[IP] Panzerknacker Options

[Volker]

"Fine. You two get your asses outta her and prep flight. Kite, see that everything is clear to leave. Also keep the following steps - submarine and stuff - in mind already. Might be a tough flight. I'll stick with Gerhard. This is too big to care even about Big L."
A shudder runs down her spine as she says that. My life's been controlled by this spooky creature since I can think. No, longer even. Lofwyr might be the scariest being on whole planet Earth. Still, it's true: In sight of this I don't give fuck about his plans.

"I'm with you.", she says to Gerhardt, then plugs herself in to crack the lock.

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Hacking on the Fly: 20d6t5 10
Control Device: 15d6t5 5
Defense rolls: 2#12d6t5 2 5

Control Device: 15d6t5 4
Defense rolls: 12d6t5 5

damn

Control Device: 15d6t5 4
Opposed roll: 12d6t5 5

What the fuck is happening??

Control Device: 15d6t5 5
Opposed roll: 12d6t5 4

finally

[SquirrelDude]

Slobber pulled the 6 HE launcher grenades and 4 thermite bars out of his satchel.

"Grenades to blow it up, thermite to try and melt it if that doesn't work."


After he and Anna moved upstairs, and as they moved outside "Anna, get the stuff out. I'll hold the lobby and make sure they get out in case there is a surprise because of this delay."

[Gilga]

With a sigh of releif Anna finally levitated the loot out of the vault. It gave her a terrible headache but it did so.

[Volker]

„Lass mich das Feuerwerk machen, ich weiß, wie man mit Sprengstoff umgeht...“
She cracks a smile. „Ich hab da mal ein Buch darüber gelesen.. Bereit?.“

[Jack_Spade]

Schmitt nodded and handed bnc the grenades: "Ist eine Weile her das ich Minen an Schiffsrümpfen angebracht habe..."
Then the locked box opened. Inside, bnc saw a filigrane looking statue of a dancing woman made from obsidian. The intricate detail of the statue showed a face that seemed mostly normal until you changed the angle a bit and suddenly you couldn't help but see a demonic face staring at you from beneath. The dancing woman seemed to be caught in a swirl with one hand held high, holding a dagger of some kind and one low, carrying a human heart. Staring to long at the heart made you think it was actually beating.

<<Time to get out of here. Place the grenades and close the door again. This thing is giving me the shivers.>>

Meanwhile, Anna moved the haul slowly, oh so slowly upstairs with the telekinetic power of her magic. The upstairs floors seemed to be untouched as Slobber found, but the exit door was closed and locked again, so he had to wait for Anna and her SOK to open it again.

[Gilga]

Trying to open the door, Anna said "Glad I am away from that abomination... Now let's load up the submarine."

[Jack_Spade]

But the door didn't open, no matter how she pressed the SOK against the receptor field.

[SquirrelDude]

"Problem, Anna?"

[ Spoiler ]

How sturdy is that door?

[Gilga]

Anna was a bit stressed "The door won't open! Any ideas? I think we were discovered." Texting she notified the group. >> SOK does not work, we are stuck inside.

[SquirrelDude]

"Is their a magical barrier holding it or protecting it?

"If not I've got 60 Ex-Explosive rounds or a monosaw that will fix that problem."

[Gilga]

Anna replied " With artifact out of the box observing the astral may be dangerous. Let's just try to brute force it."
>> Flatline, Kite is everything okay outside?

Anna had too many thoughts and too little time

" ... planning never actually works as expected... never... why do people think they can anticipate the chaos...? Or perhaps the plan did work, it just wasn't our plan that worked... what if the Dragon did not want us to escape? "

[SquirrelDude]

Slobber quickly moved towards the door, raising his Yamaha Raiden. He took a breath and then fired burst of Ex-explosive ammo at the door before letting the weapon drop to his side and groped in his satchel for his monosaw.

Finally

[ Spoiler ]

Agility Boost [2]: 8d6t5 4
Yamaha Raiden 5-round Ex-Explosive Burst: 18d6t5 8 21DV -3 AP

[Volker]

[ Spoiler ]

Explosives: 11d6t5 2
If it's important to roll more scores, I still have plenty of edge left. Just tell me.

bnc swiftly placed what explosives they had and arranged them in what she thought was an effictive array, then shut the box. "That's it. Byebye, Horror Beacon. Probiert's es nächstes Jahrtausend nochmal, drekheads."
bnc steps back far enough, nods to Gerhardt, then triggers the grenades inside to explode.

[Jack_Spade]

[ Spoiler ]

The door is made of Reinforced Material with some slight improvements for a total of 9 Structure and 14 Armor
So, no chance to withstand that damage

The rounds cleanly shot through the door, leaving a small, smoking hole.
What disconcerted Slobber was the tendril of lightning that had erupted at the entry point and had wandered about 20 cm around as if searching for an attacker before vanishing again.

Schmitt arrived in the corridor:
"What's going on here?"
<<Kite? Flatline? Are you there?>>

But there was no reply from the two runner's icons.

Suddenly a voice spoke as if from behind the runners:
"So, it is Dr. Schmitt. I had wondered who would be so foolhearted as to try and rob me.
Don't bother with the door - the barrier will kill you if you try to cross through."

Schmitt went white as a sheet as he turned around looking for the owner of the voice: "Zola! What have you done with my people?"

"You mean the little mageling daring to impersonate me? His weak mind proved to be no match for my will - he gladly turned your driver into a meal for the Jaguar."

[SquirrelDude]

"Doc, blow that thing. We need our Mojo at full tilt"

"Anna, frag levitating all that junk. Just make sure we have Schmitt's Tchotchke . Figure out where this is coming from.

I'm going to kill it."

