*hands moonstone a tissue*

Well, if it's any consolation Moonstone, Cosmo had a similar change in personality at least twice before even entering the pyramid, one of which even happened back on the other side of the 'gate if memory serves. It's not like he put his hand in some alien goo inside a magical temple, tripped, then had an epiphany or anything.

Heh, yeah that's true enough. Instead Cosmo suddenly transformed into Rambo (He has shown some odd quirks but they've all been playful stoner material), then ordered all the other people to leave the relatively safe confines of the temple and go running through the desert, where there's no cover at all from any possible attack and they'll be exposed to all the Jaffa instead of just whoever's able to beam in piecemeal, like a bunch of headless chickens.

You're free to stay behind.

I considered it. I'm still thinking on it, actually. I'm certainly not actually leaving the Pyramid at a run as instructed. I just don't see how the group will last more than a hundred yards once they're outside the Pyramid, the assumption that somehow the Galaxy's largest Thunderbird will be unarmed is crazy to me. And that assumes the Jaffa will have no lesser vehicles, like those bird-machines in the movie, available.

My own strategy, assuming the group'd listen to me, would be to try to invade from the inside, preferably using Ghost Dragon's illusions to conceal ourselves until the time is right. It's probably not much more survivable than the running plan, there's probably just too many Jaffa and they are probably just too tough for us. But on the other hand at least if we use the rings to go inside their ship we won't need AV ammo and won't be dodging artillery for six klicks.

Shadow, can the Jaffa see the shadowrunners bolting out of the room?

Well so far, they only seemed to fired on Torque when he spoke. They don't seem to have any kind of vision modifications. Like virtualy everyone in the party.

So they don't see them yet.

Note also that I do have the skyboard's spotlight glaring into their faces, so they should at least have some problems seeing the great escape of everyone 'cept Torque.

Out of curiousity, where did you get this six kilometers thing?

it seems to me that, for most of the part, the decision's been made.
milling about indecisively like a bunch of idiots is the only thing that with every certainty will get us killed.

Ok, so now the cat is out of the bag. Earth isn't the only planet to have woke up.


@ Tziluthi,

Resist a 6D with body dice. Reduce it if you have non conductive armor by the rating.

@ GD,

I can't recall if you allocated any spell pool dice to defense?

I didn't because I wasn't expecting that.

Casting Lightning Bolt 4D at the guy in black. He will have to resist that and also take a knockdown test.

Sorcery Test: 7, 2, 5, 5, 3, 10 = 4 successes

Drain is F/2 + 1 (Damage Level +1), so it's 4D for a 4D because if the drain is already D, you add +2 to the TN for each +1 to the drain level.

Drain Resistance Test, Willpower + Spell Pool: 1, 5, 1, 3, 5 + 11, 4, 8, 5, 2 = 6 successes.

Light Stun.

The alien guy in black also have to take a knockdown test as a secondary effect.

BGMFH,

I need dice rolls from you buddy, and I need a post form Kevyn, and Tziluthi teling me what your doing.

I don't know what kind of rolls you want for my IC post or even if I can do it.

I also don't have dice with me, nor will I for the rest of the week. Could someone post Dashifen's dice roller link or similar? Thanks!

If Chase can't just yank off the gauntlet, he'll use the HK to fire a burst at the exposed elbow of the Jaffa.

If anybody has a flash or, better yet a flash/bang, now would be a good time to use it. I need to reread the action and see what Shadow lets me do action wise or I'd do it my self.

Not a lot of time right now. Hopefully will have more later (unlikely) or tomorrow (slightly better odds).

Pardon my terseness. Gotta run!

Kevyn, a simple quickness test to slide up to the Jaffa, and a strength check to yank of the gauntlet should suffice.

Online Dice Roller

From what I remember it was only about three kilometers (less than two miles) away.

Roll Body+Dermal Sheathing+4 non-conductive mod (FFBA): 8, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

I must be misremembering then. Only three kilometers under probably heavy fire from Vehicle-Scale weaponry then, (call it 167 combat turns to get there) well heck even an Otaku can soak that.

Torque will stop once he reaches the place where the corridor meets with the main chamber of the temple, so he can react that whatever's in either location.

Os waits for Chase to get out the grenade blast area before firing.

Using the grenade launcher on the Alpha, which has smartlink-2 and rangefinder and all that. It is an impact grenade, and Os is firing into the rough centre of the group.

Roll (Assault Rifles(Ares Alpha)+2 combat pool): 4, 5, 1, 3, 3, (5, 5), 1, 10

Dodge Test: 1, 5, 4, 1, 10, 1, 2, 3, 10 = 3 successes.

I can't find where you posted it, but I thought you had said that Nonconductive armor reduces damage, and half ballistic applies. Ghost Dragon has 2 points of nonconductive and 8 points of ballistic. In case he doesn't dodge,

Damage Resistance Test: 3, 5, 4, 1

Casting Force 1 Improved Invisibility on himself

Sorcery (4 + 1 = 5) Test for Imrpoved Invisibility on himself: 5, 9, 3, 2, 7, 4 = success

Drain Resistance (F/2 +1 +1 = 3M) Test: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5 = Light Stun wound, 2 boxes now.

Sorcery (4 + 3 = 7) Test for Imrpoved Invisibility on Torque: 4, 3, 3, 2, 23, 4 = success

Drain Resistance (F/2 +1 +3 = 5M) Test: 11, 1, 1, 3, 11 = Light Stun wound, 3 boxes and moderate stun now.

