[Sentinemodo]

I'll try to hack into one of the commlinks that are nearby the rifle holding man.
Activate stealth. User accounts, turn on microphone and route the feed to my commlink. Save the feed.
What should I roll?


I am looking for commlinks that should have 1 or 2 firewall rating.
Hacking(3) + Exploit(3) + VR(2) -> 6d6.hits(5)=2 + 2d6.hits(5)=0
if by chance it looked weak, but had been improved and I didn't break into in the first move, I'll withdraw and try another 'link.
I've stealth(3) software activated.

Kontact, I am still not quite feeling the posting regime. Would it be better, if I first agreed the action on OOC, or just post in IC like I did?

[inca1980]

Ok, one quick question then about what is going on.  From my understanding, there are bug spirits inside the bubble with him who don't kill him because the bubble is their only protection from the FABIII but they're also not letting him go.  If that's the case then how come there are spirits outside the bubble?  Maybe the ones we fought were actually gonna die anyways. 

[Kontact]

I'll try to hack into one of the commlinks that are nearby the rifle holding man.
Activate stealth. User accounts, turn on microphone and route the feed to my commlink. Save the feed.
What should I roll?


I am looking for commlinks that should have 1 or 2 firewall rating.
Hacking(3) + Exploit(3) + VR(2) -> 6d6.hits(5)=2 + 2d6.hits(5)=0
if by chance it looked weak, but had been improved and I didn't break into in the first move, I'll withdraw and try another 'link.
I've stealth(3) software activated.

Kontact, I am still not quite feeling the posting regime. Would it be better, if I first agreed the action on OOC, or just post in IC like I did?

You can post your actions IC, sure, but rolls, questions and discussions are generally better off here.

As to what kind of links you find, the answer is none.  These people don't have toilet paper, much less personal electronics.

The only people you're going to find with links in the zone are going to be smugglers, teams like yourselves, and bosses.

[Kontact]

Ok, one quick question then about what is going on.  From my understanding, there are bug spirits inside the bubble with him who don't kill him because the bubble is their only protection from the FABIII but they're also not letting him go.  If that's the case then how come there are spirits outside the bubble?  Maybe the ones we fought were actually gonna die anyways.

A few of the dumber spirits (the BC of 4 in the bubble drops their Force and therefore their Logic by 4 points) left the bubble on a suicide mission to try and kill you so that they could capture Devoted.  Machete should know enough about bugs that I can tell you, bugs need magicians like plants need the sun.  If he hadn't been casting magic nearby and looking at them on the astral, they wouldn't be so excited.

[Xzylvador]

Metagame: was reading in Feral Cities, read something and well... Being a mage in Chicago, near a hive, in a BC area... Would anyone happen to know where the rules are for Royal Jelly?

Game: Since Devoted's standing in a BC2 area (reducing his magic to 2, so overcasting to 4) and the wasp is in a BC4 area (nullifying spells <= force 4)... I'm guessing there ain't much he can do?


_{Also, I just realise, Mr. Holland has to be holding a Sustaining Focus Rating 5 or more for it to even work there... I guess Devoted was right when he thought negative BC areas held powerful magic stuff... In fact, with the radius of the spell... if it's a 5m radius in a 4BC area, the spell is Force 9... do Force 9 Foci even exist? Not that I have any problems letting this fall under artistic freedom or something.}

[Kontact]

Check out the rules on Aspected domains and Geomancy. 

If this were a living hive instead of a dead one, the BC of 2 you're standing in would have been added to the bug's force rather than subtracted.  One of the many reasons why bugs and hives are so terrifying.  The concentration of their magic leads to an aspected BC which only serves to make them more powerful.  The same is true of any gathering of magic powers from the same tradition.  Strength in numbers.

[Sentinemodo]

As to what kind of links you find, the answer is none.  These people don't have toilet paper, much less personal electronics.

The only people you're going to find with links in the zone are going to be smugglers, teams like yourselves, and bosses.

