I started listing some of the weapons and gear to put in your Bison, but then I thought it would probably be a better idea to put ALL their weapons in a different vehicle. If they don't like being disarmed, too bad. I think I would understand losing my weapons if I were taken prisoner on the losing side of a battle. Getting taken for medical help instead of left to fend for myself, likely unarmed/unarmored/hurting/afoot, I would actually be a bit grateful. At first, anyway.

I also want to take ALL the BattleTac components (those are too good to pass) (Plan on using the Stun Baton if any of them start acting up, but keeping it, too.) Definitely keep the APDS and AV ammo.

tisoz placed me in the runner van to question Movie Star, I brought the big, honkin' spirit as muscle, tell it to attack any of "them" (point them out) that resist until subdued. I'll put a spirit on guard duty with the Bison.

I've been using the navicomp on my car to have it drive itself around, but I upgraded it a bit.

After hearing why the runner team is here, I think we'll see them again, if we go after Theya's ex-team as they are the likely lead or have the chips this team was hired to retrieve. Killing them will wind up with a replacement team getting hired, so I say we take their gear and armor (or a majority of it) if for no other reason than deny it to them in the future. Hopefully, their backup equipment isn't as good and there isn't time to acquire (availability, baby!) better stuff.

Tinker, can you get some background on the corp that hired the runners? May as well start legwork on all the names that got mentioned. What is the reputation of the "crew" we captured? Maybe that helps decide what to do concerning them.

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Ok, it looks like Terry is driving the Runner team van from the IC post. Troy, you could remote pilot my car to Sarah/Tinker/Theyas with Ripper/Wraith, and Knuckles. I'll tell a spirit to accompany them and do as Knuckles tells it. If Knuckle wants to drive my car, he may, or it can be remote operated or use gridguide and autonav.

Runner van - Terry, Rocky, Runner team sans weapons (maybe armor), big spirit.
Bison - Troy, runners gear, spirit under Troy's command
3220 - Knuckles, Ripper/Wraith
VW - Carrie
bike - Rob exits the story

Sylph 3 serv - Troy
Manitou 3 serv - Knuckles
Undine 3 serv - Carrie

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Well, it doesn't look like anyone missed me while I was without a computer for a couple of days. Isn't it funny how the warranty runs out right before you need it? (2 days! and that is only because the last time I renewed it they didn't credit me for the four months left on the last one. One of the pains of being on the road and not getting your mail regularly.)

If no one is asking to do anything or for more info, I am going to figure you are riding as in GEM's last post, but I need to know who is controlling his car - Knuckles or Troy?

Figuring all the weapons got put in the Bison. Armor? Drones? (other than lynx which is in Bison)

Are you taking the runners directly to Troy's Doc contact, or somewhere else to question? What other questions do you want to ask. I am going to figure the answers Movie Star is giving are getting relayed to the other vehicles, just to help move things along.

Any follow up on the gang that went to the UB?

If I don't hear anything, tomorrow I'll post IC from Sarah the Street Doc's concerning Ripper/Wraith and Theya. That is like a deadline for wrapping up this combat scene.

Well, from where we are, it's nearly a 40 min drive to Downtown - unless you want to take the Interstate which is rife with go-gangs at this hour. So, I figure we have a fair bit of time to question Movie Star...

As for the gang that entered the UB chapterhouse, well Carrie and I weren't part of that business, so it's not important to us.. I'm just going to drive the opposing runner team we have tied up to Troy's Doc contact.

Sorry to hear that... I think they put some kind of timed sabotage chips in warranty devices - always seems to happen! Was it a big fix?


Think the layout before had Troy driving the Bison with the weapons in it. Although we seem to have had a couple of drafts at the driving rota! Happy to drive Knuckles car as well though guess he might want to?

Given what our possessed lady said, I think Troy will leave the other drones on the racks in the runners van - the lynx is a cool starter for 10 anyway! Was there another drone floating around somewhere - would happily take that if possible?

Am keen to follow up on the UB based gang, but think we're too split up for that now. In the meantime, Troy will direct his Condor drone to keep a watch on the place and record footage of who comes and goes from there - see if we can see what the gang is doing...


