[20:14] <@BradGM> ++++++++Begin Transmission++++++++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++ The Hive Knight: Square One+++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day: Suffering is an Unrelenting Instructor+++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++Location: Entrance Hall, Adminustratum Tower /Mockingbird Cell Quarters 524CFG-245.1, Tricorn; Hive Sibellus, Scintilla +++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++0634 Hours- Sibellus Time++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++ Leaving Earl’s house, Mockingbird went to meet the heretic himself to get the password of his well protected dataslate, but Grendel’s harsh methods flatlines the man. Only prompt medical treatment managed to save his life until next time.
[20:14] <@BradGM> Taking the risk of losing everyting, Grendel and Mira cracks the password and gain access to the list of nobles, a select clientele in which no name stands out, short of the deceased Yulp. Reporting to Inquisitor Jex, the acolytes are whip back into their original objective; to learn and apprehend the Gloom Haunt, not to take down the elusive Beats House.
[20:15] <@BradGM> Meanwhile, Jon wakes up from a few hours’ rest and completes his paperwork brilliantly, before adding into the brainstorm the cell is currently working with. Judge Wake makes for the Administratum Tower to gets information on land deeds of the short list of possible suspects (Lady de Fourber, Major Quinlan and Captain Somers), while Grendel’s search using the Inquisition database reveals nothing out of the ordinary.
[20:15] <@BradGM> The Tech-Priest made his way back to Mockingbird’s quarters resolving to analyse the clues before them in greater detail for some sort of connecting line.+++
[20:15] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:15] <@BradGM> Jon, join #Arbites
[20:18] * @Grendel` runs through the clues that the group has, trying to come up with some sort of pattern.
[20:19] * Mira_Atella assists Grendel, using info on her own slate to compile everything.
[20:23] <@BradGM> You got 3 suspects,, he is also someone with an good education and good pronounciation, so he's a noble. Hea peaprs to ahve Imperial guard training. He went into the Koronus Expance, where he acquired some hallucinogenic from a jungle world within the region called Winterscale's realm. He may have assistance fomr a Jokareo, a primate Xeno with a knck for technology. He seems to ahve a chip on his shoudler agaisnt the Beasts House and/or the Kasballica.
[20:24] <@Grendel`> ((wouldn't we be able to eliminate Lady De Fourber since its a He, and she's been watched constantly due to her father's connections?))
[20:25] <@BradGM> ((Yes))
[20:26] <@BradGM> Lady de fourber, being under constant watch by the Inquisition since her father's dappling into the Beast House, can be removed as a suspect.
[20:26] <Lyra_> "Does she have a paramour?"
[20:26] <@Grendel`> "Considering the species mating habits, it is likely more than one."
[20:27] <@Grendel`> ((Is there any sign of that?))
[20:27] <@BradGM> ((nope))
[20:28] <@Grendel`> ((quinlan is the crippled one?))
[20:28] <@BradGM> ((she's quite withdrawn since she came back form her incarceration and pit fights))
[20:30] <@BradGM> ((yup Quinlan is the 198 year old in a wheelchair with emphesima))
[20:31] <@Grendel`> @@It seems logical tha tSomers is the only one of our three suspects that is possible."
[20:33] <Mira_Atella> "That's what I've always thought."
[20:36] * @Grendel` pulls up the data on Somers to see if there's any link to the Beast House.
[20:38] <@BradGM> As you saw before, there is no direct or obvious relations between Captain Somers and the Beasts House; he never went to the Hellstrom Hotel, no relation with Yulp, the only connection dot to the organisation, and apart the fact that he is a crack shot and a silent assassin, his MO is more based on discretion, stealth and long range precision shooting
[20:40] <@Grendel`> ((which seems to put him completely at odds of dressing up like a superhero and slicing people up with powerblades :) ))
[20:41] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps Surveillance on him is warranted?@@
[20:44] <@BradGM> ((you did send a=I= team to keep him under observation a few games back))
[20:44] <@BradGM> ((I think before hitting Downpour))
[20:45] <Jon_Wake> ((Yep))
[20:45] * @Grendel` attempts to call up the information on the surveillance of the 3 (just incase :) ))
[20:49] <@BradGM> @@This is Echo 1. No sign of De Fourber leaivng her house. Over.@@
[20:50] <@BradGM> @@Echo 2 here. We lost trace of Captain Somers. The man knows his trade very well. Requesting seige aupex to better assits our shadowing.@@
[20:50] <@BradGM> @@Echo 3. Major Quinlan went to his huntgin club int he spire, adn returned home. No visitors nor anything worthy to report. over.@@
[20:51] <@Grendel`> @@Which Hunting club, Echo 3?@@
[20:52] <@BradGM> Echo 3 @@The Scintillan Naturological Hunting Society, Home 1.@@
[20:52] <@Grendel`> ((That's a completely different hunting Club than Willard, right?))
[20:52] <@BradGM> ((Yes))
[20:52] <@BradGM> It is a well respected hunting club, quite high brow, noble, and invitation, only membership.
[20:54] * @Grendel` connects to the Tricorn's systems and attempts to requisition a siege auspex.
[20:54] <Jon_Wake> ((Siege Auspex, for when you really need to fins a siege))
[20:56] <@BradGM> roll inqury
[20:57] <@BradGM> ((haha..that and it is pwoerful enough to pass throught walls and such, shorter range thought.))
[20:57] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 73
[20:57] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 63 Success by 1 degree!
[20:57] <@BradGM> ((Hmm..the ladies are silent abit tongiht..))
[20:58] <@BradGM> you can requisition a siege aupex for Echo 2 with ease; it will be wating at the munitorium
[20:58] <Lyra_> ((Eh, no new investigative angels that Lyra can think of atm)
[20:59] <Jon_Wake> ((I can throw an idea out))
[20:59] <@Grendel`> @@Siege Auspex requisitioned Echo 2. Where does it need to be delivered?@@
[21:00] <@BradGM> Echo 2 @Drop point Epsilon-charlie-Omega 4, home 1@@
[21:00] <@BradGM> that would be a pre-arranged =I= drop off point within the Hive.
[21:01] <@Grendel`> ((Can i arrange to have it delivered there, or do we need to take it?))
[21:01] <@BradGM> ((you got 1 DoS, so you can arrange to be dropped there))
[21:02] * @Grendel` arranges to have it dropped off. @@Where did you lose the target, Echo 2?"
[21:04] <@BradGM> Echo 2 @@spire, still got a few blue bloods stalking the streets for a chance to take down that flying whatchamacallit@@
[21:06] <@Grendel`> @@Very well.@@
[21:06] * @Grendel` switches his microbead back to the group. @@Somers managed to slip surveillance.@@
[21:06] <Jon_Wake> ((the flying watchamacallit, the newest marvel IP coming this fall))
[21:07] <Jon_Wake> @@Very inconvient. If they tapped the suspects comms?@@
[21:09] * @Grendel` inquires into that with Echo 2
[21:09] <@BradGM> Echo 2 @@Negative, he seems to operate alone and wihtout vox.@@
[21:11] <@Grendel`> @@Negative on the Comms.@@
[21:14] * @Grendel` settles in and considers the data.
[21:16] <@Grendel`> ((brb))
[21:16] <@BradGM> ((well,a t least Jon is making progress...sicne hE's got mroe clues than you!))
[21:17] <Jon_Wake> @@Mockingbird, I need you to check some survalience. Since we know that the vigilanty has the power to fly, it may be getting to it's destinations by going outside@@
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[21:18] <Jon_Wake> ((Uh...))
[21:18] <Jon_Wake> ((did everyone get bounced?))
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((seems so..ha!))
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[21:19] * *.undernet.org sets mode: +oo X Grendel`
[21:19] <@BradGM> (9ha hever we go..WB guys))
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((you saw Jon's last line?))
[21:20] <Mira_Atella> (( Yup ))
[21:22] <@BradGM> ((k))
[21:22] <@BradGM> ((and Grendle is AFK...))))
[21:25] <@BradGM> ((Hmm..))
[21:26] <@BradGM> ((weell, anyone can step in if theyw ant..))
[21:26] <Lyra_> @@Which surveillance feeds are we talking about?@@
[21:28] <Jon_Wake> @@The outer walls of the hive have a great deal of sensors for both meteorological and military survailence, and with the vigilanty's scrambling ability, it might leave a trail for us to find@@
[21:29] <Lyra_> @@With all respect, arbiter, it's a big hive. Can we narrow that down any?@@
[21:30] <Jon_Wake> @@Start with the spire, as that would likely be the starting point@@
[21:30] <Jon_Wake> ((pff, I hate using the same word twice in the same sentence, it always looks lazy))
[21:31] <@Grendel`> @@Interesting hypothesis.@@
[21:31] * Lyra_ rolls her eyes but is used to this kind of crap from the Guard. "Fine, hopefully we'll be done some time this month."
