[Kontact]

Vanian may not have had friends all over, but as a long-established fence in Redmond he had favors enough to pull some pretty heavy weight, even if he couldn't pull it too far.  Vanian had caught closed circuit footage of a hit squad liquidating his pawn shop that evening and he knew that there was massive trouble hiding behind that.  He hoped he could wait out the trouble, but needed to be prepared just in case it found him.  Number one rule in the game is "don't get killed," so the call went out earlier in the day to be on standby should he need some muscle.

The three runners met up in a nearby bar.  A disparate bunch that would normally be at each other's throats, at least if they had all the facts, but they managed to get along well enough while they waited.  Not so much though that they weren't happy to jump out the gate when the panic call from Vanian finally came.  Crimson sped off on her bike and then approached on foot while Sundance jumped in The Major's van and rolled up to the front of the building, disguised as private security.

Alright, let's start this off right.  Everyone roll surprise.
Number to beat is 14d6.hits(5) → [1,5,3,3,5,3,6,5,6,6,2,5,1,3] = (7) ..well damn.

[Kouryuu]

surprise(11)
if it's just like INI, but if not then i have made the test wrong.
Easy access Crimson sheet
== Info ==
Street Name: Crimson
Name: Yukiko Koenig
Movement: 10/25
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Elf Female Age 19
Height 195 Weight 72
Composure: 10
Judge Intentions: 12
Lift/Carry: 4 (15 kg/10 kg)
Memory: 6
Nuyen: 0

== Attributes ==
BOD: 3
AGI: 5
REA: 4 (5)
STR: 1
CHA: 7
INT: 5
LOG: 3
WIL: 3
EDG: 5
MAG: 5

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence:                   6
Initiative:                9 (10)
IP:                        1 (2)
Astral Initiative:         10
Astral IP:                 3
Matrix Initiative:         11
Matrix IP:                 3
Physical Damage Track:     10
Stun Damage Track:         10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling            : 0                      Pool: 4
Animal Training            : 0                      Pool: 4
Archery                    : 0                      Pool: 4
Armorer                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Artisan                    : 0                      Pool: 4
Automatics                 : 0                      Pool: 6
Blades                     : 0                      Pool: 4
Clubs                      : 0                      Pool: 4
Computer                   : 0                      Pool: 2
Con                        : 1                      Pool: 11
Cybercombat                : 0                      Pool: 2
Data Search                : 0                      Pool: 2
Demolitions                : 0                      Pool: 2
Disguise                   : 3                      Pool: 11
Diving                     : 0                      Pool: 2
Dodge                      : 1                      Pool: 6
Escape Artist              : 0                      Pool: 4
Etiquette                  : 1                      Pool: 11
First Aid                  : 0                      Pool: 2
Forgery                    : 0                      Pool: 4
Gunnery                    : 0                      Pool: 4
Gymnastics                 : 0                      Pool: 4
Hacking                    : 0                      Pool: 2
Heavy Weapons              : 0                      Pool: 6
Infiltration               : 3                      Pool: 8
Instruction                : 0                      Pool: 9
Intimidation               : 0                      Pool: 9
Leadership                 : 1 [Persuasion]         Pool: 11 (13)
Locksmith                  : 0                      Pool: 4
Longarms                   : 0                      Pool: 6
Navigation                 : 0                      Pool: 4
Negotiation                : 6                      Pool: 16
Palming                    : 3                      Pool: 8
Parachuting                : 0                      Pool: 2
Perception                 : 1                      Pool: 6
Pilot Ground Craft         : 0                      Pool: 4
Pilot Watercraft           : 0                      Pool: 4
Pistols                    : 1 [Semi-Automatics]    Pool: 8 (10)
Riding                     : 0                      Pool: 4
Shadowing                  : 3                      Pool: 8
Survival                   : 0                      Pool: 2
Throwing Weapons           : 0                      Pool: 4
Tracking                   : 0                      Pool: 4
Unarmed Combat             : 0                      Pool: 4

== Knowledge Skills ==
Cantonese                  : 2                      Pool: 8
English                    : 4                      Pool: 11
German                     : N                      Pool: 0
Japanese                   : 2                      Pool: 8
Latin                      : 1                      Pool: 6
Mafia                      : 2                      Pool: 7
Security Companies         : 2                      Pool: 5
Security Tactics           : 3                      Pool: 6
Shadow Community           : 2                      Pool: 7
Sperethiel                 : 2                      Pool: 8
Triads                     : 2                      Pool: 7
Yakuza                     : 2                      Pool: 7

== Contacts ==
Jeffry , Connection trader, middleman, Elf Male
Connection Rating: 3 Loyalty: 1
Uses: Connections, Lawyer, and intel
Places to meet: Host Club
Contact: Commlink

