Oh, I didn't mean in terms of account, I meant that if you handed me your trodes you wouldn't be able to access your computer (easily) while I was using it.. .but since it is implated - not an issue.

What is an issue is that I don't have any DNI gear easily accessable, so I wouldnt' be able to connect my brain to the linguasoft anyways. I will post some appropriate response, but it was good thinking - and might end up being really useful later on.

Mr Smith --> Trodes --> Mr Smith Commlink --> Sledge Commlink.

Works because Sledges comm is running the linguasoft and transmitting the results. Mr Smith's commlink has a "window" into Sledges Node.

p. 321

"Linguasoft: Linguasofts replicate language skills, allowing
the user to speak a foreign language as fluently as her
native language. Linguasofts may also be used as real-time
translation programs. Linguasofts must be accessed with a
direct neural link (either a sim module or datajack)."

At the very least you can see the output from Sledge hearing and running the translation out. If Mr Smith uses trodes, he can use that sim module to work with the linguasoft.

And if nothing else, talk to Sledge, and get the translated text back for Mr Smith to read aloud to the guard.

Japanese translation for my last post 5 dice: 6,5,1,6,2 = 3 hits. I'm hoping its decent, but feel free to adjsut it adamu. I purposefulyl selected strange words for saying some of the parts to try to demonstrate having to rely on an incomplete vocabulary.

As for the trodes thing... Mr. Smith doesn't have any with him. Like, he OWNS some, but I didn't bring them with me tonight, cause I didn't think they would be of much use. Newb mistake (always bring everything with you). .. and from what I understand, the linguasofts translate the language into some sort of symbolic brain representation - not into another language (except, perhaps, if you had an English lingua-soft as well). Cause I originalyl thought it might be cool to subscribe my contacts to the feed to get subtitles... but I dunno, Adamu can explain how he wants them to work (and if that's an option).

Talking to Sledge is a good idea, but Mr. Smith is kind of out to prove he can do this (to Cal, and to Cal's mysterious friends) dispite being completely blindsided by this Japanese thing... I'm gonna see how well I do with basic concepts, and then toss in edge-dice when the details become important... but as a last resort he will probably ask Sledge what was just said, or to interpret something into Japanese - but for the time being, since we're at a big advantage here, I'm going to try to handle my tasks on my own... and settel the score with Cal later.

Maybe Cal is a japanese major....

O.O Oh god he's on to me! If he is, he better get his ass over here and take over....

Abbandon

Looks like everyone is all caught up with each other, so you can go now.

Everything off initiative unless someone does something physical that someone else might resist.

BH & DR

Well, glad to see you guys are still having fun with the Japanese. The text is really no big deal.

But hey, Dire, did I read you right? You got that bride/mask/manager abomination off the Japanese text, or the Romanization? I would expect it from the latter, but can't imagine it from the former, even from a machine.

Anyway, the one rule on linguasofts you quoted for BH - I do have to call 'crappy rules writing' on that - at least the 'as fluent as their own native language' part. Not because of my own bias and skepticism regarding the concept of machine translation, but simply because it contradicts other rules. You get your native language at the magical N rating, no rolls ever required. But those linguasofts all come with a rating. It's like the idiot writers are saying you can be totally fluent with a 1 rating program, so why buy a 5? A 3 Intuition person with a 3 program is only going to be able to average 2 successes per exchange, not even 'complex subject'.
Anyway, I think you already understand this, and were simply talking connectivity with BH.

And on connectivity, BlackHat, if you still wanna use Edge, and also don't want to get into a DNI feed, remember the last bonus listed on the chart on p. 129 - you don't HAVE to go DNI - you can set the Linguasoft to simply provide AR cues (to your contacts or glasses or whatever). The bonus is +1-4, so for the Rating 3 soft you get a +2 on your own language skill if you use the AR bonus.

For dice, we will keep using the same roll for each objective, i.e. you will retain your current three successes until you get him to cooperate. If and when he does start to cooperate, you will need another roll. I'll tell you when.

The latest Japanese you cobbled together was really quite coherent - much better than your greetings.

Anyway, as I said later, the actual Japanese is flavor and great role-playing, but to repeat, we will be relying on dice + English in most cases.

Sounds good.

If Mr. Smith can connect the softs to AR, I might as well... so I'll go back and edit my reply to Sledge... For the time being, I'll just keep the roll as - is, but while I am speaking that last part I wil lbe configuring my contacts, earbuds, and commlink to connect to hers - so I wouldn't get the bonus for this last bit anyways.

Caittie - TM

Unless I'm missing something, Caittie is still logged onto the central node with admin access. She is nolonger logged into Rocky's comm due to him shutting it down, but sufferes no dumpshock due to being out of VR when he does so.
She was trying to distract her attackers before, but since she is caught anyways, she doesnt want to suffer the noise and cold as well.

@JD
Caittie is cold, tired and pissed... Pretty much the same condition as Rocky except she was also shot at by a certain hothead. She isnt going to be cooperative just like that.

