only if you hit reverse ! .. actually that does sound cool, it serves a purpose too. nice rolling

I'll post reactions to that when Im not at work,

hell yes !

you see Longshot slam a Hummer into reverse and try to sideswipe him some nice men in armour just doing their jobs!

looks like someone read your mind, your back is covered.

Only the tenuous bridge between ships to worry about along with the guy you can see in your headlights in the opposing ship doorway as he waves a machine gun threateningly then wonders where the hell all his bullets went !

post your away man a man is only wise when he recognises how much he doesn't know ... or summat that sounds epic and wise...

dodging truck / hummer good guys 1,2,3
EDGE SPENT FOR EACH
5d6.hitsopen(5,6)=1,
5d6.hitsopen(5,6)=4,
5d6.hitsopen(5,6)=1

1,2 is hummer .. 3 is truck

damage resist tests
(10P minus dodge hits) -5 AP
oh crap! time
10d6.hits(5) =7,
10d6.hits(5) =4,
10d6.hits(5) =3

1 took it in the face like a champ (2P taken)
2 dives for cover but gets clipped good (2P taken)
3 has a bad day with a truck (6P taken)

Crispy,
Drive test please
-1 for the tilt of the ship
-1 for the slippery surface and objects in the way
-1 for the damage to the vehicle

roll gud or LTS*

Nova, there's a truck ... you may wanna move the driver seems to be a bit ... manic ?

*Learn 2 Swim

Driving test, throwing Edge on it: 1 hit
Man, IC is hating on me these days

Whew close.. the ships drift apart gently and the truck tyres slide towards the precipice .
At the last moment you manage to slow enough for the boats to realign and drive onto the bridge.

The extent of this rounds movement will just about get u aboard. Longshot will be stranded on the bridge in his new hummer behind you should he be able to scrape the guards off his bumper.

You can still take your actions. Or get out. But the truck is slow.

Make sense ?

Ok, Crispy plans to jump out and if nobodies in sight, stealth around a bit to get in a good firing position. If a bad guy is in sight, he'll use the truck as cover and start firing.

I'll post up as soon as I'm out of these meetings from hell...geez, how do they expect us to get real work dumpshock done?

other than the guy peeling himself from under the truck ? although I'd guess you can't see whether he's dead or not yet

tell me about it ... now I just need to work on getting my wages linked to my post-count

if you ever figure out how to do that, I'd be willing to pay lots of money for the answer

just post me a blank cheque and a post marked envelope and I'll return you a "self help e-book!"

my aunt's sisters son has made literally dollars by this secret method, now you can too !

Hahaha! the "aunt's sisters son" thing made me stop and think for awhile

Where do I send the "cheque"? I totally won't use the address for nefarious means, promise!

okay some shit happened

Nova wiggled her magic fingers and forgot how to work her rifle "DOH!"

Good guys had a brain fart and looked into the sharp end of a barrel, did not want!

Longshot reversed into two poor innocent bystanders, glancing blows as they dive for the floor and prepare to return fire.

Crispy bounces the truck off the second boat, nearly killing a former Volounteer Charity worker for Doctors without Borders
and wrecking the door mechanism on the new boat.
Also causing some rattling and screaching from the trailer of the rig.!! "what the frag is THAT?"

The spirit uses it's concealment power on Nova and is set to guard the team (I'd love to know how a materialised TREE can conceal anything in this un-natural environment, but but for the time being will overlook it as the guys are ill-equipped to deal with a spirit so will not take it head on.

we move back around to the top of the 9th.

lets GO !

INITIATIVE ORDER - 2nd pass
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Nova's Initiative -> 15 + 4 hits => 19 (4 IP)

Runner team init = 14 (2 passes)

Longshot 10d6.hits(5)=3 13 int. (3 passes)

Init for Crispy: 9 + 3 = 12, (2 passes)

Spirit's Initiative -> 12 + 5 hits => 17 (2 IP)
***************

Well... magic?

I really don't have a more logical explanation.

Bye
Thanee

Well, then... let's try that again (hopefully not in the same way).

This time without the called shot, though.

1st Simple Action: Shooting the guy again! -> 4 hits (damage is 9P -4 AP)

Bye
Thanee

Let crispy know to not bother scraping that guy off the truck... call him a hood ornament.

