[Malevolence]

I think they are building a profanity file with common Shadowrun conversions. So c-u-n-t becomes slot, a-s-s becomes hoop, etc. No SR sub for cock, so no substitution. Probably bad regular expressions.


Ohanzee (and I as a player) have no clue that indicates that Ohanzee or Sam were psychos. Ohanzee and I have first hand knowledge of Doc's episode (having watched it or read it's contents, respectively), but neither I nor Ohanzee has any information about Chino's chip aside from Chino's reaction (and your reaction as OOC knowledge) and his suggestion that he was a phycho before hand. Aside from that, I (and Ohanzee) have the footage from APB (the superset of the footage from the security forces that attacked us) that shows that Chino might have been a little crazy, but not psycho, and shows Sam and Ohanzee only performing professionally, with no indication of their personality.


I do have an idea for a psycho version of Ohanzee that I might weave into a dream sequence if I have the time. Since from what Chino has posted, the sim chip involves kicking people's heads off (Chino has super kicking powers), I can construct something using Ohanzee's stand out powers - namely Mind Control. Considering Gloria's demise, I could also throw in some spirits dropping people from unsafe heights. But that is all my spin on the information that I have if I were to assume that all of Blue team were violent killers. But I have no information about either Sam's or Ohanzee's past to indicate one way or another aside from what I just mentioned in this post.


You mentioned something about being certain that Blue team had never met before this job (which may have taken a year or more to plan and prepare), which is something that Ohanzee is as yet unaware of.

[Zweiblumen]

Doc has almost 0 info.  He has no commlink to check for past calls/friends.  No contacts, no SIN to check. He's basically a clean slate.  Hell, he doesn't even have a BTL to reference. Just one clip of him stealing a deck and re-murdering someone. Oh, and bitching about his lost porn/snuff collection.

I can't even find a string to start pulling on.

[Tecumseh]

yeah without that porn collection doc's got nothing to pull on at all

[Poindexter]

Hell, he doesn't even have a BTL to reference.

Doc hasn't seen the BTL?!

[8-bit]

Hell, he doesn't even have a BTL to reference.

Doc hasn't seen the BTL?!

No one but Chino and Sam has seen it.

[Poindexter]

Hell, he doesn't even have a BTL to reference.

Doc hasn't seen the BTL?!

No one but Chino and Sam has seen it.

Oh dear, Doc has simply got to see this.
Sam assumes he already has and once he has a chance to talk to Chino about it, that will come up. If Chino mentions that Doc aint seen it yet, Sam will almost insist he watch it.

[Poindexter]

Recover stun dmg from 5 hours sleep: 5#15d6t5 2 4 6 5 4

so Sam is all good, needing to ditch only 5 boxes.

[Tecumseh]

"Whatever the hell you are, I suppose I owe you a debt of thanks. You've given me a second chance, so for that at least, Thank you."

Poindexter has touched on one of the more interesting philosophical questions of the situation. What if you learn that you don't like your previous self? Is losing your memory a set-back or an opportunity? If you can get your memory back, would you want it? What if some PCs want their memories back but others don't, and it's an all-or-nothing proposition?

This is one of the major themes of the film Dark City, if anyone has seen it. I don't know if Ryo is familiar with it, but the set-up is very similar (waking up with amnesia and trying to piece together your former life, for better or worse).

One of the things that we're exploring in this film, is what it is that makes us who we are. And, when you strip an individual of his identity, is there some spark, some essence there that keeps them being human, gives them some sort of identity? --Alex Proyas (writer/director/producer)

Post 1111!

[Tecumseh]

Excellent IC posts, everyone.

All of Katsina's preparations are going to expire overnight. I meant to have her do one big one right before bed, just in case the drain knocks her out. Let's try Combat Sense @ F6.