[21:31] <@Grendel`> ((Sorry. Atleast I missed the netsplit :) ))
[21:31] <Lyra_> Lyra will start going through the Spire's outside feed then
[21:31] <@BradGM> roll tech-use -20
[21:32] <Lyra_> ((pfffft))
[21:32] <Lyra_> !dh 13
[21:32] <Lyra_> !perc 13
[21:32] <@BradGM> ((!dhroll))
[21:32] <Lyra_> !dhroll 13
[21:32] <DiceServitor> Lyra_: 23 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:32] <Lyra_> eh, Fate
[21:32] <Lyra_> !dhroll 13
[21:32] <DiceServitor> Lyra_: 22 Failure by 0 degrees!
[21:33] <Lyra_> (snerk!)
[21:33] <@BradGM> you wrok on the cog engine in your quarters..but you're far from being training to do something like that; a vox-caster ok, but reading meterological feed from a hive scanner..whole different ball game
[21:34] <@BradGM> ((trained))
[21:35] <Mira_Atella> @@ Need help? @@
[21:35] <@Grendel`> @@The internal hidden pathways did not provide any data?@@
[21:35] <Jon_Wake> ((She can also play this pong game very well))
[21:35] <Lyra_> @@In a word? Yes. There's just too much data here.@@
[21:36] <Mira_Atella> @@ On my way @@
[21:36] * Mira_Atella leaves Grendel where he is and heads for Lyra.
[21:36] <Jon_Wake> ((Is that at Jon, grendel?))
[21:36] <@Grendel`> ((At the entire group))
[21:37] <Mira_Atella> (( oh.. figured she was elsewhere if we're using the comms ))
[21:37] <@Grendel`> ((Grendel has mostly decided that using his actual voice isn't very tech priesty!))
[21:38] <Jon_Wake> ((actually that's a good point, we had the points inside the hive, but we never asked where they started))
[21:39] <Jon_Wake> ((I do remember that they just end at the underhive, since there's no cameras down there))
[21:40] <@BradGM> ((Thought youw ere all at your quarters actaully..))
[21:40] * Mira_Atella assists with going through the footage.
[21:40] <@BradGM> Either of you can rol tech-use at -10 due to the assist
[21:42] <Mira_Atella> (( would be a 35 for me ))
[21:43] <@BradGM> ((yeah you got it higher))
[21:43] <Mira_Atella> !dhroll 35
[21:43] <DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 76 Failure by 4 degrees!
[21:43] <Mira_Atella> (( fate ))
[21:43] <Mira_Atella> !dhroll 35
[21:43] <DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 48 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:44] <@BradGM> Nope; this is too technical for either of you to get across; the stream of data is simply too random/overflowing to understand anythinga bout it
[21:46] <Mira_Atella> "I think it's gibberish and someone is messing with us."
[21:47] <@Grendel`> "Perhaps I should try?"
[21:48] <@BradGM> -20 Grendel
[21:48] * Mira_Atella steps back to let him at it.
[21:48] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 63
[21:48] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 38 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:49] <@Grendel`> ((Should be another degree of success since I would've plugged in to do it, but 2 is fine :) ))
[21:49] <@BradGM> What are they talking about? Everyting is simple to understand, any neonate can see that.
[21:50] * @Grendel` gets to work, cross referencing and correlating the data and examining it for traces of the Gloom Haunt.
[21:51] <@BradGM> You scan the information. while there are no solid proff that the Gloom Haunt was scanned, you do detect abnormalities in the scanners, similar to the ones you fell victim to when the Gloom Haunt was within your aupex range.
[21:52] * @Grendel` attempts to track those abnormalities.
[21:53] <@BradGM> Tech-use -50
[21:53] * @Grendel` definitely plugs in for this, using his electro-graft.
[21:53] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 43
[21:53] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 9 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:54] <Jon_Wake> ((Nice))
[21:55] <Mira_Atella> (( woot ))
[21:57] <@Grendel`> ((Grendel for the win!))
[21:57] <@BradGM> You can trace it up to the Spire, stopping at the lower levels of the Hive city where the last scanners are located. Cross-referencing this with the gloom Haunt's known activities, it is safe to assume that he does travel undetected, until now, using the outer hive to move to where he wants to, generally entering via shuttle docks, and space ports, which local feeds were distrubrted for but a few instants; not enough to casue any alarm, and any maintenance would ahve revealed nothing permanant as well, as you witnessed.
[21:58] <@Grendel`> ((Does there seem to be any pattern to the movements?))
[21:59] <@BradGM> ((apart form it going back/from the spire, not much no.))
[22:00] <Jon_Wake> ((Can we at least determind whether is starts from the lower spire or the higher spire?))
[22:01] <@BradGM> ((With the DoS, it seems to elan more toward the Upper Spire.))
[22:02] * @Grendel` pulls back, activating his microbead. @@I've found traces of the same interference patterns on the outerskin of the hive. He seems to be using it to move, but no pattern presents itself, other than leaning more towards the Upper Spire.@@
[22:03] <Mira_Atella> (( heh you see the pattern, but there's no pattern? ))
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[22:04] <@BradGM> ((seeing no pattern is a pattern onto itself))
[22:04] <@Grendel`> ((Well. meaning I won't be able to determine where exactly he might be next or where exactly he comes from, except for a bias of the Upper Spire))
[22:04] <@Grendel`> ((Can I use Logic prophesysing to try to make a while calculated prediction? :) ))
[22:05] <@BradGM> ((your sherlock holmes sense or simple logic?))
[22:05] <@BradGM> ((either case, yes; just precise which one))
[22:06] <Jon_Wake> @@Quinlan's home is on the upper spire, though at the same time he may just use a vent that's higher up to avoid being spoted@@
[22:08] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 63 (Logis Prophesying. Go go Sherlock Holmes!))
[22:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 83 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:08] <@Grendel`> ((Fate!))
[22:08] * Looking up maarisha user info...
[22:08] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 63 (Logis Prophesying. Go go Sherlock Holmes!))
[22:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 28 Success by 3 degrees!
[22:13] <@BradGM> You would say that it is from the middle-to-upper spire, possibly a housing that has a direct access to the outside, like a balcony or private dock for a shuttle. seeing that while nobles love to flash, they also put great care into their privacy, so the starting point would surely be out of direct sight of anyone. Further more, the real danger would be perhaps the first hundreds of emters , 2-300 tops, as lower than that you only have 'public' light sourse to illuminate the Spire, and below that, you have the great cloud coverage and the hive city is completly sealed short of the occasionnal dock or space port access.
[22:17] * @Grendel` relays this information to the group, including the Arbitrator. @@"Is it possible that Somers is doing it at the bequest of Quinlan?@@
[22:18] <Mira_Atella> @@ That doesn't seem to fit. It all seems very personal to the vigilante, so outsourcing his revenge, or whatever his reason is, doesn't sound right @@
[22:21] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps. Maybe the data from the Siege Auspex will give more data. Perhaps we should take up surveillance as well?@@
[22:23] <Mira_Atella> @@ You understand the data, so you'd know best if we should @@
[22:25] <Jon_Wake> @@This definately seems too personal to let someone else to do the job. As for surveillance, I think there might be something else to think about: During the vigilanty's attacks in the underhive, it was accompanied by gloom haunts. If we assume it has some operations in the underhive, then where would be the best place to hide it without others stubling upon it?@@
[22:26] * @Grendel` sees if there's anyway to track Gloom Haunt locations.
[22:26] <Jon_Wake> ((Waaaaaaaaay ahead of you))
[22:27] <@BradGM> Not in the underhive; there are no official recording devices that down in the super structure.
[22:27] <@BradGM> Except doing legwork and chasing down each and every rumours you hear, and got a few decades of free time
[22:27] <@Grendel`> @@The gloom haunts might be key, but there is no way to track them from here.@@
[22:29] <@BradGM> roll logic
[22:29] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 73
[22:29] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 30 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:29] <Jon_Wake> @@I have taken the leasure to gain information on locations of Gloom Haunt hives, unfortunately I only have records for above the underhive. There are some unexplained groupings near the attack site in the spire. AS for the Underhive, that would perhaps require personally tracking down those who run the structure fequently@@
[22:30] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps Bowels will be able to help.@@
[22:30] <@BradGM> if the Gloom Haunt uses the outside to get inside the hive as he see fit, then those concentration of gloom hautns could be a way to disguyise his entry points apart fomr those of the more mundane nature, ie. docking bays and such
[22:31] <@BradGM> With the underhive being what it is, then no doutb that a large concentration of gloom haunt will serve both as a weapona dna deterrent for any gangers or drek scum to step into some secret lcoation or entry way.
