[Volker]

"Do we have a plan?"

[Sabato Kuroi]

@team:<<Hey, I just got back home and none of you are here.Don't get into trouble without your favorite elf watching your backs.>>

[SgtBoomCloud]

Krestov straightened up, his helmet brushing the van's roof as he nodded to Slobbertooth.  "Action I can do.  Thank you for attention"  Grabbing his gear, he rechecked that all the wireless functionality was turned off...he would not require much of it in a normal fight anyway.   Stepping out of the back of the van, the troll cracked his neck, in full armor gear as he joined Slobbertooth.  "Following lead.  Front door special, yeah?"

And then Torrent messaged in, eliciting a smirk from Krestov.   <<@Torrent{Krestov}: Trouble get into us, comrade.  Do not think slobbertooth or I can promise that make>>

[SquirrelDude]

"The plan is, as Krestov indicated, to go through the front door, knock both of them unconcious if I feel like asking them questions later, or kill them if I don't. It depends on how nice they are."

Slobbertooth sent Torrent the team's coordinates.
>>@Torrent
>>Then get your ass over here buzz turbo<<

@GM can we get an ETA for Torrent?

[Jack_Spade]

It was 08:25 when Torrent joined the crew again. according to the flyspy, Frigg had left the room and then returned fully clothed in a pale blue dress much to light for the current weather. She walked into the living room - probably to have her call with Tigra.
The man had taken care of the remains of the breakfast and very conscientiously cleaned everything up. He left the kitchen and presumably entered the office room next to the living room, according to the noise echoes.

A quick check showed that at current levels, Seattle Police/Knight Errant would need about 22 minutes to arrive here after an emergency call.

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth had anxiously awaited Torrent arrival. His decade-long search was over. When Torrent clambered into the back of the Rover, Josiah addressed the team.

"I can't thank you three enough for helping me with this. I owe all of you more than a few drinks when this is all done.

"Now to the business at hand"

"We've got 20 minutes to get this guy and get out with enough time to clear the scene before the KE HTRT shows up after the suits report some trogs with assault rifles on their neighbor's lawn. Now Krestov might want to say hoi to some old friends, but I'd rather not deal with them. Simple and turbo are the words of the day to keep this from becoming a drek run.

"Torrent get around the back and be ready to break into the house. Don't worry about spending time picking the lock, just knock down a door or go through a window.

"Once Torrent gives the signal that he's in position, I'll pop a flash-bang and then Krestov and I are going through the front door. Torrent go in after the targets are distracted."

"Our target is the man with the eyepatch or the red ruby eye, whichever he's sporting. Almost certainly awakened, and likely has at least one drone prepped for combat. I'd rather not geek him because I doubt we'll have time to look through all of his personal files and I am curious about why the Willows are dead. I don't care about the woman. Geek her if you have to.

"bnc, keep the engine warm. Keep our icons wrapped, distract the decker, and we'll make sure to get your drone out in one piece.

"Any questions? Any objections?"

[Jack_Spade]

It's a Threshold 4 test for Torrent to sneak towards the backside of the house without being noticed.

Perception test for the front attackers:

Krestov notices that the front door is most likely reinforced as are the windows. The side entrance to the garage promises a better chance of entry.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Torrent puts on his chameleon suit again.
Sneaking (Limit 8 ): 17d6t5 7 --EDIT: please subtract 2 hits , forgot to calculate my pool without the wireless bonus of my chameleon suit which is turned off atm

Locksmith (Limit 6): 10d6t5 4 (in case the back door is locked)

[Volker]

"Aye, sempai", bnc responds in a slightly pissed-off tone, "keep the engine warm. Very suitable task for a first-class decker when attacking a rigger and a decker."
Amateur

bnc began with her stuff herself. First she slaved the important gear to the Fairlight: the commlinks and the weapons. She brought the rotor drone in position, loaded with gel ammo. The drones and any left-over attackable gear gets slaved to her cyberdeck. She then starts to examine the icon landscape.

Are there any drones online? Weapons? Commlinks? RCC? Which marks are being protected by an agent?
I'm still running in silent mode but will turn stealth mode off as soon as Torrent gives the signal.

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth responded to bnc's grouching as he followed Krestov to the garage's side entrance, "Yes, we need our most valuable asset to stay protected in the armored car instead of running into a small area filled with combat drones and experienced assassins."

