[Ravensoracle]

Ellis could have given us KE armor. He was the one to give us stuff marked with that particular logo. If he didn't want us to use it, He shouldn't have given it to us.

[Ryo]

Ellis could have given us KE armor. He was the one to give us stuff marked with that particular logo. If he didn't want us to use it, He shouldn't have given it to us.

He did tell you to make sure you changed armor after investigating, though.

[Ravensoracle]

Damn it! You weren't suppose to remember that part. LOL

[Koshnek]

I have a Talismonger contact in Seattle. He's C/L 3/2, but he might be able to get us in touch with a quiet individual with the necessary skills. Thorn would be totally OK with attempting to go this route, but that may not be the case for Ellis (or the detective for that matter).

Edit: I could ask Samson. He's 5/2, and he's a fixer. He's into procurement more than anything, but he probably knows some people from when (Thorn suspects) he ran the shadows himself. I also like this, because it brings Samson back into the picture. Thorn likes Samson. Likes, not trusts. Thorn's not stupid, and Samson is a Fixer.
 
Edit 2: Did you have someone who could set up the meet with Manticore, Raven? Samson isn't big into organizing runs. He's the guy who know's a guy because Samson get's things, often illegal things, moved, and sometimes you need to know the right guy to acquire something and know a different guy to get that something where it needs to be. It could be he either knows Manticore or the guy who does know him. I imagine this kind of auxiliary meet up would be costly, though.

Should I expect to hear anything back from Samson from when I originally contacted him, Ryo? Also, how did you feel about my RP for Cram?

Edit 3: How legal are drugs? I know the book says that they're readily available whereve you go. Are they basically legal now? I double checked the book, and most drugs are F or R. So for "R"estricted drugs, I'm assuming if you're standard law enforcement/spec ops/military/etc, you can obtain Cram/Jazz legally? If you have a medical scrip, you would you be able to obtain the others legally? I assume the other "F"orbidden drugs are straight up illegal?

[Ravensoracle]

Yeah I have a fixer that could probably set up the meet. Jax is a Fixer that I have at 8 Conn, 4 Loyalty. I could probably ask him for a meeting with with Manticore and to find a mage to track the blood if necessary. Just not sure of the cost associated with doing both.

EDIT: I'll have a post up tonight. I had one of my dogs get into it with a coyote and the dog got the worst of it so I have been dealing with that this last couple of days. But the dog is doing much better now.

[Zweiblumen]

Glad to hear the dog is okay.  Be safe out there.

[Zweiblumen]

Feels to me like Waffe is singularly ill-equiped to be of any use during this part of the mission.  He's a smart guy and can do some teamwork tests to help work out any puzzles folks would like to use him for.  But it seems like even his contact isn't going to be that useful in this situation.  If no one needs him, might be best for him to go try and smooth some feathers with Ralph over a late night beer or something?

[Koshnek]

If Skynet and Waffe aren't too comfortable with meetin up with the ganger, I could do it and leave manticore for the Detective. I can try to convince him to kick it up to active during the meet only, so that I can be aware of whats going on and maybe help him with the smooth talking. That would leave me free to go check out the gangers, and Waffe could bring a laser for moral support?

Edit: So is that the plan? Detective sets up a meet with manticore through his contact, I can check back with Samson for soemone who can use blood to magically track someone, Thorn invites Waffe and or Skynet to back him up with the gangers while the detective meets Manticore?

[Zweiblumen]

Oh, I missed the part about dealing with gangers.  Waffe would be happy to go and do that.  Not much of a talker, but good to have as backup in case things go south.

That plan works for me.  Someone get that going IC and Waffe will follow up with it.

[Ravensoracle]

I mentioned the talking to the gang to see if they could describe the extraction team or just give more information. I tried to leave the issue open for the other characters to step in with whatever part of the operation they wanted to take.

[Malevolence]

I'm fine going anywhere, but we'll likely need some face-iness wherever we go. I'm mostly a backup role, so I'm not keen to walk in to danger, but I can function outside a van. I'd prefer dealing with the gangers as I don't have a counter for Manticore's Matrix-free zone trick yet, and that would effectively shut me down. I have 5 dice in negotiate, and no intimidate (defaulting to 3 dice), so unless the goal is to question their corpses, I'm not a good choice to take lead there.

[Ryo]

@Koshnek: Samson has not yet replied about finding anything, no. Your RP for Cram works fine. Legal drugs are things you can get over the counter, R drugs would require a prescription, and F drugs are just straight illegal.

@Raven: I'm not sure what you mean by Jax not call you directly. You gave him a commcode, said you'd hear from him soon, but then said he wouldn't call you directly, so I'm a little confused.

@Everyone: Is anybody else going to make a move, or is the plan to wait and see what Jax has to say?

[Malevolence]

I'll go with Thorne to meet the gangers. He's probably the best Face we've got. With the link open, he can sort of be in two places at once and help the Detective with his meetup with Manticore. Or if Detective wants to meet the gangers, I can accompany him. Basically, Skynet is visiting the gangers, but would prefer a Face - either Thorne directly or through the link with Detective. Of course, as a potential last resort, I can get the commcode of the gang leader for Thorne and he could barter over that while my drones provide the muscle.


Maybe we need to do both things as a team, though Manticore still concerns me.

[Zweiblumen]

Waffe is ready to move on to whatever the team decides.  His role is very support/watch.  So I thought that he'd go to the gangers as it seems like the Detective didn't really want company.  But if Skynet is going with Thorne, then Waffe can go with the Detective.

[Ravensoracle]

I have no problem with however we split up. I just wrote up Jaz the connection 8 fixer as someone that you wanted to be professional around, plus the suit gives me social bonuses. I'm rolling 6-8 dice with social skills so if I can get the bonus from Thorn through the link I should be okay with the meeting. Waffe is more than welcome. I was thinking he would want a chance to checkout the Matrix weapon Manticore is suppose to have anyway,

Edit: Sorry If that was confusing. I meant that one didn't just contact someone of Jax's importance directly. He has people for that. I left the message in the dead drop cause with me being gone for so long because of the accident, Jax had probably changed commcodes by then. I had definitely changed my commcode so I couldn't just call him up. I was waiting for him to get back to me in some way. Mainly I was just trying to rp the importance of such a high level contact.