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BlackHat
Oh yeah, I forgot to link the roll: See above
Oenone
@Gremish

Bleh before we get too far into this can I change Weavers Paragon from Alias to World Tree? As she hasn't made any matrix rolls yet I hope this isn't going to be a problem.

I've been re-reading the descriptions and while Alias is the mechanically better path World Tree is just much more suitable for her personality. As the Alias blurb is very much about hiding your own identity rather than the flow of information.

Basically this would entail losing a +2 to spoof and +1 to Sleuth Sprites and swapping it for +2 to Analyze and +1 to Code Sprites. With the downside changing from must spoof lifestyle to the downside below.

[ Spoiler ]



Edit

Out of interest would Granny and Weaver have an idea of each others resonance signatures from the dream?
crizh
Dunno. If you've ever come into contact with Whampoa there's a reasonable chance she may have previously encountered your signature but I don't think there is any way to track you through that. I'll go check the stuff about Resonance Realms, maybe I can find you that way...


Here's a decent image of Calanais if your interested. That's what Granny's Nexus looks like.
Oenone
QUOTE (crizh @ Aug 21 2008, 07:30 PM) *
Dunno. If you've ever come into contact with Whampoa there's a reasonable chance she may have previously encountered your signature but I don't think there is any way to track you through that. I'll go check the stuff about Resonance Realms, maybe I can find you that way...


Here's a decent image of Calanais if your interested. That's what Granny's Nexus looks like.


I don't think she would have although it is entirely possible someone from her social circle knows someone in the group. After all there can't be all that many groups of TM's out there.

Mostly I was checking if the Matrix Signature was how each TM saw the other. As it's very much a unique (excepting when they're faked) way for a TM/Sprite to know another TM/Sprite. And I was pondering leaving the signiture somewhere a dataseach would locate, with the thinking that if she knew another TM was looking that'd be a relatively discreet way to find out.

Although actually helping someone find her goes against every survival instinct she has! Which is why she hasn't done it without first talking to Abe and Viper.
crizh
I was thinking something similar. Not only from a Resonance pov but from a regular Matrix one. I'm guessing at 7 or 8 Data Searches being undertaken very urgently today. Ever get a perfect match from Google? Me, neither.
BlackHat
Lol, we all smack the "I feel lucky" button and end up at some random node that has nothing to do with any of us, or this story... but since we all did it, we all meet each other there. biggrin.gif
Oenone
All this talk of searches reminds me I need to post the OOC bits for my post.

@Gremish
[ Spoiler ]

Edited because I used the wrong Invisible Castle Link.
DWC
Who'd think that finding anyone in this batch of lunatics, drunks, and degenerates would count as being lucky? smile.gif
Oenone
QUOTE (DWC @ Aug 21 2008, 08:52 PM) *
Who'd think that finding anyone in this batch of lunatics, drunks, and degenerates would count as being lucky? smile.gif


A therapist?
DWC
QUOTE (Oenone @ Aug 21 2008, 03:02 PM) *
A therapist?


Good point.
Gremish
QUOTE (Oenone @ Aug 21 2008, 11:35 AM) *
@Gremish

Bleh before we get too far into this can I change Weavers Paragon from Alias to World Tree? As she hasn't made any matrix rolls yet I hope this isn't going to be a problem.

I've been re-reading the descriptions and while Alias is the mechanically better path World Tree is just much more suitable for her personality. As the Alias blurb is very much about hiding your own identity rather than the flow of information.

Basically this would entail losing a +2 to spoof and +1 to Sleuth Sprites and swapping it for +2 to Analyze and +1 to Code Sprites. With the downside changing from must spoof lifestyle to the downside below.

[ Spoiler ]



Edit

Out of interest would Granny and Weaver have an idea of each others resonance signatures from the dream?


Not a problem.
Gremish
Guys I know I have been saying it for the last few days but I am fucking beat, I have made more money this MONTH than I have all last YEAR but its cost me time, stress and its been crazy, its just NOW starting to slow down.