Slobbertooth moved up against the side of the door, and readied his Raiden. He took a deep breath through his respirator, made sure unnecessary wireless functionalities were off one final time, and nodded to Krestov. "Go."

[Jack_Spade]

Torrent had moved slowly into position, avoiding sudden movements so he wouldn't trigger the motion sensor. His own motion sense told him, that the male elf sat, probably behind a desk facing the window.
Frig half lay, half sat on the beanbag next to the fire place - probably in AR, since she still moved, using her Commlink.

The master bedroom seemed to be empty - at least nothing was moving inside, although Torrent couldn't be sure: All windows were currently set to be one way see through only.

bnc took a hard look at the matrix. A search for hidden icons revealed that Agent was still active on the cyberdeck. Looking closer she could identify two weapons slaved to it: A semi-automatic shotgun w/smartlink and a Ruger Super Warhawk - both were registered to the house and held the required licences.
The rest was still wireless off, including the pilot program managing the house.


If you want to kick in the door make an unarmed attack.

Your damage needs to beat a soak of 7 and do at least 3 points of Physical.

[Volker]

Ready to rumble.

bnc prepared herself by taking a dose of Golden Mirror. She craned her neck, then went full VR, letting a lout Yeeeha! escape her virtual lips.

EDIT (after a Q & A with Jack)

"Boys, watch out. There's not a single drone running online, but he seems to be in his office. Beware that this can mean two things: Either he is running all drones in a wired connection which would mean that I'm unable to attack them or him. Or it could mean that he is astrally projecting which would mean that he might already know that we are here.
I'm afraid it means both.

[SgtBoomCloud]

3 Physical after a 7 soak?  So like, 10 Physical damage?  Minimum Krestov will land is 11, so if no one argues, I'll buy my 3 hits and nail it for 5.  Oorah

Krestov nodded, tapping the shoulder of the ork before nodding to bnc, activating his microtransceiver.  "Garage door"  Without another word, shield in arm, the troll shuffled quickly over to the door, waiting for the go ahead from the other half of the team before nodding.  In the precious moments, Krestov drew a small object he's held since their fateful mission underseas...a stun grenade.  "Stay behind me, use if need.  Don't worry, Krestov can take"  And with that the troll lifted a leg, driving a piston force like a sledgehammer through brick into the door, forcing their entry with style..

[Jack_Spade]

The door was made of sturdy material, but the frame simply could not keep up with the tremendous force behind Krestovs Kick. The door flew inward and almost immediately a sound like a smoke detector began to start up. On the side of the door a panel lit up and a red LED started flashing.

The garage contained the Mirage motorbike and the SUV. On the opposite wall two workbenches with electronic and mechanical tools occupied most of the space. A small recharging station housed four drones - model aztech crawlers with what looked like a pair of mechanical arms each that were in the process of waking up.

A computerized voice spoke: "Intruder alert - home defense active. Warning the use of lethal force has been authorized. Lay down on your stomach and drop all weapons in your possession. This is your only warning."
Contrary to the last sentence, the voice began to repeat the warning, only this time in Spanish.

Torrent noticed the man getting up as well as the girl.


Ini time.
The four drones are the equivalent of surprised. The home alert system has detected you and will send them out autonomously.

Ini: 8+4d6 21
-10 due to surprise
So they'll be active at 11

bnc notices their icons appearing in the matrix. They are slaved to the house pilot program and enjoy a firewall of 6, so 10 matrix defense dice.
The house itself has a pilot rating of 5 but runs the armor program, this as well just went online to support the drones
It's got electronic warfare active and uses a rating 5 sensor array.

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth channeled wolf's magic into him again. We're finally here old friend. This hunt is over.

He aggressively sprayed all 4 drones with APDS before they could react and engage the team. Bullets missed the first target he found his mark on the rest of the drones.


Simple Action: Agility Boost [2]: 8d6t5 2
Simple Action: FA Burst: Splitting attack across 4 targets. Spend 1 point of edge to push the limit +3 dice to the pool. Dice Pool of 19, exploding sixes.
Drone 1 Attack Drone 1: 5d6h5 0 
Drone 2 Attack Drone 2: 5d6h5 1 - Damage Code of 12p -6 AP
Drone 3 Attack Drone 3: 5d6h5 6 - Damage Code of 17p -6 AP
Drone 4 Attack Drone 4: 4d6h5 2 - Damage Code of 13p -6 AP

Slobbertooth Initiative 30 -> 20