Behind the Crown [OoC], Out-of-Character information for Behind the Crown Options

[Bastard]

That gives me time to catch up!

I should be back to normal hours by the 15th.

Its been crazy.

I am off tomorrow, so I hope between now and then I get some stuff done! My kid's last day of school (3rd grade) is tomorrow, so he has been up and down emotionally, so no promises.

[Bastard]

Here is the legwork to be done. Do you want one roll per contact for all questions, or roll for each question on each contact?

Legwork

[1] What do you know about "The Students of Justice"?
[2] Who is the delivery service working in the enclave, made up of ex-go-gangers?
[3] Do you know any criminals or criminal organizations working in the enclave area?
[4] Do you know who is investing in the enclave area?
[5] Do you know anyone matching Daisy's description? Can you put out feelers?

Contacts

• Bradshaw - Private Investigator - Level 2
• Lt. Booker - Lone Star Police Detective - Level 1
• "Jaxx" - Fixer - Level 1
• "Badger" - Bounty Hunter - Level 1
• Melinda Christel, Esq. - Contract Attorney - Level 0 (Provided by Bradshaw, looked over the Polidemos - Petsonal Contract.)

[Koekepan]

I'd like to see a roll per contact, but not for each question.

No point combinatorially expanding the roll count.

[Bastard]

Legwork

[1] What do you know about "The Students of Justice"?
[2] Who is the delivery service working in the enclave, made up of ex-go-gangers?
[3] Do you know any criminals or criminal organizations working in the enclave area?
[4] Do you know who is investing in the enclave area?
[5] Do you know anyone matching Daisy's description? Can you put out feelers?

Contacts

• Bradshaw - Private Investigator - Level 2
  [6d6=5, 5, 1, 1, 6, 6] Orokos - Legwork (Bradshaw)
  [2d6=4, 5] Orokos - Exploding Sixes
  Result: [11 - 10 - 5 - 5 - 1 - 1]
  
  
• Lt. Booker - Lone Star Police Detective - Level 1
  Not much expected on questions 3-5 (since he should have already done so)
  [6d6=3, 6, 4, 4, 1, 5] Orokos - Legwork (Lt Booker)
  [1d6=6] Orokos - Exploding Sixes
  Result: [12 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 1]
  
  
• "Jaxx" - Fixer - Level 1
  [6d6=5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6] Orokos - Legwork (Jaxx)
  [2d6=5, 4] Orokos - Exploding Sixes
  Result: [11 - 10 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5]
  
  
• "Badger" - Bounty Hunter - Level 1
  [6d6=4, 6, 5, 1, 1, 4] Orokos - Legwork (Badger)
  [1d6=6] Orokos - Exploding Sixes
  Result: [12 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 1 - 1]
  
  
• Melinda Christel, Esq. - Contract Attorney - Level 0 (Provided by Bradshaw, looked over the Polidemos - Petsonal Contract.)
  Not expecting much, but doesn't hurt to ask... she may have info on some of the questions
  [6d6=5, 2, 1, 4, 4, 6] Orokos - Legwork (Melinda)
  [1d6=6] Orokos - Exploding Sixes
  Result: [12 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1]

EDIT: Added Exploding Sixes rolls in case needed, and combined the total result.

I think Orokos might be broken. All my 1d6 rolls landed on 6.

This post has been edited by Bastard: May 31 2023, 06:52 PM

[Koekepan]

I'll amalgamate the answers to some extent.

1) The only person with any hard data on the Students of Justice is Booker. He regards them as a cut-rate, half-assed group of wannabe terrorists who'll be a real threat the moment that they figure out something for which they're willing to kill. Until then they're a semi-disorganised gang of property criminals and he'd have them all put away tomorrow if he thought for a minute that the prosecuting authorities would actually cooperate instead of pandering to political whims.