[22:33] <Mira_Atella> @@ He does know a lot about the gloom haunts. @@
[22:35] <Jon_Wake> @@ Hiding in the middle of a large concentration would be a way to keep people way. It does seem to have a way of attracting them and preventing them from attacking himself @@
[22:36] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps we can surveil the area near some of those concentrations. ARe any at docks or the like?@@
[22:37] <Jon_Wake> @@ Grendel, would a gloom haunt possibly survive the outside's toxic atmophere? @@
[22:38] <@Grendel`> ((uh...I have no idea lol))
[22:38] <Jon_Wake> ((DOn't you have lore Xenos?))
[22:39] <Mira_Atella> (( I have Xenos and mutants lore ))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((Lore xeno is mroe for intelliogent aline: gloom haunts would rewquirte Beasts))
[22:39] <Jon_Wake> ((Or, you know, access to a mass quantity of information?))
[22:39] <@Grendel`> ((yeah. Not sure if it applies, or if Beast would apply..which I have))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((oh you got beats..roll that))
[22:39] <@Grendel`> ((err, which I don't have heh))
[22:39] <Jon_Wake> ((There's a lore for beasts?))
[22:40] <@Grendel`> ((Ayup. I was going ot purchase it but ran out of time heh))
[22:40] * @Grendel` sends an inquiry to any Magos Biologis that might be in the Tricorn.
[22:40] <Mira_Atella> (( Those other 6 days just fly by ;) ))
[22:41] <Mira_Atella> (( I do it too.. plan to spend during the week, and never get to it until 5 minutes before we start heh ))
[22:41] <Jon_Wake> ((Well at this point I'm just saving up for characteristic advances or accension when we get to that))
[22:42] <Mira_Atella> (( Pretty sure you don't want to save for ascension ))
[22:42] <Jon_Wake> ((oh?))
[22:43] <Mira_Atella> (( Brad would have to say, I forgot the reason ))
[22:43] <@BradGM> ((you can, just that it's after this here mission, and well, who knows how long that,ll go for..))
[22:44] <@BradGM> roll inquiry Grendel, using Int since I supose you're using a machine for that.
[22:45] <Mira_Atella> (( I've still grabbed things I know I'll need anyway, mostly advancement bonuses and basic stuff I never got, like tech use ))
[22:45] <@Grendel`> ((of course!))
[22:47] <Mira_Atella> (( I really need to not put the bag of caramel coffee Werther's within reach... ))
[22:48] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 83
[22:48] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 64 Success by 1 degree!
[22:50] <@BradGM> You get a line from a Magos biologis from the medicae section of the Tricon.
[22:52] <@BradGM> ++What is your request?++
[22:53] * @Grendel` sends a message in binary asking for all data on the Gloom Haunts, as well as if they could survive outside the hive.
[22:56] <@BradGM> ++They would ahve some capabilities to survive for short periods, but any long exposure of up to two hours will resovles in cellurar deaths.++
[22:56] * @Grendel` acknowledges the transmission of the data.
[22:56] <@BradGM> you get a file containing biological infomration on the critters, autopsy rerpots, habits, matinig rituals, and suchlike
[22:57] * @Grendel` receives the data, scans it, adds it to his growing collection, before breaking the connection with a blurt of binary.
[22:57] <Mira_Atella> (( And now we know the simple way to beat Batman that no villain ever thought of... Google "bats" ))
[22:58] <Jon_Wake> ((Any ideas what other information I should look for?))
[22:58] <@Grendel`> @@They can survive outside for short periods, no longer than 2 hours.@@
[22:59] <Jon_Wake> @@I'm not sure if that would be fast enough to get them from the underhive to these positions.@@
[23:00] <Jon_Wake> @@Without serious damage from exposure@@
[23:00] * @Grendel` attempts to cross reference Gloom Haunt sightings with the interference pattern exhibited by the Gloom Haunt.
[23:00] <Jon_Wake> @@But then it would only need them there for a short while@@
[23:01] <@BradGM> roll Logic Grendel
[23:02] <@Grendel`> @@dhroll 73
[23:02] <@Grendel`> ((oops))
[23:02] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 73
[23:02] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 38 Success by 3 degrees!
[23:03] <@BradGM> It seems to fit for a few interference; but to know how or when thye got moved it ahrd to pin-point.
[23:04] <@Grendel`> @@It seems a likely scenario, but it brings us no closer to finding him. Perhaps Bowels will be able to give us more information concentrations of Gloom Haunts."
[23:06] <@Grendel`> @@Or Somers will be found again.@@
[23:06] <Mira_Atella> (( Have to ask Bradon to contact him, right? We can't do it directly from what I remember ))
[23:06] <@BradGM> ((got to ask Bradon for a general idea where he is then do a bit of leg work))
[23:07] <Mira_Atella> @@ I'll go speak with Bradon about tracking down Bowels @@
[23:07] <@Grendel`> ((Make sure you take a commlink for him or something heh))
[23:07] * Mira_Atella heads out, taking Demon with her.
[23:07] <@BradGM> ((and it's 11..ok if we stop it here guys?))
[23:08] <Mira_Atella> (( Sure, seems a good spot ))
[23:08] <@BradGM> ((do make closing actions.))
[23:08] * Mira_Atella heads to Bradon with the dog.
[23:09] * @Grendel` continues to scan all the information he has, as well as looking over the list of nobles to see what kind of Xenos tech they may be harboring.
[23:10] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
JON SEARCHES THE ADMINISTRATUM
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[20:17] <@BradGM> jon, you're at the main entrance desk. The old adept is busy leaning into a large book, writting down some information taht's completly aline to you.
[20:18] <@BradGM> He seems oblivious to your presence.
[20:21] * Jon_Wake rings the bell or knocks on the desk, what to catch the man's attetnion "I'm here on Arbite business. I require information on a set of noble suspects" Straight and to the point
[20:22] <Jon_Wake> ((Wasn't there a fourth suspect?))
[20:24] <@BradGM> ((A general, but he was a tank commander, and far form being the type to do the gloom haunt's actions,a ccording to Lyra))
[20:24] <@BradGM> The man glances over from his book "Hm. Yes. I'll jsut need your Form 346534-F."
[20:24] <Jon_Wake> Thankfully Jon did that ahead of time!
[20:25] <@BradGM> ((Hmm..well you did says so..))
[20:25] <Jon_Wake> ((I assume literacy test, any bonus))
[20:26] <Jon_Wake> ((And yes, that is slightly gamey, but it is a difference between what I know and what my character knows))
[20:26] <@BradGM> ((yeah I'll allow that; make it at +10, since it must'nt be the first time you daelt with them))
[20:27] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 90
[20:27] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 33 Success by 5 degrees!
[20:28] <@BradGM> Indeed you got the form all filed singed and even stampt!
[20:28] * Jon_Wake hands the form over, which details the request for any property holdings of the suspects, any blue prints of said holdings, and any related information
[20:30] <@BradGM> The old adept takes it and put on his own stamps "Here we go" He presses a button anda servo-skull comes flying "Bring this to legal 45.21 on the tenth floor. Red Priority, Adeptus Arbites."
[20:30] <Jon_Wake> (("Great, we'll have your report in three year"))
[20:30] <@BradGM> The servo-skull beeps and fly away.
[20:30] <@BradGM> ((nah- 3-6 months))
[20:30] <Jon_Wake> ((Worse thing is that I know you're serious))
[20:33] <@BradGM> ((wherE's the fun in that?))
[20:33] <@BradGM> 1d5
[20:33] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 1
[20:33] <@BradGM> It, surpsingly, onyl takes an hour for the servo-skull ot return with a pile of scrolls, books and info chips.
[20:34] <Jon_Wake> "Thank you for your cooperation, citizen" Jon takes the pile and begins going through it
[20:35] <@BradGM> there are a few tables and chairs available with whcih you can look at the infom in relative loneliness.
[20:36] <@BradGM> You can roll literacy+10, or inquiry-10 to browse throught them
[20:37] * Jon_Wake does exactly that.
[20:37] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 90 literacy
[20:37] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 20 Success by 7 degrees!
