Shadowrun
Shadowrun Play => Play-by-Post => Topic started by: inca1980 on <11-06-14/1306:25>
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Cast:
Combat Mage avatar of Zach - Sichr
Cybered Troll avatar of Storm - Thermo
Physical Adept avatar of Stake - Csjarrat
....Last episode, from a console found on the top floor of Tacoma Veteran's Hospital, the team jacked into a UV host which is called Project Bootcamp in search of the AI known as Requiem. This heart-broken entity was secretly plotting to put out of business the profession known as shadowrunning but messed with the wrong runners. They are now represented as generic avatars in this hyper-real environment and the stakes couldn't be higher......
You awaken to the loud smacking of water falling from a broken overhead storm drain. Rain drops flick your face and you have no idea how or when you got there. The cold wet gravel chills the side of your cheek so you sit up to get a better view of where you actually are and what the hell kinda place this might be. A sprawl back alley lit by what must be miles and miles of tangled string lights weaved in and out between street polls, balconies and HVAC piping. It could be the Redmond Barrens, the Aurora Warrens, hell it could even be Chiba City, save for all of the neon signs being in Spanish. If you were a betting metahuman you'd put your money on Bogota.......and if indeed this is an über-realistic combat training simulator, it would make sense.
You've taken in enough of your environment to the point where your mind drifts over to the company you're in. A massive troll who's synth-leather combat jacket does a poor job of hiding his over-the-top 'ware, a human who's movements are a little too quick, his stance a little too trained and his clothes a little too loose and flowing to be anything but a martial artist and an elf who's arcane tattoos which line his face glow with an ancient meaning that only those who channel the craft of the occult can begin to understand. The martial artist is the first to speak.
"Alright ladies, we're in. I'm closely monitoring our brain-wave activity through my deck and so far so good. I managed to hack the interface before we took the dive and grabbed pre-gen avatars for each of us....sorry if it's not what you wanted but it was better than waking up stark naked. As we know very well from what happened with the marines, whatever shit happens to us in here translates to lethal bio-feedback back in our meat bodies. This ain't like a normal host, no firewall, no programs, this is the real deal kiddos and all the decking skills in the world aren't gonna do a bit of good to change that fact. Your abilities should work very akin to skillsofts and knowsofts, you'll just know instinctively what you know. Now everyone be careful, Requiem could be anyone and could be anywhere and I don't know at all how capable he is of manipulating this environment. We find him, destroy him and get the hell out and be done with this drek."
No-one other than you is present in the alley but you hear sounds of conversation and distant music coming from inside various establishments. The closest ones looks to be a cantina of sorts and a small general store kiosk.
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Stake checked over his avatar, it wasn't half bad for a pre-gen. He drew his blade, marvelling at how well it had rendered, it practically sang as he cut the air with it. A couple of pistols rounded out his armament and he felt confident in his abilities. He flicked a couple of bits of stubborn grit from his cheek, dusted the worst of the crap off his jacket and took a look around, dialling up the avatar's enhancement tech to assist.
Turning to the others he spoke; anyone fancy a drink? nodding his head in the direction of the noise of the bar
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Storm sits up, her new massive bulk crunching against the gravel. Apparently the computer decided that her real personality fit better into the body of a massive troll. Suits her just fine. She stands, surprisingly fluidly, and quickly assumes the stance of an urban predator. She was big, even for a troll, and saw that she was covered in a layer of short fur. She was a minotaur, complete with horns and an elongated bull-like face. Her body was augmented by countless cybernetic enhancements. She had an innate sense that her cybernetic enhancements included a cyberarm, wired reflexes, aluminum bone lacing, reflex recorders, internally installed commlink, and cybereyes with a smartlink and vision enhancements. A small AR readout in her vision indicated a quick systems check was just completed and all systems were fully operational.
She also immediately knew that the handle sticking above her right shoulder belonged to an Ares Monosword, and that the items slung over her left shoulder included a grenade launcher and a full-size riot shield. Her primary weapons were a huge revolver in a shoulder holster loaded with AP ammo and an equally huge automatic pistol in a quickdraw holster on her hip loaded with EX-EX ammo. She caught a glimpse of herself in a window and saw that she was wearing a long armored duster with a wide-brimmed rancher hat. Her duster was of vaguely Japanese styling and was of extremely high quality. It glimmered slightly in the light, indicating that it was equipped with ruthenium fibers. The minotaur's eyes and forehead were protected by a matte black ballistic mask which was equipped with both ultrasound and vision enhancement.
