[rednblack]

Sorry for the barebones post. On phone atm, but will get a more substantive post up later today.

Chino, from previous posts agrees that chopping and selling is the best bet.

Ace is worried about the 5% chance of ending the world or rendering the artifact useless by chopping it up. He'll go with the team if nobody else wants to get to Denver to do investigations there.

[Tecumseh]

Thank you for the post, Zweiblumen. The idea about trading the tablet for new identities is an interesting one and might warrant discussion.

Rednblack, thank you for your post too. Is Ace saying that if you chop up the obelisk then the cult might hunt you down for revenge? And is his second question suggesting that you bury the obelisk and just return to life in the shadows? I got a little lost there, since the OOC post refers to "investigations" that the IC post doesn't mention.

[rednblack]

Sorry will flesh out soon.

Ace wants to keep the obelisk burried and find a buyer through meat space investigations. Ace's you burn me, I burn you right back meter may be kicking in as well, and so he could have plans for Jäger should it appear as though the persona they encountered and jäger be one in the same.

Ace will also respond to any misgivings he has about trading the obelisk for identities.

The cult angle could be coming after them partially for revenge but also bc the team is the last link to the obelisk. Of the goal is to understand the obelisk's power the team is the last link to it.

[Poindexter]

Sorry I been slackin.
New job. Lady's outta town. I'm alone with these damn birds.

[Poindexter]

Demo test (Skill 4 + Attribute 3): 7d6t5 0

Oh dear.

Demo test 2 (Skill 4 + Attribute 3): 7d6t5 4

[Malevolence]

I vote edging the first roll...

[Tecumseh]

Thank you, everyone, for the IC posts. They are appreciated. Let's keep it going. I'll get one up for Katsina in the morning.

The 0 hit Demolitions test is not a crisis. It's not a glitch so it doesn't blow up in Sam's face. Zero hits simply means that the detonator+explosive combination doesn't work. ICly we can explain it multiple ways:
1) Sam not knowing how to use Doc's juryrigged commlink;
2) Sam's new (additional) dermal deposits making him clumsy and fat-fingered; or,
3) Sam's acidic secretions messing with the process.

There are two options:
A) Only rig one side of the valley to blow. You should still get a good avalanche, just not as all-encompassing; or
B) Have Doc do it. Demolitions is a defaultable skill and Doc, the Limitless genius, knows more about Demolitions than Sam, the trained professional, does. Thank you, RPG abstraction.

[Zweiblumen]

Happy to have Doc assist Sam.
Defaulting Demolitions roll (Login 9 - 1 = : 8d6t5 2
Not great :/

Doc will respond to Sam's post.

[rednblack]

Ok, going forward posts are likely to be brief from me in the short term.  My wife had a tonsillectomy on Monday, and I've been her primary caretaker, on top of my work responsibilities.  Also, I found out today that one of my employees passed away over the weekend.  I'll be here, and I'll be posting as much as possible, but they will likely be bare-bones until some of this craziness dies down. 

Wanted to give you guys the heads up.

[Zweiblumen]

Hope your wife recovers quickly, and my condolences to all associated with your former employee.  IMHO, take the time you need.  I know this particular game is running out of time, but real life comes first.

[rednblack]

Hope your wife recovers quickly, and my condolences to all associated with your former employee.  IMHO, take the time you need.  I know this particular game is running out of time, but real life comes first.

Fortunately, nothing that's happened will preclude me from posting at all, only the time that I can spend on any given post.  I'll stick with it as best I can, but please disregard any IC irregularities, as I may miss some of the finer points in the next few days.

[Tecumseh]

Thank you for the notice, rednblack.

For the record, short, succinct OOC posts are perfectly fine. The IC thread will never represent every word that's spoken, every little action taken. It's color and RP and great but ultimately secondary.

I'm happy enough with an OOC post that says "my PC votes this way for this highly summarized reason" since that's enough to keep things moving forward. The rest of us can chip in and smooth out the gaps ("Katsina nods as Ace explains his stance on ____").

Next (in no particular order)
IC post from Sam regarding the explosives
IC post from Doc helping with the demolitions
IC post from Katsina

[Zweiblumen]

Did Doc ever get more info on Jäger?  Or did he get distracted and give up on that?

[Tecumseh]

He hasn't given up. He got distracted by the group conversations and by the hardware and demolitions work. His searching will resume shortly.

[Malevolence]

I'd intended my post to come after Sam's outburst in response to Ace, and had started typing it as such, but I had to set it aside for other things and when I got back the conversation had moved on. So, it might seem a little out of place, but not too much so.