[Day: Wed., Feb 1 Time: I don't know 'cause log's not up. Night time sometime. Location: Zenica, Tanigia, the industrial section] ( I don't remember how you got in. If you got in. ) (Whatsface briefed us at six, then we FFed there.) (Alysha! Alysha is Whatsface. >.>;) ( Your boss :o ) [You're at the Melnik Munitions & Ordinance factory, where you just witnessed Nikolai Nazarenko getting gunned down by some important looking woman and her similar-but-different looking henchmen. Your job is to steal a truck full of bots. How? I dunno, there's no log.] (log is up) * Brett has quit IRC (Ping timeout) (Brett is down) * Brett has joined #MC5 * ChanServ sets mode: +o Brett (There can't be log and Brett at the same time! They must not co-exist!) [You're on the North side of the fence. The truck you need is in the loading bay in the building on the other side, across about 60 ft. of asphalt. The only gate out of the factory is to the east.] (Oh, never kind.) (*mind) [What to do now? I dunno. Let's find out.] [Start] * Montana is crouched in their hiding place, peering out at the facility. He's in full stealth suit now. How's the security on this end? [Montana can see a guard on the outside of the loading bay doors. Further away to the east, a bot is making its way in this direction.] (Loading bay doors - that's the sixty feet away?) ( Yeah ) * Gordo runs over the plan one more time in his head and the makes with the distraction around the corner from where Montana is planning on sneaking in. Firing into the ground style. ( :o ) (Man, as far as I remember, when the jumping was nixed, we were cutting our way through. mad cuts.) [Well, that certainly works, as the guard hurries that way, along with several other that comeo ut of the building. A siren blairs, too.] (Uh, wait.) (Wait, when did the plan change?) (There's no building on this side) * Shiho is waiting for someone to tell her what to do, as this isn't really the kind of job she's used to. (What just happened?) (I didn't know Gordon even DID anything yet.) (I was evedently following an old version of the plan?) (Where I was supposed to make a distraction while you snuck in?) (Yes, sure, let's just go with it then!) (If not I'm all confused!) (I was going to refresh with you guys so everyone was on the same page - Dre was confused - and wait for the bot to path by.) (But I guess not now!) (I really don't remember what we decided on.) * Montana rushes the fence and makes with the cutting of it. Cut faster! ( o-(_-_)-o ) ( I'm a little confused myself, buuuut. ) ( It's done! Gimme a B and or E roll ) (If I'm remembering wrong, I'll take the shot back.) 2d6+10 Montana rolls 2D6+10: 1 1 +10 = 12 (No big.) (Lark, DRing that.) (As Gordo can remember five minutes ago, even if I'm bad at two weeks.) 2d6+10 Montana rolls 2D6+10: 2 5 +10 = 17 (It's close enough. You were going to make a distraction.) [Meanwhile, the guards arrive at the spot, find nothing there, and begin to spread out, weapons ready. But it's the bots you really have to watch for, gimme stealth rolls (When I told you to. ;P) (So that part was skipped. Everyone else needed to know, though, which is why I wanted you to wait.) (And was naturally surprised.) (AhHA!) * Montana coms quietly, "Come on. Watch for the bots." And he scouts ahead, trying to point out which way to go, when to hurry and when to slow down. 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 3 6 +7 = 16 (Can I help other people's stealth with that, Brett?) ( Sure, they can get a +1 bonus ) (Sweet!) 