She decided to assume the name of a Seattle urban street legend, Mean Boris.
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Zach was completely annoyed by this trip. He tried to avoid cyber contaminaton of his body and mind at any cost and now he is right here. Separated from his skills and instincts, even from his catlike nature. Angry he circled the "Character creation" menu, that allows him to personalize his avatar, and as he reads through the menu, his eyes cath the word Doom when trying to decide the principle behing his power.
Doom. That seems appropriate. Let`s lay waste on this digital battleground and finaly end this strange war, so the biz can flow once more. As his avatar rematerialiyes in the czberspace, he smiles for himself...
And than he would have to find Brick and have some milks on him.
As Chaz appeared in the simulation he wonders if he has everything he needt to get things done. Backpack full of explosives and grenades makes him comfortable somehow, same as the power circulating though his body and mind.
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The three of you nod at each other and walk over to the entrance of the cantina. It's overhead neon sign flickers with the bad weather but the warmth beckons you to enter. Inside it's only about 15m from wall to wall and on the far side from the entrance is an "L" shaped bar. All the seats are taken by individuals who either have their AK-97's on their backs or resting against their stool. The tables are almost all full save for one which a rather voluptuous young woman wiping down. The man in the corner playing a beat-up old guitar and singing songs of "amor" and "la muerte" doesn't miss a beat as everyone turns their head to look at you very suspiciously. The waitress seems to be the only one unperturbed by your entrances and as she finishes waves you over to sit down at the table.
@Stake:
As soon as you booted up into this world your sense of impending danger in the pit of your stomach has been going haywire. You have been hot on his trail in the Matrix for a few days now and now you sense him instinctively and you're ready for anything. Entering the cantina didn't make that feeling better or worse.
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Stake meets their glares one by one, taking his time as he walks the short distance to the table.
He opens his enhancement channels with a flicker of thought and dials them up to the max. If someone moved for their sidearm, he wanted to know.
Taking the nearest seat, he met the glare of one of the armed blokes at the bar, returning it as he straightened up his jacket, the sheath of his blade sitting uncomfortably against the smooth curved surface of the seat back.
int 4, perception 4, image enhance 1 (9d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4714525/) Visual perception
int 4, perception 4, audio enhance 2 (10d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4714526/) Audio Perception
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@Stake:
Your vision enhancements clearly outline two of the rebel soldiers huddling closer together over the bar to speak and your audio enhancements kick-in and amplify the conversation. It's all in Spanish and the only word you understan is "sargento" which means "sargeant" in spanish.
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"Sargento" Hmmm...
Their conversation piqued his interest. He couldn't really grab the gist of what they were saying but it sounded like it might be a lead.
Mentally tuning his select sound filter algorythm into their conversational frequencies, he set the filepath for the conversation to be recorded to and hoped one of the other guys could decode it back into a real language, ie one that stake could speak.
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Mean Boris scanned the room using his ultrasound visor, trying to see if anything looked out of place. His ears perked up as well, trying to hear over the din of the crowd.
He squatted down at the table, knowing that his utterly massive bulk would crush any chair in this place into kindling. His aluminum bone lacing put his weight at an even more massive total. They were lucky the floor didn't break underneath him.
He sent a mental message to him companions through his internally implanted commlink:
What now? This place is foreign to me, in more ways than one.
Mean Boris shifted his weight, making sure he could quickly swing his shield into place should violence erupt in the small cantina. He made sure everyone in the bar could see the giant revolver under his extremely expensive armored coat. He was NOT going for subtlety in a place like this.
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@Everyone:
Before you can even get comfortable sitting down your enhanced senses pick-up rapid movement from the bar as one of the insurgents whips around in his seat grabbing his AK-97. The scowl on his face shows that he means business and he's out for blood!
Everyone first roll a surpise test Intuition + Reaction (3). Take a +3 for being ready.
