Two Decrypt + Response (12, 1 Combat Turn) Extended Tests if you want. Not a huge problem, but you can always glitch.

After that it would be you estimate a Data Search + Browse (16 , 1 minute) to work with the results. Extended test capped by Browse program rating.

Oops. Made an edit to correct. Check back a few posts.

I figure it will take Fooey several minutes to get out of the blackout zones. At that time he will try again.

Just want to be clear, the areas do have nodes and wireless traffic, just not as much since it's just the internal traffic for the hotel itself mostly.

COmpared to outside it's several orders of magnitud less traffic though.

I understand. Fooey is headed outside. Two floors down, Fooey will exit the stairwell and take an elevator down.

toturi, does this cover what you were asking about?

All you know offhand is the hotel uses it's own security force and does not contract it out.

[rant]Those of you with ironclad SINs can try to explain their way out of this. If this is your first Shadowrun, you have nothing to worry about, as your names will ring no bells. Those of you without family don't have to worry about being associated with Johnny Wang. Those of you who are rich can afford to Shadowrun for thrills. I have to play my character the way he was designed.

Thank you for jumping to conclusions.[/rant]

Before this goes any further. I want to be clear I find Fooeys actions entirely consistent and find nothing wrong with them. And they don't inhibit any future involvement of Fooey with the team.

It's differences between characters reaction to a scene that make thigns interesting.

Unless I missed something, Wang wasn't shot. He was hit on the head with a blunt object.

That´s right. The old man thought his nephew had been shot on first sight and did not recognize exactly what caused the wound. IIRC it is stated nowhere (except the spoilers, obviously), what kind of wound it is exactly.

There's no direct contact to anyone in the room with a simple commcall. Everyone's taking messages. Or rather, you can record messages for when they get back to a general matrix node that will pass it to them.

Hotel Switchboard.


You can be out on the street by 2:22 or so very easily. However parking, even for motorcycles is very highly regulated, you had to park several blocks away in a parking garage. In downtown Honk Kong and KLowloon it's actually faster to get around on foot ro with public transportation/cabs then using your own vehicle most of the time. Horrible inconvenient parking being one reason.

If you want to try somethign else before 2:32, let me know, I think you have some options that would work to either establish a connection or send a message. If you are outside at 2:32 you see the scene described from outside the hotel. There's an oppurtunity then for a direct commcall.

That brings up the issue of misc. lifestyle equipment - gear the average person might own that doesn't appear in any sourcebook.

In Fooey's background, I mentioned that he belongs to a bicycle touring club, and rides a dwarf sized mountain bike. This is the bike I was talking about, and I assume that there are bike racks either at the hotel or on the street nearby. On my one visit to Asia, I noticed that bicycles are very popular.

If you say that Fooey doesn't have a bicycle, then I can live with that. He could have arrived by bus or taxi. That could be the case even if he has a bicycle. Whatever you decide.

Fooey's plan is to observe the hotel, and alert the gang when the police arrived. He will try to leave Gabe a message to that effect. Now that he is outside, he will also do what he couldn't do before as described in PM.

Fooey considers hacking the Hotels comm network. Normally, he prefers probing over brute force methods. There isn't time for that now. The information he gained from the switchboard suggests that telegrams, flowers, and other tricks won't work, either.

Before hacking on the fly, Fooey will do a Matrix Perception Test in an attempt to guage what he is up against.

You have a bicycle as part of your lifestyle. No problem, it can be nearby.

While bicycles are common in many asian cities, there are not any in downtown HK or Kowloon. Be suicidal. Bicycles are more common in the outlying areas, such as the former New Territories, on outlying islands etc. They aren't anywhere in as much common use as in mainland china.

See my old reply to your next actions PM.


External Matrix Perception


No Knight Errant services are to be seen. Onlyhte Yokogawa Ambulance Gyrocopter arrived and left immediately.

Thanks for the bike. Fooey used the public transportation or taxi in this case.

Fooey attempts to hack into the Peninsula on the fly. I assume this is still several minutes before the medivac team arrives.
If successful, he will attempt to contact Gabe or ring Johnny's room.