2) The delivery service is actually legit, as far as anybody can tell. Jaxx still has an eye on them in case he ever needs anything done and is flat out of options, but they genuinely turned over a new leaf. Jaxx's leading theory is that they figured out that they could make enough money as specialised couriers to keep their rides well-maintained, so it was the easier option. Bradshaw observes that they do maintain a low-key racing team as sponsors on the side, but nothing world-class, and still legit.

3) Sure. Lots. This question is way too open-ended. Everyone wants a slice of the enclave, because it's in such a geopolitically and logistically significant area.

4) New hot investment is mostly coming from large japanese concerns that work hand-in-glove with the imperial japanese government. The paranoia on the street is that they want to pull another CalFree landgrab and turn Seattle into the latest japanese colony, but as of today this is a little far-fetched. The politics gets a little murky, but Christel can deliver an educated take: UCAS, working primarily through Ares Macrotech, is making sure that Seattle would be hard to grab, and tough to hold. The hidden powers here are the tribes whose lands surround the enclave, and while they don't like palefaces much, they don't want Japan's spoon in the pot either. The elves of the Tir are also dead, murderously set against Japan because of their own vicious history, so there's nothing fixed about this situation. She describes it as "volatile".

5) Badger knows of an escort by that name, isn't surprised to hear that people are looking for her, but drops the nugget that he knows who has been moving in on the area, cleaning up all sorts of shadowy businesses including escorts: PoliDemos.

[pbangarth]

Aww, shit. Them again.

[pbangarth]

Back from Jamaica!

[Bastard]

Whew... 17 12-hr shifts in 19 days down... got three days off, then back at it.

Hope your trip to Jamaica was better than my trip to vacation coverage time.

BTW... I am going to GenCon August 3-6, family vacation 8-10. So I will be gone then, too. I am pretty excited, though I didnt join any SR games.

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Time for some more legwork...

Asking my contacts about PoliDemos. I am pretty sure I asked them before, but maybe since then they also became curious and have found something new.

Contacts

• Bradshaw - Private Investigator - Level 2
  [6d6=5, 4, 3, 1, 6, 3]
  Orokos - PoliDemos???
  
  
• Badger - Bounty Hunter - Level 1
  [6d6=2, 5, 6, 4, 2, 4]
  Orokos - PoliDemos???
  
  
• Jaxx - Fixer - Level 1
  [6d6=1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 3]
  Orokos - PoliDemos???
  
  
• Lt. Booker - LS Detective - Level 1
  [6d6=1, 2, 5, 1, 2, 3]
  Orokos - PoliDemos???
  
  
• Melinda - Contract Attorney - Level 0
  [6d6=1, 3, 5, 1, 6, 3]
  Orokos - PoliDemos???

[Koekepan]

Bradshaw says that PoliDemos is basically a cross between a neighbourhood association and a vigilante group. They're angry and pushy, but they also at least nominally have the interests of the community ... well, in their heads somewhere.

Badger has little to say about them. He knows that they exist and has taken a couple of gigs from them, but other than that they pay on time he doesn't know much.

Jaxx has nothing new to contribute. They don't really float in the same bowl.

Booker knows very little too. He's heard the name, as far as he's concerned they're a small-time policlub.

Melinda's only contribution is that apparently they've endorsed the occasional candidate in an election, which isn't unusual for a policlub.

[Bastard]

5) Badger knows of an escort by that name, isn't surprised to hear that people are looking for her, but drops the nugget that he knows who has been moving in on the area, cleaning up all sorts of shadowy businesses including escorts: PoliDemos.

"""Badger, how do I get in contact with Daisy?"""
[6d6=1, 5, 6, 5, 5, 1]
Orokos - Contact Daisy

[Bastard]

I cant remember the story.

We were hired by PetPersonal to find the dragonettes they lost, which PoliDemos had stolen, then tried to return???

[pbangarth]

Slightly different, Bastard. In the middle of a three day sheep herding clinic. Will catch up in a couple of days.

