GM: Nightshade
Players: Dante, Baron
Date: Jan 5th 2070
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----> Last Updated: Jan 05 2070 20:35 CST <----
The shadows are a dark and dangerous place, the common man who walks in the light knows to move quickly through the inky stretches between the lamplight, but sometimes the shadows turn on themselves. Even a "trusted" associate can start looking like a tasty target when the start to slow down and grow old. Such is the case this evening. A runner team, long past it's prime has become sloppy, the core team left years ago, and slowly the dregs have sunk lower and lower becoming a danger to the corporations that hired them. Now only 3 team members remain, living out of a RV in the UCAS sector quite some distance outside of Denver.
Your contacts made you aware that this was not a pleasant job, but it was one with the promise of good pay. The meet is taking at a small motel on the outskirts of Denver, the Johnson has rented a room and awaits your arrival, sitting on one of several folding chairs. His suit is immaculate, and screams of power, wealth, and disdain for the coarse world he's sitting in.
Baron drives his RV to the meet site and finds a place to park at the motel. He picks up a few snacks in case the meeting runs long, and climbs out of his RV, locking it up. He waddles his way to the room and knocks on the door, entering when a response or the door opens, whichever comes first.
Effek gets the phone call. He hangs up gathering his equipment. He is feeling rather discontent today but no bother. Packing all of his stuff and dressing proper he make his way to the meet. Enroute however his mood worsens, never one to ignore his intuition he calls in, backing out of the job.
Nightshade walked the last few kilometers to the motel, having hired a cab to get her this far. She's bundled head to toe against the weather. A large overcoat, scarf, cap, hood, gloves, mittens prevent the cold from getting to her, she makes her way into the motel room, standing shifting from foot to foot after looking over the folding chair and deciding not to risk the breakage.
Dante parked his brumby a couple blocks up in a crowded lot but tried to keep it out of camera shot. He left his rifle in the truck, though well hidden, and made his way towards the destination. He held his coat closed around him to block out the chill but other wise remained calm. With one gloved hand holding his coat together the other rested in his pocket as he made his way down the block.
The Johnson spends a few minutes outlining the job in broad strokes, three deaths, you keep what you kill. "You understand, lady and gentlemen, this is what happens when you snarl at the hand that feeds you. These three degenerates have begun threatening me with disclosing our past dealings. Two are little better than street toughs, brought on simple for muscle, the third though is a mage and you should use caution. Before I provide you with more detail I'll need your agreement to move forward, you will receive 10 thousand each up front. If all goes well we won't see eachother again unless I require additional services in the future, if things do not go well, you can expect a secondary team to follow you out to clean up you, and the mess you left."
Baron reaches into a pocket and pulls out a snickers bar, unwrapping it and taking a bite as he listens. When the question is raised, he swallows and nods "Yea, I'm in." then takes another bite of his candy.
Nightshade looks up from rubbing her hands together, "If someone can get me there and back, I'm in. I don't have a vehicle that will drive that far outside the city."
Baron nods to Nightshade and gestures the thumbs up, he doesnt say anything, cause his mouth is full of candy bar again.
Dante Simply listens quietly as the job is described and nods as it came to a close. "I have no foreseeable problems with the job. However, I do have a couple questions if only for informational purposes about the marks." He looks over to the female troll "My brumby should be able to suffice for transportation, though admitidly I would only have room in the bed of the truck. It is likely to be…breazy"
Nightshade looks between the two, "Looks like I'm in."
The Johnson looks over at Dante, "You can ask anything you like, it is in my best interest for this to go quickly and cleanly."
Dante he nods "My thanks. First of all, obviously, is the location. Where these 3 will be, are there any surounding buildings near by to esstablish a nest? Not too far or near, but covered. preferably low security access."
While Dante frames his question the Johnson pulls 3 portfolios from a brief case putting them down on the table, each contains several photos and a physical description of the targets a short list of aliases. "They are currently living in an RV, the vehicle is heavily armored. They are renting a plot at an RV park. Security overall is light, but there are no tall buildings." He shuffles through the photos producing an overhead shot of an RV campground, small plots of land with electric, water and sewer hookup for each plot, at this time of the season the lot is half full with people who have come into the area for the winter and the skiing. There is a circle around one RV sitting in the middle of the lot indicating it is the target.
Baron leans over and looks at the picture, tucking the candy wrapper into a coat pocket. He looks over the information and then sits back down.
The Johnson concludes, "These men are not 'first stringers' but they have access to much of the gear from their predecessors, at least the gear that hasn't been sold off already. If possible you want to make this quick, quiet and clean. It would be best if you erased any signs of foul play, but so long as it cannot be traced back to me, your methods are your own to choose."
Dante looks over the map looking for a direct line of site to be able to as many exits as possible from a distance. "I could lay either on the cround or even in the bed of my truck under a sheet of some kind. I sugest taking out themagic user first to less complicate things. I could take that shot if there are no objections. If possible could we use that as a signal for you two to go in for the others?"
