adamu
May 23 2007, 12:30 PM
Konsaki [ Spoiler ]
You find nothing unusual. You turn it on. Your sprite succeeds at eventually cracking the Firewall 6 and getting you admin access. It probably triggered an alarm at some point, since some Analyze comes on, and the whole node is encrypted, but nothing bad can really happen here, so I am not going to roll a bunch of dice.
You have a commlink with 4s across the board except for the Firewall 6. The user log tells you the last time it was on was about two minutes before those guys came into the clinic.
It doesn't have much good software. Rating 3 Scan and Edit and whatever other useful crap regular people have, plus some defensive stuff - Analyze 4, Stealth 4, Encrypt 4.
Other than that, the comm is an open book to you once your decrypt it.
This is where SR4 is a pain in the ass - I look at all the crap on MY computer (and you know I don't really use mine much) - 2070 people's whole freaking lives are probably on these things. So assume you've got hundreds of personal files and so forth.
You can, of course, easily give Fort admin access (it's the only kind of access most comms have anyway) if you want. Then I will need specific questions about the contents, since I obviously can't recreate all of his personal files, nor would you appreciate wading through it if I did.
BlackHat
May 23 2007, 12:33 PM
| QUOTE (Konsaki) |
| Course the mission might actully run on for more than a year in our time or it might end in a couple of months, dont know. |
At the rate this day has gone by, a year IRL time doesn't seem unlikely. *shrugs*
I do like the idea of the PMing of big convos like that, especially if we had some sort of OOC heads up to everyone else that two players were working on something like that - so they don't keep going and going and then suddenly there is a 15 minute debate put in front of them.
I mean, the only downside, is the way that we have been doing it offers SOME chance for other people to jump in in the middle and say or do something. PMing back and forth means no one else in the van would have heard the conversation at all until it is over.
adamu
May 23 2007, 12:34 PM
| QUOTE (Konsaki) |
| I agree, this 'last word' thing could get very annoying. Hell, I figured the conversation was done when Sledge closed the door and the van drove off. |
Well, it is also understandable. Everyone wants to have the last word, but of course the other players are all eager to shut the fight down (and nice "peacemaking" posts from several people, by the way).
Anyway, BlackHat did it this time, and I am pretty sure Konsaki did it last time you two got into it, so like I said, no finger-pointing from my end.
You guys are really getting some GREAT role-playing in here. Very in character, I think. Konsaki, you really have the teenage girl thing down - and don't take that the wrong way - I KNOW that is not how you act in real life at all.
And then that emotionalism is balanced by Adam's male/left-brained pragmatism and logic.
Good stuff all around, people.
Konsaki
May 23 2007, 12:44 PM
| QUOTE (adamu) |
| You guys are really getting some GREAT role-playing in here. Very in character, I think. Konsaki, you really have the teenage girl thing down - and don't take that the wrong way - I KNOW that is not how you act in real life at all. |
Um... Er... Yeah...
Gratefull but slightly disturbed...
Konsaki
May 23 2007, 01:01 PM
| QUOTE (adamu) |
Konsaki
[ Spoiler ] You find nothing unusual. You turn it on. Your sprite succeeds at eventually cracking the Firewall 6 and getting you admin access. It probably triggered an alarm at some point, since some Analyze comes on, and the whole node is encrypted, but nothing bad can really happen here, so I am not going to roll a bunch of dice.
You have a commlink with 4s across the board except for the Firewall 6. The user log tells you the last time it was on was about two minutes before those guys came into the clinic.
It doesn't have much good software. Rating 3 Scan and Edit and whatever other useful crap regular people have, plus some defensive stuff - Analyze 4, Stealth 4, Encrypt 4.
Other than that, the comm is an open book to you once your decrypt it.
This is where SR4 is a pain in the ass - I look at all the crap on MY computer (and you know I don't really use mine much) - 2070 people's whole freaking lives are probably on these things. So assume you've got hundreds of personal files and so forth.
You can, of course, easily give Fort admin access (it's the only kind of access most comms have anyway) if you want. Then I will need specific questions about the contents, since I obviously can't recreate all of his personal files, nor would you appreciate wading through it if I did. |
[ Spoiler ]
I'll transfer all the files, other than OS files, over to Fort's commlink. Then he can do his specific searches through all the crap.
Then I'll have Caittie clean up the commlink to bring it back to a stock system, sorta like it just came off the shelf. This wont change any of the stats though, it's just an RP thing to have something unwanted on the commlink, like spyware or whatnot.
