All he did was smile as you guys left. Whyever would you want to kill him? lol

Initiative 10 = 4 hits. Initiative 14, 3 IPs.

And of course the guns are in the damned truck.

edit: Needle's Edge 2 = 0 hits. CRITICAL GLITCH. Dammit.

Thats why I declined to roll it .. same result. .. guess our first pass is gonna involve some sprinting

Yup. Hopefully Ascon brained himself and is out cold, this mission has been enough of a pisser without adding 'retrieve the kidnapped n00b' to it.

Well, since you two are at the Park that's 100m away and the your running speed is 25m/combat turn. It will likely be more than a couple IPs before you are in the fight (thus why they waited to hit the van). But no worries, you'll have some fun coming your way.

Well, I'm not going to make the situation any worse despite the critical glitch on this roll. But this does mean the van is pointed in a direction away from the park and would be taking it out of view around the corner of a building if Needle tries to drive straight away from the truck behind her.

What are you guys wanting her to do when her turn comes up?

Teleport ! us all.... to pizza shed !

Ok, she'll waste her first IP trying to do that. Then, when she remembers she doesn't actually have any teleportation equipment or magical powers, what do you want her to do on her second IP?

bah, so much for snark,

Hahahha. Well it was worth a shot, right?

well I know what I'D do, if it was me ... but that is NEVER what the other guys will do, so I'll leave that for cooler heads

Sprinting : Simple action
(14d6.hits(5)=5)

Hmm. Well, given prior behavior for Needle, it would be to try and get clear then circle back, right? Which, unfortunately, takes our guns further away from us, but that's just the way this Mission goes.

Simple action: Sprinting Strength 6 - Defaulting 1 = 2 hits. Silas is opening up space between us, but not as badly as it could have been.
Free Action: Activate Low-light and Thermographic vision.

Ok. That's what I was thinking Needle would do too, but i'm trying not to risk railroading the Mission by controlling everything she does.

Currently waiting on Initiative rolls from Gardner and Mr. White before moving forward with the combat sequences.

Initiative: 4 hits gives a total of 13

6d6.hits(5) → [3,2,4,3,1,6] = (1)

With an init of 6, that gives me a 7, I think. 1 pass.

Initiative Order:
Silas
Striker-2_Alpha
TundraWolf
Gardner
Needle
Striker-1_Beta
Striker-1_Gamma
Striker-1_Delta
Mr. White

So, Silas goes first and is sprinting his way towards the sound of the crash.

Then Striker-2_Alpha goes and he's spending his action to get the truck properly turned around and accelerating to attempt another ram (another ram can't happen until next combat turn considering the van had continued moving after the crash). Actually considering he only got 2 hits on his Pilot:GroundCraft roll I'll say the truck is currently at a dead stop. While the van is continuing at roughly the same 35m/turn it was going before the crash.

Then TundraWolfdoes his sprinting towards the carsh.

Now Gardner is up.

Following him, Needle will be accelerating to get more distance between the clown van and the Toyota gopher.

Just a note, I won't be on until Monday after today. Tomorrow is me and my wife's 10 year anniversary, and I would expect that my internet time will be non-existent.

Grats man, I got unshackled after 4 or so, and am on my second attempt

have a fun weekend .. what you gonna do ?

Congrats

Congrats on the big anniversary. Hope you both have a great time!

Thanks, everyone. Mach, we're going to a small "resort town" in the mountains a little ways from us that we've never gotten around to going to despite it only being a little ways from us. Should be a good time.

Back on game topic. Can I see that Gopher from where I'm at, Slacker?

It's still 70m away from you since even with your sprint your speed is only 29/combat turn(approx 10m per IP).

See it .. not reach it ... or are the trees and shrubs obscuring still ?

I'm willing to say you guys were at least close to the dived between the heavily wooded area and the urban garden area. So, there might be some obstruction to your view, but you can make out enough to see a familiar looking black truck stopped in the middle of an intersection that is illuminated by streetlights.

Actually, why don't you both give me perception rolls to see if you notice anything more details as you exit out from the start of your scouting the wooded area.

Intuition 4 + Perception 3 + Vision Enhancement 3 + Observe in Detail 3 = 4 hits.

Perception: 7 + 3 image enhance Low light natural
(10d6.hits(5)=2)
Probably still trying to shake that image of the Blonde from short term memory ... "Focus Silas, Focus!"

Nah, he just started running and his stomach went "Hey, asshole! We're still hungry down here!"

my next Sprint check will be better, Gardners PIE is still in the van!

That's not all that much focus there. Fortunately, TundraWolf is more on the ball and notices that one of the blips of light in the night's sky seems to start moving towards the two of you as soon as you left the cover of the trees. It's still about 200m away from you, but TundraWolf believes its small profile indicates it is likely a Northrop Wasp security helicopter. It's running mostly dark. So he can't make out if their are any identifying marks on it in the night.

Right, does this mission pack have an appendix that lists Every Fragging piece of military hardware you can possibly imagine to be used Liberally at the most inopportune moments ?

