hired security. They then set a meeting with one of Huiquing's lieutenants, Hung Lao, in order to see if they could get to the bottom of the conspiracy against Huiquing.

The meeting with Hung Lao almost ended in disaster. It appeared that his had been infiltrated by another member of the Triad, Li Guang, who attempted to take all of them out. Reversing the tables, they defeated the ambush, found Li Guang's agent inside Hung Lao's organization, and have now arrived at Hung Lao's compound, to discuss the best way to get to Li Guang.

The ball is currently in your court, as you decide what action to take next.

[PraetorGradivus]

The holidays were quiet- the way this old dog likes it.

And thank the gods (might as well hedge my bet and include every tradition in case my religion ain't the one) that Manning came in the second half and won it- not that I'm a Bronco fan. But my roomate is a rabid one and she'd have made my existence miserable had they dropped to the #5 seed.

Now that Rigger 5 is out- I'm underwhelmed.

The threads I'm running I put forth the following idea to the players:
So I'm thinking about the following:
Armor is Hardened Armor
Basic CM is 6+1/2Body
Overflow is 1/2Body
Remember on vehicles-drones included-zero is treated as .5 and half .5 rounded up is 1 so every vehicle will have at least Condition Monitor 7 and 1 Overflow

So a Bulldog (Bod 16)would have CM14 OF 8 so if it has just one box of overfow left it would actually cost more to repair than buy new... 21*5% = 105%... assuming the damage isn't electrical, in which case there's matrix damage to fix too.

Micro and mini-drones are still probably one-shot destroyed by most firearms but a Base 6 damage weapon with only one net hit will only disable them, not destroy.

[Jack VII]

Anyone heard from Lobo? If the game is over, that's fine, I'm just hoping he's doing okay.

[Chrome Head]

I haven't heard anything. It's been super quiet and I was starting to assume the game was just dying out.

[Jack VII]

Well, it appears this game has reached its end. I just want to say that it has been a pleasure to game with all of you, including Dr.Z and Overkill who participated in the first run. Also, massive thanks to Lobo for putting on the game. I know it takes a lot of time and energy and I hope that we did a decent job as players. Good luck to everyone and happy gaming!

-Jack VII

[Chrome Head]

I really had a great time. Everyone who participated in the game, good job keeping to frequent posting for so long, and for the enjoyable role-playing. But most of all, thanks so much to Lobo!

I had a lot of fun (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)