No offense Jaid, sorry to see you go, but....

I see a couple of gangers getting capped in this upcoming altercation.

I think that is almost a given at this stage....

So, sarcastically speaking, the players that left (most, unlike Jaid, witout a word ) provided a decent pool of red skirts.

Now I don´t advocate on grasing all the npc-ised pcs right away, or on a regular basis, not even necessarily any in this fight (though I guess that will hapen), but eventually, when we aquire new players, old unused pcs will go, so we might as well let them go with a drmatic blast.

Yeah, I'd hate for all of them to get killed. That would be too easy for us players left in the meat...too much padding.

It might even be impractical for someone like Steel to die easily. Although, I could see someone like Steel taking the brunt of an onslaught as well.

So, what is the plan for this throw down?

JJ is going to setup in that hall by the med room. Felix is there with him. I figure if they try to rush in through the main entrance, JJ will shoot until it is no longer conducive to living or he runs out of bullets. Then, he will fall back to the gym, get on Felix's bike with Felix and they are going to take off to their meet zone....which was the mall.

Heh, wonder if the LMB will hide us...

Anyway, that is all the plan I have. Unless they come in the other way, through the back. Then, my plan is to shoot the other direction.

You know, Halo and Tao are sitting somewhere around there, too, right? Hope you take that into account, when shooting the other direction

I´ll try to not have TF shoot JJ in the back, as well, if they come through the main entrance

Oh, and he will tell the both of them, that he might bang a flashy granade somewhere along the battle

Well if TF is with Halo they're in the gym, just inside the double doors leading to the loading dock. So they're not really in any danger of getting shot by JJ or Felix unless JJ's shooting over his shoulder or something

*Twidle thumbs*

JJ does have 2 pistols on him, and he is only proficient with using 1 at a time. It could get dicey. (hehe...pun intended)

edit: That might be JJ's new catch phrase: it could get dicey.

@GM

Trying to look for and ID any gang symbols/colours/etc on the Trolls and their bikes.

Wyrm is going to stay in VR at first.
If the Trolls start an attack run, I'm going to see how many bikes I can crash to reduce their mobility, then I'll sick the dobermans on them.

When it looks like they're going to crash the door, Nurse and I will hightail it to her bike and take off with Halo and TF (so warn us before you split, Wyrm will back out of VR if you feel the heat is too high), and use, if they're left, the dobermans as cover fire for our escape.

I can see 0day, Shade, Cammy or Knives as possible casulties if this resorts to a fire fight, but I guess that's really up to TG and if he wants to sacrifice them.

Aziz is on the roof, and he'll start sniping if any hostiles come by.

You got a way off of the roof bro?

JJ and Felix won't be leaving you hanging up there.

Isn't there like, a rooftop access hatch? Or if not, we modded one in?

Stairs go all the way to the roof on the two stairwells.

Or at least they should.

I'm talking about how are you going to get down if the stairs are blocked?

I guess they won't be though at first.

He's a healthy boy, he can jump

I was thinking that too, but then I remembered we aren't real shadowrunners.

raven can levitate

Here's how I'll get off the roof in the event the stairs are blocked.

If blocked by something killable, I'll kill my way down the stairs.
If blocked by something unkillable, I'll push my down the stairs.
If blocked by something both unkillable and unmovable, I'll simply stay on the roof.

Go go Gadget Aziz!

Did TG give us anything more than a "this weekend" for a time frame for his post?

Nope.

I had always envisioned a fire-escape down onto our roof for the building adjacent. That, or an... improvised... door into the third floor of the adjacent building. Something like that.

la la la.... just wanted to post, make sure y'all know i'm still active

I know how you feel Rokur... I keep digging to find stuff to post

Well, Raven plans to use Control Thoughts on some nasty-looking Troll (possibly one in their 'back ranks'), while they are still outside, then hopefully start some mess between them. That's why she has taken up position near a front window.

Bye
Thanee

Nice idea Thanee.