2d6+10 Montana rolls 2D6+10: 6 2 +10 = 18 2d6+8 Shiho rolls 2D6+8: 3 5 +8 = 16 2d6+5 Nigel rolls 2D6+5: 3 4 +5 = 12 2d6+6 Sonia rolls 2D6+6: 6 5 +6 = 17 [Lucky you, no one is caught. ] [Luckier these bots don't have infrared.] [You get inside the perimeter!] (Describe?) [There's not much too it. It's 60 ft. of wide open asphalt where big mack trucks can savely back into the bays. All of the bay doors are closed at the moment. There's a smaller -people sized door to the left of them. Through the windows above the doors, you can see that the lights inside are on.] ( Speakuing of lights ) ( I'm pretty sure you hacked the outside ones last session? ) ( Otherwise that 60 ft. is pretty well lit. ) (Internet is sucking and I can't check logs.) (But Nigel hacked into the whole thing.) (We can say we did. I don't remember explicitly saying it, but if we could hack it, we would have.) (So he could turn the lights off now, I'm sure.) (And cause more confusion for everyone.) (Or sure... I can turn them off now.) ( Works ) (Even better distraction!) * Nigel slinks against a wall, and taps a few more times on his laptop. The outside lights all go dark. [There's a lot of yelling, then flashlights come on from the guards' vicinity.] * Montana snerks behind his mask. "Nice going, brother," he says over coms. "Stay close, guys." And he makes with the sneaking towards the bay, avoiding clusters of flashlighted guards. [You get up to the door. It's a heavy thing with a thick handle, and is probably locked.] * Montana edges around and peeks into the window, blending into the scenery as he does. [He can't! The windows are above the bay doors, which are a good 25 ft. up] ( Actually... ) (Oh, I thought they were down here) ( meh, I guess 25 ft is about right. ) (Okay, ignore what I just did then.) * Montana glances back to make sure everyone's with him and accounted for. * Nigel follows behind Montana. * Shiho follows Montana, trying to be sneaky. * Sonia stays low, which is easy, and sneaky, which is less easy. At least they're all silent. * Montana makes with the lockpicking now. 2d6+10 Montana rolls 2D6+10: 6 4 +10 = 20 [Uhh.. Yeah, that was easy. The door opens.] * Montana pushes the door in a touch, as silently as possible, and peeks in. [Inside are boxes. Lots of boxes. Piled high. But only on the left side. On the right is flat ground, room for trucks to park. There's only one truck though, way on the other side of the room. There's also a catwalk around the walls.] (That truck clearly ours?) * Gordo starts to sneak his way around the base to the other side so he doesn't get left behind. * Montana coms, "It's clear." He pushes the door open the rest of the way and leads the others in. Is the area lit? [Yep! Well lit!] * Montana looks up. Because duh. [Montana sees bright lights and steel girders.] * Shiho continues following Montana! It seems like the thing to do. * Nigel follows Montana in, as well. * Montana shuts and locks the door once the others enter. "Right. Shiho, keep a lookout for any trouble. Sonia, get to hotwirin' that truck. Nigel, find the opening mechanism for that bay door. Ain't gonna crash that truck through anytime soon. I'm going to make sure these are the bots we're looking for." * Montana starts moving to the truck to do just that and comms, "We're in, Gordo. Working on identifying the cargo and then gettin' it moving. Get into position for cover fire if we need it." * Shiho pulls out her gun and keeps a lookout. "Aye aye." * Sonia nods very slightly, emotionless, and tries to get to the truck to unlock it. [Absolutely nothing goes wrong and you escape without a hitch.] (What, seriously?) (Also, I totally check the truck for any tracking device.) [Nope. Sonia approaches the truck, a gunshot rings out. Gimme a def roll.] (Defense for me?) 2d6+6 Sonia rolls 2D6+6: 4 4 +6 = 14 * Nigel looks around for any sort of panel that opens the door. [And Sonia narrowly avoids getting shot. Up on the catwalk is the woman from before, emerging from behind a box. She's holding a very old looking gun; it's a revolver fer chrissake. "I thought I smelled rats," she says in her Ukrainian accent.] * Shiho raises her gun and shoots. (Unless we're going to roll init?) ( Looks that way! ) * Sonia dive-rolls away from the shot without having looked, and then once she lands on her feet, she glances back over her shoulder through her mirrorshades. * Montana starts moving to the side for cover. ( Hactually not yet. ) (Cool, rolling my shot then.) 2d6+7 