Oh? Well I know people genetically descended from PIRATES! So I can hunt you down safe in the knowledge that my pirate descendants will occupy (and DESTROY) your ninja descendants!

They're not _my_ descendants, and your pirates are going to have a big problem, since I'm hundreds of kilometers from the ocean. Pirates do not get a home field advantage in the Ninja forest.

Unless I am lured out of the forest with the promise of surf & turf. I would kill many people for a good steak right about now.

I wasn’t trying to hurry anyone up – heck, look at how long it takes me to post. I told Kiedo that I would post at least twice a week, work, school and family life must come first and might limit me to just that – but I’ll try to post more often.

Name: haven’t given it much thought – I’ll assume that it has already been chosen before Knobby Bob gets picked up by the team. If it turns out to be ESS, please lie to K-Bob, or you’ll just end up having to explain it to him and he wouldn’t get it – or when he did, wouldn’t think it was funny.

Leader: I had to give this some thought – looking at Charisma and Will it looks like Maeva, but K-Bob would have a grudging respect for Luis. (And Maeva kinda gives him the creeps)
Thomas

What's wrong with sexy, dark-blue/purple elven women with glowing eyes, strange accents and shiny hair and tattoos?

I imagine Maeva will have loitered around in her buddys garage when someone from ESS were shopping for spare parts. Seeing a chance to get cheap access to spare parts and mechanics for doing the heavy maintenence work, she would've signed on in an instant and brought her own car.

Being ex-military, even if Luis didn't like you at all, he'd never show it and he'd fight to save your arse. Though to be fair, he doesn't mind metas in the slightest. Awakened critters and plants give him the willies, but not people. Ask him and he'll say, "On the inside we're all the same; red and kinda squishy."

So that makes sebastian the leader, since thomas didn't vote for jet(who did he vote for Maeva or Luis). So I'm going to put up the IC thread as soon as I get back from running some errands.

You may have ninjas as your allies, but I have Vikings and Highland Clansmen on my side! There is not way you could defeat us!

Anyway, I don't need to fight you to the death anymore, as the voting was decided. You're free to go...for now.

I suppose this would make Sebastian the founding member of the team. I guess Jet could have joined when he heard Sebastian was taking racers.

The way I had invisioned it was you all were the founding members, which is why your all lieutenants. But again it's your team, I'm just a fly on the wall.

Well that works.

Well shoot, I'd better get to work on finishing my ninja fortress deep within the bowels of Mt. Fuji to prepare for a combined pirate/viking/Scotsman attack.

As for how Sebstian met everyone... hmm... He'd built a reputation for himself as a competent, if not quite successful, street racer. He also had a sort of air of mystery about him, because he was very touchy about anyone actually seeing him in person. He had a deep voice over radio communications, but it wasn't too hard to tell that he was using a voice filter.

One day, some of you recieved a job offer from 'Ace Freely, Freelance Security Consultant.' Sebastian's side identity had a security job he was recruiting help on. A newly built race track was having problems with saboteurs, and given the size of the premises, he needed extra people who knew how to handle a vehicle to help out (plus, getting to break in the brand new race track was a bonus for doing the job successfully). The way that the team almost immediately gelled together made him realize that it'd be fun to work with you all more often, and given everyone's fondness for vehicles and speed, putting together a real team would be a big step up from back street racing.

Word filtered through the team that was already assembled that they were looking for racers, and that brought in the rest of you. The name came up one day during lunch, when, in the middle of a heated discussion about what the name should be, someone who's attention had drifted took a bite of their food and declared, "Mmm-mmm! Nothing beats egg salad sandwich."

Meeting Sebstian in person was a little bit strange. It was easy to understand why he used the voice filter over the radio: it was a little bit hard to take a guy who looked like a 12 year old kid seriously, but with the tactical and racing expertise he'd demonstrated on the race course, you all knew that it'd be a mistake to judge him on looks alone.

So am I correct in assuming that we have met, haven’t killed each other, worked out any glaring personal differences, etc.?

We need to come up with some standard operating procedures. (and some fire extinguishers, I don’t recall seeing any listed)

Knobby Bob is a ganger, probably the lowest common denominator – not well educated but street-wise, and a survivor. (well, maybe not compared to Sebastian – jeez. I mean. Like Bug City, you know?) And speaking of people’s backstories, how much do the characters know about each other.

For example, if you asked Knobby Bob about his past, he’d respond with something like “Whah arh you, mah sochialh workerh?” (To get the accent, place a thumb and forefinger in mouth, at the corners of the lips – angle upwards to resemble tusks, and speak. Try in front of a mirror to see how silly you look trying to get in character.) Now, after a few rounds of synthahol, he might open up somewhat, but the whole background, no way.