[Koekepan]

"""Badger, how do I get in contact with Daisy?"""

He hasn't the slightest clue. He didn't do anything with her, she wasn't on any of his hitlists. His best guess is that many of the people pushed out by whatever PoliDemos is doing might be trying to set up shop north and east of the Green Lake/Shoreline area, so perhaps Bothell?

[pbangarth]

I can remember the story.

We were hired by PetPersonal to find the dragonettes they lost, which PoliDemos had stolen, then tried to return???

Petsonal claims to not have lost anything.

We were hired by PoliDemos ostensibly to see if Petsonal was cheating them. In reality, Polidemos wanted to pin an 'escaped dangerous animal' rap on Petsonal, using the little creatures we took from their hapless agents.

The woman who showed up in the parking lot was PoliDemos and pissed off that we interfered with their setup. She was even more pissed off when Blue and his spirit smashed the crap out of her vehicle. After ineffectively trying to shoot Blue, she went into the Petsonal building (Why????), where she was met by their hellhounds. Who knows what happened to her there, but it can't be good. Hmmm. Unless she was a 'double agent'? If that, then our intrepid runners might have some paydata Petsonal might find valuable.

PoliDemos might not know Karmakaze, but they certainly know Blue, and probably have a serious hate on for him. This will probably affect their behaviour should the two of them go poking around PoliDemos' properties/files/connections/etc.

[Bastard]

Petsonal claims to not have lost anything.

We were hired by PoliDemos ostensibly to see if Petsonal was cheating them. In reality, Polidemos wanted to pin an 'escaped dangerous animal' rap on Petsonal, using the little creatures we took from their hapless agents.

The woman who showed up in the parking lot was PoliDemos and pissed off that we interfered with their setup. She was even more pissed off when Blue and his spirit smashed the crap out of her vehicle. After ineffectively trying to shoot Blue, she went into the Petsonal building (Why????), where she was met by their hellhounds. Who knows what happened to her there, but it can't be good. Hmmm. Unless she was a 'double agent'? If that, then our intrepid runners might have some paydata Petsonal might find valuable.

PoliDemos might not know Karmakaze, but they certainly know Blue, and probably have a serious hate on for him. This will probably affect their behaviour should the two of them go poking around PoliDemos' properties/files/connections/etc.

I was all backwards. Thanks for the refresh.

[pbangarth]

Hey, Koekepan. I have Blue's skill at Ancient Greek set according to the rules at half the write of the speak rating (2/1). But nobody speaks Ancient Greek. Would it be reasonable to you to switch the two ratings to 1/2 for this language?

[Bastard]

Do we have a description of Daisy? And do we know this guys name?

Questioning the Carpenter
Orokos
[6d6=4, 4, 6, 1, 4, 4]

[Koekepan]

Blue: yeah, I'll let you switch read/write on Ancient Greek.

Carpenter's name: Xavier Svensson
Description of Daisy: you have a last known description, because undercover cops change their appearance like underwear. She's about 5'4", blonde, shoulder length curls, slim but curvaceous, human.

[pbangarth]

Blue: yeah, I'll let you switch read/write on Ancient Greek.

Thanks.

[pbangarth]

So, what exactly is Nordic coffee?

[Koekepan]

Coffee. But marketed to people who apparently think that the scandinavian population of early Seattle makes it somehow cooler and more authentic to ... something-or-other ... because ... vikings?

It sells coffee. And other crap. To people with more nuyen than brains.

[pbangarth]

"""Careful with code like that, scan? Parrots have eyes and ears. B stock gets sold to wholesalers."""

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Have fun with that, Karmakaze!! Naive Blue will be out to lunch.

[Bastard]

I will try to catch up tomorrow.

[Bastard]

Trying to finish up a project at work right now before I take off for GenCon. I will be gone from 2-5 Aug, and then on family vacation 6-10 Aug.

[pbangarth]

Wow. GENCON. It's been years.