Greetings Agents.
It seems we are once again at peace. The Hong Financial Restructure is done for the foreseeable future, and at least our client did get a permanent downsizing.
While the city returns to a simulacra of normalcy, we can focus our attention on clearing our backlog. I've despatced agents Hedgehog and Armadillo group to handle a matter of some urgency. As luck would have it, we were contracted shortly afterwards on a secure channel and offered a sizable sum to locate and find a missing person named Teraline.
Since no one else is available, I am fast-tracking this one to your department.
(( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUf6p5Inc08
>>Previous Threads: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=InfilINC
>>Stand by for mission info ))
Oh look, it's that closed, run-from-IRC game that should have gone off to its own forum years ago.
Following previous investigations, we have uncovered the approimate location of forty-seven seperate disapperance cases over the last months. Morgues and hospital records do not account for the sum total, and so we forced to conclude that our client for this, along with several other people, have likely had a terminal encounter with something insidious.
The lack of wide-spread panic given the swathe of disappearances is likely because media coverage has been low, with the Hong Financial Affair devouring airtime. Nonetheless, we would expect some actiity on the social networks. Since this hasn't been the case, we're dealing with an organized cartel with informational control capabilities.
So we've opened the armory on this one, you'll find our available equipment in the file.
>>46743571
My apologies, anon - the open participation rules had a few errors in dire need of errata before I could upload them. Here they are.
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We'll drop you in the local area, at a bar Teraline was known to frequent. It's a low key, rustic place and you can scope it out for any suspecious persons or other clues. In the meantime, Liren will run the data-backlog and we'll see what comes up.
We don't know for sure who is targetting people, and we don't know entirely their capabilities, so I advise you to display some caution in opening firing a civilian environment unless you're specifically fired upon first.
Now, there is something to note.
One is that Teraline was apparently running an anthropological study of mythos formation in the refuge camps, and likely spent a lot of time talking to people in the local bar. If you ask around - or display their picture - you'll likely encounter some information fairly rapidly.
Also, while we don't have any scan capability in the local area we do have some readings for the local grid and the electricity consumption for that quadrant is rather out of sync with the habitation profile.
It seems unlikely that d metal sheet town eats enough energy to run a factory.
So, Agent - this one is in your hands.
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>Investigation Phase
>Ask questions, sort out gear, sort out paperwork
>Action Action Phases probably maybe sometime within 10-12 hours? WHO KNOWS
>MAYBE THIS ENTIRE THING WILL BE A MILK RUN
>Current Location: Refuge Camp #17, The Almost There Tavern.
>>46743571
The only one of these games I've known to be closed was Mecha Mercs, and that's because normal people have limits to how many players they can handle at a time. But I'm sure facts don't matter to you.
Hey, Liren, any chance I can scrounge a skimmer drone from the warehouse?
What sort of support can we expect from your end?
>>46743746
Does this bar have any cameras installed? Getting a look at CCTV footage from here and the nearby buildings seems as good a place to start as any.
Roma, Haze5
Vitality: 14
Attempt : 7
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 8
Inventory: Netfry Ammo, Peacekeeper Handgun[Equipped], TacSuit [Armor], HeartJolt
Skills:Node Burner Package, Slaved Malignant AI, Net-Splicer, toolboxv3, ChamoSkin
>>46744077
Getting a feed for you now, Agent. We'll do our best to support you with everything we have.
And it looks like they do, but...
Huh.
They're remarkably well shielded for a standard drinking establishment. I can't access any from here.
And let's see...
>Acquisition roll
We do have a skimmer drone package available. Last one though! All yours, Agent Roma.
>Success
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Also It's been pointed out to me that not everyone of you reads the tactics manual, so a refresher as far destruction goes!
[Burst] X is "X increments under your success is +1 hit"
[FA X] is "Full Auto X, roll *this* many dice when attacking, they all count"
[Shock] is "This weapon has electricity, it'll deal more damage to shock vulnerable targets and likely stun+knockdown+paralyze standard humans (random chance)"
[Bounce X] is " if hits, jumps to any nearby if applicable, to max of X"
[Heat] is "This weapon doesn't rely on ammo, it builds a heat charge on use. Heat goes down by 10 a turn or 10 per action spent venting. Heat 100 is... bad"
[Destroy] is "What it says on the tin, destroys X"
[Electronic] can be EMP'd or Detected or sometimes Hacked
>Feed update
>>46743714 - [Shard] gives FA, not Burst (It's extra dice, not less total hits)
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The standard bar in this part of town. It's a few battered tables, a collection of patrons as ingrained as the dust in the corner and a looping track of some unidentifiable technowave.
The three people behind the counter sport an eclectic mix of scars and buzzcuts. They're eyeing the crowd, and the cosplayers in the middle of the room. Seems like a quiet afternoon.
>Can I trade in some of my old stuff for some of this fancy new mist stuff? And what's a RiotLock? Some kind of shock gun?
>What does a TacNet do?
>Thinking of trading in my Surgepacks, Blitz Stims, He Nades and Vibro Knife for RiotLock, Moonrock, AmygdalaHijack and Tacsuit.
