Wow, good thing Sam has a lot of contacts, but they are mostly all low-life or shady.


@RedJack - Sam will call Kilroy and ask about the following things:

Also all the usual public info on the company. Office locations, financials, etc.

Sam's roll for the friend discount on price: 8d6.hits(5)--> [6,1,6,1,3,6,3,3] = (3) If Spades wants to assist, he can chime in. Just roll Negotiation plus Charisma, and then re=roll the Successes, then I add those hits to Sam's total. Oridnarily Spades would roll first, and Sam would add his successes to her dice pool. Is that okay, Redjack?

Let me know how Shake's works for you.

Etiquette + Charisma + Loyaty + IC post.


Did I round out your last 10 bp? Have I done that with everyone?

@Soycaf:


Please make sure in the note the source of the dice rolled in Note field.

Shakes is cool.


Ok the other roll was to negotiate price (Negotiation 1 + Charisma 7), this one is for the Ettiquette + Charisma + Loyalty, and I did not roll too hot.

11d6.hits(5) -->[6,2,3,3,3,1,2,2,3,5,1] = (2)

Let me know if it's worth burning edge to reroll the failures. I have a feeling I'll need Edge later, Sam only has two.

You just have your work cut out for you. Sam is all Charisma and minimum skill, Spades has both. but he seems to be new in town, and Sam grew up here. No biggie. OOC, I just didn't want to step on your toes if you had a better contact. Sam is primarily shooty, and does the face stuff on the side.

Okay Spades will roll his helpful negotiations 4 + charisma 5 to help Sam out.

The actual roll to help Sam out... Rolling did her a TON of good, 6 hits!

Okay, for Price negotation we got an addtional 2 hits for a total of 5. 6d6.hits(5) --> [4,2,5,5,4,1] = (2) + 8d6.hits(5)--> [6,1,6,1,3,6,3,3] = (3) = 5 hits.

Can you roll an ettiquette + charisma + loyalty roll to help with the info? I only got 2 hits and am considering using edge.

There is the trick that to assist with the negotiations, you must actively be engaged in them.
I will post up tonight or tomorrow. I have long day today and will be mobile around the city till sometime tonight.

Oh well, we gave it shot.

So who says we can't both shake up Kilroy for some info in the 'Trix?

I loathe you entirely for wasting my one good roll of the game..... >.<

Look what I found for Rasmes:

Ankh necklace

Hey nice touch, I like it Chris.

Any ideas on how we want the run to proceed yet? I'm pretty sure I can disable the vehicle with a spirit, might even be able to make it look like we're Zephyr employees. It's the where and when I'm not sure about.

Well it kind of depends. We're only going to have 20 minutes notice, so I was thinking we hit the car after it picks up the package. Maybe borrow, rent or steal a tow truck? We can pretend we're fixing a flat on Spades car. Then whammo! Spirit Accident pops all 4 tires on the courier, and they skid to a halt. We'll need a signal jammer so they can't call for help. Then we offer them a tow, knock 'em out, tow the vehicle away, and they wake up in the middle of barrens with no package. How does that sound? Do you think Ramses can dress grungy, like a mechanic, and talk like Scotty? "... I just fixed the bloody thing..." LOL!

Gear we'd need that we don't have... tranq patches, a signal jammer, and a tow truck. Sam has lots of gel rounds for a Predator, and she has an Arms Dealer contact if we need stick'n'shocks.

I can advance to the next GM placed event or you can continue to post along in either IC or OOC planning. You let me know.

@RedJack
Cool we'll be done after a little bit, would prefer if this was going on IC, but it takes longer to post in there

@Gray
Excellent add-on, if you ever scout a pair of dress shoes instead of boots for Spades' suit I would appreciate it, not only that but it'd complement the suit a lot better.

@Dirtz
Spades has 4x Rating 6 Tranq patches, for future reference.

No problem. Take as much time as you need.

@ SoyKaf - Got 'em. What color? Black, Brown or White?

I don't think it would hurt if you fast forward to Kilroy's call back.

Considering the suit was mostly dark, black seems an appropriate start.

Here is another Spades, Ramses and Sam scene for your enjoyment...

The Getaway

That's pretty neat Gray!

