[Necrogigas]

What happened to sway? He's been relabeled as guest, and there's no link to his profile. He deactivate his account, get banned, or something?

[DireRadiant]

Direradiant. What are your thoughts on how intimidate and diplomacy interact? Assuming we roleplay it that way, can Jack's intimidation help with Smith's negotiating? It seems like a good cop/bad cop routine could be very effective here (with me making an intimidate roll to add dice to the final negotiation).

Jack's Intimidate could, and likely would turn into a negative modifier to Smith's rolls.

[Necrogigas]

Direradiant. What are your thoughts on how intimidate and diplomacy interact? Assuming we roleplay it that way, can Jack's intimidation help with Smith's negotiating? It seems like a good cop/bad cop routine could be very effective here (with me making an intimidate roll to add dice to the final negotiation).

Good cop/bad cop requires a lot more control of the situation then Jack and Smith have. The routine is a psychological power play facilitated by the power the two cops have over the given suspect.

Jack and Smith don't have any hold over Delany, at best they're meeting as equals. Delany, with his gang to back him, is actually in a much better negotiating position.

[bmoham]

Direradiant. What are your thoughts on how intimidate and diplomacy interact? Assuming we roleplay it that way, can Jack's intimidation help with Smith's negotiating? It seems like a good cop/bad cop routine could be very effective here (with me making an intimidate roll to add dice to the final negotiation).

Good cop/bad cop requires a lot more control of the situation then Jack and Smith have. The routine is a psychological power play facilitated by the power the two cops have over the given suspect.

Jack and Smith don't have any hold over Delany, at best they're meeting as equals. Delany, with his gang to back him, is actually in a much better negotiating position.

I don't see it that way. Even as a meeting of equals the combination of carrot and stick seems reasonable to me. Yes, the 405s can win a gang war with the armadillos but the fact that delaney is not immortal and neither is his family seems pretty relevant to me.  But Direradiant seems to agree with you, so that settles it. I'll post something IC as soon as I get a chance.

[DireRadiant]

Technically I should make Jack roll a Judge Intentions test to get a read on the situation to evaluate whether or not Intimidation is a positive or negative in this situation. Usually the carrot/stick approach is a standard. But there are always exceptions.

[Gaius]

@Dire
Did you read the part in the spoiler? I could do a roll to find out who of the people going in are carrying weapons or implants. I also could check people for explosives (including  ammunition) via the olfactory scanner. Jenever then would take pictures of those with guns or implants or those who look suspicious and send them to the rest of the crew.

Does the security of the area allow the use of the Doberman in a concealed mode(means chameleon coating and no open wifi signal)?

Anyway Jenever should be the first to see people coming to the bar, or his van since he got the Optic X airborne and the fly spy in the near of the entrance.


@Rest
Jenever of course offers you the images of his drones witch means at least two times camera input of the optic X and the fly spy. He will not offer you the input of the Doberman but you might use his tac net´s informations for your tac net. Since he has a tac net running on his commlink and the slaved drones. (rating 2)

[DireRadiant]

Apologies, will post Tuesday and move things along.

[Ethan]

I'm just looking forward to nabbing some dire kittens. Eventually.

[DiscoDwarf]

WhackedMacki: HB would have stayed at the Armadillo a while before leaving to have a look around the meeting place. If you feel like interacting with him or just see what they'd talk about and learn of each other, or he can just ignore HB who will promptly plug himself in a VR game since he can't really play Miracle Shooter in the bar.

[DireRadiant]

Apologies, will post Tuesday and move things along.

I did actually mean last Tuesday....

Gaius, there are a few people who carry light weapons, it is not unusual in this area. Usually concealed though. Figure about 1 in 3 people are armed in some way, even if it is simply a combat knife. Implants are common, but usually prosthetic types.
The Doberman can be hidden, though you have to help it up onto the roof. It's very easy to note the arrival of Delaney and his friend. They have no obvious weapons, though they can quite easily carry something under their biker armor, or in their bike carry containers. Don't forget the 405 Hounds make their pocket money smuggling.

[Gaius]

Haha, well good that you didn´t forget us.

Well the Doberman became a crawler drone in SR4 and I equipped it with geckotips(Arsenal). So I figured that it would be able to climb up the building on it´s own. actually this capability is what made me buy it.

The other thing is that the doberman has a cyberwarescanner R6 as well as the fly spy has a ultrawideband radar R4. So if someone wears something beneath his cloth or armour the drones are capable of "seeing" it.
If they got special smuggling compartments I would agree that I possibly will not find something.
Anyway glad that it goes on.

[DireRadiant]

Adding Gecko tips counts as helping the Doberman.

[Gaius]

Adding Gecko tips counts as helping the Doberman.

[Ethan]

Aww, we didn't even get to hunt some critters...

[DireRadiant]

@necrogigas What is the outcome of the negotiation that Reed wishes to accomplish? Simply to get the sides talking and have a subsequent resolution, or to resolve this immediately details to be filled out later?