Baron sits back in his chair and shrugs "I wont go in phsically, but I got a toy that will make thier day go real bad, real fast. Its not exactly subtle though. Claiming the loot might be a bit difficult if the cops are on the way."
The Johnson holds up his hand, "Pardon me, I need to maintain some deniability and knowing the details makes that difficult, I'll leave this in your hands." He places three credsticks down on the table. "I'll leave you to it. Any further questions you have should be answered in the portfolios."
«OOC» Dante says, "I have headware memory so could I store this info? If possible I would like to burn the physical evidence""
Nightshade looks between the two, "I don't mind up close work, but if you're going to do something loud I don't want to be stuck in the middle of an RV park with cops closing in."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "There is an optical chip with the information, you can store that, if you wanted to store "photos" of what you're looking at you'd need an eyecam."
Baron nods to the Johnson, then waits for him to leave before talking to the others.
Dante nods towards nighshade as the J leaves "agreed. we should wait to do something loud until we really have to. perhaps they may be stunned having one of their companions fall and may not respond right away. I might be able to catch another in the confussion. that would leave one left. However, my rifle isnt exactly quiet either. I have yet to obtain a silencer."
The Johnson heads out, the soft purr of his car starting outside then driving away back towards the city.
Baron groans and rubs his head "Alright, listen up fellas, as much as I hate to, I'll go in on foot with my deck. But, that means you." he points to Dante "You go in close to, cause we want to hit them, and take thier crap, not kill them for a measly ten."
Dante thinks for a moment. "I can get fairly close, but my skills are better suited for some distance. I wouldn't be as effective up close."
The RV park has wide aisles designed to allow even the biggest rigs to turn the corners.
Baron looks over the data "Alright, I can get my rig in there, drop my drone, and cover your back, but its gotta be done fast and hard, someone simply drive thier RV out of there, that way we get everything at once."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Each lot is a little shy of a quarter acre, the entire RV park covers a good 16 acres."
Dante thinks "Didn't you say you don't have a vehicle, Nightshade? If we could posibly take them out quickly, we could grab our brass and toss the bodies in the RV. Then Nightshade could drive off in the RV and we could find a suitable place to torch it, bodies and all. That should eliminate prints and body fluids if any should fall in the RV after we grab what is valuable. This is just one option of course."
Nightshade nods slowly, "I can drive a little."
Baron looks at the others "So, who's dealing with the mage?"
Nightshade points to Dante, "Bullets first, I can do a little magic myself but I don't want to have a power contest with an experienced mage if I can help it."
Baron nods and then stands up "Alright, I've got my RV close, plenty of room for all. I say we head out that way, and do some field recon."
Baron makes sure and gets the money and data before they leave.
Dante looks up from the notes and nods "I will take the shot. If I can eliminate the magic user first that should make things worlds easier for taking out the others." He looks up towards baron and grins "Your RV would blend best. I may actually be able to lay prone on the roof for a better view. bet we could discuss it more on the way I suppose."
Dante picks up the chip and money before looking over the physical notes. "Is all this info on the chips we have?"
Nightshade looks at Dante, "I might be able to help a little with that, lying on the rough, I think I can hide you while you're up there, but I can't do anything about the noise of your shots."
Baron heads to the door, then out, he leads the others to his Bison RV, and climbs in the back after unlocking the door. Once inside, he heads back to one of the beds and lays down, grabbing his deck and jacking in. The RV starts up after a brief moment, then heads out towards the highway.
All three of the runners are human, two are heavily chromed brutes, the third is a slightly plump and balding man and is marked as a hermetic mage.
Dante nods "unfortunately, until I get a silencer I have to make due with what I have. It has served me good so far though. we will need to stop at my truck to get it. It i only a block and a half on the way." he gathers the physical papers since every one had their chips and pulled a lighter from his coat pocket. He flipped it open and lit the bunch on fire. he held the bundle until it was sufficiently burning and then dumped it in a metal waste pan for it to burn to ash before making his way to a seat onto the RV as it took off. "The name is Dante, by the way." He nods politely towards the female troll.
Nightshade nods, "I go by Nightshade." she says, she unzippers her coat shrugging out of it and unfastens her jumpsuit withdrawing a katana and it's harness, refastening the suit and hanging the harness just under the coat, it is more obvious now but much quicker to draw. "Don't miss that first shot, Dante."
Baron waves a hand from the bed in the back of the RV "Baron." and then he reaches for a bucket of licorice and pulls out a strand to gnaw on as he makes sure everyone has their gear, before he tries to find a route to this RV park.
The drive to the RV park is open highway, a straight shot you'll cover in less than an hour and a half. No border and only the occasional patrol car watching for speeders.
Dante grins I rarely miss unless I want to.
Nightshade nods, "Good to hear."
It's early evening when you're within a few minutes of the RV park, it's still a few degrees above freezing but there is a fair chill in the air, it is mostly cloudy. The RV park consists of a series of plots leveled in a relatively flat spot in the mountains, the big draws here are hunting, skiing, and hiking depending on the season.