Holy hell

I will be posting tomorrow or tonight if i get time but justw anted you al to know I wasnt giving up, just doing my best to get things done and post.

Sorry again.
DWC
QUOTE (Gremish @ Aug 21 2008, 06:00 PM) *
Guys I know I have been saying it for the last few days but I am fucking beat, I have made more money this MONTH than I have all last YEAR but its cost me time, stress and its been crazy, its just NOW starting to slow down.

Holy hell

I will be posting tomorrow or tonight if i get time but justw anted you al to know I wasnt giving up, just doing my best to get things done and post.

Sorry again.


Life's like that. I went from being out of the office at 4pm every day to being there until 7pm or later every night for the last week, and was in all day Saturday. Life pops up like that, and it's got to come first. In the mean time, we'll all run around like chickens with our heads cut off. smile.gif
DWC
@crizh: Maybe it's the 12 hour day talking, but I'm probably almost as out of it as Vice is. What's in the attachment that Granny sent along?
crizh
QUOTE (DWC @ Aug 22 2008, 12:19 AM) *
@crizh: Maybe it's the 12 hour day talking, but I'm probably almost as out of it as Vice is. What's in the attachment that Granny sent along?


A pre-programmed agent that creates a secure private comms network and gives you access to Granny's nexus.

It's exactly the sort of thing that you've used on several runs to keep the teams comms secure.
DWC
QUOTE (crizh @ Aug 21 2008, 06:53 PM) *
A pre-programmed agent that creates a secure private comms network and gives you access to Granny's nexus.

It's exactly the sort of thing that you've used on several runs to keep the teams comms secure.


Nice. Just the sort of thing that would save someone who's in a rational state of mind a 45 minute drive across town in the rain. smile.gif
Scope_47
BTW, just in case it would make a difference to some of you whether or not you'd have recognized Julianne's face in the dream, I thought I'd rattle off some of the shows/sim-movies she was in (* meaning they were polypov):

Karl KombatMage: The Legend Continues* - Tricia Turbo, primary antagonist

Karl KombatMage: The Series - recurring villain/femme fatale Tricia Turbo

The Ultimate Thrill: The Series - Primary character of the series, Tricia Turbo

Fall of the Arcology* (banned in the UCAS and Renraku corporate enclaves) - General Colloton, portrayed as powerhungry and using the retaking of the arcology to advance her political career at the cost of the lives of her men and at the risk of setting Deus upon the world when she took control of the situation response away from Renraku. A pro-corporate anti-government satire peice.

Maniac Star* - Officer Madeline Simmons, super-cop betrayed by the corporation and returned as a vengeful corpse animated by a Voodooo Loa to exact vengeance by committing random murders while uniformed as a Knight Star (amalgation of Lone Star and Knight Errant) officer - famous for a scene hailed as the longest gun fight in a Sim-Sense movie (about an hour of constant un-cut fighting) in which the character took on an entire Knight Star station before being brought down by a runner team, the mage sacrificing his life to banish the Voodoo Loa.

High Noon - Calamity Jane, the anti-hero protagonist of this modern incarnation of a classic western - essentially a shadowrunner movie set in the Old West of the 1800s.

Arabian Knights* - Cylia Sindacco, a mercenary hired by the Catholic Church to hunt down Shedim in the Middle East

Heart of Darkness* - Played three roles in this poly pov thanks to special post-production and stand-ins: Ms. Johnson, Marie Beaumont (the team face), and Haley 'Stiletto' Grainger (the primary antagonist)

Mouth of Madness (still in theaters, most recent sim-flick) - Played the protagonist role of Helen Lovecraft - the descendant of H.P. Lovecraft, as she progressed from a skeptic, sane woman trying to distance herself from her heritage as she slowly was driven insane while battling the forces of the Ancient Ones to save the world, but in the end embraced the power of the Necronomicon and gave herself to their service. (she won an Academy Award for this peice, being hailed as a true Shakespearian Actress - critics saying "Horizon Entertainment Group couldn't have gotten a better performance if they'd raided a sanitarium for an actress!") A sequel has completed production but hasn't been released yet.