DireRadiant
May 23 2007, 01:50 PM
Adamu[ Spoiler ]
I remember the VCR from the rigger, was there also a commlink?
adamu
May 23 2007, 02:41 PM
Konsaki
All good. A quick IC mention would be nice, and of course you'll want to let Fort/pragma know....
adamu
May 23 2007, 02:43 PM
| QUOTE (DireRadiant) |
Adamu
[ Spoiler ] I remember the VCR from the rigger, was there also a commlink? |
[ Spoiler ]
There was, but I recall there having been some issues with how much crap you managed to extract intact in your very limited time frame. I'll have to go back through the OOC thread to check it, which I'll get to as soon as I can. If you are impatient, you are welcome to check for me.
adamu
May 23 2007, 02:49 PM
DireRadiant [ Spoiler ]
My search fu is strong today. You got the control rig and the headware comm. Left the rest of the cyber.
Abbandon
May 23 2007, 04:45 PM
-thanx for the karma
-the only problem i see with working out IC posts at once is extra time lag which is the devil.
-I dont think we should contact Loui at all. No matter how we set an ambush up using our own people he would bring an army. We just need to go after him.
-no idea's about safe houses. I suggest we just try to get an apartment for a day or two. Whatever room they give us we motion sensor the door and then have Angel hack us into a different room on a different floor. That way we will know if we are being followed. We could also motion sensor and put up camera's in the hallway of the room we are actually using so if they skip our fake room we will know.
pragma
May 23 2007, 11:40 PM
Re: Safehouse:
I was hoping one of us would know someone who knew about a safehouse. Logical next step would be to call a fixer and ask for a place to crash, even though it cuts into overhead.
That said, we could try more interesting options; Fort knows a marine biologist and having a bunch of hardened killers crash in the bowels of the aquarium is probably something he allows every day.
Konsaki
May 24 2007, 12:15 AM
Why not head over to Burnhouse's place? It's not like he needs it anymore. We might get some cool stuff in there too.
pragma
May 24 2007, 12:31 AM
Trapped, if Rosso's memory under torture serves.
Konsaki
May 24 2007, 12:35 AM
| QUOTE (pragma) |
| Trapped, if Rosso's memory under torture serves. |
Hmm... good reason not to do that then... Well, other than breaking into an empty warehouse or something like that, I've got nothing.
Konsaki
May 24 2007, 01:36 AM
@pragma
Fort has all the files that were on the commlink. You can ask Adamu about what they contain since you know exactly what you want to find.
pragma
May 24 2007, 02:36 AM
Awesome, Fort will review the stuff once the run is over. He may actually hire Caittie again.
Konsaki
May 24 2007, 03:12 AM
Hmm... Sub-Sub-Sub-contracting? Meh, money is money.
JDragon
May 24 2007, 05:51 AM
Well heres a thought....
It doesn't look like Louie's guys actually found us at the farm, since that was actually the Feds.
So in theory that could mean we are currently off his radar, which would mean we don't need to go supper far underground for the 12-24 hours it sounds like we need to get us all back to full speed.
Now I'm new to this, but why can't we just head for the barrens somewhere and find an abbandoned building to hole up in for the needed time?
JUst a few thoughts.
JD
DireRadiant
May 24 2007, 01:52 PM
IC we are all new to this. So very few of us know what to do, nor have contacts to do so.
adamu
May 24 2007, 01:54 PM
Very few, but not none, on either count.
'Nuff said by the GM.
DireRadiant
May 24 2007, 02:47 PM
| QUOTE (adamu) |
Very few, but not none, on either count.
'Nuff said by the GM. |
Having contacts, and willing to use contacts, very different things.
JDragon
May 24 2007, 05:55 PM
Well I have/had one contact, and thats the guy that got me the job for Louie, so I'm guessing he's not really going to be worth much to me at this point.
Adamu
[ Spoiler ]
My statement above is how I understood things after Rocky hit bottom. Anyone I knew either has told me to hit the road or I know they will be watched by Lone Star, ect and only be more problematic to contact them.
Please correct me If I am wrong. :-)
JD
DireRadiant
May 24 2007, 06:22 PM
"Psst, Cerberus, was that your boyfriend visiting you at the clinic?"
BlackHat
May 24 2007, 07:04 PM
| QUOTE (JDragon) |
| Well I have/had one contact, and thats the guy that got me the job for Louie, so I'm guessing he's not really going to be worth much to me at this point. |
Are you kidding? Sounds like he knows enough about Louie to either give us information, or to hide us from him... depending on who he's more loyal to.
pragma
May 24 2007, 07:34 PM
OOC I'd guess from the friendly hugs and the back slapping that he's a bit more partial to Fishbreath than he is to a random group of street thugs who shows up on his doorstep.
