OK I believe that brings me up to date with everyone who was waiting on me for something. If anyone has any questions let me know, otherwise you're all free to post.
Bearclaw - If Dantic doesn't respond to you, feel free to NPC him, since you obviously have a plan and he set up a nice situation for you to start working some crime.
Pragma - I don't think I explicitly stated it, but raising Pistols to 1 has been approved.
Plumbing Crew - I'm letting you guys RP out the situation per an earlier request. At such time as it's necessary to get down to the mechanics let me know and we'll work out the details.
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Baby will be going through her checklist of routes, side streets and alley ways to come up with some sort of escape route if the group needs it. Would you like me to make that roll now or later if it comes to that. She would have been doing so anyway, the whole way there.
She will also be noting any cover nearby, which I will add to my IC post.
Baby will be going through her checklist of routes, side streets and alley ways to come up with some sort of escape route if the group needs it. Would you like me to make that roll now or later if it comes to that. She would have been doing so anyway, the whole way there.
She will also be noting any cover nearby, which I will add to my IC post.
OK, I NPC'd Twiggs. I'm hoping he'll pick it up from there, or maybe a GM, as we're gonna need one sooner or later.
Felix is switching to astral perception.
He is mainly just looking about, checking for people who might be hiding somewhere close by.
He is mainly just looking about, checking for people who might be hiding somewhere close by.
Slipshade - No need to roll, she would have had plenty of time to do that on her way here and I presume she would have been doing so.
Bearclaw - Good post, and understood. We'll give Dantic a couple days, and if he doesn't respond, I'll get involved as a GM and NPC him, since like you said, you'll need a GM involved eventually.
Side Note: I cannot believe you invoked the Bang Bus. I don't know what's worse, the fact that I knew what you were talking about, or the fact that it's a perfectly reasonable thing for you guys to do in this game. A shadowrun game with the Bang Bus...what will you all come up with next?
Mister Juan -
Grendel, Mister Juan, Slipshade, Meriss - In case it needed to be said, all of the Black Plaguer's are carrying weapons of some type, mostly melee, no obvious firearms, etc. They're being polite though, and are conspicuously NOT pointing any of their weapons at you. Yet.
Bearclaw - Good post, and understood. We'll give Dantic a couple days, and if he doesn't respond, I'll get involved as a GM and NPC him, since like you said, you'll need a GM involved eventually.
Side Note: I cannot believe you invoked the Bang Bus. I don't know what's worse, the fact that I knew what you were talking about, or the fact that it's a perfectly reasonable thing for you guys to do in this game. A shadowrun game with the Bang Bus...what will you all come up with next?
Mister Juan -
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Grendel, Mister Juan, Slipshade, Meriss - In case it needed to be said, all of the Black Plaguer's are carrying weapons of some type, mostly melee, no obvious firearms, etc. They're being polite though, and are conspicuously NOT pointing any of their weapons at you. Yet.
If you want an intimidation roll, tell me what modifiers I need to apply.
No need, situation already resolved via IC post. You're up.
Since Aziz's situation is 'open' if you will, use your next post to set the direction for where you want Aziz to go from here, even if it's just continuing to sit there and let business come in. This way it's clear to me if you're waiting on me or if you'll be IC posting on your own for a bit.
Since Aziz's situation is 'open' if you will, use your next post to set the direction for where you want Aziz to go from here, even if it's just continuing to sit there and let business come in. This way it's clear to me if you're waiting on me or if you'll be IC posting on your own for a bit.
Sweet. What exactly are our colors again... ?
I don't think we've actually pinned it down yet, people have suggested various stuff, but no real agreement has been reached. I dunno I like, Bearclaw's suggestion of black and orange maybe if we throw in a little red?
Well, Ravens are black, October is orange... But that's the Halloweeners color, isn't it? Hmm...
Lets see what we have around us. I will need help filling this in...
Raider Nation - Silver and Black
Emerald Lotus - Green and...Black?
