[Kouryuu]

Well, Tachikoma shouldn't have as much trouble surviving, but yes, let's have a lot of fun.

wanna face Akuma one on one 
i even give you the first attack 

[Mirikon]

*shrug* Kindof pointless to get into pissing matches like this, but heck, until we get started, sure. Three aerial drones open up on you with LMG fire, mix of ExEx and SnS, no ground units in sight.

Tachikoma is a rigger, Kouryuu. An AI rigger, at that. No matter how nasty the troll is in combat, there are only a few very specific ways that an AI can be killed. So, barring some specific circumstances, Tachikoma will survive. The drones might not, but Tachikoma will.

[vinnmun]

Don't worry, I'm specialized in Hacking and support in combat.

[Kouryuu]

*shrug* Kindof pointless to get into pissing matches like this, but heck, until we get started, sure. Three aerial drones open up on you with LMG fire, mix of ExEx and SnS, no ground units in sight.

Tachikoma is a rigger, Kouryuu. An AI rigger, at that. No matter how nasty the troll is in combat, there are only a few very specific ways that an AI can be killed. So, barring some specific circumstances, Tachikoma will survive. The drones might not, but Tachikoma will.

just teasing you. 

[Gamma12]

AIGHT!

The Gory Days

So your all in your homes or place of residence. Its mid winter around valentines day and it is freezing outside in the streets of Seattle. You can smell the scent of candy hearts and perfume in the air. Seattle has been lite up with a pinkish tint for the celebration. Looking out the window, you see couples sitting at tables and you see venders selling roses. Then all of the sudden a bounty comes over your commlinks, it show a man that is in his late thirties and has a huge scar on his right eye. No name is given, but a message is attached to the picture. It reads:

Hello,
I will pay you and the associates that you will meet very shortly, 500,000 Nuyen for this man dead or alive.
After this message is read it will delete immediatly and dont try and found out who i am. In time that knowledge will make itself know. You might find out a location or even a name at "The Rusty Bucket Bar" in south Seattle.

I will contact you all later to check in. Have fun

                     -Mr.J

After the message was read it automatically closed out and locked the signal, but the picture was download on to your commlinks.

[Mirikon]

Tachikoma read the message, and then looked at the picture. This was what they called a shadowrun, then, yes? It wasn't exactly as interesting on the face of it as the movies it had seen on the Matrix made it look, but perhaps things would get better over time. And the money could do a lot to keeping its drones maintained, and possibly arranging for a few new ones, as well. Bringing up the picture in active memory, Tachikoma spent eleven minutes with it's scan program, searching the Matrix for information on the person in this picture, and any information it could get on the Rusty Bucket Bar.

Data Search 4 + Browse 4 - Getting info on guy in picture.
8d6.hits(5)=3
8d6.hits(5)=1
8d6.hits(5)=1
8d6.hits(5)=2
8d6.hits(5)=3
8d6.hits(5)=3

Data Search 4 + Browse 4 - Getting info on Rusty Bucket Bar
8d6.hits(5)=5
8d6.hits(5)=2
8d6.hits(5)=3
8d6.hits(5)=1
8d6.hits(5)=2

[Kouryuu]

Akuma had just finished an execution for the Yaks. It did go smooth, but still he nevr liked these kind of jobs.
still a bit irritated but feeling much better after reading his, what might be, ticket out of the organisation monopoly over him, decided to call up a yak from the region as he always does before a job " yo, Yama, got a job in your region, "The Rusty Bucket Bar", anything notable?"
He hid his sword in one of the false exhaust pipes and started to travel on his chopper to the place, at least the grid guide knows the place.
and in his head he counted minutes it took to receive a answer to his voice mail, he kept a record on these kind of things

[vinnmun]

Dataminer was doing his normal matrix surfing when the message pops up, "What do we have here...." he reads the message and nearly chokes on the bag of porkrinds when he sees the nuyen and notices the picture download into his commlink, never was in the kill business but hope this "crew" has....well they should be...it's only logical he thinks. He does a quick check on the picture he got of this guy to see what he's wanted for or anything to that nature.

Searching the man in the picture on the trix. Always Hot Simming in VR. (14d6.hits(5)=3, 13d6.hits(5)=4, 12d6.hits(5)=3, 11d6.hits(5)=2)

12 Hits

He comes out of VR and sits up on his lounge sofa in his cozy bus. He begins to drive it out of the side street and heads to a Stuffershack and parks it in lot in the far back. He was happy to be in the Tacoma area, bus won't get messed with. He goes to the back of his automotive workshop and hops into his Horseman, he looks up the address for this Bucket place and pulls out heading for it once he does.

