FIVE 18

[18:12:51] <@Fats> Chasing the elusive Faceless Avenger, the runners have been able to track a couple boats ferrying his minions around. The only problem is: someone has already put pressure on the harbour control, and you have a fugitive with the traffic records hiding on an abandoned military airfield in the sopkas north of Vladivostok.
[18:12:51] <@Fats> Your SUV is there, a couple kilometers from the field, and Kit has started hacking their systems already. The sloughy sopkas are brown with dead vegetation, and to your right the grey mirror of the far-off sea can be seen.
[18:13:03] <@Nebokhod> * well, since FNG is out of the picture, i say we make Ronin NPC or GMPC for the time being
[18:13:33] <@Fats> * If I remember, you have a drone over the airfield, seeing their patrol drones and metahuman guards; and Kit has, what, discovered their node setup, was it?
[18:14:07] <Red_S> *sounds right
[18:15:16] <@Nebokhod> * and i have a spirit with 5 tasks
[18:16:14] <Red_S> *hopefully two of those tasks are to kick ass and take names
[18:16:42] <@Nebokhod> * third is to chew bubblegum
[18:17:35] <Red_S> *no we're all out so third is to get gum fourth is to chew it
[18:18:08] <Che> *Fifth is "PROFIT!"?
[18:18:12] <@Fats> * who wants to control Ronin?
[18:18:23] <Che> *not me.
[18:18:35] <Red_S> *also they call Sunday school for little kids "wiggle worship" please end my life.
[18:18:38] <@Nebokhod> * you're the man with the plan
[18:18:40] <Kit_Remoni> * I was moving to the central node under elephanty disguise. Proceed with the infiltration, I guess. let me check if cameras were hacked
[18:19:02] <Che> * All praise the Wiggle!
[18:19:26] <@Nebokhod> * i order the t
[18:19:42] <Che> * Exactrly! I'll be busy with yelling at you all for screwing my precious plan.
[18:19:49] <@Nebokhod> * spirit to use Conceal on the whole team
[18:20:03] * Red_S is in her full business gear, sporting chameleon armor and a machine pistol.
[18:20:22] <Red_S> = So are we ready?
[18:20:50] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, what's your Spirit's Rating and shape, please remind?
[18:20:57] <@Nebokhod> = Ready as we can be.
[18:21:05] <@Nebokhod> * F6, shiba-inu
[18:21:14] <@Nebokhod> * Spirit of Man
[18:21:23] <Che> = Let's roll then.
[18:21:28] <Red_S> = You think this guy might be a lieutenant?
[18:21:53] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, can the team see each other? :3
[18:22:28] <@Nebokhod> * yes, also spirit should be able to conceal itself.
[18:23:31] <Red_S> *I hope fats has my sheet because it's on my actual computer
[18:24:04] <@Fats> * I only have http://pastebin.com/akNpF0iB the one you gave me for the logs page
[18:24:28] <Red_S> *oh church is almost over it seems
[18:24:37] <Kit_Remoni> *free thinking won?
[18:24:41] <Che> * You need to step up your game and visit church prepared!
[18:24:42] <Red_S> *that will have to suffice
[18:25:18] <Red_S> *You need to step up to deez
[18:25:40] <@Fats> The runners find themselves turning conspicuously transparent for a brief moment before returning to their usual solid. Had they not seen Lucas order his spirit to conceal them, they could've easily mistaken the effect for mass hallucination.
[18:26:18] <Red_S> = That helps...
[18:26:46] <Che> = Just try not to get lost.
[18:27:12] * Red_S grabs the suitcase with her rifle, gear, and explosives.
[18:27:50] <Red_S> = I'm going to see if I can find a good vantage point after I set up the bombs.
[18:29:11] <Red_S> *If this guy is one of the 4 lieutenants that would be super useful.
[18:30:18] <@Fats> * had he been one of the lieutenants, he wouldn't have needed to go and hide until he can be retrieved, he would've just gone to FA's lair
[18:31:03] <Red_S> *fair enough
[18:31:31] <@Fats> Red_S, as you hop off the SUV, the wind chills you, and the muddy soil of the sopkas, covered in dead November grass, clings tight to your shoes.
[18:32:10] <Red_S> =Fucking Sibera. She grumbles.
[18:33:36] <@Fats> * Here's the map; your SUV is about a couple kilometers to the south, at the old military road built of concrete blocks. http://danvolodar.ru/files/Shadowrun/Airfield.png
[18:33:36] <Che> = It's not that bad, and defenitly not the worst place.
[18:33:40] <@Fats> * Where are you headed?
[18:34:51] <Red_S> *the generators to set up explosives.
[18:35:09] * Kit_Remoni is still walking towards the next node, peeking into the dataflow in the process
[18:35:28] * Che drinks some hot tea in his cozy SUV, watching his collegues and airfield.
[18:35:40] <@Fats> * are you moving along the road, or directly through the sopkas?
[18:36:30] <@Nebokhod> * hm, Red should have -10 on perception tests to see her.
[18:36:45] <Red_S> *I'm not crazy enough to stay on the road. I can navigate the lowlands
[18:37:12] <@Fats> * A Visual Perception test, if you please.
[18:37:50] <@Fats> * Red_S?
[18:38:04] <Red_S> *command?
[18:38:21] <Red_S> !sd7
[18:38:26] <@Fats> * number_of_dice#sd
[18:38:35] <Red_S> 7#sd
[18:38:35] <ur_dnd_bot> Red_S: (pool 7) 1 hit
[18:39:26] <Che> * Hm, should I roll to?
[18:39:31] <Che> **too
[18:39:32] <@Fats> * why 7? Intuition 1, Perception 3, Cybereyes Vision Enhancement Rating 2?