>>46744546
No need, Agent - we're an agency, not a scavenger company barter shop.
You can keep your old stuff, and take as much "new" stuff as can fit in your pockets (which is 4 things and a gun, or five guns, or...). You can even mix and match when you go out into the field.
Toss the rest of that gear into your lockbox or safehouse, you're bound to find a use for it.
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A RiotLock is indeed a shock gun. It's meant to induce crippling seizures on any rioters in order to lock them down. Fire it and it'll deliver an uncomfortable amount of electricity to who-ever you're aiming at, anyone standing nearby, and most people around the corner too.
No good against shielding though, it just gets absorbed.
And if you're sporting a TacNet, it does nothing on its own. But if someone you're with have one, you can link up and get +1 Accuracy, improved situational awareness and communicate instantly with messsages, audio and text!
Some weapons require a tac net, even. But none of that this go around.
>>46744873
>Investigation Phase Action: Begin spreading rumor over public networks: Shockspace ghosts have been seen in the area. Things with no body that still produce resonance effects. They exist only in Shockspace and cannot be killed. Absolutely terrifying, poltergeist activity, electrical surges, etc.
This is definitely useful to the investigation, I promise.
Rolled 2, 7, 4 + 9 = 22 (3d10 + 9)
>>46745391
Sure Agent, whatever you say. Is Resonance Ghosts a real thing?
I've gotta get Director Werenhoff to tell me how that stuff actually works. Ghosts aren't real agent!
... are they?
>Deploy in front of the bar
>Smile and give candy to children like a big armored Santa
>Build trust, initiate smalltalk
>Listen to all the rumors cause children generally don't know when to keep quiet
Clearance H2
Equip: RiotLock 3/3
Vitality: 10 (DR4)
Attempt : 6
Move: 5
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 6
Skill: Aimbot Corrector MkII, ChamoSkin, HeatTracer
Inventory: CustodiSpecial, Containment Nades x3, BlitzStimms x2, TacSuit
>>46745736
OOC:Where do you recruit players?
I'm thinking about maybe trying to run a skirmish in a Europe-friendly timeslot, but I'd like to gauge interest first.
Rolled 6, 3, 2 + 6 = 17 (3d10 + 6)
>>46746438As a fellow Europe based person, I assure my "starting at 2:37 am" is perfectly euro-friendly! Totally! I don't have insomnia!
I just post the threads and hope
it's my understanding that the IRC>>46743571 friend anon refers to there is this one:
https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.rizon.net&channel=%Skirmish
so maybe that will give you some luck? Should be a sizable group of people who like games at all times, the Mecha Mercs, Gridlock, Floors crowd
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Agents Active:
>>46746403
[1-Ai2-Cs-Ht] Mammoth
>>46744077
[2-Nb-Sm-Ns-Tx-Cs] Roma
>>Officer on deck! Be polite!
>>46745391
[3-???-??? Wraith]
>Agent Mammoth specified location, he gets to be number 1
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>>46746403
[HeroRobot]: "... ghosts! Last night, my phone-- it was ghosts! I've lost all my music it's a total bummer!"
[HeroMask]: "spookie boogie you think they're real? Gridfire Phantoms don't exist!!! Mom says they're totally made up"
[HeroRobot]: "Oh yeah?!? so h-how come she drops water at the cross shrine huuuh?"
[HeroMask]: "that's different shut up finish your drink"
[HeroGambler]: "Thank you for the candy, heavily armed man. Is that a real Custodi? wooow, I hear you can't get those any more. All I've got is this [Wonky Looking Homemade Gun]. C-can... can I try it?"
[Liren]: "Wait, what was that?"
[Liren]: Cross Shrines - it looks like some of the refuges are constructing tiny prayer shrines to something, but I can't find out what. They started cropping up a few months ago.
Listen to this: "Automatic religious fear response in displaced populations or signs of psychosomatic mass-delusion: a correlated study". Local research tanks are having a field day. It's not often you get to catch a population-wide religious revival when it's still grassroots.
Teraline was trying to study this too, I think.
Looks like it's... mostly small offerings and bits of post-it with prayers on 'em. Also is that girl dressed as Alpha Sniper? Give her a thumbs up from me, Agent.
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>>46744873
(I think Wraith was asking about the Mist Clearance changes, as well as the gear)
>>46746611
>>46746403
Hey, Mammoth, you see any cameras on the buildings nearby? I'd like to dig up footage from around the time of the disappearance, but the bar's cams are locked down pretty tight.
>>46746611
"It's actually just a Peacekeeper with a plastic covering, but don't tell this to anyone! Looks just like the real thing, huh? I made it myself!"
"Nice costume, by the way. Does this [Wonky Looking Homemade Gun] go with it?"
>>46746721
>Agent Mammoth keeps quiet since he's inside of the bar and can't look outside.
>Agent Mammoth belatedly realizes that having a way to speak to the team without giving himself out to his interlocutors would be quite handy
Equip: RiotLock 3/3
Vitality: 10 (DR4)
Attempt : 6
Move: 5
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 6
Skill: Aimbot Corrector MkII, ChamoSkin, HeatTracer
Inventory: CustodiSpecial, Containment Nades x3, BlitzStimms x2, TacSuit
[Liren] Looks like we got something. I see... people and somebody else? The coverage out here is awful. Who-ever they are they don't look too happy.
