Yeah, with the GM's kind agreement I'm re-doing Miselle as a Spheres of Might Technician. Part of my proposal for doing so was, 'But railguns are awesome'.
Oooh, Technician's fun. I do wish the power armor archetype wasn't such utter trash before level five, though.
@Ellena: Any particular reason for wanting the list of factories? I don't actually have a list on hand, but if I know what you're looking for, I can generate something.
LeBrix mentioned that his investigation involved Danoran factories, the boat where it looks like the Shadowman was summoned was owned by a Danoran factory, and someone *not* Gail has been burning down factories - and I remember you mentioning that both Risuri and Danoran factories have been burning. I was hoping to see which burnings *weren't* Gail in the hopes it tells us something about who the other factory burners are or if there's a link to Danor.
That makes sense. I'll put up something shortly.
All right, I've finished crosschecking my notes. Gale's responsible for the burning of several factories - both Risuri and Danoran. She'll name off the ones she remembers, but without information from the Danorans, you won't be able to generate the sort of inclusive list that you need. However, based on what Gale tells you, you now know that the majority of the burned factories (several dozen, in fact) were caused by someone other than Gale.
By the way, I wasn't trying to speak for everyone, more like discussing terms. I believe the general feeling of the group was to work with Gale, but if someone is opposed, perhaps now is the time.
I am wondering if we should try and arrest her. Her leaning in would make a great opportunity to grab and grapple. But I suspect we'd end up in 'You challenged a boss way over your level, asskicking will now commence,' a moment.
That, and I'm not sure that she hasn't actually brought reinforcements hiding beyond my scent range. And to be fair, she did apparently speak in good faith and agree to cease hostilities. Not double-crossing her might grant us some favor with the Hidden Court.
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It's also worth noting that we agreed to cease hostilities as well - it'd speak ill of us and the RHC if we just jumped her. That said, the higher-ups might want us to do it anyway. She's a terrorist after all, even if she's told us that she's not responsible for a lot of what she's blamed for.
As a matter of fact, doublecrossing her would most likely earn us, and the entire RHC, problems with the Hidden Court.
It's funny though, we're LITERALLY negotiating with a terrorist.
I was just negotiating terms, to the letter of the law we haven't agreed to anything... yet.
Well...it's not anything agents of a government haven't done in the past in the real world. As bad as the terrorism is, there's potentially a much larger threat at play here.
It's in Gale's best interest to cooperate right now, too. She might be a terrorist, but it seems to me that the woman at least has some scruples or a code of behavior or something; I doubt she's going to much care to have a multitude of fires that weren't her responsibility attributed to her.
So, what's the consensus?
We'll work with her, I think is the agreement.
Yup I'm on board.
Good here.
I'm good with that.
It's a unanimous consensus!
So, to confirm, you're reporting in to base (but not in person) and then following up with Professor Kindleton.
Yup.
I'd say so, yes. Meeting with Cippiano and Gale was... interesting but I think Doctor Wolfgang's our best lead.
ALL MY GAMES: I'm attending a conference for the rest of the week, so updates will be sporadic at best. I'll resume regular posting on Sunday.
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Based on the talk from the last few days, it seems nobody's particularly enthused by this latest development. Understandably so. XD What's the plan?
I'm all for administering a healthy dose of great vengeance and furious anger, but we might want to play it subtle. First, anyway, we have to find him, as well as the good doctor.
Kell's still around for a reason. I think bypassing him and finding information on his men is a good idea.
I HAVE RETURNED!
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It's looking like you're wanting to avoid dealing with Kell for the moment. That's perfectly understandable. XD I just need some sort of "moving things along" post so I know what you're doing now: interrogating the lizardmen again, tracking down one of Kell's underlings, take the night off, etc.
To be clear, I was referring to the ritual Gale gave us
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I know that. They don't.
Just so you all know, I'm heading on holiday to visit my Mother. It shouldn't affect my posting...but it might.
Enjoy!
Have a nice holiday. By the by, does it seem reasonable to place these guys on the first livestock ship heading towards Ber? I think so.
This has nothing to do with conspiracies or crime-solving, but I made a thing. If anyone's good with Bestiary knowledge, I could really use a glance-over.
Unless you split up, you'll probably only have time for one more thing tonight. Is it the lizard lair, locating Kell, or something else?
I'm for the lizard lair.
Since we don't really have a plan of acton for finding Kell, lair seems good.
You know that Kell's lair is somewhere in Parity Lake, but that's it at this point. Finding him can be easy or difficult, depending on how open you want to be. Openly asking around will likely get you an audience very quickly. Using Prestige, calling in favors from local contacts, and searching the area yourself is doable as well but will likely take significantly longer.
From a meta standpoint, I'll tell you that the investigation into Nilasa's death has three major threads that can be followed. You've fully completed one (Heward Sechim --> Nevard --> Gale). The second (invisibility potion, bail ticket, and Nilasa's criminal connections) was time-limited and has expired - but probably wouldn't have been incredibly useful in the grand scheme of things. The third thread revolves around Doctor Wolfgang.
Would it require all of us to stay up, or just one or two of us?
I figure we put the letters together, then go see Kell in the morning and see what he wants to set up a meeting with Wolfgang. Maybe in parallel ask around our contacts, in case Kell doesn't pan out.
Seems like a pretty good plan to me. We've got to find some way to get an audience with Wolfgang, whatever it may be.
@Ellena: Splitting up is always an option as well. :-)
It was pretty effective the last time we split up.
So, are we splitting up or tackling the letters together?
I think we can split up. Me, Az and Corynne going to the bad guys while Miselle and Ellena (high Int) check on the letters?
EDIT: I checked, Corynne and Ellena have the same Int. Pretty much anything works, then.
Ellena's good to stay behind; she's been pushing the factory angle recently. I'll post something to that effect when I'm at a keyboard.
So, my next words and actions will largely depend on how much we want to stab the guy.
In a surprise round I can't both draw and attack (Martial Flexibility can't come too soon), but I can try to trip him and get a weapon later, then use him as cover against the shooters. This could endanger Doctor Wolfgang, so it depends on whether we think it best to capture/kill Kell or get the doctor. The box could offer cover from the armed audience and I have caltrops for running.
If we want to threaten him, things could easily degenerate to the case above. I vote for this option.
If we try to be diplomatic/negotiate maybe it's better if Corynne has the first words.
Your vote is that we start a fight with 100 - 3 odds against us? Just making sure.
Pretty much, yes, using Kell as a human shield. I also have a vanish potion that could be used to some effect. Although I realize it might be hard.
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*reads Discussion*
*blinks*
*starts making popcorn*
Boy, I am glad Miselle stayed at home.
Let me know what the three of you decide to do. Both choices will be interesting, but they'll have very different results.
Yeaaahh...I'm with Corynne on this one. Taking crazy risks is one thing but trying to fight our way out of this is just plain stupid. In my opinion, of course.
I know the dude is a thug, but we've already kinda walked the line with a wanted terrorist. At the absolute least, Az wants to hear what Kell has to say before we commit suicide by flunkie. We didn't come here to pick a fight with Kell, we came to try and set up a meeting with Wolfgang. That's priority.