[Ravensoracle]

So we pop our door open. Ichante and Casket step out facing opposite guards. Casket uses his Silenced Remington 950 w/ Stick-n-Shock on the guard next to the vault door. Ichante Petrifies the guard next to the elevator. Pale Horse follows us out to take finish off whatever guard is still able to get off a comm signal. Chaim directs us all (Yeah Leadership bonus) and Spike is ready to intercept any signal the guards manage to send.

How does that sound for a plan. Should be done in 1 Initiative pass. Once the guards are down we threaten to feed them to the elf/ghoul if they don't cooperate.

[gilga]

I think that Spikes can reboot their comlinks to give us a complete combat round where they cannot call for help. I'll read again to find out how hard it is to intercept their signals, she could make noise with her deck it can be a neat solution (not even illegal)

What device ratings the guards comlinks are ?

[CraterShip]

I'll give their comms a device rating of 6 in order to reflect the need to work through being two stories underground

[gilga]

Okay so I think the biggest contribution form Spikes is to jam the signals and loop the cameras to prevent these guys from calling to help and from preventing HQ from visually seeing that they have some kind of problem. (please try not to kill them... they are just doing their job).

Jam Signals: 15d6t5 8

her limit is 6, 7 with Chaim's guideness, so once you figure out the plan Spikes can solve the 'calling for help' problem for us.

[rednblack]

Kind of a moot point now, as I like the direction that we're heading in plan-wise, but re: the stealth discussion I usually allow someone under the Concealment power who is also wearing a Chameleon Suit or Ruthenium-Polymer armor to make a Sneaking test in this sorts of circumstances.  My reasoning is that the armored suit by itself would stick out like the Predator in a hallway, but the Concealment power would further blur those edges.  Anyway, just my 0.02¥. 

As for breaching the doorway, we could try for Dynamic Entry, getting +3 dice to each attack.  Since Chaim can only apply Leadership to 1 char by RAW -- it has to be their next action, and having each char Hold their action is cheese that just doesn't sound fun or right -- that might be a good play.  If so, between Casket's SUT skill, Ichante's high INT and Chaim's Leadership we should be able to hit the 4 Threshold.  I'll leave the call to Raven, since he has to make the final roll, but I'll go ahead and drop a Leadership roll for maneuver.  Chaim has: CHA (6) + Leadership (6) + Direct Spec (2) + Tailored Pheromones (2) = 16 dice.
Leadership: Casket SUT: 16d6t5 3
Well, that's not much help.

If I'm understanding Petrify right -- which book is that in? -- that stands a good chance of success, so I'll roll Leadership for Casket's use of the shotty.  Another 16 dice.
Leadership: Casket go boom: 16d6t5 7
Limit is 8 with Tailored Pheromones, so Casket can keep all 7 dice with a +1 to Accuracy.

I'll go ahead and roll Initiative and a Surprise test with +3 for being aware.

Initiative: 7+1d6 13

Surprise: 10d6t5 1
Nope.  Once we breach, Chaim is going to hum to himself for an IP.  Hopefully, you guys won't need him.

Edit: one addendum to the plan would be to have Casket shoot the guy near the elevator -- closest to us -- and have Ichante use Petrify on the one by the hexagonal door.  1. no range penalties.  2. I bet the vault door is rather soundproof, but getting shot may make more noise than we'd like, and do so closer to the unknowns.

[CraterShip]

If I could get your guys initiative rolls and Ichante's spell roll for petrify and drain, and casket's shot roll I'll get everything poor together.

[gilga]

Deck Configuration:

Programs:
1. Hardwired Virtual Machine - Edit (+2 to edit file) + Decryption (+1 Attack)
2. Smoke and Mirrors (Maximum effect as no use for deck this combat)

Total noise reduction of 2 (with Vectored Signal Processor)
Overclocked Attack:
Matrix Array: 4 Attack + 1 overclock + 1 Decryption: 6 Attack
3, Sleaze:
2. Data Processing
1. Firewall

Deck is slaved to the blue defender that has Firewall 6. (electronically modified)

Initiative Matrix:
matrix initiative: 7+4d6 20

Jam Signals action:

This action turns the wireless device you are using
into a local jammer. As long as you do not use the device for any further Matrix actions, the device adds any
hits you get on the test to the noise rating for all Matrix
actions conducted by or targeting any devices within
100 meters. If you want selective jamming or directional
jamming, buy a jammer—that’s what they’re for.

