@E:PL UK

I don't want to speak for anyone at the moment so i will hold fire on more responses until Mr Hill can decide if he wants to send a watcher.

@E:PL Chi Town

Likewise I'll wait for Aelias or Jess to make a response, if we don't hear anything soon then I'll give you the break down of the comms traffic (hopefully without having to write it out in its entirety )

Oh my god, I'm so sorry, yeah I've got finals, but the way the last post was written sounded like it was focusing more on Ears' character, giving him a bit of the spotlight while Saint stands unable to think of the best course of action. While Sport/Adrian hands off the excess cash, she was just gonna stand there, but if you need her take then I'll get to it. Again, my apologies, finals have been a bear to worry about, but I'll put something up shortly.

@SoyKaf: Hey, no prob, real life's real life. Hope your finals go well. That's more important than any game.

@OGDWD: Guess even KE, block-headed as they may be sometimes be, should recognise that people who where absent, seeing a doctor and such, and who have to be told what had happened won't be of any interest in this investigation. So, I guess it's Ok if we just tell Adrian and Saint out of that place and into some 24/7 diner or something without any further hassle and then put the action on hold till SoyKaf has more free time, right?

Good luck with the exams! Hope it all goes well...I know to my cost what devoting too much time to fun stuff can do to work that really needs to be done We'll still be here when you are done

I still keep checking in. I've read the IC a few times, then didn't really know what to put, then got distracted by other things like work. Plus my home PC is broken at the mo so I'm at 50% uptime. If I can think of what to do I'll post soon.

This might result in a paradox shift that destroys the universe ...she's talking to Prospero and Fractal on the 17th, and is alive enough to talk to Balefire in June!

I've been back through the IC thread (I got to page 36 anyway) and I've compiled a brief timeline of key timestamp dates. It's by no means complete (particularly the Fortune's Forecast bits) so any additional stuff people want me to include I will. I will also put a copy at the very beginning of the thread which we can keep updating as the IC progresses.

April 15th - Silk, Khalil, Siran and Robert are extracting the Captain of the Henry VIII

April 15th - The Fre∑dom hacker tribe is attacked by corp forces

April 16th - The end of the SKs. Ember dies as does Demon. Copperhead and Dealer make it out. Sirene goes free.

April 17th /18th - Fortune’s Forecast events. Car/head bomb. Attack on gambling den. Bloodbath at Everett Medical Centre. Summer ‘kidnapped’ (?!?)

April 17th - Summer meets Fractal and Prospero having sent runners to help following the attack on the Fre∑dom hacker tribe

May 5th - Copperhead is training with Dr Finney in the Stillwater enclave

May 5th - Anselm (Mr Hill) meets the Abbot following the attack on Gemeaux in an alley in Marseilles

May 8th - Silk meets Aria, Balefire is being brought back together

May 19th - Gemeaux, Mr Hill, Tsubaki & Mordred are trying to get the Collots (Oliver & Luc) to Clearwater

June 12th - Summer comes to Silk with info that will lead to them to the Sintec facility

June 14th - Balefire assault the Sintec facility

June 27th - Argent hires Ælias to lead the group into Chicago to help get Katie and Jon to Stillwater

June 27th - Dealer & Copperhead leave Seattle from a Vory warehouse

July 3rd - Copperhead arrives in Chicago, the others follow shortly afterwards. Dealer fails to make the meet

July 8th - Copperhead, Ælias, Jess are trekking through Chicago to reach Blackwater

I've bumped along the E:PL threads by assuming some things - hopefully Mr Hill would have considered sending a watcher?!?

erm i have one issue with that:

I would love to but de facto I cannot as you can't send spirits to a place either you or the spirit have never been

We'll fudge that so that you sent a watcher to a mutually known location then! She did say "you know where I am" so let's assume you do

Having decided that matrix comms aren't secure it's the only way she can help you out...GM talking himself out of a self dug hole lol

Would you also like to split up the fortunes forecast timeline into its constituent parts? I'll then copy that info into the first post!??!

Sounds good, should have some time to work on things today/ tomorrow; rl caught up with me so ive not been able to post as much as i wish.

