Was going to post after Edana and the new member of the hunt have met up. That way she can vouch for him when we arrive.

Do I know what Edana looks like or was I given a way for us to recognize each other?

Red--You and Edana have been introduced to each other.

Doing some retro-rolls for the dinner at Townshend's place when Edana and Red met.

Cooking roll
Cooking 2 + INT 4
1 3 3 4 [5] [6]
2 hits

Assensing roll w/ Edge
INT 4 + Assensing 1 + EDG 6
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 [5] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6]
7 hits

...uh... I feel dirty.

Red is healthy, mostly happy and mundane.
He has one piece of cyberware, a datajack behind his right ear (Essence either 5.9 or 6.0.. Not sure since his datajack is kinda special with his Otuka/Technomancer status) and the fact that he is an Otuka/Spike-Technomancer.

Posted our arrival to help things move along a bit.

So I think we're waiting for Sparky to meet her contact and then we'll arrive on scene.

Yo! Sparky!

Well, someone post!!

My bad! I am on it! I will smack Fenris around and we'll have something up today. Sorry!

Quite all right. It occurs to me that I didn't have Herne say anything...

Exactly! So, your fault, and that's the story we're sticking to... ;D

Alright, so, a couple of quick physical mask spells for our intrepid duo

Cast on Gellawyn: Force 4 - Sorcery 4 + Magic 4 + Aid Sorcery(Fuer'yon) 4 = 12: [4, 2, {5}, 3, 4, {5}, 2, {7}, 4, {5}, 1, {13} ] = 5 (4) hits (caps at 4)
Drain: Willpower 5 + Charisma 6 = 11 (DV 3): [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, {7},{8}, {11} ] = 3 hits no drain.

Gellawyn will sustain her own physical mask spell.

Summoning an Air Spirit: Summoning 4 + Magic 4 = 8: [1, 1, 1, 2, 3, {5}, {5}, {10} ]
Summoning Drain: Willpower 5 + Charisma 6 = 11 (DV min 2): [1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, {5}, {10}, {10} ] = 3 hits, hopefully no drain

Cast on Kraxus: Force 4 - Sorcery 4 + Magic 4 + Aid Sorcery(Fuer'yon) 4 = 12: [2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, {5}, {5}, {7}, {10}, {16} ] = 5 (4) hits (capped at 4)
Drain: Willpower 5 + Charisma 6 = 11 (DV 3): [1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, {5}, {5}, {8} ] = 3 hits no drain.

Casting Mindlink: Force 4 - Sorcery 4 + Magic 4 = 8 - 2 : [1, 3, 3, {5}, {5} ] = 2 hits.
Drain: Willpower 5 + Charisma 6 + Centering 3 = 14 - 2 (DV 3): [2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, {5}, {5} ]

1 box of stun damage.

Should handle the OOC stuff.

I pulled groups together. Sparky, given her post in other threads is probably going to be AFK for the better part of this week as real life swallows her attention. Damn those pesky employers expecting us to work for our paychecks.

Sparks--Come on back when you can, I'll puppet Edana along whenever needed but bump things if you can.

Team--You're ready to roll.

So is the thought to move to a more private location now? I think Fenris and I are doing the once over, kick the tire thing with the new character.

Yeah, that was my intent. New location, somewhere a bit more private, probably the building we were originally gathering in when all this started.

Ouch! Kick the new guy in his tires!!

@Bishop - I figure this would be a good spot for the marionette strings...

Herne is using his Concealment power.

I thought we might not be able to see eachother, that's why the hands thing. But Redjack, Red's reaction is priceless.

Yea, Red is definitely out of his element. Given the magic within the party, I decided to play him up as having the complete sum total of his knowledge of magic from trids... He will definitely be the odd man out.

FYI Fenris is out of town until late Tuesday night so no posts from him until then.

I don't think we ever worked out Red's motivation for joining the team.... I think that would help me with my next series of posts... Was the team offering some sort of payment? Is he somehow in opposition to the Templars? Other ideas?

Ah, my assumption is that the character would have had some sort of personal beef with the Templars. That's pretty much why we're all here. I think any cash/gear we acquired during the run is split equally, but we're all here to take down the Templars.

