[Zweiblumen]

Cool, Gunter will be intimidated by the detective. And we'll have it resolved. Let's move on to some planning. Gunter isn't specialized in any detective work, but he's well suited to assist on teamwork tests. He sees his primary goal at the site to be protecting the team and assisting the linked members of the team. Especially after being 'put in place' by the detective.

[Zweiblumen]

Man. I'm as bad at typing in accents as I am in speaking in them.  Hope the feel is decent, I'm trying to have the stress of the situation make his accent more pronounced.  With his 13 dice for speaking English, he'd probably normally speak with almost no accent at all.  But dealing with people isn't his strong suit and it shows.  Lemme know if I'm overdoing it or if it just becomes too difficult to read and I'll just use another color to indicate when his accent is kicking in.

[Koshnek]

To be fair, OOC, Thorn was definitely not literally trying to set a teammate on fire :p. I can see how Gunter might not take it kindly. He should have realized that he wasn't in danger of being injured, however, especially if he made both his rolls.

I was gunna go a little further with the situation, but my perception roll bombed with a 2. Oh well :p.

When everything cools down, Thorn will shoot his contact Samson in Seattle to see if he can get any info on what went down or who might have done it.

Edit: Matrix Search Google Translate for what Waffe said. I did the first roll as Computer + Logic, but matrix search is actually + Intuition, so I added the second roll.
German Matrix Search: 9d6t5 2
Rolling extra intuition dice for Matrix Search.: 2d6t5 1

[Zweiblumen]

Making his first roll meant he knew the plane wasn't on fire and that he was being specifically targeted, making his second roll meant he didn't loose control of his faculties.  There was no indication that you weren't setting him on fire aside from the fact that he happened to not combust.

OOC have you ever had some one pretend to set you on fire?  This is screwing with basic human instinct/nature here and kicking in fight or flight.  And as you didn't actually set Gunter on fire, he didn't actually shoot you.

I'm very confused as to why people are okay with one person threatening a teammate but the other teammate reacting proportionately is taboo.

[Koshnek]

I'm not upset, but the fire never touched him...it was just mimicing explosions and on the floor so that it looked like the plane was on fire/going down. He probably would have felt some heat, but that's all. The (apparently) poorly improv'd acting and low quality comm audio would have been a big tip offs when he passed the roll telling him that it was a prank.

Is it ok to assume that I would have had Lenny give me a helmet that had trodes in it? I don't think I specifically requested it earlier, but I don't have DNI without it. My personal helmet has Trodes, but I'm wearing the disguise Lenny supplied us with.

Edit: I kinda like how it all played out. Very dramatic and over the top haha.

[Ravensoracle]

Cool, Gunter will be intimidated by the detective. And we'll have it resolved. Let's move on to some planning. Gunter isn't specialized in any detective work, but he's well suited to assist on teamwork tests. He sees his primary goal at the site to be protecting the team and assisting the linked members of the team. Especially after being 'put in place' by the detective.

Beyond saying the dice are the same with either leadership or Intimidate so either would work, I'll say it played out well and lets move on.

Now changing subject got a background question for the team. Thorn and John have obviously trained together since that would be one way the link would have been tested, but what about Stix and Gunter? Have we all trained together to from the new team or have they just been studying the link?

[Koshnek]

Samson is definitely not a KE contact :p. Actually, I thought that neither of us had any KE contacts left because we "died"? If Ya wanna leave it like that it's fine and I'll answer accordingly.

[Ravensoracle]

Meant to say he pointed at Gunter who if I read an earlier IC post called a contact at KE to secure the scene. I was thinking Gunter and typed Thorn.  FIxed in IC post.

[Koshnek]

Ok, works for me.