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Surprise(3): Rea(7)+Int(5)+Ready(3) = 15 (15d6.hits(5)=8) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4732305/)
Initiative: Rea(7)+Int(5)+3d6 (3d6=10) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4732307/) Init: 22
Mean Boris feels the anger well up inside him. His AR screen fills with combat symbols and attack vectors. His companions immediately see a message flash across their screens in big red text:
MEAN BORIS NOT IN THE MOOD FOR LOW-LIFE SCUMBAGS!!!
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surprise test, 11+3. (15d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4734406/) actually five hits, rolled one too many dice
Fucking knew it the second we walked through the door...
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OOC: Surprise for militants: 10d6.hits(5)=1 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4781757/). Surprise for Militant Lt. 14d6.hits(5)=7 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4781759/). So first militants get 10 subtracted from init and have no defense until their turn.
Init for militants: 1d6=3 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4781749/), score: 0. Init for Militant Lt. 1d6=1 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4781751/). Score 12. He is not surprised and the Lt. is the one that drew first.
I'll just roll init for stake to save a post: 13+ 4d6=14 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4781779/)= 27
Both of you can act in the order that you're able to post. Assume the bar with the militants sitting at it is about 10m away from your table which is roughly in the middle of the 25x25m cantina.
Given your cranked up, over-driven reflexes, the militants feel to you as if they're moving in slow motion. They clearly do not expect your raw speed and are caught off guard. Sichr's avatar suddenly freezes and glitches. Something is happening to him and suddenly he vanishes from the virtual cantina. To where is a mystery to you, but a mystery that will have to be resolved at a later date! As soon as the other patrons at the tables see trouble, the brighter ones begin to hit the dirt.
IP1,CT1: Stake-27, Boris-22, Lt.-12, M1-0,M2-0, M3-0, M4-0, M5-0, M6-0
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris-5/5
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This doesn't look good. These mooks are too slow to draw their weapons in time to take a bead on us, but if we let them they'll quickly overwhelm us with numbers. And I doubt they care about collateral damage. Fortunately, NEITHER DO I!!!!
Mean Boris swings his ArmTech MGL-12 grenade launcher into position and immediately fires a high-explosive grenade into the midst of the insurgents, aiming directly in front of the Lieutenant. He uses his Direct Neural Interface to set the fragmentation mini-grenade to detonate at the minimum-safe distance of 10m, which happens to be the exact distance between him and his target. He knows that since they are only a few feet from the back wall of the bar, there's every chance the shockwave will bounce off and hit them again on its way past.
His AR displays swirl through menus until they lock into the "grenade shot" setting and he sees his vectors line up with the laser and radar targeting systems in his Smartlinked launcher. He keeps his wireless functionality off, as he's got a suspicion that this AI has the capability to wreck havoc with his systems (or make the grenade go off the moment it leaves the barrel).
TH-OOMPA
[simple action: ready weapon]
[simple action: fire semiautomatic shot]
Fire Grenade Launcher: Heavy Weapons(6)+Agi(5) [acc:6] (11d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4782029/)
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OOC: The Lt. is the only one who can act so he'll take a Hit the Dirt move interrupt, -5 to init. and he'll rush straight towards your table desperately avoiding the blast. Now he's only about 5m away to the north of you. Assume the entrance is through the eastern wall, the bar is on the western wall. We'll say two of the insurgents have 16P+8P(chunky salsa) incoming, 2 of them have 14P+4P, and 2 of them have 12+2P incoming. M1,M2 soak: Soak 16 + AP -2 = (14d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4782410/). Take 17P. M3,M4 soak: Soak 16 + AP -2 = (14d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4782411/). Take 13P. M5,M6 soak: Soak 16 + AP -2 = (14d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4782413/). Take 9P.
Lt. defends against Stake's SA burst: Def 11 + Running 2 + SA -2 = (11d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4782416/). 8P incoming, soaks: Soak (16d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4782418/). Takes 3S.
Lt. Attacks Stake: Attack 12 + Running -2 = (10d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4782432/).
Roll defense Stake. Now it's IP2, Stake and Boris act.