[20:38] <@BradGM> ((hoyl crap))
[20:38] <@BradGM> ((where were those rolls 2 weeks ago?))
[20:39] <Jon_Wake> ((Exactly))
[20:39] * Jon_Wake begins to cut down the information, looking for local propety which could possible have a route into the underhive, and would corrispond with clues that have so far
[20:42] <@BradGM> You see that, as Grendel found, all three suspects have little in terms of local property; de fourber has parts in a agricultural corporation in an agri-world in the Sector, while Captain Somers got a small manor house on Cyprian's Gate, a paradise World, and Major Quinlan got quarters on Port Wander, which appears to be a space station of sorts.
[20:43] <@BradGM> ((Oh wait you already searched that option))
[20:43] <Jon_Wake> ((Isn't port wander the gate into the Khronos expanse?))
[20:43] <@BradGM> Port wander is a space station in the Calixis Sector, at the very border of the Imperium; it is safe to assume it IS the last Imperial Presnece before setting sail into the out reaches of the galaxy.
[20:44] <@BradGM> indeed it is the first point for any vessel wishing to enter the Koronus Expanse
[20:46] * Jon_Wake continues to scroll through the tables, perhaps seeing if that was possibly a way too see a pattern of actions in this mess of paper
[20:47] <Jon_Wake> ((I'm reaching at straws, really))
[20:48] <@BradGM> Apart from minor objects, a boat here, a shuttle there, there's nothing much to go on.
[20:49] <Jon_Wake> Perhaps money expensises
[20:51] <@BradGM> roll again to search that information
[20:52] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 90
[20:52] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 60 Success by 3 degrees!
[20:56] <@BradGM> You see that Somers book passage to Cyprian's Gate about 2 years ago to his manor and came back 8 months ago, with little change in what he brought, if only a few caes of local liquor, wines and goods. Quinlan went to Port Wander about 3 years ago, and returned to Scintilla a little more than a year ago; he reutnred with significantly more baggage than he left with according to the manifest, about double, but the goods are not identified, if only as 'hunting trophies'.
[20:58] <Jon_Wake> ((What time frame did we determind that Gloomhaunt started?))
[20:58] <Jon_Wake> ((It's attacks, I mean))
[21:01] <@BradGM> ((6 months give or take))
[21:03] * Jon_Wake looked over the blueprints, to see if there are any suspicious rooms or additions
[21:08] <@BradGM> Nothing that you see; De fourber's house and Somers are lower spire, while Major Quinlan's is actually quite higher; it is even buildon the side of the spire, so he actually gets real natural sunlgiht beathing most, if not all, of his rooms.
[21:10] <Jon_Wake> ((Lovely))
[21:11] <@BradGM> roll logic))
[21:12] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 60
[21:12] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 54 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:14] <@BradGM> Outside..'pretty much the only place where no one hae eyes to see...a good way to slip down the hive unoticed..just don't forget your rebreather.
[21:14] <@BradGM> ((hae=has))
[21:16] * Jon_Wake considers that it is possible to geting down to the underhive through the outside of the hive dome
[21:17] <@BradGM> outside is quite toxis, and while there are radar and vox for shuttles and such, a single man could be capable of slipping wihtout being noticed by the scanners and such, being no bigger than a discarded chunk of palssteel falling fomrthe derelic exterior.
[21:18] <Jon_Wake> ((Except for possibly it's scambling tech))
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((yeah you do know his 'secret' so to speak))
[21:31] * Jon_Wake reports that information to Mockingbird, then begins to look through for perhaps any recent deliveries or aquisitions
[21:32] <@BradGM> Deliveries would not be lsited in Administratum archives, but wihtin each house hold's own personnal account books.
[21:50] * Jon_Wake skims through more data, looking for perhaps any small clue
[21:52] <@BradGM> With the info you have right now, you see nothing else that could be useful, short of actually visting Cyprian's Gate and/or Port Wander to see those locations for yourself
[22:01] * Jon_Wake seems pleased, before returning the information back to the adepts before leaving
[22:02] <Jon_Wake> ((Unless they're copies, in which case I'd like to keep those blueprints))
[22:03] <@BradGM> roll charm to get some copies made
[22:03] <@BradGM> +20 since you,re an arbitraotor and all
[22:03] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 88
[22:03] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 47 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:04] * Jon_Wake Jon and his 80s punk eyeliner go to work
[22:04] <@BradGM> The old adept gets you some copies of the blueprints
[22:04] <@BradGM> ((Human league FTW))
[22:06] <@BradGM> Adpet "If there's nothing else Justicar, I'll resume my task."
[22:08] * Jon_Wake thinks about it, before insperation hits him, and he asks for biology reports on locations of Gloom Haunt hives
[22:09] <Jon_Wake> (("okay, this is going to sound weird, but..."))
[22:09] <@BradGM> Adept "Hmm..I would need to veriffy this, pelase wait." he calls thes evo-skull agian and sends it to a wing on the 23 rd floor.
[22:11] <Jon_Wake> ((Concentrations was actually the word I was thinking of, but hive works too))
[22:16] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:16] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 4
[22:17] <@BradGM> This one takes 4 hours of wait, but you do get a small report, mostly concentrateing on the Hive city; gloom Haunts population seems to soar in a few areas, but sicne they are drek holes and not manufactoriums and other critical part, there is low priority to get rid of them. local Protectorate offer a small bounty for each oen dead, and that seems toget keep their numbers in check.
[22:19] <Jon_Wake> ((Any of them near the attack sites?))
[22:20] <@BradGM> Nothing wihtin the Hive city no...but roll literate or inquiry
[22:20] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 80
[22:20] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 21 Success by 5 degrees!
[22:20] <Jon_Wake> ((Man, who knew sleep could help so much))
[22:21] <@BradGM> *8you do have footnote reports that there was reports of gloom Haunts in previously unrecoreded locations, like near Earl's restaurants, or Muty's house. it is unkown how they managed to get this high in the hive wihtout being either detected, killed or done any victim.
[22:22] <@BradGM> (9hahaha))
[22:23] <Jon_Wake> ((And I presume this is for the hive proper, and nothing from the underhive))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((yup, the udnerhive is..well the underhive.))
[22:26] <Jon_Wake> ((Indeed))
[22:29] <@BradGM> roll logic
[22:30] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 60
[22:30] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 12 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:30] <@BradGM> if the Gloom Haunt uses the outside to get inside the hive as he see fit, then those concentration of gloom hautns could be a way to disguyise his entry points apart fomr those of the more mundane nature, ie. docking bays and such
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((oh 4 DoS as well. damn))
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((graet minds do think alike))
[22:32] * Jon_Wake crossrefences the possible entry points to locations of the suspects
[22:32] <@BradGM> With the underhive being what it is, then no doubt that a large concentration of gloom haunt will serve both as a weapon and a deterrent for any gangers or drek scum to step into some secret location or entry way.
[22:32] <Jon_Wake> ((JOn's mind is like a steel trap. Grendel's probably has a literal steel trap in it))
[22:32] <@BradGM> Well, wiht your 2 main suspects being nobles fomr the spire, hard to pin-point
[22:35] * Jon_Wake wonders if gloom haunts could even survive the open air of the planet
[22:36] <@BradGM> ((You'll need Xeno Beasts knowledge to know that))
[22:36] <Jon_Wake> ((Grendel does have lore Xenos))
[22:44] * Jon_Wake gives the dataslates back. It seemed that was all he was going to get out of that, unless he look into every port or balcony or vent scematics for a secret way into the underhive
[22:45] <@BradGM> ((you got enginerring knowledge?))
[22:47] <Jon_Wake> ((Nope. Arbite scholoistic lore focuses more on codes or law or chems))
[22:49] <@BradGM> ((ok; you got the blueprints, but you can't amke heads or tails of them.))
[22:50] <@BradGM> ((at least you know what the walls are but apart fomr that..it's a little too technical for you))
[22:52] <Jon_Wake> ((The only thing he needs to know is where the front door is so he can kick it down))
[22:54] <@BradGM> ((hahaha true that))
[23:01] <Jon_Wake> ((I'm out of ideas))
[23:05] <@BradGM> ((well you do ahve the hperomones..))
[23:06] <Jon_Wake> ((True but I'm not sure how that would help in the fact finding))
[23:07] <@BradGM> ((no not really, more later down the road..))