Assuming BG count of 1, Copper is going to try and summon a F2 beast spirit (optional power - venom):

Conjuring 3 + Magic 2 = (5d6.hits(5)=2)
Spirit resists (normally would be with 2 dice but not sure whether the BG count adds here so rolled 3): Spirit (3d6.hits(5)=1) = 2nd die was hit so only 1 service either way!
Resist 2S(2P if force counts as 3 due to BG count) Drain: Cha + Will 9 = 9d6.hits(5)=6 - LOL, Snake is looking out for her!
Note that the BG count turns the crappy F2 spirit into an even crappier F1 spirit!

Then takes two shots with shotgun (no recoil due to foregrip) but deduct any dice for range, lighting (has natural thermo and low light from goggles), etc.:
Shotgun 4 + Agi 3 + smart 2 = 9d6.hits(5)=2, 9d6.hits(5)=5, base damage 7P, -1 AP

1 down, lots to go

Would you (and Jess) care to make 10 or so attack rolls and a similar number of defense rolls? I'll give you the chance to go full defense if it looks like there's some serious flak coming your way but your armour and body should take the brunt of the attacks without too much trouble...promise

Shotgun attack rolls:
Shotgun 4 + Agi 3 + Smartlink 2 = 9d6.hits(5)=6, 9d6.hits(5)=2, 9d6.hits(5)=3, 9d6.hits(5)=5, 9d6.hits(5)=0, 9d6.hits(5)=1, 9d6.hits(5)=3, 9d6.hits(5)=2, 9d6.hits(5)=3, 9d6.hits(5)=3 - no glitches

Dodge rolls:
Agi 3 + Dodge 2 = 5d6.hits(5)=2, 5d6.hits(5)=1, 5d6.hits(5)=4, 5d6.hits(5)=1, 5d6.hits(5)=1, 5d6.hits(5)=2, 5d6.hits(5)=3, 5d6.hits(5)=0, 5d6.hits(5)=2, 5d6.hits(5)=1 - roll 5 (1 hit) and roll 8 (0 hits) are both glitches. She's not so good at dodging

Soak rolls (ballistic):
Body 6 + Armor 15 (combat 8 + FF 4 + dermal 2 + troll 1) + cyber arms 4* = 25d6.hits(5)=9, 25d6.hits(5)=3, 25d6.hits(5)=6, 25d6.hits(5)=7, 25d6.hits(5)=12, 25d6.hits(5)=10, 25d6.hits(5)=10, 25d6.hits(5)=11, 25d6.hits(5)=12, 25d6.hits(5)=6 - no glitches

Soak rolls (impact):
Body 6 + Armor 10 (combat 6 + FF 1 + dermal 2 + troll 1) + cyber arms 4* = 20d6.hits(5)=5, 20d6.hits(5)=11, 20d6.hits(5)=4, 20d6.hits(5)=8, 20d6.hits(5)=4, 20d6.hits(5)=3, 20d6.hits(5)=8, 20d6.hits(5)=8, 20d6.hits(5)=6, 20d6.hits(5)=4 - no glitches

* by RAW cyberlimb armor adds to total (but feel free to knock last 4 off if you rule otherwise).

Yes, armour is added - better hope you have a good stun track as stuff that doesn't penetrate goes straight there instead

Will go through the rolls soon and try and get a post up later today or tomorrow. I'm hoping we'll get some action from Jess too so that I can combine the posts.

Can you remind me how many IPs you have?

Just the one, her improved reflexes spell lock went 'poot' due to BG count. When bad dudes start shooting back she will take cover - so you can knock 2 dice of the end of any rolls after that. If she gets pinned down, she will switch to BF (another -2 due to uncompensated recoil) and hose the general area using the weedy little spirit as a spotter.

Don't worry, none of the opposition have more than 1IP either

If I don't hear anything from OGDWD or Mr J by tomorrow I'll move the E:PL posts along again, just want to give them some chance to react. Copperhead's doing quite well by herself in Chi Town

sorry irl backhanded me hard. reading now to catch up

@OGDWD

Is it possible to simply follow the trail, or do I need to use a Track program? Welcome back, by the way.

trace please

Compiling test for Rating 5 Sleuth sprite (named Forcas, by the way)
Compiling (4) + Resonance (4)
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3518422/

4 hits

Opposed test
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3518424/

2 hits, leaving me with 2 tasks.

And finally, Fading test to resist 4P.
Charisma (5) + Resonance (4)
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3518445/

5 hits, so I resist it completely.

Trace User is an extended test with threshold 10, right?