@Adamu
Compile R6 Data Sprite /w Defuse + Stealth
Compile + Resonance = 9 dice
5,1,4,4,6,5,4,2,3 - 3 hits

Sprite Resist = 6 dice
6,3,5,1,2,2 - 2 hits

Resist Fading (4s)
Will + Resonance = 11 dice
5,1,5,6,1,1,5,6,1,5,4 - 6 hits (Full resist)

I'm going to have this sprite running in the background on the Central Building Node, clearing my data trail. It has all the skills nessisary to complete the task, so I guess you can estimate how long it would take, or if you want me to roll out everything just tell me.

@Abbandon

Not a bad idea, using a universal sign for medic. I sorta expect her to die from her wounds though, with enough abdomen damage that her intestines hanging out... I'm not sure how much first aid will help.
Be interesting to see what she does now...

Cerberus

Well i had to either pull shit out of my suit or make my hockey bag appear. If i have my gyro harness and big gun I think it is acceptable to also assume i have my hockey bag which is where i would keep my ammo and medkit and other things. My gun also fits inside my hockey bag which lets me visually hide it so it can be moved and carried around between missions.

Im playing the asian chick like she is a major threat to cerberus. That means for the most part im gonna ignore Rocky hehe, i can hear bits and pieces of what he is doing but mostly its a blur. The asian lady could probably shoot cerberus 2-3 times before he even felt it but thats not very realistic to ignore a gun so im trying to diffuse the situation. I cant really rush her since she might hit Rocky or Caittie and they got no place to hide so hopefully she will understand what the medical kit means.

Im just killing time anyways until Rocky and Caittie form some kind of understanding.

Suggestions for Rocky(dont read if you want to think up your own solutions)

Yeah most likely lol, damn easily killed asian women. But when you can replace everything in your body with machines and grow bioware I think they would have a better shot in the future although she is probably dirt poor.

I figure if i can just stop the bleeding and pump her full of drugs she has a chance. Cerberus is a very motivated person though and atleast has to try.

You guys are probably laughing at me saying well why the heck did you blow her away along with the rest of the people. Cerberus was being threatened by an implied sense of danger from a mage so it was either blow the door off its hinges or get fragged by magic.

@adamu. I keep forgetting to explain myself about that ooc comment about those people jumping in front of my bullets. That was just my sense of humor, it was only suppose to be a sarcastic comment not literal. Its like saying yeah i just beat that guys fist to a bloody pulp with my face. I know nobody jumped in front of my bullets but its just funny to say it was there fault instead of mine. Anyways i apologive for the confusion.

Spirits can go through walls though.

BH & DR

Direct translation: What?! Impossible. I must never reveal the company's secrets.

Okay, let me try and quickly cover all the OOC stuff that has gone down since last I posted.
Konsaki - no problem with retaining admin access and turning things off, etc, now that we are off inititiative. And once you give it admin access, the sprite will have no problem doing what you want it to do.

EVERYONE - as long as the debate about Abbandon's actions continues to rage - let me just say that I think everyone's play was solid. I think we were surprised a little by Cerberus' actions, but just as we knew he was prone to help people, we also know the situation he was placed in, and his impetuousness was also clearly displayed in the barber shop. I have no complaints about anyone's play.

The intestine in OOC terms - the intestine is an IC sign to indicate that she is indeed hurt bad.
Fortunately, NPCs are not exactly bound to the same injury rules we use for PCs - especially if they are not going to actually get a chance to hurt the PCs. So she has a deadly wound - all her boxes are full and then some, but as an NPC she can keep 'role-playing'.
Cerberus and anyone else can see she will die soon if not stabilized.
As for how to treat the intestine itself, don't worry about that - the roll to stabilize assumes a person is on the edge of death - a little IC color doesn't necessarily throw off your chance of success. I will write things up just as gorily if any of you takes that much damage - but your first aid skills will still be effective.
That said, IC details like the intestine give you a great chance to colorfulize your IC of the first aid.

Abbandon - sorry to not see your humor for what it was.

Great job on a (STILL VERY) tough scene, everyone.

Oh, and if you stuff the intestines back inside her abdomen, you are really messing up the first aid. You leave it outside the body wrapped up in a damp cloth, and that will be really hard to find in this waterlogged environment.

Always extra fun when players' real-life knowledge helps us add color and authenticity to the IC.

Cerberus

PHEW I was afraid i was gonna have to snap that kids neck so i didnt have to worry about him picking up the gun and shooting me with it hehe.

Guess its not opposed so i just need the skill rolls.

stabilizaton test (threshold 2): (pg244)
First aid 1 + logic 2 - average 1 + medkit 6 = 8 dice
2 6 2 4 5 4 3 1 = 2 hits

the book said situational mods apply and the medkit rating is under situational so?

Now she should be stable? So I will attempt to heal some of her wounds. Im going to try and heal 6 wounds (the max my medkit allows) which will take 6 IP's or 18 seconds?
I get the same 8 dice with a threshold of 2.
5 3 4 4 2 1 4 3 = 1 hit Only hits that go abovethe threshold reduce damage so i failed to fix anything.