[23:08] <Jon_Wake> ((Right, that's what I was thinking))
[23:08] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++ The Hive Knight: Square One+++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day: Suffering is an Unrelenting Instructor+++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++Location: Entrance Hall, Adminustratum Tower /Mockingbird Cell Quarters 524CFG-245.1, Tricorn; Hive Sibellus, Scintilla +++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++0634 Hours- Sibellus Time++
[20:14] <@BradGM> +++ Leaving Earl’s house, Mockingbird went to meet the heretic himself to get the password of his well protected dataslate, but Grendel’s harsh methods flatlines the man. Only prompt medical treatment managed to save his life until next time.
[20:14] <@BradGM> Taking the risk of losing everyting, Grendel and Mira cracks the password and gain access to the list of nobles, a select clientele in which no name stands out, short of the deceased Yulp. Reporting to Inquisitor Jex, the acolytes are whip back into their original objective; to learn and apprehend the Gloom Haunt, not to take down the elusive Beats House.
[20:15] <@BradGM> Meanwhile, Jon wakes up from a few hours’ rest and completes his paperwork brilliantly, before adding into the brainstorm the cell is currently working with. Judge Wake makes for the Administratum Tower to gets information on land deeds of the short list of possible suspects (Lady de Fourber, Major Quinlan and Captain Somers), while Grendel’s search using the Inquisition database reveals nothing out of the ordinary.
[20:15] <@BradGM> The Tech-Priest made his way back to Mockingbird’s quarters resolving to analyse the clues before them in greater detail for some sort of connecting line.+++
[20:15] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:15] <@BradGM> Jon, join #Arbites
[20:18] * @Grendel` runs through the clues that the group has, trying to come up with some sort of pattern.
[20:19] * Mira_Atella assists Grendel, using info on her own slate to compile everything.
[20:23] <@BradGM> You got 3 suspects,, he is also someone with an good education and good pronounciation, so he's a noble. Hea peaprs to ahve Imperial guard training. He went into the Koronus Expance, where he acquired some hallucinogenic from a jungle world within the region called Winterscale's realm. He may have assistance fomr a Jokareo, a primate Xeno with a knck for technology. He seems to ahve a chip on his shoudler agaisnt the Beasts House and/or the Kasballica.
[20:24] <@Grendel`> ((wouldn't we be able to eliminate Lady De Fourber since its a He, and she's been watched constantly due to her father's connections?))
[20:25] <@BradGM> ((Yes))
[20:26] <@BradGM> Lady de fourber, being under constant watch by the Inquisition since her father's dappling into the Beast House, can be removed as a suspect.
[20:26] <Lyra_> "Does she have a paramour?"
[20:26] <@Grendel`> "Considering the species mating habits, it is likely more than one."
[20:27] <@Grendel`> ((Is there any sign of that?))
[20:27] <@BradGM> ((nope))
[20:28] <@Grendel`> ((quinlan is the crippled one?))
[20:28] <@BradGM> ((she's quite withdrawn since she came back form her incarceration and pit fights))
[20:30] <@BradGM> ((yup Quinlan is the 198 year old in a wheelchair with emphesima))
[20:31] <@Grendel`> @@It seems logical tha tSomers is the only one of our three suspects that is possible."
[20:33] <Mira_Atella> "That's what I've always thought."
[20:36] * @Grendel` pulls up the data on Somers to see if there's any link to the Beast House.
[20:38] <@BradGM> As you saw before, there is no direct or obvious relations between Captain Somers and the Beasts House; he never went to the Hellstrom Hotel, no relation with Yulp, the only connection dot to the organisation, and apart the fact that he is a crack shot and a silent assassin, his MO is more based on discretion, stealth and long range precision shooting
[20:40] <@Grendel`> ((which seems to put him completely at odds of dressing up like a superhero and slicing people up with powerblades :) ))
[20:41] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps Surveillance on him is warranted?@@
[20:44] <@BradGM> ((you did send a=I= team to keep him under observation a few games back))
[20:44] <@BradGM> ((I think before hitting Downpour))
[20:45] <Jon_Wake> ((Yep))
[20:45] * @Grendel` attempts to call up the information on the surveillance of the 3 (just incase :) ))
[20:49] <@BradGM> @@This is Echo 1. No sign of De Fourber leaivng her house. Over.@@
[20:50] <@BradGM> @@Echo 2 here. We lost trace of Captain Somers. The man knows his trade very well. Requesting seige aupex to better assits our shadowing.@@
[20:50] <@BradGM> @@Echo 3. Major Quinlan went to his huntgin club int he spire, adn returned home. No visitors nor anything worthy to report. over.@@
[20:51] <@Grendel`> @@Which Hunting club, Echo 3?@@
[20:52] <@BradGM> Echo 3 @@The Scintillan Naturological Hunting Society, Home 1.@@
[20:52] <@Grendel`> ((That's a completely different hunting Club than Willard, right?))
[20:52] <@BradGM> ((Yes))
[20:52] <@BradGM> It is a well respected hunting club, quite high brow, noble, and invitation, only membership.
[20:54] * @Grendel` connects to the Tricorn's systems and attempts to requisition a siege auspex.
[20:54] <Jon_Wake> ((Siege Auspex, for when you really need to fins a siege))
[20:56] <@BradGM> roll inqury
[20:57] <@BradGM> ((haha..that and it is pwoerful enough to pass throught walls and such, shorter range thought.))
[20:57] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 73
[20:57] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 63 Success by 1 degree!
[20:57] <@BradGM> ((Hmm..the ladies are silent abit tongiht..))
[20:58] <@BradGM> you can requisition a siege aupex for Echo 2 with ease; it will be wating at the munitorium
[20:58] <Lyra_> ((Eh, no new investigative angels that Lyra can think of atm)
[20:59] <Jon_Wake> ((I can throw an idea out))
[20:59] <@Grendel`> @@Siege Auspex requisitioned Echo 2. Where does it need to be delivered?@@
[21:00] <@BradGM> Echo 2 @Drop point Epsilon-charlie-Omega 4, home 1@@
[21:00] <@BradGM> that would be a pre-arranged =I= drop off point within the Hive.
[21:01] <@Grendel`> ((Can i arrange to have it delivered there, or do we need to take it?))
[21:01] <@BradGM> ((you got 1 DoS, so you can arrange to be dropped there))
[21:02] * @Grendel` arranges to have it dropped off. @@Where did you lose the target, Echo 2?"
[21:04] <@BradGM> Echo 2 @@spire, still got a few blue bloods stalking the streets for a chance to take down that flying whatchamacallit@@
[21:06] <@Grendel`> @@Very well.@@
[21:06] * @Grendel` switches his microbead back to the group. @@Somers managed to slip surveillance.@@
[21:06] <Jon_Wake> ((the flying watchamacallit, the newest marvel IP coming this fall))
[21:07] <Jon_Wake> @@Very inconvient. If they tapped the suspects comms?@@
[21:09] * @Grendel` inquires into that with Echo 2
[21:09] <@BradGM> Echo 2 @@Negative, he seems to operate alone and wihtout vox.@@
[21:11] <@Grendel`> @@Negative on the Comms.@@
[21:14] * @Grendel` settles in and considers the data.
[21:16] <@Grendel`> ((brb))
[21:16] <@BradGM> ((well,a t least Jon is making progress...sicne hE's got mroe clues than you!))
[21:17] <Jon_Wake> @@Mockingbird, I need you to check some survalience. Since we know that the vigilanty has the power to fly, it may be getting to it's destinations by going outside@@
[21:18] * @Grendel` (~who@107-204-185-33.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net) Quit (*.net *.split)
[21:18] * Mira_Atella (~Athenis@pool-71-104-208-49.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net) Quit (*.net *.split)
[21:18] * Lyra_ (~IceChat9@hotspot.fibertown.com) Quit (*.net *.split)
[21:18] * @X (cservice@undernet.org) Quit (*.net *.split)
[21:18] <Jon_Wake> ((Uh...))
[21:18] <Jon_Wake> ((did everyone get bounced?))
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((seems so..ha!))
[21:19] * Lyra_ (~IceChat9@hotspot.fibertown.com) has joined #Shadowrun
[21:19] * Mira_Atella (~Athenis@pool-71-104-208-49.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net) has joined #Shadowrun
[21:19] * Grendel` (~who@107-204-185-33.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Shadowrun
[21:19] * X (cservice@undernet.org) has joined #Shadowrun
[21:19] * *.undernet.org sets mode: +oo X Grendel`
[21:19] <@BradGM> (9ha hever we go..WB guys))
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((you saw Jon's last line?))
[21:20] <Mira_Atella> (( Yup ))
[21:22] <@BradGM> ((k))
[21:22] <@BradGM> ((and Grendle is AFK...))))
[21:25] <@BradGM> ((Hmm..))
