Sorry, looking for details concerning the corporate structure (CEO's/Higher-ups) of both companies and any generic press releases about products/R&D/new developments/generic company info.

Vegas
Both companies had a traditional Japanacorp structure, though their research divisions were divided along fairly stark contrasts.

Ikeda focused on the Awakened Genome project, was rumored to be working towards the grant from Dunkelzahn's will regarding an alternative food source for ghouls, and had a general focus on bioware and magical advancements. Currently in the process of liquidating several divisions and patents to fight off debt.

Takara was a much more silicon based organization, primary focuses were on cybernetic advancement and implantable matrix interfaces. They recently came back in technical journals for several small components that improved simsense technology for touch-links. Has been a primary buyer of patents and divisions from Ikeda, though the offers have been fairly cutthroat.

Excellent, thanks McQ!

Vegas--NP

General Note--Remember that Data Searches are extended tests and the more successes you rack up or specific info ytou are looking for, the more informed you will be.

Also, I am going to be using the limit on Extended tests, where you can only roll a number of times equal to skill.

Data Search Ikeda
Data Search (1) + Browse (4), Extended test
1 3 4 [5] [6]
1 1 1 2 3 Glitch! (-2 hits, search fails)

McQ - Let me know when I can search again.


Data Search Takara
Data Search (1) + Browse (4), Extended test
1 2 4 4 [6]
3 4 4 [5] [6]
1 2 4 [6] [6]
1 3 3 3 4
1 2 [5] [6] [6]
8 Hits ...Zowie!

IC backup coming.

The search takes about 30 secs, so it's just the shifting of attention from the meet to your commlink.

Meant to say my Agent was handling it. Edited post.

EDIT: Doh. It's Agent Rating + Browse, then, eh? New Rolls...

Ikeda Search
Agent (4) + Browse (4), extended test
1 2 3 4 4 [5] [5] [6]
1 2 3 4 4 [5] [6] [6]
1 1 1 2 2 2 4 [5]
1 2 2 2 3 4 4 [6]
1 3 3 3 3 3 [6] [6]
1 2 3 3 4 [5] [6] [6]
1 1 2 2 3 4 4 [5]
1 1 1 3 4 4 [5] [5]
16 Hits

Takara Search
Agent (4) + Browse (4), extended test
1 2 2 3 4 [5] [5] [5]
2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
1 1 1 1 2 2 3 [6] Glitch! (-4 hits, search fails)

Sparky
Search parameters were: Current standings of Ikeda's holdings and personnel, as well as, records of recent sale.

Ikeda's physical facilities in Europe and Asia have been liquidated over the last several years. Currently they have facilities in Seattle, Sioux Falls, and Denver. Ikeda had not been granted extra-territoriality rights so the sales of the facilities were not required to be sold to other ET corps. Most seem to have been sold to small start-ups who had cash in hand.

Currently the Seattle facility has the largest staff, around 350 people, with Denver and Sious Falls both staffing around 200-250 people each. There are contracted staff and research consultants who work remotely bringing a total staff count to about 1,000 people.

Recent patent sales have involved genetic structures and chimeras, utilized in gene therapy and cultured bioware. These advances were focused on improvement of quotidian life by combatting the effects of age and abuse on the human body.

Quotidian???

Check out the brain on Bishop!

Quotidian--Day to day...

Taking French helped my English vocab...

Edited to add link.

And I thought I had a huge vocabulary.

Okay folks--It's been 2 weeks since I've seen posts from some people. Can I get a roll call for who is still paying attention to this thread.

Mister Juan--is there direction that I can provide so that Ludi can get the team up and on the street doing something?

Team--Is there anything you need from me, dice rolls that I missed, questions that I haven't answered yet?

Here.

I'm here.

I'm still here, trying to be at least.

I'm here. Just very busy as always.
As for direction; well, I don't think there is much else Ludi needs at the moment. We pretty much have the only "lead" (the memo) in hand. Is there any more data about it, beside what it basically contains? (who wrote it, where is it from, from when is it dated?)

Yo.

The memo was dated March 13, 2070 and came from the Seattle office, directed to the Denver office. The author's name has been removed from the copy that you have.

The operational file is more recent. It took place approximately three weeks ago and was composed of a single Watanabe consultant and several individuals hired on a single contract basis. The operative returned to work three days later, unaware that time had passed. Residual chemical traces in his bloodstream hint to Laes. IT was able to confirm that his implanted 'link had not left the Seattle RTG.

Look alive folks. Let's get this thread bumpin.

Wait, what operational file? Did I miss something important?

I don't think that's been shared yet.

Right?

It was included in Ludi's information. I don't believe it has been given to the other team members.

Got it.

I...don't even -know- what to roll. Basically, Pent is scanning the files Ludi just sent, looking for anything his experience can tease out.

Pokey pokey poke poke.

Knowledge skills which would be appropriate would be things related to Corporations, Security, Cybernetic Theory, Bioware.