I've got no one else on the nearby cameras in the same time-stamp, so they must be nearby.
Maybe kidnappers like retro-electronic music?
Rolled 1 (1d10)
>>46746856
>>46746909
Then I guess it's time for me to go get a drink and a headache, isn't it? Oh, before I go, do we know Teralin's number? I'm planning to ping it occasionally.
>Deploy at bar
>Order beer
>Find an empty seat at a table
(When using Slaved Malignant AI to bust dots, is there a risk of damage?)
Roma, Haze5
Vitality: 14
Attempt : 7
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 8
Inventory: Netfry Ammo, Peacekeeper Handgun[Equipped], TacSuit [Armor], HeartJolt, Skimmer Drone
Skills:Node Burner Package, Slaved Malignant AI, Net-Splicer, toolboxv3, ChamoSkin
>>46747013
"No! That's for self defense! Auntie says it's not safe to go--- well, you know".
Since Agent Mammoth isn't going to hand the cosplaying kids a highly volatile handgun to get their kicks, they turn back to their own table. Discussing ghost stories and recent sightings. Sister of a nephew of an aunt of someone's somebody defintively for real disappeared! Walked straight through a wall, into nothing. Almost as scary as the fact the cats are coming back to life. Or the people who wake up with regrown lost limbs.
>>46747013
Yes - the AI could fail the roll. That's... unlikely though. You will need to roll 1d10 for the Break.
Rolled 4 (1d10)
>>46747463
>Agent Mammoth turns to the bar and tries to talk up the bartender.
"Such nice kids. Please pour me a glass of that one, would you?"
"It's horrible that children have to carry guns for self-defence in this day and age. Who could be so wicked as to harm a child?"
Rolled 3 (1d10)
>>46747463
Right, then I'll run these defensive scripts and set the AI to making new friends
>Activate toolboxv3 (RFD at 1/2, proc+1)
>Bust 2 RFD dots on the cameras (Sm)
>Calmly sip beer, blend in.
Roma, Haze5
Vitality: 14
Attempt : 7
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 8+1=9
Inventory: Netfry Ammo, Peacekeeper Handgun[Equipped], TacSuit [Armor], HeartJolt
Skills:Node Burner Package, Slaved Malignant AI, Net-Splicer, toolboxv3, ChamoSkin
Bear: Haze Clearance 2
Command I have cleared Clearance 2 clearly. What are my options for modifications this go around?
Equip: VibroBread Knife - 8 dmg, +2 acc, Peacekeeper Handgun - 6 dmg || +1acc[Sword], [Melee];
Vitality: 14 | Reg2
Attempt : 6
Move: 4
Accuracy: 5
Processing: 6
Inventory: Blitz-Stim(x1); Containment Nadex x2
Skill: Tiger Style Neuro-Mod, Vitality Treatment,
>>46747966
Alright command Clearance clearly cleared.
>Gain Skeletal Reinforcement
>Gain +2 MOV
Equip: VibroBread Knife - 8 dmg, +2 acc, Peacekeeper Handgun - 6 dmg || +1acc[Sword], [Melee];
Vitality: 16 | Reg2 +4DR
Attempt : 6
Move: 4
Accuracy: 5
Processing: 6
Inventory: Blitz-Stim(x1); Containment Nadex x2
Skill: Tiger Style Neuro-Mod, Vitality Treatment, Skeletal reinforcement,
Rolled 7, 4, 3 + 6 = 20 (3d10 + 6)
>>46747966
Let's see what we've got on file, Agent Bear.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/46591227/images/1460344302824.png
And don't forget you can equip yourself before heading out. >>46743578
--||--
little sparks to keep out little insect-code
delicious.
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>>46747601
[Bartender #3]: "Anyone who don't like urchins, eh? Proper parents. M'hm thinking most anyone what don't like kids, yeah? Well they're nice kids, don't make a lot of noise. Stick 'round 'cause they like the special blend.
Here, have a sip. It'll eat straight through your liver.
Used to be more of 'em but I haven't the seen the pink-haired scrawny kid in a week now. "
>Clue3 - No bartender in this world or the next wears military boots when serving customers, and the multi-pocket cargo pants is more of a give away than the buzzcut and the clean shave.
>The fact the 'special blend' is bog-standard home-distil in a tawdry bottle isn't a clue, just an indicator of poor proprietor standards.
Rolled 9 (1d10)
>>46748135
"Oh! What if something horrible happened to that kid? I'm going to definitely try and find him. Ori is that 'her'? Do you know anything about them?"
>Earnestly pry into the business that's not mine in hopes they will try to ambush me.
>Sip the drink slowly to avoid ordering anything else from this bartender.Where's clue1?
Rolled 7, 9, 8, 5 = 29 (4d10)
>>46748135
>take x3 Blitzstimms
>take He-nade x3
>>46748439
>Deploy N of the entrance
>Prepare overwatch on mammoth. Use nonlethal force.
