City of a thousand secrets (Inactive)

Game Master Elsine

Hopping up from his chair, Ganzorig kicks open the door to the server room. He and Flit will cover the crew's regress. "Sahale! What are you doing in here? It's super danger- oh, this is the server room. Forgot. You okay?"

Tapper disengages to make a head count, finding Elan quite capable of handling her own, the spider heads to Lance's side. Let me know if Tapper makes it in time to assist.

There was no way to injure (but not kill) the sysAdmin from where he was standing, even with his enhanced reflexes. But maybe he could get closer?

Act under pressure: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 2 = 6

Can anyone help?

Zorig: I'll allow it

Tapper reaches the doorway, identifies the target as well as the weapon in his hand, and immediately opens fire into the ceiling.
Aid: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 3) + 1 = 8
Would not be out of character for Tapper's gun to jam and backfire as a distraction on account of +fragile.

Act under Pressure: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 1 = 10

"Surprisingly great, all things considered!"

Sahale hops into the vehicle and calls his drone to get back, while covering their retreat.

Thanks Gan! That nudges me to "you stumble, hesitate, or flinch: the MC will offer you a worse
outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice" from "Elan levels of failure" (just kidding. Mad love for ya' Elan!) The City, go ahead and offer.

Sahale

You duck and cover as the wall explodes. you have the stuff. what do you do?

Elan

the first one gets a bullet, right in the data-processor. it isn't a threat. the other one, on the other hand, is opening fire. What do you do?

Lance

he reaches for his keyboard, gun still pointed at you, until tapper distracts him momentarily. you can eithe rgrab him, but let him hit the key and raise another alarm, or you can shoot him, maybe wounding, maybe more. what do you do?[/b]

Ganzorig

Tapper is out for now, two leg yoints gave out. no a hard repair, but not a field repair either. what do you do?

Lance's fast reflexes make it easy to fully evaluate what's going on. He doesn't act on impulse. Another alarm or deeply injuring the sysadmin? It's hardly a choice.

mix it up: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 3) + 1 = 8

Elan will do what she does best: throw down. She seems unconcerned about the incoming fire, determined to get into melee with the robot.

Mix it Up!: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 1 = 4

Elan will do what she does best

Whomp whomp!

Siiiiiiiiiiiiigh

Sahale orders his drone to shoot the robots, while frantically going through his dufflebag.

Mix it Up?: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9
Hm... Let's say "an ally takes harm as established by the fiction" - about time my substandard RCM bugged. Also "you take harm as established by the fiction" - a stray bullet?

I'd also like to Produce Equipment and get some smoke grenades. Let's say, Chip (a fellow mechanic enthusiast) threw them for Sahale as a freebie when he was buying some spares for his drones.

When in doubt, Elan will fail her attack rolls. SAD!

Ganzorig follows Sahale, adding to his drone's cover fire while Flit goes to help retrieve Tapper and check on Lance.

Aid Sahale: 2d6 + 0 ⇒ (3, 2) + 0 = 5
*The price is wrong sound*

The dice roller doesn't seem to like us all that much, eh Ganzorig?

I'll get xp for my drive for sure though.

Lance

he's on the floor, bleeding from a gutwound. he'll be septic in 8, dead in a little over 20, but they probably have a medcentre here. Probably out for at least a week.

but you do have some choices to make

Elan

well, the expected news is you got hosed down with lead [2 harm] for the record, when i say something like :opening fire right now" that generally means "no pre-emptive strike is possible, dive for cover" the worse news is that one of them is a specialized radio-tracer. they'll be able to concentrate fire on you, and even track you. that needs to come out f$&#in' yesterday.

Sahale

good news: 3-harm messy takes out a [/s]kill[/s]secbot. bad news: a bullet catches him, sending a lot of feedback through the neural channels 1-harm ap and 1d2 ⇒ 1 Ganzorig takes a wild shot from your drone. what's he harm on that?

Everyone who's hurt, don' forget to make the harm-move!

Harm: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7 Elan has armor 2, so it absorbs the incoming fire.

Harm: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6 Nothing happens. Awesome.

Finally grabbing the grenade, Sahale shouts to everyone "We've got the data, let's get out of here!"

Flit turns the corner to find Lance making final preparations.

Ganzorig perks up. "Mark is down, and Lance is okay. We can head-" Then he gets pegged in the shoulder.
Harm - Armor: 2d6 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 3 - 1 = 6

Sorry, I missed that I have a choice to make. I think it makes the most sense for the fiction for me to take harm and for things to make too much noise

First you tell me how much harm I take, then I subtract my armor and then roll for harm?

2 harm from the little holdout he was packing up his sleeve

Harm: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 = 6
The bullet grazes Lance, but it could be much worse.

With the sysAdmin hurt and the drive acquired, it was time to go.

Our chariot awaits! Let’s move, people!

He dodges over the tripwire Elan warned him about and hops into their flying hotel suite.

Ganzorig stops at Paris' hatch, making a head count. Lance, Flit and Tapper...

Paris' engines start warming up, and Ganzorig scans her readouts for any activity outside.
Assess: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 6) + 1 = 9
What potential complication do I need to be wary of?

"What's the status on the Admin?" asks Elan as she covers the group's retreat, then falls back herself.

Elan... "I'd say he better hope he's got a good sponsor and lots of sick cred."

"Fair enough."

Lance does a quick headcount. Did we have everyone?

He saw Elan enter, Ganzorig is driving and Sahale called out to get on board before Lance was shot, so it's a safe assumption that we're all there...right?

Elan...do you have something you want to share with the group? Like why the bullet wedged in your flack jacket is blinking and transmitting radio waves?

Paris lifts off with the crew safe inside. Still waiting on a potential complication picked up on Paris' sensors.

As everyone piles into the dark van, it becomes obvious that something is flashing on Elan. Looking down at her vest, she says "Huh, guess they shot me with a tracker. You guys wanna do something with this, or you want me to crush it?"

Gan? Want to drop this somewhere interesting?

Ganzorig, waiting on you...

I was waiting for an answer to the Assess question.

Slipping the tracking beacon into Flit's beanbag launcher, he sends the little drone outside the ship before preparing to disappear his crew. Flit finds a dilapidated delivery foodmat headed the other way to shoot the sensor onto.
Act Under Pressure(drone): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 2 = 9

Ganzorig pulls Paris up into commercial airspace, and engages the maglocks to latch onto a freighter passing in the opposite direction, throwing any crew that aren't belted in against the floor and walls.
Multitasking cyberware tag...
Act Under Pressure+Second Skin(vehicle): 2d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 + 2 = 10

As the vehicle begins a SHARP turn, Elan's arm lashes out and grabs the wall of the vehicle, metal buckling under her enhanced strength. She then grabs the closest group member in her free hand.