Heartbreakers - Pink and ? (Not sure if that is right)
Plague - Black and ?
BF Inc - No idea
Ghouls - No idea
Not sure who else I am missing. Maybe the wiki will have more info on rival gang colors.
Raider Nation - Silver and Black
Emerald Lotus - Green and...Black?
Heartbreakers - Pink and ? (Not sure if that is right)
Plague - Black and ?
BF Inc - No idea
Ghouls - No idea
Not sure who else I am missing. Maybe the wiki will have more info on rival gang colors.
Voorhees - Aziz is calling the shots with the girls, so go ahead and IC post whatever setup he's got them running over in Evergreen Heights.
Slip: It does! personally, I'd say sky blue w/ some black thing; then you get a raven on a sky. Not like gang colors have to be all dark, since it's usually an armband or bandanna or a t-shirt or something.
QUOTE (rob @ Jul 29 2008, 04:36 PM) 
Slip: It does! personally, I'd say sky blue w/ some black thing; then you get a raven on a sky. Not like gang colors have to be all dark, since it's usually an armband or bandanna or a t-shirt or something.
Hmmm, nifty, what if we added a flame wreath to that?
I was working at one point on some tags for Baby and I had put the words October Ravens in a very stylized bird shaped triangle with flames around it. My original thought was black lettering with the triangle formed in blue or purple flame, so that would work for me.
I think colors are enough. Best way to do this is have one of the characters brign up the tag/sign/color whatever IC, and then the gang more or less coalesces around the suggestion. If it doesn't happen, well, they're gang members, not the committee that writes uniform regulations.
OOC, I think the best we're going to get is more or less a plurality vote of 'that doesn't suck.' I posit that 'not sucking' is good enough for us.
@WinterRat: I'll put box's condition monitor and or training time tracker up soon. Can I count sewage fixing as OJT for Industrial Mechanic (Buildings)?
OOC, I think the best we're going to get is more or less a plurality vote of 'that doesn't suck.' I posit that 'not sucking' is good enough for us.
@WinterRat: I'll put box's condition monitor and or training time tracker up soon. Can I count sewage fixing as OJT for Industrial Mechanic (Buildings)?
I didn't mean for that to come off as picking that as a log, it was just something fun that I was doing to pass the time one day. 
Figuring it out in IC is cool too, really the deciding factor will be Legion anyway.
Figuring it out in IC is cool too, really the deciding factor will be Legion anyway.
I'm guessing it's about time to get to the mechanics, unless Box has waded into another unexpected conversational lacuna.
From here, goal is to find the pipe, connect it to the hq pipe, and make water go. Then we'll hike back up and look for leaks or other unexpected crap.
Box has logic 4 and no relevant skills. Auto mechanics may come into play if we have to jack somebody's radiator hose to make a shunt, but that's all I can think of unless there's some clean connection.
From here, goal is to find the pipe, connect it to the hq pipe, and make water go. Then we'll hike back up and look for leaks or other unexpected crap.
Box has logic 4 and no relevant skills. Auto mechanics may come into play if we have to jack somebody's radiator hose to make a shunt, but that's all I can think of unless there's some clean connection.
Okay - was going to IC Grack just getting up and starting work without a word (until he gets tired), turning some valve or something.
But a review of the crunchy post about how Winter is going to handle the dice on all that stopped me short. Apparently tools may be required (can't really argue much there). Grack certainly not venturing forth to find any in daylight!
As for dice, at 6 dice confirmed, Grack has twice as many as Bockscar, so I think he should probably be the "leader" in terms of dice rolling, with others rolling teamwork. On the other hand, he may quit halfway through. And being no statistician, I am not sure how great an impact it will be that he has two less Logic than Bocks (for the "working from memory" penalty).
Anyway, starting from 6 dice, here is some semi-crunchy wheedling re. mods:
* If I can successfully cast Spatial Sense (extended) - which I took for assistance with sewer ops - can I get a better read on where the pipes are/go/what is in them, so as to offset some of that working from memory/without reference penalty?