There are of course others, but I think that's enough smile.gif
Oenone
Weaver is doing some data searching, trying to track down any sites linked to the other 7.

Spoiler tag covers specifics and dice rolls.

[ Spoiler ]


Edit 1 - @Gremish Out of interest do the dreams occur at a set time? Or does it depend on timezone? For example if someone in the party had the dream in the GMT timezone would it occur at the exact same time (regardless of timezone differences) as someone in Tokyo? Or would it occur at say 10pm local time?

This is only really important for knowing if some groups are 'ahead' of others in terms of the time for hunting for data etc

Edit 2 - @Gremish as well. I've gone and rolled the dice offline and then typed them up - so. Because Invisible Castle is still broken. Hopefully that's not a problem? If it is and you'd rather roll the dice yourself then fair enough. smile.gif
BlackHat
Good catch on the timezone thing. biggrin.gif
Scope_47
I'm going to be unable to post again until Sunday... my car died yesterday and I have to fly to my parent's house to pull my old car out of storage. Sorry for the inconvienence. If it matters, Julianne's plan over the next few game hours is just to go to breakfast, wait until about 11:00am, and call Jerry (The Producer) and run the idea for travel-plans past him to see if she can make it to those other cities in her public persona (hoping to find the others by making it easier to find her) with about a day of 'off-the-clock' time in each city.
DWC
Vice listening for new echoes, since he's misunderstanding . Stupid Invisible Castle being down.

[ Spoiler ]
DWC
QUOTE (Scope_47 @ Aug 22 2008, 08:22 PM) *
I'm going to be unable to post again until Sunday... my car died yesterday and I have to fly to my parent's house to pull my old car out of storage. Sorry for the inconvienence. If it matters, Julianne's plan over the next few game hours is just to go to breakfast, wait until about 11:00am, and call Jerry (The Producer) and run the idea for travel-plans past him to see if she can make it to those other cities in her public persona (hoping to find the others by making it easier to find her) with about a day of 'off-the-clock' time in each city.


Weak. Best of luck with getting things sorted out.
Oenone
I wish they'd fix Invisible Castle. Rolling by hand is so annoying when you have Matrix actions to handle!

Oh btw does anyone know if you can speak while in Hotsim VR? Or do you need to route your voice through the nearest speaker? The BBB talks about Simchips disabling motor functions but would a TM have the same trouble?
crizh
Invisible Castle annoys me. You can't tell it your using Edge (God please correct me if I am mistaken) and all that copying links drives me up the wall. I used it once in 'Deep Water Blackout' for a series of summons/bindings and thought I was going to loose my mind.

I much prefer this.

It's pretty straightforward javascript. I'm going to save a copy locally so I can alter it to increase the number of dice for the 'fields of fire' game 'cos 20 won't be nearly enough but apart from that it's great. Simple.

I like simple.

Actually...

[ Spoiler ]
Oenone
That is quite good. Is there any way to link the rolls? Or do you have to just copy paste them?
Intro
QUOTE (crizh @ Aug 23 2008, 04:42 AM) *
Invisible Castle annoys me. You can't tell it your using Edge (God please correct me if I am mistaken) and all that copying links drives me up the wall. I used it once in 'Deep Water Blackout' for a series of summons/bindings and thought I was going to loose my mind.

I much prefer this.

It's pretty straightforward javascript. I'm going to save a copy locally so I can alter it to increase the number of dice for the 'fields of fire' game 'cos 20 won't be nearly enough but apart from that it's great. Simple.

I like simple.

Actually...