Rolling:

Logic (4) + Corporate Politics (3):

[5] [6] 1 1 [5] 2 4 = 3 hits

Logic (4) + Security Companies (3):

[6] 1 3 [6] 2 [5] [5] = 4 hits

Logic (4) + Security Procedures (4):

4 2 3 4 3 [6] 4 [6] = 2 hits

Logic (4) + Law Enforcement (Professional Knowledge) (4):

4 [6] 4 1 [6] 3 3 [5] = 3 hits

Logic (4) + Finances (2):

3 2 [6] [5] [6] 4 = 3 hits

Logic (4) + Tactics (3):

3 2 4 1 [5] 4 [6] = 2 hits

I may have screwed up and used logic where I should use intuition, but the two are equal, so.

Eh, push. Dun like being at bottom of page 2.

So this is not me hijacking the thread. BishopMcQ told me to throw up an intro post to getr the ball rolling. I was one of the orginal people who wanted in on the game but real life reared its ugly head and BishopMcQ left the light on for me if it looked like I could get some free time again. So here I am!

Rough translations of the Korean (assuming I can get the translation stuff to work):

"No! You have to be the first to stop the fighting. More deaths are not going to stop the fighting. Be the first to offer peace!"

Ps I have failed.

Hey Buddha!

Welcome aboard. Hopefully we'll get this thread hopping.

And, shove.

I'm out of town from today (Tuesday) through Friday. I should have some time in the evenings for posting, but am giving a heads up in case I don't.

Penta
Corporate Politics--Much of the information that you see in the file matches what you already know about the conflict between Takara and Ikeda. One item of note is that Takara seems to be following their same bias in this case blaming Ikeda for the theft along a chain of somewhat circumstantial evidence.

Security Companies--Watanabe Security Consultants has consulted on both sides of this affair, though during the early 2060s most of their work seemed to side with Ikeda, 2063 seemed to be the turning point with 2064 being a balance of contracts, financially speaking, and in 2065 business for WSC dropped off from Ikeda while Takara maintained their same levels with a few increases in the last two years.

Security Procedures--The data shows a few breaches in process and procedures which allowed the theft to occur. It is unclear whether these breaches were intentional or reactionary to the turbulent environment of the Crash of '65 and unstable governance of official bodies during reconstruction.

Law Enforcement--No official filings with various law enforcement bodies or the corporate court is mentioned in the file. Generally this suggests either an attempt to discretely deal with the problem in house, or a presence of Shadow activity in the recent past or future.

Finances--It's obvious that if Takara can prove their case, any litigation which is filed will be a death knell for Ikeda. The lack of official prosecution is all the more notable because of this and their long-standing feud.

Tactics--The operational file is fairly vague but it seems to suggest that WSC's operative worked with freelance operatives who were unable to come to equitable terms and may have been subject to shadow action. The use of Laes is generally limited to illegal activity within most sectors, though Tir operatives have been known to use it "when necessary to defend state secrets."

So is Mister Juan still out there? I was reading back over the thread and no post since Feb 20th.

Yess yess yess! I'll have something up today. For some reason, I keep forgetting to post

Happy Monday all! Hope you all had a great weekend, this is me bumping to keep us current.

I have Safehouses 3, would that help us get a place? Seems like we need somewhere to put our heads together. Who's got a white noise generator?

A'ja's got the white noise generator.

It sounds like that would work Sparky, roll some dice and get us a place to all meet up.

I've never been sure, do I get my ATT with those or is it just 3dice vs. the World?

You would get the linked ATT which I think is Logic but don't hold me to that. Still dusting off my SR4 rule set here. I have two games in SR3 so stuff still gets fuzzy and confused.

Speaking of rolls, what do I need to roll to search for information about the fire/building?

Buddha--Data Search + Browse if you want to hit the Matrix, Intuition+Street Gangs (Halloweeners) could give gang info, or Logic + Medical Facilities for general info about the clinic. There is also dial a friend if you have a contact...

Sparky--Safehouses is more of a street knowledge, so link it to Intuition.

Seattle Safehouses 3 + INT 3
1 1 3 4 [6] [5]
2 Hits

Sparky--There are several motels that you know of who take cash and don't ask questions for rental by the hour or day. Additionally, you can think of at least 1 house run by the old team for urban brawlers to collapse in after a bad night of drinking and the associated mayhem which follows.

Ok here it goes

Agent 4 + Browse 6
04 04 04 05 05 05 05 05 06 06 (7 hits)

Off to a good start!

So folks what is the plan once we all get together?

I believe that the best course of action would be to split up actually.
Some of us should go and trip to "extract" some information out of Finn. Since he seems to be the best guarded target, I'm pretty confident things might need to get physical and brutal.

The other part of the team should probably look into the said "exec" from whom the memo came. Maybe even try to infiltrate the corp through him.

Sounds like a plan then.

Just an FYI, I will be out of town starting tomorrow (Tuesday) and will be back the following Sunday. Feel free to NPC me if needed to keep things moving along in the thread. Have a great week!

Hi all! Back from vacation (was lovely) and eager to jump back into the thread.

So any sign of our leader Mister Juan? I noticed he dropped off.

BishopMcQ - gentle reminder on the agent searching for info on the clinic fire.