Magic 6 + Alchemy 5 + Enchanting Focus 2 + Mentor Spirit 2: 15d6t5 6 hits

Per Ryo's houserules, the preparation resists with 1 die because Force 6 - Alchemy 5 = 1. I forgot to do this for the last batch she made after the fight. Preparation Resist: 1d6t5 1 hit, nuts

Soaking 7 drain: 12d6t5 4 hits, she take 3 additional boxes of Drain

She ends up with a Force 6, Potency 5 preparation. She goes ahead and triggers the preparation with a mind to quicken it.

Force 6 + Potency 5: 11d6t5 3 hits

Not stellar, but about the same as buying hits. Seems fair, and she doesn't want to risk the drain of another huge preparation. Katsina now has Combat Sense 3 quickened.

Wednesday is my hair-on-fire day at work, and it looks like today will be no different. I won't be able to post until the late afternoon, so feel free to converse until then, or until rednblack posts some of what he learned.

Everyone sleeps off their Stun damage. Edge is fully refreshed. Keep up the good work, all.

[Tecumseh]

He turns to Sam and says, "I've got a favor to ask.  Once we're through in here, I was hoping you could take the smartlink system off that hunter's rifle and attach it to mine.  Could come in handy for what's coming next."

If Doc hears this request (i.e. if he's not sleeping in), he will remember that he has Armorer 2.

[8-bit]

Plus, it was not like she was out using her mojo to frag around with anyone's minds, or anything.

Ah, the blissful ignorance.

[rednblack]

Plus, it was not like she was out using her mojo to frag around with anyone's minds, or anything.

Ah, the blissful ignorance.

 

Also, edge refresh. Yay! Makes me nervous about what's coming down the pipe, but cool

[Zweiblumen]

He turns to Sam and says, "I've got a favor to ask.  Once we're through in here, I was hoping you could take the smartlink system off that hunter's rifle and attach it to mine.  Could come in handy for what's coming next."

If Doc hears this request (i.e. if he's not sleeping in), he will remember that he has Armorer 2.

I'll wait for Poindexter to pipe up as Ace directed it at Sam.  If Sam needs/wants help or is too busy Doc can do it.  He'll have an 11 dice pool for that (damn logic 9 is freakin' amazing).

Also, does Doc have the tools necissary to check on the nanite levels?  I seem to recall I did something to find them previously, but can't find the post.

[Malevolence]

Updated my post to accept the "Little Shadow" moniker. It seems odd that a dwarf would accept any nickname with "Little", "Short", "Small", "Diminutive", etc, but we don't always get to pick our nicknames (see George Costanza from Seinfeld and his desire to become "T-bone").


Also, I had originally wanted to do a Rambo sort of dream where Ohanzee was using his mind control to run people across a minefield, but the setup seemed too contrived (not like sneaking a gun and three grenades onto an executive jet with no magical security isn't...).


After the info revealed (that Blue Team might have been hired by a cult), I wonder if Ohanzee was the "handler", since these cults tend to be magic based and he seems to fit the role. So he's probably a cult member tasked with overseeing the hired psychos. The time frame for planning and executing the job is now at most about 2 months (discovery of artifact in late November at the earliest). Still a mystery as to how we ended up in the same van. I wonder if Team Ares convinced the psychos to turn with the promise of a nice big reward. A little mind magic from Katsina converts Ohanzee, at least for a little bit, and voila - Team Purple.

[Tecumseh]

Also, does Doc have the tools necissary to check on the nanite levels?  I seem to recall I did something to find them previously, but can't find the post.

Sure, Doc is smart enough to figure something out.

After the info revealed (that Blue Team might have been hired by a cult), I wonder if Ohanzee was the "handler", since these cults tend to be magic based and he seems to fit the role. So he's probably a cult member tasked with overseeing the hired psychos. The time frame for planning and executing the job is now at most about 2 months (discovery of artifact in late November at the earliest). Still a mystery as to how we ended up in the same van. I wonder if Team Ares convinced the psychos to turn with the promise of a nice big reward. A little mind magic from Katsina converts Ohanzee, at least for a little bit, and voila - Team Purple.

Lots of great speculation to be had! Don't be afraid to make it IC, if it's something your character would say.