Baron finds a place to park just at the edge of the RV park, then prepares his Bumblebee drones for a little recon work. The window up front rolls down, and little drones fly through the RV and out the window into the sky.
Dante looks up from giving his rifle a once over and finishes loading it as the vehicle comes to a stop. "This where we will be parked? I don't wanna get set up till we are ready. its rather cold outside tonight."
Baron grunts from his spot in the bed "Nah, just going to take a look at the place first." in his head, he sees images from two seperate drones that are flying up into the air to get a birds eye view of the RV park, and their targets.
There are 80 total plots, about 40 of which currently have RVs in them, they're spaced out to give as much room from one to the next as possible, arranged roughly every other spot. The target RV is a RR Prairie Cat and according to the folios is heavily armored, but bears no weapon systems. There are trees scattered around the sites to provide some measure of privacy.
[Plot Room 2] Baron says, "Do I see a spot I can back in that gives us a view of the target RV?"
«OOC» Dante says, "are the windows bullet proof?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "On the target RV? Tinted and armored."
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "well that eliminates one option…will have to draw them out. but that gives me an idea."
[Plot Room 2] Baron says, "Btw, I'll scan to see if the rig has a remote channel too"
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Baron prove your scanner, and give me an open roll to see what you pick up. Give me a pose of what the bumblebees are doing (where they're flying what they're scanning.)"
[Plot Room 2] Baron says, "Dont have a scanner, so I'll just pose the bumblebees"
One of the bumblebee drones simply heads up high into the air, about 100 meters straight up above the target RV, then flys in a small pattern and keeps an eye above the Target. Another bumblebee flys close to the RV, and lands in a nearby tree, the little claws grabbing onto the limb to hold it steady, and it provides another vantage of overwatch.
Nightshade settles down, "Just a moment, wanna bring up a friend." Her features shift, a cascade of faces appearing over her features, blurring as they flicker into a featureless mask one side of the masks mouth upturned in a grin, the other side downturned in a scowl.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 2 (Conjuring Dice) vs TN 2 for "Calling up a force 2 Mountain spirit. Successes equal services, holding 4 dice in reserve.":
1 2 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Conjuring Dice) + Charisma vs TN 2 for "Soaking Moderate Stun.":
1 2 4 5 5 9 = 5 Successes
The shadows cast by the mountains as the sun sets seem to deepen, and the weight of the mountain seems to bear down for a minute then fade, Nightshade takes a deep breath before standing, "Ok, we have a little help from the mountains."
Baron grunts "So whats that help mean? Don't know nothing about magic."
The RV is buttoned up fairly tight, you can see it's tied into the water, waste, power, and data lines provided. No light is available from within but your drone's sensors can make out the subtle vibrations and changes in heat that indicate there is a person or persons inside.
Nightshade looks back at Baron, "A spirit of the mountains, will aid us, a little."
Baron nods "Alright, looks like they are locked up tight right now, but I think they are inside, at least one of them. Whats the plan then folks?" he jerks a thumb to the back of the RV where a steel Lynx done rests next to the back ramp. "Want me to bring that thing out or not?"
Nightshade looks over at the Lynx, then to Dante.
Dante looks up at baron "first things first I need to get into possition. then we need to find some way to lure em outside so I can have a clear shot. I would prefer if it is the mage. I am not really sure how to get them out side without frightening them though. or making them aware of an attack. Also, would we be able to drive their RV out of here after this is all done?"
«OOC» Baron says, "Ok, is there an empty RV spot I can park in that gives a good vantage point on the target?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "You could pull in next to them, the spot is empty. It'd put you about 40 yards from them."
«OOC» Baron says, "Anything a bit farther?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "3 lots away, about 200 yards."
«OOC» Baron says, "That one give a good view of the target?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Fair, you've got an RV in the way so you have to peer around it."
Baron drives into the RV park, and pulls into an empty lot three lots away from the target RV. "Alright, we got one RV between us and the target, you can use it for cover."
Nightshade nods, "Alright, before I go in, if I can't find the keys, can either of you hotwire an RV?"
Baron grunts "Barely, might take me a few minutes to get it all done."
«OOC» Dante says, "would I be able to see the target from the roof any better? at least the front door where they would be likely to come out?"
Baron says "I don't have any tools though.""
«OOC» Nightshade says, "You can see from about a meter up, if they duck, they'll be out of your line of sight unless you're standing upright on the roof."
Dante says "we should do what we can. first we focus on elliminateing the targets. If we cant get the RV out I say we torch it where it is and just take what we can."
«OOC» Dante says, "what about from under the other RV?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "You could do that."
«OOC» Dante says, "then I shall unless there is sufficent shadows at the back end of the RV So I can kneel at the back rather then lay prone underneath the RV."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Under the RV would be much better hidden, but movement would be restricted."
Baron grunts "I say we take a rest, wait till about 2 am, then hit them. We get the cover of night, some neigbors might sleep through the noise, and we can get away easier."
Nightshade nods, "Sounds good."
