Worse Than the Disease OOC

[Volthawk]

Since you've neither confirmed nor declined giving your steel plate to the volunteer, I've made the change with a comment, but feel free to reverse.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. That's fine. With that weight gone, made a few other changes (leaving the pistol behind, mainly) to get Richard into Light encumbrance.

[Volthawk]

Just to double-check, does any of what we're seeing down there correspond to the information he gave us before - as in, can we confirm or deny that he was lying from the start (or if the map seems good, he just took an opportunity to get away when he saw it)?

[Shoot Da Moon]

Just to double-check, does any of what we're seeing down there correspond to the information he gave us before - as in, can we confirm or deny that he was lying from the start (or if the map seems good, he just took an opportunity to get away when he saw it)?

He was probably lying like a fiend about everything. Your map is useless.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Check on players; are you all still active?
What course of action would you like to pursue; looking for a way-in via a vent, or back to the city, or what?

[Volthawk]

I'm good to head back to the city, just waited to see if u-b had anything more about the vents in mind.

[u-b]

Nah, the plan is to go back, make a few calls and eventually talk to the captured guys again, at length, and to one at a time. Might have to wait after the meeting with VIP.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Alright.

First thing first, rolls must be made; Navigation and Driving, to get to the destination.
Be sure to note how much fuel expended on the trip and how long it takes.
About 5 miles back to Bread Basket.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Freeing the slaves gains every player-character one bonus Character Point!

[u-b]

Freeing the slaves gains every player-character one bonus Character Point!

...and this gets immediately put into the "lessions learned" department (i.e. Detect Lies)...

[u-b]

Need any help with the loot record? ... May need to go digging back in the thread...

The motorcycles are loaded with packs, no doubt supplies for the convoy.

The motorcycles all have backpacks containing lots of rations, water bottles, camping tools and a few medical supplies.

Well, I think I have everything covered, except the quoted part, and I will also need the flaws for the bikes (TL7 Heavy Bikes they are?).

[Shoot Da Moon]

Well, I think I have everything covered, except the quoted part, and I will also need the flaws for the bikes (TL7 Heavy Bikes they are?).

Certainly.
The TL7 Heavy Bikes all have one flaw. -1 HT, -10% Top Speed, -10% Top Speed, -1 Handling.

The backpacks, in total, contain 204 rations, 160 plastic bottles of water, 57 empty plastic bottles, 6 two-man tents with 6 poles, 3 first aid kits, 9 sleeping bags, 8 torches, 5 belt pouches for carrying stuff, 10 personal basics sets, 8 boxes of matches, 3 cigarette lighters, and 60 yards of 3/8" rope.

The backpacks themselves are large frame ones.

[Shoot Da Moon]

If you guys want to get a mortar and/or a RPG, you may need to go to an Old World military base and scavenge.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Are you guys okay, or did my last post not answer enough?

[u-b]

I'm mainly waiting for Richard. Can make a remark either before of after him, but generally Sean lets him decide how we proceed with this.

[Shoot Da Moon]

What's your call, Richard?
Go after Bleu Bird?

[u-b]

Whoops, didn't see that u-b had just posted while I had the post window open. Doesn't seem like anything contradictory between the two posts, thankfully.

Yep. I think Richard proceeds with everything Sean tells him over the radio, unless there is a clear reason not to (e.g. we might want to stop by those informants or change the plan if the bike is not here). Please position everyone as you see fit. I see maybe two militia men somewhere they can see both the parking lot and our car and maybe someone observing the back exit, and maybe some going inside with Richard, but that depends on how threatening Richard wants us to be to the people in and around the bar.

[Volthawk]

GM, how far away are we from the gang in general, and the leader in particular?

[Shoot Da Moon]

GM, how far away are we from the gang in general, and the leader in particular?

The furthest away anyone of you could be and still see inside the bar is 25 yards, to the front.
The leader is 5 yards inside the bar, from the front.
The rest of the gang is scattered just inside and just outside the bar front.
The motorcycles are 5 yards from the bar front.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Good news, you meet up with Blue Bird...

[Shoot Da Moon]

Nobody wants to help treat the injuries of the gangers you guys shot.

You guys alone may have to help them. Roll First Aid skill?

[u-b]

Sean should roll Navigation and Driving, then Camouflage.

I've rolled most of the stuff already in #1332d, #1333d, #13324d and adding camouflaging in #1336d. At darkness -7 add -1 penalty to Driving and Observation.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Right, sorry.
Moving along.

[Shoot Da Moon]

I am not sure how these two statements match each other, given the maximum possible darkness penalty of -9. And given the size of the penalty, -7 seems large enough. I'm fine either way, just making sure we are on the same page.

The current in-game time is late afternoon after driving 12 miles from Bread Basket. The Darkness penalty is not much, maybe only -3 (in the shadows) at worst.

In about 2 hours from now, the sun will go down and it will be Darkness -5. 1 hour and 30 minutes after that, the Darkness penalty will be -7 as night sets in.

Does that clarify things?

Richard, do you agree with Sean's idea?

[Volthawk]

Richard, do you agree with Sean's idea?

Sure, sounds solid enough to me.

[u-b]

Five men are at the sandbags (medium cover), spread out with at least 2 yards between any one of them. These guys all have SMGs and wearing metal armor corselets covering their torsos, groins and necks.
There's another five men spotted in heavier cover further away from the sandbag line (and each other), standing guard among the buildings, somewhat hidden and two are elevated on a second story.

Is that 10 total or 12 total? I think the VIP's men couldn't quickly re-target without losing their aim. We took just two of them here with us. The plan was to have 6 NPCs target 5 men in improved cover, because the VIP's men have simpler guns so they are to be assigned 2-to-1. If those 5 include the 2 on the second story, then the VIPs men can be assigned some target(s) other than what Richard and Sean are targeting, including one guy that Sean wasn't able to target. This still leaves one target that Sean has missed alive and well, no? I've rolled to hit him, if that is the case. Can post further actions, but want to know if he's out.

[Shoot Da Moon]

10 enemies total, the two on the elevated platform were part of the five not at the sandbags. No further targets yet.

[u-b]

It's a Ready to open the door, a Move and Attack action to charge forward and shoot.

Then two FPs spent to do both in one second and not have a penalty to shoot as per...

Heroic Charge: Make a Move and Attack without the usual Bulk penalty, skill cap, or any other negative effects.
Multi-Task: Take a turn in combat while simultaneouslydoing a simple, one-second noncombat task (e.g., dousinglights or taking off a backpack).

Yeah, waiting for Richard and hoping the wire does not run back to a sensor on this very same door.

[u-b]

(OC: It's a det cord, that much is for sure, sorry if that wasn't clear before. Cutting the wire with a shortsword is a DX-based Explosives (EOD) roll at -3.)

So, Volthawk, just going in? Or do you have other ideas?

[Volthawk]

So, Volthawk, just going in? Or do you have other ideas?

Oh sorry, Richard has no explosives skill so I was waiting to see if Sean had any chance of pulling that off. If not, then no, no other ideas and we can just charge in and hope for the best.

[Shoot Da Moon]

Oh boy. Here comes the consequences...