Computer (5) + Track (5)

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3518497/

Critical glitched right before pulling it off. Assuming that the first task still stands, and no one lost a virtual eye, I'm going to give it another shot.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3518502/

Made it in 4 complex actions. Or 8, counting the first extended test.

actually couple things, the target number is 16 (stealth rating). and also you forgot to account for diminishing returns (-1d6 per attempt) that is in play for this thread (optional rule sr4a). So go ahead and reroll

As Aria requested, here's the general timeline for FF, as always please reference the actual posts for details these are just the play by play for thread movements.

Very little time has elapsed but much has gone on


Fortune's Forecast Timeline:


Thread Count: 6 (Mark, Jack, Jackal, Saint + Adrian, Scratch, LeFay)

- February 9h, 2072, 01:12:07

- Mark Debues

- [April 12th, 2072, 23:30:24

- Mark delivers the explosives that will destroy The Xilung, a triad-operated freighter used to move human refugees and

assorted btls

- April 16th Suicide Kings die in the ambush, Ember dies, Argent becomes aware.

- [April 17th, 2072, 20:24:00 : Крымские дворце (The Crimean Palace)]

- Pacific Avenue and South 19th Street

- Jack (Wildcard) intro at the Crimean wins a bit of cash shortly (less than a month) after being moved to off-campus

Horizon subsidized dormitories due to his fathers crime and mothers dissappearance.

- April 17th, 2072, 20:27:15

- Jackal debues after having hijacked the ledgers from a mid-level kumiin (shigeda-gumi) of the yakuza. Drops off the goods

to Hawke.

- [April 17th, 2072, 20:30:12

- failed hit on the crimean by (sp?) members of the yakuza, ostensibly in repayment of Jackal's latest snag, or at the Vory

in general (hawke being a mid-level boss himself)


- [April 17th, 2072, 20:40:14 Крымские дворце (The Crimean Palace)]

- the hit is put down and covered up with expert efficiency by the Vory.


- April 17th, 20:43

- Jack accepts the offer to learn firearms from a doubtful looking geriatric named alina.

- 17th, 21:10:03

- Hawke hints at jack being allowed into the Vashon Island Poker Tournament if he shows promise.

- 17th, 21:14

- Jack asked to do his first real illegal act, transport and buy ammunition for Hawke, balks but is offered a favor for a

favor: play in a tournament at Casino Corner on the 19th, record everything he sees, and most importantly, lose to Hawkes

team.

- Jackal is assigned to guard and aid Jack at the Tournament, as well as get him home.


- [April 17th, 2072, 22:31:58; E. 18th St., St. Paul Waterway Overlook]

- Saint Debues on the waterfront


- April 17th, 2072, 22:56:01

- Saint hears what appears to be a car bomb go off while on the 405, by the university.

- Tomoko also offers Saint a job if shes down for it but doesnt expect a reply soon.


- 17th, 22:57:

- Demonstrating great self-preservation instincts, Saint goes to investigate the explosion

- 17th, 22:59

- Saint recognizes Jessica, an ex-street walker cum CJ rushing to get the scoop.

- April 17th, 2072, 23:00:18

- Saint confronts jessica to throw suspicion off her when the KE boys get interested.

- [April 17th, 2072, 23:01:37; S 19th St.]

- Jessica turns to confront the KE officers pursuing her and abruptly explodes, probable cause: Cranial Bomb

- 17th 23:06:42

- Adrian sits calming himself in the cab 10 minutes after dropping hearing first a bomb go off, then seeing his fare go up

in a huge blast herself... not a good day for a buddhist.

- 17th, 23:08

- Saint and Adrian meet, Saint realizes that Adrian transported the bomber to the scene and they begin their quest for

answers.


- 17th, 23:16:14

- adrian messages moose about surgical implantation in everrett area.


- April 17th, 2072, 23:30:00, Doss, Loveland, Puyallup

- Scratch debues: finds out that Summer is missing and is asked to do some work at the same time by Col, his sis and other

younglings are missing.

- 18th 00:22

- Adrian and Saint meet up corner of Wall St. and Bond

- Street Vendor points to a few disappearances related to the hospital close by, specifically an unscrupulous doc doing

sidework.


- April 18th, 2072, 00:31:23

- Scratch meets an old man on the abandoned dock where she was supposed to meet Col

- LeFay meets a strange girl in the resonance and attempts to trace her after the girl cries out and seems to fade out

vioently.

- 18th, 00:52:30

- Adrian and Saint meet Dr. Maxwell Bailey, the reputably crooked doc... who looks legit.

