[Sentinemodo]

Chicago is a very dangerous place, but you're not necessarily going to get wiped.  There's still emergency descenders, wire and harness systems for quick fire exits, installed on each floor.  The ride down may have it's own difficulties with still hostile security, but it's not a death sentence.  Burning edge is still always an option.

By the way, even an AI can take social skills.  Refusing to take his "lie detector" test is an admission of guilt.  Digger and Machete being uncouth couldn't even attempt a convincing lie, so I brushed past them.

Kontact, for the sake of my curiosity - when that AI decided that I've lied, what was that - cause I honestly, can't get it. Beside my offer to let him out (which was honest, even if I hoped to have there strings attached), I was only doubtful and affraid, maybe arrogant after some point.

[inca1980]

Can you even retcon if you're not the GM?

I'm rolling intiative too then I guess <<sigh>>

Initiative: (9d6.hits(5)=2).

Initative score of 11.

[Kontact]

Kontact, for the sake of my curiosity - when that AI decided that I've lied, what was that - cause I honestly, can't get it. Beside my offer to let him out (which was honest, even if I hoped to have there strings attached), I was only doubtful and affraid, maybe arrogant after some point.

Your edge hasn't refreshed since you used it to reroll on the last hacking test.

As far as being dishonest, you gave him a fake name when you introduced yourself, said that you were looking around with no goals then recanted when pressed, and finally failed to mention the deal on the table with Holland.  I don't think a single thing you said to him was really true, honest or helpful.  Since he could check what your were saying against audio logs from the building security, it wasn't even a thing to see that you were being unhelpful.  Also, talking to a sentient program about its decision trees and such is a pretty big breach of etiquette.  It's like if you're talking to a woman who's upset and you say "What, are you on your period?"  Even if it's true, you're not scoring any points.  An etiquette roll to negate the gaff would have been unhelpful since the AI can buy 2 hits and code only has 2 dice defaulting, so that was also bypassed.

You can burn your edge to Hand of God when you would otherwise die, or to get a Critical success on a test.  You can't burn edge to go first.

Damage with 1 net hit is 8P -1AP.  You're still going into full VR with the possibility of further point blank shotgun blasts?

Assuming yes, Here's a dodge roll.  9d6.hits(5) → [6,5,5,5,1,1,3,2,1] = (4)

[Crossbow]

init roll from work with no sheet to verify

9d6=3 hits +9 =12

[Sentinemodo]

I meant to use edge not burn it, sorry for the mistake. Not that it really matters
Yep, I still go VR - the chance to avoid the shot on the 2 more dices, are too slim, and I'd have nothing else to do in that CT.

so damage resistance - Body(3) + Ballistic(6) - Armor piercing(1) -> 8d6.hits(5)=0

now that was a really crappy roll

so I got 8P damage - 2 wound modifier -> that knocks 2 hits out of the shooting roll, which make it only 3, which is then beaten by the dodge roll, so I'll miss the shoot in my action

[inca1980]

Is it Crossbow's turn then? 

[Crossbow]

The robot shot, so I am giving the doberman room and holding action

[inca1980]

Machete is going to use a free action to shout at the robot (see IC thread) and then his next two simple actions to pump Code monkey with two shotgun slugs. 

1st Shot: Agility 4 + Longarms (sp. shotgun) 4 + smartlink 2 + point blank 2 = (12d6.hits(5)=4)


    2nd Shot: Agility 4 + Longarms (sp. shotgun) 4 + smartlink 2 + point blank 2 + Recoil -1 + RC 1 = (12d6.hits(5)=7)

Base damage for each shot is 8P from exploding slugs.  Without a dodge since Code is in VR that would be 12P for the first shot and 15P for the second one.  GM can decide point blank modifier doesn't apply and modify each accordingly.

[Sentinemodo]

Now that is an interesting turn - can't wait the IC

[inca1980]

Machete sees that Code is willing to let the team die just to stick it to the asshole AI.  It's the only way he can think of to assure the AI that Code has gone lone wolf and doesn't speak for the team.  On a more personal note he feels that the AI who's seen a lot in the Zone is one of the few chances he has to potentially get some info on his daughter who he steadfastly believes is still alive.  Don't wanna do a PK, but my good estimate is that Code is already dead because he went VR unconscious with a robot pointing a shotgun at him.  Machete made the call to at least possibly get something positive out of the whole situation which would be the AI's cooperation. 

[Sentinemodo]

I hope you do make something good out of it. My estimates were different, but no hard feelings.

Kontact, I'll skip the rolls. There is no way I could survive this.

on the side note -

Also, talking to a sentient program about its decision trees and such is a pretty big breach of etiquette.  It's like if you're talking to a woman who's upset and you say "What, are you on your period?"  Even if it's true, you're not scoring any points.

That's a pretty interesting look onto matrix etiquette and talking with AI's, never thought about it in that way but it feels right.

[inca1980]

I mean, you took 8P from the first attack and that was with a decent dodge roll and getting only 1 net hit on you.   Sure you botched your damage soak, but you still are only gonna get around 3 hits from that roll.  So when the GM asked "are you sure you wanna go VR?" that was pretty clear he's gonna gun for your meat body.  You definitely weren't gonna one shot the drone, so next IP it was curtains for you.  I wasn't about to aid you and shoot the drone because the AI controls ALL the security in this place....he already made short work of the big green tree guy.  This in my opinion is the only option to avoid a team wipe....and we'll be lucky if the AI didn't already decide to just hose all of us. 

So I hope you really don't got no hard feelings.  Machete also is uncouth and a Zone survivor build....plus he already almost had a run-in with Digger that got defused, but it's rather clear that he can be a little harsh when he's doing guide work in the Zone.  Very Madmax, Fallout-esque type of every man for himself gritty adventure here...which is why I love it!....and which you were roleplaying quite well with the whole going solo..... but I had to also RP my end of it. 

[Sentinemodo]

Can't helP but LOL on that 'little harsh' part - but really nothing hard.

Its been a while since I lost a ćharacter but the sensation is familiar.

[inca1980]

Have you ever lost a character to a PK though?  That's the question....  Now you can say you have.

I'd really like to see what etherial, the guy who built Code Monkey, would say   You out there old friend?? 

[Sentinemodo]

I did, though that was some fifteen years ago, our group had at times fifteen simultaneus players.