[18:39:43] <Red_S> I think so
[18:39:53] <@Fats> * Che, as in, for looking from a drone? Sure, at -8.
[18:40:23] <Che> *Hmph, let me calculate my pool.
[18:40:24] <@Fats> * Red_S, that comes up to six in my book?
[18:40:52] <Red_S> ...whoops
[18:40:59] <Red_S> 6#sd
[18:40:59] <ur_dnd_bot> Red_S: (pool 6) 2 hits
[18:41:07] <Red_S> *ayyyyyyyy
[18:41:10] <Che> * is it perception+sensor enh?
[18:42:16] <Red_S> *also what's a sopka? Like a wetland?
[18:42:24] <Che> * Hill.
[18:42:30] <@Fats> * Sensor + Perception, yes, if you're controlling the drone.
[18:44:07] <@Fats> * Che?
[18:44:12] <Che> * With bonus from enhancements?
[18:44:16] <Red_S> *test
[18:44:46] <@Nebokhod> * enhancements?
[18:45:01] <@Fats> * Red_S, I noticed your roll. Che, yes, if you have an attention coprocessor or something to the effect that'd give a bonus to perception through a drone. Not your cybereyes, certainly.
[18:45:07] <Red_S> *my vision is augmented
[18:45:21] <Che> * like vision enhancement 3 and all the other stuff like magnification and fancy modes.
[18:45:51] <@Nebokhod> * is that on a drone?
[18:45:57] <Che> * Yes.
[18:46:01] <@Fats> * then yes.
[18:46:02] <Red_S> *oh by the way I have my gas mask/voice changer on. Looks like soldier 76s mask very fashionable
[18:46:30] <Che> * http://logs.ur-dnd.ru/Chingis_Buryatov#Vehicles_and_Drones
[18:47:07] <Che> * Hmm, waaait, I forgot to write this stuff there.
[18:47:20] <@Fats> * Okay then, with the bonus from the enchancement, and without the -8 penalty for distance.
[18:47:24] <Che> * Ooops, no, its there.
[18:47:46] <Che> * perception total or just ranks?
[18:48:04] <Che> * I'm sorry I'm a little rusty on SR-skills.
[18:48:19] <@Fats> * Just the skill rating, without the attribute.
[18:48:50] <Che> 9#sd
[18:48:51] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 9) 4 hits
[18:49:19] <Che> * 4 perc + 2 drone sensor + 3 enhancement
[18:49:29] <Che> *I hope it's right.
[18:49:42] * finch (~AndChat20@36.sub-70-193-35.myvzw.com) has joined #TeamA
[18:49:53] <finch> *rip
[18:50:32] <@Fats> Che, Red_S has walked into a minefield, and is about to trigger a tripwire. From what you can see of their markings, those are old army signal mines, sending up a whistling flare when triggered.
[18:50:42] <Che> = Red, freeze!
[18:51:03] * finch did so
[18:51:09] <Che> = You're about to launch some flares into the air.
[18:51:41] * Che sends minefild map to Red.
[18:51:54] * finch doesn't move, but starts searching for the triggers.
[18:52:17] <finch> = This is good. She says with a sigh
[18:52:38] <finch> = means they won't be looking this way unless I trigger something.
[18:53:02] <Che> = Just be careful not to trigger anything.
[18:53:04] <@Fats> Soon enough she sees a thin dark wire running across her path and to the dirty-green can of the signal mine - just before her right foot.
[18:53:18] <finch> = No shit.
[18:53:22] <Che> * how much they cost?
[18:53:35] <Che> * can we loot them on our way back?
[18:53:59] <@Fats> * hahaha, about 20Y each new.
[18:54:02] * Che looks for other nasty surprises.
[18:54:15] <@Fats> Che, another Perception roll if you please.
[18:54:16] * finch starts moving carefully, slowing her pace to make doubly sure she doesn't walk into any more traps
[18:54:26] <Che> 9#sd
[18:54:26] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 9) 3 hits
[18:55:11] <finch> *I think it should improve my rolls if I'm actively looking for more traps now.
[18:55:13] * Che flips through camera modes.
[18:55:42] <@Fats> Che, the signal mines are just the first line. Naturally enough, the second line, a couple hundred meters forward from the first, is fragmentation anti-infantry mines. You spot more than a dozen up ahead of Red.
[18:55:43] <finch> = What the hell are they hiding out here with all this protection?
[18:56:03] * Red_S (~AndChat20@115.sub-70-193-3.myvzw.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[18:56:23] * finch is now known as Red_S
[18:56:33] <Che> = More mines ahead. Frags now.
[18:56:40] * Che updates map.
[18:56:42] <Red_S> *the road would have been safer.
[18:57:09] <Che> = Well, maybe they got really nice offer on all those mines.
[18:57:25] <Red_S> = Bunch of lunatics living off of the grid like a bunch of goddamn troglodytes.
[18:57:51] * Red_S continues swearing as she advances.
[18:57:55] <Che> = Like digged them up from some other poor chap's defences...
[18:58:00] <Kit_Remoni> * reminds me of pirate ship in Shadowrun HongKong expansion
[19:00:26] <@Fats> Red, with the mines clearly marked in your AR by Che, you manage to navigate the minefields safely. Soon enough you close in with the airfield's fence. There are no trees a hundred meters from it, and you can clearly see the barbed wire rolling atop it. Just as clearly you can see the guard at the gates, the drones dancing overhead - almost silently from this distance, - and the patrol walking at the north end of the field.
[19:00:56] <@Fats> The fence is some three meters in height, you'd say.
