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Post by wolflet59 on Dec 13, 2006 9:47:52 GMT -5
Let us survey the damage and the salvage..
whilst you are cleaning up - a flydrone zips up from just over the rise heading back down the mountain - so now you know how they knew you were coming...
the girlcop cries loud and long into tissues offered by all of the males on site, after Four-eyes has given her a thorough medical (trust me I'm a first-aider...) Her story is a sad one - the allure of bright lights and cheap trids had led her to sink granny's meagre inheritance into her good looks.. the interesting bit is that recently one of her agents had called her up to make the onsite filming trip for a thou upfront.. nice easy money.. she got chatting to the others- Reg an ork stuntman , and Betty and Barney who played bit parts as a couple, some porno trid work ... all had the same offer of onsite work.
The trid recorder lighting gear and the rest have mostly taken a tumble - but 'Cons' the name of the guy in the SWAT suit was running the shooting (she sobs again at this ) She is either a very good actor - and should be earning big bucks, or she is very shaken and telling the truth..
The director is Nance, the mage. She was directing the shoot, they set up here last night - and the other three in charge.. the third quiet guy seemed to be a tecchie or something - he diddnt do much... they set the scene for the SWAT against the wolves scene.... then you guys came along and stuff got noisy, and real and ... wwwaaahhh
Looking back on it the trucks they were in - they were not familiar with them, probably stolen..
Thunder too is snuffling - a few tears trickle down his beard as he picks up the peices of his flydrones, cradling the busted lynx tenderly carrying it back to his RV. Your hearts go out to this guy... that was a lot of hardware thrown at the ambushers - and it kept them off your backs for long enough to let you reorganise - taking the fight back to them. Now he carries the peices.
The Mage-ess is searched and useful looking kit removed. Bound and gagged - watched by Micro
Hunter gets a slap patch to kick start his heart - he breathes - shallow. He is in need of intensive care. Four-Eyes in his medic hat recons he would be too far gone in another couple of minutes- even so it will be a heavy medical bill to get him on his feet again. (any magical healing available?)
The truckers bewail their trucks - pitted from MG rounds and the paint jobs ruined, and one tractor requires hauling away...
Lucille needs the bus overhauling - it will run, but it would be better to haul it away too..
The two vans will turn out to be stolen recently from Seattle, but as this is the Cascades, you could part-ex them to cover the repairs..
In the back of the second van, Thunders eyes light up.. three flydrones nearly new... he disconnects the remote access - and lovingly hauls them over to his drone rack.. This seems an acceptable replacement for his own ones that were smashed..
Lucille checks out the ladymages credsticks from her leather coat.. eight of them at a thou per.. she was holding the cash for the group - but why? Who were they supposed to take out?
Guys - I got to ask you - is there a price on your heads that we need to know about ? we diddnt get any hassle on the way up here - so it isnt me or Four-Eyes so....
Oh..... thinking about it, erm where did that heavy payment come from after you had the fight with the kidnappers you had Four-Eyes.. - d'you think a corp might have tracked something down to the bus? Why did Fry get off so quick at the mines... I might be jumping to conclusions but it seems to fit... Means the bus is a target for a corp pay-back... Awwwww shit. theres a rough ride ahead, or a respray...
after twenty minutes of getting settled - the ladymage stirs.. a quick splash of icy water will bring her back to her senses, and you may get some more answers, depending on who is asking what, and how you go about it... There are some choice comments involving body parts and pointy things..
Mercury, as one of the truckers points out is safe to handle as long as it aint hot - its the foomes that poison the mind.. in fact the cannisters can be plugged, the excess spillage washed out .. depends whats in the rest of the load - now, mixing it with volatiles like sodium can cause a reaction - specially in the hot parts over the exhaust.. no sodium.. OK - what are you carrying then...
A dozen sets of eyes turn on Lucille... bar metals she explains.. silver, copper gold, tin no powder, no chems, just bar. and boxes of crstal.. Micro remembers most of this - his previous job at the mines was to check for the virgin metals - top value, useful to a mage.....
