I've said it before and I'll say it again, not going anywhere with anyone that cackles.

That said, I'm heading off to SoCal myself, so I'll be out till Sunday.

I'll PM you some stuff.

Ok, I'll get things rolling again soon, but it ain't gunna happen today. I'm running on E and can barely think to make my normal posts, let alone figure out the setup for the next scene. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Sorry for my lag in posting, my mom just had surgery and I had to take care of her while my dad is out of town.

And then I got the flu... bleh

Sorry it took so long, but I'm ready when you guys are. I understand it is the holidays, so I'm not expecting things to jump foward, but I figure I can start the ball rolling again.

No sweat. Just so everybody know's, I'm out for the holidays as well. I'll be back on the 2nd.

In the meantime, I'll swap out clips and put two shots with XX into the door. If the barrier rating is less then 20 and is made of not hardened, military grade armor, it should be reduced by one point for each shot. When the barrier rating drops below 10, the bullets will start making .5 meter holes I'll fire until there's enough of the door gone to push through, maybe taking out around locks and hinges?

No sweat. Just so everybody know's, I'm out for the holidays as well. I'll be back on the 2nd.

In the meantime, I'll swap out clips and put two shots with XX into the door. If the barrier rating is less then 20 and is made of not hardened, military grade armor, it should be reduced by one point for each shot. When the barrier rating drops below 10, the bullets will start making .5 meter holes I'll fire until there's enough of the door gone to push through, maybe taking out around locks and hinges?

This game still kicking? Fenris is back now if we were waitng on him.

I'm back now too, so yeah, I'll try to kick things along again soon. I'm fighting a flu (again), but I'll try not to let it slow me down.

Actually, I haven't seen Shadow around in a while, either. You know I'm still here.

I'm here. I haven't seen Shadow in my game for like a month either.

I talked to him yesterday. He is going through some hard times right now, but expects to return within the next week or so.

Well, since you're obviously back and posting, is there anything stopping us from moving on without Shadow? He's upstairs with Father anyway.

(looks around)

Anyone still out there?

(listens carefully)

Wow, I totally missed Fenris' post. Ummm... yeah, we can move on. I'll re-read the last few posts and catch up today and get things moving foward.

Background count has increased to 4 as you move into the basement.

Active sensors: 10, 8, 4, 3, 1, 1

Perception: 8, 5, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1

Any chance we could find out what we're looking at now that we're through the door?

You didn't open it yet. It just cracked open a bit. I wasn't sure if you wanted to just throw the door open or do something before going in.

grendel: Give me 10 Gunnery tests. What is the base damage and what kind of Ammo are you using?

Base Damage of the weapon is 14S. Loading hollowpoint rounds which give +1 power. I'll wait after every three shots for pools to refresh.

First shot: 6 skill + 3 combat pool

14, 10, 9, 8, 5, 3, 3, 2, 1

Second shot: 6 skill + 3 combat pool

7, 7, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Third shot: 6 skill + 3 combat pool

11, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1

Fourth shot (after pools refresh): 6 skill + 3 combat pool

17, 10, 9, 7, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2

Fifth shot: 6 skill + 3 combat pool

7, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1

Sixth shot: 6 skill + 3 combat pool

7, 7, 5, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1

Seventh shot (after pools refresh): 6 skill + 3 combat pool

10, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1

Eighth shot: 6 skill + 3 combat pool

5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1

Ninth shot: 6 skill + 3 combat pool

5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1

Tenth shot (after pools refresh): 6 skill + 3 combat pool

8, 8, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1

Perception to see if any of the cameras need a second shot:

11, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

I need a reaction check from everyone in the basement.

EWWW! I suck at reaction.

05 04 04 03 02 01

Does anyone know how to get ahold of Blitz and let her know we're back in bussiness?

I was under the impression that Shadow and Father were on their way to re-group. Since Shadow isn't around, can he just follow me down when I try to catch up?