[19:02:00] <Red_S> *could a glass cutter get through it?
[19:02:04] <Che> = I wonder how deep that fence goes...
[19:03:49] <@Nebokhod> = Maybe i could levitate Red over it?
[19:04:33] <Red_S> *I do have my glass cutter
[19:05:08] <@Fats> * Red_S, in my understanding, glass cutters aren't fit for cutting wires. You can spend an edge point as per our "Look what's in this pocket!" rule for Red to remember and get a wire cutter, for instance.
[19:05:45] <Red_S> *I'll do that. Safer than using edge to try and climb
[19:06:40] <@Nebokhod> * btw, do i have clear line of sight to where Red is?
[19:07:15] <@Fats> * Che, is your SUV parked in clear view of the airfield?
[19:08:21] <Che> * nope.
[19:08:48] <Che> * I think there are at least some sopkas in between.
[19:08:54] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, there you go :3
[19:09:05] * Red_S opens her case and withdraws a set of wire cutters and gets to work. She's sure to only cut it just wide enough to let her through, and not wide enough to be visible without close inspection
[19:09:15] <@Nebokhod> * oh well, no magic support for you:)
[19:10:16] <Red_S> = let's hope they were confident enough in their mines.
[19:10:26] <Che> * make some V-shaped cut.
[19:10:43] <Che> * or U-shaped.
[19:10:55] <Red_S> *I'm an elf I can fit
[19:11:20] <@Fats> * Red, let's make it an Agility x2 roll.
[19:11:48] <Che> * that'll make it easier to not rip your suit.
[19:13:31] * finch (~AndChat20@75.sub-97-34-130.myvzw.com) has joined #TeamA
[19:13:40] <finch> *ugh
[19:14:13] <@Fats> Fats> * Red, let's make it an Agility x2 roll.
[19:14:55] <@Nebokhod> * that would be 18
[19:15:02] * AndChat|20400 (~AndChat20@67.sub-70-193-63.myvzw.com) has joined #TeamA
[19:16:18] * AndChat|20400 (~AndChat20@67.sub-70-193-63.myvzw.com) Quit ("Bye")
[19:16:41] * Finch_ (~Finch@2602:306:bd8b:f410:a578:7d58:7eb2:76d3) has joined #TeamA
[19:16:47] <Finch_> *OK I am back home now
[19:16:56] <Finch_> *last thing I got was "I'm an elf I can fit"
[19:17:16] <@Fats> <Fats> Fats> * Red, let's make it an Agility x2 roll.
[19:17:24] <Finch_> *can do
[19:17:28] <@Fats> * [that would be 18 I believe]
[19:18:11] <Finch_> 18#sd
[19:18:12] <ur_dnd_bot> Finch_: (pool 18) 5 hits
[19:18:19] <Finch_> *I got my sheet just now
[19:18:25] <@Fats> * great
[19:20:23] <@Fats> You expertly cut the wire and snake through a hole small enough one wouldn't think a cat would be able to fit through. As you go, you see the proximity wire running through the concertina one above, but it's far enough not to detect you. You're inside the perimeter; what do you do?
[19:20:41] <Finch_> =Oh can they just fuck off already?
[19:21:09] * Red_S (~AndChat20@36.sub-70-193-35.myvzw.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[19:22:07] <@Fats> * Hmmm, give me a moment for a few rolls...
[19:23:14] * Finch_ sweats nervously (ooc)
[19:23:56] * finch (~AndChat20@75.sub-97-34-130.myvzw.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[19:24:03] * Che watches patrols.
[19:24:05] <@Nebokhod> = They seem to not like unexpected guests.
[19:24:24] <@Fats> Unseen in her camouflage suit and magic concealment, Red makes her way to the fuel storage. It's a small building stuffed full of fuel canisters. Sprinklers of the fire extinguishing system can be seen above. So far no one has been able to notice you, to the best of your knowledge, Red; what do you do?
[19:25:23] <Finch_> =This will teach them to be more welcoming. She tosses the explosive in the air before catching it.
[19:25:29] * Finch_ begins planting explosives.
[19:25:49] <@Fats> * a Demolitions roll, if you will
[19:26:14] <Finch_> *edge!
[19:26:20] <@Fats> * haha, okay
[19:26:22] <Finch_> *I thought they were already preset by the other guys
[19:26:46] <@Fats> * Demolitions is the skill of placing the explosive to maximum effect and without accident.
[19:27:12] <Finch_> *How bad could it be it should be a stable compound like c4 right?
[19:27:15] <@Nebokhod> * longshot!
[19:27:19] <Finch_> *whatever what's the roll with edge assisting?
[19:27:59] <@Nebokhod> * your edge.
[19:28:21] <Kit_Remoni> * and does not explode
[19:29:02] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, actually, she has a pool of 1. So that'll be 1+3 (Edge), 4.
[19:29:18] <Che> * Mmm, aren't we planned to rig generators in firefighting station and not fuel storage?
[19:29:54] <Finch_> *I have altered the plan
[19:30:00] <@Fats> * prey etc
[19:30:04] <Finch_> *their traps made me mad so I'm going to fuck with them
[19:30:08] <Finch_> 4#sd
[19:30:08] <ur_dnd_bot> Finch_: (pool 4) 0 hits
[19:30:12] <@Fats> * or is it "pray"?
[19:30:17] <Finch_> *it's Pray
[19:30:32] <Finch_> *prey is something that's hunted or the action of hunting
[19:30:35] <Che> * my perfect plan...
[19:30:43] <Finch_> *can't I have them tell me what to do
[19:30:48] <Finch_> *over comms? they can see what I'm doing right?
[19:30:54] <Finch_> *having an assistant would help.
