[gilga]

It all happens so fast and suddenly Spitfire is alone on the bike, looking around to where did Artie go she cannot place her. A moment she was on the bike and the other moment she vanished into thin air. Artie patiently waits for the right moment and hops on the second bike taking the rider to the ground under her weight and sending his bike racing toward the 405 highway.  In the meanwhile the second biker and the rotodrone  continue toward Big Jim and Nagisa trying to gain on him and ignoring the rest.


@Artie - since Artie is wifi dark, i sent the data spike toward Nagisa that blocked it and returned it to the sender.
Data spike defense: 10d6t5 4

While the roll is amazing Artie is still limited by her physical limit but it is super cool so the biker is unaware. Few people can pull off such a feat it was nothing he could anticipate.   

@Alll  I'll give obidancer another day but if he does not post I'll have to NPC him for a while so you are not left hanging in there. His character will be concentrating all the heat now that he carries Nagisa.

Obidancer when you are back please also roll a dodge test at -9 as the rotodrone is going to send full automatic fire down your way. Like you can imagine they really do not want someone else to have Nagisa.

You are now in combat, with speed as the limit. First step is initiative and then stunts/driving actions. Nobody cares about traffic rules in the Barrens so feel free to speed up. Careful about illegal fire arms and the likes because you are not very far from the security of Bellevue and there is a chance to be spotted. 

Artie is probobly going to stay behind unless she manages to end the first initiative round on that bike. Even in that case she will be behind.

Chase combat is explained in p 203 of core rules.

You start at long range, (~100 meters) traffic is very light so driving conditions are ideal. If you manage to go beyond extreme range you escaped. If you get to close range expect gun fire and ramming and other nasty things. The goons are armed with sub machine guns and the rotodrone with an assault rifle.

The relative locations are
+0     Artie and biker 2.
+30 -  biker 1 + roto drone.
+130 - Big Jim and Spitfire and Nagisa.

The bikes are manually controlled so offline. The rotodrone is wireless and can be targeted with matrix as well as guns. If you shoot at it consider a range of 120 meters. (it is also high above you). The biker at range of 100 meters please consider it with your weapon if you attack him.

@Spitfire - Turning the deck back online will take a complete combat turn. (protection comes with a price - so no matter what happens you cannot use the deck in first combat round.)

[Spitfire]

Barely having the time to notice Artie jump off Spitfire pulled out her Styer TMP, it wasn't much but it was better than trying to use a rifle on the back of a bike while driving, and tried to keep Big Jim and Nagisa in front and to the side of  her and the bad guys, giving Jim clear lines of fire so she would not hinder him shooting as well. She decided not to use her cyberdeck yelling for Nagisa to hack the drone and take it down.

Roll initiative?
Rolling 2d6 + 9
( 4 + 3 ) + 9 = 16  not to bad at all, don't remember if we had to or not. My cyberdeck is one matrix from being bricked, safe to say its out for a bit.

[gilga]

As the rotodrone sprays full automatic fire Big Jim understands that his luck has run out in an instinctive moment he tosses Nagisa away as if she was a nothing but a rug doll. He himself, is clearly hit by the inferno and crushes toward the 405 in a desperate attempt to find some sort of cover. In the heat of the moment his fate is unknown but he was clearly hit and so was the bike. Nagisa lies there, in a pool of blood and is completely numb. The only thing that gives hope as to her condition is the black smoke that comes out of the rotodrone, that now moves in a chaotic manner.

In the meanwhile the remaining biker dashes toward Nagisa, hoping to grab or verify the kill before anyone has a chance to stop him. Spitfire takes a moment to process what just happened and in that moment her bike advances past Nagisa. If she wants to reach her before the biker she has to be quicker and do a 180 degrees turn.  From the distance you can hear the KE patrol car gearing into action in response to the massive automatic fire from that rotodrone. 



The way I see it there is spitfire on one side. The mafia biker on the other and Nagisa in the middle. (Spitfire passed Bigjim when his bike crushed).  So to get first to Nagisa spitfire has to make a 180 turn and be faster than the biker:

Initiative is:
spitfire 16
biker 13

Artie is not far from there, but not in melee range, she can see the patrol car very clearly and is actually right next to it.
Drive test: 8d6t5 1
Spitfire needs 2 or more hits to be faster than the biker.

[gilga]

Since Big Jim is back we can verify just how bad he suffered.

The rigger target the bike with full auto fire  -9 to dodge.
Fire!: 16d6t5 9
he is armed with a smartlink enabled AK-97 so that just 7 hits are preserved.  (unfortunately, the bike has an handling limit so I afraid without exploding sixes there is no way to evade.)

