What bonus does the TacNet offer again?

Might as well make use of them next time.

Bye
Thanee

+2 to most combat-related rolls, as long as you can contribute 4 "sensor channels", which I'm sure Nova can (and as long as it's not jammed again...grrrr...). We have 4 team members, so everyone has to contribute...

Unwired, p.124
"Tacnet bonuses apply to any test a team member makes that might conceivably benefit from the tactical soft’s analysis, data-sharing, and suggestions. This is subject to gamemaster interpretation"
There are examples for things like CC, Firearms, Dodge, Infiltration, Maneuvering, Perception, Shadowing, Surprise

@Mach
Few questions:
1. Do we refresh Edge?
2. Was Crispy able to replenish medkit supplies from the EMT kit?
3. What kind of gun did Crispy take from Drago?

Thank you!

Bye
Thanee

1. yes, forgot to do it after Karma awards... so now is a good time
2. yes, and he can also give supplementary healing and stun damage relief from the valkyrie unit in the back of the ambulance
3. nothing amazing, it was his holdout - Savalette Guardian
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new mission phase info : (thought you might need something)

Vashon is split into FOUR Quadrants from North to South.
This MAP has your way points on it

North Western quarter is intensely populated worker accommodation and retail centres (Think Slum, but immaculately clean on the outside)
North East is the Factory band, where HQ sits,
below these is the Executive area (this is Millionaires mile, top end real estate) BURTON TOWN sits in this area
then there's the wall running between sectors to keep workers controlled and away from crops & execs
(Yes it is a manned/Armed checkpoint .. Yes, there are all the usual checks when crossing into AAA exec-ville)
and below that is agriculture and synth fields harvested by automation with the occasional farmer / overseer.

if you need ANY more info ask me .. I want to make sure you know what you're doing and Where you are doing it

you're welcome!



Cool! Thanks for the info Awesome maps, as always

Dang, this isn't going to be so easy - we have to cross multiple checkpoints. Any fast talkers in the group?

Neverlift and LordArcana, we're figuring that all of our characters know each other somewhat I think. Can you describe what my character would know?

Crispy is a medium height, pretty well built guy with a little bit of a mouth but in the heat of battle he's all professional. He handles rifles and heavy weapons, and also is the teams comms guy, with a good grasp of tech.

What kind of healing can the ambulance offer?

Nova is at 1P 5S currently.


Checkpoints... might be the time to switch from combat gear into something less conspicuous.

Bye
Thanee

Is that all I managed ? Damn! I bet that was all drain right?

The stun we can get rid of with a few minutes rest and some meds.

The physical, if it is exterior then we can fix it, if it was drain then i got nothing ... I could open your skull and have a look .. If you want me to ?

Most of it was Drain, yes (including the 1P, IIRC).

Ok, so after some patching up, 1P 0S remaining... that's definitely better.

Bye
Thanee

I was wondering how we were going to handle this

Billy Gibbons, known as 'Murphy' by his friends, is a retired CAS Marine Gunnery Sergeant. He joined the military because he wanted to be on the front line making a difference. Once he got higher up in rank he started spending less and less time out in the drek until finally it just wasn't what he had enlisted for. After his retirement he tried to assimilate to civilian life but things were just too unstructured. Turning to a fellow retired Marine and friend of the family it was suggested he try his hand at the mercenary way of life.

Physically Murphy is a little over six foot with a very solid build. He specializes in front line combat weaponry but can fill in many other positions if necessary.

Sanchez is burly dwarf and tall ... stocky as all hell for his height. Got that mighty mouse look going on with a barrel chest and broad shoulders.
He's 5'2" tall and weighs 172 lbs. has brown hair and steel chrome cybereyes.

On his character sheet I got huge backstory for him explaining his burn scar on his face.

Here's a small sample:
Sanchez is a simple guy. He likes guns, and he likes porn. Beyond that, he doesn't have a lot of interest. He doesn't really understand people, especially women, and his attempts to interact with them usually end badly. He doesn't trust a lot of technology, beyond things that go boom or provide him with his beloved porn. He much prefers trideo, or even video, as he's wary of anything that might "muck with his head". His fears are born mostly from willful ignorance.