The barrel of Mean Boris's AmTech MGL-12 grenade launcher flares like a camp fire and your bullet-speed reflexes practically let you see the mini-grenade cruise on it's slightly curved trajectory towards the bar. The Militants have hardly turned away from their drinks when impact happens. For an instant all you see is smoke, fire, flying pieces of plywood and the 6 insurgents flying straight in your direction as the blow-back from the HE grenade propels them out of their chairs. You can only imagine the fate of the bartender and several other patrons, but then again, they're just software, aren't they? The bodies of the militants thump to the ground and only two of the armed men seemed to have had enough of a headstart pushing off the bar in order to not have their skulls completely crushed.
Stake aim's slightly to the right and put's his smartlink sights on the trigger-happy ring-leader and unloads twice with his Fichetti. His shoulder jerks for an instant as he runs and he reacts by opening fire with his AK-97.
IP2, CT1: Stake-17, Boris-12, Lt.-0, M5-0, M6-0
Wound: M5{9P}, M6{9P}, Lt.{3P}
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris 5/5
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Shots kicked plaster out of the wall, millimetres away from stake's avatar, the compression waves realistically rendered as they pummeled his ears as the "bullets" whipped past his "head".
Stake did a good job of keeping moving, the heat of the explosion singing his hair as the debris pelted his armoured jacket.
Things had escalated far too quickly and it was only his lightning reflexes keeping him in the fight...
OOC; dodge roll, REA 7 (http://orokos.com/roll/258343): 7d6t5 2 2 hits, dodged.
With the gunfighter rushing on an intercept course whilst dodging Boris's grenade, there wasn't much more to do, his bullets barely dented his armour and Boris's grenades would dumpshock them both.
He summoned the fichetti back into its slide and with a rehearsed motion, drew his sword, whirling around in a delicate arc as he unsheathed it and ended the motion with a vicious strike.
Free: retract hidden arm slide
Simple: charge/run
Simple: Iajustu sword attack
iajutsu sword attack (http://orokos.com/roll/258347): 20d6t5 5 5 hits, katana.
EDIT; forgot the charge bonus but it didnt help charge bonus (http://orokos.com/roll/258349): 2d6t5 0
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OOC: Defense 11 + Wound -1 = (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4785186/). 9P incoming -3AP.
Soak 16 + AP-3 = (13d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4785187/). Takes 3S.
Boris's turn to take his 2nd IP action. The bad guys are out of actions so Stake and Boris can act 1 more time each after that for the 3rd IP and then roll initiative for the 2nd Combat turn.
@Stake:
Your blade strikes him square in the chest and slices through his grey poncho but bounces off his armor underneath. You hear him gasp because the blow is strong enough to wind him.
IP2, CT1: Stake-17, Boris-12, Lt.-0, M5-0, M6-0
Wounds: M5{9P}, M6{9P}, Lt.{3S,3S}
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris 5/5
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Mean Boris takes a look at the ensuing chaos with calm satisfaction. He flips the heavy wooden table away from him onto its edge, providing him with some well-placed cover. The massive minotaur flips the table as though it was a child's toy. Glasses, salt and pepper shakers, and other barware clatter to the floor. In a single motion he draws his Ruger Super Warhawks from his shoulder holster and shoots at the nearest of the heavily wounded men, letting his companion engage their leader for the time being. The smartlink immediately links with the new weapon via his wireless PAN, showing him the exact place to shoot for a clean shot to the upper torso, neck, or head.
Simple action: flip table
Free action: switch wireless mode on PAN / smartlink
Simple action: quick-draw and shoot pistol at "M5"
Quick-draw [3]: Rea(7)+Pistols(7) (14d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4786050/) quick-draw successful
Shoot pistol: Agi(8)+Pistols(7)+Smartlink(2) [acc:7] (17d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4786051/)
Ruger Super Warhawk w/ APDS ammo: Base dam 9P, AP -6
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OOC: Defense 7 + Wound -2 = (5d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4786666/). 13P incoming, -6AP. Soak 16 + AP -6 = (10d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4786667/). Takes 12P, M5 dead.
Now Stake and Boris can both take their 3rd IP actions and also roll for init for 2nd CT.