[19:31:18] <@Fats> * Finch_, what is it that you're planting, btw?
[19:31:35] <Finch_> *Didn't they give me some explosives?
[19:31:55] <@Fats> * did they have any? :D
[19:32:50] <Finch_> *CHE
[19:32:55] <Finch_> *YOUR PLAN WAS NOT A VERY GOOD ONE
[19:33:27] <@Fats> * well, they can use the edge-for-items rule just as well :D
[19:33:33] <Che> * THAT WAS OUr ONLY PLAN, SO IT WAS BEST OF THEM ALL !!1!
[19:34:08] <Finch_> *ok I already spent edge, Che, you use it.
[19:34:18] <Finch_> *ye fuckin mong
[19:34:55] <Che> * can you just loo some mines from field?
[19:34:59] <Che> *loot
[19:35:03] <@Fats> * hahahaha
[19:35:17] <@Fats> * you could just plant the grenades you have on you, Finch
[19:35:20] <@Nebokhod> * so fucking precious.
[19:35:25] <Che> * or, better yet, look around their wares?
[19:35:34] <Finch_> *I take no responsibility for this.
[19:35:50] <@Fats> * they don't have a habit of storing explosives in the fuel storage, Che
[19:36:06] <Finch_> *How am I supposed to rig grenades to detonate on command?
[19:36:14] <Kit_Remoni> * so strange of them. as if they were actually smart and did not just incure the wrath of Red Samurai
[19:36:21] <Che> * well, it's not like we're in hurry, she can walk around, look into places...
[19:36:46] <Finch_> *It's scorpion
[19:37:12] <Finch_> *Alright I guess I'll just start moving on the target unless anyone else has any stupid plans.
[19:37:26] <@Fats> * Red, [grenades] may come with a built-in timer to detonate after a pre-set amount of time (usually 5 seconds), a motion-sensor set to detonate on impact, or a wireless link set to detonate upon remote command.
[19:38:13] <Che> * It's a freaking future, after all!
[19:38:14] <@Fats> * So you we can say you simply rigged that explosive or perhaps white phosphorous grenade
[19:38:28] <Finch_> *ok then I will set it to detonate when I send a comlink code or something yeah
[19:38:42] <@Fats> * Okay then
[19:39:02] <@Fats> The assassin plants her grenade without accident. Soon the fuel storage is rigged to explode at her command.
[19:39:10] <@Fats> * what next?
[19:39:37] <Che> * rig or hack generators?
[19:40:02] <Che> * (cut them with glass cutter?)
[19:40:07] <Finch_> *I can't hack
[19:40:15] <Finch_> *I will cut your face with a glass cutter
[19:40:23] <Che> * you can provide access.
[19:40:29] <Kit_Remoni> * Am I in central node yet?
[19:40:50] <Finch_> *I think it'd be better to hack then
[19:40:57] <Finch_> *to the generators!
[19:41:25] <Kit_Remoni> * Gojira is approaching the generators!
[19:41:29] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, how long should it take?
[19:41:56] <@Nebokhod> * do i have LOS to control tower and people in it?
[19:42:18] <Kit_Remoni> * since matrix hotsim, I probably am. Was waiting to not steal spotlight
[19:42:41] <@Fats> * Well, say, if you have two grenades in your inventory, as I see, you can use the white phosphorous one to rig the fuel dump, and the high explosive one to damage the generators. Or Che might actually spend edge for remembering to get some explosives and detonators...
[19:43:21] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, not from the SUV, apparently. You can get out and take a walk to somewhere you will, though.
[19:43:44] <Kit_Remoni> * just be careful not to mine
[19:44:27] <Che> * I plan to use my edge on negotiations.
[19:45:09] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, do I remember correctly that you hacked their satcom control nodes (which they use to intercept trideo traffic) and now intend to get into their central node as well?
[19:45:22] <@Nebokhod> = Che, I want to move to a better vantage point, can you check if there's a mines on the way?
[19:45:24] <Kit_Remoni> * yep
[19:46:02] <Che> = I'm on it...
[19:46:21] * Che scans territory.
[19:46:40] <Che> 9#sd
[19:46:40] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 9) 2 hits
[19:46:49] <@Fats> Che, no, you see none.
[19:47:49] <@Fats> * Finch_, so you're moving to that firefighting station, then?
[19:47:50] <Finch_> *inb4 ded
[19:47:54] <Finch_> *I am
[19:47:57] * Finch_ is now known as Red_S
[19:48:00] <Che> = Looks like there are no more mines...
[19:48:27] <Che> = But be careful, they could have planted some other surprises.
[19:48:33] <@Nebokhod> = Or they hide them better from this side.
[19:49:04] <Che> = Yeah, that's too. You can try road, if you wish.
[19:49:39] * @Nebokhod tries to remember typical minefield layouts and range of mine sensors
[19:49:43] <@Nebokhod> 11#sd
[19:49:44] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 11) 3 hits
[19:50:23] <Che> * you can try to extrapolate uncovered mine pattern.
[19:51:05] <@Nebokhod> * that was security tactics / military whichever applies better
[19:51:33] <@Fats> Red_S, you skulk towards the white-and-red building to find its vast rolling garage doors closed, except for the central of the three. That one's open all the way, and you can see two large diesel generators huffing and puffing happily in their niches, where trucks were supposed to be. A control panel is rigged at the center; you can see a young troll sitting at it peering at the gauges and murmuring under his breath.
[19:52:10] <Red_S> *what's the denotation for subvocal mic again?
[19:52:18] <@Nebokhod> * why do we need generators again?
[19:52:37] <Che> * to disable all their grid in case of PANIC!