«OOC» Dante says, "I will go for underneath then. not all the way under but just so I can see the building so I could get out somewhat quickly. they are more likely to duck when hearing a shot so that would work in my advantage"
B
aron stands up from his bed, and slings his deck under his arm as he walks over to the mini-fridge "I got some food here, but its just nuke and eat stuff, I'm thinking of taking a cooking class." He pulls out a nukeitmeal and pops it in the microwave, then grabs a root beer from the fridge, poping it open and taking a drink.
Dante nods "waiting sounds good. we still need to find a way to lure them out any way." he chuckles "think maybe your mountain spirit could cook up a small earth quake for us to spook em?" He spoke sarcasticly.
Nightshade considers, "Not without waking up everyone in the park, but it could disconnect the power and water lines."
Baron looks around, then starts to laugh "I've got it…." he grins "Alright, lets start with the sewer lines, then the power and water….ohh, yea, what she said. They come out to fix it, bam, we got em."
Dante raises an eyebrow "how do you propose we shut them off? the earth quake idea, which was actually a joke by the way, or do you have another idea?
Baron shrugs "Disconnect it, cut them, whatever." he points to Nightshade "I saw her sword, should do the trick."
Nightshade nods, "I think the spirit could break the line."
Dante nods alright but we need to make sure we dont over do it. So we have our plan. first we spook em out by cutting their utilities. they come out to fix it, I look for the mage and take him out. If there is no other choice I will take what I can before they retreat inside. Then nightshade should probably be hiding behind their RV to strike at the first one to exit to try to help. from there I will provide cover while Baron readies his…um, machine? to finish the job. This is of course assuming nothing goes wrong. We should try to be quick but clean. Did I miss anything?
Baron sits down at the small eating area, setting his food down, and still watching the feed from his drones "Alright, send the spirit to pull thier plug now. Lets see how comes outside, they might think its kids or something. Do a dry run and make sure our targets are there."
Nightshade nods, "That shouldn't be a problem."
Baron nods "Get them used to the idea someone is dicking with them, let them drop their guard."
Dante says "Should I get into possition or wait till the actual strike?"
Baron shakes his head and starts eating "Lets wait, I'll watch them."
Nightshade nods and starts explaining what she wants to what appears to be empty air.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "Odds the connection is tamper proof, even it's got an emergency breakaway the spirit can handle.":
4
Dante nods and sets his rifle next to him against the wall; safty on of course. "can do. just let me know when you need me." he draws his side arm and begins looking it over to make sure everything is in order
In the darkness a stone figure rises from the ground, it is crudely shaped and about the size of a toddler, it stumbles forward as if unsure of it's steps and falls hanging from the connection, it hangs there for a moment before snapping off, there's a spurt of water and sewage before the safetys kick in.
Baron eats his nukeitmeal, and drinks his rootbeer, while he watches the drones cameras on the target RV.
After a short time the drone reports the engine of the RV kicks on idling, then the external lights flick on bathing the area around the RV in light. The door opens and a cybered human steps out, muttering he makes his way over to the line to inspect it and begins working to reconnect it in the cold and dark.
The cybered man is the only person visible, the door to the RV swung shut as he left and you can't see anything inside.
Baron grunts "We got one cybered guy coming outside, I don't see anyone else, he is fixing the connections."
Dante says "cyberware isnt useually condusive to a mage. not exactly the one im looking for. but that is at least 1 of the 3 that we know is there. we just need to confirm that the other 2 are also there."
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 3 vs TN 2 for "Reconnecting the line, only an idiot would fail.":
1 4 11 = 2 Successes
«OOC» Dante says, "can we recognise him as one of the marks?"
It takes a few minutes and the man is obviously trying to avoid touch the sludge that fell, he is one of the two men identified in the portfolio.
Baron nods "Its one of our boys, just no telling if the other two are there."
Nightshade settles in as the men talk and attempts to resummon the mountain spirit.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 2 (Conjuring Dice) vs TN 2 for "Calling up a force 2 Mountain spirit. Successes equal services, holding 4 dice in reserve.":
5 9 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 (Conjuring Dice) + Charisma vs TN 2 for "Soaking Moderate Stun.":
2 2 3 4 5 9 = 6 Successes
The mountain spirit returns seeming to have enjoyed acting against the technology infecting it's mountain.
The human finishes clicking the lines into place, wipes off his hands on his pants cursing and heads back to the door.
Baron watches carefully from the drone, trying to get a shot that shows him the inside of the RV, or at least listening to sounds.
Dante pipes up "is there any way you might be able to get one of those tiny bees on the inside? I am not sure exactly how small they are so I wouldn't know if that would be possible."
Baron shakes his head "They would notice, but I'm going to land one on thier roof and listen in."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Give me a sensor test Baron, tn 6 to get a look inside."
«Auto-Judge[]» Baron (#3002) rolls 1 vs TN 6 for "Yes, just a 1 sensor":
2 = 0 Successes
From the drone's position in the tree it's nearly impossible to see inside the RV as the door is opened and quickly closed in the chill night air.