== Qualities ==
Adept
Day Job (10 hrs/week)
In Debt (15,000¥)
Linguist
Lost Loved One (Naomi Edogawa)
Pacifist (Minor)
SINner (Standard) (Yukiko Koenig)
The Speaker's Way

== Powers ==
Commanding Voice
Facial Sculpt Rating: 3
Improved Reflexes 1
Kinesics Rating: 3
Linguistics
Melanin Control
Sustenance
Voice Control

== Lifestyles ==
Artistic Loft  1 months
   Comforts:      Middle
   Entertainment: Middle
   Necessities:   Middle
   Neighborhood:  Middle
   Security:      High
   Qualities:     Friendly Neighbors [1LP]
                  Perfect Roommate [2LP]
                  AI in Residence [-3LP]

== Armor ==
Form-Fitting Full-Body Suit6/2
   +Chemical Seal
   +Nonconductivity 6
   +Ruthenium Polymer Coating
   +Thermal Damping 3
Vashon Island: Steampunk Corset/Vest2/3
   +SecureTech Forearm Guards
Vashon Island: Steampunk Slacks or Knickers/Petticoat and Skirt1/2
   +SecureTech Shin Guards
Zoé: Moonsilver Evening Gown4/1

== Weapons ==
Unarmed Attack
   DV: 1S   AP: -   RC: 0
Yamaha Pulsar
   +Concealable Holster
   +Spare Clips
   +Spare Clips
   +Chameleon Coating
   +Melee Hardening
   +Personalized Grip
   +Skinlink
   +Smartgun System
   DV: 6S(e)   AP: -half   RC: 1

== Commlink ==
Novatech Airware (5, 5, 5, 5)
   +Iris Orb
   +Sim Module (Hot)
   +Skinlink
   +Stealth Rating 6
   +Browse Rating 6
   +Encrypt Rating 6
   +AR Gloves
   +Biometric Lock
   +Subvocal Microphone
   +Trodes
   +Command Rating 6
   +Analyze Rating 6
   +Edit Rating 6
   +Agent Rating 4

== Gear ==
Ammo: Taser Dart (Tasers) x40
Autopicker Rating 6
Contact Lenses Rating 2
   +Vision Enhancement Rating 3
   +Flare Compensation
Fake SIN (Sakura Sou) Rating 4
   +Fake License (Driver License) Rating 4
   +Fake License (Concle&Carry) Rating 4
Gas Mask
Gecko Tape Gloves
Goggles Rating 4
   +Image Link
   +Smartlink
   +Ultrasound
Headphones Rating 2
   +Audio Enhancement Rating 3
   +Select Sound Filter Rating 3
Laés
Laés Cigarette x25
Leäl
Maglock Passkey Rating 4
Tag Eraser
White Noise Generator Rating 6
Wire Clippers

== Vehicles ==
Suzuki Mirage (Racing Bike)
   +Anti-Theft
   +Firewall 5
   +Manual Control Override, Drive-by-Wire
   +Morphing License Plate
   +Motorcycle Gyro Stabilization
   +Pilot Program Rating 3
   +Run Flat Tires (Rating 2) Rating 2
   +Smuggling Compartment, Shielded
   +Spoof Chip
   +Vehicle Sensor
      +Ultrawideband Radar Rating 4
      +Radar Rating 6
      +Camera Rating 6
      +RFID Sensor
      +Laser Range Finder
      +Microphone Rating 6
      +Radio Signal Scanner Rating 6

[Mirikon]

Yep, don't expect Motoko to be winning too many initiative checks in the meat.
6d6.hits(5)=1

[UmaroVI]

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3287832/ 4 hits

[Kontact]

11d6.hits(5) → [2,1,4,6,6,5,5,2,5,6,1] = (6) god damn, sniper goes on 17 and has surprise.
Going to fire on Sundance as he gets out of the passenger side of the van.
Take aim to reduce distance penalties then long narrow burst. 7d6.hits(5) → [2,1,4,1,1,6,1] = (1) hit and a glitch.  I'll say the glitch is that he's alerted the building security for the apartment complex he's camped on.  Sundance needs to soak 11S.

Crimson had gone past the building and parked down the street.  While she was walking back, Kusanagi pulled up in her van and started to unload her drone while Sundance got out to secure the building.  As soon as he stepped out the door, he caught sight of a muzzle flash right before a tight cluster of bullets from a rooftop across the street and a couple blocks down.

[UmaroVI]

Something bright glinted in Sundance's eyes, and he instinctively lifted his hand to block the light just in time for a high-powered rifle round to slam into the armored hand, deflecting and jarring his upper arm painfully.

"Ch'yort vozmi!"

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3288500/ and rerolling failures with edge http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3288500/, Sundance takes 1S and has used 1 edge so far.

[Kontact]

That little red dot on the bottom right building is the sniper.