Lets get on with the real deal here though. First courier will most likely be a biker. That's means high mobility, but vulnerable. Lets pick a strategy how to stop him and move on. Nothing too fancy here, keep it simple. I say we tail the guy after the pick up and use an air spirit to cause a flat tire. We disguise someone as lonestar who pulls over to him and whammo - he gets hit by a stunner. We grab the package and disappear, literally.

What do say?

That will work even if it's a car with 2 couriers. just a little more hairy. I'll need to call "Queen's Knight", my arms dealer contact to get a bunch of stick and shocks. I think they'll work better than the gel rounds I have. Anybody need any? If so tell me for what type of gun.

I'll need to bring Sam's bike, in case it is a bike courier and he gets away from the accident. It's a Suzuki Mirage so it should be able to keep up with anything with wheels. We better check to make sure it's not Knight Errant country, too.

We should know the route 20 minutes ahead of time so we shouldn't have to tail him. However Johnson's information being as accurate as it is, maybe we better tail him anyhow. I'd rather not as we may tip our hand too early, but if Johson's info is bad we'd be hosed.

Maybe Spades and Sam take turns tailing him until we get to the accident area, and Ramses' spirit calls down thunder on his butt. Maybe call a spirit that can cast spells and give him Stun Bolt?

Okay, so assuming we're going to just put the bag on the first courier(s), what else do we need to do? I'll do a post when I get home (can't access Invisible Castle from work) to call my Arms Dealer to get some Stick N Shocks. Do we need a tow truck or are we going the fake Lone Star route? I think we need Sam's bike in case its a bike courier and he escapes the accident. We could put that in the back of the tow truck, or disguise it as highway patrol (hopefully Ramses has a good spell for that). Should we tail the courier or assume he's going where Johnson says he's going to go? The spirit could probably tail him and give him a flat.

My idea would be to have someone drive me in a car, the spirit and car trail the bike. The spirit causes a accident to happen (tire blowout) and as he/she is on the ground I hit him with a stunner. I hit Spades with invis and he goes up and grabs the package and takes off.

I need to summon a force 4 air spirit then.

Well whoever is the best driver should driver the car, in case there is backup or things go FUBAR. I assume that that's Spades, as Sam has reaction 3 and Pilot Groundcraft (Bike) 2(+2). Sam has Infiltration 1 but not Shadowing. Sam could drive the car, but she's prolly better at snatch and grab.

Sam's got Athletics Group 3 and Agility 6, and Dodge (ranged) 4(+2), so if she's not driving I think she should be the invisible girl. Ramses has the stunner covered, so the stick and shocks are just insurance.

@Soykaf: what kind of car does Spades drive?

@RedJack: Sam needs to do two things in game but not necessarily IC before we jump ahead. One is go for a ride with Scrimp, which I assume can happen safely off camera on Sunday. The second is purchase 30 rounds (2 clips worth) of Stick'n'Shock for her Predator. She has a fake carry license, so can she buy them at the store, or will she need to call Queen's Knight to get them on the black market?

She also has classes at the University of Washington under her real SIN on Tuesday from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm (she has all of her classes on Tuesday and Thursday, 12 credits this semester), but if the Run goes down during the same time, she'll just have to be sick.

So the main reason to go through a fixer for stuff like ammo is traceability. Just like everything commercial explosive has a signature which allows it to be traced back to the supplier, all ammo is serialized. Each stick-n-shock dart can be traced back to the sale.... or the theft of the ammo... or the fact that its supposed to be in a warehouse in Jersey... You get the idea.

@ Redjack: Okay so I will post a roll for talking to "Queen's Knight" Rudolpho when I get home tonight and a brief IC post of the phone call, or is that something Kilroy could handle better since it is fairly standard?

Sam could troll the black market herself, but I don't know if she has enough dice to locate the ammo in time for the first run. IShe'd have an interval of 12 hours since the base price is only 80 nuyen, but she needs 5 successes on the extended test. I see that taking at least 24 hours unless I use Edge (Charisma: 7, Influence Group: 1). For example if she just bought successes it would take 36 hours or 9:15 AM Monday.