Shiho rolls 2D6+7: 6 4 +7 = 17 [Shiho nicks the woman in the shoulder. She grimaces, then crouches behind the box, shouting. "You picked a terrible time for this, fools. You have no idea what you're in for!"] (How high is this catwalk, and how far away is she from me?) ( Now gimme init rolls ) ( It's about 22 ft. up, and she's on the other side of the room from you. ) 2d6+5 Montana rolls 2D6+5: 5 4 +5 = 14 2d6+5 Sonia rolls 2D6+5: 3 2 +5 = 10 (Right - and how big is this room? :)) 2d6+11 Shiho rolls 2D6+11: 1 6 +11 = 18 ( Um, big ) ( It's designed to hold several mack trucks, soooo ) (I'm just trying to figure out if I can get to her in one round or not. I have fast and jumping and wall climbing.) (And by 'get to her', I mean not right next to her, but close enough to use my whip.) ( Say 2 ) (With all of those things?) ( Because of all those things ) ( Waiting for Nigel ) 2d6+5 Nigel rolls 2D6+5: 5 4 +5 = 14 ( Also Gordo isn't there, huh? :o ) (Sneaking around the outside like a sniper!) (No, hang on.) (If they get the door open I'll shoot in) * Montana coms quietly enough so this lady hopefully can't hear, "There's someone in here with us. Can you get a clear shot through the window?" (There, add him to init!) [Shiho has first move!] 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 2 1 +7 = 10 ( Incidentally, there's a panel to open each door next to... each door. ) * Shiho sidesteps towards the boxes and fires off another shot at the mystery Ukranian woman. 2d6+7 Shiho rolls 2D6+7: 5 1 +7 = 13 (Hello?) ( Had to afk, sorry ) [The bullet pings off the box. [And then without warning, a huge monster plows out of the boxes next to Shiho, aiming to tackle her!] (Monster! What's it look like? Besides huge?) The fuck!? 2d6+5 Shiho rolls 2D6+5: 2 3 +5 = 10 [It's about 12 ft. tall, really lanky, and has purple skin. It's head is like a goat's. It also seems to be wearing suit pants.] (Sweet. Can I ID it?) [The monster tackles Shiho to the ground. It howls an eerie howl that sounds like the cross between a goat's bleat and a lion's roar, and throws a punch at Shiho.] 2d6+11 Nigel rolls 2D6+11: 6 6 +11 = 23 2d6+5 Shiho rolls 2D6+5: 6 6 +5 = 17 [Shiho twists, just enough to avoid the goat-headed man's fist as it drives into the concrete where her head was a second ago. And leaving a huge hole behind. Bad news is she's still trapped underneath the thing.] [Worse news is another one appears from behind the truck, throwin a briefcase towards...] d4 1d4 Brett rolls 1D4: 1 [Towards Montana. It hits the ground, and the top pops open. Inside are pipe bombs. A whole LOT of pipe bombs.] (So inert pipe bombs?) [This second one is much like the first, but shorter and rounder.] (Pipe bombs can have any sort of detonation mechanism!) ( Pipe bombs that are about to exploderate you to bits unless you roll :P ) (I'm confused. ^^;) (Oh, roll defense.) (I can do that.) 2d6+6 Montana rolls 2D6+6: 2 1 +6 = 9 (Right, DR2) 2d6+6 Montana rolls 2D6+6: 3 6 +6 = 15 [By some sort of luck, Montana dives out of the way just as the bombs go off, obliterating a stack of boxes near him. The monster charges at Sonia, head low for a ram with its horns.] 2d6+6 Sonia rolls 2D6+6: 4 6 +6 = 16 [And Sonia dodges! Good thing, that looks like it would have hurt. The rounder monster stops before it crashes into some boxes or such.] [Montana!] (How, um, fast are these guys moving?) [When they're charging, pretty fast. When not, about as fast as, say, a trained U.S. marine.] ( I guess. I dunno how fast a trained U.S. marine is, to be honest. ) ( Actually, given how slow Commander Shepard is... probably not too fast. ) (Well, I was just asking since you told me that it'd take me... what, two turns to get to the lady, and I had fast. ^^;) ( Yeah, but she's on the upper floor. ) (And he was across the room at the truck.) (Ah, okay.) ( And sonia was part way to the truck. ) (Oh, he attacked Sonia, not Shiho!) [I should mention that aside from the door you came in through, there's one on the opposite wall of the loading doors, and one on the catwalk near where the woman is.] * Montana grabs his whip from under his vest and cracks it before trying to trip the monster thing attacking Shiho. 