[JackVII]

I think we eventuall determined that we have run Matrix Searches on pretty much everything. I think the only thing we could run a search on might be more information on Alzmer now that we're pretty sure he's Hugo Alzmer but that may not be relevant to the job at the moment.

I'm okay with moving this deal forward. What's our plan of attack with the mines? Do we stop a few klicks out and have someone take the bike in for a little look-see? Anyone have any drones to do recon? I could ask Wawindaji to perform a remote service to zoom through the area around the mine and report back on the presence of any metahumans. I only have one remaining service, so that wouldn't be a huge loss.

[Csjarrat]

I've got a recon drone, i reckon we set up camp somewhere nearby the mine and sent a squad in.
We lose the cars and we're screwed so I'll hang back and protect the camp as I'm not really kitted for close quarters combat or heavy physical tasks

[JackVII]

I would think Wawindaji would probably be the least likely to be seen, since he can stay astral and still perform this kind of recon. Granted, given the spirit activity, anyone at the mines may have some kind of astral detection protocol, but I think that's a chance we could take. Even if he is spotted, they might assume he's just one of the spirits around here unless they get a chance to do a good assensing test on him.

Armed with whatever he reports back, we can send the drone in to verify/fill-in details. We might be able to bring the vehicles in fairly close if we don't detect the presence of anyone.

I don't think Mlinzi is necessarily smart enough to come up with this plan, but she will offer to send Wawindaji in for recon.

[Reminder]

Sorry for the delay. I got into it with the city of St. Paul over the illegal towing of my vehicle and ended up stranded for two days.

I will move you towards the mine now.

On the matrix searches for the mines, you already did one. You can try something else if you like, but I don't know what else you are going to find from the matrix.

@GM, is gun heaven 3 considered legal for this campaign? Quite like the new pistols in there for ultra

We can see when the time comes for that. I personally don't own the book (couldn't justify the price tag just for a 30 or so weapon listings) but we can talk about it when we get to a place where that makes sense.

[Reminder]

You are about 8km east of the mine.

[JackVII]

Sorry for the delay. I got into it with the city of St. Paul over the illegal towing of my vehicle and ended up stranded for two days.

That sucks... hope you got it worked out. We have a few predatory towing companies down here in Baton Rouge that prey on the college kids and occasionally the rest of us. So ridiculous.

Based on previous posts, we haven't hit sundown quite yet, have we?

ETA: WRT Gun H(e)aven: IMO, other than the obviously broken Rainforest Carbine, most of the gear is basically on-par or under-powered compared to the stuff in the BBB. Some of them do look a lot more awesome, though.

[Reminder]

It's 5:03pm. Sunset is at 6:30, darkness at 7.

[JackVII]

@Reminder, can you post a link to the google map in the first link of this thread? It would make it easier to find. Thanks!

[Reminder]

It's already in post 4 on the first page

[Reminder]

The normal approach (really the main road in) to mine B approaches from the South East. You can try to go overland, but the vehicles are going to have a hard time of that.

[JackVII]

It's already in post 4 on the first page

Thanks. In reference to the other post, does that mean there is something of a defined path to the mine area, at least as far as we can tell?

[Reminder]

Yes. It is a mine afterall, which would require the ability to move heavy machinery/equipment to be moved in and out, which means there is a fairly substantial road. Or there was, it's state of repair is not so great given the length of time the mine has been out of service. Which means uneveness, ruts, hole, maybe a washout, some debris (it is a dirt road).

You are in the plateau/foothills now, so the ground is going to be a lost more uneven/heavier foliage, so you can attempt to move overland, but the vehicles will move very slowly on approach as you find passable terrain. It's not severe enough terrain to have a major impact on foot traffic.

[Reminder]

Ignore the buildings obviously, but this is an approximation of the terrain in the mines area.

http://www.denul.net/places/tanzania/PUBLISH/Mining/Merelani%20Tanzanite%20Mines/Blok%20D/slides/TAN_20100827_02_Merelani-Tanzanite-Mines_191j.html

http://jewelrytelevision.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d0fb953ef0133ecaf60a0970b-pi

[JackVII]

Yes. It is a mine afterall, which would require the ability to move heavy machinery/equipment to be moved in and out, which means there is a fairly substantial road.

Cool, I wasn't sure if 13 or so years of probable neglect would have caused too much of the road to be overgrown to recognize it as such.

If we're currently on or at the road leading directly to Mine B, then I can try to send my spirit to follow the road to the caves and report back on any people it sees. If not, I think we need to move to that point before we consider sending in recon assets.

[Reminder]

Added in your road

You can inspect it if you want, but the actual approach is less than 2km of a run up to the mine, and I didn't know if you wanted to scout it out before getting that close or not.