You'll have to move around your own hummer to be able to see the mess that is the other guy.

I'm ready to admit this did NOT go according to plan.

Now; where did my guys put that flamer... oh yeah.

So, is any "good guy" still around for my second Simple Action (the one who was sneaking up on the hummer, maybe)?

Bye
Thanee

yes, he's not hiding ... too busy trying to get the bullets out of his face

but you would need to move around the vehicle or stand up from cover to see him,

thus leaving you open for retalliation and negating your concealment.

also, call me confused, but, isn't there some sort of modifier for trying to swing a sniper rifle around in close quarters ?

the scope alone is set to long range so close targets should prove difficult to hit ... if there's nothing it's no prob, but we seem to be bordering on the bounds of reality here

full hydraulic combat armour that doesn't impede stealth or movement
mystic spirits that don't draw attention when manifested in broad daylight
and now sniper rifles that are accurate from the hip

YAY! (and when I first read this)

boooo

Hey save some for Crispy!

SR4 glosses over a lot of things like that. Most of it isn't that bad (I'm not that into guns having umpteen fiddly stats), but I wish SR4 had more/better encumbrance and armor rules than currently. SR5 actually got worse in that area, imo.

as long as I'm not missing something .. cause .. Magic or cause technology .. that's cool.

on with the show !

If only. Crispy is one slow mofo compared to apparently everybody in this little boating adventure...

it's not how Fast you do it .. it's how well you do it in the limited time

So, the really nice guys are up

1) runs for cover after Nova shoots at him (or not, still waiting)
He spends the remainder of his turn hiding and reloading his SMG

2) is street pizza

3) gets up off the floor as a simple action and sprints for cover to the left side of the old boat

3) gets up off the floor as a simple action and sprints for cover to the right side of the old boat

Perception check from Longshot please, it is auditory and -3 for being in a vehicle

Crispy , visual perception as you exit the truck please !!

He is not invisible, just hard to see while concealed (-6 to Perception; Nova would have no trouble seeing the spirit ).



Nothing that I know of, but you are always free to put some modifiers down, if you feel it is reasonable.

Bye
Thanee

Ok, let's see... -2 modifier for additional target during the same action phase (so, at least something, though not specific to sniper rifles)

2nd Simple Action: Shooting the other guy -> 5 hits (damage is 9P -4 AP)

Bye
Thanee

after scattering the blokes longshot will zoom across to the new boat, if possible.
8d6.hits(5)=2 - perception

okay so you are moving out of cover to get the shot .. cool
REA test vs. Nova (5d6.hits(5)=1)
crap
DAMAGE RESIST test vs. Nova (11d6.hits(5)=1)
actually forgot some modifiers, not sure if possible to glitch a damage roll ?
nevermind, vs 14P you pump him full of depleted uranium lead and he goes down like a sack of shehova!

for your IC, you reverse and send them flying, swap gears and floor it towards the bridge where the truck is blocking the way,

there's an annoying sound behind you in the hummer .... a rapid beeping sound ... it should be familiar to you ... and then "oh yeah, I remember that sound, it's a timer on a ...... Gren.... oh crap .... mommy !"

make a damage resist test for the hummer and for yourself, you get the benefit of the vehicle armour added to your own

the hummer is
BODY 12
ARMOUR 8

resist HE Grenade
10P
AP -2

I sense my character is not going to last long hahaa.

btw, did I gain a point of edge back for the crit. success pilot ground craft?

Visual perception: 2 hits

why the hell not, you're gonna be spending it like crazy soon anyways .. one more point ain't gonna hurt

you have a sudden urge to get back in the truck and drive until you can close the doors of the new boat,

THEN call in the orbital strike on the old boat !

there's movement on the upper decks !!

Oh boy. I just had a really, really bad thought. Crispy brought the truck over containing the "queen"....meaning any remaining spiders will probably flock to this new boat. Crap!!!

Did the rig not clear the doors of the new boat fully? If not, that's exactly what he'll do - get back in the truck and drive'er further in until he's well inside...

Yep.

Bye
Thanee

27d6.hits(5)=8 with added armor and goodies my full damage res. test for the explosive.

Ok, 2P taken as the explosion rocks the hummer off its back axle.