2d6+7 Montana rolls 2D6+7: 5 4 +7 = 16 ( It's right on top of her, you can't really trip it ) (Oh, dammit.) (Fine.) (I shoot it.) (Nix what I just did.) * Montana pulls out his pistol instead of the whip, with his left hand, and shoots the monster on top of Shiho. (That'd be the same roll; just keep that number.) * Montana then rushes the wall, running up it at significant speed, and jumps off at a point to flip in the air and land on the catwalk before running for the woman. But he won't get there this turn! [That works. Montana shoots the thing in the shoulder, drawing some blue blood. It snorts, more in anger than pain.] [Nigel!] ( Remind me how much damage Montana does with that? ) (Can I manage to open the door and fire this turn? I'm unsure how much time that all takes) ( Yeah, you've got 2 hands free ) ( It's just pushing a button ) (Okay) (Brett: 22 damage.) (I'm just realizing that my combat sheet's a little wrong; I'll get you an updated version after session.) ( I thought so :o ) * Nigel shakes his head as he runs for the other door's control panel. "Oh bugger me! Fomori! Careful, they're wicked strong." He hits the button to open the door, turns and fires a crossbow bolt at the one that charged Sonia. 2d6+7 Nigel rolls 2D6+7: 4 3 +7 = 14 [Nigel hits the fomori in the flank, drawing its blue blood. It howls in anger and turns murderous eyes on him.] [Sonia!] [Also, the door opens! Which means Gordo can see inside. It also means you have the guards' attention now.] * Sonia jumps forward again from her half-crouch, which is how she dodges Tackly McTackleson, and then rolls a metal ball out behind her towards the Fomori that tried to run her over before continuing to the truck. (If the truck's close enough/has open windows, I'll even vault in!) 2d6+6 Sonia rolls 2D6+6: 2 5 +6 = 13 (For damage trap.) [The fomori sees it coming, though, and apparently is smart enough to get out of the way before the trap goes off and does... whatever those things do.] (IT EXPLODES. :|) (Do I get to jump into the truck?) ( The windows aren't open :P ) (... do I _get_ to the truck?) ( Yeah ) ( but not close enough to do anything this turn ) (Do I at least find out if it's locked?) [Gordo! Gordo sees guards and bots moving towards the open loading bay door] * Gordo takes a shot at the goatheaded demon thing inside! 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 1 5 +7 = 13 (And going to kneecap one of the guards rushing in as soon as I find the mods) (Looks like -3.) (Not a vital spot, but not just a disarm either.) (If you have Precise Aim, -1.) [Gordo hits, taking a big chunk out of the thing's shoulder. Yet it's still up.] (Unfortunatly I've just got all the ones for negating movement penalties) 2d6+4 Gordo rolls 2D6+4: 2 2 +4 = 8 (Burning a DR on that.) 2d6+4 Gordo rolls 2D6+4: 1 5 +4 = 10 [Gordo is unable to hit a guard, however.] (Oh well) [Shiho! She's currently trapped under a big ol' goat thing!] (I know where my first CP is going!) (It'll take two!) (This is 3e. Everything is more expensivedle.) (How free are my arms?) ( Both free. He's sitting on your legs basically. ) (Which is why we need CP. So bad.) (Right, so no penalty to attacking, Shiho.) (I have grapple rules open, too! I'm so helpful.) * Shiho fires her gun at him. Hopefully in his stupid goat face. 2d6+7 Shiho rolls 2D6+7: 6 6 +7 = 19 (critical woo) (Heck yes!) [Shiho does shoot him right in the face. He roards, cluthing his left eye with his palms.] (Everything is weak vs shotgun to the face!) [Then he howls and aims a punch at Shiho.] 