[Aria]

I've had another player request to join us and as we are currently missing Daddy, and possibly Duke, I don't mind slotting in another... of course it will need justifying in the IC otherwise you paranoid lot are probably going to shoot any new strangers on sight!  So he/she (details to follow) will have a unique skill set that you need...

Regarding repairs, I suspect the 10% cost per box of damage is a hang over from when everything had 10 boxes...in this instance, and given the skills you have between you and the facility, I'll waive the fee.  Time on the other hand... I suspect that when the brown stuff comes flying you'll have done enough to cosmetically fix the damage and replace the radiator and some of the more damaged parts.  Being ~2am doesn't help of course... GM fiat, you have repaired half the damage (7 boxes?)... this is where investing in the skills are better than just going and buying a new machine... that one isn't going to turn up until the morning 

[adamu]

Sweet - so original van should be down 8 out of 20 boxes by about 5 am.
Happy happy, and thanks for the asist, Scythe.

AFB right now, but if memory serves, at that level of damage the beast will still have an effective handling (limit) of 1, making it mostly useless in action.
There are some tricks to get around that, but hoping we don't have to do anything too crazy on the road until the new van gets here at 0700ish.

We'll see!

(And someday maybe the rigger book will be out, and hopefully include more clear repair rules!)

[Aria]

Sadly Al was a bit optimistic in thinking the 'expected' hit wouldn't happen here... 

[pistolgrip]

Dang it, Al!

[adamu]

Al will be planning what beer he'll drink that night while they are tightening the noose around his neck.

[gilga]

Nevermind saw it is 4:13 am so Solo still has M with him.

[Jack_Spade]

Yeah, no kidding. It's times like this you need to prepare an explosion so massive, that you have an instant background count of +3 

[gilga]

Guys  a ritual magic need a link, meterial or sympathetic. It is likely targeted at the doc.
If it is not to late we may be able to make him more magic resistant.

[adamu]

Hmmm - there is no sewer/cellar/underground(Tube) access noted in the description of the place on my character sheet.
Al's main emergency escape plan was always the speedboat...
But maybe Aria had something in mind...?

Aria, any such access?

Or, actually, I am thinking we are meant to await the arrival of the new player with the unique and essential skillset (that Torrent is sending) to show us what to do....?

As for what Torrent meant by "underground", my reading was that sewer or Tube are academic - the ritual is so badass it is lighting up the sky all around the building -- I don't think it is targeting just the Doc, I think it is a magical Thor strike, and we need to be "underground" because only the super mana barrier provided by Earth will keep us safe....

But maybe I'm just being Chicken LIttle here...

[gilga]

Maybe an improve willpower spell on the good old doc? just in case it is an assassination attempt.

[Aria]

It was a capital 'U' , although he didn't mean the subway/metro... London has an underground which is a giant, and much older, version of the Seattle Orc Underground... No immediate access from here but there won't be one far away... Directions will be forthcoming!

[adamu]

Oh, and IRL there is very little Tube service in the Docklands. Unless we are in the western part near the Jubilee line, the Docklands is primarliy served by the Docklands Light Railway...

But of course we are 60 years on...so really I have no idea.

[Aria]

@Tobbis: assume you've registered your sprite if you wish...or forego the fading, your choice!

[Aria]

Paranoia is grand the light is just that...very early dawn light...the sending is invisible to normal eyes...

[adamu]

Yeah, the light that wakes me up around 4 am every summer morning here in London.

But that doesn't stop Al from seeing it that way!

For the record, OOC-wise, gilga is probably right - we should concentrate magical protections on the Doc...

But unless I am relying on past-edition lore, getting physically underground should stop the spell - so where is the guide Torrent is sending???