[21:26] <@BradGM> ((weell, anyone can step in if theyw ant..))
[21:26] <Lyra_> @@Which surveillance feeds are we talking about?@@
[21:28] <Jon_Wake> @@The outer walls of the hive have a great deal of sensors for both meteorological and military survailence, and with the vigilanty's scrambling ability, it might leave a trail for us to find@@
[21:29] <Lyra_> @@With all respect, arbiter, it's a big hive. Can we narrow that down any?@@
[21:30] <Jon_Wake> @@Start with the spire, as that would likely be the starting point@@
[21:30] <Jon_Wake> ((pff, I hate using the same word twice in the same sentence, it always looks lazy))
[21:31] <@Grendel`> @@Interesting hypothesis.@@
[21:31] * Lyra_ rolls her eyes but is used to this kind of crap from the Guard. "Fine, hopefully we'll be done some time this month."
[21:31] <@Grendel`> ((Sorry. Atleast I missed the netsplit :) ))
[21:31] <Lyra_> Lyra will start going through the Spire's outside feed then
[21:31] <@BradGM> roll tech-use -20
[21:32] <Lyra_> ((pfffft))
[21:32] <Lyra_> !dh 13
[21:32] <Lyra_> !perc 13
[21:32] <@BradGM> ((!dhroll))
[21:32] <Lyra_> !dhroll 13
[21:32] <DiceServitor> Lyra_: 23 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:32] <Lyra_> eh, Fate
[21:32] <Lyra_> !dhroll 13
[21:32] <DiceServitor> Lyra_: 22 Failure by 0 degrees!
[21:33] <Lyra_> (snerk!)
[21:33] <@BradGM> you wrok on the cog engine in your quarters..but you're far from being training to do something like that; a vox-caster ok, but reading meterological feed from a hive scanner..whole different ball game
[21:34] <@BradGM> ((trained))
[21:35] <Mira_Atella> @@ Need help? @@
[21:35] <@Grendel`> @@The internal hidden pathways did not provide any data?@@
[21:35] <Jon_Wake> ((She can also play this pong game very well))
[21:35] <Lyra_> @@In a word? Yes. There's just too much data here.@@
[21:36] <Mira_Atella> @@ On my way @@
[21:36] * Mira_Atella leaves Grendel where he is and heads for Lyra.
[21:36] <Jon_Wake> ((Is that at Jon, grendel?))
[21:36] <@Grendel`> ((At the entire group))
[21:37] <Mira_Atella> (( oh.. figured she was elsewhere if we're using the comms ))
[21:37] <@Grendel`> ((Grendel has mostly decided that using his actual voice isn't very tech priesty!))
[21:38] <Jon_Wake> ((actually that's a good point, we had the points inside the hive, but we never asked where they started))
[21:39] <Jon_Wake> ((I do remember that they just end at the underhive, since there's no cameras down there))
[21:40] <@BradGM> ((Thought youw ere all at your quarters actaully..))
[21:40] * Mira_Atella assists with going through the footage.
[21:40] <@BradGM> Either of you can rol tech-use at -10 due to the assist
[21:42] <Mira_Atella> (( would be a 35 for me ))
[21:43] <@BradGM> ((yeah you got it higher))
[21:43] <Mira_Atella> !dhroll 35
[21:43] <DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 76 Failure by 4 degrees!
[21:43] <Mira_Atella> (( fate ))
[21:43] <Mira_Atella> !dhroll 35
[21:43] <DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 48 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:44] <@BradGM> Nope; this is too technical for either of you to get across; the stream of data is simply too random/overflowing to understand anythinga bout it
[21:46] <Mira_Atella> "I think it's gibberish and someone is messing with us."
[21:47] <@Grendel`> "Perhaps I should try?"
[21:48] <@BradGM> -20 Grendel
[21:48] * Mira_Atella steps back to let him at it.
[21:48] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 63
[21:48] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 38 Success by 2 degrees!
[21:49] <@Grendel`> ((Should be another degree of success since I would've plugged in to do it, but 2 is fine :) ))
[21:49] <@BradGM> What are they talking about? Everyting is simple to understand, any neonate can see that.
[21:50] * @Grendel` gets to work, cross referencing and correlating the data and examining it for traces of the Gloom Haunt.
[21:51] <@BradGM> You scan the information. while there are no solid proff that the Gloom Haunt was scanned, you do detect abnormalities in the scanners, similar to the ones you fell victim to when the Gloom Haunt was within your aupex range.
[21:52] * @Grendel` attempts to track those abnormalities.
[21:53] <@BradGM> Tech-use -50
[21:53] * @Grendel` definitely plugs in for this, using his electro-graft.
[21:53] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 43
[21:53] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 9 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:54] <Jon_Wake> ((Nice))
[21:55] <Mira_Atella> (( woot ))
[21:57] <@Grendel`> ((Grendel for the win!))
[21:57] <@BradGM> You can trace it up to the Spire, stopping at the lower levels of the Hive city where the last scanners are located. Cross-referencing this with the gloom Haunt's known activities, it is safe to assume that he does travel undetected, until now, using the outer hive to move to where he wants to, generally entering via shuttle docks, and space ports, which local feeds were distrubrted for but a few instants; not enough to casue any alarm, and any maintenance would ahve revealed nothing permanant as well, as you witnessed.
[21:58] <@Grendel`> ((Does there seem to be any pattern to the movements?))
[21:59] <@BradGM> ((apart form it going back/from the spire, not much no.))
[22:00] <Jon_Wake> ((Can we at least determind whether is starts from the lower spire or the higher spire?))
[22:01] <@BradGM> ((With the DoS, it seems to elan more toward the Upper Spire.))
[22:02] * @Grendel` pulls back, activating his microbead. @@I've found traces of the same interference patterns on the outerskin of the hive. He seems to be using it to move, but no pattern presents itself, other than leaning more towards the Upper Spire.@@
[22:03] <Mira_Atella> (( heh you see the pattern, but there's no pattern? ))
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[22:04] <@BradGM> ((seeing no pattern is a pattern onto itself))
[22:04] <@Grendel`> ((Well. meaning I won't be able to determine where exactly he might be next or where exactly he comes from, except for a bias of the Upper Spire))
[22:04] <@Grendel`> ((Can I use Logic prophesysing to try to make a while calculated prediction? :) ))
[22:05] <@BradGM> ((your sherlock holmes sense or simple logic?))
[22:05] <@BradGM> ((either case, yes; just precise which one))
[22:06] <Jon_Wake> @@Quinlan's home is on the upper spire, though at the same time he may just use a vent that's higher up to avoid being spoted@@
[22:08] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 63 (Logis Prophesying. Go go Sherlock Holmes!))
[22:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 83 Failure by 2 degrees!
[22:08] <@Grendel`> ((Fate!))
[22:08] * Looking up maarisha user info...
[22:08] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 63 (Logis Prophesying. Go go Sherlock Holmes!))
[22:08] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 28 Success by 3 degrees!
[22:13] <@BradGM> You would say that it is from the middle-to-upper spire, possibly a housing that has a direct access to the outside, like a balcony or private dock for a shuttle. seeing that while nobles love to flash, they also put great care into their privacy, so the starting point would surely be out of direct sight of anyone. Further more, the real danger would be perhaps the first hundreds of emters , 2-300 tops, as lower than that you only have 'public' light sourse to illuminate the Spire, and below that, you have the great cloud coverage and the hive city is completly sealed short of the occasionnal dock or space port access.
[22:17] * @Grendel` relays this information to the group, including the Arbitrator. @@"Is it possible that Somers is doing it at the bequest of Quinlan?@@
[22:18] <Mira_Atella> @@ That doesn't seem to fit. It all seems very personal to the vigilante, so outsourcing his revenge, or whatever his reason is, doesn't sound right @@
[22:21] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps. Maybe the data from the Siege Auspex will give more data. Perhaps we should take up surveillance as well?@@
[22:23] <Mira_Atella> @@ You understand the data, so you'd know best if we should @@
[22:25] <Jon_Wake> @@This definately seems too personal to let someone else to do the job. As for surveillance, I think there might be something else to think about: During the vigilanty's attacks in the underhive, it was accompanied by gloom haunts. If we assume it has some operations in the underhive, then where would be the best place to hide it without others stubling upon it?@@
[22:26] * @Grendel` sees if there's anyway to track Gloom Haunt locations.
[22:26] <Jon_Wake> ((Waaaaaaaaay ahead of you))
[22:27] <@BradGM> Not in the underhive; there are no official recording devices that down in the super structure.
