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One little problem with barrier foam.

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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #15 on: <10-20-12/1708:32> »
Quote from: White_Knight on <10-20-12/1657:54>
Quote from: Twitchy D on <10-20-12/1504:31>

I just imagned a pair of runner teams, both with DocWagon contracts, shooting each other to smitherines and both EMT teams just off to the side...

"Hey, should we, you know, go in there and save em?"
"...Kid, in a situation like this, you should just sit back and relax, cause someone up there clearly got one sick sense of humor." ;D

That could get bad if one team had DocWagon and the other had CrashCart or something... EMTs start shooting at each other as well....

Yeah, that would be a problem.

Be even worse if one team was sponsered by DocWagon, complete with logos on their armor and stuff, so they could get a discount, and the other team vice-versa (could be common in LA during a run for Horizon). Then both comapnies would HAVE to get them and prove which service was the better service, and thus would try to bog the other service down by any means possible, including heavy weaponry...

...could even make a mission out of it...
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #16 on: <10-20-12/1730:31> »
Quote from: Twitchy D on <10-20-12/1708:32>
Quote from: White_Knight on <10-20-12/1657:54>
Quote from: Twitchy D on <10-20-12/1504:31>

I just imagned a pair of runner teams, both with DocWagon contracts, shooting each other to smitherines and both EMT teams just off to the side...

"Hey, should we, you know, go in there and save em?"
"...Kid, in a situation like this, you should just sit back and relax, cause someone up there clearly got one sick sense of humor." ;D

That could get bad if one team had DocWagon and the other had CrashCart or something... EMTs start shooting at each other as well....

Yeah, that would be a problem.

Be even worse if one team was sponsered by DocWagon, complete with logos on their armor and stuff, so they could get a discount, and the other team vice-versa (could be common in LA during a run for Horizon). Then both comapnies would HAVE to get them and prove which service was the better service, and thus would try to bog the other service down by any means possible, including heavy weaponry...

...could even make a mission out of it...
...
...(smiles evily)...

Best and Worst game of Urban Brawl ever...
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #17 on: <10-20-12/1823:11> »
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #18 on: <10-20-12/1948:46> »
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Quote from: CanRay on <10-20-12/1451:19>
Well, they never know if the people they're shooting at are ALSO DocWagon Clients as well.

Be really bad if they go in after a Regular Member and end up shooting a Gold Member and having to switch over to him for extraction after they shot him themselves.

Safe Target System keyed to DocWagon client RFIDs/monitors would handle that, DocWagon AR systems might even pick up subscriber status. You certainly would want non lethal rounds if you're diving into a situation where there's a high probability of stray bullets finding homes though.

My thinking was "Collateral damage is bad for DocWagon's reputation. Hurting the reputation is bad for Business."
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #19 on: <10-20-12/2235:32> »
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My thinking was "Collateral damage is bad for DocWagon's reputation. Hurting the reputation is bad for Business."
And things that are bad for business DIE IN ANY AA+ LEVEL CORPORATION!!!   ;D
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #20 on: <10-20-12/2347:26> »
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My thinking was "Collateral damage is bad for DocWagon's reputation. Hurting the reputation is bad for Business."
And things that are bad for business DIE IN ANY AA+ LEVEL CORPORATION!!!   ;D

Or, in this case, don't die but in a very pointed manner!
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #21 on: <10-21-12/0023:15> »
I don't know... if DocWagon is selling a premium service, say extraction of my dying behind from a threatening situation, knowing that they are going to come in guns blazing to pull my butt out of the fire seems more like a good sales pitch...
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #22 on: <10-21-12/0054:55> »
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I don't know... if DocWagon is selling a premium service, say extraction of my dying behind from a threatening situation, knowing that they are going to come in guns blazing to pull my butt out of the fire seems more like a good sales pitch...

Just make sure you read the fine print of your contract...

Suffering from lead poisoning by red samurai fire on renraku property? "So sorry, Renraku has not given us permission to enter their property... Please exit the property for pick-up. If you are unable to exit the property... Thank you for paying for this service in advance and good luck in your (short) endeavors."
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #23 on: <10-21-12/0146:16> »
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I don't know... if DocWagon is selling a premium service, say extraction of my dying behind from a threatening situation, knowing that they are going to come in guns blazing to pull my butt out of the fire seems more like a good sales pitch...

Oh, it'll be guns blazing; but the guns will be firing Gel or Stick'n'Shock, and that massive barrage of grenades is going to contain Flashbangs, Barrier Foam, or a non-lethal chemical.
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #24 on: <10-21-12/0200:30> »
Neuro-Stun for fun and profit.  ;D
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #25 on: <10-21-12/0210:00> »
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Neuro-Stun for fun and profit.  ;D

Neuro-Stun has a 1 turn delay. Breathtaker will leave you breathless at the end of the combat turn. ;)
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #26 on: <10-21-12/0957:12> »
Cyber, check.
Elves, check.
Matrix check.
Magic and Dragons, check and check.
Barrier foam?!??!? OK I draw the line!!!!
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #27 on: <10-21-12/1220:04> »
Quote from: Reaver on <10-21-12/0054:55>
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I don't know... if DocWagon is selling a premium service, say extraction of my dying behind from a threatening situation, knowing that they are going to come in guns blazing to pull my butt out of the fire seems more like a good sales pitch...

Just make sure you read the fine print of your contract...

Suffering from lead poisoning by red samurai fire on renraku property? "So sorry, Renraku has not given us permission to enter their property... Please exit the property for pick-up. If you are unable to exit the property... Thank you for paying for this service in advance and good luck in your (short) endeavors."

Which is the Exact reason why no character I've ever had has ever bought a docwagon contract. In fact I don't think I've ever run with people that wasted money on one.
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #28 on: <10-21-12/1434:49> »
Quote from: JustADude on <10-21-12/0146:16>
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I don't know... if DocWagon is selling a premium service, say extraction of my dying behind from a threatening situation, knowing that they are going to come in guns blazing to pull my butt out of the fire seems more like a good sales pitch...

Oh, it'll be guns blazing; but the guns will be firing Gel or Stick'n'Shock, and that massive barrage of grenades is going to contain Flashbangs, Barrier Foam, or a non-lethal chemical.

a mark 19 grenade launcher with preset 50 round chains of 10-20 flashbangs followed by 30-40 barrier foam, so much chaos followed by so much silence.  (tech problem: stopping the autofire after the last flashbang, before firing the first foam)


and one Doc wagon scout wearing a suit that sprays foam dissolving agent ahead of him as he heads to the customer in the foam wall.
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Re: One little problem with barrier foam.

« Reply #29 on: <10-22-12/0907:36> »
Not like SnS isn't so overpowered that using it wouldn't actually increase their effectiveness, anyway...
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