Yet more things to buy/upgrade...

I realized there is a slight error in one of my gear purchases. The Smartlink requires an Image link, so my glasses would cost another 25 nuyen more. I really like these buried interdependencies in the written rules.

Des needs a new pair of glasses. But after the meet.

Ginger--Full info to come when Juju takes the time to read through the file fully, but basically you're hitting a Talismonger's shop. The owner is out of town and you are taking a single item to a dock in Tacoma where a boat will be waiting. No corporate contracts are mentioned.

Missed about the file just going to JuJu, did a slight edit to reflect

I'm going to wait until we get to Krum's to go over the file fully.

following Ju Ju and being obvious about it any rolls i need to make?

Des, how big is your comet's trunk?

Am I getting a ride with JuJu and Krum?

yes, he said, "but that's it" so noone else. but the 3 of us in 1 little comet... big troll squeezed in back.

I think the Comet is a mid size sedan, so a troll in the back seat and someone up front in the passenger seat works. Trunk size I leave up to speculation. It's only our first date.

Warrior--No rolls needed.

Rokur--Please describe the apartment for the team, so they know what they are looking at.

how's that?

Reason i asked about trunk was because i wanted to maybe put my axe and my shield in there. My bow + arrows can be carried on my back on my bike... but the shield and axe could be needed, and wanted it to be stowed..... scrap this idea if we change our roles around. But Krum only thinks about himself anyway

Alright team, it's Monday. I usually do a bump at the beginning of the week, let me know if there is anything you need from me. It looks like you are in the planning stage at the moment.

Sorry for disappearing, I've been sick. I'm back though

Keepers of Life

Int 3 + Tribal Politics 4 = 7
6 5 5 4 2 2 1 = 3 hits, 1 one

Int 3 + Occult Knowledge 3 = 6
5 5 4 3 3 3 = 2 Hits

Dire--

Tribal Politics--They are a Sioux Initiatory group with a strong care for life and nature. Old Flame Dancing is one of the elders of the group and has opposed several choices that the Council has made. She and her people are viewed as traditionalists.

Occult Knowledge--They have been rumored to create several new health spells and focus on control over life and death.

I'm waiting for Wolfgar before I post ICly.

Is there any problem with me linking with his shades?

As long as they are wireless enabled, which was listed above, and both devices are within signal rating (shades have a rating of 1) then you are fine.

I think we may want to hash some stuff out OOC, before proceeding with the IC posts. For my part I don't mind much how it resolves, though I have a preference for result that doesn't mess everyone up IC. Des would be happy to hand over the credstick and walk away at this stage.

yeah, i'm kinda getting that feel from him dire. Granted he makes some good points, we're talking in a fairly unsecured room of what everyone else now knows, (Wolfgar is still in the dark on what the particulars of the job is) is going to be something highly illeagal. Also being somewhat discussed is what everyone specializes in, which though not illeagal is highly questionable, and if anyone was listening would make them even more curious and cause them to listen more closely so that they would find out what was going on and possibly raise the alarm or at least make life difficult for us.

Most of this I'm going to leave the team to sort out...inter-party politics are what you have to deal with between yourselves.

Dire--You can scan for bugs, listening devices etc. if you believe that someone is listening. It may not answer the professionalism concerns, but the option is there.

Everyone--Remember that all the characters are supposed to be team-players. As per the recruiting thread, lone-wolves and self-centered psychopaths need not apply. That said sort it out yourselves.

It's supposed to be a team game. Why is there always a character who can't get along with a team?

Anyway, we're in the barrens, right? Who exactly is going to be listening, and why would they be listening to US?

I completely expected as soon as Des raised any objections that someone in the team would simply kill him and the team would proceed from there.

Des has objected to the huge troll using Des's personal vehicle for the storage of the trolls personal illegal gear. And he's been insulted by the troll after Des indicated he didn't want to. Being bullied into losing your car so the troll doesn't have to carry his axe around is good teamwork?

The team hasn't taken any precautions against being followed from the club or being recorded. Des is pointing this out. It's not too out of line to think someone could be surveilling the Johnson(or any of the team really) and have picked us up and tracked from the meet. Being in the Barrens makes it easier to track in some ways as you don't have to dodge the Star or other corps, just bullets.

If the team can't handle a member raising some objections without simply killing them, then this isn't one in which Des will last long. And that's fine by me.

Des is the only one who's raised the idea of violence within the party.
As for the rest, Des is the rigger. Isn't that exactly the kind of thing the rigger does? Between spirits and drones, shouldn't we pretty much be assured of a net of eyes and ears looking out for other eyes and ears around us?

