[JackVII]

Do we need to do initiative now that I've got a MARK on the other icon?

Plans are to:
Free Action - Configurator to cybercombat load: ASDF/6468, Programs: Decrypt, Encryption, Hammer, & Mugger
Complex Action: Matrix Perception on Icon Matrix Perception [INT (5) + Computer (5) + VR (2)] [6]: 12d6t5 3 (Grid, Firewall, Last Matrix Action)

[rednblack]

Yes, let's do Initiative.  More info forthcoming.

[JackVII]

Matrix Initiative: INT (5) + DP (6) + 4d6 (HotSim): 4d6+11 26

[Jayde Moon]

Yay, 11!!!  Barring interrupts or electric jolts, I'll get to go twice!!!

By the by, that action could be her first pass wherever it happens.  She may or may not have 'readied' her weapon in that pass.

She wants to move unnoticed through the crowd:

Sneaking: 4 Hits

[Poindexter]

Initiative: 1d6+7 11

woo hoo!

[rednblack]

CT 1 IP 1
Q2 30
Unknown Persona 26
Wraith 26
Q1 24
La Sombre 11
Mr. Hopeless 11
Potential Crowd Actions, etc. 10

@SGT, I still need an Initiative roll.

@Jack, I'm likewise unsure if matrix defense tests would get the +2.  On the one hand, it seems logical that acting in HotSim could make your defense more robust, but on the other hand, there's this thread: http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=11912.0 that seems to say no.  We'll go with no.  Given the hefty price of going FMD, I am inclined to allow its bonuses to apply to Resonance as well as Matrix Actions, though.

Also, you mentioned previously that if Wraith saw that she was getting jacked with that she would go FMD.  If that's still the case, I need to reduce your Initiative by 10 and add the extra dice to your Defense Tests.  If not, Wraith will be acting normally.  I guess it's also possible that she would complete her MP action and then use the Interrupt Action, in which case she'd get the information, and then go down 10, so I'll go ahead and give you the information from your MP roll.

Grid: Umm, all of them?
Firewall: 6
Last Matrix Action: HotF

There's also some interesting bits of information about her persona which I will roll into the next IC.  Let me know if any of this doesn't make sense.  I'm pretty hopped up on allergy meds right now.

La Sombre has already declared actions.  What kind of Sneaking are you wanting to do?  There's no way she's going to just glide by the crowd without being seen.  Is she more trying to stay out of LoS with the Feathered up on the cars?  That's more doable. 

Action to Mr. Hopeless -- and probably The Phoenix as well.

[JackVII]

Well, considering there aren't a whole lot of ways to get an unsolicited MARK on a persona without them failing a HotF, it could very well have triggered as the persona attempted to hack her. I've always felt FMD is kind of weird since you can apparently use it even if you're unaware that someone is trying to hack you. If we want to say that she wouldn't really have the opportunity to use it until after the initial attempt resolved, then I would suggest that it makes more sense for her to perform her action and then go FMD.

 I understand everything you wrote. I guess they're using Transcendent Grid. I don't know how much Wraith would know about TMs, but combined with the roll she made previously, I would guess she can pretty much definitely say they're facing a TM.

[rednblack]

Well, considering there aren't a whole lot of ways to get an unsolicited MARK on a persona without them failing a HotF, it could very well have triggered as the persona attempted to hack her. I've always felt FMD is kind of weird since you can apparently use it even if you're unaware that someone is trying to hack you. If we want to say that she wouldn't really have the opportunity to use it until after the initial attempt resolved, then I would suggest that it makes more sense for her to perform her action and then go FMD.

That's one aspect of FMD that I don't really like, as it would lead to the assumption that every matrix defense test performed by a "user" out of Initiative should benefit from it, and that doesn't make much sense to me.  Go ahead and roll the additional FMD dice for your last INT+Firewall test.

I understand everything you wrote. I guess they're using Transcendent Grid. I don't know how much Wraith would know about TMs, but combined with the roll she made previously, I would guess she can pretty much definitely say they're facing a TM.

I would say with the last Knowledge Test that Wraith made that she can be fairly confident that she's facing up against a TM.  She might not know what Transcend Grid is, but she would definitely be able to piece together that these kind of matrix shenanigans are only likely to be seen from a TM.  I'll let you flavor as you see fit.