Lucille cracks open some of the small boxes to make sure they arnt contaminated - they are fine.. ruddy copper shiny silver, and eye-tempting gold...
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Post by scawire on Dec 13, 2006 19:07:01 GMT -5
Not wanting to leave the mage wandering around unattendent and with out some way to stop spells flying from her mana, before Micro drops his spell defence to do his best to heal Hunter he decides to blind fold the mage know full well that with out line of site she can't cast anything. To top it off he gets her to lay face down so if she trys astrally preciving to shoot off a spell all she can see is dirt.
"IF That mage moves well I'm casting this you put a bullet in her head Four Eye." Micro says just before he cast his Heal Spell
Heal, Using Force 5, TN 10-ESS. =7or 8., Drain 2(Wound level) (NOTE every success heals 1 box to max=force) CAST Sorcery 7 + 4 Spell Pool= 11 [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] Rolls: 4,5,5,2,1,3,5,1,3,5,5
DRAIN Will 6 + 2 Spell Pool= 8 [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] [dice=6][dice=6] Rolls 4,1,5,5,3,6,5,4
"Dame it! If he wouldn't of cybered himself out I might of been able to do something with my spell." Micro says as he notices the spell did nothing
Reastablishing his spell defence up, Micro does his best to help Four Eyes with the physical healing of hunter using Bio Tech 1 on him[rand=5772038048860874976065523928304540620168288717423430073450570461]
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Post by bythtron on Dec 13, 2006 21:29:30 GMT -5
*he goes around geting the drones of his. Looking at the doberman it seemed to have taken a bit beeting. Looking over the Steel Lynx that i had out it was just minor scratches that he could repair. The 2 Stratos 9 are going to need more work then the rest. But The new drones are aboon. They will help out alot with aerial surveillance and stuff. *
hey guys i need a hand moving this to my rv. Also we should pick up the rest of their weapons and equipment. We can lay our hands on. I want to sell that motorcycle. To cover repair costs on my drones. *he was glad his extra steel lynx is in the rv*
(Just wondering what Heli drones they are. Oh and where is the sniper my drones where fire at it)
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Post by Braddoc on Dec 13, 2006 22:43:45 GMT -5
Four-Eyes finishes patching himself up while the lady cop told her story. Some bimbo novice, a stuntman and some porn actors, yeah, anything for some easy money..poor bastards.. first-aid +R6 medkit [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] rule of 6 [dice=6][dice=6] The bandages did the trick and the painkillers took care of the pain, making movement, while a bit limited, still doable. He then checked on the others; The Orkish trucker who lost his tractor had minor scrapes, while Micro, Lucille and Hunter and magical wounds, where bandages and physical medicine can't really help there. He did brought back Hunter and patched what could be patched, it wasn't alot, but it was well done.
He lid a smoke and removed the empty casings from his revolver while going to take a look at the vid cam, and at the recording. He was about to watch it when Lucille came around She does make a point
"Well, I reckon he did took all of that kidnappee's account and stole a high armour program..but we were always moving..and from the mines, where he ain't really movin', the corp could just track him down there..heh..not to mention they won't go to all that length with some hired bystanders, they would have just send in a strike team and just blow the bus to hell with a AT missile or something..I mean why loose time like that?..."
Four-Eyes took a drag, giving time for everyone to get that sunk in deep "Nah, Those guys wanted something from the bus..like the Troll and the Orks 'few miles uphill...but silver ore and mecury..'seems alot of trouble for mage stuff.." He nodded at Nance, who was still knockout "Guess we'll have to ask questions to her then.."
