[rednblack]

What, half a million nuyen ain't enough for you?

Anyway, whoever she is, she's got pull from up top, and 450,000¥ means she gets pulled out

Misunderstanding from August? Number after taxes? 50k extra is for the termite scouting? August skimming off the top O_o?

Haha. I think the good Col. was rounding up. In the first IC post we get 300,000 for the extraction and 150,000 for te sneak and peek

[reyjinn]

What, half a million nuyen ain't enough for you?

Anyway, whoever she is, she's got pull from up top, and 450,000¥ means she gets pulled out

Misunderstanding from August? Number after taxes? 50k extra is for the termite scouting? August skimming off the top O_o?

Haha. I think the good Col. was rounding up. In the first IC post we get 300,000 for the extraction and 150,000 for te sneak and peek

Ahh, didn't catch that

[Koshnek]

Hey martin. I didn't mean they had to be there as soon as we got back :-). Although they're not paid for yet, I was assuming I had enough good ciggies for those who need them upon return. This seems like the type of mission where you celebrate coming back :p. Chuck'd want a resupply to drop by the time the next mission hits. so...within a week probably? Or is that the time table you were looking at?

I didn't realize how expensive they were :p. It looks like I have 3 takers, and I have just enough money to cover 3 of those gold plated 750 nuyen cigars. Want to drop my funds and assume I already had 'em before the mission?

Also..how horrible are the 75 cigars? Might have to stick with the shit ones for the most part :p. buy a couple good ones for the weekends and party time plus the executive brand for post-mission. Chuck might invest in some real tobacco cigarettes too :p. He

I like fast 'n hard to be honest. This ladies been out of contact for 12 hours. Nothing reckless, we don't wanna spook the friendlies either. I think it's what Chuck would like too :p. Caution is the name of the game looking for the termite shaman, though.

So, it looks like its just Chuck and August for the pre-game. Do you make it or is Chuck just gunna do a silent little prayer by himself?

Edit: Technically I did say ASAP. Oops. I didn't think delivery would be so quick. Anytime within the week is good if price drops or if that affects availability. Or both :p.

[martinchaen]

rednblack
Looks like a solid plan so far; good job.

Poindexter
OK, I'm not sure your contacts would go "Oh, you're going to the CZ, please bring me back a ghoul, some royal jelly, and a pony"...

In other words, if you find something that Weedy thinks they can use, they might be interested, but they're not going to be providing you with sidejobs ahead of time. Making nuyen off of contacts from stuff you find I'm good with, but I won't be providing you with alternate objectives. So, you tell me what kind of stuff you're on the lookout for, and maybe you'll get lucky.


Koshnek
You did say you wanted real tobacco; if foodstuffs have been replaced by soy and real meat is considered a delicacy only the well-to-do can afford, how expensive do you think real tobacco has gotten?

With the exception of the cheap 75¥ cigars (which are still decent cigars like the "cyanide" you're currently smoking, mind you, just nothing like the other three), Mr. Burns can deliver in approximately a day. The cheap ones he can deliver in 6 hours.

The price will stay the same because he actually has to get a hold of these things for you, which he's currently failed miserably at. So, tomorrow he'll get to try again, but the instant response will be that he can only get you the cheap stuff.

If you've got the cash for it you can buy anything up to normal availability limits as part of character generation; 75¥ are avail 12, next step up is avail 16, then 20, and finally 24 for the premium stuff.

[Koshnek]

Yeah, thats ok. Can we assume I have a trio of the 450 nuyen ciggies then? Are those are the 20 availability ones?

Ill wait a minute and see if RnB gets back with me soon. Ill probably have to start my post within the hour. I'm kinda slow, haha, and I have a bed time on thurs fri and saturday nights.