Now I’ll assume that Knobby Bob has decided that falling in line with this ‘gang’ has advantages, and so has spent some effort/nuyen into cleaning up, buying some new clothes and a team jumpsuit, etc. – but I just wouldn’t be roleplaying well if he didn’t spew the first time he drank real coffee. Someone is obviously trying to poison him. He gets creeped by Maeva; she’s different than anything he’s dealt with before so it might take some time for him to trust her. He would most likely be creeped by Sebastian also, simply because when Sebastian is ‘in’ it reminds K-Bob of chipheads – and who, in K-Bob’s experience, would want to surrender themselves to a machine like that? These are all things that will factor into the character’s growth.

I look forward to playing, and hope it doesn’t make my grades slip.

Luis, like most former military personnel has a great number humorous stories about assinine officers and few if any stories of battle and killing.
Also, as we all know each other, he despises those that deal in BTL's, won't say why.
On the track, he's in his jumpsuit, set to the team colors.

Also, I hope everyone has radios, with some level of encryption on them. Too cheap and useful to pass up. and I'd imagine a Vehicle shop comes with extinguishers same with a gunsmith shop. Fire bad, tree pretty, piss foamy.

No I would unless it served my agenda, but I like you guys so even if it did I still wouldn't.

I'm just here to direct the flow of action, and settle any rule discrepancies, aside from that this is more your game than mine.

besides one of the few times I did get to participate in a run as a runner the GM decided I dropped my motorcycle because I didn't announce I put my kickstand down. One of my pet peeves aside from power gamers are people who nit pick, so if we all can take a relaxed and fun minded approach to this run nothing unless your smoking next to an NO2 bottle should for no reason burst into flames. lol

I totally just realized that Jet doesn't have a cell phone. One should probably be added.

Just read the IC opener, you write well, Kiedo.

Very nice.

Indeed you do.

I love writting, so a compliment on my passion is the greatest to recieve, Thank you.

Sebastian doesn't talk that much about his past (and no one can figure out why. I mean, the how could the Chicago CZ _not_ have been a rollicking good time?). He's also learned that competence trumps appearance every time. All he would ask of K-bob is that when he hangs out with the team, he remembers to wear pants.

And Kiedo, how are we supposed to follow up that first post? Do we know that Dek was going out racing, or is there going to be a followup where we learn that he's dead? I'm just a little at a loss about where we pick up.

Your question's answered, IC...

Question answered

Jet doesn't talk much about his past, save for noting that it was rather uneventful. He's a likeable enough guy, but he has weird habits, like staying up all night watching Godzilla movies for the zillionth time, playing loud electric guitar at 4am, and calling people "Sparky"

I just posted the follow up where Sebastian in informed of his death. So I guess go from there. Again I'd like to say good luck/have fun.

Yoinks, that was quick, I suppose it's time to get the ball rolling.

*to be edited, since I'm probably going to be making a couple rolls over in the IC*

I’d love to see where this goes from here but I have to get ready and go to work. I’ll try to check-in on my lunch break but I can’t post from work. Try to post as soon as I can.
G’ night all.

Ohh, page four

And the ball is rolling. I needed to give the elf some sort of name, so for the record, it's something that sounds like 'fan belt.'

Noted, but I thought he was human, either way it's irrelevant, going back and correcting it would only slow the forward momentum that is building.

The results of your tests provide you with the recollection of the Lightning Riders. Sebastian knows them as a group who until an event involving their leader, were vying for the same invitation to the IARC, ESS was. Following a brief disappearance from the scene they remerged, with very few of the same members, as a ruthless go gang. As far as turf goes they claim the shipping district of Tacoma as their grounds.

Replying to the backstory bit a few posts back, Maeva will likely have had a thousand stories about what she did up until a few years ago. Besides all of them involving racing somewhere at some point, they seem to have little in common. If pressed, she'll gesture towards the jet-propelled car she's got parked in a corner and offer to drag-race you for an honest answer as soon as she's installed an extra afterburner. Which would likely be enough for the vehicle to outrun a suborbital, if past performances are anything to go by.

Whoop, we're off!

Argh, I'm rotting away at work.

Someone post darn it!

Nothing to add yet ;P

No excuse

How about a flu and a headache the size of a troll, preventing me from concentrating on writing a post for more than 2 minutes at a time?

Join the club. Been sick all week and I'm still here

PS, how much water have you been drinking? I had a bitch of a headache until I consumed about 2 liters of water the second day

I’d like to take a moment and thank all of you. If the writing so far is any indication this is going to be very entertaining.

As a refresher and FYI, the ‘King’ is King (Kong) – the leader of K-Bob’s old gang. ‘Ol Mary is the momma bear (Bear Shaman, that is) to that gang.

