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Right now, we need to do some basic stuff. Everyone post a quick description of your character (IC appearance and OOC general abilities) and the group, as a whole needs to select a leader.

Character sheets are due first thing Monday morning, EDT.

• Digital Heroin -- Johnny Jett (decker)
• last_of_the_great_mikeys -- Brick (muscle, ork)
• Beast -- Thor (Thor)
• RangerJoe -- Gritz (combat decker, ork)
• Panzergeist -- Swift Eagle (Swift Eagle)
• Chance359 -- Sedryk (Sedryk, ork)

I intend to have the first IC post up tomorrow sometime. You can post as as you've given your character description here, I don't have to have a full character sheet at that point. Once the meet begins (sometime Monday-Tuesday) I will need that sheet.

Sedryk is a broad shouldered ork with polished tusks and braids. He has a small scar above his left eye, and is missing the last digit on his left hand. When not galavanting off into the wilderness in search of buried treasure, he works as a hit man. Sedryk is not the leader type.

Gritz is an ork of somewhat slight build, but still well-muscled, and larger than your average human. He looks as comfortable in a conservatively cut business suit as he does in tye-dye and cargo trousers, or a stealthy black coverall-- which is to say he always looks at least a little bit bashful. Unlike many orks, Gritz sports a dulled chrome datajack in his right temple. His cyber-eyes, also dull-chrome, are usually hidden behind sunglasses or working goggles.

Gritz is a skilled decker and electronics expert. He is also competent with small arms, but he's no machinegun-toting brick. Gritz prefers a soft touch, gathering matrix data and exploiting it to tactical advantage. Gritz is remarkably personable for an ork, contrary to stereotypes, but will only lead if events compel him to.

Swift Eagle is a Salish orc who fights with swords and a longbow. He generally wears outdoor clothing in green and brown, an on runs he almost always wears his rapid transit jumpsuit. He is a physical adept who lives in a lone house out on the edge of Snohomish, where he mostly keeps to himself between jobs.

Brick is an ork. He spends a lot of time at the gym and looks pretty strong. He would be regognized by those interested in such things as a world class unarmed fighter. He wears a Sleeping Tiger line of Vashon Island suit and has dome some bodyguard and muscle work. He has protective eye covers that are fairly noticable and moves with a smooth grace...like an adept with improved reflexes might...but he has all the inherant magic of a fire hydrant. If someone else can open the locks, he can sneak in...his cyber is hard to detect. NOT leadership material.

Joe Sarno: So, you the brains of this outfit, or is he?
Longbaugh: Tell ya the truth, I don't think this is a brains kind of operation. ."

Johnny Jett is a larger than life figure. He stands at only 5'8", but has an energy which gives him the presence of a much larger man. Johnny's look is something he'd call fusion punk. It's a blend of punk sensability, with high tech toys. He has electric blue hair (Genetech), and distinctive cybereyes (silver, which black irises overlaid with electric blue circuit patterns), as well as several facial piercings (brow, four in one ear, five in the other ear, tounge). Johnny's gleaming datajack is always on display. When wearing short sleaves, Johnny's nanotattoo becomes visible, he's got a band with the binary code for "Slave to the Machine" wrapping around his left bicep, animated crackling blue electricity around it. His wardrobe is varied depending on the scenario. When running urban, or clubbing, Johnny wears black fatigue pants, a tight t-shirt, leather and chains, and combat boots; when in a business scenario he wears Armante. Regardless, he tends to compliment his outfit with a pair of wraparound shades.

Johnny is a wild figure, but seasoned as well. His decking skills lie in the realm of the skulker, the silent watcher, and the quick theif. He's just as smooth offline, wether it be verbally or in motion.



As far as things go, I'd like to toss my hat in the ring for leader, but that's a group call.

Ha hah! I got in the first post! WOOHOO!

Now, I assume 250 nuyen is enough to get a 1/1 armoured briefcase? Enough to protect the stuff inside it brom basic day to day impact.

For the questions to Fredrick, a level 2 contact, regarding Mr. Johnson and the other runners...

Etiquette roll: 1,2,3,3,4. Well, that sucked! My Red Dice Of Doom™ are off to a bad start.

For the call to my level 2 friend in high places...

Etiquette roll: 1,1,1,3,4. Aw, man...it's getting worse.

For concealing my weapon and using the other as a distraction from it...

Stealth Roll 2,3,5,5,22. Much better. In the concealble quickdraw holster it has a concealability of 8, so if ya allow my roll, that's a 30!

Can I trade the stealth roll for the etiquette roll about Mr. Johnson?

Here's the rolls:

Etiquette (info from Fredrick): 11
Etiquette ('trixie): 5,4,2

Search

Base Time (rolled a 2): 1 day
Computer Roll: 11,9,8,5,5,3,2 (3 Sucesses)
Time: 4 hours

The big question is, do you have a secure method of contacting Fredrick on short notice? He's in a sensitive position since he's at the heart of the matter. Someone watching his calls (even if it's hard to do, it might still be possible) would get more info than anyone watching any one PC. Which means he's very careful about what he says. If you can suggest a suitably secure way to discuss things with him, it'll work out better.