I suppose we could play survivor, and you guys could vote me off or something. Krum isn't the brightest of thinkers. He says what he feels. If he doesn't like you, he'll make it obvious. However, he is very "matter of fact" and straightforward in his business. Although, he keeps his bad sense of humor he does try to stay on point. He isn't necessarily self-centered, just rather dumb.

He recommended his place, because it was the second place he thought of (deciding not to recommend McGee's in loyalty to his friend) and he was getting impatient. (which he does at times - thus the addiction to deepweed to calm him down) If you objected to going to his place, then you could have said so.

And obviously what Krum has said in IC about helping him out a bit. He doesn't need any gear at all to still kick ass in melee, and won't be scared walking into combat without his axe or shield. He's just thinking to help protect you guys, you might wanna help carry some more gear, and make him better at gaining attention/aggro from possible enemies.

Also, Krum never mentioned any illegaity of his work. He works professionally as a paranormal hunter. (albeit with a fake license... but a damn good one) He tells people this if they ask him his "job."

Also, Krum really is kinda dumb. He would actually believe you "don't know what he means." and thus, call you dense, and explain it further.

The point about not wanting to carry around the illegal gear in the car is valid. No one so far has mentioned any illegal activity. As to the other stuff...

I probably should have encrypted the transmission of mission specifics, but I don't think I can since I don't have an encrypt program. I should have done a quick survelance in astral to make sure no spirits were watching, which IC I probably will after Des's comment and kick myself mentally, IC. With that said as part of a team I expect the Sams to keep a physical eye out, the rigger to use his skills to extend that eye out, the hacker to deal with electronic warfare, and the magic types to keep an astral eye out (I've already acknowleded a screw up here).

Now speaking purely of what my character's reaction to Des's threat would be, he would be calm and talk it out. However, if Des were to try to leave JuJu would do the following: 1) control thoughts to stand down any threat to the team, 2) followed by overcast stunbolt to knock him out, 3) followed by slitting the throat, 4) followed by disposing of the body 5) followed by working with the team to finish the job. I don't like this course of action for a couple of reasons: 1) control thoughts spell takes away control of the PC from the player (always bad) 2) killing a character in the beginning of a run removes a player and his fun.

Why can't we just say, "We need to do better security-wise." Then do the things to be better security-wise. No Des is not offering his vehicle. Yes the troll will be less effective because of it, but oh well. And move on with the job."

Not wanting to carry around an Axe and Shield is reasonable? As apposed to whatever else we'll be carrying? No, this is stupid nitpicking. We are criminals, planning a crime, and some one is worried about having an axe in the trunk? Axes are legal. They are legal to possess and carry.
Usually, during the commision of crimes, one does not pull over for the traffic cops.

edit> Am I just stupid here? Is there something I'm missing? The rigger is worried that in the middle of our run, he'll get pulled over by traffic cops and busted for the axe he's carrying in the trunk?

PS. Since I now have the data, what are we carrying, and if the rigger isn't going to carry it in his car, why do we even have a rigger?

McQuillan

Dire--Noted, thank you.

Bearclaw--The item that you are to collect is "an ivory case inlaid with gold and silver". No name was given for the item, only the description.

Rokur - You're doing a fine job with Krum. Keep at it. I'm enjoying it. It's just a lot of IC triggers came up all at once which makes a naturally tense in character situation worse. I can explain it all OOC but I think it's a nicer approach to draw things out with in character responses.

well that resolved kinda fast didn't it.

Des jumps into the Kestrel (Rotodrone), which the "legal" drone I had intercept me and follow us here. I want to have it fly close enough to the apartment to get an effective scan with the cyberware scanner and radio signal scanner. In the meantime, my Agent, "Owl" will scan from my commlink the apartment for hidden devices.

Various Tests, let me know what needs to be changed, this is my first pass at what I think the various tests might be.
Hover near window = Pilot Aerospace 6 + Reaction 6 = 12 threshold TBD, NOTE -1 threshold while in full VR and hot sim
Buy three hits
Drone Radio Signal Scanner(equivalent to a scanner program) for other nodes(drones) = Electronic Warfare 3 + Sniffer 6 = 9
6 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 1 = 4 hits
Drone Radio Signal Scanner for other nodes(in apartment) = (Drone Pilot autosoft) Electronic Warfare 3 + Sniffer 6 = 9
6 6 6 6 5 5 3 2 1 = 6 hits
Cyberware scans on each person Cyberware Scanner 6 = 6 (15 meter range)
assign one per team member randomly
6 4 4 4 3 1 = 1 hit
6 5 4 4 3 3 = 2 hits
5 5 3 2 2 1 = 2 hits
6 6 4 1 1 1 = 2 hits , 3 ones Glitch! Fun.
5 5 5 4 4 2 = 3 hits
Test the drones microphone against the WNG. Sensor 3 + Audio Enhancement 3 = 6
5 5 5 3 2 1 = 3 hits
Commlink Agent test for hidden devices around apartment = Agent 4 + Scan 5 = 9
5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 = 2 hits, Glitch!
Des visual search while in drone = Int 3 or Sensor 3 + Perseption 4 + Visual Enhancers 3 = 10
6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 = 5 hits
Being unobtrusive while flying drone = agility 2 + Infilitration 3 = 5
5 5 5 4 1 = 3 hits