Equip: VibroBread Knife - 8 dmg, +2 acc, Peacekeeper Handgun - 6 dmg || +1acc[Sword], [Melee];
Vitality: 16 | Reg2 +4DR
Attempt : 6
Move: 4
Accuracy: 5
Processing: 6
Inventory:
-Blitz-Stim(x2)
-Blitz-Stim(x2)
-Containment Nadex x2
-He-nade x3
Skill: Tiger Style Neuro-Mod, Vitality Treatment, Skeletal reinforcement,
Rolled 5, 5, 7 = 17 (3d10)
>Start spreading the word about Resonance Ghosts using [Info] attunement.
Clearance: Mist 2
Weapon: RiotLock- 4 dmg, [Shock], [Bounce 3], 3/3 Ammo
Vitality: 10
Attempt: 4
Move: 5
Accuracy 8
Proc: 5
Res: 0
Inventory : [Junk Coder:[Info] Crit <3 Vs AI], [Moon Rock: Ignore first Incursion / turn], [Amygdala Hijack: 2x effectiveness to cause [Fear], +2 [Control]]
Armor: TacSuit- [Electronic], gives DR4+ TacNet
Attunements: [Move], [Sense], [Control], [Info], [Shard]
Rolled 8 (1d10)
>>46748135
>Hacked Casual
>Activate toolbox again
>Bust remaining 2 dots (Sm)
>Start in on the blue dots
(should I roll 2 dice?)
Roma, Haze5
Vitality: 14
Attempt : 7
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 8+1=9
Inventory: Netfry Ammo, Peacekeeper Handgun[Equipped], TacSuit [Armor], HeartJolt, Skimmer Drone
Skills:Node Burner Package, Slaved Malignant AI, Net-Splicer, toolboxv3, ChamoSkin
>>46748474
Command is automatically assuming this is "If Mammoth gets targetted", not that Agent Bear is actually going to man-handle agent Mammoth.
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Agents active:
Agents Active:
>>46746403
[1-Ai2-Cs-Ht] Mammoth
[2-Nb-Sm-Ns-Tx-Cs] Roma
[3-INF-SHA] Wraith
[4 Ts-Vi-Sr] Bear
>Slow day today
>>46750499
It is something of a slow day. Are there any inactive agents who are maybe unsure of where to focus their efforts? I can possibly offer some advice. Or if there are any potential new agents, I could assist with that as well, at least for the next couple hours.
>>46745736
"Strictly speaking, Specialist Liren, my training never covered [Ghosts], but it did cover certain [Anomalies] which possess certain unsettling tendencies. That said, I am deliberately spreading certain misleading bits of information. An example is that 'Shockspace Ghosts can't be killed.' Of course they can't. They were never alive in the first place. Whatever they are, they certainly don't originate in a human body, except possibly in their thoughts. You can't kill what never possessed any sort of biology to begin with. It's an issue of semantics."
>>46743528
Is this supposed to be a cyberpunk game or superheroes?
>>46751373
Cyberpunk. We're essentially the McDonald's of PMCs doing dirty work for the man. Last mission we protected a guy that took over the public matrix and privatized it. We nearly died from killer roombas and dudes in power armor. Now we're investigating the disappearance of refugees for free because someone found out about the errant rogue AI we stole during a desert rescue mission where we accidentally killed the guys we were supposed to save by reckless plasma fire.
>>46750499
>Slow day today
I'm sure it'll become more active once the shit goes down.
By the way, could you please post the stats for Aimbot Corrector Mk2?
>>46752368
It might be outdated paperwork, given all the work R&D does, but here's what I've got.
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/46419421/images/1459660852662.png
>>46753995
Thanks.
So basically all it gives is better crits?
Maybe I would have been better taking some other mod.
>>46754218
Yea, the upgrades for H0 mods are a little underwhelming.
>>46754651
Well, the H0-mods are top of the line specialized packages developed in-house, basically impossible to replicate. We can only push those so far, Agent.
>>46754218
+10% crit on all weapons, indeed.
>>46752368
Right you are, Agent.
>>46751527
Thank you for filing the proper mission report, Agent.
>>46751373
Well, anon, you're working for Solstar. Those kids there cosplaying as the popular superhereos, Essence Taker, Gambler, Alpha Sniper and Shadow Hunter are clearly the super heroes of the hour.
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[Bartender 3#] "You ask a lot of very specific questions for a bar patron, y'know? Look, all I know is the kid likes to dress up as a robot and pretend to be Iron Justice? Right? Straight outtta the films, even, very nice - shot me with a fake JusticeTaser once. It didn't hurt.
Oh, and then she likes asking questions. Ain't nothing but the damn chitter-chatter about shrines and Extrops and prayer. I ain't down for that sort thing, y'know man? You see a lot of scuffed faced in a lot of scruffy clothes in this business, and at the end of the the only gods I know is the mighty credit (and it don't believe in you, so don't even ask).
Poor thing, was gonna offer her a job too. Figured she'd like to do some work in the kitchen. Try some real justice".
>Bartender 2# surreptiously leaves through the kitchen door
>3 people enter, they close the door
[Patron]: "Ghosts man! I ain't staying out, I'm getting the taser. That's how you beat 'em. With tesla!"