[Zweiblumen]

Yeah still waiting to hear from my KE contact.  I'll get a post up after dinner. Another note that your characters would at least know about if not seen, Gunter is an amazing shot with pistols and lasers (>20 die pool for each).  He is a short/mid range combat specialist.  Though technically with the big laser could be long range also.  If he could carry the beast

[Ryo]

Yeah still waiting to hear from my KE contact.  I'll get a post up after dinner. Another note that your characters would at least know about if not seen, Gunter is an amazing shot with pistols and lasers (>20 die pool for each).  He is a short/mid range combat specialist.  Though technically with the big laser could be long range also.  If he could carry the beast

Writing up the post now. Couple of things;

You've listed Ralph as Connection 6, Loyalty 6. Not only does that mean he's willing to take a bullet for you, but he's way above the rank of Sergeant. Connection 6 is state-wide power, which is more like a precinct Captain, if not the Chief of Police, unless he's a dirty cop or something and most of that Connection is with criminals, like a Mafia Consiglieri.

Secondly, in order for him to be Loyalty 6, you'd have to maintain pretty regular contact. Anything above Loyalty 3 is a personal relationship that requires upkeep.

@Koshnek

I'm working under the assumption that your contacts know you as your Fake SIN, since your real identity has been declared dead.

[Zweiblumen]

Good point about him being a Sergeant.  I envisioned him having enough pull to be able to mobilize things.. Maybe a lieutenant or a colonel?  So that would be a Connection 5?  Is Gunter able to keep in touch as "Tommy" with folks while being at Cygnus?  If nothing else, just emails and such?  If I can't have remote contacts at that rating (understandable), I'll just re-write the contact and set up another one.  Not the end of the world, and given that, I'm guessing Ralph won't be able to help out?

[Koshnek]

Samson would know Thorn as Jonathan Jones, or more likely John/Johnny. Not sure if ya give your full name to your fixer, even a fake one?

Edit: Ooh, JJ. I like that, nice one.

Edit 2: did ya see my Trodes question regarding our disguises?

[Ryo]

Good point about him being a Sergeant.  I envisioned him having enough pull to be able to mobilize things.. Maybe a lieutenant or a colonel?  So that would be a Connection 5?  Is Gunter able to keep in touch as "Tommy" with folks while being at Cygnus?  If nothing else, just emails and such?  If I can't have remote contacts at that rating (understandable), I'll just re-write the contact and set up another one.  Not the end of the world, and given that, I'm guessing Ralph won't be able to help out?

You can keep in touch through emails and, yes, but you obviously have to be secretive about where you're working, and any outgoing messages are screened. An active conversation is virtually out of the question unless you leave the facility to have it, so you'd have to arrange regular trips to a nearby town for a matrix conversation or take trips all the way to seattle.

Samson would know Thorn as Jonathan Jones, or more likely John/Johnny. Not sure if ya give your full name to your fixer, even a fake one?

Edit: Ooh, JJ. I like that, nice one.

Edit 2: did ya see my Trodes question regarding our disguises?

Yes, the helmets have trodes.

[Malevolence]

I apologize (not really) for the length of my first post but Ryo and I covered a fair amount of ground in private chat and I wanted to give a little idea of how Marcus works. As an aside, the Roadmaster is on loan and has no modifications from stock - it was just a nondescript van for surveillance and hauling drones. If we want a beefy death machine for our ride, we'll have to make other arrangements.


I think it is safe to assume that Jordan provides me with your contact info after I ask, in which case Marcus will relay what he has found to the team. He has opted not to attempt hacking the cameras as they are Ares property and thus sacrosanct (to him). Well, mostly - if the information was critical such that seconds mattered he would, but since (from his knowledge of Ares and KE operations) he knows that the footage they have captured will still be available in the foreseeable future, and the investigation could wait an hour of so for proper channels to be used, he's not inclined to hack first and ask for forgiveness later.


However, "proper channels" are complicated by the need for secrecy regarding the investigation, so we'll probably have to make requests through contacts so that it isn't traced back to Cygnus and as a player I haven't determined the best way to go about that yet, so I'm sort of passing it off on you guys.