- Adrian gets bad vibes and sees unsettling taint on Doc Bailey's astral signature and realizes that the entire place is

aspected to a tradition that closely resembles his own, but which is somehow wrong...

- Adrian pushes Saint out after Bailey reacts very aggressively to questions about disappearing street walkers.


- April 18th, 2072, 01:17:12; Everett, Pamela's Pie Palace

- Adrian explains the doctor's office to Saint


- April 18th 2072, 22:39:1

- Mark is assigned to hit the 88's boss.

Ok, then let me start over.

Computer (5) + Track (5) -1 for each test.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3519286/ 10d6, 3 hits
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3519287/ 9d6, 4 hits
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3519289/ 8d6, 3 hits
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3519290/ 7d6, 3 hits
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3519291/ 6d6, 3 hits

Got it in 5 complex actions.

Sounds good to me, you trace it to roughly within 50 meters of the old Arcology.... the ACHE. The single dies in that vicinity.

Can Morgan get to the node from where she is? Or does she have to go downtown to access it?

go downtown. the signal doesnt go to a specific node that you can find, as its wireless in orgin so you triangulated to 50m as per sr4.

Ok, then. I'll write up a post for that.

@Ears: I think we can leave the saint and adrian thread till soykaf gets back. Also we need to connect on what your actions are going to be for the hit.

The target building is a 4 story compound, your target is on the 3rd floor front of the house. The back entry is actually a gate that leaves about 20 feet from the gate to the house, fairly typical apiaries and sand gardens. The property is aproximately 80 feet across (with the house taking up the inner 40) and about the same in depth. Construction is of brick and mortar covered over by paneling that looks like wood or is textured plascrete you arent certain. Neo-Asian architecture, pagoda style roof and all. There is an inner courtyard from what the specs show, so the building is actually thin in its interior dimensions, a hollow square (the courtyard is about 10 by 10 and extends through all 4 levels of the building). The 1st staircase is on the west side of the building (left-hand side from where you enter in the back) and is more of a servants entrance to the upper level living areas (downstairs being given to mostly storage and cooking etc. The other one (ol' creaky) is on the far east and northern corner of the building (you enter on the south side) and leads directly to a hall that circumnavigates the third floor, mostly dormitories.

Let me know if you need any more info than that and how you want to approach it. Also, oddly enough for a triad play thing, this is right in the middle of Tacoma, which is probably the reason for the light security, the less attention, the better.

By the way, I forgot to ask. Is it okay if we skip to the next morning, or something? Assuming the Arcology is even open, Morgan would have to go to extraordinary lengths to enter it. In the daytime, she can say she's going to the mall.

sure can date wise... though i dont think the ACHE is as rosy as you seem to suggest. Better check some source material before you wander in there.

Right. What I meant was, if I recall the Seattle book correctly, the first five floors are just a shopping center open to the public. She can at least get inside that way. Anything beyond that will probably be trouble.

As for the Adrian/Saint-line: Soykaf sent me a message a few days ago, announcing successful completion of finals and imminent return; let's see how that works out.

As for the hit: Let's see if I get the layout of the place.

In my head it looks more or less like this crude drawing.

Olive is the garden, red's building, yellow and orange are the stairs on this floor and one floor down, respectively. The light square in the middle is the inner courtyard. I drew it in the middle although it's probably a bit better for the rooms on the 3rd if it's not centered, producing a wider master bedroom and narrower other rooms, but I guess that's not important for the tactical situation, which by default is "You're all going to die down here."

You said "mostly dormitories", so - aside from the killer-elite death squad waiting on the 4th floor - I guess this girl has some live-in servants (gardener / cook / Wei Qi grandmaster)?

As for the plan: I like simple (complicated just means more lost work when - not if - things go south) plans, so unless I'm way off somewhere, it's sneak in, up, over to ye olde creaky stairs, up, find tthe guy, pop him and sneak out again. Although, seeing the inner courtyard all through the building I wish I had access to climbing gear.

Not that I expect things to go that smoothly...

yeah thats more or less the idea, though as you said the courtyard is offcentered (biased towards the first set of stairs). Also, give me a few infiltration rolls etc etc and say 6 perception tests please. Then ill tell what freedom you have.

Hmm, no +dice in either glasses or earbuds, I knew I had forgotten something.
Apropos forgetting: should I have included the 'actively looking' bonus?