ANd I assume, there aren't any in the crowd?
Any of them anykind of hardware than can be hacked (best would be augmented eyes/ears) if the don't have 'links to slave they are probably wifi off, but it's worth to try. an aftertought was, that if the guy had a commlink he wouldn't be coming down probably.

anyway, i'll go down with a blimp into the hearing range. I'll keep it as close to the building as possible, to avoid detection.
while it goes down (I'll jack into it), in the second subscription I'm firing up some matrix wide searches on Holland, keywords: elf, magic, Chicago, bug spirits and a picture of him- but that's in the AR, attention on the blimp, going down and listening to the fellow

Guys. I may be unable to catch him speaking, but I think the story can evolve into a trap. They guy with a rifle probably saw us slaying Gargoyle. That means that in contrary to previous teams (you don't think we were first to go up there, don't you?) we survived the critter. The mob down there will either wait for us while we return with bounties or will go in our footsteps. 

[Xzylvador]

Maybe they're waiting for us to start a celebration for the death of that monster? We'll return and be celebrated as heroes and there'll be music and dancing and free beer! Kontact's such a nice GM! 
(On IC I might make more serious comments... even though Devo's still too naive to automatically assume the worst. :p)

Also, we might need a face...... We now have what, 3 dice on social skills tops?

[Crossbow]

our face got eaten by bugs (pointing at Ruckus)

[Mindset]

I am putting one together. I have to work tonight but I should have some time tomorrow to throw one together. Seeing as how this is the Chi and it is a shit hole, I plan on making a martial face concept. I don't want this character to go the way of the buffalo within two minutes of a firefight or bug fuck. if anyone has any advice or otherwise, shoot me a message.

[farothel]

Also, we might need a face...... We now have what, 3 dice on social skills tops?

I have a character ready who has 6, and it's a combat character actually.

[Xzylvador]

Uhm, -really- not my call to make... That wasn't an invitation to start recruitment or something, sorry if I created that impression.

I wasn't really being serious. Just pointing out to Crossbow why Digger's the only one doing the talking. Devo's really relying on the experienced guys to take the lead...

[Kontact]

Mindset and Ten-Hex already contacted me a month ago about getting characters in the game. 

Ten's character, Gardner (replacing Laughing man, who never finished his character) should be a strong piece of muscle to handle that role, and Mind has been working with me to get a face together for a while now (which is why I killed off Ruckus.) 

[Kontact]

anyway, i'll go down with a blimp into the hearing range. I'll keep it as close to the building as possible, to avoid detection.
while it goes down (I'll jack into it), in the second subscription I'm firing up some matrix wide searches on Holland, keywords: elf, magic, Chicago, bug spirits and a picture of him- but that's in the AR, attention on the blimp, going down and listening to the fellow

here's a block roll for the search
8d6.hits(5) → [3,2,1,2,3,4,3,4] = (0)
8d6.hits(5) → [4,6,5,3,1,5,5,4] = (4)
8d6.hits(5) → [3,3,2,4,2,6,3,2] = (1)
8d6.hits(5) → [2,3,6,6,3,2,6,4] = (3)
8d6.hits(5) → [3,5,5,1,5,5,3,4] = (4) here's enough for limited interest info.
8d6.hits(5) → [3,2,5,2,3,2,5,5] = (3)
8d6.hits(5) → [2,5,1,2,4,4,6,2] = (2)
8d6.hits(5) → [4,5,3,5,2,5,2,4] = (3) not enough for hidden and hunted/deleted info though.

Each check takes 1 minute of game time, so I'm going to space it out for you a bit in the story. 
The drone will continue downwards and will arrive in listening range around the third minute of searching.
You might want to roll an infiltration check for the drone.

[Sentinemodo]

1. what is the Response rating of the drone? I am lost - is it the response of my 'link (because it is what I use it to jump in) or is it drone's Pilot rating (eventually +/- Handling)?

2. what rules are you using for Data Search?

3. @IC leaving the Doberman on guard, I should've known my body is being carried