* I do have a flashlight, so for us orks, we should have no vision mods - so maybe that will be factored into the final decision on how terrible the conditions are....
* I would submit - most respectfully - that for Grack, the conditions are not adverse at all but perfectly normal, and there should be no penalty for bad working conditions. This is no freebie based on backstory role-playing I seek, but something I have paid heavily for in game terms - to wit, I have FIVE active or knowledge skills that deal specifically with living in the sewers.
Thus endeth the wheedle.
Waiting for us to make a final decision on:
- tooling up/trying to get a comm connection to pull up some schematics or DIY instructions
- target water quality
But a review of the crunchy post about how Winter is going to handle the dice on all that stopped me short. Apparently tools may be required (can't really argue much there). Grack certainly not venturing forth to find any in daylight!
As for dice, at 6 dice confirmed, Grack has twice as many as Bockscar, so I think he should probably be the "leader" in terms of dice rolling, with others rolling teamwork. On the other hand, he may quit halfway through. And being no statistician, I am not sure how great an impact it will be that he has two less Logic than Bocks (for the "working from memory" penalty).
Anyway, starting from 6 dice, here is some semi-crunchy wheedling re. mods:
* If I can successfully cast Spatial Sense (extended) - which I took for assistance with sewer ops - can I get a better read on where the pipes are/go/what is in them, so as to offset some of that working from memory/without reference penalty?
* I do have a flashlight, so for us orks, we should have no vision mods - so maybe that will be factored into the final decision on how terrible the conditions are....
* I would submit - most respectfully - that for Grack, the conditions are not adverse at all but perfectly normal, and there should be no penalty for bad working conditions. This is no freebie based on backstory role-playing I seek, but something I have paid heavily for in game terms - to wit, I have FIVE active or knowledge skills that deal specifically with living in the sewers.
Thus endeth the wheedle.
Waiting for us to make a final decision on:
- tooling up/trying to get a comm connection to pull up some schematics or DIY instructions
- target water quality
For IC purposes, Thumper's tagging along so long as it's feasible. He ditched his armor in the HQ and is just wearing some street clothes.
This assumes there's someone in the HQ, if not, Thumper will hold down the fort.
IC post forthcoming, a bit busy with moving nowadays.
This assumes there's someone in the HQ, if not, Thumper will hold down the fort.
IC post forthcoming, a bit busy with moving nowadays.
QUOTE (WinterRat1 @ Jul 28 2008, 07:16 PM)
[Bearclaw - Good post, and understood. We'll give Dantic a couple days, and if he doesn't respond, I'll get involved as a GM and NPC him, since like you said, you'll need a GM involved eventually.
Side Note: I cannot believe you invoked the Bang Bus. I don't know what's worse, the fact that I knew what you were talking about, or the fact that it's a perfectly reasonable thing for you guys to do in this game. A shadowrun game with the Bang Bus...what will you all come up with next?
Side Note: I cannot believe you invoked the Bang Bus. I don't know what's worse, the fact that I knew what you were talking about, or the fact that it's a perfectly reasonable thing for you guys to do in this game. A shadowrun game with the Bang Bus...what will you all come up with next?
Oops, sorry, got a little caught up with that damn real life bs again
been scanning the boards some, but been really unable to do anything, but things should be back to normal now, and not working quite so many hours in the week, and just when things start rolling, sigh. Bearclaw seems to be on the right track, I'm fine with it, though Twiggs will try to use his, fast hands and faster mouth to avoid a beatdown. Will post in the next two days, also kind of see modern SR4 trucks as being acessed through comm like everything else, instead of keys, so would swipe it, but whatever is needed, will probably need a palming roll.
I will be out of town from today, Aug. 3 through Sunday, Aug. 10. I will catch up on everything as soon as possible upon my return.