[ Spoiler ]

I'm not quite sure if I'm right in what I think you mean by "can't tell it you're using Edge," but there's this. (Can't actually show it due to the aforementioned downtime.)
Standard Roll: 11d6.hits(5)
Roll w/ Edge: 14d6.hitsopen(5,6)
DWC
QUOTE (Intro @ Aug 23 2008, 09:02 AM) *
I'm not quite sure if I'm right in what I think you mean by "can't tell it you're using Edge," but there's this. (Can't actually show it due to the aforementioned downtime.)
Standard Roll: 11d6.hits(5)
Roll w/ Edge: 14d6.hitsopen(5,6)


Very cool. I'll have to mess around with it some once the website is back up.

@Gremish, is Jane famous enough to fall into the "automatically recognized by anyone with a commlink" catagory of Global Fame?
Intro
@Gremish
I was wondering if we got any external views of the temple that the sphere was in; Abe might be able to identify the plants or animals in the scene, or animal remains or carvings or what-have-you and get a possible location for the temple as a first step. Not sure what kind of test that would be: memory, biology, some wilderness skill?
DWC
QUOTE (Intro @ Aug 23 2008, 03:13 PM) *
@Gremish
I was wondering if we got any external views of the temple that the sphere was in; Abe might be able to identify the plants or animals in the scene, or animal remains or carvings or what-have-you and get a possible location for the temple as a first step. Not sure what kind of test that would be: memory, biology, some wilderness skill?


Good point.

What can we see of the people in the scene in terms of ethnicities or clothing? Can we hear them?

On an unrelated note, I can't find anything in a current SR product about the ratings of ID scanners used to regulate air travel. Based on his own previous experience, does Vice think his current fake SINs and licenses will get him onto a plane and through customs?
DWC
QUOTE (Scope_47 @ Aug 22 2008, 07:22 PM) *
I'm going to be unable to post again until Sunday... my car died yesterday and I have to fly to my parent's house to pull my old car out of storage. Sorry for the inconvienence. If it matters, Julianne's plan over the next few game hours is just to go to breakfast, wait until about 11:00am, and call Jerry (The Producer) and run the idea for travel-plans past him to see if she can make it to those other cities in her public persona (hoping to find the others by making it easier to find her) with about a day of 'off-the-clock' time in each city.


Get everything sorted out?
Scope_47
I just got back into town, I'm going to be catching up with things today.

- Scope
crizh
QUOTE (Intro @ Aug 23 2008, 02:02 PM) *
I'm not quite sure if I'm right in what I think you mean by "can't tell it you're using Edge," but there's this. (Can't actually show it due to the aforementioned downtime.)
Standard Roll: 11d6.hits(5)
Roll w/ Edge: 14d6.hitsopen(5,6)


Shit, thinks dude, that's much easier...
Tarantula
And now the castle is back up and working again!
DWC
QUOTE (Tarantula @ Aug 25 2008, 04:00 PM) *
And now the castle is back up and working again!


Praise the lord, and pass the belts of assault cannon ammu...err, wrong thread.
Oenone
Huzzah! Now all we need is an idea of how the searches have gone and we can resume the IC action.

Unless it turns out Weaver can talk while in Hotsim VR. Then she could actually reply to Viper.
BlackHat
She could talk by sending him a message, right?
Also, I think we're still waiting to hear about Scope's interpretation of Jane's fame - whether or not its the "anyone with a commlink would recognize her face" level of global.

That could cut down our time to meet one another significantly if everyone has a common point of reference. Now, getting their call past her agent is another matter. biggrin.gif (Protip: Search Japanese nodes for "Jane Reaction Wet Record Shower")
Oenone
Hehe so we might well all get a bonus to finding her, but a penalty based on how good her make-up department and CGI people are.

Hmmm I wonder if Chibi Ghostwalker has a little speaker installed. Because then I could just talk through that....
(I'm avoiding sending text based messages whenever possible, because they're much easier to intercept than a signal I can send through a slaved device or just plain say vocally)

DWC
You could always just subscribe their commlinks to your biological node, which means anyone who wants into any of their systems has to hack your brain to do it.

And I doubt getting past Jane's agent would be THAT much of a problem.
crizh
QUOTE (DWC @ Aug 25 2008, 10:30 PM) *
And I doubt getting past Jane's agent would be THAT much of a problem.


