[SnowDragon]

Everything I mentioned as is. Either the helo is out of range, powered down, or under some kind of jammer, because it just ain't showing up anymore.

[SgtBoomCloud]

In that case, barring bnc's Matrix Perceptions to identify as many icons as possible [not meaning to step on toes, but at buying hits it looks like about 6 hits a Combat Turn] before we arrive, I think we are all ready for the approach, barring Jane.  Speaking of, anyone hear from her player lately?

[Volker]

Sorry for sounding annoyed, but it's really not easy to play a decker if it takes over a week to answer a simple Matrix perception test. I still don't know whether Wasteland's commlinks are moving, which is an essential informatoin. I don't know whether there are any commlinks out there, or if there is some kind of jammer that prevents me from seeing anything properly. If there is no jammer, it's just a single Matrix perception test, requiring one single hit. If there is a jammer, I'd know.

Being a decker and getting no information is like being a mage who cannot perform magic. So could you please take five minutes to answer my questions properly?

[Edit: There is no showing up "anymore", because this matrix search all happened BEFORE we encountered the heli in RL....]

[Sabato Kuroi]

Well if anything runs silently then a single hit won't tell you that its there, right?

[Volker]

Well if anything runs silently then a single hit won't tell you that its there, right?

That's right. If it is so, then I would - assuming that I failed the perception test - see nothing. And I'm fine with that, too. I just need one clear statement confirming that I don't see anything although I'm (VR-wise) at the place of the scenery (BEFORE the car arrives at the freight yard). I'm ready to go, then.

If my GM needs the stats for my perception tests, I have INT 5, Computer 6, gain +2 from hotsim, my Data Processing rating is 5. I have 2 points of noise reduction. There will be 1 point of noise due to the distance and probably 1 point due to spam. Thus, I should throw 13 dice on any perception tests, and have a limit of 5. I'd ask the GM (if he hasn't done this already - I can't know) to throw any tests, should the commlinks of any opponents run silently. OF COURSE he doesn't have to post his throws - because I should not know whether there is anything or not.

That said, I repeat again that we can alraedy go on IC-wise. bnc will tell you whatever she knows as soon as I get the info.

[SnowDragon]

Sorry, youll have to forgive me, im not as together on 5e matrix rules as id like to be. There isnt anything else really of note that appears on route. The helicopter though, that one is on me, i didnt realise that was before arrival. With that in mind...

The helicopter is definately doing some hijinks. You know where it is, in real space, but cannot get a fix on it in the matrix.

Also on the commlinks, that one is on me personnally. Wastelands commlinks are not moving. Completely still. And their drones are currently inactive.
My apologies for the delays in the info. Lemme know if i missed anything else. Ill get it together, promise ^^;

[Sabato Kuroi]

@GM

I think we are ready to proceed

[Volker]

Sorry, youll have to forgive me, im not as together on 5e matrix rules as id like to be. There isnt anything else really of note that appears on route. The helicopter though, that one is on me, i didnt realise that was before arrival. With that in mind...

The helicopter is definately doing some hijinks. You know where it is, in real space, but cannot get a fix on it in the matrix.

Also on the commlinks, that one is on me personnally. Wastelands commlinks are not moving. Completely still. And their drones are currently inactive.
My apologies for the delays in the info. Lemme know if i missed anything else. Ill get it together, promise ^^;

Thanks, great! I meant no offense! Now I'm fully in again. Great!

As to the Matrix rules: Yeah, I know, they're a bitch. I try and prepare everything as good as possible so that you only need to make decisions, roll dice and tell me the awful truth.

Now, as to my further actions.
Firstly, I want to look if there are any online Bio-monitors. bnc, for example, has a bio-monitor online that is connected to Krestov's 'link. This way, he can always see when bnc is doing drugs. Or is dying. I'd like to know whether they geeked our team. So, if there is a bio-monitor, please tell me. If not, we can move on to the helicopter.

Here comes secondly. As soon as I actually see the heli with my meat eyes (or someone else), I try to find it in the Matrix. If "doing some hijinks" means "running silent" (sorry, I'm a non-Native speaker) that's how it goes:
Normally it's invisible for me. As soon as I start looking for it (because we saw it in RL), here comes an Opposed test:
I throw Computer + Intuition [Data Processing], that is: 13 [5]. I assume that in this area there should not be more than 3 points of noise.

He throws Logic + Sleaze. Basically, if you don't want to read throw the whole lot of rules, just make a dice pool up, I guess.
If I score net hits, I find him. If not, I don't.

So, that's my two actions to which I will need a response at some point.

[SnowDragon]

@all
Rgr.. I'm off to a meeting as we speak, once I return, I'll respond with ze ooc rolls and the IC post for you to all whimper in fear about :3

[SnowDragon]

@All

Please notice my next IC GM post has been made, go and enjoy it~

Things to note:

Everyone has moved near to or to where they needed or wanted to be for the door breach. On both sides. For me, if you could make it clear which side of the building you're on (For ease, the far side is the door on the other side of the building from the van and road, and the near side is the side closest to the van and road)

@Volker: Lemme know if I've missed anything else for your matrix rolls. For everyone else, bnc pulled a partial tail number off the helicopter, 6638.

Otherwise, any questions or comments, lemme know, I look forward to the next batch of replies!

[Sabato Kuroi]

@GM

Is there a maglock at the door?

[SnowDragon]

There *used* to be a lock...

[SgtBoomCloud]

Kicking the fraggin' door: 10d6t5 5

....that's 15P damage to the door.  Snow, I'll let you work with that as you see fit >.>;

EDIT: "I'm sorry Inigo, I didn't mean to jog him so hard"

[Volker]

Okay, what I do now is, first of all, a lot of Matrix perception tests, because I can't do anything if I don't see any targets.

• I try again to find the helicopter. So this is 13 [5] vs Logic + Sleaze. Or maybe 11 [5], since I obviously failed my 1st test.
• I look for enemy commlinks or smartguns. Since commlinks and smartguns don't have a Sleaze attribute, they roll only their owner's Logic. That means, I should pretty much discover ANY commlinks, smartguns or whatever gear is online (bio-monitors, chameleon suits, etc etc etc) without problems. Please give me an overview of all gear that is online and does not belong to our group.

An enemy decker or rigger can enslave a number of devices equal to his deck's device rating * 3. In bnc's case, for example, this is 9 (=3*3). If a device is a Slave, you can use the decker's Logic, if it is higher, and the deck's Sleaze attribute, thus giving a certain protection from being found. You'd at least have to roll these tests. But I doubt, any hacker could hide the whole group. In our case, for example, I manage to hide most of our commlinks and smartguns, but no extra gear, extra weapons and so on.
Also, this all is only true if they are running silent, which means a -2 dice pool modifier on any Matrix actions. If they use their full dice pools, I see them as automatically as you can see trees in a park. I'm not sure whether a smartgun can run silently.

• I'm looking for the drones Wasteland's decker used to control. If they have good murderdrones, enemies beware! Are they still online?

Any perception test is a Complex Action. I have 4D6+9 Initiative. So I should in average have one perception test a second.

Soo ... what can I see? :)

[SnowDragon]

Latest IC post is up, so go have a look! ^^

Of note:

There is nothing else BNC could locate inside the trainyard. Just you guys and what's left of Wasteland's team.
You've found (At the moment) four of their drones.
It's a bloody mess in there.

Any questions, anything I've missed, let me know. Thanks!