Infiltration Challenge, Examining situation variables Options

[Eyeless Blond]

Yeah, I think that was Solitaire's job this time, assuming she can spoof the telephone. If not I think we're out of luck for that call; we can't jam a hard line can we?

As for whatever "those" are, I'd say our top priority is getting *out* before the security cameras turn back on. If it's really important--and I mean someone's-parents-dangling-over-acid-vat really important--we can try re-inserting Ghost and Trogdor after the guards get off the roof and Ghost is no longer hanging to consciousness by a thread, but for now we should get the Package to safety.

Oddly enough, the insertion itself seemed to go very easily, and if we can rig up a way to keep Sol and Advert wired into the building without stuff hanging out on the roof we could probably have stayed down here all night without much worry.

[Shanshu Freeman]

[Talia Invierno]

I'm sorry, I missed that altogether. Although I still don't think you've resolved the question of whether to actually ask her about "those" or not.

Last I heard in real life, switchboard hardlines were definitely connected to in-house telecom systems. This system is "off" enough that it can be comparable - so yes, Solitaire can spoof it.

Sorry, you probably will have said it - but exact course of action? So far, you were working your way back toward the elevator, and have almost made it to where the corridors cross.

[Crusher Bob]

Best to stick to the plan as much as possible, the plan was made when you hadn't been hit over the head with a hammer. Any 'bright' ideas you have at 6+ boxes of stun are probably not to bright.

The package has not said anything about dying without her hair ties ( :D ) so we don't need to worry about them too much. We have the medicine lodge to protect against any ritual tracking attempts and after the handover, it'll be the packages problem. Een it the hair ties were in the catalog rooms we looked in earlier, there is no timely way to find them.

Right now, it looks like we have ~6 minutes to get to the roof and get gone, plenty of time to get the job done, as long as there are no deviations.

Just ask 'Is there anything here that your life depends on?' or a similar question and if the answer is 'no', then get in the elevator and worry about it later.

[Talia Invierno]

[Crusher Bob]

Since we are not the King of England, we will assume that silence betokens consent. :D

[kevyn668]

[Shanshu Freeman]

[Eyeless Blond]

Heh. Don't forget to start getting our butts to the elevator, even as we're talking. We need to get OUT, not sit around yammerring.

[kevyn668]

Maybe the conversation takes place in that awkward span after you've pushed the button once but are waiting for the car...

::pushes button again and again::

[Talia Invierno]

She clenches her fists, and then, after another quick glance at Ghost, firmly shakes her head.

Actually there was a reason I stopped the action where I did - because the moment he hits the cross-corridors, Trogdor is caught by the current and swept down a good ways (but still within sight) before he manages to catch himself ... barely.

Going forward astrally along that corridor (the direction toward the elevators) isn't going to happen.

[Shanshu Freeman]

[Crusher Bob]

Does having your meat body wounded 'snap' you back to your body? IIRC that's what it did in second edition. It made a useful way of gettting you mage back on short notice. A friendly knife in the gut could be just what the doctor ordered.

What about going 'oout' via travel through the earth? How much time would that take?

[Talia Invierno]

Most possibilities listed are potentially feasible. All have serious difficulties.

Re piggy-backing:

Difficult (not least given the required continual balance), also physically limiting and strenuous to the person doing the piggy-backing: since the interaction would let them feel the full strength of the current. Slipping would be a constant concern - with no immediate ability to brace if the current does sweep him off. There is also a possibility, with that degree of physical link, that what intersects in a non-pleasant physical or mana way with one might be conducted into the other.

Re travelling through earth:

Definitely possible. Definitely slow. Definitely also fairly high possibility of getting lost before hitting man-made parts again.

[kevyn668]

I don't think wounding the mage's phys body "snaps him back" but I do think the mages knows he's being attacked.

[Crusher Bob]

Looks like that no longer applies, applicable section of the rulebook is p173 'While you were out'.

Guess that was a 1st or second edition rule.

[Eyeless Blond]

I think there are a couple ways to snap a projecting mage back, but most of them involve checking for Magic loss, which we really don't want to do. In a world of shoulda's we now add a big one: the mage was having problems for awhile now, and should have listened to them. Paranoia saves lives, and now we're stuck with a time crunch and a crisis.

Well, first off Now, is Trog manifesting so he can tell someone else (read: Ghost) he's getting swept along, or can he not keep his concentration on not getting sucked in long enough to do it (have him make a judgement call before trying anything, of course)? If he can and does then we're gonna have to get our decker do what she can to keep the security cameras looping in the sub-basement while she and Advert unplug and get their electronic hoops off that roof. If we go this route then I guess Ghost is getting that short rest she needs like it or not :P.

If not, well, looks like Trog's on his own, 'cause noone else can see him. Maybe he'll be getting disrupted, or disrupting himself maybe? Thought: can Trog make a SuperMove (eg. use fast astral movement) and just get out of the whole building, or is he too stuck to move even that way?

[Talia Invierno]

He had been manifesting. He would probably have dropped that in the moment of sheer surprise and reaction, which means that Ghost can't see him. It caught her attention, though.

Words within reason are always free actions.

Fast astral movement won't be possible against the current at this point.

[Shanshu Freeman]

[Talia Invierno]

She looks back at Ghost, her eyebrows raised.

[Eyeless Blond]

Somehow I think Ghost would be a little more professional than that, especially for someone who specializes in stealth (eg. not talking). Maybe something like:

Ghost (tapping her ear and speaking subvocally so Package doesn't think she went nuts): "Solitaire? Advert? Got a little problem down here with Trog. If you need to pull out early I understand, but let me know when you do and where I can hole up."

Remember:

[Eyeless Blond]

Ghost does have some sort of subvocal microphone etc. with her infiltration gear, right? It'd be a shame to have such a silent person have to speak into a handheld radio tranceiver or something.

[Shanshu Freeman]

[Talia Invierno]

Re subvocal microphone: if not on the original list, then revised accordingly, because you're right, there should be one.

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