JDragon
May 24 2007, 07:35 PM
| QUOTE (BlackHat) |
| QUOTE (JDragon @ May 24 2007, 12:55 PM) | | Well I have/had one contact, and thats the guy that got me the job for Louie, so I'm guessing he's not really going to be worth much to me at this point. |
Are you kidding? Sounds like he knows enough about Louie to either give us information, or to hide us from him... depending on who he's more loyal to.
|
My guess is he will be more loyal to Louie, but who know's maybe you cabn make him an offer he can't refuse.
I'll get something up IC as soon as I can mentioning it.
JD
BlackHat
May 24 2007, 10:49 PM
| QUOTE (JDragon) |
| My guess is he will be more loyal to Louie, but who know's maybe you cabn make him an offer he can't refuse. |
Well, if he's loyal to Louie, that's even better. We'd be burnign a bridge, but the team could still go to him and get information out of him (somehow).
JDragon
May 24 2007, 11:00 PM
| QUOTE (BlackHat) |
| QUOTE (JDragon @ May 24 2007, 02:35 PM) | | My guess is he will be more loyal to Louie, but who know's maybe you cabn make him an offer he can't refuse. |
Well, if he's loyal to Louie, that's even better. We'd be burnign a bridge, but the team could still go to him and get information out of him (somehow). |
I kinda figure thats a bridge that is already on fire and will not last much longer anyways.
JD
BlackHat
May 24 2007, 11:46 PM
Then either way it goes, we have a plan.
Abbandon
May 25 2007, 12:10 AM
@adamu I guess Cerberus will try to contact Kyle and ask if he has a safe house or place we can crash. Cerberus will offer to compensate him. You make the rolls and decides if it happens though right?
@Konsaki. I will probably have Cerberus ask Angel to scramble the phone call or whatever, just a heads up so yo can be ready with rolls or something.
adamu
May 25 2007, 09:19 AM
| QUOTE (JDragon) |
Adamu
[ Spoiler ] My statement above is how I understood things after Rocky hit bottom. Anyone I knew either has told me to hit the road or I know they will be watched by Lone Star, ect and only be more problematic to contact them. Please correct me If I am wrong.
JD |
JDragon
Everything in your spoiler is true as far as you know it IC. As I've said before, I only use contact ratings as benchmarks to start from coming out of chargen. After that I keep track of ongoing interactions and events to decide contacts' continuing attitudes toward PCs. And PCs need to do the same. So if you were to communicate with any given contact (which could be anyone Rocky knows, or even doesn't know, it doesn't have to be off any list), then I take current situation, past history, and NPC motivations into account. I combine this, if it applies, with the initially purchased contact rating - that lets me fill in all the past history from before game start when determining their actions and level of knowledge and resources.
So it is up to you to use all that you know to decide whether you think it would be advantageous to get in touch with a given NPC.
adamu
May 25 2007, 09:20 AM
| QUOTE (Abbandon) |
@adamu I guess Cerberus will try to contact Kyle and ask if he has a safe house or place we can crash. Cerberus will offer to compensate him. You make the rolls and decides if it happens though right?
|
Abbandon
No problem - but it is on you to initiate the contact IC. I will pick up Kyle's end from there.
BlackHat
May 25 2007, 12:33 PM
| QUOTE (Cerberus) |
| "This Johnson guy doesnt seem like he has very much respect for us, talking all matter of factly to us like he owns us and we are his own personal little toys to make money for him. " |
Welcome to the Shadows, guy. That's pretty much how that always plays out: Johnson hires Shadowrunners to do illegal job that makes him money (even if only because he was hired by someone who would profit from the job). Shadowrunners don't trust Johnson, because, traditionally, the Johnson is not someone to be trusted. Johnson lets them take all the risks, and Shadowrunners try to dig up dirt on the Johnson in case its a published module and he inevitably turns on them.
I think we've been doing a grand job of playing shadowrunners thus far.
DireRadiant
May 25 2007, 02:34 PM
I like how Sledge's suggestion to stake out the Johnson like a goat for the Tiger hunt makes her "tight" with Johnson.
Not to mention she's obviously directly countermanded or acted against his express wishes several times this morning already.
BlackHat
May 25 2007, 02:36 PM
Sure, cause it sounds like she can't stand to be apart from him for a few hours.
DireRadiant
May 25 2007, 02:37 PM
It's because Sledge is jealous of Adam's attention being on Angel now.
BlackHat
May 25 2007, 02:45 PM
Clearly. I don't blame Rocky and Cerberus for being weary of following a jealous lovestruck ork on a personal quest to stalk the handsomist guy in the group.
DireRadiant
May 25 2007, 02:52 PM
Weary, or wary? or both?