Bishop - Did we ever identify what the wood chip floating in oil actually was in terms of game mechanics?

Fenris--I don't recall any rolls for that. Did you keep it or give it to Dorian? If you kept it, roll some dice, if you gave it to Dorian I'll make a few rolls.

The question of whether we turned it over will actually depend more on what it is ;D

I assume you're just looking for an assensing roll to identify the object, right? Since we sort of speed timed it, just rolling with the old char. Let me know if you'd prefer something with the new character instead ^.^

Assensing: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 13 (4 successes)

Fenris--It's a Templar aspected focus, force less than your magic.

We are currently in the IC interaction portion of our adventure. If people have questions for me, please let me know.

I know that shadowrunners can't survive on moral conviction alone, so there will be money and gear made available to you. Approaching individuals who have something to gain or lose from your actions could be a good place to start if you need immediate funds.

Red--We can work out a reason that is as simple or complicated as you would like. Some of the people have had their entire upbringings erased and trained to do nothing bt hunt the enemies of the Tir, others have a personal stake in it like Revenge or a need for information. Depending on how much connection you feel to the Otaku community, there are church operatives killing Otaku which could lead you to a desire to lash out at the Templars. Conversely if you want to keep it strictly professional, we can go that way, where you kept on a retainer and paid by Mission.

I think I will take the path of Red looking to get involved because of his girlfriend and her effect on him. Something like the following: Normally he takes jobs that he can do from a safe location rather than getting directly involved, but with this one being a little more personal he is willing to get directly involved. Since she is an Otaku Techno-Shaman she takes a maternal interest in other Otaku. With his feelings for her, his conscience is kicking in for him to come out of his lofty lifestyle and get personally involved.

Red - Sounds cool! Everyone should have a personal stake ;P A group of fanatics is much scarier ;D

Bishop - What exactly do you mean when you say Templar aspected? Does that mean it's only useable by templars, or to summon templar spirits, or what? And what class of foci is it? I.E., power, summoning, etc? According to the assensing table I should get that at two successes.

Fenris--Sorry, I misremembered the table, I thought 1 success had a different entry than 2 successes. It is a power focus. By Templar aspected, you must follow the path of the Templar (Christian Magic) for it to be usable.

Nice! For future reference, I would have destroyed that.

Fenris--Just to check, personally destroyed it or given to Dorian? And physically destroyed or unraveled the enchantment?

Actually, you're right, probably given to Dorian.

So, at this point we need more information [Edit] from BishopMcQ [/edit] on the actual blackmails, extortions, etc as we go around spoiling them for use by the Templars.

Additionally, we need a list of at least a couple of the Templar sympathizers that Ulrik gave us.

Team--

Because a full list would take some time, I'm going to break this into chunks and you tell me what you are focussing on.

Extortion: Small Time, Large (Criminal), Large (Political), Large (Private)
Sympathizers: Information, Financial, Logistical

Small time extortion is for cases like a local butcher who is being pressured to not testify against certain people. Large scale involves the moving annually of 10,000+ nuyen in cash and supplies.

Sympathizers are self-evident, these are people who because of their ties to the Catholic Church and the Templars, provide tangible benefit to the organization.

Let's start with Large Criminal and Political Extortion for 500, Alex ;D

Criminal
Ulick had been leaning heavily on several lieutenants within the Yakuza who run the prostitution rings throughout Seattle's wealthier areas. These lieutenants have certain bad habits that their superiors would not appreciate. Each of them is also responsible for the exploitation and kidnapping of young Catholic teenagers.

The deepest hook Ulick had was in Yamato Kenshi. Yamato was responsible for introducing Dawn Morgan to a life of prostitution and has two illegitimate heirs who were begotten from meta-human mothers.

Political
On the other side of the coin, Ulick has been extorting Chief George Lodgepole of the Tsimshian government (DoD). Tsimshian Rangers were implicated in several attacks throughout Tsimshian and Salishe-Sidhe territory, which sparked a new wave of agression between the two groups. Ulick had information which could prove that the Tsimshian were not responsible for the attack, and has given glimpses of the information in exchange for funding and actions elsewhere. There was to be an exchange in three days time in Tsimshian territory for the data. Upon receipt of the data, Tsimshian Rangers will execute certain orders against civillian targets in the Salish-Sidhe and Athabaskan regions.