Mean Boris cuts loose with his hand-cannon and the throat explodes on one of the two downed militants who are slowly getting up off the floor.
IP2, CT1: Stake-7, Boris-2, Lt.-0, M6-0
Wounds: M6{9P}, Lt.{3S,3S}
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris 5/5
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Simple: Activate elemental weapon; electricity
Simple: Attack: attack (http://orokos.com/roll/259070): 22d6t5 6 6 hits, katana
INI for next combat: Ini (http://orokos.com/roll/259071): 4d6+11 17 not great..
Stake continued the attack, ramming home his advantage whilst the momentum was behind him, swirling the sword around in a deadly arc...
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Mean Boris calmly aims his huge Ruger at the other survivor of the grenade attack. He lines up his shot and pulls the trigger. The big minotaur shows absolutely no emotion, the earlier rage replaced with a zen-like calm, a model of efficiency as he executes the remaining grunt.
Shoot pistol: Agi(8)+Pistols(7)+Smartlink(2) [acc:7] (17d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4787211/)
He swings his riot shield into place and readies himself for additional fighting.
Simple action: shoot "M6"
Simple action: ready riot shield
Ruger Super Warhawk w/ APDS ammo: Base dam 9P, AP -6
Initiative: 3d6+12 (3d6=11) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4787233/) Initiative=23
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OOC: Lt. against Stake's attack: Defense 11 + Wound -2 = (9d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4788868/). Incoming 13P. Soak 16 + AP -2 = (13d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4788869/). Lt. takes 8P.
Defense 7 + Wound -2 = (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4787717/). 13P incoming, AP -6. Soak 16 + AP -6 = (10d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4787718/). Takes 9P. Last militant dead.
Lt. init 7 + 1d6=3 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4788870/) = 10. Spends point of Edge to go first. Attack 12 + Wound -4 + In melee -3 + Edge 3 = (8d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4788874/). Totally wiffs it.
Take your turns both of you.
Boris aims a little to the right of his first target and quickly finishes off the second living militant.
Stake's katana suddenly sizzles with dancing arcs of electric current and he whirls it around impaling the Lt. shoulder and then pulling it out of the wound in order to swing it again. The Lt. falls to the floor clutching the bleeding wound and tries to line up his AK to make a desperate shot at his assailant. The muzzle flares with auto-fire but the rounds just thump into the ceiling shaking down dust over your heads.
IP1, CT2: Boris-23, Stake-17, Lt.-10
Wounds: M6{9P}, Lt.{3S,3S}
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris 5/5
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Mean Boris spins around to face the other people in the room, his riot shield raised and his gleaming chrome hand cannon at the ready. His wired reflexes were pushed to the max as he looks to the rest of the people, trying to determine if any of them present an additional threat. Especially the waitress.
Our samurai has their leader covered. But something's not right. I get the feeling that they were simply a distraction.
[IP1, CT2: Delay Action until immediately after Stake takes his turn. If the lieutenant is killed and nobody else in the room takes any action, Boris will perform a Simple Action: Observe in Detail using his ultrasound visor on everyone else in the room. He'll declare his other Simple Action after he gets the result of the scan.]
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His blow finally bursts through his attackers armour, drawing "blood" and lots of it.
The force of the attack knocked the simulation backwards, clearly hurting from Stake's onslaught.
He drew back into a ready stance and taunted his badly wounded opponent.
Ready to talk yet?
Free; speak
Delaying simple/complex until I get a response. If no response or hostile response. i'll attack with katana.
attack (http://orokos.com/roll/259783): 22d6t5 5 5 hits.
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The militant ring-leader looks up at the both of you from his kneeling position, clutching his shoulder. His grimace slowly twists into a tense grin and speaks to you in perfect English through clenched teeth.
"You really don't know when to give up do you? Now that you've followed Requiem all the way to his abode what did you think would happen? I don't know who's paying you or what you expect to get out of all this other than the farm the both of you are about to buy, but looks like your last shadowrun is just about to come to an end."
He looks toward the entrance and suddenly you feel the ground shake with the strength of a small tremor as something very large moves outside.
OOC: we're out of initiative.