Hey Winter and Co. I know its been about an age since i last did manage to post 
but i just got back from Washington D.C. and life in general and was wondering if there's any possible way I can get back in the game. If thats ok I could get a post up prob by tomorrow night or Sunday night at the latest. If it is too late however I totally understand and will read this game with much interest.
Sincerely,
Spark
but i just got back from Washington D.C. and life in general and was wondering if there's any possible way I can get back in the game. If thats ok I could get a post up prob by tomorrow night or Sunday night at the latest. If it is too late however I totally understand and will read this game with much interest.Sincerely,
Spark
Spark - WR's gone for another day or two on vacation so you might not get a reply right away. I'm gonna leave it in his hands to make any decisions one way or the other about the situation. I think I know how he wants to handle player absences, but just in case I have any part of it wrong... 
@Spark: There is that IC messsage Ink sent X. Not to mention the fact that Winter may rule you did not survive your time in the Gate between ICs. It's entirely possible. He's made many allusions that Kingsgate is not "Happy Fun Sunshine landTM"
It's entirely possible. He's made many allusions that Kingsgate is not "Happy Fun Sunshine landTM"
yeah, like i said its fine either way tbh. just thought id check.
Grack, all sewer peeps, Winter:
Still looking to diagnose the problem and fix it if it's easy (like just turning on the water) or find more stuff if it's hard.
* Comms +/DIY manual: Assuming that the signal won't reach us, as long as there's a manhole within Signal 1 range of the work site Box can just throw his throwaway commlink up there and use it as a repeater for his brain commlink (which is pretty much what he does all the time, anyway, to spoof the commcodes).
* Tools: depends on what is needed/broken, requires GM call. Turning on the water through a shut off valve probably requires a breaker bar (if the valve lever is attached but rusted shut or something) or special-head wrench (like a fire hydrant wrench). Reconnecting the pipes will require all that and a pipe wrench and something to seal the connection. Splicing the pipes together (no remaining connection to the main line and no fitting for it) won't require a valve wrench, but will require either some new pipe or a stand in (like a rubber radiator hose), and something that can put a big enough hole in the main pipe (drill, grack's axe might work, but finding something to fit tight to the gash would be a trick).
* Water quality: Box will posit, IC when it comes up, that all we need is running water. Purification devices, if necessary, will be installed downstream after we take a quick trip to Home Depot.
Still looking to diagnose the problem and fix it if it's easy (like just turning on the water) or find more stuff if it's hard.
* Comms +/DIY manual: Assuming that the signal won't reach us, as long as there's a manhole within Signal 1 range of the work site Box can just throw his throwaway commlink up there and use it as a repeater for his brain commlink (which is pretty much what he does all the time, anyway, to spoof the commcodes).
* Tools: depends on what is needed/broken, requires GM call. Turning on the water through a shut off valve probably requires a breaker bar (if the valve lever is attached but rusted shut or something) or special-head wrench (like a fire hydrant wrench). Reconnecting the pipes will require all that and a pipe wrench and something to seal the connection. Splicing the pipes together (no remaining connection to the main line and no fitting for it) won't require a valve wrench, but will require either some new pipe or a stand in (like a rubber radiator hose), and something that can put a big enough hole in the main pipe (drill, grack's axe might work, but finding something to fit tight to the gash would be a trick).
* Water quality: Box will posit, IC when it comes up, that all we need is running water. Purification devices, if necessary, will be installed downstream after we take a quick trip to Home Depot.
I will be offline from Wednesday, 13 Aug 08 until Sunday, 17 Aug 08. Gen Con, baby!
Hey Everyone –
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is I got back safely from my vacation on Sunday.
The bad news is I returned to find my computer had crashed.
Not being tech savvy myself, I can only go with the recommendation of my wife (computer science major) and brother-in-law that my ancient low-tech computer (a.k.a. The Affront to the SOTA Curve) is now best consigned to the scrapheap, and I should move on to the latest and greatest in modern computer technology.
I am only able to have computer access at work right now, and since I’m getting ready to leave for GenCon tomorrow night, I’ve spent most of my time catching up here from last week and getting things in order for when I leave.