A quick check-up on the boxes for contamination did brought good news; the rest of the cargo was clean ..but not what it was supposed to be..He grabbed Lucille and took her on the side "Hey Lucille, what's with the copper..and more importantly the gold?..'Ever think someone squealed too much a th' mine and the word got out we had gold? Silver Ore is worth alot, but anyone with half a braincell knows that gold's worth cash...hell maybe even Fry's behind this..Th'quicksilver might drive you insane, but gold's the real damage to the head, 'bet ya 10 Nuyen that was their idea too..hell 'think she just moved too, let's go ask her.." He turned sharply and went to meet the mage . [rand=4995667424517818723671060913883321317976139219866863686648959896]
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Post by wolflet59 on Dec 14, 2006 8:01:39 GMT -5
everyone is helping out.. looks like Hunter is in a bad way.. any docwaggon contracts around ?
The ladymages guns are checked - gel rounds - her eyes are taped while she is still unconcious.
Lucille spreads out the credsticks - two to the blasted waggon, one between the other two to fill those MG holes.. two to Thunder, and everyone else gets a single 1000 yen credstick to cover costs.. though Hunters med bill will be big...
The drones are nice new ones, hardly used - flydrones of some sort - noone else is as into them as Thunder, - you will have to pore through the drone weekly mag to id their capability.. you can tell me what you got! Your other drones took some excellent shots - there is salvage but not much to repair.. again Thunder knows more on this...
It is pointed out that thunders RV - though very good at stopping bandits, is also highly illegal. Depends on how you want to handle the law out here.
girlcop Amanda actually... tells you that it all seemed very fast - a quick recruit, grab your gear and off on the road..
Browsing the ladymage pocket comp - a foto of the bus is found - a piccy from the mines, so it could be they were after the bars..
But why - theres about 40 grands worth, maybe fifty in metal bar - from what little I know, this is top premium price for scrap metal - why hit us for that -?
Corps have no juristiction here, most orks dispise them for what theyve done to metas.. and sending in a team of hired help sounds just right for a corp wanting some payback - nearly got it too. Could have killed the lot of us, you guys were bloody lucky not getting drilled bythe sniper - I thought both of you had been killed ! Nice to see youre still standing.
With some icy water to wake her, there are some questions that you would like answering.. turns out Nancy is in the acting biz and was hired on to confuse the bus crew with her magics.. their aim was the million in bullion being shipped into Seattle...
Looks like theres a lot of people getting the wrong information and youre getting it in the neck. Micro rubs his scar gingerly..
what was in store for them further down the road.. in a shot-up bus with wounded aboard..
Thank goodness the cops were about to arrive to help out.
Does anyone know much about the Cascades Rangers..?
Now you got yourselves a set of new problems - Lucille rings ahead to try to get repairs sorted, and to rope in a couple of more hands, they may well be needed.
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Post by scawire on Dec 14, 2006 13:52:55 GMT -5
"You know if we can't get any help for hunter I can always use my Doc wagon basic contract." Micro states to Four Eyes as the two of them try there best to keep Hunter alive. "I don't want to be the one to pay the bill though. Atleast we don't need the HTR packaget that can cost any arm and a leg. Want me to put the call in I have no Idea if running him to the hospital ourselfs would be quicker then getting them out here."
(OOC if you think it is quicker to get Doc Wagon Micro will call them in without HTR, cost to much and there is no one for them to shoot anymore. 1000Y a day for intensive care is expensive Man I hope they don't give me the bill I'll be in debt in no time.)
Micro checks out the mage to see if she has any focuses to help pay for the medical expensises and the drones. As he does this he pockets his credstick of 1000Y. "Doc Wagon Never leave home without it." Micro thinks as begins to think of what to buy with his new cash. "Spell Formulas, Elemental Conjuring Materials. Ya Elementals would help out that would be a great plan, and if I can get 1 more spell that would be great too."
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Post by Braddoc on Dec 14, 2006 21:24:48 GMT -5
First-aid+R6 medkit [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] rule of 6 [dice=6][dice=6] 3 4 2 4 10 4 5 1 9 3
"Call Doc Wagon if you want..but out here, that's a helicopter they'll be needin', just so you know, just try to heal him again, if that ain't helping him call'em if you want." While working on patching Hunter as best as he could, Four-Eyes noticed that Hunter was wearing a basic Doc Wagon bracelet. "Well drek, forget 'bout callin' them Micro, Ol' Hunter here's a member! Just cast some healin' magic on him, we can call the Wagoneers with his bracelet."
