[rednblack]

I had a very nice Christmas, solstice, and all that jazz, though Kwanza had me working the bar.  Today, the front door of the day job is threatening to come right off the hinges, so that's put a damper on things.

As for CT 4 IP 2, the SMG shooter will continue to lay down suppressive fire as long as the mag lasts.  The Elf Feathered and the man with the machine pistols are heading for the Shin-Hyung.  After wrecking the Gopher and the gap in the fence that's left as a result, combined with the fleeing compatriot, the other two shooters are going to hightail it.

The Feathered seem to be in retreat.

Does the team want to press the advantage here, continue firing until the parties have left, try to abscond with one of the downed Feathered?  Something else?

[rednblack]

CT 4 IP 1
The Phoenix (Held): 22
Second Male: 19
Lil Rambo (Held): 18
Sammo: 16
Men on Truck: 15
Salsha: 13
Mr. Hopeless: 12
Wraith: 12
SMG Shooter: 11
Crowd: 10
La Sombre: 9
Elf Feathered: 8

CT 4 IP 2
The Phoenix (Held): 12
Second Male: 9
Lil Rambo (Held): 8
Sammo: 6
Men on Truck: 5
Salsha: 3
Mr. Hopeless: 2
Wraith: 2
SMG Shooter: 1


Given that no one jumped in, we'll continue along in Initiative order.  Action to The Phoenix. 

[Poindexter]

Does the team want to press the advantage here, continue firing until the parties have left, try to abscond with one of the downed Feathered?  Something else?

Mr. Hopeless just wants to scrub his signature (if any, still not 100% on that) from the area, grab up the team, and get the hell outta here before anyone gets eyes on him.

OOC it'd be nice to try and grab one of the downed Feathered, but I'm not sure Ian would think of it right now.

[Jayde Moon]

La Sombra doesn't really get an action, but I figured the narrative would be fine.

[rednblack]

Does the team want to press the advantage here, continue firing until the parties have left, try to abscond with one of the downed Feathered?  Something else?

Mr. Hopeless just wants to scrub his signature (if any, still not 100% on that) from the area, grab up the team, and get the hell outta here before anyone gets eyes on him.

OOC it'd be nice to try and grab one of the downed Feathered, but I'm not sure Ian would think of it right now.

So this is a little tricky.  As long as the spirits are active, they bear the trace of Mr. Hopeless' Astral Signature, so he can't really erase it until they split. 

@Jayde, thanks for the IC.

@All, I'm going to continue moving things along.  The Feathered will continue their retreat, and midway through the next CT (5) the SMG wielding chummer is going to run out of ammo and trade mags.  This will leave a gap for La Sombre to exploit, if she chooses.

Otherwise, the men in the truck will be exiting to the west on the south side of the fence barricade.  The one farthest to the west -- also under Salsha's Fear power, will hit the alley first, and the biggest of them, who's been wounded -- will be the last to get out.  They'll be laying down fire as they go, though where that fire will be directed depends on how the PCs react.

While waiting for @SGT, let's hear what the plan is for Mr. Hopeless and La Sombre.  If anyone has any bright ideas for Wraith let me know as well.

[Poindexter]

While waiting for @SGT, let's hear what the plan is for Mr. Hopeless and La Sombre.  If anyone has any bright ideas for Wraith let me know as well.

lots of messaging to try and get the team back together and in the car and the hell outta here. Probably pull the drone back once we're a couple blocks away too. Tell the spirits to chill. Mostly, stuff along the lines of "Pack up and get the fuck outta dodge", if ya follow me.

[rednblack]

Alright, let's pack it in.  Day job hit hard today, so no IC posting from me.  I'd like a round of posts about getting the team back together, and getting out of there.  The Feathered are thinking the same thing, so aside from the odd stray bullet, there isn't much to stop the team from a clean getaway.

@Jayde, I know La Sombre was interested in the woman the Feathered were looking to punish.  Is there anything you want to pursue there before packing in?  She's not very far from La Sombre's current position, but finding her in a gun battle may prove difficult.  It's definitely in the realm of possibility, though, as is finding her commcode, should she have a way of interacting in AR. 

Anything I'm missing?

I'm itching to get Zwei in the game too.  As for how to do so, I have one idea that runs the risk of adding bananas on top of bananas, or you can simply tap a contact for a matrix junkie. 