Data Search Rusty Bucket Bar (12d6.hits(5)=2)
Extended (11d6.hits(5)=4) This was in AR. 6 Hits

[Lethe]

Ellie sat in her apartment and was bored. Normally she spends most of her time outside, but in the winter its too cold. She likes it warm. Curiously she read the message a second time. "Now that guy must have pissed someone off. I wonder, what he did. Hehe, as long as its to my advantage... Getting a message from you-dont-know-who, offering a lot of money for some meat. Nothing really new, but kinda sparse. How shortly might "very shortly" be. Probably going to meet them in that Bucket.. Maybe i should check it out." Ellie mumbles silently to herself. "Well, its too cold for my scoot, i better call a cab." After she called the cab, she dressed in her armor jacket and fetched her tiny backpack. "Better be prepared, i don't want to stumble in anything." Having said that, Ellie gathers some energy and calls forth a small fire spirit, a little flame, which if not needed otherwise, could at least warm her up out there. "Thank you for coming." Then she waited for the cab.


starting money (4d6=12) = 1200 Nuyen
summoning f2 fire spirit: 1 skill + 4 magic + 2 focus (7d6.hits(5)=2)
f2 spirit resists (2d6.hits(5)=0)
Buying hits for resisting 2S minimum drain.
Edit: minor corrections.

[Wretch]

Smith reads the message and thinks, "so this is what the shadows are like, so different than being a soldier."  He calls a friend, no a contact, unlike the military these people of the shadows are not friend.  I must be careful to not be too trusting.

 "Jordan find out what you can about this person in the image I am sending you and this and a location called Rusty Bucket.  I need the information ASAP.  I will call for a SITREP in 1 hour."

Smith begins his preparations for the meeting: an inventory and inspection of his equipment.  This ritual always calmed his nerves before a mission.  His thought begin to clear as he begins to clean his Ares Predator and he begins to focus on the mission.  "Receive the mission, mission prep and recon, maybe this isn't such a different world after all."

[Lethe]

The drone-operated cab arrived a few minutes later, painted green and white. Once inside Ellie gave the orders "The Rusty Bucket Bar". During the long drive Ellie used her commlink to get some information about the bar and the local news articles for that area in the last week. "If that guy is worth so much, maybe there will be some hints in the news about what he might have done."
45 minutes later the cab arrived at the bar. Satisfied about her discoveries, she paid the 64 Nuyen and stepped out on the opposite side of the street. She shortly examined the bar from the outside, then she focused on the inside of the bar while casting a Mana Window to have some detailed looks inside there. No surprises, she will be well prepared.


Datasearch+Browse without the skill - How to default? Just using Browse-1 then? I am only looking for publicly available information anyway. Have enough time to look for it i guess. Buying one hit per time interval for 40 minutes ;-)
Force 5 Mana Window (6 skill + 4 magic + 2 mentor) (12d6.hits(5)=3)
Interested in how many people and what kind of people there are. General mood, anyone armed, guards, bouncers...
2P Drain resisted with buying hits.
Ellie(on the run) compact view

[Wretch]

Smith calls for transport pays his cab and watches the bar from the street observing the comings and goings of patrons and staff.  He watches specifically for, where are the entrances and exits, the location and disposition of security and finally who are the patrons and are the armed.


Perception Check:
1d6 → [4] = (4)
1d6 → [5] = (5)
1d6 → [1] = (1)
Shadowing Check (to stay inconspicuous):
1d6 → [3] = (3)
1d6 → [3] = (3)
1d6 → [6] = (6)
1d6 → [5] = (5)


Recon done he steps into the Rusty Bucket, and into the shadows.

[vinnmun]

Dataminer pulls up to the next block, opens the bubble canopy of the Horseman and get up, closing and locking it via AR. He takes a moment to look around.

Perception roll (6d6.hits(5)=3)

He would than proceed to the Bucket and head inside.

[Gamma12]

No data is found on the man in the picture. The rusty bucket bar is a fairly sized bar with a grungey kinda feel. The man that runs this place is named zed and he is bartending waiting on people upon all of your arrivals. He is a orc with a orange mohawk and tatoos on his arms. He leans back on the bar cleaning a glass. The Rusty Bucket has mild security, but you notice that every bouncer is and orc and is carrying atleast one heavy pistol. You can also tell that the exit of the bar is in the back. The mood is chilled, and no know activity other than a few elfs in the corner playing pool. Zed turns around and looks into the bar.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

[vinnmun]

Dataminer enters wearing his black hoodie, hood up projecting a holo image over his face of traditonal japanese mask of a tengu, his actual face is barely seen through it. He turns it off though as soon as he stepped in, he only wears it went wandering around the town. He's wearing olive drab cargo pants with the end of the pant legs half tucked into his work boots rigged with the laces aren't tied. He looks around with an air of an attitude like he's the shit as he looks around for a johnson looking figure only to see a few sparse orks and some elves playing pool.

Perception agian (6d6.hits(5)=3)