The rolls on invisiblecastle

Six times Perception:
6d6.hits(5) → [5,2,6,5,2,1] = (3)
6d6.hits(5) → [3,1,1,5,1,5] = (2) <- glitch
6d6.hits(5) → [4,3,4,4,6,4] = (1)
6d6.hits(5) → [5,2,1,6,6,5] = (4)
6d6.hits(5) → [1,1,6,1,2,3] = (1) <- glitch
6d6.hits(5) → [5,4,6,4,4,4] = (2)

And six times Infiltration:
6d6.hits(5) → [2,6,6,3,1,5] = (3)
6d6.hits(5) → [3,5,4,2,5,4] = (2)
6d6.hits(5) → [3,1,1,3,5,4] = (1)
6d6.hits(5) → [1,6,2,6,1,6] = (3)
6d6.hits(5) → [5,6,5,4,6,3] = (4)
6d6.hits(5) → [5,3,4,3,5,3] = (2)

Btw, I've taken this as an excuse to play around with Google Sketchup again. I'm gonna put into 3D where this thing goes wrong.

Ok give me your exact plan of entry and then ill tell you how it goes . Hopefully something other than, walk to the front door, go up stairs.... shoot someone.

also what vision/ hearing frequencies are you working on?

Registering Sleuth sprite.

Registering (5) + Resonance (4) +2 for specialization
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3522413/

2 hits.

Opposed test

Rating (5) x2
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3522416/

2 hits. So much for that.

Resisting 4P Fading

Resonance (4) + Charisma (5)
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3522425/

3 hits. So I'm down one box.

I have to confess work is addling my brain at the moment and I seem to have deleted the notes I was tracking this combat on. I make us being on rnd 3 (the 5 hits being the exploding bike). No retaliatory strikes have come close to harming you so don't worry too much about lack of dodging

@Rd: given the backstory... exactly how did you slip out into the ACHE? Was hoping youd rp that as its a big roadblock.

I think I may have jumped the gun a little. According to Seattle 2072, the first five floors of the ACHE are a commercial mall and open to the public. I was figuring she could go there after school.

But, that actually sounds like a better idea (kind of more fun, actually). She's not an adult, let alone a shadowrunner, so Morgan would be considerably less mobile. So, yeah, I'll give that a try. Disregard my last post, and part of the one before that. Since Morgan has to figure this out first, she will keep the Sleuth sprite around. I'm reconsidering skipping to the next morning, too.

Nah, of course not. Walk to the back door, go up stairs... shoot someone.

Jus'kidding.
So: stations: back gate, back door, first stairs, second floor, creaky stairs, third floor, find right room and right guy, kill him, out again.
Mark'll sneak from one station to the next, look around, crouch down (or find some cover, depending on furniture), listen, wave Sil on, continue.
As for finding the right room: If Tony's plan included that info: start with master bedroom, otherwise the first one from the stairs, peek in (if they got those paper windows, that's really neat), verify.

Hope that plan's not too vague, I'm used to them having only two steps: go somewhere, improvise.

As for vision mods in use: low-light vision. That and Smart, Flare Comp and Vision Mag maxed avail.
Hearing: naught, nothing and zilch

@RD: thank you, just copy and save those posts for later and put the correct ones in their place. I really wanted you to feel the ffects of being a kid locked in an ivory tower "because your sick". Thats a tough cover to break through and will be world changing (hopefully) for ms. senlis.

@Ears: in essence you wont see the angry charge of 100 rhinos in chameleon/ruthenium polymers coming out of the free spirit astral gateway? Ecellent... plan is going well er... roll a die? Give me a few to do some rolls and general stuff and ill start working you through your stations.

Also, welcome back soykaf

Well, 100 angry charging rhinos in any kind of suits is exactly the kind of thing I like to be blissfuly ignorant off.
And: Yeah, nice to have you back, SoyKaf; and with such a nice punch, too.

Many thanks, I just got a new job too and I've been trying to hang out with my girlfriend more often.... And I bought Diablo III. Yeah, but I'm back!

We shall see how my schedule fairs during the summer

Many thanks, I just got a new job too and I've been trying to hang out with my girlfriend more often.... And I bought Diablo III. Yeah, but I'm back!

We shall see how my schedule fairs during the summer

No, not the Diablo! We'll never see you again!
Nah, I hear it's Ok.

In Soviet Magica, cake eats you!