Baron commands his drone thats in the sky to land on the roof, and see if he cant hear any sounds from inside.
The RV is heavily armored and insulated, if there is any conversation going on inside it's far to low to hear.
Baron takes a drink of his root beer "Alright, well, I got nothing to make sure there are more of them. I suggest we wait, and hit them the same way at 10 oclock, then again at midnight."
Dante nods "seems like a plan. though before the next hit I am going to set up just in case to see if I cant get alook in side. I wont stay for too long but we need to make sure that marks are all there. We can't be sure that the same one won't come out every time to do the repairs."
Nightshade nods, "I think I can convince the spirit to do that." Her face shows the faint sign of her mask, "It seemed to enjoy it."
Baron nods, then finishes his meal, and leans back in his seat "So, I guess we just wait then."
The time passes…
Nightshade leans back as best she can, resting while waiting.
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Dante give me a stealth roll to get into position quietly."
«OOC» Baron says, "I'm going to park a drone on top of the RV between us, and get a good view of the door."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Stealth for "sneaking under the RV":
1 1 3 4 5 5 5 5 7
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 2 vs TN 11 for "People in the RV hearing something?":
1 4 = 0 Successes
Dante picks up his remington and closes his coat to hold in as much heat as he can. "Alright I will be back shortly. try to keep the radio chatter low if possible. we don't know if they have any tapping equipment. I will let you know if I see anything when I get back." He exits the RV making sure to shut the door quietly and makes his way swiftly towards the RV between him and the target. He carefully moves into a prone possition and crawls his way forward just enough to get a clear view of the front of the RV. He sets up his rifle and keeps a keen eye on the Vehicle waiting for nightshade to do her thing
Nightshade steps out of the RV moving to the back of Baron's ride, she stands so her legs are behind the tire then sends the spirit to do it's thing. a moment later the line is disconnected.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 for "on 1 or 2 he mage comes out, others are thugs":
1
There's some raised voices from inside the RV when the power cuts out again, then the door bounces open and a portly balding man steps out, he's got a coat thrown around him and held in place, he looks around at the dropped line then yells back into the RV cursing the incompetence of the last man out.
Baron slowly lowers down the back ramp to his RV, just in case things go bad. He preps the Steel Lynx, but doesnt have it leave the RV until the drek hits the fan.
Dante speakes as quietly as he can while leveling the bead of his rifel on the mage's head. "Houdini made the escape. should he recive his award?"
Nightshade remains alert but seemingly oblivious to what's going on.
Baron has no clue either, since Dante isnt using a comm, and just whispering in the dark.
Baron is just able to hear the whisper through his maxed out drone audio.
Baron sends the drone on the roof above Dante to move to the side opposite the target RV, it flies down, buzzing slightly in the night, and approaches Dantes foot. Where, it happens to bob side to side, back and forth, almost like shaking its head no.
Dante blinks at first seeing the small device but it took only a moment to guess the motions it was making. he gave a small nod to signal understanding and flicked the safty back on
The drone buzzes away and returns to its perch on the roof.
The portly man reattaches the line, then moves back into the RV, cursing roundly, he refers to more than one person in his tirade before the door swings shut cutting off the swearing.
Baron closes the back door to the RV, then waits for the others to come back inside.
Nightshade returns when she sees the door closing, stepping back into the RV.
«OOC» Dante says, "could I see anything as he went back in?"
«OOC» Dante says, "that would be a perception check wouldnt it?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Give me perception (intelligence) at 6"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "+roll intelligence/6~Trying to get a peek inside."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Intelligence vs TN 6 for "trying to get a peek inside":
1 1 2 4 4 5 = 0 Successes
The bright lights that clicked on when the mage came out spoiled your nightvision, and prevented you from seeing into the dark interior of the RV in the short time the door was open.
Dante the door clossed too quickly for him to get a peek inside coupled with the light he swore quietly under his breath before crawling back out from under the RV and heading back to the others. He dusted himself off before walking back in. "well that was both informitive and disappointing. I was hoping to get a look inside if only to see if the 3rd and final mark was inside.
Baron grunts "I heard enough chatter, they are all three there. I say we pull the same trick at midnight, see who comes out, if its the mage, pop him, if not, we pull the trick over and over until the mage does come out."
Nightshade nods, "Alright, I can manage that again."
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 4 vs TN 7 for "Mystery roll":
3 7 8 9 = 3 Successes
The mystery roll determines how many (if any) of the runners have grown suspicious thinking this is the work of troublesome kids, in this case all three agree and “stake out” waiting by the door for the power to go out to jump out and scare off/rough up the kids.
Time passes by and midnight approaches.
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Dan I need a stealth roll to get in place and a pose to follow, Baron what is your setup."
«OOC» Baron says, "I will let my drone out, and move it off behind a tree somewhere, give me some cover but I need LOS to the RV"
Dante stands at the clock counts up to midnight. "Alright then. I will take up possition. be ready and lets hope for the best
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Stealth for "Getting into possition":
1 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 5
«OOC» Nightshade says, "No trouble, give it a pose. Plenty of open lots across the way, about 225 meters from target RV, you'll be shooting across the road if need be."