Lucille was browsing in the tied-down Mage's pockcomp, and came with a picture of the bus, it was from when they were still at the mine. "C'mon Lucille, it's gold! I bet someone thought it was worth more than that, and that we had a bus-full of it. You saw how the miners were exited just by hearing the word 'gold' so imagine if someone, like some pals down in Seattle, learned that possibly a bus load of it was rollin' downhill..'pretty sure greed might have overcome our mystery snitch and he made a few calls..." He pumped his smoke who was almost out, a small, but heavy cloud of smoke appeared in the air around him, but was caught in the wind and blew away. Four-Eyes did laugh a little when Lucille thought him and Micro got done for by that sniper. "Heh..like hell I'll die by a sniper's shot, not good enough for me..and besides, the Mage's gun was loaded with gel rounds; if they were a corp hit team, everyone would have had real bullets, not just the sniper and grenadier..'least that how I would have loaded everyone..oh and ahem..if we ever make it to Seattle, I know a guy, he's petty good with th'machines..motors and such..'pretty sure he'll help you with the bus"
He got up and walked toward Nancy, who was still faced down in the dirt. "So, 'got hired as magical support for the theft of the 'millions' in gold we had huh?..So, who hired you?..Even better, why does some one with a good job in the acting world suddenly decides to do some heist like that? Most people would take some pills and go clubbin'', less risk to get shot like that"
((OOC: as for the Cascades Rangers, I do have Captain Bridges, Cascades Ork Police Captain as a lvl.1 contact after the kidnapping incident..dunno if that'll help with them..))[rand=3526968094640051723625694755665505355079649441281568020877356841162]
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Post by scawire on Dec 14, 2006 22:44:38 GMT -5
(OOC Oh I just read over the heal again it says a person can only be Magically healed once for each set of injures, I thought it meant I had but one shot, now I think I can only succeed once. So here goes)
"Ok I'll try my best but that last one gave me a bit of a head ack." Micro says as he rub his head preparing to cast the spell again.
(OOC I think I got a light wound last time TN+1)
TN 8 or 9 now, Force 5, Drain 3 (wound Level)
Cast 7 [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] [dice=6][dice=6]
Rule of 6 [dice=6][dice=6]
Rolls 2,12,5,2,2,3,7 (1 success, means 1 box healed, I stopped rolling 6's no point 12 succeeds)
Drain Will + all Pool = 12 (just so I can keep trying) [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] [dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6] [dice=6][dice=6]
Rolls 2,2,1,1,2,4,4,5,4,4,6,5 (Another Light Wound)
After Micro cast the spell blood begins to drip from his noes "Man I think that is the best I got Hunter has Too much CyberWare for me to be of any greater help"
(OOC I will have to sustain the spell for 20 turns since I'm assuming he had a D Wound, this will make my 1 box of healing permanent)
Micro stands up and wipes the blood from his face. "If that didn't work we will need to hall him into the RV and drive him to the hospital or call Doc Wagon. You got a cigarette Four Eyes I owe you a pack when we get to town."[rand=198223990120025675697763768397803454254906220423532271325205957013]
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Post by wolflet59 on Dec 15, 2006 7:55:23 GMT -5
Stopped the internal bleeding.. congratulations.. he will live !
Four-Eyes questions answer themselves- who doesnt get hired by a Jhonson... and the lure of yen and the want for that 'getting involved' does it for a lot!
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Post by scawire on Dec 15, 2006 15:24:42 GMT -5
"Well I think he will survive. We should check him over to make sure. Then try and getout of here before the cops show up. I know we where jumped and all but I still don't like the Law all that much." With that said Micro does his best to use his Bio-Tech skill to do a check on hunter.
(OOC I'll roll if I have to but I think me and Four Eyes can tell if he is ok to move.)