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Mean Boris casually swings his arm back and shoots the remaining militant squarely in the head. He reloads his pistol, puts it in his shoulder holster and walks to the wall nearest the sounds coming from outside. He leans over and peers through the window, cycling through his vision options to get the best view as to what they're dealing with.
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@Boris:
With your glance out the entrance you see something that makes your breath catch in your throat. A giant hulking giant with vicious augmentations approaches at about 30 meters. He is being led by a neck chain by a normal sized masked meta-human. The smaller man shouts out to you.
"You had to kill her. It's all you know how to do. She didn't do anything to you. ANYTHING!! Well tonight we're gonna make it alright again. If my name is Requiem, you may call my little friend here Revanche. I designed him all by myself and I'm so excited you'll finally meet."
OOC: roll for init.
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Stake flashed a concerned look at Boris and then flashed back to the wounded lieutenant.
Where is he? WHERE IS REQUIEM??!
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Initiative 3d6+12 (3d6=16) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4792205/) Initiative 28
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Init: 2d6=6 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4793096/), Revanche 22, Requiem 14. Revanche will spend a point of Edge to go first.
@Stake:
Before you can even finish your question Boris executes the kneeling ring-leader with a single bullet to the head. He moves over to the entrance and you suddenly hear Requiem speaking.
@Boris:
The juggernaut's cyberarm booms and the familiar sound of a mini-grenade echos through the street.
16d6.hits(5)=8 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4793099/). He gets a direct hit. You can use the Run for Your Life interrupt action. We'll say Stake is 10m behind Boris.
IP1, CT1: Boris-28, Stake-26, Rev-22, Req-14.
Wounds:
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris 5/5, Rev 23, Req 3/3
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Mean Boris hears the report of the cannon and immediately runs for cover. He tries to find a place where he can return fire from a protected position.
[Interrupt action: Run for Your Life (moves 8m), -5 initiative, costs Free Action]
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Your boosted reflexes sizzle and you book-it to the far end of the bar and get behind some tables. The grenade takes out the front entrance and leaves behind a 5x5 foot whole where the entrance used to be. Now both of you can see the dirt road, Revanche and Requiem very clearly.
OOC: Boris and Stake's turn. You both have partial cover and are 20m from Revanche and Requiem.
IP1, CT1: Boris-23, Stake-26, Rev-22, Req-14.
Wounds:
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris 5/5, Rev 2/3, Req 3/3
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Before Mean Boris runs across the room to escape the blast of the grenade, he uses his boosted vision to analyze the two assailants. His cyber systems begin feeding him info through his AR system.
[Mean Boris rolls Int(5)+Perception(6)+Vision Enhancement(3) - Invisible Castle is down so if you're ok with it he'll "buy" 3-4 hits depending on how you calculate it]
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@Mean Boris:
You analyze the Revanche and Requiem and see that Revanche's two most obvious weapons are a giant cyber-chainsaw and a forearm cyberarm-gun. Requiem only seems to have a cyberarm snap blade.
OOC: Mean Boris has a simple and a free action left and Stake has his whole turn left.
IP1, CT1: Boris-23, Stake-26, Rev-22, Req-14.
Wounds:
Edge: Stake-3/3, Boris 5/5, Rev 2/3, Req 3/3
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Stake sprinted through the shrapnel of the blast and headed straight for his mark, hoping Boris could distract the big guy for a few seconds.
He pirouetted and lashed out with a beautiful but deadly arcing swipe, following up immediately with a brutal thrust to impale requiem with.
Sprinting {if needed, disregard if not}:
running (http://orokos.com/roll/264953): 10d6t5 4
Iajutsu attack roll on requiem:
: 22d6t5 7
Spend edge to do a finishing move:
: 22d6t5 6
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@Stake:
OOC: Revanche is within range for an inntercept (-5 init) interrupt action since you're not attacking him. He will also do a Protecting the Principle (-5 init, 1 edge) action. I'll allow your attack to go first so you don't have to modify your rolls with wound. First is intercept attack w/ monofilament chainsaw hand. He is very large so he has +2 reach, so take -1 to defense. 14d6.hits(5)=7 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4799527/). Base damage is 12P, AP-8.