[19:53:29] <Red_S> *yes and it's hard to see people in the dark
[19:53:37] <Red_S> *unless you have augmented vision
[19:53:45] <Che> * or troll
[19:54:55] <@Fats> He's wearing the uniform black leathers of the locals, but does not appear to be wearing armour under the coat unlike the guards; his only armament appears to be a PMM in a holster on his left thigh. He has long horns that stick far back behind his head instead of twisting near the temples.
[19:55:59] <Red_S> *is it + for subvocal?
[19:56:23] <@Nebokhod> * =
[19:59:23] <Red_S> =We have a guard. Should I kill him?
[20:00:07] <Che> = No. Can you work around him?
[20:00:34] <Red_S> =He's right in front of the generators.
[20:02:00] * Che scans building with ultrawideband radar, looking for critical power line junctions or breakers.
[20:03:26] <Che> 9#sd ?
[20:03:27] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 9) 2 hits
[20:06:42] <@Fats> Che, the power lines from the two generators congregate at the console where the troll is sitting; after that there's a junction box behind it, and from there, wires run to each of the buildings of the base.
[20:07:14] <Kit_Remoni> * nonlethal head tap?
[20:07:29] <Red_S> *I have a taser but I don't think that would KO someone
[20:07:34] <Red_S> *especially not a troll
[20:07:53] <Che> = Red, can you sneak your way to that junction box behind console?
[20:08:33] <Che> = Desabling it should be enough.
[20:08:35] <Red_S> =Let's hope he's as big and stupid as he looks. She begins to sneak, tightening the her grip on her machine pistol.
[20:08:38] <Che> **i
[20:09:08] <@Fats> * an Infiltration roll, if you will, Red_S
[20:09:11] <Che> = Nebokhod, can you prepare some distractions?
[20:09:18] <Red_S> *alrighty
[20:09:29] <Red_S> 12#sd
[20:09:30] <ur_dnd_bot> Red_S: (pool 12) 2 hits
[20:09:37] <@Nebokhod> = Define "Distractions".
[20:09:39] <Red_S> (uhhhhhhhhh)
[20:09:49] <Red_S> *I also have a chameleon suit by the way
[20:09:49] <@Fats> * you can spend Edge to reroll :3
[20:09:55] <@Nebokhod> * also would like to know result of my last roll.
[20:09:56] <@Fats> * you have what, one point left?
[20:10:00] <Red_S> *2
[20:10:12] <Che> = Something that will not alert entire base but distract them for a second.
[20:10:14] <Red_S> 12#sd
[20:10:15] <ur_dnd_bot> Red_S: (pool 12) 2 hits
[20:10:19] <Red_S> *WHAT
[20:10:41] <Che> * Our ninja is broken! Can we have another one?
[20:10:54] <Red_S> *the bot is the one that's broken.
[20:11:00] <@Nebokhod> * it doesn't work like that, you reroll the dice that didn't hit
[20:11:47] <Red_S> *oh
[20:11:52] <Red_S> *well then I'll do that
[20:11:54] <@Fats> Nebokhod, these are old army mines, from what you've seen, triggered by tripwires and not any advanced sensors. You do remember the layouts your base used - essentially, they burned down to an uneven line somewhere at the distance where you wanted the civilians stopped or the advancing enemy hindered (the signal and the frag ones, respectively)
[20:11:59] <Red_S> 10#sd
[20:12:00] <ur_dnd_bot> Red_S: (pool 10) 4 hits
[20:12:10] <Red_S> *was that so hard?
[20:12:28] <@Nebokhod> * bot just teaches you to use correct dice pools.
[20:13:07] <@Nebokhod> 16#sd levitate at F2 on myself
[20:13:08] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 16) 5 hits
[20:13:33] <@Fats> Red Scorpion has to sneak bare centimeters past the troll; but be it luck, magical concealment or skill, he still fails to notice the assassin as she moves past him and to the back side of the console. The junction box is just before her.
[20:13:35] <@Nebokhod> 12#sd vs 2
[20:13:36] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 12) 1 hit
[20:13:49] <@Fats> * the bot just loves you today
[20:14:46] <@Nebokhod> * i levitate myself safely above the mines until i'll have LOS through my binoculars
[20:15:08] <Red_S> *some kind of Chris Angel bullshit
[20:15:43] <@Nebokhod> * movement rate is 10 meters per turn
[20:16:27] <Kit_Remoni> >>12#sd vs 2 | no buying hits?
[20:16:35] <@Fats> Nebokhod, flying through the chill November air is less pleasant than normal; but it's still nice enough to be in the air, free like a bird. Soon enough you cover the distance needed and climb high enough to see the airbase in its entirety.
[20:17:04] <@Nebokhod> * what's the time of a day, btw?
[20:17:31] <@Fats> Red_S, what is it that you do once you're there in the dust and machine-oil covered back corner of the impromptu power station?
[20:17:51] <@Fats> * I believe it's evening, somewhere near 6 pm, was it?
[20:18:05] <Red_S> *set up the HE grenade I guess
[20:18:14] <@Nebokhod> * what is this "buying of hits" you are talking about? dis is a DANGER ZONE.
[20:18:42] <@Nebokhod> * 6 pm in november should be pretty dark.
[20:18:53] <Che> * we're in a DANGER ZONE and we're out of Lanas...
[20:20:02] <@Fats> * Red_S, Demolitions roll please.
[20:20:24] <@Nebokhod> * i'm switching to Low-LIght
[20:20:35] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, not really dark. Not even twilight, I'd say.
[20:20:39] <Red_S> *If I did it once I should get a bonus to do it a second time, right?