2d6+5 Shiho rolls 2D6+5: 4 4 +5 = 13 [Missing an eye doesn't stop the fomori from hitting like a truck, and Shiho's side explodes in pain, with an audiable crack.] [The beast then rises, lifting Shiho with it, and suddenly flings her at Montana.] ( Maybe ) * Shiho screams in pain! ( Shiho gimme a defense against throws ) ( then if she fails, montana a ranged defense ) ( TN is 14 ) (Is that any different from my normal defense if I don't specialize in it or whatever?) ( I don't think so.... :o ) (Defense against throws is an unarmed defense.) ( Let me look up grapple rules ) (I am fairly sure.) ( prolly ) (Doesn't really matter unless I'm taking a penalty, I have pretty much no defense again melee attacks if I don't have my sword in hand.) 2d6+5 Shiho rolls 2D6+5: 3 2 +5 = 10 (DR1) 2d6+5 Shiho rolls 2D6+5: 6 5 +5 = 16 (WOO GO YOU) (NOT GETTING THROWN TODAY) [Shiho is able to squirm out of the fomor's hold before she gets tossed.] [The other fomor charges at Nigel, horns first!] [Meanwhile, the woman appears to have snuck off.] (Dangit, I was running for her!) 2d6+6 (Can Montana make some sort of check to see... you know, where she went, since he was eyes-on-her?) (Dice aren't working?) 2d6+6 ( She went out the door :P ) (Why do you have an extra space?) 2d6+6 Nigel rolls 2D6+6: 4 3 +6 = 13 ( Bot hasn't pinged ) (there. My bad) [Oof. Nigel is struck by the fomori's horns. Luckily for him the, door was open, so instead of slamming into it he just goes flying outside the building, landing on his back in the parking lot. Bad news is, two guards and a bot are running right for him now.] [The fomor howls at Nigel, but oddly enough doesn't persue outside. Instead it turns and rushes towards Sonia. not getting there this turn though.] [Montana!] * Montana curses and turns, firing at the fomori on Shiho from the catwalk. 2d6+7 Montana rolls 2D6+7: 5 6 +7 = 18 * Montana then keeps running, the rest of the way across the catwalk and then down the wall to the truck. [And hits! That fomor's starting to look mroe than a bit unsteady now.] [Sonia!] (Is the door unlocked?) ( No :P ) (Right. I'm smashing the window and going through it, then.) ( K ) * Sonia hits the truck, snagging the door handle as she does. One test causes a frown, then she cocks her fist and rams it straight into the window with a sonic 'whumph'. (Sonic punch!) [Sonia breaks a window.] [After shouting "Sonic Boom!" dammit] * Sonia then quickly dives up and over, through the now destroyed window, so she can get the car started. (s/car/truck) [Gordo!] ( Gimme a hotwiring roll ) 2d6+8 Sonia rolls 2D6+8: 3 2 +8 = 13 [Sonia hotwires the truck] (How much room is in the truck, up front?) ( It's a mack truck, sooo... Could fit 3 of you maybe ) ( Gordooooo ) (Oh! Missed my turn getting called!) [Gordo sees Nigel get thrown outside. He's got two guards and a bot bearing down on him.] * Gordo shoots at one of Nigel's human guards and the more hurt of the demons. 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 4 3 +7 = 14 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 5 6 +7 = 18 * Gordo has given up on trying to be fancy for the moment and just aims for the centers of mass. [The guard goes down, howling in pain. The fomor drops to one knee as it's hit in the back, but somehow is able to get back to its feet.] [Shiho] [Shiho's side is hurting somethin' fierce] * Shiho starts to reach for her sword, then shrieks at the movement and stops. She fires at the nearest goathead instead. 2d6+7 Shiho rolls 2D6+7: 4 5 +7 = 16 [That'd be the tall, now one-eyed fomor. Shiho hits it in the thigh, nearly knocking it down. But it stays up.] ( Hmmm, no I'm wrong. ) [It topples!] [The other fomor gets to the truck and reaches inside to pull Sonia out.] ( Gonne be a def roll -3, 'cause... yeah. In a car. ) (... I'm seriously going to be penalized because it can't see me and has an easy 10 foot reach.) (And, unlike me, isn't armored for reaching through the glass.) ( Mm, fair enough. A normal def then ) ( Bonuses and penalties cancelling out :P ) 2d6+6 Sonia rolls 2D6+6: 6 1 +6 = 13 [Sonia gets grabbed by a big meaty hand and pulled out of the truck. The fomor spins her, slamming her against the wall next to the truck.] (So how'd that hotwiring go?) [Montana!] ( Truck's started but you're not