I'll post this now and work on a IC post which i will stick in here in case Adamu wants to use it, dont know who you want to do the ic part.

Mr. Smith

Initimidation:
Charisma (4) + Intimidation (4, capped at 3 thanks to Sledge's linguasoft) = 7 + 8 edge (cause I want this to work, and dont' ACTUALLY want to have to do anything bad to him) = 15 dice

2,5,5,6,6,4,5,6,6,3,3,1,1,2,1 = 7 hits
Rerolling 6's:
1,3,2,2 = 0 hits.

Total: 7 hits.
(Edge uses remaining: 7/8 )

@Abbandon

Well, even using the 'Bad' conditions negative penalty, it looks like you saved her life long enough. You might not have been able to heal her up, but she will survive, by book rules at least.
Good job.

Now if you could only resurrect the dwarf with the brainbucket injury.

Abbandon

Okay, she's not getting any worse. Rolls looked just right.

IC on that - just for realism let's say it took a minute or so. That way, in the meantime, Rocky and Dreamer can have a real conversation, instead of just snippets.

No reason you couldn't participate in that conversation while you work on the lady (sort of ER 'docs talking while sewing' thing), so maybe just IC starting to work on her, and as the conversation moves along, finish working on her.

BH & DR

Okay, time for new language rolls. Subtract one die on this one, please.

Int 4 + Japanese 1 +2 (AR linguasoft? Thanks Sledge, IOU) - 1 mod = 6 dice
[2] [2] [6] [4] [3] [5] = 2 hits (1 hit if I interpretted the AR linguasoft bonus incorrectly)

Cerberus

Ok that was the stabilization part. Neither Cerberus or myself are that knowledgable about emergency medicine and surgery and stuff. He was only the protection side of his doc wagon team.

Thats pretty kool having first aid, it provides a really deep connection back to his past, im glad i took it.

As you can guess, Caittie knows Louie somewhat.
Tag, trolls are it.

Remind me not to piss of Cattie much. So much for my plan for showing up while she was sleeping neeked jumping out with a LMG and screaming "BOO"

@Adamu

Around 20 seconds have passed since I sent out that data sprite. I'm going to venture a guess that it has done its job. If it is, I'll release it and then compile another sprite. If it isnt, I'm going to wait till it's finished, then release and compile this sprite.

Compile R6 Crack sprite /w Decrypt + Edit
Compile + Resonance = 9 dice
6,6,4,5,2,5,6,2,6 - 6 hits

Sprite resist = 6 dice
3,3,2,5,2,4 - 1 hit

Resist Fading (2s)
Will + Resonance = 11 dice
1,5,1,2,2,1,2,3,5,3,6 - 3 hits (Full resist)

This wont interrupt talking untill I actually send it out to do something, as creating one only takes 3 seconds and can be attributed to a dramatic pause.

You need to fix your time hack, JD. We had been going up by 2seconds per post, but throwing out 3-5 sentances is alot more than that. My post asking you why you help Louie should have taken at least 4 seconds to say, if not more.

Definatly soudns like an opposed roll to me - but I'm not sure which one.
To break out of a lock, you need to succes in a strenght+Unarmed combat check (complex action) with threshold = to the hits scored on the initial grappling test. Since we never actually rolled the initial grapple test, but it was unresisted, it seems like Rocky needs to roll Agility+Unarmed Combat vs Cattie's Strength+Unarmed Combat.

Unless adamu'd rather nto have people roll - but since the players diwsagree about how they'd like it to go, I'm sure it'll be a roll. After this round (Since Cattie has begun struggling - so Rocky might want to tighten his grip or put some pressure on her), all of the relevant rules are on pg 152.

He would have to let go of me to use unarmed combat for this situation. And I'm not actually trying to break out of any holds, I'm working within the bounds of my contstraint to perform an action.

Gymnastics + Agility = 4
6,5,3,1 - 2 Hits

Initiative - 7 (just to see if Rocky can react fast enough)
2,3,5,4,2,5,5 - 3 hits
Total Ini = 10

Ok, lets keep it simple, if you beat my Init then you'll probably surprise me and be able to do it.

So here goes nothing.

Initiative (9) - Combat Para (5) = 4 dice
2, 4, 3, 1 = 0 hits = Init of 9

So looks like Cattie is faster than Rocky, so I'm good with leaving things as is.

My big thing was not to set a precedent of not rolling for stuff and allowing one PC to make a call where another PC is involved and could have reacted. Not a huge deal and it probably would have happened sooner than later anyways.

JD

I'll post IC once I get back from dinner. (If I'm sober, otherwise sometime tomorrow.)

Konsaki

Yeah, the first sprite is done, you can proceed with the next compiling. Note that if you take any fading damage on something like that I will have to say it is obvious to others you are doing something.

Everyone - way to go on self-resolution of the blindfold thing - as long as it is acceptable to both parties, way to go.