Getting past her AI chaperon might be a bit harder....
Tarantula
I dunno, when was the last time you just tried to get ahold of a moderately successful movie star? And succeeded?
Oenone
I've got no idea if Abe and Viper would trust Weaver enough to let her have so much control over their commlinks.

Plus depending on how the sensors work she might already be near her limit for subscribed devices.

(I have no idea if a sensor counts as one or if the device the sensors are fitted to counts as one. EG does a Hand held sensor with three cameras count as three seperate slaved objects or just one?)

Currently I think she's got her commlink, glasses, radio signal scanner, Emotitoy and potentially between 3 and 9 other sensors to slave to herself. (And if I'm not mistaken the limit is something like double system score right?)

EDIT

The famous bit doesn't make getting in touch easier, but knowing roughly which part of the world she's in would be. Because she'll have fanclubs who do the legwork (that is to say stalkers) for us. Then it's simply a matter of knowing she's on a flight to place A and waiting near the VIP area with a cheap card sign saying July 7th in huge letters.
DWC
QUOTE (Oenone @ Aug 25 2008, 05:52 PM) *
The famous bit doesn't make getting in touch easier, but knowing roughly which part of the world she's in would be. Because she'll have fanclubs who do the legwork (that is to say stalkers) for us. Then it's simply a matter of knowing she's on a flight to place A and waiting near the VIP area with a cheap card sign saying July 7th in huge letters.


Who needs a sign? Just have to be standing there to be recognized.

Edit: Though the sign is funnier.
Oenone
We could each have one! For added amusement perhaps we could get Brick to have one saying 'You're the girl of my dreams'
Tarantula
Nah, just stick it on his back when he isn't paying attention wink.gif
DWC
QUOTE (Tarantula @ Aug 25 2008, 06:07 PM) *
Nah, just stick it on his back when he isn't paying attention wink.gif


Bah. Write it on his giant foam cowboy hat in a language he doesn't speak.
Oenone
QUOTE (Tarantula @ Aug 25 2008, 11:07 PM) *
Nah, just stick it on his back when he isn't paying attention wink.gif


But then where would we put the sign with the inappropriate comment about him being fitted with 'three cyberlegs'.
Tarantula
How is that remotely inappropriate? It lets him kick ass while standing there looking intimidating!
rollin.gif
Oenone
A huge troll kicking ass with his 'third leg'. The mental image shall haunt me for days....

Thankfully not as long as when someone I know offline tried to create an ork with a cybernetic crotch cannon....
Gremish
QUOTE (Oenone @ Aug 22 2008, 01:29 PM) *
Weaver is doing some data searching, trying to track down any sites linked to the other 7.

Spoiler tag covers specifics and dice rolls.

[ Spoiler ]


Edit 1 - @Gremish Out of interest do the dreams occur at a set time? Or does it depend on timezone? For example if someone in the party had the dream in the GMT timezone would it occur at the exact same time (regardless of timezone differences) as someone in Tokyo? Or would it occur at say 10pm local time?

This is only really important for knowing if some groups are 'ahead' of others in terms of the time for hunting for data etc

Edit 2 - @Gremish as well. I've gone and rolled the dice offline and then typed them up - so. Because Invisible Castle is still broken. Hopefully that's not a problem? If it is and you'd rather roll the dice yourself then fair enough. smile.gif


They always seem to come at midnight in your area. Doesn't matter where you are or what your doing, that is when they begin.

2) Please feel free to roll your own dice. I trust everyone here =)
Gremish
QUOTE (DWC @ Aug 23 2008, 09:22 AM) *
Very cool. I'll have to mess around with it some once the website is back up.

@Gremish, is Jane famous enough to fall into the "automatically recognized by anyone with a commlink" catagory of Global Fame?


Yes. The moment you see her you know her, if only as one of those "damnit thats a famous person, what was her name again???" moments.
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