Nagisa was also hurt by that thing. (Thought I hope that she is still with us).
Damage soak: 15d6t5 9  - with this damage resistance she survives but I am not sure how bad she is hit, I'll need big Jim's dodge for that.  My guess is very bad.

[obidancer]

Vehicle Evasive Driving (REA+INT +INT) -9 (limit 4): 6d6t5 2
Bike takes 15P damage

Bike resistance: 10d6t5 3
Bike takes 12 damage (3 boxes left)

[p.205: Attacks must specifically target either the passengers
(in which case, the vehicle is unaffected) or the vehicle
itself (in which case, the passengers are not affected).
The exceptions to this rule are ramming, suppressive
fire, and area-effect weapon attacks like grenades and
rockets—these attacks affect both passengers and vehicles]

[gilga]

Page 205 core rules;  (bold is mine)

Attacks must specifically target either the passengers
(in which case, the vehicle is unaffected) or the vehicle itself (in which case, the passengers are not affected).
The exceptions to this rule are ramming, full-automatic bursts and area-effect weapon attacks like grenades and rockets—these attacks affect both passengers and
vehicles.

That means that when the drone fire full automatic fire on the bike you and Nagisa are also hit.

Okay lets leave it with damage just to the bike because as Jayde moon pointed this is a printing issue. (first/seconding print or something).

[Spitfire]

Spitfire pulled a fast 180 but to her dismay, her own bike was only just as fast as the other riders, managing to make it close to the other biker she tried to cloths line him, both in an effort to get him off his bike, but also away from Nagisa. Today had not been her day but if she was quick she could take care of this punk and slap a trama patch on Nagisa and hopefully keep her alive till they could get out of this.



 Rolling 8d6
( 4 + 3 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 1 ) = 26
no im not as fast as the biker
one success
and using an edge to reroll...
oh my god
Rolling 7d6
( 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 2 ) = 20
 yup
 one success

Unarmed combat

Rolling 10d6
( 6 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 5 ) = 43    Six Successes, not to bad!

[gilga]

The guard jump from his bike and dashes toward Nagisa and despite the guards defensive stance and valiant effort, Spitfire manages to lend a good strike.

Guard used block to add his 3 points of unarmed to the mix  (so no more initiative)
Unarmed + block: 11d6t5 5
It wasn't enough I am not sure how much damage does Spitfire do (but I'd subdo him instead of punching him unless she is very dangerous.  this is his damage resistance roll.
damage resistance: 17d6t5 8

We need fresh initiative.

[obidancer]

Initiative: 10+1d6 16

[Jayde Moon]

Artie runs towards the downed bike that she had knocked the rider off of.  She's not the best driver, but if she can just catch up to the others and grab Nagisa, getting her out of there, that's all she needs.  As she moves to it, she glances at the rider to see if he's got any fight left in him.

Initiative = 20

[gilga]

@Artie - that biker knew whats coming for him and bailed as soon as he heard that the KE became interested in the happeining, the small patrol car have crossed the bridge and is now headed toward you. It seemed to have completely missed the two of you as well full automatic fire is a lot louder.

OOC: I am now waiting for spitfire to clearify what unarmed attack she does, the damage and her new initiative. Big Jim should also be able to operate (first) on this initiative phase.

[obidancer]

BigJim looked behind. The girl seemed shaken, but she skillfully disposed of the freaking drone.
His bike... well his bike had seen better days. He felt lucky once more no bullet had pierced their bodies the way they pierced the bike.
Fucking Bruno, you owe me big time. He though.
There was no way it could take them anywhere however.  He stopped it on the curve, dismounted and grabbed Nagisa's arm.

You ok, kid? We're too close to the border for our own sake. Get ready to run to those housing. He looked at the road to see where Spitfire was.

He opened on the comm to the two women. <<Yo. need a pick up now>>

Unless Spitfire is very close and can just pick up Nagisa on a drive by, he will lead the Decker to the properties so they can hide from sight in between two houses.

[gilga]

@Big Jim with such a massive damage the bike cannot sustain two riders and is unsafe to drive.

(every 3 damage drop limits by 1 and gives penalties to handling.  + another passenger the bike simply will not take it. - You can run tough)

[obidancer]

Gotcha. Edited above

[Jayde Moon]

<<@Big Jim [Artie] I got this choobs bike, I can swing by and grab her and drive her to... I guess my pad...>>

Not that she wanted too, just that... frag.  This wasn't pretty.  Whatever was going on seemed to want to keep a strong hold of Artie and she didn't like it.  She revved up the engine and then proceeded ahead slowly, so as not to re-pick up the attention of the KE.