[Mirikon]

Indeed. That completely screws with what I knew about the situation. Doesn't change the fact that there isn't much I can do about it, but oh well.

[Cato]

Yeah, that jives with how I understood the situation.  My understanding is that in the overall sense we're supposed to complement each other, but at the moment our IC contracts are conflicting.  I've been kind of curious about how things are going to go down when we actually make contact.  I have a few ideas about it.

As for the team upstairs, I was under the impression we were heading out the back, since that's where we were going before the attack.  Maybe not though, since Jink's our ride I'll defer to Psiker on the call for that.

[Mirikon]

OK, I'm at a complete loss for anything to do. Since the DM has pretty much all but said directly that he doesn't want me to get my hands on the sniper, and there isn't anything I can do with running gun battles inside, with my drone dead, there isn't anything I can do at the moment.

[Kontact]

You could try to get eyes inside the building by hacking its security, do an extended scan for hidden nodes to find any other people in the area, or you could try something more elaborate like hacking grid guide to see what KE's response time is looking like.  You could even work on compiling a sprite to help you with these things, since you're pretty well spec'ed to do so.  There are lots of options available to you.  I'm sorry that I didn't make your immediate goal clearer earlier. 

Think about it this way, if you can get the other team's IDs then you can message them, triangulate their positions as needed, and other things.  Information is more helpful than bullets in a situation like this.

[Psikerlord]

Ah OK we'll go out the back door then, given we're aware of shooting out the front, including a badly damaged Lynx combat drone! So Jink commands his wagon to meet them out the back, pulling up onto the curb with the side door wide open to allow them to jump right in... with a bit of luck. As for the new arrivals, not quite sure how to resolve that, but ....  we could offer them Yuri's share of the cash, for instance, to side with us temporarily instead, and demonstrate that we haven't actually physically harmed Vanian in any (permanent) way... ?

[Cato]

Or.. we could try to talk them into splitting the "safe escort" part of their contract with us.  Then hire them on for the rest.  Depending on what the terms are we could help them fulfill that one, then either interrogate and/or bug Vanian to get the information we want.  Afterwards we can sell him out to Clean Steve (assuming he was after Van in the first place).

Everyone wins!  Well, except for vanian.  However, he would get out of the building safely.

It may or may not be feasible. However, I'm pretty sure the team up top's current mood is: "Shoot first and worry about it later."  At least, that's Switchback's understanding.

[Mirikon]

There is no way this ends well.

[Kouryuu]

There is no way this ends well.

there is, if Crimson gets to talk to them.

[Kouryuu]

Invisible Castle is back for now.

[funkytim]

Well, I have to play my character by what he know so these peeps outside are a threat.  Of  course if I was omniscient there might not be any more fighting but it doesn't look good right now.  Hopefully we will notice that you guys are dressed very differently from the goons that just attacked us .  Meanwhile I'm gonna grab the comms off the bodies I pass as I leave the building with the others.  I don't know who is carrying Rat at this point but I'm willing to make him invisible as soon  as invisible castle comes back up.  I'll trust Kontact with the roll if he wants to save time though.

Sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread last night.

[Mirikon]

Yeah, sending two competing teams of runners in is just asking for them to kill eachother off, not team up and make friends while other people are also trying to kill them.

[Kontact]

Ah OK we'll go out the back door then, given we're aware of shooting out the front, including a badly damaged Lynx combat drone! So Jink commands his wagon to meet them out the back, pulling up onto the curb with the side door wide open to allow them to jump right in... with a bit of luck. As for the new arrivals, not quite sure how to resolve that, but ....  we could offer them Yuri's share of the cash, for instance, to side with us temporarily instead, and demonstrate that we haven't actually physically harmed Vanian in any (permanent) way... ?

The back way does not include vehicle access.  That might put a damper on your plan.

Vanian didn't see any of your faces, which does leave your options open there...

[Kontact]

Yeah, sending two competing teams of runners in is just asking for them to kill eachother off, not team up and make friends while other people are also trying to kill them.

Believe it or not, but you're filling a role in the adventure as it was written (back in 93 I think.)  Vanian is a fence who calls a squad of runners for protection when the PCs arrive.  I just decided that'd be a good in for the new players, if you can survive the initial encounter.

[Mirikon]

Except that our goals are directly opposing eachother, and we don't get paid if the other group gets their goal.

[Kouryuu]

Except that our goals are directly opposing eachother, and we don't get paid if the other group gets their goal.

That depends, we can try to convince them, that if we ensure his safty he will provide the knowlage he has. We can atleast try.
Crimson is not one. To shoot, she is gona try talking first.

By the way, as i pointed out in the IC, Crimson is dressed like a Steam punk, With a Chamelion suit put on transparent, just like secound skin,
@GM if you think it would not work this way,
then simply black colored skintight suit.
She has no obvious weapons except a taser, that's normal for times like these. and without wider knowledge she would not seem Shadowrun type, except for magically active ones, who would see she is awakened, but thatš about it.
So we will see how the meeting pans out.