Then he will soak your attack meant for Requiem. Incoming 15P, AP-3. 22d6.hits(5)=9 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4799529/). Takes 6P. Since you would need to damage Requiem to do your finishing move I'll let you use your finishing move on Revanche instead of wasting it. He does get to roll def. for this one though. Def 9 + Wound -2 = (7d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4799532/). 13P, AP -3 incoming. 22d6.hits(5)=9 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4799534/). He takes another 4P.
You bolt through the settling dust straight at Requiem and suddenly Revanche lunges and swings for you with his monofilament chainsaw. You're blade cuts into his flesh and fresh blood squirts out, and you decide to reposition and take another artful swing to try and finish him off which slices him again across the ribs. He yells out in a bellowing voice.
@Mean Boris:
OOC: your turn.
IP1, CT1: Boris-23, Stake-26, Rev-12, Req-14.
Wounds: {Rev 6P,4P}
Edge: Stake-2/3, Boris 5/5, Rev 1/3, Req 3/3
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Quick-draw [2]: Rea(7)+Pistols(7) (14d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4802020/)
Mean Boris pulls his Savalette Guardian from its holster and his smart-link instantly connects to the massive handgun. He points at Revanche and aims for the head. The gun bucks in his hand as the Ex-Explosive round travels towards its target.
Agi(8)+Pistols(7)+Smartlink(2)-Called Shot(4) (13d6.hits(5)=6) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4802032/)
Base damage: 10P -2AP plus 4P for called shot to vitals
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Stake's heightened combat awareness routines picked up the beast's intent as its muscles flexed to bring the chainsaw into play.
He adopted a defensive stance and pushed the arm wide of the mark, though only by a fraction of a hair...
Ok lets go with parry, takes a -5 ini if i recall correctly and spending edge to push limit and have exploding 6's
parry: rea 7, blades 8, combat sense 1, edge 3 (http://orokos.com/roll/267464): 19d6h5 7 7 hits, so blocked that attack.
Do i get to use riposte (counterattack) martial art technique here?
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OOC: Def 9 + Wound -3 = (6d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4804469/). Incoming is 10P + 4P net hits + 2P vitals = 16P, AP-2. In 5e called shot does +2DV. Soak 25 + AP -2 = (23d6.hits(5)=7) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4804472/). Takes 9P head damage. He's down.
Requiem acts. He casts reckelessly Manabolt force 7 at Mean Boris. 18d6.hits(5)=6 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4805022/). Resists drain: 8d6.hits(5)=5 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4805027/). Takes 2S drain damage. Casts 2nd Manabolt. 18d6.hits(5)=7 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4805032/). Resist drain: 8d6.hits(5)=3 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4805033/). Takes 4S. Boris resist both with Willpower, first one is 6 hits, second one is 7 hits. Take Net hits DV as stun damage.
Next IP. Stake and Boris can act.
Boris's round hits it's mark with a load pop and you see chunks of metal and flesh fly off the top of Revanche's head and the juggernaut buckles before falling face-down into the gravel. Requiem stretches out both his hands toward you and a violet flash of arcs of mana sizzle through the air from his outstretched finger-tips towards Boris.
IP2, CT1: Boris-13, Stake-1, Req-2.
Wounds: {Rev 4P, 6P, 9P}, {Req 2S,4S}
Edge: Stake-2/3, Boris 5/5, Rev 1/3, Req 3/3
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[OOC: Mean Boris uses two points of Edge to help resist the two stunbolts]
Resist stunbolt(6): Wil(2)+Edge(5) (7d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4807303/) 4S
[rule of 6 does not help, rolled no 6's]
Resist stunbolt(7): Wil(2)+Edge(5) (7d6.hits(5)=4) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4807304/)
Rule of 6 (2) (2d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4807305/) 3S
[rule of 6 applies but did not roll additional hits]
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The spatter of blood from the rounds' impact coated Stake's face and left a bitter tang in his mouth as he swirled his blade artistically and viciously towards Requiem, its arc as beautiful and graceful as it was deadly
attack (http://orokos.com/roll/269083): 22d6t5 5
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Mean Boris is done playing around with this digital abomination. And he wasn't about to let it have another chance to stun him out of the battle. He aims his Savalette Guardian at Requiem and places two shots.
