[rednblack]

@martin and @Ravensoracle, by slowest running speed are you meaning 10m/turn?  If so, it would seem that the Fly-Spies will easily outpace the humvee unless we're getting into some serious driving tests.  Any word on how easy it will be to feed drone info directly to another char?  If so, August -- since our other high perception char will be on gun duty -- can compare the images Wires pulled from the matrix with the actual driving conditions in front of the humvee and note any potentially disastrous changes.  I figure that coupled with Wires' memory tests would put us in a good position to avoid a potential ambush.

I notice that Wires has a number of Fly-Spies but no Flying Eyes.  Any chance I could retcon August buying one for Wires?  Having a kamikaze drone could prove useful.

Good to know on noise, martin.  Thanks. 

[Ravensoracle]

With the tacnet I don't see it being a huge problem to feed video to one another.

[martinchaen]

You can easily keep multiple vid-feeds up in AR. This will give those who do so the -2 penalty to Perception for being distracted while one or more windows are open, however.

If you've got the scratch for it, no problem rednblack.

And yes, 10m/CT (which is about 12km/h, or a really fast running speed especially while carrying a full combat load) is about as fast as you can keep the vehicles moving without incurring any vehicle tests or noise penalties for the Humvee.


Ravensoracle
Roll me a Perception test with the Banshee sensors to scope the LZ, and a Pilot Aircraft test when you're ready to land.

Everyone else can't really see too much out of the aircraft while seated, but if you want to you can take up side (left and right door guns) and rear positions (rear hatch) and get some good old fashioned mark-one eyeballs on the area as you make your descent. The Banshee has safety harnesses for door gunners and a rear hatch operator, as well as for all seated passengers; I'll need a list of who buckles in and not, just in case

[Poindexter]

Weedy will move to whatever door gun is appropriate for her to be on, although she'll have the most dice with the assault cannon of course. She WILL be strapped in.

Y'know, knowing what i know now about the CZ, and radiation, and whatnot, i kinda feel like i shoulda taken either rad resistant or blighted at some level, but eh, screw it.

[Ravensoracle]

I actually meant the tail sign for the aircraft to be Hotel-Echo-Seven-Seven or HE77. I was tired and typed Helo instead.

Perception Roll:
Perception Roll: 10d6x5 7

Piloting Roll:
Piloting Roll: 12d6t5 2

Not the best roll for the piloting but my Threshold is reduced by 2 from my Control Rig. If 2 successes isn't enough I'd spend a point of edge to re-roll succeses.

Re-roll:
Piloting Edge Re-roll: 10d6t5 4

[martinchaen]

Ravensoracle
No worries, I updated my post

Also, for your (and everyone's) information you're rolling using 6d6X5 which grants an extra success on hits. You should be rolling 6d6T5 to get the correct roll. If you're using Edge to get exploding dice you'll roll 6d6O5 (that's the letter O, not the number 0, by the way ).

So, for your first roll you actually scored 5 hits (still impressive):
10d6x5: 7 [10d6x5=3, 4, 5, 3, 5, 2, 6, 6, 5, 2]

Your other two rolls were made correctly, however, so that's good.

As for spending Edge, I won't ever tell you what the thresholds are before you roll, just like I won't tell you if a shot hits or not when I roll defense. If you roll low you get to choose if you want to spend Edge based solely on your gut feeling, not meta-game knowledge. This might be slightly different to what the book says, but I find that it creates a little more tension and makes Edge a more valuable resource.

So, you get to choose if you want to keep the 2 hits, or use Edge to get 6 total.

[Ravensoracle]

I'll use the edge then to be sure.

[Blazrath]

Honestly, with how this group is acting, I think the song to sum us all up is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiB71D2IbI

I'll post up a song for Jack pretty soon as he mutes the pilots songs and tries to relax before going down.

[Poindexter]

Shit, the way this group is acting is awesome. I can't believe no one's called anyone a "slack-jawed-faggot" for not trying the chewing tobacco yet.

[Blazrath]

You've got good ol' boy, the ultimate expression of an elven tomboy and an aging leader that smokes cigars, an alcoholic adept and the others I don't know. We have the bases covered for cliches.

[Poindexter]

the ultimate expression of an elven tomboy

your MOTHER'S an elf, breeder!

[Blazrath]

the ultimate expression of an elven tomboy

your MOTHER'S an elf, breeder!

Heh, like I haven't heard that one before. How did you feel about us roasting your cousin?

[Poindexter]

the ultimate expression of an elven tomboy

your MOTHER'S an elf, breeder!

Heh, like I haven't heard that one before. How did you feel about us roasting your cousin?

She feels delicious. I'm sure out there in bugland somewhere, there's a queen holdin a bottle of hot sauce thinkin the same thing bout me.

[reyjinn]

Damn, shit gets DONE during the night I'll pipe in once I'm off work later today.

[rednblack]

@Poindexter, This "cram" will make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus.

Edit:  knowledge check on G. K. Chesterton. Knowledge check: G.K. Chesterton: 7d6t5 5

What a waste of a good roll. Martin, I don't really expect you to do anything with that. I was just trying to figure out what August would know of him for my own edification before I put in my next IC post.