Looking left and right, you see guys levelling weapons at you
The hummer takes 7 damage from its 12 body and the engine cuts out.

Spend time jiggling the key? Or run for your life?

Choices choices

"Drake we are leaving!"

suddenly longshot becomes a graceful gymnast and makes a break across the rest of the board walk on full defense, (yay gymnastics) cartwheeling and flipping like a pro. if I need any tests let me know.

okay, show me the money !

Simple action to get out of the vehicle, simple action for sprinting between cover (Roll Sprint for me chum)
the bad guys have done what they need to do, you have about 30 meters to get to the bridge, BUT, that would end your movement out in the open

I leave the choice of destination to you, there's plenty of cover to be had that's on the way .. or make a dash for it and wind up on the bridge.
_______________
you are now all pretty much out in the open, so SHOUTING as comms is acceptable, if anyone feels a burning need to communicate any minor details ...at all ? .. no ? okay then

Crispy is up,

lets say you almost get out the vehicle and then see a swarm over head, and Shotty running at you in your rear views.
you can swing back into the cab as a free and continue the truck movement into the hold, leaving your actions remaining without another drive test.
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followed by those with 3 or more IP's

Longshot and Nova, from your positions you can see the last two guys, but they have taken full cover in or behind broken vehicles, they'll get some hefty armour bonus, but you think you can still find a target

Longshot, less so, as you are moving at full speed so modifiers to your shots for movement.

Well, it's worth a try...

IP3: Aim (+1 DP), Call Shot (-4 DP; +4 DV), Fire on RGG (remaining good guy) #1 -> 4 hits (damage is 13P -4 AP)

IP4: Aim (+1 DP), Call Shot (-4 DP; +4 DV), Fire on RGG (remaining good guy) #2 -> 5 hits (damage is 13P -4 AP)

Well, apparantly I can roll good, too!

Bye
Thanee

GGGHD = good guys getting heads down! (4d6.hits(5)=2, 4d6.hits(5)=3)

Armour + bod 15 Vehicle armour 8 (23d6.hits(5)=6, 23d6.hits(5)=
Forgot AP -4

So BOOM! Headshot on fricken both of them .. 9P !! On top of the vehicle damage

I hate snipers

Sounds good. So Crispy's got the truck fully parked well inside the hold. He's hearing the shooting going on and he'll be ready to exit the truck and help out next time he gets a chance to act.


Ouch! That was probably a disabled volunteer firefighter for #1, and a kitten & puppy veterinarian for #2!

Have i accidentally put my plot document on dropbox? .. Or are you reading my mind

Good, good. I was a little worried, that these guys were actually really nice. But now that we know of their wretched nature, we can rest peacefully.

Bye
Thanee

okay so they lasted all of one combat round .. I need better good guys !

notes for your

Franco has dragged Drago off somewhere, it wasn't a concern until the combat started but now it's concerning.

the spiders are launching gooey strands between the ships, like arachnid pirates preparing to board
Longshot you notice this at the end of your movement when you hit the bridge.

the boats are swaying around thanks to the mass of the truck being thrown about, you're gonna need to be very gymnastic in order to make the crossing without slipping into the inky black abyss that is the sea

Crispy you already saw this before getting the truck to move.

this boat is exactly the same layout as the other, but the lights are on DIM, so there's plenty of shadows and corners for hiding in

there's the other truck parked in here, under a tarpaulin

the only other vehicles are the stolen truck AND your hummer

there's probably other stuff to mention, but on first glance this about covers it.

also the radios have gone silent !

Hehehe - exactly what I was thinking! Relevant quote. (god am I just quoting movies all the time now? )


Burn it!

I think there is a flamethrower somewhere...

Bye
Thanee

oooh well spotted, and I know what you're thinking
You're thinking you could make a mad run for the flamer, on a sinking ship, in the dark, as a deluge of alien arachnids avalanches onto you ...
But being this is a top 20 Global GM , the most powerful GM in the world
and will blow you head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself a question:
"Do I feel lucky?"

Well, do ya, punk?

YES, yes we are !

The flamethrower is for Crispy, I don't need one...

Bye
Thanee

Blasphemy! EVERYONE needs a flamethrower!

the spiders don't seem to be descending at this time.

we have enough of a break to add some and do some planning,

I'll sit back and relax while the paranoia sets in and you do the work