Sorcery (4 + 6 = 10) Test for Imrpoved Invisibility on James: 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, 2 + Spell Pool: 1, 8, 4, 2, 2 = spell failure

Drain Resistance (F/2 +1 +6 = 8M) Test: 4, 3, 1, 5, 3 = Moderate Stun Wound = 6 boxes = Serious Stun.

tzi.. I think you took a hit from a lightning bolt, not an energy weapon...

you're all familiar with the acronym RTFM, right? I've created a new one.. RTFP! ;)

Oooh, three easily defeated invisibility spells that anyone with an Intelligence of 4 or higher will see through, and a boost to Moderate damage to boot. Score!

Roll to use Stealth once we're outside the Pyramid:
01 05 03 14 01 05
Highest roll's a 14, +4 for Camo gives a +18 for anybody seeing Torque even if they do see through the spell.

I need body checks from everyone running. TN 5 the more successes the better.

@ Moon,

Cammo only gives you a +1 when your moving.

body is 6

dice came out 19 5 4 2 7 3

Three success

holy freakin crap. I think I would have need weighted dice to roll worse..

05 04 03 03 02 01

maybe I should dump cosmo ;)

I hear that from women all the time.

LOL

I thought you just had a lower TN, for "Action very Obvious" when running, which would set the TN right at 18 since it's -4 and the normal TN is 4. Has this been errata'd?

It's in the Advanced Rules of the Cannon Companion.

I'm going to have to start collecting the advanced books, I can tell. The BBB just doesn't cut it these days.

Body check:
05 16 04 01 05
3 successes

Two successes. Three if you're counting dermal armour.

Quickness: 1, 2, 2, 4, 7, 15

Strength: 2, 5, 5, 9, 17

Body: 3, 3, 5, 5, 11

This is for the heat, right?

Body (5) Test: 4, 3, 3, 4 = no succeses

I doubt I would have gotten any anyway, since Ghost Dragon has a +7 modifier right now.

If you didn't get any successes, then you take a light (stun) wound.

Do you want/need any rolls for the random selection of a coordinate or the ferrying of everyone to the 'gate? Also, is there enough time in between all that to jury rig one of the radios to send a quick signal through the gate on its scheduled opening, leaving it behind and semi-burried to avoid detection?

You have addresses, complete addresses. All you need to do is pick one.

As for the jury rig radio, you could, but you would need to use one complete comm. system to do it.

Okay, when I have the chance, I'll run all the addresses I have through a few simple algorithms, looking for the one with the most used symbols and then cross-referencing it with the one that lead here and any that seem like the most likely symbols corresponding to home. I'll pick the one at the top of whatever list results. In essence, I'm looking for major trade lanes.

And I have two radios; my own personal comm unit and the transiever Gates gave each of us.

Gimmie a computer roll, feel free to use your hacking pool.

For the rebuild on the radio, I will need an electronics test, any engineering knowledge skills can be used complimentary. Base time is 10 minutes.

Cosmo will have to do it though....

I'm going to use his Index Channel if that's okay, with Advanced Mathematics as complimentary? It seems more appropriate for the task (the only difference being two fewer dice, actually).

Channel: Index (+8 Hacking Pool dice): 4 3 5 2 9 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 5 1 4 1
Advanced Mathematics + Math SPU 3 (Complimentary): 2 5 11 4 8 2 4 1 3 5 5 7

Assuming we have Time, Torque will see to all wounds while Cosmo's dialing the gate. Here's the rolls for when/if that happens:

Healing Torque
TN is 11 (8 +3 Wounds, -1 Body, +1 Bad conditions)
Biotech/First Aid: 02 02 03 01 03 14 03
Complimentary Dice (Medkit + Medicine):
05 02 01 03 02 03 02 09 02 02 19 17 04 04

2 Net successes, reduction to M wound, should take 21 seconds.

Healing James:
TN is 8 (6 +2 Wounds, -1 Body, +1 Bad conditions)
Biotech/First Aid:
08 02 01 12 04 03
Complimentary Dice (Medkit + Medicine):
02 04 01 05 08 01 04 03 04 04 15 01

3 Net Successes, should stage to L in 9 seconds.

Just to let everyone know, I will be out of town starting Thursday, and I will not have access to a computer. I will return late Sunday night.

I know it's kind of sudden, but suddenly being fired from my new job - for BS reasons I might add - gives me lots of free time to do things like go to my girlfriend's family reunion out in the boonies, which is where I'll be.

For guidance in playing Ghost Dragon as an NPC, assume that once the gate is open, he will be one of the last to go through, and he will remain invisible until then. Once on the other side, he will look around cautiously before settling down to try and rest off his stun damage at the gate while the others scout around, assuming there is time, and there are not other deadly things on the other side trying to kill everyone too. Ghost Dragon will rest off stun and help with healing after he is healed.

Ghost Dragon MIGHT throw a grenade at any attackers before or after travelling through the gate, but he will probably not cast any spells, unless he has to. Any spellcasting will be done from astral space while projecting, and he will drop any sustained spells to get the maximum effect, reserving all spell pool dice available to resist drain.

As soon as everyones posted their arrival we will continue.

@ Leo

Sorry about the job man, I know what that is like.

Ran give me a perception check

Just a word-up to let everyone know that I (RoUS) decided to change my name yet again. I know it's annoying, but I was getting equally annoyed with how my last name scrolled at the "Size" part, and I'm just way too anal to deal with it. Promise this will be the last name change (for at least a couple of months).

Perception (via Sensors) test to see if Cosmo could get a reading on what caused the sound, then another to see if he can find the DHD's signature.

I say we capture whatever that creature is, throw a saddle on after breaking it, and ride it home through the stargate. It's just the right size to fit through (6m x 6m) if we get it to tuck in its tummy on the ride through.