To those that Sanchez considers a friend, or even an acquaintance, Sanchez can be fiercely loyal. He is also steadfast and cool under pressure, especially combat. He thrives on stressful situations, even, and areas where he knows what he's doing. In other situations, he's restless, and often distracted. Sanchez has an unhealthy obsession about pornography, and often resorts to viewing it - as discretely as possible - when he's bored or not engaged. It is his escapist release valve.

What did you just call him!?!?!? (just noticed this )


Well ok, it looks like none of us are the suave type here. We could hope that Nova with her feminine wiles could fill that void, but last time it didn't turn out so well (cops harrassed her because of her good looks). So is there any way we could get through the checkpoint unseen? Probably not in the hummer, I would say. Could we stash the hummer somewhere near the checkpoint, then proceed on foot? Looks like it's about a click, maybe 2, from the Wall to our final spot that we need to secure. Pretty doable, I think.

Tatjana is of average height with a slender and well-toned body. The shapely redhead is quite easy on the eyes. Her hair is at shoulder-length and usually worn in a ponytail, with a few strands framing a pretty face with green eyes. Her right arm is half-cybernatic, from the elbow down. She wears one striking piece of jewelry at all times, a pentacle pendant with a gemstone in the center.

I feel all left out

Mach_Ten is a six foot tall Adonis like being, made of sparkles and rainbows.

He likes kittens and ponies and when he grows up wants to be an MMA cage fighter and rip the throat out of his enemies!

On weekends he likes long walks on the beach and enjoying a glass of wine with his invisible friends.

A god-like body...unfortunately, the god is Bacchus...

Oh noes! ALL Your karma all just evaporated like wine left out on a hot day! How did that happen?

ummm, I'm sure I meant this bacchus...surely! (risky click...)

I'll move us on shortly,

Any planning and conversing etc. can be done en-route so no panic.

If you have any questions regarding the mission or the area, i'm on vacation at home this week so hit me up.

You all have contacts as well, we've not spoken to them in ages, might be worth some chatting to them etc.

Up to you how you do this.

Well I have 6 frag, 6 HE and 5 white phosphorus and 5 flash bangs left... Plus a shit load of ammo. Can't we just shoot someone in the face!?

Blowing things up! Yes! How about we compromise - try to sneak in first, but if when things go south, we don't try to sneak away or anything, but rather we go all Rambo on their buttocks...

Does Crispy have contacts? I'm not sure I updated him to have contacts after the Bogota game Mach, do you have any record of me adding contacts to Crispy?

You might as well have stopped at this point:



At least, I couldn't find anything else in here.

Bye
Thanee

That's as far as a search got me too, you have CHA x 2 in free contacts.

so for you, considering it can't GO into negative or imaginary numbers ... that's a rat called Rufus that's currently crawling around in Sanchez' under-garments

lol
It stays in the hidden inside pocket of the jacket!!!

well, he's hungry ! now shaddap


is up folks ... I'm gonna need some rolls to be done before you add anything please

okay then.

You are probably either completely confused .. or about to lynch me !

so here's the roll request please... while I look "something" up in the BBB.


Murphy only perception -4 mate please

Everyone - BOD tests pretty please
(there maybe time for other stuff to happen depending on Murphy's first roll ... no pressure there mate eh ?

Nova - Drive test please (I'll drop some results off pending your body roll .. ta



/em runs off to look in the book muttering "toxins, toxins, toxins!"

Vision: Perception(4) + Skill(4) + Enhancement(1) = 9DP (9d6.hits(5)=4)

Audio: Perception(4) + Skill(4) + Enhancement(2) = 10DP (10d6.hits(5)=4)

I forgot the -4 so going from right to left each of those turn to 2 net hits.

For the body test, if its chemical should i add the chemical protection from the armor?