Called Shot: Shake-Up; Spend 1 Point of Edge: Push The Limit
Pistols(7)+Agi(8)+Smartlink(2)-Called Shot(4)-Wounded(3)+Edge(5) (15d6.hits(5)=2) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4810164/)
Rule-of-six Edge Reroll (2) (2d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4810173/) 3 hits total
Base damage: 10P -2AP, -5 init if it hits
Called Shot: Shake-Up; Spend 1 Point of Edge: Push The Limit
Pistols(7)+Agi(8)+Smartlink(2)-Called Shot(4)-Wounded(3)+Edge(5) (15d6.hits(5)=5) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4810165/)
Rule-of-six Edge Reroll (5) (5d6.hits(5)=3) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4810174/)
Rule-of-six Edge Reroll (3) (3d6.hits(5)=1) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4810176/)
Rule-of-six Edge Reroll (1) (1d6.hits(5)=0) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4810178/) 9 hits total
Base damage: 10P -2AP, -5 init if it hits
[OOC: wooooow.. 9 hits and they all count since Boris used Edge, which ignores limits]
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OOC: Requiem's defense: 7d6t5: 2 [7d6t5=4, 5, 4, 6, 4, 4, 2]. 1 net hit. Incoming 11P, AP -2. Requiem soak: 10d6t5: 4 [10d6t5=2, 4, 6, 6, 5, 2, 3, 5, 3, 3]. Takes 7P. Loses init. Next defense roll: 6d6t5: 0 [6d6t5=3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2]. Incoming 19P, -2AP. Soak: 10d6t5: 1 [10d6t5=3, 6, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1]. Takes 18P.
We're out of initiative.
Boris's bullets enter Requiem's chest and exit out the back trailed by a red cone of guts. It knocks him straight down on his back and he lies there still, the only sound is a gurgling coming out of his mouth as he tries to say something you can't quite hear.
Suddenly the cantina, the street, the sky, Revanche's body, everything, all disappears and you find yourselves floating in nothing-ness. A pitch-black nothing-ness that somehow provides enough resistance below you so that you feel you are still standing on an invisible ground. All you can see are your team-mates avatars and where Requiem used to be laying you see a different form quite changed from the creature Boris just downed. The green matrix construct lies there in the same position Requiem was, as if all the detail had been stripped away and all that was left was what you see there before you, his true form. As he dissipates he keeps mouthing a word inaudible from where you're standing and he reaches up as if trying to grasp or caress something or someone.
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn6/systemofadown242/fantasy/cyberspace-1.jpg)
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Mean Boris sprints to Requiem's dying form, using his last point of Edge to get there in time to have a few final words with their antagonizer. Mean Boris, and really Storm by extension, certainly understood the need for revenge, and she had gained a grudging respect for the AI construct. Her only qualm was that it's revenge was blind and wasn't guided at the people who had caused it such grief. Blind revenge was really nothing more than a helpless rage, which made Requiem something to pity rather than fear.
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As you approach you can start to make sense of the electronic gurgling sound Requiem is making.
"<<Dr. Tara Lowenstein......it was an honor serving with you. Proceeding with Bootcamp final decommission sequence 2313.232......Dr. Tara Lowenstein.....it was an honor serving with you. Proceeding with Bootcamp final decommission sequence 2313.232. Dr Tara Lowenstein........>>
The message, as if it was a glitched trid-chip, just keeps playing over and over. Once his construct fades completely to black, you lose consciousness.
You wake-up and find yourself laying next to the computer terminal on the top floor of Tacoma Veteran's Hospital. You feel a draft and sit up, taking the trode array off your temples.
It's just the both of you, the dwarf Stake and the elf Storm. Where Zach was laying there is only a dangling trode set and no trace of him.
You walk out of the secret chamber, into the large pillared room and out into the dark hallway, a hole in wall on the far side let's light shine in and you walk towards it.
Standing on the fire-escape landing and breathing in the cool afternoon air, you feel a sense of emptiness as you start to process all that has happened in the last few days. As the last rays of sun fade away, the two of you look at each other and nod. It feels like business from now on should start to pick up.
The End