[Reminder]

Sounds like we're getting 6K up front?

Since we're not getting many details about the job, it's hard to push for more money. According to Johnson, our only responsibility is to get Alzmer from Point A to Point B back to Point A without getting killed. Additionally, we're somehow supposed to "ensure" that the samples are collected, although Johnson seems entirely tight-lipped about the nature of the samples.

Well, there are a few ways you could ask for more, or more up front. He also more less already offered a bonus for timely completion without a negotiation roll after Crunch's first comment.

[JackVII]

So we are responsible for transporting the samples back to Mombasa? That's essentially what I asked in my IC, but I guess Johnson is just being Johnson. It would make a big difference risk wise and preparation-wise if we are transporting metahumans/animals as opposed to a small quantity of rocks or plants.

[Crunch]

I wasn't as worried about what we were transporting as how. If the provided transport for the expert is a blimp or a flatboat, picking up stuff to support a land expedition wouldn't help.

[Reminder]

I hadn't considered using a blimp. I may have to rewrite this 




If you ask a more specific question, you might get an answer. So far its been very broad or "what is the stuff" (which he wont answer). And yes, he (the Johnson) is kind of a prick.

To reply to Jack:

Well, you are responsible for bringing Alzmer back and he will have the samples with him, so by extension you will be transporting the materials.

[Crunch]

Sorry if I was unclear, but Frenchy hasn't actually asked about what the stuff is at all. He was asking about provided and aquired equipment, not the target.

[Reminder]

It was kind of an overall summary.

If you guys don't have more questions for him, let the conversation hang a little for the other 2 (including your face) to weigh in if they so choose. If you want to try to get more details out of him, you are welcome to try that too.

[JackVII]

I am a bit worried about what we are transporting. Sneaking a box of minerals past guards/gangs/tribesmen is one thing, sneaking a live elephant or something of that nature is quite another. But Johnson is clearly not talking so...

But yeah, I was more asking generalities. Size, weight, observability, etc.

[Reminder]

No one expects elephant-smuggling blimp aficionados. It is why it works so well.

[JackVII]

No one expects elephant-smuggling blimp aficionados. It is why it works so well.

Isn't there a movie about something like that?

Oh yeah... Operation Dumbo Drop

[Reminder]

Try asking if "it's a live creature: if that is your fear? He's not apt to play 20 questions, but if you keep it simple you may get some information (not as much as you want, but there are things he is willing to tell you that you haven't asked about.)


 He's not being a prick solely to be a prick.

[JackVII]

The Johnson's description of our start point puts it vaguely in the area of Kilimanjaro, right?

[JackVII]

Honestly, if the Johnson won't answer a question like the rough size of the expected samples, I don't think there is any reason that Mlinzi would think that he would be willing to provide any more information related to them, so I'm pretty much done on that count. Maybe someone else will come up with some good questions.

[Reminder]

Not that far north (depending on how directly west he was intending). The closest easily searchable landmark (present day) that will get you close is Lake Ambussel, but that is farther than 200km in. You may need one of the others with more applicable knowledge skills or a mapsoft to narrow the area down after the Johnson's call.

[Reminder]

For Ren:

The area is likely in the southern foothills of Mt. K as they move into the central plateau of modern day Tanzania. The lands are largely tribal controlled, but which one controls the area in question (particularly given the the vagueness of the directions and the fact that the lines on the map change often) you cannot say whether it is the Maasai, Mijikena, or some other tribe.


The list of fauna is extensive, really too long to list, from the typical savanna dwellers (giraffe, wildebeast...) and their predators (Leopards, hyena...), dozens of species of birds, to the apes that dwell in the jungles of the foot hills. The list really is too long to make. Your knowledge of paracreatures extends to the types associated with the typical species of the area.

[Bewilderbeast]

Finally managed to get an IC post in. I'm not sure how likely we're all to get additional nuyen, but having the Face negotiate for more money is a Shadowrun tradition, and I can never pass it up. If more money isn't feasible, "additional resources" could be a lot of things. More info, more equipment, etc.

From an IC perspective, Alexander probably really wants to know what exactly they're collecting. From an OOC perspective, I'm pretty happy not knowing. I like surprises! And you just know it's something awful, like a live cheetah or a native free spirit or a fire-spewing paracritter or something. If we're collecting soil samples I'll be sorely disappointed!