Baron lowers down the back ramp/door to his RV, his Steel Lynx powers up and rolls out, looking for something to hide behind that gives him a clear shot at the target RV. He leaves the back door down though, sure, its going to be a bit cold, but probably makes for a quick retreat.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 1 vs TN 13 for "Sleeping people in the RV hear something?":
3 = 0 Successes
Nightshade stands at the back of Baron's RV on the near side of the ramp, she stretches her legs as if preparing for a run and waits listening carefully.
Dante closses up his coat just as before and makes his way to the same possition. He readys his rifle and makes sure to get a clear view of the RV.
The stone figure forms again, pulling the line, almost the same instant it comes clear the door to the RV bursts open and the two chromed humans jump out with what look like skiing poles in their hands. The door bangs against the side of the RV and starts to swing closed, Dante can just make out the mage standing in the doorway, though the door will swing closed in just a moment.
«OOC» Dante says, "what do i need to do to make this shot now?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "You're in partial light, with thermographic vision, range is short, you've got a smartlink 2, but no time to aim. Target currently has no cover (fully exposed in the doorway) so your TN is…."
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "but i am also in prone possitin and at the ready….don't know if that matters though."
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "and it is a rifles roll right?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "4 +2 -2= TN 4 You could use 1 action to aim to reduce this to a 3 or take two shots (if you're using a semi-auto."
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "Rifles and combat pool"
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "I got a remington 920"
[Plot Room 2] Effek has left this channel.
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Example. +roll rifles+cp:4/4~First of two shots."
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "Semi auto, so you could take 2 shots. You can use up to as many dice from your combat pool as you have rifle skill."
«OOC» Dante says, "then I will take 2 shots. both at the mage. but first shouldnt we roll init?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "This will be a surprise attack, normally yes, but you've established an ambush."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Technically we should roll reaction test for surprise but I'm skipping that as you've got an overwhelming advantage."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Rifles + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 4 for "first of two shots":
1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 11 = 10 Successes
«OOC» Dante says, "exex"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 5 (body) + 7 (Combat Pool) vs TN 6 for "Damage of 11S resisted by body reduced by armor.":
1 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 10 13 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 5 (body) + 7 (Combat Pool) - 2 (successes) vs TN 6 for "Damage of 11S resisted by body reduced by armor. His 1 kp":
1 1 1 3 3 4 5 5 7 14 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Nightshade says, "total of 6 net successes, staging damage well past deadly."
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "Dante pose a shot and as much carnage as you like."
«OOC» Dante says, "do I still have another shot after this?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Yes, you can take second shot. You take recoil penalty (if not compensated) and +2 for second target"
Dante quickly locks onto where the mages head was. Past tense intended because soon after his finger snaped back the trigger and there was a loud crack as the gun was fired and his head was simply not there any more. The mage, or at least what was left, fell backwards into the RV as he took aim for the next target. the one that had exited previously before.
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "I have custom grips"
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "+roll rifle+cp:<whatever you have left>/6~Second shot, second target."
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Rifles + Combat Pool: 4 vs TN 6 for "second shot second target":
1 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 10 = 2 Successes
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "how does karma work?"
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "You can buy a reroll of failed dice for 1 kp."
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "+roll rifle+cp:4-2(successes)/6~Second shot, second target. 1kp reroll"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Rifles + Combat Pool: 4 - 2 vs TN 6 for "second shot second target. 1KP reroll":
1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 11 17 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 9 (body) + 9 (combat pool) vs TN 4 for "11S shot, reduced to 4S by armor. 5 Success from Dante.":
1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 = 8 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 9 (body) + 9 (combat pool) - 8 (successes) vs TN 4 for "11S shot, reduced to 4S by armor. 3 net Success for defender. THugs 1 kp":
1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 14 = 5 Successes
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Damage soaked."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "+init"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Initiative with a result of 9.
«Auto-Judge[]» Baron (#3002) rolls Initiative using a VCR rating 3 with a result of 20.
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Initiative with a result of 7.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 2 for "+9 init for thug 1":
1 8
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 2 for "+9 init for thug 2":
5 5
«OOC» Baron says, "Ok, burst at the thug closest to the RV door"
«OOC» Baron says, "How far away was the drone?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "225 meters"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "What's the weapon on that drone?"
«OOC» Baron says, "Long range 6, -2 SL, its a LMG"
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Init Order, Baron (20) Thug 2 (19) Thug 1 (16) Nightshade (9) Dante (7)"
«Auto-Judge[]» Baron (#3002) rolls Gunnery + Combat Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "Burst of 10D damage, regular ammo":
1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 9 (combat pool) vs TN 5 for "Dodge attempt +1 TN for burst.":
1 1 1 3 3 4 4 7 8 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 9 (Body) vs TN 3 for "Soak attempt vs 10D with 6-2 successes":
1 1 1 3 5 5 9 10 11 = 6 Successes
«Plot» Nightshade says, "Thug takes a straight D physical, Baron give it a pose,
As the shots ring out in the darkness, Baron makes his move. The turrent turns slightly, locking onto a target with the crosshairs of the smartlink connection, then, a quick mental command and a burst of bullets impact on the thugs chest, stitching a small line of red.