So Spikes cannot use her Deck this combat, this is why I roll meat space initiative aswell, Spikes first action will be to go back to AR so that she is not
murdered while she is away.

Physical Initiative: Initiative: 10+1d6 16

Initiative phase 1: Back to AR. - at Initiative 20 (matrix)
Initiative Phase 2:  At Initative 6: (Physical) TBD - if the combat gets loud enough so that her unsilenced automatic fire is acceptable, she will join, otherwise she will just wait in the room and defend herself if attacked.

PS. I assume that Spikes could loop the cameras and do the jamming before combat - since we initiate combat, there is no need to do the preparation actions very fast.

[Tecumseh]

Ichante's Initiative: Initiative: 1d6+12 18, nice

Petrify is from Shadow Spells and is pretty sweet:

[spoiler]PETRIFY
(PHYSICAL)
Type: P
Range: LOS
Duration: S
Drain: F – 2
This spell transforms living tissue into calcium carbonate,
or effectively, stone. The spellcaster must succeed in
a Spellcasting + Magic [Mental] Opposed Test against the
subject’s Body (+ Counterspelling). The spell’s Force must
also equal or exceed the subject’s body. The subject is not
conscious while under the spell’s effect, and any damage
suffered by the stone-like subject translates normally to
the appropriate Condition Monitor. While in this form, the
subject has a Barrier Armor Rating (p. 197, SR5) equal to
their Body + the caster’s net hits when they cast the spell.
Non-living material is not affected by the spell, including
clothing, cyberware, and carried gear.[/spoiler]

Short version: it's Magic + Spellcasting vs. the target's Body, where Force needs to equal or exceed the target's Body. For humans, Force 6 should be sufficient 99% of the time.

Ichante's spellcasting: Magic 6 + Spellcasting 6 [Force 6]: 12d6t5 6 hits, nice
Soaking 4S drain: Willpower 7 + Intuition 4 (8): 15d6t5 5 hits

That went as well as it could have.

In other news, it is absolutely pouring rain in Seattle today, very much like in our game. Yesterday was clear blue skies and sunny autumn weather; today is a downpour.

[Ravensoracle]

I will roll as soon as I get home. On my phone now.

[Ravensoracle]

Initiative roll

Initiative: 3d6+9 23

Stepping out and Firing the Suppressed Remington 950 Sniper Rifle

Firing Rem 950 Sniper Rifle (Suppressed): 16d6t5 5

EDIT: Forgot the Small Unit Tactics Roll

Small Unit Tactics (Urban): 13d6t5 8

Dynamic Entry gives attack bonus of +3

Bonus Attack Dice: 3d6t5 1 so 6 sux total for the attack.

[CraterShip]

Guards initiative rolls

16 and 15

Looks like you guys are going to get those shots off just fine, I'll post IC results shortly

Resist petrify, 3 successes while an admirable attempt, he's going to have a bad day.

Resist shock round, 0 successes he's having an awful day...

[gilga]

Crazy idea, should we dress in their uniforms? or are we running in- how much time do we need.

[rednblack]

I went ahead and posted under the assumption that the guards don't have Doc Wagon bands or bio-monitors just to keep things moving forward.  If they do, I'll need to edit my post. 

I'm going to roll AGI + Perception for searching Guard 1.  Chaim has: AGI (5) + Perception (5) + Specifically Looking (3) = 13 dice.
Rolling Guard 1: 13d6t5 4

If we go with the disguise option, Chaim will use Leadership on Ichante for Physical Mask.  16 dice.
Leadership: Ichante, Physical Mask: 16d6t5 5
An average roll here is still pretty good.

@Cratership, out of curiosity, would the guards have acted normally had Ichante and/or Casket not put them down, or were you going to have them roll Surprise?

[CraterShip]

I would have had then act normally, if anything you guys surprised them, but they would have been professional enough to call for backup

Oh, and no docwagon or biomonitoring gear is apparent on either

[Ravensoracle]

Rolling Perception to study the Vault door and hallway.

Perception (Visual) + Actively looking: 13d6t5 4