Should we hold up for those who haven’t had time to post? It might be a good time since those of us without hearing mods are unaware of the details of fan-belt’s call.

Kiedo – I’d like a separate roll for what K-Bob knows about the Lightning Riders. It might be a good idea for everyone with gang knowledge to roll – might turn up different information that we can share while deciding how to respond to this threat.

Oh, yeah – I am the one who suggested SOP, so I guess I’ll fill in some of K-Bob’s:

The hack (sidecar) is for cargo only. I have personal experience riding a cruiser with all my worldly possessions strapped down to it – that’s why I ride a Gold Wing now – digging through a duffle bag to find anything is no fun. (I bathed more than once a month back then, BTW) So, most of what K-Bob owns will be locked in the hack, which will be secured as well as possible to whatever squat he’s living at. Currently this seems to be a garage at E.S.S. headquarters – presumably on or near the [ EDIT ] "A newly built race track" [ /EDIT ] Tacoma Speedway.

More as the thread develops…

Luis SOP
Drives a big truck, note drive not race.
Almost all tools are in the cargo section of the truck, but have to be setup to be of any use, which is usually only at the track for the vehicle shop or at the garage for the weapon shop. Like every mechanic I've ever known IRL, there are a few random pornographic images tacked up on various surfaces, nothing too extreme, more obligatory naughty auto-parts calendar type stuff.
All running tools are in either the combat vest or the rucksack, with the Alpha nearby, stowed in a case most likely. The protector is next to the driver's seat in easy reach and in breifcase trappings.

Luis has an apartment not too far from the garage most likely with a view of the HQ.

I hope we will have basic vehicle trailers for hauling the more racing centric vehicles that aren't likely to be anything resembling street legal, even by 2064 standards (cough-turbine car-cough), if so, he likely hauls it and the driver rides shotgun as this would help promote the image of the assisstant mechanic image.

You guys must have somehow gotten me sick over the internet. I'm just now starting to recover.

Well, Jet has an apartment where all of his stuff stays. But Jet usually isn't there, preferring to go out and do something, or hang out with team members and drink or somesuch.

Sandoval: Sebastian sees a lonestar partol car parked strategically across from the garage. The cop inside seems not to be paying much attention to whats going on and is deeply immersed reading a book. There are a few people who look like they fit in a little too well, but they look more like vice squad the gangers.

Thomas: Feel free to roll your own test or anybody else who wants to for that matter.

Nikoli: you have, "out back", a few busted up trailers that have accumulated over time with maybe an hours work they'd be road worthy again(just basic repairs patch a wire, reweld a bracket, nothing that would need to be rolled for asuming Luis did it).

Thomas the lightning riders as far as K-bob knows are a newly surfaced gang, who race and kill the loser, whoever that may be.

That is a gang id test not like an esortic trivia roll right? lol

Sorry if my posting is a bit sporadic. Between worshipping the great porcelain idol, coughing my lungs out andhaving the chills, I haven't really felt well enough to sit up and write much. I'll try to cram in at least one post a day 'till I get better.

And since everyone seems to be mulling over who the Lightening Riders are, I'll throw my own check into the pot

The results of your tests provide you with the recollection of the Lightning Riders. Maeva knows them as a group who until an event involving their leader, were vying for the same invitation to the IARC, ESS was. Following a brief disappearance from the scene they remerged, with very few of the same members, as a ruthless go gang. As far as turf goes they claim the shipping district of Tacoma as their grounds.

Exactly, verbatim, what sebastian found out, in fact since I'm a bit tired and(maybe a bit stoned), I copy pasted it. It's no new information but at least your on the same page, since I can't remember if Sebastian shared his intel, he might have and in that cause see afore mentioned excuse.

When I said I'd try to squeeze in a post a day until I got better, it was on the assumption that you guys would post as well.

Well you know tarantula has yet to post IC so maybe they are slowing down to let him catch up. Or they are waiting on me for some direction.

Have you heard from Tarantula? Perhaps the attrition has already started with players too. [Shakes head} … Poor Dek.

In case Kiedo didn't notice, Jet is going to visit his contact Johnny to see if he knows anything about the Riders. Like, whoever is in it, or such.

I gotcha just waiting on you to roleplay your way there.

Ah, I didn't know if you wanted something to happen on the way.

No, I'm sorry guys, I was out of town from friday until last night, and had work and school today, I'll see if I can't start on tuesday, and go from there.

bump

man I'm playing gran turismo 4 right now so I'm in the mood to see some racing. That game kicks so much ass, right now I'm in the middle of a Miata indurance race, god bless B-spec mode.

oh and in relation to the IC thread: Bum bum buuuuuummmmmm