As an FYI, one of the reasons I elected to have Hiroki man the perimeter is that I designed him to be a look out. He has the adept ability of multi-tasking which makes observe in detail a free action instead of a simple action and removes penalties for AR distraction.
So effectively I can scan for hidden coms, watch AR video feeds and uses perception to keep watch (also getting the +3dp for actively looking) all at the same time without any effective penalties.

So how about this for stuff....

Normal text = actions / descriptions

"Normal text" = speaking outloud

"Italic Text" = subvocal / comm

<<Text>> = text message / email

The quotes help let us know its talking the normal / Italic let us know if normal or on comms.

That cover everything we need?

works for me

Sounds good to me and no rainbow posts for Shadow to read.

ahh, rainbow posts were half the fun.

True, but apparently not for Shadow

Sorry, was at SeaWorld all day. Getting caught up now.

Done riding Shamu yet?

Hmm.... I think RL must have got him....

Ow. Hate when that happens.

@Shadow, can I proceed to hack the ghost in hidden mode?

Yes you can Hack it. Do you want to go on the fly or probe it?

The node turns out to be th elast KE guy, I would not recomend hacking it.

could I tell that from looking at the PAN?

A nudge or shout out to the fact the hidden PAN-man is KE would be nice.

Just checking in.
Hiroki will stay quiet and out of the way while we make our initial meet with Mr Johnson. He will continue to observe (actively looking perception) and scan for hidden nodes until something changes.

Sorry for the slow pace, I am trying to post at east once a day. Will try for more.

Denver and Mrs.

May I say "Oh God No" right now. Yup boys we're headed into the Barrens. Utter Joy

Not a big surprise after the opening post IC. :-P

JD

Ok on a more serious note. How does our SOP change in this situation?
I'm thinking Mandy drives Satch Jiro and Doc into the Barrens. Hiroki works point and Night covers the BD's rear. Once we get to the pickup Jiro and Hiro go in and retrive the girl, we load her in the Van. (Anybody got a spare pair of AR goggles and a kiddie sim or two, Mandy can do without distractions while driving. Not to mention the fact that I doubt the kid knows how to keep a secret, like what we look like) Then Mandy puts pedal to metal and we haul hoop outta there.

What we look like isnt' a problem for NS> We'll just tranq the kid. No fuss, no muss, no potty stops.

Sounds good to me Fist. Just make sure we don't OD the poor kid. (That Would be bad) "Sorry Mr. Johnson we accidently killed your daughter" Our rep goes into the toilet on that one.

@All: I will be away for the weekend. As soon as we get a location Mandy will be using Grid Guide and the BD pilot to get the fastest route in and out of the Barrens. So I think I'm OK. Any questions you have, today's the day.

Sorry guys, both the computers I use to post have malfunctioned. 1 is a total loss the other I am working on. I don't think I will be able to post again this week. Talk about crappy timing.

Got it Thanks for the heads up. Sorry about the compu-death, that sucks.

Ditto. Good luck with that...

Everybody still out there?

Just thought I would check in to keep the game in people's mind till Shadow can resolve his computer issues.

JD

I'm kinda wondering if Satchel isn't cursed or junxed or something like that myself... <G>

Sorry I honestly forgot. I've got one game just starting, and another starting Monday. I'll watch a little more closely. *sheepish*

My internet connection is super spotty for the mean time, but I'm keeping track of everything. I'll be back full and usual speed starting from the 1st of next month.

I'm around, and everything's good here.

Chiphead reporting in here lol

Ok, looks like another week has gone by.

Anyone seen or heard anything from Shadow?

Or has everyone given up and moved on?

JD

No word yet. Still waiting. And I was so enjoying the Mandy/Satchel vibe. Maybe his comp exploded or somthing. I don't know. Did you try PM?

I'm still hanging on. He is a longtime board user and the post rate was high until his comps died. I'm willing to wait a little longer.

I haven't given up either. just wanted to see if anyone else had heard anything.

JD

I'll wait up till hell freezes over.

Not going anywhere. After all, we've got characters made and posted, so it's not like we have to do anything to wait.

I'm almost tempted to start some freeform in the meantime

Go for it. hehehe... I don't see Shadow objecting.

Perhaps keep it under Spoiler tags so as to not intterupt the flow of the game once it gets started again?

I was thinking we can do the little OCC we need here, and start a new IC thread for just that. When he gets back we decide if we want to continue it.

Who all is in?

JD

*Raising a hand in AR*

I'm game

Ok, here is what I'm thinking. If anyone has suggestions or a better idea please throw it out, this is a new one for me.

I was going to start a thread that picks up with Satchel day dreaming a bit while the negotations are going on. While it will be from his perspective, I'm hoping everyone will put their thoughts in, even if it includes things Satchel didn't see directly but got a data feed on or someone talked about after.

I was going to leave it rather open ended for who ever wants to take the next step, below is the basic's of what I was going to open with.

Let me know if it seems like it will work and I or anyone can start the thread to get things going.