[Liren]: "I'm not kidding around Agent, it's semantics to you but insomnia to me are ghosts r-real Agent? I'm only gonna ask once. The answer better be no, I am not paid enough to deal with ghosts!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7oxd7p7zf0
>>46755261
>Starting right when I have to go sleepAre you sure you're Europe-based?
>Someone please bot me.
>I'm serious, people who go to sleep and aren't botted die in this skirmish.
>Please anons.
Equip: RiotLock 3/3
Vitality: 10 (DR4)
Attempt : 6
Move: 5
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 6
Skill: Aimbot Corrector MkII, ChamoSkin, HeatTracer
Inventory: CustodiSpecial, Containment Nades x3, BlitzStimms x2, TacSuit
P.S.: Liren is moe.
>>46755261
"Ghosts are not real. Extremely unsettling shockspace disturbances are. When you have someone feeding their worst nightmares into the air in very difficult to reproduce circumstances, sometimes you get something that occasionally behaves like a ghost is imagined to behave. It doesn't have anything to do with dead people, though. Is that reassuring?"
>>46755611
>>46755261
*through the comms*Calm down Liren it's just those Mist dumbasses doin stupid shit with their minds again. It just might not be our Mist dumbasses this time.*khhzt*
"Hey you got some of them eat them refugee boys make? I hear they do some funny stuffs with the meats lemme get some of that"
>walk to the NE table and sit down
>Be ready to backup fellow Agentssomeone bot me too
Equip: VibroBread Knife - 8 dmg, +2 acc, Peacekeeper Handgun - 6 dmg || +1acc[Sword], [Melee];
Vitality: 16 | Reg2 +4DR
Attempt : 6
Move: 4
Accuracy: 5
Processing: 6
Inventory:
-Blitz-Stim(x2)
-Blitz-Stim(x2)
-Containment Nadex x2
-He-nade x3
Skill: Tiger Style Neuro-Mod, Vitality Treatment, Skeletal reinforcement,
Rolled 4 (1d10)
>>46755261
>Calmly move to the other side of the table.
>Just changing the view, nothing to see here
> Activate toolbox, +1proc
> Bust 4 blue dots, Sm
>Hack the Cam, link the memory banks back to Liren
No, no, ghosts are totally a thing. Just look at the KroniCode.
A commotion near the door
a jostled hero
intent eyes staring at a lonely agent, hands in pockets holding objects unseen
a muted kitchen conversation
Rolled 2, 8 = 10 (2d10)
"I've got the footage Agent Roma. Fast-forwarding through the drunken shenanigans. No time-stamps anywhere.
This is a very strange system for a tavern, they don't normally use constant heat signature scanning in their cameras.
I'm going to keep the video-footage of this on-going re-enactment of Metroville Minority League, those kids are adorable."
I knew it - they that footage was edited.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYTngnawjI
>>46743578
>pull the strings necessary to acquire [Gunkata Automator] (Mission 3 skill)
"Guess who's baaaack ? The nurse finally agreed to let me back on the field ! Ready to deploy whenever necessary !
Also, Liren could you brief me on this CustodiSpecial ?"
>standing by for deployment
Agent Holiday, Clearance level Haze 4
Equip: Peacekeeper Handgun (Accuracy +1, dmg6, silenced, loaded Solflare Ammo) Ammo 1 / 1 and CustodiSpecial (7dmg, [Pistol] Heat 10/Discharge Heat 40) Ammo 4/4
Vitality: 10 Attempt : 8 Move: 4 Accuracy: 6 Processing: 7
DR : 4
Inventory:
Solflare Ammo, Tac Suit (DR4, +Tacnet), Electronades ×3
Skill: Aimbot Corrector, Reaver Stim, Chironan Disintegrator
, Gunkata Automator
>>46757913
Accepted. Included in the paper-work, welcome back Agent. It's nice to see you on your feet and packing enough firepower to fight a mechanized combat division on your own. Good thing those camps have no scanners, you'd be setting off all of them!
The Custodi are custom-made pieces we got from a lucky break scrounging through a pawn-store. Originally they were made to celebrate the succes of the Seniral Minoris Rehabiliation System 16 years or so ago.
They're meant to be fired in space.
They don't use bullets, they generate a charge when you pull the trigger and fill someone with a hyper-velocity speck of metal. Practically limitless ammo, at the cost of a fairly heavy grip. It builds up heat every shot, and if you don't let it vent it overheats and will likely take out your hand. Werenhofff was considered selling the lot. Apparently they're worth something in the nine digit range?
>Heat weapons generate [heat] when fired, but don't rely on ammo
>Lose 10 heat a turn
>100 heat : bad.
--
Agents active:
[1-Ai2-Cs-Ht] Mammoth
[2-Nb-Sm-Ns-Tx-Cs] Roma
[3-INF-SHA] Wraith
[4 Ts-Vi-Sr] Bear
[5 Ai-Rs-Cd-Gk] Holiday
The door is kicked open
hud updated to accomodate internal kitchen cameras
Clean-shaved people with their hands in their pockets waiting for some signal
[ Also it's agent actions ]
Rolled 10, 6, 5, 5, 2, 7 = 35 (6d10)
>>46758515
Alright, these folks are making me nervous. Time to see what signals they're getting.
