[Tecumseh]

No problem finding a car wash.

I'll post the shower results ICly.

I'm going to roll Medical Procedures for Doc on how to sterilize the interior of the van: Logic + Medical Procedures: 13d6t5 4 hits

I'll post those results ICly too.

Given the SIN situation, Ace will have to do most of the shopping.

Next steps
- Drones, which? One or two? Jumping ahead a bit, the salesman will try to upsell you MCT-Nissan Roto-Drone (¥4,000), explaining that it does better in adverse (i.e. windy) conditions than the minidrones.
- Clothing, who wants what? You still have some casual clothes from Aspen, but you can buy more if you like, either to blend in better or to have some clean clothes. The mall should be able to accommodate most requests.
- Rental vehicle, what do you want to get? You can rent an RV if you want. It will cost ¥120/night (same as the van) but will include a mileage fee (¥1 per 5km)
- Bathing, where?
- Calling Cannon?

[Malevolence]

Time flies. I can't believe it has been over 4 days since my last post. It seems like day before yesterday to me. Anyway, some catch up:


Two drones preferred - better coverage and redundancy if needed. If the weather over the next couple days might present a problem for the smaller drones, then we should consider the upgrade, otherwise the smaller drones are just fine - and preferred for discretion.


Shower - yes. Soup kitchen? No-tell motel?
Clothing - yes. Ace of cups for the higher AV. What kind of mods can I get in it without having to custom order it? I'm assuming that the fitting can be done in store, same day, but many mods might require a special order and thus at least a day or two delay. Insulation and Non-con would be my preference.
New ride - yes, per Doc's plan
Calling Cannon. Once we have  our new ride sorted, yes.


I'll try for an IC tomorrow.

[Zweiblumen]

1. thanks for the med procedure roll for Doc, I didn't think of that at all
2. if we go with the RV we'd actually have a shower in that, and Kat could bath which I've a feeling she'd really appreciate.  Dunno what we can do for Sam.  We should bring a solar shower back for him.  That and a fire spirit to warm up the area enough
2a.  I'm leaning towards the RV idea.  Its less maneuverable but more functional for us.  We did well enough with the one we had before.  Lets not wreck this one?
3. I agree on the two drones, but lets keep to the smaller ones.  While we've got some cash now, ¥8k is a huge chunk of our budget when you are adding clothes on top of that.
4. Doc would just want some blending in/clean clothes.

[rednblack]

I'm still worried about Ace being a little squishy with his Armor 8+2 for Ballistic Mask.  Unless, Tec, does the +1 Armor for each cyber limb stack?  Does Ace have Armor 11 or Armor 14?  I don't think I've taken any of his cyber armor into account in the game so far.  Whoops.  If it's the former, I might be tempted to see about getting an Ares Globetrotter jacket with Cold Protection -- probably the only thing on the shelves right now, if it's available at all.  But, I know we'll be running low on funds again soon if we go too hog wild. 

And what about Sam?  I know we rigged something for him, but is that going to hold, or do we need to look for some troll-sized armor with a Chemical Seal, or something like that?

@Zweiblumen, I agree on the drone and the RV.  Let's shower in that. 

[Tecumseh]

@Ohanzee
Ace of Cups it is. I'll say you can get up to 4 points of armor modifications without having to wait for a day. Estimated cost: ¥2,600

@rednblack
Ace's cyberlimb armor stacks with what he is wearing. Ace has the Ares Armored Survivalist 8 plus 4 points of cyberlimb armor plus 2 point for a ballistic mask for a total of 14 points of armor.

Sam's armor situation is stable. You can buy him new armor but it's not necessary.

What I'm trying to remember is what Chino's armor situation is. He had his sleeves pretty badly burned/melted when he punched that fire spirit. Did we already get him a replacement? I need to double-check that.

I did some more research on RVs. What I priced out earlier is too small and doesn't have good amenities, like a shower. If you want to shower in it (which is a reasonable idea) then it will cost more. The good news is that there's a place renting RVs just down the street in Grand Junction. It's called Funshares and even has an 11-meter model with metahuman customization so it will fit Sam! Price is ¥750 for 3 days, then ¥220/day after that. No mileage fee.

Shopping list
¥1,600: Ace of Cups
¥1,000: 4 points of armor modification
¥1,600: MCT Fly-Spy
¥1,600: Horizon Flying Eye
¥750: RV rental
¥200: Cowboy outfit for Doc
¥50: hydrogen fuel for van you're returning
¥25: Dominion Pizza lunch
¥25: miscellaneous cleaning supplies from the store

Total cost so far is ¥6,850. That would leave you with ¥12,444, so you still have some room in the budget.

[Zweiblumen]

I vote we splurge on the RV.  Seems like a good solution to a lot of our problems.  We don't really need a get away vehicle right now, so lets have some nice things we've got some money now!

[rednblack]

I'm likewise good with the RV+shower.

I can't remember about Chino's armor.