[JackVII]

Full Matrix Defense: Willpower [4]: 4d6t5 1

[SgtBoomCloud]

Hey guys.  My sincerest apologies for the lack of activity on my part for this pbp.  Balancing work, school, life, and this is proving to be difficult, and I won't hide that I favor some storylines more than others on this forum ^^;  I will endeavor to be more active.

For now, though, I'll handle the current events.

Initiative: 9+4d6 25

First pass:
Free action: pop the trunk of the Shin-Hyung.
Moving the 3 meters or so from the driver's seat to behind the back of the car.
Readied actions to grab and quickly don appropriate weapons as the situation becomes more clear.

[rednblack]

CT 1 IP 1
Q2 30
Unknown Persona 26
Wraith 26
The Phoenix 25
Q1 24
La Sombre 11
Mr. Hopeless 11
Potential Crowd Actions, etc. 10

Action to Mr. Hopeless.

@SGT, no worries, chummer.

I guess so much for not your fight, eh 

ETA: I'm going to need everyone's combat load-out, what's running silent, what's running Wireless Off, what's slaved, etc.  I'll also take another round of basic Perception Tests.  Roll Specializations separately. 

[Jayde Moon]

Carrying Remington Suppressor in concealable Holster.

Wearing Armor Jacket over Chameleon Suit.  Ballistic Mask is tucked in a carry pouch (will require a full pass to put on)

Shock gloves worn.

2 Grenades in belt.

If Wraith is willing, my Remington and Mask are slaved to her commlink, otherwise I am wireless off.

Everything else in my gear list is on my person, or, for all climbing related gear, in the trunk.

Perception Test: 7 DP, 1 hit

[JackVII]

Wraith's Gear:
Fichetti Security 600 [REG] w/Silencer & 2x Spare Clips [REG] (W)
Actioneer Business Suit w/Electrochromic (W)
Mirrored Aviator Glasses (4) w/FC, LL, VE (1), & VM: 1,900 (W)
Ear Buds (3) w/AE (3) (W)
10x Stealth Tags (3)
Data Tap
Headjammer (6)
Tag Eraser
Hardware Kit: 500
Meta Link (1): 100
Platinum Credstick: 500

Ware
Datajack [Alpha] (W)
Cerebral Booster (2)
Implanted Sony CIY-720 (4) (W)

Everything with a (W) is running in Wireless mode. Wraith has her weapon and datajack slaved to her cyberdeck. All gear running wirelessly is running silently, with the exception of her deck. Gear without an indicator (Stealth Tags, Data Tap,Metalink, etc) is currently turned off.

That should leave 10 slots for slaved gear, if anyone wants to have slaved their stuff to Wraith's deck. I see that Jayde wants La Sombre's Remington and Mask slaved, so that drops available slots to 8.

[Poindexter]

Hopeless would like his rotodrone slaved to Wraith's Deck, thanks.

Simple: Command Salsha to protect La Sombra from astral threats
Simple: Command Lil Rambo to launch, rise to maximum weapons range, and target the man with the Ingram. NO ORDERS TO FIRE yet.
Free: Matrix communicate with team. (Air and astral support on deck)

Perception (Int 4 + Per 5 - Astral distraction 2 - wounds 2)): 5d6t5 1

Ian is carrying everything he owns except the drone, which is in the air, and the deck, which is at home. Avalon, drone, and grenades are all running silently.

EDIT: He also is not carrying the drugs.

[rednblack]

CT 1 IP 1
Q2 30
Unknown Persona 26
Wraith 26
Q1 24
La Sombre 11
Mr. Hopeless 11
Potential Crowd Actions, etc. 10

CT 1 IP 2
Flying Pegasus 20
Knight 16
Ridden Pegasus 14
Wraith 6
Lil' Rambo 5
La Sombre 1
Mr. Hopeless 1

@Jack, I need 2 additional INT + Firewall Tests. 

@Poindexter, do you mean for Lil' Rambo to go approximately 545M up to reach max range?  That will take it 7 CTs to achieve.  It can, of course, take other actions at any time before it's reached that height, but I thought you should know.  Lil' Rambo will begin moving this IP, and will be 20M up at the end of the CT.  At the end of the next CT, it will be 100M up.

@Jayde, was my assumption that La Sombre is trying to sneak past the Feathered correct?

Action is to Wraith.

ETA: @Poindexter, I think at Extreme Range, Lil' Rambo wouldn't have a pool to shoot with.  He has Pilot (2) + Targeting Autosoft (4) = 6 dice.  Extreme Range is a -6 penalty.  To be fair, I very well could be missing something(s), so let me know.