Not doing the questioning personally, but I'd throw a few of the obvious ones in:

Any leads on Cleopatra/Khan? Do you know what the test subjects look like?
What are the personas of Cleopatra and (gulp!) Khan?
Any leads on the programmer? What happened to him?
Would Urkel be likely to honour the job and pay us if we returned his chips?
Is anyone else interested in them?

Knuckles was planning on being a passanger, but since Rob split, he can drive it well enough for non-combat situations. If its setup for rigging, Troy is more than welcome to take it, but somehow I doubt that it is.

It is Rigger and Remote Ready. As well as upgraded autonav and Pilot, APPS, crash cage and roll bars.

When I had to rework my character and buy sustaining foci, I had a bunch of nuyen left over, so I upgraded the car. I even considered installing the full amphibious package, but decided I could get that easily enough in game, but getting 3 contacts would be harder.

Amphibious car or friends - the eternal choice.

Those focii never seem cheap somehow?

No they don't. I was debating getting a weapon foci for Terry, but there was no way I was going to afford it.

Karma (Total Earned) Current Karma Pool

Green Eyed Monster - Rocky - (15)13
BobRoberts - Troy Anderson - (13)9
Xiuhaun - Knuckles - 14
Ears - Rob - 9
Drips - Sphinx - 6
Chance359 - Tinker - (10)1 Karma Pool 1
Dranem - Terry Anderson - 6
Kartijan - Carrie Anderson - 5
Generic_PC - 1

Looks like my connection works.

Any other questions before getting to respective Street docs? Especially before getting Ripper/Wraith over to Tinker and Theya? I say especially only because it is much closer.

And which group did Carrie go with?

I have Knuckles in Rocky's car with Wraith/Ripper,

Rocky, Terry and the minnow crew in the minnow van,
Troy in his Bison, likely showing Terry the way to his St. Doc. contact.

And is Knuckles driving or spam in a can?

(Knuckles all alone and spam in a can sounds like an opportunity for mayhem. Knuckles all alone, sounds like an opportunity to collect the entire reward and disappear.)

Am racking my brains to think of anything we missed... perhaps I just need more coffee before I can tell.



Isn't that's what all the spellcasters and ritual sorcery is for?


Take it Troy's gap from earned vs actual karma is the first part of the rifle skill being paid for?

Correct, 13-1-3=9 > Rifle 2

Thanks, boss!

Trying to think if there's any more picking we should all be getting involved with?

Carrie is following Knuckles, to provide any backup if something should go wrong. Seeing as we've already had one hiccup with the past catching up on the team, it's best not to travel alone.

Thanks for catching me up Tisoz. Seemed slow this weekend, then was working late at school the last few nights. Tonight is my final, then 3 days off before class begins again on Monday

Though, need to say, thanks for the trust. I am sure if Knuckles did take off with the loot, a dozen dozen trolls would drop from the sky and say hello (yes, I think trolls are "gross" aka 144). It sounded like GEM had suggested that Troy was driving the car, and I was just a rider working on keeping bichboy alive, so there wasnt much intent in driving after that.

Well, I'm trying to keep things moving along without treating everybodies character like an NPC. I'm also trying to keep PCs in play where the player may be absent but still wanting to play.

That was a weird interuption to the site - is it all better for everyone else now?

I'm here

Still here!

I'm here.

I've been trying to decide how to proceed after getting my feedback. I have not yet heard from Chance359/Tinker, but from what I have heard and heard in past, it sounds like he would like to play. Dranem/Terry and Kartijan/Carrie have said they are withdrawing. Green Eyed Monster/Rocky is kind of dominating this game, which makes it less fun for others, and is not all that happy with the slow pace. We've spoken about trying to cut back on the domination, but it doesn't seem to be working.

My plan is to run GEM in a solo game. He is looking forward to the challenge, and hopefully, the quicker pace.

The rest of Dreamchipper can be run without magic. Yes, that is the adventure the game is spun from. (The original scenario is to play from the position of the team you just took down and are carting around.) My plan for continued play is to work in the SR Missions for 3rd edition.