I will try to carve out a block of time next week to catch up, even if I have to stay late at work to do so, and to get up and running on a new computer as soon as possible. My brother-in-law is currently hunting one down for me.
Since I’m leaving for GenCon tomorrow night, consider me down comms from this point until I surface again sometime next week. If anyone needs anything or has any questions, feel free to post them and I will get back to you ASAP upon my return.
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is I got back safely from my vacation on Sunday.
The bad news is I returned to find my computer had crashed.
Not being tech savvy myself, I can only go with the recommendation of my wife (computer science major) and brother-in-law that my ancient low-tech computer (a.k.a. The Affront to the SOTA Curve) is now best consigned to the scrapheap, and I should move on to the latest and greatest in modern computer technology.
I am only able to have computer access at work right now, and since I’m getting ready to leave for GenCon tomorrow night, I’ve spent most of my time catching up here from last week and getting things in order for when I leave.
I will try to carve out a block of time next week to catch up, even if I have to stay late at work to do so, and to get up and running on a new computer as soon as possible. My brother-in-law is currently hunting one down for me.
Since I’m leaving for GenCon tomorrow night, consider me down comms from this point until I surface again sometime next week. If anyone needs anything or has any questions, feel free to post them and I will get back to you ASAP upon my return.
@Winter:
Hail and farewell to your old computer. May it find peace at last.
rob
Hail and farewell to your old computer. May it find peace at last.
rob
@WR1
Good luck with the computer mate
I know how much of a pain in the ass it can be!
Good luck with the computer mate
I know how much of a pain in the ass it can be!
Man - I haven't been online at home for three months - I KNOW your pain! Good luck, Winter...and see you soon.
@WR - sucks about the computer dude. Hope you can find one that will replace the old one without breaking the bank. p.s. try to catch me on Gmail if you can, wanted to chat about something game related
@GenCon folks - Have a BLAST, travel safe, and have an extra drink (or 7) for me! I WILL be there next year dammit, if it kills me
@GenCon folks - Have a BLAST, travel safe, and have an extra drink (or 7) for me! I WILL be there next year dammit, if it kills me
lucky bums. ty for letting me back in, winter, vegas. just wanted to make sure.
I planed to wait in my flat for a few hours till X gets inks reply and head up towards the new HQ, anything you think i need to run into? (avoiding NE 137th since the howling is still coming from that direction at the current point in X's story). Other than that ill just end up cruising along the evergreen heights and the park look for drug deals and Ink in general.
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I'm still in the game. I committed the cardinal sin of falling off the map without telling people in advance and I'm terribly sorry, but I am more or less contentedly, moved across country now.
I'll catch up tomorrow, I hope.
I'll catch up tomorrow, I hope.
I'm just waiting for WR1 to come back, heh.
Hey Everyone –
My apologies for my continued absence. Work has been really busy lately, leaving me unable to squeeze in time to post, and my lack of a home computer has continued to be a significant obstacle to my ability to post.
I’m going to make time to talk with my brother-in-law this week and finish specifying what I want on my new computer, so hopefully he can put in the order this week, I get my computer next week, and then I’ll be up and running next week or the week after.
That is my projected timetable, my apologies for the continued delay. When/where possible I will try to make time to post, but work has been hectic lately, so that goal is looking less like a realistic possibility and more like a ‘distant hope’, if you will.
Never fear though, I shall return soon!
WinterRat1
My apologies for my continued absence. Work has been really busy lately, leaving me unable to squeeze in time to post, and my lack of a home computer has continued to be a significant obstacle to my ability to post.
I’m going to make time to talk with my brother-in-law this week and finish specifying what I want on my new computer, so hopefully he can put in the order this week, I get my computer next week, and then I’ll be up and running next week or the week after.
That is my projected timetable, my apologies for the continued delay. When/where possible I will try to make time to post, but work has been hectic lately, so that goal is looking less like a realistic possibility and more like a ‘distant hope’, if you will.
