OOC New Beginnings DAWN Options

[Necrogigas]

I just mean that the command, "Go to your boss," is open to interpretation. He could VR call his boss and fall out of Voice command near instantly. A straight forward order, such as "Piss in the corner," has less wiggle room, and it creates further problems for the target.

[pbangarth]

I see your point.

[farothel]

Is there a reason why I can't just stunbolt him and then leave him (or taser him for the same effect). He won't be following us and anybody left unconscious in Lagos will not be that way for long, but then it's the area boys and not us who did it. And if we really want to be sure, we can still put a pistol against his head and pull the trigger.

[Necrogigas]

We still know nothing about the goon's boss, and your proposition escalates the situation beyond what we're prepared for at the moment. I also doubt the goon will willing leave the hotel with us. Trying to force the issue and/or starting a fight in the hotel is also going to get us into a a much bigger fight with site security.

[pbangarth]

I don't have Torley's whole history at my finger tips. I don't want to put him on a very different path from the past interactions he has had with the team. As I understand it, he is not averse to lying to Silence about ever letting him go.

Is this a fair assessment?

[Necrogigas]

Insofar as I've read the character, not only does Torley has no compunctions about manipulating or lying to people for his own ends, but he actually quit enjoys it.

[Crossbow]

Actually, I disagree, Torley is very conscious of appearance and reputation, he has no problem lying to a mark, but making a deal and then double-crossing someone seems suspect to me. That said, I would also point out, you have a resource as to what is needed, Jane may even just tell you what she wants to do if you have a question.

[pbangarth]

Thanks for the character note, and for the hint.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. If you have someone to celebrate it with, great. If not, I hope you at least have someone you can fantasize about.

[pbangarth]

Glad to hear Jane's take on the situation, and I appreciate the feedback about Torley from both of you. It gives me clues not only how to play him, but also how he is currently perceived by others.

[pbangarth]

How's that for an arrogant Torley?

[Crossbow]

I forgot about that part of things. farothel, give me your rolls for the fiddling you are doing with your commlink.

[farothel]

Scan: 10#4d6t5 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 3
Those are the first 10 rolls (10 combat turns) to search for hidden nodes. I need 15 successes, this is 14, so a few more rolls
Scan: 10#4d6t5 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1

basically 11 turns to find any hidden nodes in mutual signal range.

Now to the healing:
heal spell, force 5: spellcasting: 11d6t5 4

I can heal 4P damage, giving a drain value of 2
drain: drain: 9d6t5 5
so no drain at all.

I'll have an IC post up in a minute.

[pbangarth]

On top of the first aid, that should go a long way.

[Crossbow]

No listening devices are detected, not even a hint.

[pbangarth]

Do we know how much Sammy's Heal spell has done for Silence? I see the roll above, it's the effect I wonder about.

[pbangarth]

Thanks, Crossbow. I have Feral Cities.

[Crossbow]

Okay, loving the back and forth, but before we go too far down the wrong rabbit hole, and I am not really sure how to keep it from happening, I feel it is important to keep our McGuffins straight. Engelbrecht wants the Pere Reis Map, not the Yoruba idol.

Completely okay with a rewrite to change all relevant references to the map and going forward, or someone, like Torley, can think it through. Or we can merrily proceed to kill the wrong bunnies since I hate the nasty little critters anyway.

[pbangarth]

Yeah, OK, Torley's text is the most at fault, then, so I will post/rewrite to correct it. All concerned give me a chance to do so.

[Necrogigas]

Posts edited to reference the map instead of the idol.

[farothel]

Okay, loving the back and forth, but before we go too far down the wrong rabbit hole, and I am not really sure how to keep it from happening, I feel it is important to keep our McGuffins straight. Engelbrecht wants the Pere Reis Map, not the Yoruba idol.

Completely okay with a rewrite to change all relevant references to the map and going forward, or someone, like Torley, can think it through. Or we can merrily proceed to kill the wrong bunnies since I hate the nasty little critters anyway.

We can just kill them on the fact they're Humanis, no? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Necrogigas]

We can just kill them on the fact they're Humanis, no? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

No! No we can't. This guy is so far above that motley bunch of meth-head rednecks. This is the guy that has a public persona of philanthropist and paragon, while secretly funding Humanis, and bribing politicians to enact voter suppression laws and block police accountability acts. He could pay a Knight Errant team to eliminate us with his pocket change. If we move on him, his security is only going to be second only to a megacorp black site. In the one-in-fourteen-million chance we succeed, he had so many friends legitimate, and not, that we won't survive the reprisal.

[farothel]

No! No we can't. This guy is so far above that motley bunch of meth-head rednecks. This is the guy that has a public persona of philanthropist and paragon, while secretly funding Humanis, and bribing politicians to enact voter suppression laws and block police accountability acts. He could pay a Knight Errant team to eliminate us with his pocket change. If we move on him, his security is only going to be second only to a megacorp black site. In the one-in-fourteen-million chance we succeed, he had so many friends legitimate, and not, that we won't survive the reprisal.

I didn't mean the big head honcho, but the guy who's watching us (sorry if that was not clear). We don't have to do it ourselves. Just figure out a way to send some area boys on him as soon as he leaves our hotel.

[pbangarth]

Torley's Big Pep Talk is closer to the facts of the story now.

[Crossbow]

For Silence to help you, you will have to leave the hotel or wait until daylight, if you are lucky and he can spot it from the roof. That option is minimum 4 hours away. I would also point out, you have been going hard since you were awakened by the guards at about 0100 local yesterday.

[farothel]

Can't he point out the compound on a map?

If not, we can take a few hours of sleep first, that wouldn't be a bad thing either.