Queen's Knight may have a case of Stick'n'Shock in the basement, or know somebody who does. Sam might need to agree to play him a game of chess, but he's usually well stocked. And Kilroy, well... he's Kilroy. Who knows how he does what he does? He just does it well.

Given Sam's experience with Kilroy, he is the epitome of a fixer. He makes connections and arrangements rarely getting directly involved. You need something? He will either put you in touch with someone or broker as the middle-man and contract the delivery to another third-party. His strength isn't being the end-all be all... Its being the middle-man.


Make a street knowledge test.

Not sure which Street Knowledge skill you want. I'll use Local Area Knowledge.
6d6.hits(5)--> [2,4,1,2,5,4] = (1)

And I get next to nada: 1 hit

Guess I'm stuck using Gel Rounds, unless the Crime Mall in the Puyallup Barrens is common knowledge. Or she can call "Queens Knight" Rudolpho. In case that's viable here is a Charisma + Eitquette + Loyalty roll for Knight:

10d6.hits(5) --> [2,5,3,1,1,1,3,6,2,3] = (2)

2 hits.

HAHAHHA... One hit is all you need to know that the Crime Mall is The Place to go for illegal gear. You know that it is only open on an infrequent basis (to thwart the Star's attempts to arrest the vendors)... Now if you only knew someone who would know if it is open tonight....

Most likely candidates among people Sam knows:

Arms Dealer (L:2 C:2) - Roger "Queen's Knight/Knight" Rudolpho - he's probably a vendor at the crime mall, or at least buys weapons from some of them

Bartender (L:2 C:2) - Jingles - bartenders know lots of amazing things

Fixer (L:3 C:3) - Kilroy - like you say he's a middle man, but if worse comes to worst, Sam will call him.

I think Sam will try them in this order: Jingles, Rudolpho, Kilroy. Jingles is just downstairs, so I'll post an IC later with Sam popping downstairs for another dance and a question. Let me know what kind of roll you want. She get's 9 dice pool for dancing (Agility 6, Gymnastics 3)

Start with Rudolpho and throw me up an IC post to him.

Okay... I'll edit the post I had with Jingles to be with him instead. Forgive the spelling of the Spanish words. For some reason Dumpshock doesn't like the accented letters, tildes, and the upside down question mark.

[edit]
I fixed the Spanish problem... I had to use the Rich Text Editor...

@redjack

To prepare for tomorrow's run I need to summon and bind an air spirit. I'm thinking force 4 with the ability Accident.

Summoning 4 + magic 5 = 9dp 4 hits

Spirit oppossed force 4 = 4 dp 2 hits

2 Services, Drain 4

Charisma 5 + Willpower 6 = 11 dp 3 hits

Damage taken 1 box of stun, resting one hour before the binding to negate.

Binding test: Binding 5 + magic 5 = 10 dp 2 hits
Spirit resistance test: Force 4 (x2) = 8 dp 3 hits

Spirit not bound, drain damage 6

Drain resistance test: Charisma 5 + Will 6 = 11 dp 3 hits

Damage taken 3 boxes of stun.

Sleep off the effects and let the timer run out on the air spirit. 2,000 yen of binding materials wasted.

The next morning bright and early I Attempt to summon another spirit, force 4 with added accident power.

Summoning 4 + magic 5 = 9dp 3 hits
spirit opposed: power 4= 4dp 1 hit
2 services, 2 boxes of drain which I will buy off.

less then perfection and the sun god punished me!

Anybody else want to go to the Crime Mall?

Nothing like having a good haggler at your side, eh Gray?

Exaclty!

It looks like two are going to the Mall and one to summoning?
If so, just drop some IC posts and I'll move us along.

Okay I took Spades and Sam up the escalator and to the parking fee collector at the Crime Mall.

Sam goes for a ride with Scrimp on his Hog

I'm still here, just got hit with work pretty hard - mandatory 6 days. I'll have a post up tonight or so while you two guys pal around the crime mall.

Yea, the bad thing about playing the mage.... The binding time.
And the real thing about RL.... work...

Yeah... I hear ya. Luckily I can see Dumpshock at work. I just can't see Invisible Castle.

If there were a RL mage, he'd use the binding time to summon a spirit to do the work for him!