Screw this, I'm turning around and going for Pizza, this Acson fella ain't worth it

Money is only worth something if you're alive to spend it.

Just be glad it's the scout team that's ambushed you and not the main force.

Unfamiliar with the Wasp, is it like a one-seater with a chin-mounted LMG? Or a full-on assault chopper with HMG/mini-gun and rockets with a dedicated gunnery officer along with a pilot?

Northrup Wasp: This one-man rotorcraft was designed for police and security service. The Wasp is lightly armored and comes equipped with a weapon mount (capable of mounting a LMG or smaller guns).

Well, there's that I suppose. We've got nothing to tangle with it, but it shouldn't kill us both in the same IP. It's running dark, so it's not a KE chopper, especially downtown. Silas, we're probably better served getting back into cover. Which is most likely the response they're looking for, but we're badly outgunned.

I was hoping Gardner would post something up over the weekend. But oh well.

I don't want to bog us down. So I'll move forward with him being undecisive for a moment on what to do. Needle hits the gas hard trying to push the damaged van as much as possible, though with only 1 hit she couldn't push it that far beyond normal limits. The van is now going 60m/combat turn or 20m/pass. So it's moved around the corner and out of view of Silas and TundraWolf/

If it wasn't obvious before, it becomes more apparent that the helicopter is going after Silas and TundraWolf as it turns on a spotlight pointed right at whichever one is in the lead. It does not currently open fire however.

It's now Mr. White's turn as his commlink beeps at him with a response from Moreau that says he can meet the team at Kobe Park in an hour.

Silas would be in the lead, he got going first (higher Initiative) and had a better Running check (5 vs. 2 successes). Not trying to get your character shot, Mach, just giving Slacker data.

no problemo, and Silas would never accuse you of being a "Cowardy, cowardy custard!" .... me on the other hand

I got nothing. White will stay inside the van. I'm going to assume that he's gotten his pistol back that he offloaded earlier in the mission, not that it'll do him very much good.

Next.

Ok. Just so you know, you do have your pistol and can have it readied if you'd like.

Guess we are back up at the top of Initiative. Silas what are you going to be doing? A few steps ahead of your, TundraWolf has a brilliant light beaming down on him from a helicopter that seems to be getting closer. You're likely illuminated somewhat at the point too, but TW is definitely the current focus of the light.
[edit]:A brilliant light beaming down around you has called your attention to the approach of an armed helicopter approaching your position and readying an LMG to fire down upon you. Glancing back, you can tell TW already spotted the helicopter and is lucky enough to only be at the edge of the light shining down.

Wait, what?

Oops. I totally got that mixed up. The spotlight is focusing on Silas, not TW. Sorry.

Slacker has shamed me into trying to shoot at the opposition, sigh.

Anyone remember how much Edge I've spent this session? I think maybe two on the rappelling fiasco back at Horizon.

Following whatever Silas does, the Toyota Gopher will be squeeling tires and burrning rubber as it rockets after the departing van. The driver amazingly got 6 hits on his driving test. propelling the truck from 0-50m/combat turn. Needle has the clown van going faster than that, but she's already struggling to push it much faster and would guess the truck could attempt another ramming next combat turn.

TundraWolf can go ahead and post his actions too.

well Frag, that escalated quickly ...

I could fire some rubber bullets at the machinegun toting helicopter, or throw my sword at it ..

or seeing our ride accelerate into the distance I can look for an overpass or a rabbit hole to dive into.. I think some form of GOOD cover other than a densely foliaged tree, would be the order of the day,

and then radio Gardner to break out the air support... that call goes something like "AIIiiiiiIIEEEEeeeEEEeee!HALPmachineguntotinghelicopter!" that's all one word ... so free action right ?

For my next impression: Jessie Owens.

Free action: "Silas, scatter!"

Simple Action: Run like hell back into cover! Strength 6 - Defaulting 1 = 3 hits Something about imminent death makes a guy run just that little bit faster.

Simple Action: Find hard cover.

There's a structure of some sort in the middle of the urban garden plots. I'd call it a sturdy shack-like structure. It's about 15m from your current position. The cover of the trees you just exited from would be closer though.

There are some buildings in the surrounding area, but none that close. There's an apartment building out past the shack, it's closest wall is maybe 30 from your position with the entrance being around the other side of it maybe 20m (or you could try breaking into one of the apartments that faces the park and only have a low wall you could jump over).

South of the park, you could cross Main St. and try getting into the Community Development Center that looks to be closed at this hour. It's entrance is probably about 25m away with part of the path taking you beneath some fruit trees before you have to cross the open space of Main St.

Look at the available options are I just posted for Silas. You can certainly find some cover with that running roll. I just want to have an idea of which direction you were heading.

Heavily wooded area is East and Northeast of current position. Shack is mostly west and a little north of you. The apartment building past the shack is almost directly northwest of you. And the community building across the street is pretty much directly south of you.