Worse Than the Disease OOC

[u-b]

The table on B554 says a wheel is -4 on top of the bike's size +0. It might be more productive to just shoot someone in the face.

[Volthawk]

Can we tell if anyone else is in the van? Intel we got said 10 men were out, so with six bikers and two dead in the van that would suggest there's two left in the van. Can we see enough to confirm or deny that?

[u-b]

Bart and Richard are, and will be, out of this fight, unless called by radio. They are guarding the vault and the prisoners.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Can we tell if anyone else is in the van? Intel we got said 10 men were out, so with six bikers and two dead in the van that would suggest there's two left in the van. Can we see enough to confirm or deny that?

From your viewpoint? Probably not. The van is in the way.

Bart and Richard are, and will be, out of this fight, unless called by radio. They are guarding the vault and the prisoners.

Gotcha. Here's how it shakes out for the bikers...

[u-b]

Are you aiming at the biker who was not stunned?

Sean aims at one side motorbiker. The one away from Tariq / Waffle House men.

So not sure, it probably wasn't too clear when Sean started aiming which guy is stunned and which guy is not, so chose one to aim based on position. If in doubt, roll a die.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Eh, let's call it; the not-stunned biker was NOT shot.

[u-b]

In case anyone is interested, there is this recruitment thread.

[Volthawk]

In case anyone is interested, there is this recruitment thread.

Yeah, I saw that recruitment. Went back and forth a little on whether I should apply, but I think I'm good for games at the moment.

[JbeJ275]

Do we have any rope or manacles or anything anywhere?

[u-b]

We have two sets of handcuffs in one of the cars, but for this one, our best bet is duct tape (60 yards of which we also have there; we also have rope, but the duct tape will work best). Nothing with us at the moment, but Sean can take the cars here in resaonable time, and the prisoners will probably not try to run while carefully guarded or, I don't know, tied up with their own belts or det cord.

[u-b]

I think throwing a gas grenade in there and blocking the vents would be good enough torture, but not completely positive we can use this as a threat because they can opt to block their end of the vent as well and then gas would be ineffective. We can use a small 3d bang to clear the obstruction and proceed anyway, but by then it's well into "if you do this, we will do that" territory, so I'll leave it to Richard to make the best use of the options we have.

[Shoot Da Moon]

When you make an offer to the slavers in the vault, choose either a Reaction Roll, or roll Merchant or Diplomacy (Intimidation can complement).

[Shoot Da Moon]

Looks like they want the stick, not the carrot...

[u-b]

You've already made a roll to modify it. It goes off. Just roll the effects for the explosion.

I mean, the torture modifies the rolls for the intimidation. A proper torture gives +6 to the roll, not sure how good would be an hour of gasing.

If they do not respond, Tariq is to go with the minimum required blast (not trying to climb down the hole, really, just to shoot etc.). I'll do some calculations and roll for damage in case it's required.

[u-b]

...35 concealable vests...

Oh, my... this is HUGE. I mean, the man is WAY richer than Stone. If this is not some big mistake and Blackwire will hand us more bases like this, the war is absolutely going somewhere. Just gotta do it all neat in here.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Oh, my... this is HUGE. I mean, the man is WAY richer than Stone. If this is not some big mistake and Blackwire will hand us more bases like this, the war is absolutely going somewhere. Just gotta do it all neat in here.

The concealable vest is DR 12/5* Torso.

I believe that's the early version.

[Shoot Da Moon]

I mean, the torture modifies the rolls for the intimidation. A proper torture gives +6 to the roll, not sure how good would be an hour of gasing.

If they do not respond, Tariq is to go with the minimum required blast (not trying to climb down the hole, really, just to shoot etc.). I'll do some calculations and roll for damage in case it's required.

I should clarify; when I said "explosion" there, I meant the tear gas grenade going off. Roll for THOSE effects.

Now, for the dynamite; you made a hole after two bombings, the fragmentation is in the form of ceiling rubble raining down from the blast.

Please roll for the tear gas effects before we continue with the IC posts describing the aftermath of the dynamite going off.

[u-b]

Please roll for the tear gas effects before we continue with the IC posts describing the aftermath of the dynamite going off.

Oops, sorry. But for what effects should we roll? It goes off somewhere down the vent (so no throw and no scatter). As per HT171, "Those exposed must make two HT-2 rolls: one to resist coughing (see Afflictions, p. B428) and another to resist blindness (p. B124). Effects endure for the time spent in the gas plus minutes equal to the margin of failure." and meanwhile we do not try to communicate with them (but they can knock at the door or open it or something), so I'm not sure if Richard gets a new Intimidation.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Alright, thanks for clearing that up.