You'd be better off PM'ing her through the forums. Trust me

Reaction: 05 04 03 03 01 01 01 01 01

Karma, cause that sucked: 11 05 05 05 05

Active Sensors: 7, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1

With a flux of 10, I've got a range of 30 km. I want to see if these are drones in-bound, or manned aircraft. I'm going to try to infiltrate any network channels. Target number is six plus the difference between the target's RC deck rating and mine (10). I'm looking to get the system channel, then the simsense channel. Any other successes will be used to divide the base time.

9, 7, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1

Base time is 10 combat turns. I'll expend one karma pool pt to reroll failures

Looks to be three Strato-9 Drones. Reroll 6 dice for the karma.

11, 7, 5, 5, 4, 2 on the re-roll. I'll allocate two successes for increasing my detection factor while on the network. While I'm not wild about stealing drones from Lone Star, I doubt their rigger would be fooled by any false simsense feed I put into his network. We'll go for decryption. Target number is encryption plus 4. Dice are rigger decryption module plus electronic warfare as complimentary.

21, 9, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2 + 8, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1

That's at least one success. I'll go right for the intrusion attack. MIJI roll is electronics warfare plus flux as complimentary against a target number equal to his deck rating.

8, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 2, 1 + 11, 9, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1

I'll spend a karma pool point to reroll all failures.

15, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2 + 11, 8, 7, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1

Four successes overall.

His target is my protocol emulation module rating (8) with his electronics warfare plus flux as complimentary. Net successes on the MIJI test will degrade his or my system channel.

Just a reminder you have a Force 8 City spirit tasked to help you if you need it. Though you seem to be doing fine on your own.

Grendel: Any chance you can hop on AIM? This stuff isn't my stong point. Screw it, I trust ya, he has a rating 8 deck, with rating 8 encryption.

His roll at TN 8: 05 04 03 03 03 01 + 04 04 04 04 03 02 01 01

Ok, that was pathetic.

Sorry, no AIM at work. I have written out a bit of the rules on this before if you want to flip back to the Exile's Hope thread.

Four net successes means his system channel is suffering four boxes of damage, the equivalent of a moderate plus one. Want to roll initiative?

Sure. Toss yours out.

edit: I got the worst one... 20.

No, I'm worse at 15. When rigging in captain's chair mode, you don't get the reaction bonus from the VCR.

Seriously? Shows you how much I know about Rigging.

Make his 11 then.

Your turn.

Same deal as before.

10, 8, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1 + 13, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1

Only one success. His targets are now 10s as well (8 for the protocol emulation module rating +2 for system channel degradation).

07 05 05 04 02 01 + 09 05 05 04 04 04 03 02

0 Successes

Can he make the test again to try and restore his channel?

Oh and you said in your IC post about how so much time has passed. Since you guys went Loud, only about a minute or two has gone by IC.

If he kicks me off his network he can make an electronics warfare test to restore the channel, but right now he and I are vying for control of his entire network.

Thanks.

He is going to switch then.

Electronics: 10 10 04 04 03 02 (2 successes)

Base time of 16 reduced to 8.

Do the drones halt in place or continue their last command?

It's your call, it pretty much depends on what he's got them set for.

Ok, they'll continue on course, but take no actions once they get on location.

Does his channel heal once the change is finished, or does that require another test?

Everything will be healed once the switchover is complete.

Can someone tap Fenris and Blitz and let them know I'm waiting on a reaction check from them?

Dashifen: I need one from you too if you are there.

Grendel: You have 4 more turns until the changeover is complete, with three drones parked above you doing nothing. What do you want to do with your 4 turns?

Fenris did post his reaction, 2nd post down from the top. I'll try to get Blitz to post but at this point you might be better off just NPCing her.

I'll wait three turns and then vacate the area, looking to keep the Bison under cover.

*rolls dice for Dash and Blitz*

The Toxic Wave is cast at force 9 with a base damage code of M. The caster scored 11 successes on the casting for anyone resisting.

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