Slobber paused to remember something Kazuya had said to him a long time ago as he raised his firearm back to his shoulder.

"Shini ni kite
shinu toki nareba—
shinu ga yoshi
shinisokonōte
shinanu nao yoshi"

[Gilga]

A mageling? Flatline? if he is so inferior to his mind control than what am I?

Anna said >> bnc, DONT destroy that abomination... bring it here. Its background count would protect us from Zola Realizing she was too late, she acted quickly hoping that the destruction would mess up the astral enough to help her counterspell that barrier.

"I'll try to overcome the barrier..." she said

[ Spoiler ]

Magic + Counterspelling -1 wound penalty.
Counterspell barrier: 10d6t5 2
Counterspell barrier (retry): 8d6t5 1

[Jack_Spade]

[ Spoiler ]

You need line of sight to the barrier, so you'd have to look through the bullet hole.
Resist Dispell: 16d6t5 5
Also, you take 8 Points of Physical Drain

The barrier did not budge as pain lanced up into Anna's head from the dispel attempt

[Volker]

Holy fragging crap! That fragshit of a system must have informed him that his SOK's been used. We should've guessed. This is all my fault.

"Too late. It's gone.", bnc says, her voice numb. Despite the Goldie in her system, she feels hollow.

"I'm sorry...", she whispers under her breath, eyes wide in horror.

[Jack_Spade]

The disembodied voice continued with the smooth, friendly gait that Zola had displayed at the date with Anna:

"I have to say I am a bit impressed. If you hadn't left the escort alive that you impersonated I might not have found out about this little plot in time.
My dear girl, now that I know what to look for I feel like a fool for not having seen through your disguised aura.
But I have a weak spot for talent, so I'll make you a one time offer: Kill Dr. Schmitt for me and I will not only let you live but even pay you a considerable sum for your troubles - the same goes for the rest of the team.
Think about it - just one life for all of yours.
You have... oh let's say 10 seconds to make up your mind.

Oh and I wouldn't recommend trying to assense - you'd find yourself quite confined by quite a lot of astral mana barriers."

[Gilga]

Anna felt the power of the spell blows up inside her, her eyes bleeding slightly as well as her nose.
The helmet concealed the damage, but her voice was a bit shaken as she reported The barrier is too powerful for me... I cannot break it, even trying again may kill me.

She texted bnc >> Sprinklers... you need to kill Zola by surprise. His mojo is too strong for me and I cannot break the barrier. Try to jump into one of Kite drones and shoot him. Do not miss or we never get out.

Desperate she texted Kynos >>Well I am not as innocent as you hoped... but if you still want to save my life, now would be a good time. Your boss discovered that my boss wanted to rob him. I am stuck at the bank with my hand in the cookie-jar. If I do not make it, know that I had good intentions.

[SquirrelDude]

The only way we win is to get Zola to show his face

"Can we fake Doc's death?"

Slobber dropped the Stick'n'Shock out of his Ruger and quickly replaced it with APDS.

"Anna, catch."

Slob tossed her a Thermal smoke grenade and a Flash-pak.

"To cover our escape if I'm not up to it"

[Gilga]

Anna caught the grenade and replied subvocally "Okay... what is the plan Slob?" She copied him, replacing the stick-and shot with APDS ammo on her Ares Predator.

Trying to distract Zola and buy them some time, she said with her most seductive voice and tone ignoring pain she was in."I was actually surprised that it worked, you being such an accomplished mage. Perhaps you liked me just a bit too much to be suspicious. I must admit that I rather enjoyed our time together despite my business getting in the way of our pleasure. You are a true gentleman and a gifted lover.

Tell me, how did you find out about my ruse? Did you call to meet with me again? she giggled slightly "I kind of hoped you would the next week... Silly me, you can get all the girls you possibly want. There is no need to slot the same one again.

With a moan, she said "You know...Being trapped in this situation, with such a demonstration of force and resolve is... *very* erotic... Your offer is tempting me and you clearly are the better *Jhonson*... However, I am not the muscle of this gig. My skills are more oral than warfare... Perhaps if you let me reason with my colleagues I can sort it out with minimal bloodshed. We should know when we are defeated. Yet, we are nothing but mercenaries and have nothing personal against you. Schmidt is the only one with a personal agenda, I can make it work! It is the sensible thing to do." Sometimes, the best lies had half-truths in them. Sure, she enjoyed sleeping with Zola. Yes getting caught stealing was extremely erotic, a forbidden fantasy even... but no - she could not bring herself to just murder a person. Schmidt included, as much as Anna did not like the man and his devotion to 'the Dragon'.

[SquirrelDude]

"I don't really have a plan. I was looking for suggestions. I get how to make a machine think someone's dead, but I don't know how to make an assensing mage think someone's dead."

[Gilga]

She texted so that her lips can continue speaking. ">>Can't fool a mage like that, but perhaps we can make doc unconscious and tease Zola into a more public execution? As a blood mage and may want to actually see Schmidt die with his own eyes? "

[Volker]

Not my fault after all... Still, I missed the security whole, whether it was there or not. Anyway, good to know it was Anna's mercy and not my incompetence that killed us.
"Don't be naïve. A blood mage who's century project of destroying Earth we just blew up is no more trustworthy than the fragging dragon. Geeking Schmidt - truly or faked - will not even buy us seconds. It'll just give lavadora a great laugh when he sacrifices us. Also, there's no fooling an Initiate, like there's no killing him when he's anywhere else. Can Kynos tell us where he is? You didn't forget to press the RFID chip, did you?"

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Matrix Perception: 13d6t5 2
Can I find Lavadora's commlink? Even with a -9 dice pool penalty I would still score the same two hits (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)