Wraith will make her IC bow-out shortly, and after that I think we're in for a round of Karma awards, so make your next IC posts good ones

[Poindexter]

ill get something up tonight

[Jayde Moon]

Yeah, if the feathered are making their way out, and the rest of the people seem safe, then might let that be.  I think maybe I can try to gain this woman as a Loyalty 1 contact out of this or something.

Meanwhile, I understand the Day Job, I think I have it at the highest rating right now, you can check the PbP's I'm DMing I just wrote up a synopsis of just why I'm so damn busy these days.

[rednblack]

Yeah, if the feathered are making their way out, and the rest of the people seem safe, then might let that be.  I think maybe I can try to gain this woman as a Loyalty 1 contact out of this or something.

Meanwhile, I understand the Day Job, I think I have it at the highest rating right now, you can check the PbP's I'm DMing I just wrote up a synopsis of just why I'm so damn busy these days.

Damn, you are busy.  In order to streamline things, I made a roll for La Sombre, trying to find the woman:
Perception + Specifically Looking: 10d6t5 0
Ouch.  Assuming La Sombre might spend a point of Edge to re-roll failures, which would drop her down to 2 Edge by my count.
Edge Re-roll: 10d6t5 4
That beats the threshold of 3 I put on the test.  Since I rolled for you, you get the choice, knowing the outcome -- lucky you.  Spend a point of Edge to locate the woman, and snag her comm-code, or not?

My IC is going to be brief, but I'll get one up soon and move the team out of the combat zone.  Thanks to everyone for their IC posts.

Inventory will be done by Friday.  It's my first week of class again too, so there's that to contend with, but I should be back to regular posting next week.

Nobody has weighed in on the choice between bananas on top of bananas or tapping a contact for getting Zwei in the game.  If you have a preference make it known, otherwise I'm going to make a call before the weekend or on Monday.

[Jayde Moon]

She spends the edge!

[rednblack]

She spends the edge!

Wiz. She's got the commcode for whenever she wants to make use of it

ETA: Karma Awards!

These will be smaller than awards for the completed run, but given the pace of PbP games, I think it's good to give out more karma more often for smaller goals met.

All Players Survived: 1 karma
Group Completed All Objectives: 1 karma (Yes, some civilians got geeked, but all things considered, I think the team saved more lives than what could have been hoped for.)
Saved the Feathered's Quarry: 1 karma
Highest Opposing dice pool: 3 karma
Good feelings run: 1 karma
Total: 7 karma
Take an additional 5 karma that may only be used on Knowledge Skills.

Good work, team!

[Poindexter]

SWEET! Ok, for knowledge, I'm buying rank 3 of area knowledge: Dfw and rank 2 of Spanish.

For the reg, I'm torn. I either wanna buy rank 2 of assensing and hacking, leaving me with 1 karma, OR...
I could wait and save up 2 more, so I can initiate, THEN start saving up for the Spirit Ally! I feel like Mister Hopeless really NEEDS a spirit ally thematically, y'know?

Thoughts?

EDIT: Oh yeah, Red! I've got 2 different totals for how much nuyen Ian has. One says 0 and the other says 1354. Do you know which is correct?

[rednblack]

SWEET! Ok, for knowledge, I'm buying rank 3 of area knowledge: Dfw and rank 2 of Spanish.

For the reg, I'm torn. I either wanna buy rank 2 of assensing and hacking, leaving me with 1 karma, OR...
I could wait and save up 2 more, so I can initiate, THEN start saving up for the Spirit Ally! I feel like Mister Hopeless really NEEDS a spirit ally thematically, y'know?

Thoughts?

I'm biased cause I wanna rp out an Initiation.  Assensing is hella useful, but with Hopeless' luck he can pre-Edge and do pretty well on average -- though not as good as if he had another die obviously.

EDIT: Oh yeah, Red! I've got 2 different totals for how much nuyen Ian has. One says 0 and the other says 1354. Do you know which is correct?

1354 sounds like the 1500 advance minus intel gathering expenses, like Norway's lap dance, etc.  But was Ian completely broke beforehand?  Let's run with that unless you find out different.

[Poindexter]

EDIT: Oh yeah, Red! I've got 2 different totals for how much nuyen Ian has. One says 0 and the other says 1354. Do you know which is correct?

1354 sounds like the 1500 advance minus intel gathering expenses, like Norway's lap dance, etc.  But was Ian completely broke beforehand?  Let's run with that unless you find out different.

But I feel like I was 8 or 9 nuyen short on the reagents I bought to bind Sammo with, Elise cut me some slack, and that left me with 0. I might be imagining remembering that. Or maybe I'm remembering imagining it?