[22:27] <@BradGM> Except doing legwork and chasing down each and every rumours you hear, and got a few decades of free time
[22:27] <@Grendel`> @@The gloom haunts might be key, but there is no way to track them from here.@@
[22:29] <@BradGM> roll logic
[22:29] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 73
[22:29] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 30 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:29] <Jon_Wake> @@I have taken the leasure to gain information on locations of Gloom Haunt hives, unfortunately I only have records for above the underhive. There are some unexplained groupings near the attack site in the spire. AS for the Underhive, that would perhaps require personally tracking down those who run the structure fequently@@
[22:30] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps Bowels will be able to help.@@
[22:30] <@BradGM> if the Gloom Haunt uses the outside to get inside the hive as he see fit, then those concentration of gloom hautns could be a way to disguyise his entry points apart fomr those of the more mundane nature, ie. docking bays and such
[22:31] <@BradGM> With the underhive being what it is, then no doutb that a large concentration of gloom haunt will serve both as a weapona dna deterrent for any gangers or drek scum to step into some secret lcoation or entry way.
[22:33] <Mira_Atella> @@ He does know a lot about the gloom haunts. @@
[22:35] <Jon_Wake> @@ Hiding in the middle of a large concentration would be a way to keep people way. It does seem to have a way of attracting them and preventing them from attacking himself @@
[22:36] <@Grendel`> @@Perhaps we can surveil the area near some of those concentrations. ARe any at docks or the like?@@
[22:37] <Jon_Wake> @@ Grendel, would a gloom haunt possibly survive the outside's toxic atmophere? @@
[22:38] <@Grendel`> ((uh...I have no idea lol))
[22:38] <Jon_Wake> ((DOn't you have lore Xenos?))
[22:39] <Mira_Atella> (( I have Xenos and mutants lore ))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((Lore xeno is mroe for intelliogent aline: gloom haunts would rewquirte Beasts))
[22:39] <Jon_Wake> ((Or, you know, access to a mass quantity of information?))
[22:39] <@Grendel`> ((yeah. Not sure if it applies, or if Beast would apply..which I have))
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((oh you got beats..roll that))
[22:39] <@Grendel`> ((err, which I don't have heh))
[22:39] <Jon_Wake> ((There's a lore for beasts?))
[22:40] <@Grendel`> ((Ayup. I was going ot purchase it but ran out of time heh))
[22:40] * @Grendel` sends an inquiry to any Magos Biologis that might be in the Tricorn.
[22:40] <Mira_Atella> (( Those other 6 days just fly by ;) ))
[22:41] <Mira_Atella> (( I do it too.. plan to spend during the week, and never get to it until 5 minutes before we start heh ))
[22:41] <Jon_Wake> ((Well at this point I'm just saving up for characteristic advances or accension when we get to that))
[22:42] <Mira_Atella> (( Pretty sure you don't want to save for ascension ))
[22:42] <Jon_Wake> ((oh?))
[22:43] <Mira_Atella> (( Brad would have to say, I forgot the reason ))
[22:43] <@BradGM> ((you can, just that it's after this here mission, and well, who knows how long that,ll go for..))
[22:44] <@BradGM> roll inquiry Grendel, using Int since I supose you're using a machine for that.
[22:45] <Mira_Atella> (( I've still grabbed things I know I'll need anyway, mostly advancement bonuses and basic stuff I never got, like tech use ))
[22:45] <@Grendel`> ((of course!))
[22:47] <Mira_Atella> (( I really need to not put the bag of caramel coffee Werther's within reach... ))
[22:48] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 83
[22:48] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 64 Success by 1 degree!
[22:50] <@BradGM> You get a line from a Magos biologis from the medicae section of the Tricon.
[22:52] <@BradGM> ++What is your request?++
[22:53] * @Grendel` sends a message in binary asking for all data on the Gloom Haunts, as well as if they could survive outside the hive.
[22:56] <@BradGM> ++They would ahve some capabilities to survive for short periods, but any long exposure of up to two hours will resovles in cellurar deaths.++
[22:56] * @Grendel` acknowledges the transmission of the data.
[22:56] <@BradGM> you get a file containing biological infomration on the critters, autopsy rerpots, habits, matinig rituals, and suchlike
[22:57] * @Grendel` receives the data, scans it, adds it to his growing collection, before breaking the connection with a blurt of binary.
[22:57] <Mira_Atella> (( And now we know the simple way to beat Batman that no villain ever thought of... Google "bats" ))
[22:58] <Jon_Wake> ((Any ideas what other information I should look for?))
[22:58] <@Grendel`> @@They can survive outside for short periods, no longer than 2 hours.@@
[22:59] <Jon_Wake> @@I'm not sure if that would be fast enough to get them from the underhive to these positions.@@
[23:00] <Jon_Wake> @@Without serious damage from exposure@@
[23:00] * @Grendel` attempts to cross reference Gloom Haunt sightings with the interference pattern exhibited by the Gloom Haunt.
[23:00] <Jon_Wake> @@But then it would only need them there for a short while@@
[23:01] <@BradGM> roll Logic Grendel
[23:02] <@Grendel`> @@dhroll 73
[23:02] <@Grendel`> ((oops))
[23:02] <@Grendel`> !dhroll 73
[23:02] <DiceServitor> Grendel`: 38 Success by 3 degrees!
[23:03] <@BradGM> It seems to fit for a few interference; but to know how or when thye got moved it ahrd to pin-point.
[23:04] <@Grendel`> @@It seems a likely scenario, but it brings us no closer to finding him. Perhaps Bowels will be able to give us more information concentrations of Gloom Haunts."
[23:06] <@Grendel`> @@Or Somers will be found again.@@
[23:06] <Mira_Atella> (( Have to ask Bradon to contact him, right? We can't do it directly from what I remember ))
[23:06] <@BradGM> ((got to ask Bradon for a general idea where he is then do a bit of leg work))
[23:07] <Mira_Atella> @@ I'll go speak with Bradon about tracking down Bowels @@
[23:07] <@Grendel`> ((Make sure you take a commlink for him or something heh))
[23:07] * Mira_Atella heads out, taking Demon with her.
[23:07] <@BradGM> ((and it's 11..ok if we stop it here guys?))
[23:08] <Mira_Atella> (( Sure, seems a good spot ))
[23:08] <@BradGM> ((do make closing actions.))
[23:08] * Mira_Atella heads to Bradon with the dog.
[23:09] * @Grendel` continues to scan all the information he has, as well as looking over the list of nobles to see what kind of Xenos tech they may be harboring.
[23:10] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
JON SEARCHES THE ADMINISTRATUM
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[20:17] <@BradGM> jon, you're at the main entrance desk. The old adept is busy leaning into a large book, writting down some information taht's completly aline to you.
[20:18] <@BradGM> He seems oblivious to your presence.
[20:21] * Jon_Wake rings the bell or knocks on the desk, what to catch the man's attetnion "I'm here on Arbite business. I require information on a set of noble suspects" Straight and to the point
[20:22] <Jon_Wake> ((Wasn't there a fourth suspect?))
[20:24] <@BradGM> ((A general, but he was a tank commander, and far form being the type to do the gloom haunt's actions,a ccording to Lyra))
[20:24] <@BradGM> The man glances over from his book "Hm. Yes. I'll jsut need your Form 346534-F."
[20:24] <Jon_Wake> Thankfully Jon did that ahead of time!
[20:25] <@BradGM> ((Hmm..well you did says so..))
[20:25] <Jon_Wake> ((I assume literacy test, any bonus))
[20:26] <Jon_Wake> ((And yes, that is slightly gamey, but it is a difference between what I know and what my character knows))
[20:26] <@BradGM> ((yeah I'll allow that; make it at +10, since it must'nt be the first time you daelt with them))
[20:27] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 90
[20:27] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 33 Success by 5 degrees!
[20:28] <@BradGM> Indeed you got the form all filed singed and even stampt!
[20:28] * Jon_Wake hands the form over, which details the request for any property holdings of the suspects, any blue prints of said holdings, and any related information
[20:30] <@BradGM> The old adept takes it and put on his own stamps "Here we go" He presses a button anda servo-skull comes flying "Bring this to legal 45.21 on the tenth floor. Red Priority, Adeptus Arbites."
[20:30] <Jon_Wake> (("Great, we'll have your report in three year"))
[20:30] <@BradGM> The servo-skull beeps and fly away.
[20:30] <@BradGM> ((nah- 3-6 months))
[20:30] <Jon_Wake> ((Worse thing is that I know you're serious))
[20:33] <@BradGM> ((wherE's the fun in that?))