>Hack the three dudes at the SW door, tageting coms gear, 2atp each (Sm+4atp)
>Prepare to activate tacnet with Mammoth and Holiday, 2atp+1atp, await signal from team.
Roma, Haze5
Vitality: 14
Attempt : 7
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 8
Inventory: Netfry Ammo, Peacekeeper Handgun[Equipped], TacSuit [Armor], HeartJolt, Skimmer Drone
Skills:Node Burner Package, Slaved Malignant AI, Net-Splicer, toolboxv3, ChamoSkin
>>46759030
"Gentlemen, good evening. Please don't mind me, I'm just here to meet some friends of mine."
>move 6666 through the small crowd
>hustle 666665
>stop at the cosplayers' table
"Oh hey, those are incredibly realistic ! You guys look like the real deal ! ... Oh, no one came as Kamen Raider... He was my favorite back when I was a child. But I'm rambling. Great costumes, you all look great !"
Agent Holiday, Clearance level Haze 4
Equip: Peacekeeper Handgun (Accuracy +1, dmg6, silenced, loaded Solflare Ammo) Ammo 1 / 1 and CustodiSpecial (7dmg, [Pistol] Heat 10/Discharge Heat 40) Ammo 4/4
Vitality: 10 Attempt : 8 Move: 4 Accuracy: 6 Processing: 7
DR : 4
Inventory:
Solflare Ammo, Tac Suit (DR4, +Tacnet), Electronades ×3
Skill: Aimbot Corrector, Reaver Stim, Chironan Disintegrator
, Gunkata Automator
>>46758135
"Command requesting deployment and tag."
>Deploy
Cloud-01
Networking: 0
Vitality: 4/4, 4/4, 4/4
Attempt : 2 x 3
Move: 3
Accuracy: 5 (5)
Processing: 5 (5)
Inventory: SMG / SMG / GL
Skill: Node Burner, Nightwisp Cloak, Swarm Code, Wide-Area Network
Program: 2x Orbitalion, DeFrag
Agent Tatiana! Welcome on scene. And just in time too, someone just activated a containment shutter on that tavern - I've lost all contact with the agents inside!
[Agents Active]
[1-Ai2-Cs-Ht] Mammoth
[2-Nb-Sm-Ns-Tx-Cs] Roma
[3-INF-SHA] Wraith
[4 Ts-Vi-Sr] Bear
[5 Ai-Rs-Cd-Gk] Holiday
[6 Nb-Nc-Sco-Wan Tatiana]
--||--
[EssenceTaker]: "Oh you know the Raider?! Serla was supposed to meet us here and she was here earlier and we don't know where she is now and we think maybe ghosts got her and your suit is really fancy and and and"
[SW]: "Squad 3#, Status? Yeah? Affirmative, go on evacuation - the shutters will close in 3, 2 - 1
Targets in box, move!"
[ShadowHunter]: "Hey! Get your hands of me!"
>Agent Roma gets a comms ping - and intercepts active communications
>It's originating from the... Kitchen?
>Bug planted in enemy comms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ECZMvbLxg
>Comms Hack
[???] "Don't harm the subjects, Acquisition - I need all six of them to test spread and genetic confounders"
[SW]: "NOBODY MOVE! DROP YOUR BEER! DROP YOUR BEER! GET ON THE GROUND! NOBODY MOVES OR THE COSPLAYER GETS IT"
[EssenceTaker]: "Hey let go of Alpha!"
[AlphaSniper]: "This is not in my operating parameters"
==||==
A drunk patron sees a hovering swarm of chittering drones and screams about resonance ghosts, then flees into the night
Agent inside the in with a TacSuit can opt to activate a TacNet as a free action >-TacNet switch
That door is inreinforced, but electronically locked
[Agent Action]
Rolled 5, 6, 5 = 16 (3d10)
>Use [Info] to [Move] some of those nodes a bit, and reestablish Liren's connection with our agents inside.
Clearance: Mist 2
Weapon: RiotLock- 4 dmg, [Shock], [Bounce 3], 3/3 Ammo
Vitality: 10
Attempt: 4
Move: 5
Accuracy 8
Proc: 5
Res: 0
Inventory : [Junk Coder:[Info] Crit <3 Vs AI], [Moon Rock: Ignore first Incursion / turn], [Amygdala Hijack: 2x effectiveness to cause [Fear], +2 [Control]]
Armor: TacSuit- [Electronic], gives DR4+ TacNet
Attunements: [Move], [Sense], [Control], [Info], [Shard]
[Liren]: Hey, the door just-- what the
Why is there locking mechanism code all over that camera? Agent Wraith, what are you doing with the systems? Is this the ghosts thing? I'm warning you, I will fill your entire personal suite with nothing but asteroid disco, Agent! Don't think I won't.