in it anymore :P ) (Might have been nice to know, since 'step on the pedal and rip his arm off' is a much better defensive action.) (I've heard, anyway.) ( He beat your defense anyway ) (Just continue forward.) ( waitin' on montana ) * Montana lands on the ground, next to the truck. "Hands off her, ugly." His whip is suddenly in his other hand, and he fires at the fomori holding Sonia before trying to whip it. Whip it good. (Gun, then whip:) 2d6+6 Montana rolls 2D6+6: 5 4 +6 = 15 2d6+6 Montana rolls 2D6+6: 6 5 +6 = 17 (And that's 22 and 12 damage, respectively.) * Sonia lets out a dull grunt as she's slammed into the wall, letting her head hang down with the hood over it. [Montana shoots it in the back of the head, and it slumps over, dropping Sonia. The whipping is just for good measure, I guess.] [Nigel! He's outside the building, with a pistol-toting guard and a very big bot bearing down on him.] * Montana rushes over to Sonia, trying to catch her as best he can. "You okay, darlin'?" * Sonia gets catched, but it's pretty awkward given how much she weighs. She says lowly, "Just a dent, cowboy," as she tries to roll out of his grip on impact. * Nigel blinks, gets up and heads back into the building while firing a bolt at the guard. "Well this is just brilliant, this is." 2d6+7 Nigel rolls 2D6+7: 1 1 +7 = 9 (DR) 2d6+7 Nigel rolls 2D6+7: 2 3 +7 = 12 (that's at least a little better) ( That first one's a crit fail ) (You let us reroll the last crit fail - unless you're not letting us do that anymore?) ( Nope, I posted on the LJ ) (Ah! Okay.) (Ah. Okay) (Nevermind the reroll then) [Nigel finds to his frustration that his crossbow jams.] [Sonia!] (Do we still have to load the bots?) ( Nope, they're already loaded. ) (Or are they still in the truck? HOORAY.) * Sonia lands on her feet out of Montana's grip, looking up at him over her glasses. "Truck's started. Need to clear a path." [Gordo] * Gordo shoots the other outside guard and attempts to distract the guardbot by pinging a bullet off of it. He has no illusions of being able to hurt the thing from here. 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 3 1 +7 = 11 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 5 6 +7 = 18 [Gordo misses the guard. He hits the bot, its armor absorbed most of the bullet's impact.] [Shiho!] ( Well ) ( At this point the fomor are all down though ) [So you have a few seconds before the guard & bot get here ] (So we have to help Shiho get in the truck, if she's that badly hurt, and then clear a path.) (As we drive out.) ( There's probably room in the back for peoples. ) ( Front will only hold 3 at best though. ) * Sonia just asks Montana, "Got her?" * Montana comms, "Gordo, clear a path best you can! Sonia, get in that truck and ready to drive. Nigel, you too!" ( It can hold 5 if you want to sit on each others laps :P ) * Montana runs over to Shiho and makes with the helping her into the truck. (Nah, I'm just going to ride on top. Seriously.) (Montana can just stick to the top, yeah.) ( That works ) * Shiho is helped to the truck! She's taking shallow breaths as they go. "Thanks, I... fuck, this hurts. Thanks." * Sonia dashes to the door and jumps through for speed purposes, before unlocking it and opening it. "Someone with me?" * Montana talks to Shiho quickly as he helps her limp to the truck, "I know. Almost over. You still good for shootin' passenger side? I think Nigel's crossbow's jammed." * Nigel runs and leaps into the truck. "Let's go." Yeah, shooting's fine. Just don't ask me to stab anyone. ( Shiho or Montana can gimme med (diag) rolls if you want. ) (For once, I do not have a character with medical!) 2d6+4 Montana rolls 2D6+4: 1 2 +4 = 7 (OH YEAH) [Montana thinks Shiho got hurt somehow.] 