[Blazrath]

So I'd be grabbing mil-spec light armor and helmet cause that's the only armor that has rad shielding. Along with that he would have on him Matilda with a blue taped spare clip of stic-n-shock, green taped clip of APDS, 2 red clips of Explosive and 2 silver clips of regular ammo, with regular being the first loaded in, Kristine, one of the turrets, with a clip in the system and 2 more in his pack in a side pocket for easy access, the Guardian in a side holster with clips on the belt, combat knife in easy access on the front of his body, grapple gun and gear in the pack with climbing gear, couple light stics, satellite link not set up, subvocal mic, transys avalon, and his B&E gear. Rest of his stuff would be in a duffelbag on Betsy for if he needs it, like if they need to restock and go back in quickly cause something came up or something like that. Unless too much.

[martinchaen]

Koshnek
Fine and dandy

Blazrath
Sounds good.

Everyone sound off for lift-off, and I'll take you up into the clouds...

[rednblack]

@koshnek, sorry for any confusion there.  I am not always able to post in the evenings, but August was around, and I wouldn't have minded you RPing him standing with hands folded, etc.  As for cigars, August will chip in for some of the nicer ones, should the opportunity present itself.

@martin, nice work on those cigars, btw. 

Edit: does Ravensoracle's matrix search give us any idea what kind of condition the roads are in near the LZ?  I'd like to know what kind of speed we will be able to safely maintain.  If given the choice, I think fast is preferable, but if low and steady is what we've got, I'd like to know that ahead of us landing, if possible.  Also, does Weedy's hits on bug spirits tell us anything about best ways to bring them down mechanically?  I guess what I mean is, should we need to fire on one, will it be harder to hit or harder to damage?

[Poindexter]

OK, we're nearing the point of the game where Poindexter, with his 0% military experience beyond what is shown in movies is going to start calling actions for Weedy, who has the approximate experience of a green beret in the CZ. Chances are near 100% that im gonna have her do something that NO ONE with an ounce of military experience would EVER do unless they wanted their whole team to die horrible meaningless deaths. Those of you with actual military experience or even just more sense with these things than i have, feel free- no fuck that. Feel ENCOURAGED to correct me if/when i fuck up.

Cool?

[Poindexter]

As for cigars, August will chip in for some of the nicer ones, should the opportunity present itself.

Yeah, count Weedy as throwin in on the expensive cigars, too.

[reyjinn]

OK, we're nearing the point of the game where Poindexter, with his 0% military experience beyond what is shown in movies is going to start calling actions for Weedy, who has the approximate experience of a green beret in the CZ. Chances are near 100% that im gonna have her do something that NO ONE with an ounce of military experience would EVER do unless they wanted their whole team to die horrible meaningless deaths. Those of you with actual military experience or even just more sense with these things than i have, feel free- no fuck that. Feel ENCOURAGED to correct me if/when i fuck up.

Cool?

Same from the guy from a country that hasn't EVER even had an army Let's give both Weedy and Gale the common sense quality.

[Poindexter]

Same from the guy from a country that hasn't EVER even had an army Let's give both Weedy and Gale the common sense quality.

What country is that, if i may intrude.

[Blazrath]

I'm guessing an island nation.

[reyjinn]

@Blazrath, Bingo.

I'm from Iceland.

[martinchaen]

I'll make sure to let you know to roll Common Sense if it becomes an issue :-)

The roads are relatively good, it's all the craps on them that are going to make it harder for you. Just driving along at the vehicles slowest running speed is not going to require a test; once you start going all out you'll run into threshold 4 or even 5 tests, depending on maneuver. This will be reduced by Wires' Control Rig rating, but make no mistake that these are roads that have significant amount of debris on them.

Worse is the noise the Humvee makes at high speeds; when you are idling along it will be hard to hear for the casual observer, whereas a full-tilt acceleration will be fairly easy to hear even down the block, simply because these parts of the CZ doesn't see much other traffic.

The Banshee holding 1000m up or more (your choice) will be very difficult to hear or see.

Mechanically speaking, Weedy knows that spirits are harder to damage with conventional weapons than they are to hit. That doesn't mean they're sliuchea when it comes to avoiding fire and it certainly doesn't make them stupid, but it does mean that hitting them is likely going to be less difficult than hurting them.

Also note that insect spirits aren't the only danger in the Zone :-)

The satellite imagery you have is only a week old or so.