I've got eyes on the inside again, it looks-- that is a loooot of guns
---
>Door RFD shuffled
>Wraith TA on cooldown
>Liren has eyes via inside cameras (and they've got a dot of shieldign)
Rolled 8, 2, 5, 4, 4, 3 = 26 (6d10)
>>46759829
>Bust the two dots on the doors, Sm
>Net-Splice the closest 7 armed guys into an ad-hoc network, centered on the guy holding Alpha, 6atp
>Conceal the Ad-hoc network so they don't notice it, 1atp
>Place beer on table
"Hey now, no need for that, just take it easy, friend."
Roma, Haze5
Vitality: 14
Attempt : 7
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 8
Inventory: Netfry Ammo, Peacekeeper Handgun[Equipped], TacSuit [Armor], HeartJolt, Skimmer Drone
Skills:Node Burner Package, Slaved Malignant AI, Net-Splicer, toolboxv3, ChamoSkin
Rolled 3, 5, 5, 3, 1 = 17 (5d6)
>>46761374
"Hello? Agents, anyone that wishes, they can use spare processing for target acquisition or electronic intrusion, just sync up with my network."
>Network 3 drones
>Move 1, 1
>Use DeFrag (1 atp)
>Nodeburner the new hostile network (5 atp)
>Networked allies gain + 1 acc / +1 proc
Cloud-01
Networking: 3
Vitality: 4/4, 4/4, 4/4
Attempt : 2 x 3
Move: 3
Accuracy: 5 (8)
Processing: 5 (8)
Inventory: SMG / SMG / GL
Skill: Node Burner, Nightwisp Cloak, Swarm Code, Wide-Area Network
Program: 2x Orbitalion, DeFrag, KonKordinate
"Jesus, my head, remind me to never take on those "Rider" freaks on anyhting other than 1 on 1. Why hello Command, am I late to this little soiree?"
>>46761786
Not even so, Agent 8. We'll get the birds to drop you off near that rustic old tavern.
Nice bruises, Agent. Pulse Riders don't mess around, huh?
>Please post standard equipment.
>You will be number 7
>location to be in the same hex as the red 2 >>46760161, SE corner now that Agents Taitana and Roma has opened the doors.
>WAN from Tatiana functions as a TacNet, so the bonuses from them will not stack (but you may wish to seperate networks anyhow, to avoid the entire team being burned)Command is going to go nap for 3 hours though, it's 3 am over here
Sorry for the staggered timing on this oneAtrocious timing these past 5 days. Thankful you are all patient.
>>46761950
"Wait what!?! Oh, wrong Riders then, guess I won't be getting paid, my gear is enroute."
>>46760161
>Overwatch mode.
Clearance: Lvl 4
Equip: Trade Closure Katanas DMG 10, Bleed 2, Parry1 [Melee] [Sword],Trade Closure Katanas DMG 10, Bleed 2, Parry1 [Melee] [Sword]
Vitality: 18
Attempt : 6
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6
Processing: 7
Inventory: Trade Closure Katanas DMG 10, Bleed 2, Parry1 [Melee] [Sword], Trade Closure Katanas DMG 10, Bleed 2, Parry1 [Melee] [Sword].
Skill: Tiger Stlye Neuro-Mod MK II, Spatial Overrider, Dragon Claw Neuro-Net, Vitality Treatment MK II
Rolled 8, 4, 1 = 13 (3d10)
>>46759829
>>46755611
> Move 61, diving over the bar
> Activate aimbot (+2acc, <4crit), 2atp
>-Tacnet Holiday
> Apply riotlock to bartenders and tealguy, 3atp
> Drop empty mag (1/2reload), 1atp
> Crouch
(I hope this is satisfactory, Mammoth)
>=Mammothbot=
Equip: RiotLock 3/3
Vitality: 10 (DR4)
Attempt : 6
Move: 5
Accuracy: 6+3=9
Processing: 6
Skill: Aimbot Corrector MkII, ChamoSkin, HeatTracer
Inventory: CustodiSpecial, Containment Nades x3, BlitzStimms x2, TacSuit
>>46763388
(Would you bot Bear for us? I've less grasp on the melee types than I do on the gunners)
>>46765064
Noted.
Agent Roma extolls everyone to just be cool.
There's a fraught second as hands leaves gribs and the tension dissapitates.
Then a man in a corner starts screaming as his HUD fills with spam messages and bullets go fly.
Agent Mammoth sails over a counter, winged by four shots but alive. The projectiles a leave a shimmering trail in the dingy air - looks the hit squad is using warm munitions.
Bear finds out first hand. His hair catches fire.
>Agent Bear on Fire
>2 non-reducible damage / turn - put out with 4 atp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAln2rGiOF4
[Enemy Reaction]
>>46765932
Roma if you're still awake, feel free to bot me.
[AlphaSniper]: "H-hey! Let go of Shadow Hunter! Beeerrp? My gun didn't do anything, it just exploded! Help!"
[SW]: "Okay, okay, we can s-sort this out - just freeze, hold up, and no one else needs to get hurt!"
The statement is punctuated by the faint groaning of his collegues, spread out on the floor in a spectrum from "dazed" to "tazed"
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>Damage markers is total damaged inflicted, accounting dr. Makes it easier to handle for slightly afk Agents.