Never fear though, I shall return soon!
WinterRat1
Can't the co-gm's do some of this stuff? Like, we really need GM involvement with why Rico's doing but it's not plot central like Legion and the rest. I'd REALLY like to keep this going, but I don't have anything to do but wait til a GM answers Dantic's post.
There are no Co-GMs. They all dropped out on me a LONG time ago. My apologies again for the continued delay while I get my computer situation sorted out.
QUOTE (WinterRat1 @ Aug 26 2008, 02:01 PM)
There are no Co-GMs. They all dropped out on me a LONG time ago. My apologies again for the continued delay while I get my computer situation sorted out.
Well, shit. Never mind then
Thanks for the update.
Bearclaw - Nevada and I were helping out with recruitment. We weren't Co-GM's. That may have been where some of the confuse came from.
Positive Update: My brother-in-law has found me a computer and should be ordering it in the next day or so. He says I should receive the computer a week or so after that. So hopefully my absence will not extend past 1-2 more weeks.
Thanks again to everyone for your patience and understanding. Once again I offer my sincere apologies for the delay. I will be back and on track as soon as I am able.
Thanks again to everyone for your patience and understanding. Once again I offer my sincere apologies for the delay. I will be back and on track as soon as I am able.
Obligatory player poke. Hello Sixth world!
Thanks for the bump Meriss.
Good news everyone. I finally(!) received my laptop yesterday. It took extra long because I was looking for a laptop that ran Microsoft XP. Apparently most laptops these days run Vista, and a lot of them had problems when you loaded XP onto them.
Anyway, I have a wedding this Saturday that I am the MC for, and I have to get the house ready because people are staying at our place, so I’m not sure how much time I will have to update this week, but I will try to get caught up and reacquainted with where everyone is at.
Next week you can expect to start seeing posts from me to move the action forward again.
Thanks again to everyone for their patience, and my sincere apologies for making you all wait so long before I could get back on track.
All the best,
WinterRat1
Good news everyone. I finally(!) received my laptop yesterday. It took extra long because I was looking for a laptop that ran Microsoft XP. Apparently most laptops these days run Vista, and a lot of them had problems when you loaded XP onto them.
Anyway, I have a wedding this Saturday that I am the MC for, and I have to get the house ready because people are staying at our place, so I’m not sure how much time I will have to update this week, but I will try to get caught up and reacquainted with where everyone is at.
Next week you can expect to start seeing posts from me to move the action forward again.
Thanks again to everyone for their patience, and my sincere apologies for making you all wait so long before I could get back on track.
All the best,
WinterRat1
Great news Winter.
I will try to expedite some of my "homework."
I will try to expedite some of my "homework."
Unfortunately my home computer has also died and now I am waiting on the new one to arrive, so my posting will be sporadic at best for the next two-three weeks.
Sweet. I can't wait to get back into this!
QUOTE (Voorhees @ Sep 26 2008, 12:17 AM)
Sweet. I can't wait to get back into this!
Me too
Man, this is awkward.
I feel really bad about leaving you guys out to dry, but I kinda had a penetrating head injury (that's doctor talk for "should have gotten a cyberskull, chummer") and posting wasn't really a big priority for a while there. Also, me don't type so gudz now. Sorry, that's a bad joke. Sort of. My right hand is kinda slow on the draw these days but other than that no problems. Figured I owed you guys an apology though because if I were to be totally honest I could have managed to give you guys a heads up considerably earlier.
I feel really bad about leaving you guys out to dry, but I kinda had a penetrating head injury (that's doctor talk for "should have gotten a cyberskull, chummer") and posting wasn't really a big priority for a while there. Also, me don't type so gudz now. Sorry, that's a bad joke. Sort of. My right hand is kinda slow on the draw these days but other than that no problems. Figured I owed you guys an apology though because if I were to be totally honest I could have managed to give you guys a heads up considerably earlier.
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