With Felix's Control Emotions, I'm sure we could start a brawl

I plan to exchange Ice Sheet (which has prohibitive Drain compared to the effect), probably against Mob Control. That should help, too

But still, we should talk to them first (Halo, probably, maybe supported by one or the other talker). We may be abled to send them against the 669s.

BTW, why is the ISC dead, today?

All that's needed to get off the roof safely is enough rope.

The spirit Tao summoned is a force 2 spirit of men, no drain, 3 services.

Ack, helluva bad four days or so. I'm alive today, however, and catching up slowly.

My priority list:

1. Describe how I deal with subscriber lists and commlinks, etc.
2. Describe what the group can see of the trolls on the Matrix
3. Describe what the group can see of the trolls on the Astral
4. Describe any other visible details of the trolls, along with what they are doing now
5. Answer any questions to spring up in the last four days.
6. Revamp the gang turf map and add another gang area and (maybe) fix it so that Liberty Park is neutral territory (or at least controlled by someone a little more hospitable than La Raza).

Yeah, this is kinda overwhelming here... I certainly have some trouble keeping up as well.

Bye
Thanee

Point #1.

Network Rules

Look good to everyone?

Nice diagrams. Yeah, looks good to me.

Bye
Thanee

Nice, but doesn´t that make skinlinks useless? (well except when you want to go (near) totaly emission free).

EDIT:
Not thet I mind reshuffeling some cred, but still.

Shouldn't. The subscriber-only arragement does nothing to keep your data from being intercepted, tracked, or jammed (all things skinlink does), it just makes it so that your devices don't turn on you at the drop of a hat. It also reinforces the "go through the commlink" rules which are in the book.

C410 Chat channel is a slaved commlink network, with China Dolls commlink as the master commlink. This represents the "Tactical" mode, this way Agent X and China Doll's encryption software is available to protect everyone.

If possible I'd like to do a variant where the gangers with the more capable commlinks rotate out being the master commlink for the network. Well, probably some kind of hierarchy depending on the capability of the commlinks and software.

Caveat to the network rules:

The human brain can only interact with one commlink at a time. Thus, no cheating and having one that's completely private and one that you use to hit the net. You can have one slaved to the other to create a chokepoint (in which case you're still only using one directly) but that's about it.

Other data can be gathered with various rolls. For these rolls, home turf does not apply. Teamwork does not apply. Most other modifiers don't apply. It's pretty much just a stat+skill(+spec) roll. If you have other modifiers that you think should apply, ask me and I'll make a decision. Each of these tests will affect the entire group, which is why I'm keeping your die pools a bit smaller.

Matrix perception test:

1 hit
2 hits
3 hits
4 hits
5 hits

Assensing test (defaultable if you normally have astral perception without deepweed):

1 hit
2 hits
3 hits
4 hits
5 hits

Raven's Assensing: 3 hits

Bye
Thanee

Wyrm's Matrix Perception Test:

China Doll Matrix Perception

You can have as many as you want, unless you actively use them at the same time (actively in relation to your person not the commlink itself).

Bye
Thanee

Yea, but I could still use one to do my AR hacking, while using the other one to have a simple audio call with my pal, couldn´t I?

I can´t see, why one can´t use two coms for hacking at the same time, either. would just have to devide the actions between the coms, just as with multiple nodes accessed at the same time. Of cause the hacker would have to do 2 exploits, one for each comm, to access the same node with both comlinks.

However, if this is simply a rule for balance or easiness, I won´t complain. TF has no second comlink anyway and isn´t going to hack anything.

I've been debating getting Wyrm a trimmed down commlink. Seeing as she doesn't need the communication aspect of the device, pick up some sort of PDA device to store her stuff. SR3 had wearable computers, which would be in essence what I'm looking for... I guess I could just get a standard commlink without a service plan and just keep it running silent.

At least the appearance of a commlink won't make her look so out of place

Felix's Assensing