Salted Wounds [OOC], a Deep Black Sea game Options

[Gilga]

@Luckace Anna/bnc could take the wound modifier away so just assume we did?

[Thanee]

@Luckace: Nice roll on that Mind Probe there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Jack_Spade]

Gee, it's exhausting to come up with so much detail for such a deep probe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Volker]

fuck, wow ... Now I begin to understand why you didn't want us to catch Assault too easily (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Gilga]

It was an interesting read Jack.

[Luckace]

@Luckace Anna/bnc could take the wound modifier away so just assume we did?

Oh, right. I tend to forget that I'm travelling with two and a half medics. That really comes in handy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Volker]

Who's the half?

[Gilga]

Nova and bnc are really good at first aid. (Nova has 6 points). Anna has the medic kit functionality with health spells.

[Luckace]

Oh, wow. I actually meant Anna and bnc with the "full" medics, but I had no idea Nova was so good at first aid (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Looks like I underestimated her.

[Gilga]

She is just as good as bnc (perhaps better but I am not sure what the neocortical nanites do).

[Thanee]

Does anyone even have those nanites? Nova has them on her shopping list (i.e. useful stuff to buy later). They give bonus to Logic-based skill checks. Pretty nice. But you need nanohive cyberware to really use them, and they are expensive.

Anyways, Nova has the better skill, so she has the potential to heal more boxes with First Aid, as that is limited by the skill rank. bnc has the better dice pool, though. Working together with a teamwork test, we should be able to do some nice healing. And then, of course, Anna can still use her healing magic. Overall, we should be able to treat wounds rather well.

Bye
Thanee

[Jack_Spade]

Alright, the game seems to have stalled a bit.

Any more questions for the mercenary?

Otherwise you have a hot lead to find Abdecker.

[Luckace]

Anna had a question about assault's ways of recontacting his boss.

[Jack_Spade]

Ah sorry, I had overlooked that.

[Thanee]

Ah, okay, I misunderstood. I thought he gave us Jakob's number.

He did.

(Although, I think the correct name is "Dr. Johann", but even Jack used both "Dr. Jakob" and "Dr. Johann" for him. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) )

However, the mage fled in mist form, so he turned his body to mist and left all his worldly possessions behind, including the commlink, which is in our possession now (as is Battery's commlink and - technically - Assault's commlink, which is implanted in his body).

So, the mage is on the run fully naked (but probably shapechanged into some critter, I suppose).

Bye
Thanee

[Jack_Spade]

Indeed - and I have no idea how I added Jakob. There was only one Mage at this place and using the help of Assault and Battery: Dr. Johann

[Gilga]

We should hack the links and see what we find. Messages reports recent contacts etc.

Jack also since you intended for us to have their equipment please list what we have.

[Volker]

@Jack

In how much detail do you want to roleplay the hack? You can assume that bnc will thouroughly rip apart the 'link including ... well, everything she can get her hands on, combined with extensive matrix research. Do you just want to give us a summary or shall we go into more detail?

[Thanee]

Jack also since you intended for us to have their equipment please list what we have.

He actually did. It is a bit further above, where Nova collected the stuff.

Bye
Thanee

[Thanee]

Here are the relevant posts:

Nova looked around the still smoldering - and in some cases actually burning appartment. There had been chalk markings as well as something that looked like strewn about herbs on the floor. The mercenary had left the bag behind from which he had taken the AK. Inside were a few more grenades as well as a sealed plastic container with the dimensions of 40x30x20 cm³ with a "Warning, do not open" sticker on it. The container felt heavy and seemed to have been sealed with some kind of wax along the metallic edges.
Otherwise there still lied the enormous Naginata on the ground as well as the mage's clothes - a well tailored suit, covered with funny looking symbols and sewn on wire forms. It's pockets were empty safe for a saphire knife and an expensive looking commlink from Transsy.

@Thanee

Yes, you can shut down almost anything with a manual button.
Commlink on Battery is a Transsys Avalon. There is the weapon focus hatchet and the Ruger Super Warhawk with a long barrel, smartlink and ammo select. He has a saphire knife on him as well as three more gas grenades

Assault has his commlink implanted in his right arm.

Since there is no more opponent active right now, we can leave ini time.

@SquirrelDude
The AutoAssault 16 is in good order. It has full recoil compensation through counter weight, gas vent 3 and electronic firing. It also sports a custom grip and also a long barrel for more accuracy. There is even a scope on it that sports a smartlink display.

Bye
Thanee

[Jack_Spade]

No need for a long hack: When you start up the link, you'll find it pretty clean with only three commlink numbers:
Assault
Battery
Czerno

The call history seems to have been deleted after every call. Czerno seems to be the handle of the hacker you tangled with, although you can identify an active link behind the number - which you can identify as a burner phone that probably won't be active for much longer. If you attempt a trace it to an address that corresponds with a hotel next to the Linzer Zoo.

[Luckace]

@Gilga: Lol, I did not expect engaging in a theological discussion via Shadowrun (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Luckace]

@Jack: of course I'm not expecting a detailed description of all crimes Assault committed over the years, fleshing out the background for my mind probes is probably already taking enough time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
A simple example of his moral guidelines like "he appears to have a strict moral codex, doesn't hurt innocents/ is a ruthless killing machine blabla" will suffice.

[Gilga]

@Luckace Me too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Though to be fair she is trying to get an ally more than to debate (as she is not religious herself).

[Luckace]

What does my mind probe tell me anything about his subconscious, like a deeply hidden anger, thoughts of revenge...