Two of three men have dropped with bullets in them and it doesn't take a genius to read between the lines and recognize a hit in process. The third man, lunges for the door, trying to get inside before the next shot rings out.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 8 (quickness) vs TN 12 for "Getting inside the door and shutting. 1 success inside, 2 success full cover, 3 success door is shut and locked.":
2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 = 0 Successes
Unfortunately it'll take till the end of the round to get inside the door, as his one time companions lay slumped just inside and just outside the door.
Nightshade rounds the corner, sees the bloody mess, the man with the melee weapon, and the bullet holes and stops short, stepping quickly back around the corner she calls out, "Finish it."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Dante, your move."
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "can I take 2 aims and a shot?"
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "1 aim and 1 shot"
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "2 simple actions"
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "eh should be all I will need :P"
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "would make TN3"
Dante takes his time this time around. He takes careful aim at what he was shooting at and squeazes the trigger.
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Rifles + Combat Pool: 5 vs TN 3 for "the killing blow":
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 15 = 9 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 9 vs TN 4 for "Dodge attempt":
1 1 2 3 3 4 5 7 8 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 9 vs TN 4 for "vs 5 successes":
1 1 2 2 3 5 5 5 11 = 4 Successes
«OOC» Nightshade says, "He takes a Serious wound. Not down yet. Pose it."
Dante fires and the target is hit in the chest. Saddly he missed his heart. He swore lightly but took solice in that at least he wouldn't hurt for much longer. He prefered to kill rather then wound. He flipped the saftey on his rifel and started to glance around for his brass.
«Auto-Judge[]» Baron (#3002) rolls Gunnery + Combat Pool: 6 vs TN 4 for "Finishing the target.":
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 7 11 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Baron (#3002) rolls Gunnery + Combat Pool: 6 - 4 vs TN 4 for "Finishing the target. KP:1":
1 1 2 2 2 4 5 5 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 9 vs TN 3 for "Soaking vs 7 successes on 10D":
2 2 3 4 5 5 11 19 22 = 7 Successes
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Stubborn fella, but that won't save him…splatter, pose carnage as you like."
The turrent adjusts slightly again, the smartlink lining up a second target, and then it fires another burst. This one is true, and hits the man senter mass, the bullets ripping through his body and spreading blood across the RV behind him.
When the deed is done, the drone begins to move fast, heading towards the RV and the ramp that is open behind it, gotta get out of sight fast!
Nightshade lets the bullet sound die down then moves forward picking up the dead man's still twitching body, holding it upright in front of her as she opens the door and tosses it forward, shielding herself from any surprises but moving the body out of sight as quickly as possible, she then reach down, grabs the second body throwing it inside as well.
Baron starts up his RV remotely, letting the engine warm up as the drone moves at high speed back to its home.
Lights are flicking on all over the RV campground. The RV Dante was under remains dark.
[Plot Room 2] Dante says, "that took only 3 seconds game time right?"
[Plot Room 2] Nightshade says, "6 seconds, but yeah, blink of an eye."
Dante smiles as the targets are down and begins looking for his 3 brass before exiting his possition.
Nightshade moves into the RV roughly going through the pockets of the dead and looking around for the RV keys, table, ignition, etc.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Intelligence vs TN 4 for "Base time 3 minutes divided by successes. Finding keys.":
1 3 4 4 5 8 = 4 Successes
The Steel lynx drone moves quickly, around behind the RV, then up the ramp. The ramp begins closing almost as soon as the vehicle is on the ramp, finally shutting up tight and hiding the drone safely inside.
Dante finding his brass he pockets it and quickly makes his way out of the hiding spot. he ran quickly back to the RV to check on baron "Does this RV have weapons? if so I will ride with her in case she needs an extra hand."
Baron grunts "No weapons, I'm heading out, make sure she gets that RV started and meets me on the road.
Nightshade takes a minute to find the keys then another few seconds working to get the seat as far back as possible, she's still cramped as she starts up the RV. The engine rumbles to life as Dante is finishing up with Baron.
The recon drones make thier way back to the RV, flying inside through a window, then shutting down inside.
Dante smiles "gotcha. could you leave one of your bees with me so we can talk back and forth? in case we get seperated." he didn't have time to wait for a verbal responce. they had to go. he ran towards the other RV and jumped inside. He did have the foresight to leave the door open until they started moving though just in case. "all set in here night?"
Baron takes off, and starts heading out of the RV park, he is moving fairly slowly, and keeping an eye out for looky-loos
Nightshade looks back, "Cramped, bloody mess in the back, KE got to be on the way by now, yeah, lovely." She starts pulling out, the RV giving a hurky jerk as she gets the hang of it and belatedly raises the stabalizers as they scrape on the ground. "Start organizing back there, we're going to have to dump this soon."