[20:21:17] <Che> * depends how many appendages you lost last time.
[20:21:42] <Red_S> *0
[20:22:52] <@Fats> * Haha, no. You still have a pool of 1 before edge. That said, if you fail and try again, then you do get a -2 penalty :3
[20:23:29] <Red_S> *this plan was a mistake
[20:23:33] <Red_S> 4#sd
[20:23:34] <ur_dnd_bot> Red_S: (pool 4) 2 hits
[20:23:38] <Red_S> *k
[20:24:27] <Che> * it's not like somebody submitted alternative one.
[20:25:00] <@Fats> The assassin identifies the principal power switch in the junction box; she is reasonably sure the grenade she rigged will put the generators out of the game for good.
[20:25:08] <@Fats> * waiting for your further actions.
[20:25:36] <Red_S> *ok we got ourselves bombs. what's the next step of your MASTER PLAN?
[20:25:56] <@Nebokhod> * tbh, sun should be down already or close to it.
[20:26:46] <@Nebokhod> * barring significant shifts of patterns in next 60 years.
[20:27:10] <Che> * next step was you and Luke taking some high points and preparing to provide cover in case something will went wrong during negotiations.
[20:27:16] <Red_S> *there is no such thing as a sun
[20:27:30] <Red_S> *to a vantage point I go then
[20:27:47] <@Fats> * god, you people like to be pedantic. Alright; by the time you reach the height needed to see the airfield clearly, the sun is nearing the horizon, and the shadows lengthen. You fly higher to stay in the sunlight for a moment longer.
[20:28:18] <@Fats> * Red_S, another infiltration, then (or is it exfiltration, dohoho)
[20:28:36] <Red_S> 12#sd
[20:28:37] <ur_dnd_bot> Red_S: (pool 12) 6 hits
[20:28:54] <@Nebokhod> * now that's more like it
[20:32:27] <@Fats> Red leaves the way she came, expertly avoiding disturbing the troll once again.
[20:32:57] <@Fats> * Red_S, you are now at the north of the firefighting station http://danvolodar.ru/files/Shadowrun/Airfield.png Where do you go?
[20:33:35] <Che> * hint: to flight control.
[20:33:50] <Red_S> *I was planning on it.
[20:37:38] <@Fats> Soon enough you reach the flight control tower; the highest structure of the former base. You're at the base of the bare concrete building; up a dozen stories above you you can see the glass windows of the dispatch room. Out a couple hundred meters away, at the eastern side of the fence, you see the guard patrol walking; the drones are still buzzing overhead. In the time you were planting the explosives, the sun went down, and it's getting darker
[20:37:38] <@Fats> by the minute.
[20:39:21] <Red_S> =Looks like we weren't the only ones with this idea.
[20:39:37] <Che> = Found something?
[20:39:54] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, remind me, were you hacking the host personally, or did your sprite do it for you?
[20:39:57] <Red_S> =Guards, looks like this is their security station.
[20:40:24] <Che> * = can you rig it with explosives?
[20:40:26] <Kit_Remoni> * personally
[20:41:21] <@Fats> * the patrol is walking along the fence, counter-clockwise. They're now at the eastern side, and walking to the south, moving away from you, Red_S
[20:42:28] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, you try the brasswork sculpting of the central host this way and that, until finally you find a security flaw - a valve falls off just as you touch it, and before you lies a tube inside the host.
[20:42:37] * @Nebokhod switches to astral and tries to see if there is someone in dispatch room.
[20:42:50] <Red_S> *Can I get up inside or are there guards in it as well?
[20:42:55] <Che> = Yeah, there should be some snipers up there. You must be ready to disable them and start shooting.
[20:43:30] * Che makes another sip from his teamug and checks plan.
[20:43:32] <@Fats> Nebokhod, there seems to be a woman there; intensely bored judging by the color of her aura.
[20:44:12] <@Nebokhod> = There's a woman up top. Looks like she's bored.
[20:44:25] <Red_S> =I'll "disable them" alright. Wait what woman?
[20:44:48] <@Nebokhod> = Bored one.
[20:45:13] <Red_S> =Not very helpful.
[20:45:24] * Red_S readies her sidearm and starts moving closer.
[20:45:37] <@Nebokhod> 8#sd to see
[20:45:38] <ur_dnd_bot> Nebokhod: (pool 8) 1 hit
[20:46:18] <@Nebokhod> * in normal spectrum
[20:46:18] <Che> = Kit, can you hijack their comms?
[20:46:37] * Kit_Remoni threads reality filter once again, filling the place with elephantness * 13#sd 12#sd
[20:46:38] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 13) 8 hits; (pool 12) 3 hits
[20:46:49] <Kit_Remoni> *will take RF3.
[20:48:23] <@Fats> * Kit_Remoni, roll Reality Filter + Response if you want to override the node's sculpting
[20:48:34] <@Fats> * Nebokhod, what are you looking for?
[20:49:06] <@Nebokhod> * what does she look like, what is she doing, etc
[20:49:13] <Kit_Remoni> (3+5+hotsim2) 10#sd
[20:49:13] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 10) 8 hits
[20:50:06] <@Nebokhod> * now we see who's got our luck.
[20:50:21] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, as you enter, the node flows before your eyes, reshaping from the factory of brass and steam into something completely different
[20:50:24] <@Fats> * you describe what
[20:50:50] <@Fats> Nebokhod, you can't quite make out the details; she appears armed, but you're not sure on that.
[20:51:35] <@Nebokhod> = Looks like she's armed, probably, maybe.
[20:52:12] <Red_S> =Well of course she's armed.
[20:52:26] <Che> = And legged.