@ BishopMcQ - I assume we would have made arrangements to get the information that was supposed to be turned over to Lodgepole?

And what exactly is he getting from Kenshi for keeping this info quiet?

@ Sparky - Who's Dawn Morgan?

@ All - Thoughts are this, so far:

Yamato - Find out how much it's worth to him to have Ulik and Ulik's information disappear, then collect shortly there after with no additional work needed. Also, I'd be willing to provide a warranty that says something like, "If anyone else claims to have Ulik's info and wants something else, we'll take care of it." This removes hopefully a flow of detainees from the Templars recruiting lists, and has the additional benefit that he might let us know if another Templar agent surfaces in town and starts trying to pick up the strings Ulik left behind.

Lodgepole - Provide the information, but swap for gear or cash instead of the military action. This has the double benefit of halting some action that was going to be beneficial to the Templars, and removing the information from their hands as a barginning chip.

Thoughts?

In Chasing the Prize, Edana's Descent into the Shadows™ began when she assensed the scene of murder by Ballefour (a ghoul) who sexually tortured women to feed his deviant sexual and physical appetites. Dawn Morgan was the girl.

Edana's probably gonna want to take a strip of hide out of this Yamato guy.

Sparky--Cruel, perhaps, but if you recall, she wore a small cross and just after her death was the first time you met Ulick.

Fenris--Ulick is getting money and information from Yamato. Yes, you have the information.

As the new guy on the block, I'm a little confused. Is this information being shared verbally, is the spirit providing it?

The information that BishopMcQ provided in his post is the information being shared verbally.

At this point I'll shift us back to an IC conversation, assuming the information he gave us has been disseminated.

Sorry Redjack, Edana's been in this since the beginning... coming up on 3 OOC years (!!!) ago. And Fenris and Buddha more than a year.

I know how hard it can be to join a long-standing campaign so do speak up if we lose you. And, as Fenris did, we'll clarify.

Short-version. Edana came to the UCAS after a personal tragedy back home in Tir na nOg. She didn't know what else to do with herself and took a job bountyhunting a man, Ballefour. Ballefour was not a nice character and was cutting his losses in the States. He fled to Switzerland (Switzerland? Or was it France?). Ballefour was also being tracked by a strange man (Ulik, from game just prior to this one).

The team followed Ballefour overseas (illegally) and snuck into Switzerland (also illegally) and then, as they closed in on the Chateau where Ballefour was hiding out, interlopers (later discovered to be Templars) swept ahead of them, gassed the entire Chateau to death except a Marquis and Ballefour. Then, when the team braced the Templars, the Templars excuted both men and escaped, leaving the team to take the blame. Some of the PCs had already been killed, some were incarcerated and some, like Edana, wriggled through loopholes and did minimal time back in the States.

A year later, one of the surviving teammates, Bishop, calls Edana and others together to discuss the Templars (in the warehouse we're standing in IC). Things Go Awry. The OOC-year-long thread covered about 3 days of IC time in which the new team (Edana, Gellawyn and Kraxus) learned an awful lot about Templar activities, tracked down Ulik and handed him over to the 'authorities.' Not the police.

And that brings us to Today.

Nice recap ;D

And I can verify that it was indeed France.

If you're interested in reading up, some of them are interesting threads:

Bounty hunt - Chasing the Prize

Captured Ulik - Balance Due

Wow.. Talk about Right Place, Right Time!! Red has a skill in Seattle safe houses AND got 3 Hits!!!

After the team decides what level neighborhood you want to work from, I will post the info and move you to the safehouse.

We're looking for a Rating B neighborhood. None of those crazy teleporting response times in the A's, and still little enough crime that we don't have to negotiate with half a dozen gangs to work in peace.

bumped accordingly.

Martin is just a fish outa water right now.. <G>

Glad to be of help.

I will be offline for the next 48 hours as I fly out to Dallas for work. Expect posts from me on Tuesday.

The more fleshed out of a plan you can give me, the better the bump will be on Tuesday. Some etiquette rolls if you are calling one of the marks, etc.