Toxin: Body(5) + Chemical Resist(4) = 9DP (9d6.hits(5)=3)

not on the first roll, unless you are driving around with yer gas-mask on.

I gathered from earlier, that folks were going a bit more low-key so as not to draw attention in civilised areas.

without meta-gaming too much .. you all decide right now how you are dressed for me please,

first person to say full heavy Mil-spec is gonna get punched in the throat !

No worries, I'd have done the same for you

Here ya go ... just for Murphy, keep the suspense going for the rest of you

Does "Medium milspec" still get a punch in the throat?

No in all seriousness i guess swapping out to fatigues and regular "normal armor would make sense for low key


SERIOUSLY?! Who's Fraggin plan was it to go this way? I think Hammerson is going to be doing pushups until his arms fall off!

Ok so not counting the 4 dice from the chemical protection since i'm not wearing that armor... yet... that is two hits on the body test.

Okay, you notice the sign as well as the "signs" in yourself, which is drowsiness to the point of almost passing unconscious this round.

Think you tossed your gear in the trunk? Might be wrong though.

Feel free to IC it up while we wait and see what everyone else gets.

Here's my Body test.
Body (5d6.hits(5)=2)

Mach_Ten all i can say is i hate you right now! I was reading over the IC again preparing my response when i had an amazing idea... an idea that bordered on near genius. I started going over it in my head about how i was going to take control of the wheel as Nova fell asleep then i got thinking.... what do you do when you need a real quick wake up boost.... SCREAM!

Imagine us bopping down the highway all of us nearly falling asleep when Murphy just starts screaming nonsense at the top of his lungs! Nova startled awake veers off the road... Crispy has a flashback and fires off a grenade in the humvee while sanchez's hand slips down his pants when he dozed off and is startled awake to such a degree he shits himself and pulls his stinky hand out...

OMFG i was laughing so hard my family think's i'm crazy.

Still conscious .. Good man, actually don't Dwarves get extra vs toxins?

Rufus is snoring though, passes out utterly cold on your shoulder.
Body roll
(1d6.hits(5)=0)

But you ARE crazy, only crazy people develop such a loathing for me in a short span of time.

You're correct!

+2 Resist Disease/Toxins (Dwarf racial bonus)

Roll these 2 more,

I'm keeping the effect secret till we're all done with first round,

Then, you've done the right thing in closing windows and activating the environmental controls,

Just pray the driver .... Well, we shall see, won't we

Body -> 2 hits
Driving (assuming Handling 0) -> 2 hits

Bye
Thanee

Body (2d6.hits(5)=0)

Good news and bad news time folks,

Bad news is you have a contact / inhalation toxin in the vehicle, bloody well spotted Sanchez
It is not the pollen it is the insecticide, sprayed at night to avoid nasty litigation.

Good news is, its not deadly, unless you happen to be in a vehicle at speed when the driver succumbs..... Oh, wait a sec!


More good news, the enviro-seal™ kicks in, giving you an subsequent test with 8 more dice in addition to BOD
to resist, before it is ...mostly.. Evacuated by the systems.

Bad news, its a power 10 narc agent. So 10 minus hits on body test STUN damage (not persistant beyond knockout)
I have a feeling, Nova may let go of the wheel any second!

Worse news is after that first roll, she thinks she's driving on bumpy road but actually it is the verge, headed for a drainage ditch (sorry, i removed some hits for damage track from your drive roll, no point EDGE, theres no dice left to reroll)

If she's awake after this second test, it's a crash test to limit damage to passengers.
I specifically recall Nova telling you all to buckle up, so there's some more from the good news fairy ... I'm so nice to you people!

Lastly, .... Are those Head-lights? Approaching from the rear ? I bet they are nice folks out for an early morning drive in the country and will be happy to give you directions ... And share cucumber sandwiches, cut into triangles!



Good night and sweet dreams.

If we can act, I will activate the autopilot, giving it instructions to drive us half-way back from where we started the trip.