Thor is a red-haired, red-bearded dwarf rigger with a submerisble van and a lot of drones. He could lead, as could I, but has no special qualifications for that.

Perception roll: 1 2 3 3 5 10

Just a OOC, NPC note... The title of this thread could get you arrested in most of the Civilized World

So could being caught heavily armed in the middle of Downtown Seattle. Kind of the point

There are no naked terrorists, though, in case that's your fear.

A reminder: Characters are due today (contact me for an extension). Posts are due by this evening at the latest (reguardless of character status).

He pretty much gave all he could over the initial phone call. Fixers are a paranodi breed by default

I make 1 dose of atropine and 1 dose of cyanide.

Tinker, do you want returning characters to resubmit our entire character sheets, or is simply giving you the updates as I have done all you want?

Whole character sheet updated would be nice, if only because that way I won't miss anything. Me looking in two places = bad.

Now would be a good time to ask your questions of Fredrick

The Johnson arrives tomorrow night (probably).

Yes, questions like that. Fredrick didn't let you know much about the team over the phone, but other contacts filled you in on the nature of the meeting place. It's semi-formal and fairly popular. The big deal is that it's under a lot of security.

The infiltrator probably makes it... how much ammo are you trying to get in and what type? I did mention a chemsniffer.

HI-C plastic rounds. One spare clip. No point in having an infiltrator if yer gonna load anything elde.

Allright... underway!

Perception Roll: 1,2,4,4,4. Dammit...my Red Dice of Doom™ are not up to snuff today! Anyhoo, looking for any identifying marks or stuff out of the ordinary. Vision Mag 3 and flare compensation fo modifiers.

Underworld Politics: 2,3,10,11. In case I recognise him.

Pit fight Promoters: 2,2,3,3,17. A long shot, but what the heck.

Street Charities: 4,4,8

O.R.C. Politics: 1,1,2. Whoa...boned that one!

So, any of these help with recognition, lemme know.

Perception: 8, 2, 2, 1, 1

Just looking for identifying markings... and to check if Mr. J has enough friends to not check a piece at the door.

Just as a warning, I might be kinda slow posting this week, getting married on Saturday.

Ka wow. Good luck. Next post Sunday afternoon? evening? then.

I also wish you good luck

Small post in the IC in a few.

I'm traveling tomorrow. Hopefully, the hotel has descent internet access (one web add says they do, others say nothing about it) and it won't adversely impact my posting. If it will, there will be a post tomorrow night to let you guys know what's up.

Heh!

Street Charities: 2,3,5 Just checkin' to see if he might know of any connected to enviornmental groups...stuff he might know regarding fronts and such.

Enviromental terrorists are pretty common, particulalry in the areas surrounding the NAN. There are only a double handful of groups with the resources to strike at something like this, however.

Johnny's got no knowledge skillz which'll help here, so he'll research later.

For now:

Negotiations: 10,9,4,1

Good roll

Not 50k good, though.

Because expenses just aren't cool enough without a place to spend 'em:

8,5,3,1

Hmmm...maybe I shoulda "thought" another 10K each.

Okay, guys, I'm back in my home state so I intend to pick up the posting pace. The deadline for us getting to the start of the convention is going to be toward the end of the week (Thursday or Friday).

Whew. Back to the world of the living with me.

Here is what I need right now. In the next two RL days, someone needs to decide what cover the group is going to use (the codes provided by the Johnson seem to make it possible to insert yourselves into the security company database and get some access credentials, though they won't be perfect, or you can falsify yourselves as guests with other parts of the chip data... everything else, you'll be on your own).

Let me know what kind of data you need from me for this initial planning and I'll get it out ASAP. I'm really wanting to pick up the pace since my trip killed it so badly (I should have just postponed the game start since I found out about the trip right before, but I thought that'd kill interest too badly). In any case, on ward and upward.

Sorry to hear that Chance. I'll fool around with some girls for you, okay?

Thanks Panzergeist.

TinkerGnome: Can I get a time check? Sedryk has to pick someone up later, and wants to know if its too late to call some of his contacts.

It's about midnight (the meet was at 11pm).

So, how much of an advance do we each get. And where are we going anyway? Does anyone have a safehouse, or are we just going to the nearest bar?

Looks like a seedy bar for now. That's what they're there for.

Ahhh! I'm on my vacation, so I have lots of time to post now! Yay!

I'll poke the game sometime tomorrow. Planning = good. Overplanning = bad.

Who was elected team leader, again?

Johnny/DH by popular acclaim.

*taps the mic*

I know I was a little while on my response guys, but I was trying to let others post in... everyone still on board?

Well, obviously me

Likewise.