The Found Arcana - Chapter 9 [OOC] Options

[Gilga]

People who know more about the Matrix than I do: would this be a good opportunity to use Tag (Kill Code, p. 40) on the Flying Eye? My dice pool wouldn't be good, but it can be done with a commlink since the Limit is set by Data Processing.

TAG
(SIMPLE ACTION)
Marks required: None
Test: Computer + Logic [Data Processing] v.
Sleaze + Intuition
You track and analyze enemy movements in real
time, giving your allies the edge in engagement.
The hacker may “tag” a number of targets on a
single PAN, equal to their net hits, within their line
of sight. They can then relay those tags wirelessly to
allies. Tagging a target negates up to 2 dice in penalties
from Visibility and Light/Glare to any affected
ranged attack rolls allies may be making against that
target, including blind-fire due to invisibility or shooting
through cover. Allies who can see a tag may also
take one additional Take Aim Action against that target
as a Free Action on each Initiative Pass.
Tags may be sustained by spending a Simple
Action to refresh the tags each Combat Turn.
When using a PI-Tac, the hacker may add the PITac’s
level to the number of targets they may tag.
Note: In order for allies to receive this bonus, they
must have the ability to see AROs.

It is also very easy to do since the vast majority of devices have no sleaze property (most actions use firewall for defense).

[Jack_Spade]

Yes, TAG is an excellent action - that even a drone can do for you (one reason one of my characters mounted a goldfish drone on his gun)

[Tecumseh]

I'll give it a try:

Tag: Logic 4 + Computer 2: 6d6t5 1 hit

Ahh, the Orokos gods have exhausted their generosity.

Well maybe Tamarind can follow it anyway, or perhaps even Mato on foot.

[Gilga]

I'll give it a try:

Tag: Logic 4 + Computer 2: 6d6t5 1 hit

Ahh, the Orokos gods have exhausted their generosity.

Well maybe Tamarind can follow it anyway, or perhaps even Mato on foot.

The dice gods like Tiny:
Resist tag: 4d6t5 3

[Gilga]

I'll wait to get an understanding about Tamarind/Bobby/Raven approach (or lack of) to the drone and then proceed to resolve it.

[Jack_Spade]

We'll head with the car in the general direction of the drone.
A materialized spirit should be able to quickly catch up with it and just grab the card for us.

[Thanee]

Once we see the drone, it should be doable.

Bye
Thanee

[Gilga]

Seeing the drone is the tricky part, drones are ubiquitous and they'll be numerous flying eyes used for all sorts of purposes. I'll allow it with a successful tag as an extended test to search for the drone with the card.

[Thanee]

That is a rather small drone, maybe Raven can also cast Magic Fingers and pull it in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Gilga]

You can if you have line of sight and some optical image magnification to see what you are manipulating.

[Beta]

Sorry, lost the posting habit again.

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Gilga, my intent had been to have Tamarind track it with her drones, but I know I didn't go into the details in a timely manner. I'm going to throw in some roles below, but I'm entirely fine if your feeling is that it is too late for this.

perception - follow drone (limit 3): 11d6t5 1

ha-ha, Orokos is saving you from having to make a decision, with that roll she lost visual track of the drone quickly.

Token tag attempt:
TAG: 9d6t5 2
Good, Orokos makes it with consistent with the rest of the IC's.

So she would have kept the one drone that was with Mato following him, to know what he was up to and as back up, and also so that she can follow. Driving her van, she'll be lagging behind, not wanting to get in the middle of the bikes and not be as maneuverable. As she follows, she calls one of her delivery drones down from overwatch, to be close at hand just in case they want to send this thing away aerially.

[Tecumseh]

Some questions around what's happening in the latest IC post, so that I understand it correctly and Mato can act accordingly.

- Is Tom (the biker) one of the cadets - who somehow got a big lead on the others - or is he unaffiliated? I wasn't sure if his bike is a bicycle (which would fit with their poverty) or a motorcycle (and thus part of the Halloweener pack).