BlackHat
May 25 2007, 04:43 PM
GOod catch, but probably both.
pragma
May 25 2007, 11:49 PM
@adamu
As established previously, rolling for second hour of rest now that conversation is over. I should be done at approx 14:05 game time if the half hour from before still counts. 14:35 otherwise.
Bod + Will : # dice: 8 :: 3 3 5 5 5 6 3 2 -- 4 successes
And a perception roll for the brief astral foray (does shadowing count as complementary for checking for astral tails?):
Int + Perception + 3 active search - 3 wounds # dice: 7 :: 2 3 6 5 5 6 4 -- 4 successes
| QUOTE (BlackHat @ May 25 2007, 09:45 AM) |
| Clearly. I don't blame Rocky and Cerberus for being weary of following a jealous lovestruck ork on a personal quest to stalk the handsomist guy in the group. |
@Blackhat
Sledge isn't stalking Fortunato!
DireRadiant
May 26 2007, 01:16 AM
Ok, OOC I have this so far for the immediate list.
Cerberus
-7 more throwing knives. = 140Y
-IWK with smart(external) and skinlinks. =2k, 400, 50 = 2450 av-12F
-10 clips of regular ammo (50/10 = 5x20= 100 per clip) = 1,000Y
-9 spare clips(one with gun?) 9 x5 = 45
-Flash-pak = 200
-glasses w/ image link = 50
-trodes =50
-R4 fake Sin = 4000Y av-9
-10 pant/shirt(50+50) combo's = 1000Y
Sledge
- Shotgun and shells
- disguise kits for all
- micro trancievers for all
Hmm, Sledge is going to ask for a handgun or two as well.
Anything else?
Adamu, I think we are heading for the Barrens, and Cerberus will be making a call in the meantime to Kyle.
adamu
May 26 2007, 04:44 AM
pragma
No sign of astral tails. I agree with your proposal to apply Shadowing as a complementary skill for such tests.
BlackHat
Per PM, I have you doing all the non-threat stuff you said you were doing until you let me know otherwise.
Everyone else
Okay, you are on your way from the bus stop to the Redmond Barrens. The bustop was near the I-405 & I-520 cloverleaf in Bellevue. You are now headed straight east from there on I-520 into Touristville, with the very dangerous (but not QUITE Z-zone) Kingsgate neighborhood just to the north.
You'll be into Touristville in just a few minutes from pragma's last IC post.
If someone is going to make a call, that needs to be initiated IC.
Konsaki
May 26 2007, 04:44 AM
Compile R6 Courior Sprite /w Decrypt = 10 dice
3,1,2,4,6,2,2,5,2,4 - 2 hits
Sprite resist = 6 dice
5,2,3,5,5,5 - 4 hits
Fading resist = 12 dice
5,5,3,2,3,5,6,4,2,3,6,1 - 5 hits (3S taken)
...
Logging into Cerberus' commlink and routing Cerberus' call through the van's node, which will encrypt it.
adamu
May 26 2007, 04:54 AM
All good (but Angel getting tired...).
Konsaki
May 26 2007, 06:45 AM
Heal test = 8 dice
4,5,2,3,2,5,5,4 - 3 hits
Takes affect at 14:36
adamu
May 26 2007, 06:59 AM
Okay all, just a slight procedural adjustment - won't really affect anything.
But from now on, let's finish the hour of rest first, and then roll the dice. Just because sometimes several pages of posts can come up in the intervening hour and then it all gets confusing (for me).
Anyway, this way if your rest gets ruined, you won't have rolled all those dice for nothing!
Current rolls remain in force - this is just an organizational request for the future.
Abbandon
May 26 2007, 09:13 AM
After my latest wiki update where i changed alot of things and tried to add in a bunch of details since the game has started and more specifically after shooting myself in the foot and was tasered i added a little notes section under my condition monitor with just a timestamp of when i took the damage.
I got knocked out in that case, but you could also use it to keep track of when you start resting. Then you know when you can roll for healing if you dont get interrupted.
Abbandon
May 26 2007, 05:51 PM
@all. Me and Adamu are gonna try his ping pong coversation idea. You guys could be talking in the backgroud and stuff but dont advance time to far....
Konsaki
May 26 2007, 06:33 PM
Wont be that hard, considering Fort and Caittie are resting while Sledge is busy driving her bike. Rocky is the only one able to do anything worth while atm.
adamu
May 28 2007, 02:09 PM
Like Abbandon said, he and I are working on a less monologue-y conversational post (we'll see if we can get it up in less time than a bunch of IC posts would have taken...straddling a Sunday didn't help).
Anyway, I promised karma for this experiment, so that is 1 karma for Abbandon.
There's another 1 karma each for the first two players that do this betwixt themselves when next the situation calls for it.
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