[20:53:01] <@Nebokhod> = I could subdue her, probably. You'll just have to secure her.
[20:53:45] <Red_S> *wait this isn't our hacker right?
[20:53:49] <Che> = Just be ready.
[20:54:00] <@Nebokhod> = Though, that could get noisy.
[20:54:04] <Kit_Remoni> With the trumpet of elephant's trunk, the wave of elephantness transforms the scenery, turning lifeless cogs and steam pipes into thick elephant hides of various color. Blue and yellow, transparent and horned, all icons in the node transform into elephants of various kinds.
[20:54:49] <Kit_Remoni> Satisfied, Kit looks around, taking to notice smallest details of difference between mighty beasts small and large
[20:55:00] <Kit_Remoni> * 9#sd Matrix Perception
[20:55:00] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 9) 2 hits
[20:57:14] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, you strongly suspect that the two mammoths in covered head to toe in steel armour are the local IC; other than that, the node appears empty of independent agents. It has lots of traffic (represented, naturally, by tiny elephant caravans you can spot if you look closely) coursing through it, though, and a massive data storage. Furthermore, numerous smaller nodes are slaved to it.
[20:59:06] <@Fats> * waiting for your actions, runners
[21:00:09] * Che waits for green lights from other runners, so he can drive to airbase and try "diplomacy".
[21:00:28] <Kit_Remoni> As any place with constant elephant traffic, it should have caravanserai for animals to feed and be groomed. Naturally, record of all nearby nodes should be present there as well * looking for a node directory for slaved devices and nearby nodes
[21:00:45] <Red_S> *I'm making sure of what I want to do with the guard
[21:02:06] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, the nodes slaved are cameras, descrypting, encoding and transmission equipment, as well as weather sensors.
[21:02:16] <@Fats> You have a full list, naturally.
[21:02:49] <Kit_Remoni> * is weather forecast favorable?
[21:03:26] <Kit_Remoni> * assuming it's not confidential access
[21:03:31] <@Fats> * no; it's likely to be raining in the night.
[21:04:01] <Kit_Remoni> * Can I correlate camera nodes with meatspace?
[21:05:38] <@Fats> Not without running Trace on each; but they have labels you can read like "main gate" or "flight control"
[21:08:35] <Kit_Remoni> * since those are slaved, I can tinker with them without breaking separately, right?
[21:09:53] <Kit_Remoni> +It is gonna rain tonight, team. Also I have cameras.
[21:10:04] <Kit_Remoni> * + is text message
[21:11:02] <@Fats> * Yes, you can.
[21:11:36] <Kit_Remoni> * any datafeeds to commlinks or other nodes? I assume the main data archive to be his trid collection
[21:11:59] * Kit_Remoni shares camera feeds to the team's PAN
[21:12:46] <Kit_Remoni> * video icons shaped as water wells, naturally
[21:13:13] <@Fats> None constant, but there's an on-demand feed that sends data from the main archive to some remote node on request - perhaps some other host serves as a webstore for pirated trideo
[21:15:10] <Kit_Remoni> * If my stealth holds, then we can switch to Red while I sift through the archive
[21:16:27] <@Fats> It does well enough - at least the mammoths do not pay you any attention. The archive is, as you correctly guessed, pirated trideo.
[21:16:38] <Red_S> *So I just shoot the lady?
[21:17:29] <@Nebokhod> * not just yet
[21:17:29] <@Fats> * Do whatever it is you consider appropriate. If you think you can shoot her without anyone noticing - by all means, do go ahead.
[21:17:48] <Red_S> *I have a silencer
[21:18:31] <Che> * remeber the plan!
[21:18:53] <Kit_Remoni> * remind us
[21:18:54] <Red_S> *relink it
[21:19:03] <Che> * http://pastebin.com/RSyCuG2G
[21:19:25] <Kit_Remoni> * are we at stage 2 yet?
[21:19:34] <Che> * Still first.
[21:19:59] <Kit_Remoni> *then it's nebokhod's turn to shine?
[21:20:24] <Che> * Well, now, if you all ready to start dominating the airfield may be it time for stage two.
[21:20:46] <Kit_Remoni> * I do think we should move forward
[21:20:49] <@Nebokhod> * i'm your eye in the sky and radical magical turret to boot.
[21:21:23] <Che> = All, report status.
[21:21:45] <@Nebokhod> = In position above the arifield.
[21:22:07] <Che> * also remind me what we wanted to ask that guy?
[21:23:27] <@Nebokhod> * about harbour logs or whatever he had doctored.
[21:24:13] <@Nebokhod> * probably his dealings with cyclops guy and/or faceless douche
[21:24:33] <Red_S> =Still waiting on you. There's still a guard.
[21:25:22] <Che> = That's "On position and ready to roll", Red.
[21:26:11] <Che> = Just be ready to disable guard and take her rifle, then you can have some shooting time.
[21:26:27] <Kit_Remoni> + Inside enemy main node, looking through latest trids. I have cams control for anyone passing in their view
[21:26:49] <Che> * Kit in da SUV, right?
[21:27:10] <Red_S> =I've got my own.
[21:27:24] <Kit_Remoni> * in da SUV, in the superchair of safety
[21:27:40] <Che> = Can you use it to put some holes in the heads of people across airfield?
[21:27:42] * Red_S notes that he's still too afraid to say "kill". This shadowrunner has a lot to learn.
[21:29:39] <Che> = Ok, Kit, if you want, you can disembark now. If not, then we'll be driving in, so be ready to use your meatbody.
[21:31:57] <Kit_Remoni> +My chair walks pretty well, thanksalot. And I thought we were planning to rely on your charm, not mine
[21:33:14] <Che> = I mean, that there'll be chance that you'll need to escape our burning car, shoot at people and roll as fast as you can.