[Tecumseh]

We did get Chino an Ares Globetrotter Jacket in the IC post on July 10th. It was during a shopping trip while waiting for DIMR to call you back.

@redblack The jacket comes with Custom Protection (4). I don't think we specified what that was. Given the environment, at least 2 points should be Insulation. The other 2 points are up to you. Chino might like Fire Protection, given his encounter with the fire spirit, but I leave it up to you. Let me know what you decide then please add it to Chino's character sheet (and make note that the Urban Explorer Jumpsuit is significantly damaged). You can remove his credstick if you want, since we've pooled the team's resources. You can also add R4 glasses (image link, flare comp, vision enhancement II) from the troll driver of the Bulldog. These only fit Sam or Chino, and Sam already has goggles.

@Poindexter Does Sam want new armor? His current armor is functional but using space blankets to prevent the clothes from melting seriously inhibits Sam's stealth (i.e. because the space blankets crinkle loudly). If Sam wants something stealthy, he'll need new armor with at least Chemical Protection (2).

@All If anyone wants to RP something ICly, go for it. I'll try to post this afternoon or this evening to cover the shopping and RV rental.

@Malevolence You're on deck for the call to Cannon.

[Malevolence]

RV sounds good then.


I'll take two points of insulation and two points of fire resist on the Ace of Cups. If it comes down to a fight, I doubt they'll be deploying non-lethals.


Once we have the RV and Doc has secured the comms, we'll send a digital representation of the astral photo and the new (post stripping) photos of the artifact to Cannon with a new burner number as a call back (we'll need to buy this). We'll meet in a virtual neutral location similar to how we did it with Jäger. I'm not sure how you want me to handle the IC for this.

[Zweiblumen]

I liked the Library idea we did last time, I vote the old Library of Congress in DC.  Might be slightly less than perfectly neutral given his connection with government in the past, but it's still public and I don't think he had any direct connection with the Library.

[Poindexter]

@Poindexter Does Sam want new armor? His current armor is functional but using space blankets to prevent the clothes from melting seriously inhibits Sam's stealth (i.e. because the space blankets crinkle loudly). If Sam wants something stealthy, he'll need new armor with at least Chemical Protection (2).

Sam sucks at stealth anyway. Even more so after the transformation. Hell with it. He'll buy some new armor IF he lives to get off this mountain.

[rednblack]

@Tec, I went with Cold Insulation 2 and Fire Protection 2.  I also added the glasses to Chino's char sheet.

[Tecumseh]

@Poindexter Sam's Sneaking skill isn't high but his Agility 8 makes him good at it anyway. The only person who has a better Sneaking dicepool than Sam is Ace.

@Zweiblumen The Library of Congress should work. It still exists, as the Federal District of Columbia - now more of a state than just a city - is still the capital and administrative seat of the UCAS. (Suck it, Ottawa!)

@Malevolence Ace of Cups + 2 points of insulation + 2 points of fire resistance sounds good. Please add it to your character sheet.

@rednblack Great. Is Ace happy with his armor, given the stacking of the cyberlimb armor?

I'm working on the IC post.

[Malevolence]

Small concern with Ace renting the RV: if his fake SIN was obtained via Ares as part of his work, it might be flagged, alerting Ares to our rental, and giving them a more direct path to us. Food for thought.

[Tecumseh]

SIN checks for Ace: SIN checks: 3#5d6t5 1 hit 1 hit 2 hits No issues.

Ace's lies: Charisma 4 + Con 4 + Friendly 2 + Subject Distracted 1: 11d6t5 3 hits, one 1 shy of a glitch, but no glitch
Salesman resist: Con resist: 6d6t5 0 hits

Ace etiquette: Charisma 4 + Etiquette 4: 8d6t5 1 hit
Ohanzee etiquette: Charisma 6 + Etiquette 7 - Wrong Look 2: 11d6t5 3 hits
Salesman resist: Etiquette resist: 6d6t5 2 hits, As the sale goes on, the salesman likes Ohanzee more and Ace less.

You'll also need a burner comm, so that's an extra ¥100.

If you want any modifications (namely, sensors) added to the drones, let me know. They can't take much before their availability gets pushed out of reach. I'll say anything that increases their Availability by 6 or less (cumulatively) will be available same-day from Hardware Etc.

As for Ace's SIN, presumably all of them were issued by Ares, so potentially all of them could be flagged. The only other option available to you at the moment would be to have Ohanzee use his National SIN, or his potentially-burned fake SIN (which is the reason why you're ditching the Eurovan in the first place). If Ohanzee is willing to put the RV on his real SIN, we can do that instead.

I know I'm making a lot of assumptions and putting a lot of words in people's mouths for expediency's sake. If you think I've pushed too far or done something your character would object to, let me know and we'll have some flexibility to restate things.

Next
Let's get a round of IC posts up with any thoughts on the recent procedings, or the next steps. We can move forward with Cannon once you're satisfied with the situation.
@Poindexter I'll get an IC response up for Katsina tomorrow.