Baron waits until he sees the target RV coming up behind him, then turns out onto the highway, he brings up a map quickly, and tries to find a location they can get too quickly, and strip the RV without people noticing.
«OOC» Baron says, "Smuggling routes find me a place to hide?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Give me a roll vs TN 4, successes will buy you what you think would be an hour of safety each."
Dante he nodded clossing the door quickly as they started on their way. He wasn't the strongest around so moving the bodies would probably not work so well. at least with the tinted windows no one would see us in the RV and with baron riding in back it didn't look like anyone was dringing the RV up front. He started setting up flammables all through the RV as best he could without useing any ignighters.
«Auto-Judge[]» Baron (#3002) rolls Smuggling Routes vs TN 4 for "Finding an out of the way place":
1 3 3 4 4 9 17 = 4 Successes
«OOC» Nightshade says, "You think you know a way that'll buy you, /maybe/ 4 hours."
«OOC» Dante says, "I want to scrounge around for anything useful or valuable. weapons, coms, nuyen anything."
«OOC» Dante says, "I got a 5 in scrounging knowledge…not sure if that helps"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Go ahead and give that an open roll, let's see how high you get."
«OOC» Nightshade says, "+roll scrounging"
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Scrounging:
2 3 3 4 4
Baron leads the RV convoy off the main highways, out in the rural areas, finding maybe a rest stop somewhere that is old and run down, someplace just to park for a bit.
By the time the RV comes to a stop Dante has the back of the RV pretty well sorted out, weapons rack, hidden compartment, credsticks, nuyen stash, armor, some electronics. The gear is eclectic and some of it is in poor condition. There are 4 pistols, 2 stun clubs, personal body armor (now sporting holes) on each person. A cyberdeck with optical chips that looks like the mages library, there is a set of taccom units, 5 in all (will need an eletronics B/R to id rating).
Nightshade puts the RV in park and moves into the back, looking around.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls Intelligence:
3 3 3 5 9 14
Dante finishes snooping around and then looks up as she brings the RV to a stop "alright I think that is everything. are we at the dump sight? I have quite a few things on hand here we could split up. some of it is in need of some repair. but there is at least some nuyen around to.
Baron waits anxiously in his RV for the others to finish getting the loot, and to get into his RV. He keeps his sensors going, extending thier range to look for anything headed thier way.
Nightshade nods, "Alright." She checks to make sure her gloves are secure and first ferries the gear Dante had collected to the other RV, then starts tearing the place up, "Do you have any incendiaries?"
Dante shakes his head "no but I have my lighter and I just spent the past little while stringing out tinder. pop the gas cap tear off a hose from the AC unit, syphon some inside, light a pice of paper, toss it and run. should work well enough right?"
Nightshade shrugs, "If you say so." She does turn up a few other pieces as she tears the drawers out, "Shame about the RV." she says.
Baron waits, ready to go, and checking for trouble…
Dante nods "yes but its unavoidable. it is likely registered to the owners judgeing by its age. any way we need to hurry." he sets about carrying out his plan to light the fire
«Auto-Judge[]» Dante (#1728) rolls Intelligence:
1 2 2 3 4 5
Fwoof, sputter, Fwooof, sputter, Fwoof. The RV resists catching fire but sends up a huge cloud of black smoke as the plastics inside melt.
Nightshade watches, "I think that means time to go."
Nightshade hops in the back of Baron's vehicle and straps in, "So….anybody else hungry?"
Dante runs back to the other RV and hops inside as the smoke rises. "yep. we are out of here." Thinks a moment about the question and smiles "I could eat."
Baron chuckles and starts the RV moving as soon as everyone is on board. He takes a few back roads here and there, a roundabout method to get back towards the motel where this all started. "Fridge is full, help yourselves. What did we get?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Baron, photovalic or chameleon paint, morphing plates?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nightshade (#3173) rolls 2 vs TN 10 for "Success are bad for Baron.":
1 11 = 1 Success
«OOC» Baron says, "Trying to use smuggling routes to get places without much trouble"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "Baron you'll pickup descriptions of your rv circulating, you'll want to get a paint job before you a legal border."
«OOC» Baron says, "Alright, so I'm stuck in what zone?"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "You're in UCAS sector at the moment."
«OOC» Baron says, "Ok, well, I'll stay in the UCAS until I can get some Photo paint for my RV"
«OOC» Nightshade says, "No immediate pursuit, but your ear to the ground hears your RVs desc circulating."
«OOC» Baron says, "The motel is in the UCAS right?"
«OOC» Dante says, "I have a fixer contact and a decker contact. could I maybe ask if either of them know a place to get that done here?"
«OOC» Baron says, "I can handle it myself"
«OOC» Baron says, "I just need the cash to do it :)"
The runners scatter into the city, there is gear to fence, weapons to service, an RV to paint, each doing their best to put aside the knowledge that chances are quite good, someday in the future, if they can't find a way out of these shadows, they'll be retired in much the same way.
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