[21:34:13] * Che starts engine and prepares to drive.
[21:35:21] <Kit_Remoni> + Gotcha. Remember to acknowledge you having 2 heavily armed drones in the back
[21:35:51] <Che> = Commencing stage two of operation... I dunno... Operation "Ground Zero".
[21:36:16] * Che drives to main gate of airfield.
[21:39:17] * Che approaches gates and honks.
[21:40:08] <Che> - Any activity out there, Kit?
[21:41:22] <@Fats> As he approaches, the guard readies his rifle. As the SUV draws near, he aims it at Che and shouts: "That's close enough! What do you want? We're not expecting visitors!" His Russian is heavily accented, you'd say, in Japanese; but the guy himself looks quite European.
[21:41:48] <Kit_Remoni> *check the cams and drone, which I didn't hear being recalled
[21:42:03] <Che> - I want to talk to one guy. I were told he is here.
[21:42:30] * Che displays ARO with contact details.
[21:43:51] <@Fats> Kit_Remoni, you can see people moving on the cam titled "guard room"; you count four of them gathering their weapons. The drone is still up over the airfield, circling it; the rotodrones buzz below it.
[21:44:24] <Kit_Remoni> *with my perc 2 drone will give 7#sd to see any important details
[21:44:25] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 7) 0 hits
[21:44:30] <@Fats> * the guard does not hear Che because of the Concealment power dohoho
[21:44:30] <@Fats> -What guy? I don't know any "guys"!
[21:44:33] <Kit_Remoni> *edge to not die
[21:44:35] <Kit_Remoni> 7#sd
[21:44:36] <ur_dnd_bot> Kit_Remoni: (pool 7) 1 hit
[21:44:58] <Che> * what was his name again?
[21:46:48] <@Fats> * Hmmm, I don't believe you got one
[21:47:10] <Kit_Remoni> * yes. we just know he did erasure job for Faceless Avenger
[21:47:25] <Kit_Remoni> * though I was surprised that Kate still was able to track this nameless guy here
[21:47:58] <Red_S> *it's Katja
[21:48:15] <Kit_Remoni> * still
[21:48:28] <Red_S> *she's got connections and she's also one of the best
[21:48:33] <@Fats> * She's a pro (perhaps she used the Gridlink or maybe the drone feeds or what have you to track his car) :3
[21:48:48] <Kit_Remoni> * I mean that if she did find him, I would expect his name to be easier to find
[21:48:55] <Kit_Remoni> * Still
[21:49:21] <Kit_Remoni> + You can mention that we're looking for a guy who can erase things very well.
[21:50:18] <Che> - I'm looking for the guy, who can erase things very well. If you don't know anyone just call your superiors.
[21:50:43] <Kit_Remoni> * Vi Ar Hiar to see Da Boss
[21:51:31] <Che> * for Keyoss!
[21:52:51] <@Fats> - Are you playing dumb on purpose? We're not expecting anyone, and I certainly don't know any "guys who can erase" here! Get lost! - He cocks the bolt of his Ares Alpha intimidatingly, and the shell he had loaded falls onto the concrete of the road.
[21:53:06] <@Fats> * the round the had chambered, if you will
[21:53:22] <@Fats> * time for that precious negotiations skill, if you have any :3
[21:53:32] <Che> * hmph.
[21:53:58] <Che> * Can I send some digital request from here into their network?
[21:54:24] <@Fats> * hm? What do you have in mind?
[21:54:49] <Che> * to grab attention of their admin
[21:55:02] <Kit_Remoni> * Well, I can. I don't really want to piss him off, though.
[21:55:40] <Kit_Remoni> * Unless there's a deliberate need to do so
[21:57:09] <Kit_Remoni> * Does anyone have intimidation?
[21:57:18] <Che> - Look, man, I have some bussiness proposition for a tech-guy here, can you at least make him contact me?
[21:57:47] <Che> 5#sd negotiation
[21:57:47] <ur_dnd_bot> Che: (pool 5) 4 hits
[21:57:57] <Che> * oooh.
[21:58:07] <Kit_Remoni> * Bot is finally interested
[21:59:00] <Che> * he just lures us deeper into the trap.
[21:59:25] <Kit_Remoni> * Tzeenchbot
[22:01:16] <@Fats> The man considers for a moment, then presses his hand across his ear to silence your running engine as he exchanges a few phrases with someone over subvoc. He lowers his rifle and extends his left hand, a commlink strapped over the forearm. Its holoprojector fires up, and a man-sized face of a Japanese man floats up before you. He never bothers with colour, so the face consist of bright-blue polygons divided by light-blue lines; as he speaks, you
[22:01:16] <@Fats> can see the darkness behind his lips: "Yes, what do you want, slaughterers for hire?"
[22:02:02] <@Fats> He has a heavy Japanese accent as well; his l's are r's, and each consonant is followed by an implied vowel.
[22:03:07] <@Fats> * aaaaand I suggest we save here as I really have to go deal with local issues :3
[22:03:18] <Kit_Remoni> * and it's kinda late as well
[22:03:52] <Che> - Konbanwa. We're looking for some information.
[22:03:53] <@Fats> * yeah, and I have a bunch to do before leaving for my night shift
[22:04:22] <@Fats> === SESSION 18 END ===
[22:04:24] <Kit_Remoni> * Plan updates: I'll try to trace signal to wherever this dude is sitting. And you continue negotiating.
[22:04:54] <Che> At least, we got his face. If its really his face.
[22:04:57] <@Fats> Everyone, three karma; blast me with your feedback; Heckfy please upload the logs.