Initiative so far
CT1 IP2 {Sun -Held from 1st IP; Major -Held from 1st IP; Crimson -Held from 1st IP; Sniper -17}

Wounds: Sun {1S}

[Mirikon]

<OOC> Actually, Motoko is still in the van. The Large Landing drone rack means I can launch or recover it as a complex action, remotely.

Motoko, still strapped into the driver's seat of the van, leaned back in her seat as she commanded the van to launch her Steel Lynx. Wherever this Vaniain guy was, she had a feeling the Lynx would be just the thing to get him out of dodge. And then her eyes closed, as she surrendered to the bliss of her true home, her real world, the ebb and flow of VR, where the Resonance could always find her.

<OOC> Complex action: Launch drone. Free Action: Go full VR.

[Kouryuu]

There was a shot, Crimson looked up, and she saw the gun, it had just appeared, they where in an ambush. ...Time to survive again..., she did not like this kind of surprises, but they where part of the job.

INI
Not sure how you work it, butr as far as i know Suprise and first INI are separate, but if you use the same, just say so,  there is no big difference to Crimson any way
this BTW is a ini posting no action, yet, as we do not know the situation.

p.s. from the perception did Crimson see a place/'s where she could take shelter from this attacker, at least cover as i doubt she would try to shot him with a taser.

[Kontact]

There are cars parked in the lot.  Should be easy enough to find cover.  As to the combat turns and surprise, you'll notice that you're on IP2 already since none of you could react to the IP1 action.  So, the assumption is that you've held your action from IP1 meaning you can go first in IP2.  I will need initiative rolls from anyone with a 3rd IP though.  Distance to target is 90m.

[UmaroVI]

Sundance immediately whips out his ArmTech microgrenade launcher and returns fire, aiming to land the grenades on the rooftop behind the sniper so that he couldn't dodge, then ducks back behind Motoko's van for cover.

90m is medium range (-1) for grenade launchers, 6(agility)+4(heavy weapons)+2(smartlink)-1(range).

Target is 5m to the "right" (on the map) of the sniper. Both are chemical splash grenades, which are 10m radius for 10S contact toxin at the end of the combat turn.

I split the rolls up oddly (almost forgot about Iaijutsu) but here they are.

Quickdraw (possible to to Iaijutsu manuever)  http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289929/ = yes

First shot: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289924/ + http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289925/ = 1 hit (on 11 dice, QQ)

Second shot: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289931/ 5 hits, much better

Initiative for 3rd pass http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289923/

Scattter amounts: 7m, 2m (after modifying for net hits)http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289940/

Scatter directions: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3289945/ so 7m short and left, 2m short and right.

Walk to cover (since he was right next to the van when he got shot at).

[Mirikon]

Motoko doesn't get any more inits, then, because she started in the meat. Next Turn she'll be on matrix Inits.

[Kouryuu]

Crimson intends to command her Bike to drive around the block and park in a range for it's UW-Radar to pick the sniper up or anyone else that is in the building.
Crimson herself takes cover behind the nearest car.

[Kontact]

Sorry about disappearing.  My laptop broke again and I had to rip it up and beat it back into shape.  Anyway...
Kouryuu: Crimson should be able to handle that in AR easily.  Doubt the combat will last long enough for the bike to arrive durring, but having your ride nearby when there's an open firefight in Bellview is a good call.
Mirikon: Yeah, your VR passes will start next CT.
UmaroVI: I can't access your character sheet just now since my browser is shitting up.  What I get for going alpha..
Shouldn't be a problem yet.  I'll do the reverse dodge thing where his dodge hist get him further from the point of detonation. 11d6.hits(5) → [4,4,6,4,1,4,2,4,2,6,2] = (2) so he jumps clear of the first splash if I remember my trig ((7+2)²+5²)^½ >10m.
Returning fire: take aim call shot for +3 DV and fire short narrow burst on steel lynx.  7d6.hits(5) → [3,3,4,1,1,4,2] = (0)  Aaaand whiff.
Trying again for IP 3: 7d6.hits(5) → [1,1,1,1,6,4,5] = (2) two hits and a glitch.  I'll roll this into the previous glitch that alerted security and say that he severely underestimated the building security's response.

Mirikon, roll for dodge on the drone.




The First grenade spiraled through the air toward the rooftop in a long, shallow arc, bursting and spraying its payload all over.  But not on the sniper who just barely jumped out of the way.. just in time for the second grenade to splatter all over him.  Hoping to cut off fast pursuit before he fell back, the sniper took aim on the drone's primary sensor bank and fired, going well wide.  The second shot, less so.

[Mirikon]

<OOC> No hits on the drone's defense, but no glitch.
3d6.hits(5)=0
Ugh. Invisible castle straight up hates me. The drone only resisted two of that.
13d6.hits(5)=2