I'll just roll to see how that changes things...

[Shoot Da Moon]

Richard, you're up on the plate.
Whatever you plan to do, better make it a good one.
I think the gas obscure things from your viewpoint to the tune of a -4 Vision penalty.

[u-b]

Okay, now I think we'll want to be outta here. With all the people and loot. Can you remind me how far we are currently from...
1. Radar Base.
2. Waffle House.

Two closely related questions:
3. How many of our men (besides Bart, we have two with us here) and the rescued hostages can drive a bike?
4. How many of our prisoners can?

We have enough radio detonators, so probably can trust the prisoners we took to drive, but that is an extra hoop to jump through, so I'd prefer to use "our" people if possible.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Okay, now I think we'll want to be outta here. With all the people and loot. Can you remind me how far we are currently from...
1. Radar Base.
2. Waffle House.

Two closely related questions:
3. How many of our men (besides Bart, we have two with us here) and the rescued hostages can drive a bike?
4. How many of our prisoners can?

We have enough radio detonators, so probably can trust the prisoners we took to drive, but that is an extra hoop to jump through, so I'd prefer to use "our" people if possible.

The radar base is ~30 miles from here.
The waffle house is ~75 miles from here.

The men from the waffle house AND the hostages all know how to drive a motorcycle.
The prisoners also know how to drive a bike.

[u-b]

All the radios are Very Fragile (-2 HT, half DR, -0.5 CF) TL 6 medium models ($1250 x4 -50% = $2500, 30 lbs.) with a 5-mile-range and a battery runtime of 14 hours for 4 medium batteries. All of the batteries are mostly run down by now. Repairing all the damage is a major job, they're all down to 0 HP exactly, from 12 HP. They're not broken...yet.

That's fine, we can just dump them on Simone. How many?

If the exiles rescue the three lieutenants...

So, waiting for Richard to check whether these three are among those rescued. Meanwhile, will get ready to move.

The proposed arrangement is as follows:
1. We put all the weapons, explosives and ammo into the station wagon. We put some of the safe stuff into the van and the pickup.
2. We put the prisoners into the van and the pickup, duct-taping their hands to the seats, window frames or such.
3. Sean, Richard and Tariq will drive station wagon, pickup and van.
4. Those rescued, Waffle House men and Bart will ride on the motorcycles.
5. The headlights of the cars will be off (will use the NVGs), but the last car will have parking lights on. The bikes will be behind it at some distance where they can see the rear lights of the last car and will have the headlights on.
6. We drive to the Radar Base tonight.

[Shoot Da Moon]

That's fine, we can just dump them on Simone. How many?

Three radios.

The plan sounds okay.

Keep in mind the new player can still contribute to OOC planning, even if his character has not been introduced yet.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Okay, you've all earned 1 Character Point.
(Even the new player, he subbed in a NPC and contributed.)
The new player may introduce his new PC to the group now. Sorry for the delay.

[u-b]

Okay, now that we are back to base, I'll want the quirks for the van and the bikes.

[u-b]

I have made an editable sheet for Tariq in the program that I have (GCS, PDF) and tidied up his loadout (medium encumbrance for combat, heavy encumbrance for travel). He has a bit more allocated to him, but mostly that remains in the trunk or is picked up instead of the some of the stuff carried as the case may be. Also, took the perk to Dual Ready (Grenade), leaving two points spare atm. The doc sheet is also updated to include the loot and move all Tariq's to the group's page along with the other troops.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Okay, now that we are back to base, I'll want the quirks for the van and the bikes.

Sure.
The van has -1 HT, -20% Range and -10% Top Speed.
The motorcycles all have -20% Range, -20% Top Speed and -1 Handling.

I have made an editable sheet for Tariq in the program that I have (GCS, PDF) and tidied up his loadout (medium encumbrance for combat, heavy encumbrance for travel). He has a bit more allocated to him, but mostly that remains in the trunk or is picked up instead of the some of the stuff carried as the case may be. Also, took the perk to Dual Ready (Grenade), leaving two points spare atm. The doc sheet is also updated to include the loot and move all Tariq's to the group's page along with the other troops.

If Tariq is a NPC for now, we'll simply have him keep the peace at the radar base. If his player comes back, we'll have the sheet there ready.

[u-b]

If Tariq is a NPC for now, we'll simply have him keep the peace at the radar base. If his player comes back, we'll have the sheet there ready.

Okay. A GL at the base will make things a lot safer for what seems to be rapidly increasing population. And he will have more time to make things. I think we are now well-positioned to pay him for his services, but can just as well keep him a part of the team with an equal share in our collective wealth.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Ramsey, please post your action.

Richard, what are you doing back at base while the other two are going hunting?