I'll also wait for a cycle of IC posts before I post IC again, assuming no one takes advantage of Des while he is in full VR.

I believe its just a perception test to just check for things like spirits/auras, but then an assensing test if I want to figure out info on the spirit/aura.

Perception + Intuition = 5 dice
6,5,2,5,4 -> 3 successes, 0 ones

If I find any auras in or around the building then:

Assensing + Intuition = 8 dice
5,1,4,3,3,6,2,3 -> 2 successes, 1 one

And bows!

Dire--I won't normally need a pilot check unless you are trying to do something difficult or you are in combat.

All programs are capped by the rating of the System/Pilot of the device they are being run on. I'm going to need a re-roll of the Commlink Agent test and the Radio Signal scanner.

Cyberware Scanner:
GingerKid--JuJu, (Please list if only a single weapon)
Bearclaw--Hunter, (More than 2 implants--didn't meet threshold)
Rokur--Krum, (No implants or weapons)
Crystal Monkey--Kevin McKnight, (Multiple signals--possible prototype pistol/unrecognized)
Warrior--Wolfgar, (Please list if fewer than 6 weapons)

Dire--I will edit the sensor info after I get the re-rolls.

AP4
survival knife
magical perusal will show that the knife is a weapon focus

Rerolls Tests
Drone Radio Signal Scanner(equivalent to a scanner program) for other nodes(drones) = Electronic Warfare 3 + Sniffer 3 = 6
6 5 4 2 2 1 = 3 hits
Drone Radio Signal Scanner for other nodes(in apartment) = (Drone Pilot autosoft) Electronic Warfare 3 + Sniffer 3 = 6
4 3 1 1 1 1 = 0 hits, Critical Glitch!

Question here then is, the Radio Signal Scanner is part of the drone sized sensor package attached to the drone. If had a rating 6 radio signal scanner sitting on a box in my hands then it would be Des EW + Radio Signal Scanner rating. The radio signal scanner is not a piece of software running on the drone, but a piece of dedicated sensor hardware attached to the drone.

Commlink Agent test for hidden devices around apartment = Agent 4 + Scan 4 = 8
5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 = 1 hit
The commlink is system 5, I would have agent 5 as well but that is above availability 12 at chargen.

what's the deal here..... Are we waiting for certain posts before continuing?

Des is VR and jumped into a drone, it'll take a little time to run all the scans. This is also a chance for everyone else to act or talk or whatever while he is out. I'd rather not post IC till everyone has had a chance to express themselves.

When JuJu comes back from his astral recon, he's just going to sit there until Des looks there again. He doesn't want another tense situation to arise from Des thinking they were talking behind his back.

Hunter would like to read the info he's been given, before he decides what further action to take. A rigger who refuses to carry possibly illegal things isn't especially useful to a shadowrunning team which has been contracted to transport something possibly illegal.

Okay, sounds like you are waiting for Des before proceeding, I am waiting on a couple results of my rolls to be worked out and will post IC as soon as I get them.

Dire--
Per our PMs and the related thread, I'm going to use the first Sniffer tests.

Drone Radio Signal Scanner(equivalent to a scanner program) for other nodes(drones) = Electronic Warfare 3 + Sniffer 6 = 9
6 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 1 = 4 hits
--There are no radio signals from outside the apartment beyond the standard background noise of the city.

Drone Radio Signal Scanner for other nodes(in apartment) = (Drone Pilot autosoft) Electronic Warfare 3 + Sniffer 6 = 9
6 6 6 6 5 5 3 2 1 = 6 hits
--You have intercepted several unknown signals within the apartment, none are currently communicating with services outside of the apartment. No signals are encrypted. (Team if you have encrypted something and I didn't see it let me know.)

The Agent did not find any hidden nodes, but can continue searching as an extended test.

Cyberware scanner results posted above.

Bearclaw--The info passed around includes the address, names and descriptions listed above. Let me know if you have specific inquiries or tests that you'd like to make for additional info.

Astral wards no longer alert the creator of a breech?

I turn off my commlink.