To recap where we are then:

Tinker and Knuckles are at Doc Sarah's who is operating on Ripper/Wraith with Theya looking in. Sarah has just pointed out a chip in a chipjack in Ripper/Wraith. Apparently, the chip was causing the killing behavior. We'll say Carrie accompanied you there, got 3000 nuyen as her and Terry's share of the hooker/pimp reward and left to rejoin Carrie and call it an adventure completed.

Troy, Rocky, and Terry take the Minnow crew to Troy's Street Doc contact, Terry takes off with her Sister. Anyone in that group can post about it IC (BobRoberts, Generic_PC.)

This is where I am at a loss concerning Rocky, the spirit possessing Movie Star, and what the plans are for the Minnow crew.

If nothing else is suggested, I can go off in an alternate universe.

I would like to have the spirit keep possessing Movie Star. I like the idea of having an agent working from within this team. How this will work out with me gone from this thread I do not know. Hence, the alternate universe thing if it conflicts with how the rest of the group plans to play things.

AND, by the way... I had fun playing with you guys and am going to miss you. I hope there aren't hard feelings.

Re: GEM - Not from my end of things... Sorry to see you going and hope you enjoy some quickfire stuff there. Been most amused sailing the streets with you!

Can write up something for the delivery of the minnow crew, but if Amanda Hoi will be starting as a PC, it could be a good chance to introduce her? Let me know and I'll write something up if not...

On an idle aside, I have an RL friend who might be up for some magical support for our team if things are continuing - he was always a big fan of 3rd edition SR magic and is also a bit bored of the 4e DnD my RL group plays... should I give him a shout?

The feeling is mutual, big guy. I had underestimated the power level of the campaign when I put my character together, and spent many a day with my jaw hanging around thinking "hmm well seems like everything is covered, what now?" Knowing then what I do now, I would have brought something a little more lively to the party to be sure.

[Edit] Just realized GEM's character is in the backseat of his car. Should I get out and shoot him, so that he can stay on the Astral forever? Just doing ya a favor mate

I assume that he'd find his body at Sarah's (as agreed), take his cut, shake hands and leave?

Generic_PC said he/she is still here and was active today. I would go ahead and deliver the Minnow crew to Amanda "Kauka" Hoi, then Generic can add to it. (Should we refer to you the player as he or she? It?) I discussed introducing Amanda with Generic and I thought Generic had something in mind about joining the party after having the Minnow crew delivered.

As I don't have a good way of working Rocky out and Flashback in (Mystweaver, who has been gone about a week and may have given up) I am thinking the easy route is just substituting one for the other. (We have a new Darrin Stephens.) This would leave Movie Star with a D Stun wound.


There is room for more players. But I don't want to recreate the same problem I'm trying to solve.

Ultimately, the easiest way to introduce My PC is to phone her. After talking with tisoz a while back, I do have an idea, but I kinda need to start before I can get it moving.

We'll see how it works out. If you guys just show up, I'll have to start out at a hospital. My character, though I had thought about it, doesn't have what she should to actually treat people.

Sounds fine. BobRoberts, get on it. Or figure you got a call that Troy is bringing several trauma cases.

Oh, no hard feelings at all. I thought it best to tell Tisoz first before posting it here. Carrie and I started up a stall at the weekend market. Between her continuing disinterest in the game, and all that's going on, I just can't run both characters on my own.
ICly, this can be explained that the twins are finding this getting a little more than they were bargaining for, so they're going to find other jobs before they get into this too deep.

Hope you guys have fun with this.

You guys are doing fine, assume you arrive without incident. This could be an interesting scene when a Recreational vehicle pulls up at the emergency room with several armored, bleeding, unconsciuos people.

At Sarah's, Sarah has just pointed a chip in the patients chipjack, perhaps one of the 3 chips people are willing to kill to get.

Above post still applies. If I need to help with the introduction, I need to know what the plan is.

As it is going, I have no complications to put in the way of arriving where ever Amanda is going to treat the wounded. Still no response from those at Doc Sarah's.