Once the check is over Micro decides to do his best to find anything that would fetch him some money from the 2 stolen vehicles that can be placed into the RV incase the Law makes it hard for the group to take the vehicle themselves. After which not wanting to stick around for the arival of the Coppers he does his best to help thunder gather up all the parts of his downed drones. At the same time keeping an eye on the mage with his spell defence Maxed out.
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Post by Braddoc on Dec 16, 2006 23:53:52 GMT -5
He took his pack and gave a smoke out to Micro, before going back to talking with Nancy "Right, right..a Johnson..huh huh..so where'd ya' meet that Johnson then huh?..And what's the name of that sniper friend of yours?..Already got an image of him, might as well get a name..that'll save me a day or two or searching around town" Four-Eyes puffed his smoke, hoping that Thunder did have a recording of the sniper when his drones where close. "And how 'bout you lady? Got some favorite bars or hangouts or somethin' back in Seattle? What's your studio you work for? They pay good? Say, you want a smoke? They got a nice menthol taste, and it's the best thing against a hangover." He gave out a charming smile, but since she was blindfolded and starting on the group, it was more of a reflex than actually thinking about it
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Post by bythtron on Dec 19, 2006 21:25:02 GMT -5
(Just trying to come up with a post)
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Post by wolflet59 on Dec 20, 2006 3:50:40 GMT -5
No probs guys - Thunder youve got yourself three new drones and some scrap.. the two damaged vans can be traded in for repairs ... place is a shambles
Depends what you want to do with the mage-ess !
Ah - Four-Eyes is back to his charming self
Micro is still twitchy
Now the coppers will arrive soon... anyone got some charms to do the blagging ? Anything obvious sticking out of Thunders RV? This is ork country - the Cascades - they dont like outside intervention or humes ...
Lucille can do some of the talking to get things rolling, but each of you will be 'interviewed' - as to who gets the blame for what..
The Mage-ess could quite easily end up working a stretch for the Cascades government in an unpaid specialist capacity...
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Post by bythtron on Dec 20, 2006 23:56:50 GMT -5
*he runs around collecting all the scrap metal he can from around the place he puts it in his rv. Then he puts the scrap drones away in the back of his Rv. Making sure all guns are back in the ports hidden away. As well he puts his 3 new heli drones into the rack with my Strato 9 Since all my guns are hidden know i won't have to worry about getting dinged. I also think of moving the rv back and changing its color and license plate. So nobody would knows its him. * Hey guys get everything cleared off the road. I want to sell those vans to help pay for repairs on my stuff if you don't mind. We also need to figure out how to get ride of the mage.
*he was looking for that bike the sniper had.* Hey anyone seen that motorbike? *he could put the weapons away in the rv*
(A couple aerial drones i might be interested in. Whie had to type up a list of them sometime)
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Post by wolflet59 on Dec 21, 2006 8:57:34 GMT -5
All hidden away.. lovely.. so how will you explain the HMG punctures in a lot of the vehicles..?
You may not have to explain out here as long as you keep everything under wraps - , but there are things called laws in the big city, and you are driving an armoured car in effect, a military classification of vehicle - if someone decides to check it out, twenty years?
Here in the Cascades, if you are obviously a good guy, working for an ork bus driver, shooting hume para-millitaries who were ambushing commercial vehicles, a big blind eye will more than likley be turned .... in Seattle you will get slammed.
Take the reaction to grenades... they are deadly and have a huge effect.. now you know why people carrying explosives get put away for a long time.. because they are very dangerous to someone else! The Star come down very hard on anyone with mil spec equipment - coz it usuall ends up with them on the receiving end!
you have been warned! Other people will run things differently, but as you have been on the receiving end of explosives, you should be able to understand my point of view.
By the way, what do you all think went well - or right, and what do you think went wrong -for both of your groups..? You could jaw about what happened as you make your way to Angel Falls (the baddies were real players - that is why it was so tough. No Mr nice guy from me , it was all their own work, slightly modified by me to fit .... hard work for everyone ! Thanks to all meanies and goodies alike! )
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