[Agent Action - Command assumes a good chunk of agents are asleep, so we'll do this one a little slow, but deadline it at 5 hours from now]
>>46766160
>Deploy, can't do much more from here
Rolled 8, 7 = 15 (2d10)
>>46765064
Thanks Roma
>>46766160
>Punch the yellow guy in the face with an armed containment grenade [2atp]
>Duck behind the bar and activate ChamoSkin
>Apply BlitzStimm [2atp]
>Finish reloading [1atp]
>Shoot RiotLock at the closest still standing hostile
>Is RiotLock nonlethal, by the way? Can it penetrate walls?
Equip: RiotLock 0/3
TacNet: Holiday
Vitality: 2 (DR4)
Attempt : 6
Move: 5
Accuracy: 6+1=7
Processing: 6
Skill: Aimbot Corrector MkII, ChamoSkin, HeatTracer
Inventory: CustodiSpecial, Containment Nades x3, BlitzStimms x2, TacSuit
>>46766160
>>46755261
"That's cute. You think bullets will kill me . Well son I hate to tell you that's not how this is going to go down.
>calmly stand up
I'll be generous here and let your fuck off without harm. But if you try even looking this way again I'll turn you inside out through your asshole."
>ready and use a Blitz-Stim 2atp
>-regen 2
>FLEX OUT THE FIRE 4atp
Command what's my status?
Equip: VibroBread Knife - 8 dmg, +2 acc, Peacekeeper Handgun - 6 dmg || +1acc[Sword], [Melee];
Vitality: ?? | Reg2 +4DR
Attempt : 6
Move: 4
Accuracy: 5
Processing: 6
Inventory:
-Blitz-Stim(x1)
-Blitz-Stim(x2)
-Containment Nadex x2
-He-nade x3
Skill: Tiger Style Neuro-Mod, Vitality Treatment, Skeletal reinforcement,
>>46766633
The RiotLock is a non-lethal device, yes. It's meant to shock people into unconsciousness and disperse angry crowds. You can kill someone - if you hit them hard, or screw their hearts up too much. And too much electricity will short out people's lives sure and certain.
It won't go through walls though. That Custodi you have, on the other hand...
Rolled 2, 10, 9, 3, 7, 3, 9, 7, 3 = 53 (9d10)
>>46766160
>-Connect to [TatianaWiFi](+1proc, +1acc)
>Splice the bartender carrying Shadow Hunter into Ad-hoc network, 1atp
>Node burn, 6atp
>Use coms-bug to garble outgoing transmissions, Sm
"Bite his fingers, Shadow Hunter. As for the rest of you: toss the iron and kiss the dirt and then we can talk about no one else getting hurt."
>Roll under the table 111
>-activate ChamoSkin?
-Liren, if you can help me jam any outbound calls for assistance, I'd appreciate it. Them calling backup wouldn't be fair right now.
Roma, Haze5
Vitality: 14
Attempt : 7
Move: 4
Accuracy: 6+1=7
Processing: 8+1=9
Inventory: Netfry Ammo, Peacekeeper Handgun[Equipped], TacSuit [Armor], HeartJolt, Skimmer Drone
Skills:Node Burner Package, Slaved Malignant AI, Net-Splicer, toolboxv3, ChamoSkin
Rolled 5, 1, 8, 1, 9 = 24 (5d10)
>>46766160
"Alright ! You wanna shoot ? Fine ! Let me shoot too !"
>-switch Tacnet on
>activate Aimbot Corrector
>fire the CustodiSpecial on the green guy behind the table
>fire the Custodispecial once at the three closest red guys
>fire the Peacekeeper at the two southernmost red guys, try to catch them both in the explosion
>reload the Peacekeeper
Agent Holiday, Clearance level Haze 4
Equip: Peacekeeper Handgun (Accuracy +1, dmg6, silenced, loaded Solflare Ammo) Ammo 1 / 1 and CustodiSpecial (7dmg, [Pistol] Heat 10/Discharge Heat 40) Heat : 40
Vitality: 6/10 Attempt : 8 Move: 4 Accuracy: 6 Processing: 7
DR : 4
Inventory:
Solflare Ammo, Tac Suit (DR4, +Tacnet), Electronades ×3
Skill: Aimbot Corrector, Reaver Stim, Chironan Disintegrator
, Gunkata Automator
Rolled 10, 3, 1, 6, 5 = 25 (5d10)
>>46766160
>>46765991
(I had such trouble finding Defrag)
>Defrag Friendly Tacnet, 1atp
>Node burn hostile network, 5atp
>Move GL 1
>Move SMG 11
-Do all three drones have MOV 3, or is it MOV3/Drones?
>=Tatianabots=
Cloud-01
Networking: 3
Vitality: 4/4, 4/4, 4/4
Attempt : 2 x 3
Move: 3
Accuracy: 5 (8)
Processing: 5 (8)
Inventory: SMG / SMG / GL
Skill: Node Burner, Nightwisp Cloak, Swarm Code, Wide-Area Network
Program: 2x Orbitalion, DeFrag, KonKordinate
>>46768325
Drones in a swarm move and operate as a single unit - except for when the drone rider have a KonKordinate sup-processor
Like Tatiana has!