2d6+5 Shiho rolls 2D6+5: 4 5 +5 = 14 (Lean that girl in, then!) [Shiho thinks she has a cracked rib or three.] [Everyone gets to the truck! And then a guard and a bot appear. * Sonia shifts the truck into gear as she runs her hand over the controls. "These things never change." Good ribs, protecting my organs. Fuuuck. [Gordo sees more guards and another bot are on the way!] * Montana helps Shiho into the truck, closes the door, and then leaps on top and disappears. "Punch it, Sonia!" * Gordo radios. "More incoming." * Gordo then starts running down to the road. * Shiho has her gun out and rests it at the bottom of the open/broken? window, ready to do some shooting. * Sonia 'punches it', as Montana puts it. "Hope you're on tight, boy." [The guard shoots! Montana, gimme def roll, +3] (Hey, I disappeared! Stupid guard.) ( Oop ) [Guess he shoots Sonia then!] ( That should be -3 ) (The +3 honestly makes more sense, given there's truck between her and him.) ( And it's personal def, not driving, you're not really moving yet and he's aiming through the window ) ( Blah. ) ( It's a bonus of 3 ) (AFK for afew to feed the cats) 2d6+9 Sonia rolls 2D6+9: 5 6 +9 = 20 [Bullets ping off the truck!] (back) [And then you're out. Just as the bot opens fire, riddling the side of the truck with bullets.] (Do I have a clean path to the road, then?) ( Nope! There's guards and a bot in the way. And a gate. ) (May I shoot guards?) (Right, time to be awesome!) ( You may! ) (I shall fire at the occasional guard as well!) * Sonia says, "Need some solutions," to the team as they take bot fire. (Good thing I have steady hand, for srs.) * Montana coms, "Thinking. Nigel, can you open that gate?" * Nigel whips his laptop out of his bag. "We'll see, I suppose, won't we?" He starts attempting to hack the gate. * Shiho reaches out the window with her gun and fires at a guard. 2d7+7 Shiho rolls 2D7+7: 3 3 +7 = 13 (And, you know, generally shooting as often as I am able. Let me know if you want more rolls.) [Shiho hits him in the hand, causing him to drop his gun.] (...More rolls where I roll the proper sides of the dice, even.) [The other bot opens up, riddling the turck with bullets. The guards fire too. Shiho and Sonia, gimme def rolls, +3 bonus] ( And Nigel, a hacking roll ) * Montana also coms to Gordo, "Need some cover fire here!" 2d6+9 Shiho rolls 2D6+9: 1 4 +9 = 14 [Gordo's not there! He went to feed some cats!] 2d6+11 Nigel rolls 2D6+11: 3 2 +11 = 16 2d6+9 Sonia rolls 2D6+9: 1 4 +9 = 14 (I'm back duude) (+1 if that was a truck defense.) (If that doesn't hack it, I'll DR) [Nigel hacks the gate, and it swings open.] * Gordo attempts to dent a couple more 'bots and makes a note to ask the boss lady for an antimaterial weapon. 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 5 6 +7 = 18 2d6+7 Gordo rolls 2D6+7: 6 6 +7 = 19 (Sweet!) [Neither Sonia nor Shiho is shot. One of the bots is, though. Twice. It's spitting sparks but still functioning.] ( Sonia, gimme a driving roll (trucks!) ) 2d6+10 Sonia rolls 2D6+10: 3 3 +10 = 16 [Sonia floors it, swerving (as best she can in a truck like this) around guards and bots and makes it out the gate!] [The truck didn't explode! Yay!] [The guards fire after you, but now you're away.] * Sonia wrenches gearshifts and wheel like she knew the truck all her life. Once they're out the gate it settles down a bit and she comms, "Everone up? Everything good?" ( And we can end when you're ready. ) * Gordo coms back. "Only if you don't leave me behind." * Montana coms, "Still here. The hell were those fuckin' things? Fomori?" Don't know. Never met 'em. * Nigel shrugs and puts his laptop away again. "They're humanoid supernaturals. They're mainly known for existing in Ireland, but they exist all over, really. They're just as smart as we are, but way bloody stronger." * Shiho settles in her seat and tries to ignore the normal jostling of a truck being driven. * Montana coms, "Great. Then why are they *here*, working with a fuckin' arms dealer? ... And why does she need them, when she has arms?" * Nigel shakes his head. "There... your guess is as good as mine." * Montana sighs and keeps clinging to the top of the truck, invisible. Maybe they're uppin' the stakes. ( End? ) (Sure!) [You drive the truck to the safe house.] [End!]