- Per the spoiler, who would Mato be sneaking past?

- How long until the Halloweener pack of ten arrives? Does Mato have a moment to talk with Tom and the tween, or not really?

I have a good sense how Mato will respond but I want to make sure that his response makes sense with the IC situation.

[Thanee]

You can if you have line of sight and some optical image magnification to see what you are manipulating.

Raven has Optical Binoculars, so that part is covered.

Whether we have line of sight, I cannot tell. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Are we even close by now?

Bye
Thanee

[Thanee]

Casting Magic Fingers F6 in preparation

Spellcasting 4 hits
Drain Resistance DV 2S 3 hits

Bye
Thanee

[Gilga]

Some questions around what's happening in the latest IC post so that I understand it correctly and Mato can act accordingly.

- Is Tom (the biker) one of the cadets - who somehow got a big lead on the others - or is he unaffiliated? I wasn't sure if his bike is a bicycle (which would fit with their poverty) or a motorcycle (and thus part of the Halloweener pack).

- Per the spoiler, who would Mato be sneaking past?

- How long until the Halloweener pack of ten arrives? Does Mato have a moment to talk with Tom and the tween, or not really?

I have a good sense how Mato will respond but I want to make sure that his response makes sense with the IC situation.

- Tom is one of the Haloweener cadets.
- He does not have a big lead - on the contrary, he was left behind with his old scooter. You'll have like 5-10 minutes (Mato does not really know - and it would take a while to figure out that the drone changed course and try to triangulate where it is now going. I see it as a small soccer ball. Not trivial to track.
So there is some time for conversation, but likely not for a very long one.
- Interestingly, Mato found him so quickly because he focused on the ones lagging for easy takedowns.

- The sneaking comment was because Mato's original plan was to KO as many cadets as possible.

[Tecumseh]

5-10 minutes is way more than I thought. I was thinking like 30-60 seconds.

Okay, if Mato has identified these two then he's going to have a short conversation with them before the larger pack arrives. I'll work on the IC post. Let me know if it misrepresents or misunderstands anything.

Mato will be walking a fine line of trying to simultaneously negotiate with them and intimidate them. He wants to bully them for their own good, if that makes sense. He'll be dialing his infrasonic generators up and down as he switches back and forth within his carrot-and-stick approach.

(I looked this up to see if this idiom is the same in other languages. It looks like a lot of western European languages use carrot-and-stick while central/ Eastern European languages often use sugar-and-whip instead, or some similar variation.)

[Gilga]

You don't survive in Redmond long enough by not understanding the situation. They are unlikely to disagree with Mato, especially after what he did to Tom's friends.

[Tecumseh]

Smart lad.

[Beta]

I'm assuming that Mato is broadcasting to the team from his eyes and whatever audio pick up he has (link?)

[Tecumseh]

Honestly, no, I wasn't consciously doing that. But I thought Tamarind had a drone chasing Mato (actually, chasing the Flying Eye drone) that would be able to provide eyes and ears on the situation.

[Gilga]

Just out my curiosity - when Mato says he'll buy them a Sony what does he means? The Emperor is the Sony Emperor comlink the type that Urubia handed out like candies. Or at least this is why I made them so common.

[Tecumseh]

I'm thinking of the two Sony Emperors that Mato took from the Halloweeners that he and Tamarind KO'd (to steal the Molotovs that I didn't use). I don't need them anymore and, if the Crimson Crush were finishing off the fallen, then their original owners don't need them either.

I would hand them over right now but I IC'd that Mato left them with Tamarind.

[Thanee]

Are Bobby und Raven on the scene by now?

Bye
Thanee

[Gilga]

Nope, you needed to get pretty far to ambush the van. Hacking, and spirits, may be fair game. Tamarind likely has a drone following the card as well.

[Tecumseh]

I'll ask this ICly when I get a chance for a longer post, but
1) does Raven have spirit she can lend, and
2) does Tamarind have any firepower in the sky?