Bye
Thanee

Good lord you guys really get cranking with the posts sometimes, can't a guy sleep a little bit now and then?


BOD: [2,1,5,3,3] = (1) hit
+ Enviro-seal extra dice: [3,4,5,1,2,1,1,3] = (1) hit
Ok so those dice sucked. Looks like Crispy takes 8S


Same as he's been I guess - something like, combat fatigue pants, heavy boots, sleeveless T-shirt with an armored jacket over it. Shouldn't be too conspicuous, although I think the jacket LOOKS armored, so it's not casual-wear...


HAHA! Well played!

If it's super-important, she could make a Longshot test with Edge (only rolls Edge dice with no other modifiers).

Extra Dice -> 1 hit

Bye
Thanee

Good call, very good call.

I'll add IC right now, still waiting on more dice from murphy and sanchez, but that doesn't too badly affect play at this point

Secondary Toxin Resist:

Toxin Resist: Body(5) + Modifier(8) = 13DP (13d6.hits(5)=2)

What the frag?! I think invisiblecastle is prejudice against me rolling dice at work!

Looks like that is 8S Murphy takes. And now you know why he likes to wear his milspec armor :)

OK is up,

Before you all get angry on me, I admit I have taken certain liberties :

The crash is going to be enough to give you all at least 3S and into unconsciousness,
OR if you feel lucky and don't want me to hand waive the damage away
feel free to roll against the crash if you wish, BODY+1 drive+Impact protection 5+Half impact (round up)
versus a DV of the vehicle BODY = 12
I don't think my dice like me enough lately... but it's up to you

since the Dwarf is the only one really resistant to toxins,
AND because of Murphy's fast reactions to close the windows AND because of Nova's clever idea on the autopilot.
I decided not to kill you all..apart from the Rat.

now moving swiftly on ... (yes that was a joke... get over it )

Sanchez, Default to Intuition for me and if you get a hit or more read the following

Out if curiosity does the playlet factories reduce damage by 1 for each source? If so Murphy is at a total of 9S. 7 from the toxin and 2 from the crash... Just sayin

Secondary Toxin Resist:
Body/racial/enviro-seal™ (15d6.hits(5)=4)

So I'm going to assume the back of the Humvee the area behind the the backseat, Sanchez can reach back and grab the packs or duffel bags of the team?
If so I gonna reach back and grab some Stimulant Patches to slap on my teammates! If not I grab my canteen and splash water in their faces and slap gently on their cheeks just enough to awaken them.

If you read Sanchez "Description" on his character sheet.
Sanchez is stocky as hell, and broad-shouldered, and is very tall for pumillonis. Well muscled, he dresses in typical urban-combat style: fatigues, obvious mil-fashion, and armored clothing. Wears heavy armor, with little regard for fashion.
So he's wearing the armor listed on his sheet, he would have the Ballistic Mask(helmet) laying beside him or at his feet. I have my pistol, assault rifle on me as posted earlier when I got in the Humvee.

At the same time Sanchez is grabbing the Stimulant Patches he grabs his Respirator rating 6 and puts it on after he done trying to wake up the others.

cool, you're only on about 4S

read my above post for you and make an intuition test, the results directly affect this issue.

That is perfectly acceptable mate,
as long as you realize the repercussions... I'm not rail-roading anyone into any actions, just here to give YOU the CHOICES and see what you do with them.

Respirator = good, especially as people approach.

I'm not out to kill you this early, the drugs damage is only temporary as long as you remain out of the influence,

Same for everyone else, any mitigating factors I am unaware of, please feel free to update me

should have done the following so far :
BOD resist - drug
ENVIROSEAL resist - drug
vs total 10S

From the crash, Taken 3S OR rolled vs. 12S as per above, your choice.

if that still leaves you conscious then act away, but at full -3 modifier to all actions as normal, and very groggy in IC

DOES THIS IMAGE GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF THE SCENE ?
Google search Almeria greenhouses
it's a lot more future tech obviously, but similar in looks