[20:33] <@BradGM> 1d5
[20:33] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 1
[20:33] <@BradGM> It, surpsingly, onyl takes an hour for the servo-skull ot return with a pile of scrolls, books and info chips.
[20:34] <Jon_Wake> "Thank you for your cooperation, citizen" Jon takes the pile and begins going through it
[20:35] <@BradGM> there are a few tables and chairs available with whcih you can look at the infom in relative loneliness.
[20:36] <@BradGM> You can roll literacy+10, or inquiry-10 to browse throught them
[20:37] * Jon_Wake does exactly that.
[20:37] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 90 literacy
[20:37] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 20 Success by 7 degrees!
[20:38] <@BradGM> ((hoyl crap))
[20:38] <@BradGM> ((where were those rolls 2 weeks ago?))
[20:39] <Jon_Wake> ((Exactly))
[20:39] * Jon_Wake begins to cut down the information, looking for local propety which could possible have a route into the underhive, and would corrispond with clues that have so far
[20:42] <@BradGM> You see that, as Grendel found, all three suspects have little in terms of local property; de fourber has parts in a agricultural corporation in an agri-world in the Sector, while Captain Somers got a small manor house on Cyprian's Gate, a paradise World, and Major Quinlan got quarters on Port Wander, which appears to be a space station of sorts.
[20:43] <@BradGM> ((Oh wait you already searched that option))
[20:43] <Jon_Wake> ((Isn't port wander the gate into the Khronos expanse?))
[20:43] <@BradGM> Port wander is a space station in the Calixis Sector, at the very border of the Imperium; it is safe to assume it IS the last Imperial Presnece before setting sail into the out reaches of the galaxy.
[20:44] <@BradGM> indeed it is the first point for any vessel wishing to enter the Koronus Expanse
[20:46] * Jon_Wake continues to scroll through the tables, perhaps seeing if that was possibly a way too see a pattern of actions in this mess of paper
[20:47] <Jon_Wake> ((I'm reaching at straws, really))
[20:48] <@BradGM> Apart from minor objects, a boat here, a shuttle there, there's nothing much to go on.
[20:49] <Jon_Wake> Perhaps money expensises
[20:51] <@BradGM> roll again to search that information
[20:52] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 90
[20:52] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 60 Success by 3 degrees!
[20:56] <@BradGM> You see that Somers book passage to Cyprian's Gate about 2 years ago to his manor and came back 8 months ago, with little change in what he brought, if only a few caes of local liquor, wines and goods. Quinlan went to Port Wander about 3 years ago, and returned to Scintilla a little more than a year ago; he reutnred with significantly more baggage than he left with according to the manifest, about double, but the goods are not identified, if only as 'hunting trophies'.
[20:58] <Jon_Wake> ((What time frame did we determind that Gloomhaunt started?))
[20:58] <Jon_Wake> ((It's attacks, I mean))
[21:01] <@BradGM> ((6 months give or take))
[21:03] * Jon_Wake looked over the blueprints, to see if there are any suspicious rooms or additions
[21:08] <@BradGM> Nothing that you see; De fourber's house and Somers are lower spire, while Major Quinlan's is actually quite higher; it is even buildon the side of the spire, so he actually gets real natural sunlgiht beathing most, if not all, of his rooms.
[21:10] <Jon_Wake> ((Lovely))
[21:11] <@BradGM> roll logic))
[21:12] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 60
[21:12] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 54 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:14] <@BradGM> Outside..'pretty much the only place where no one hae eyes to see...a good way to slip down the hive unoticed..just don't forget your rebreather.
[21:14] <@BradGM> ((hae=has))
[21:16] * Jon_Wake considers that it is possible to geting down to the underhive through the outside of the hive dome
[21:17] <@BradGM> outside is quite toxis, and while there are radar and vox for shuttles and such, a single man could be capable of slipping wihtout being noticed by the scanners and such, being no bigger than a discarded chunk of palssteel falling fomrthe derelic exterior.
[21:18] <Jon_Wake> ((Except for possibly it's scambling tech))
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((yeah you do know his 'secret' so to speak))
[21:31] * Jon_Wake reports that information to Mockingbird, then begins to look through for perhaps any recent deliveries or aquisitions
[21:32] <@BradGM> Deliveries would not be lsited in Administratum archives, but wihtin each house hold's own personnal account books.
[21:50] * Jon_Wake skims through more data, looking for perhaps any small clue
[21:52] <@BradGM> With the info you have right now, you see nothing else that could be useful, short of actually visting Cyprian's Gate and/or Port Wander to see those locations for yourself
[22:01] * Jon_Wake seems pleased, before returning the information back to the adepts before leaving
[22:02] <Jon_Wake> ((Unless they're copies, in which case I'd like to keep those blueprints))
[22:03] <@BradGM> roll charm to get some copies made
[22:03] <@BradGM> +20 since you,re an arbitraotor and all
[22:03] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 88
[22:03] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 47 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:04] * Jon_Wake Jon and his 80s punk eyeliner go to work
[22:04] <@BradGM> The old adept gets you some copies of the blueprints
[22:04] <@BradGM> ((Human league FTW))
[22:06] <@BradGM> Adpet "If there's nothing else Justicar, I'll resume my task."
[22:08] * Jon_Wake thinks about it, before insperation hits him, and he asks for biology reports on locations of Gloom Haunt hives
[22:09] <Jon_Wake> (("okay, this is going to sound weird, but..."))
[22:09] <@BradGM> Adept "Hmm..I would need to veriffy this, pelase wait." he calls thes evo-skull agian and sends it to a wing on the 23 rd floor.
[22:11] <Jon_Wake> ((Concentrations was actually the word I was thinking of, but hive works too))
[22:16] <@BradGM> 1d10
[22:16] <DiceServitor> BradGM: 4
[22:17] <@BradGM> This one takes 4 hours of wait, but you do get a small report, mostly concentrateing on the Hive city; gloom Haunts population seems to soar in a few areas, but sicne they are drek holes and not manufactoriums and other critical part, there is low priority to get rid of them. local Protectorate offer a small bounty for each oen dead, and that seems toget keep their numbers in check.
[22:19] <Jon_Wake> ((Any of them near the attack sites?))
[22:20] <@BradGM> Nothing wihtin the Hive city no...but roll literate or inquiry
[22:20] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 80
[22:20] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 21 Success by 5 degrees!
[22:20] <Jon_Wake> ((Man, who knew sleep could help so much))
[22:21] <@BradGM> *8you do have footnote reports that there was reports of gloom Haunts in previously unrecoreded locations, like near Earl's restaurants, or Muty's house. it is unkown how they managed to get this high in the hive wihtout being either detected, killed or done any victim.
[22:22] <@BradGM> (9hahaha))
[22:23] <Jon_Wake> ((And I presume this is for the hive proper, and nothing from the underhive))
[22:26] <@BradGM> ((yup, the udnerhive is..well the underhive.))
[22:26] <Jon_Wake> ((Indeed))
[22:29] <@BradGM> roll logic
[22:30] <Jon_Wake> !dhroll 60
[22:30] <DiceServitor> Jon_Wake: 12 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:30] <@BradGM> if the Gloom Haunt uses the outside to get inside the hive as he see fit, then those concentration of gloom hautns could be a way to disguyise his entry points apart fomr those of the more mundane nature, ie. docking bays and such
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((oh 4 DoS as well. damn))
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((graet minds do think alike))
[22:32] * Jon_Wake crossrefences the possible entry points to locations of the suspects
[22:32] <@BradGM> With the underhive being what it is, then no doubt that a large concentration of gloom haunt will serve both as a weapon and a deterrent for any gangers or drek scum to step into some secret location or entry way.
[22:32] <Jon_Wake> ((JOn's mind is like a steel trap. Grendel's probably has a literal steel trap in it))
[22:32] <@BradGM> Well, wiht your 2 main suspects being nobles fomr the spire, hard to pin-point
[22:35] * Jon_Wake wonders if gloom haunts could even survive the open air of the planet
[22:36] <@BradGM> ((You'll need Xeno Beasts knowledge to know that))
[22:36] <Jon_Wake> ((Grendel does have lore Xenos))
[22:44] * Jon_Wake gives the dataslates back. It seemed that was all he was going to get out of that, unless he look into every port or balcony or vent scematics for a secret way into the underhive
[22:45] <@BradGM> ((you got enginerring knowledge?))
[22:47] <Jon_Wake> ((Nope. Arbite scholoistic lore focuses more on codes or law or chems))
[22:49] <@BradGM> ((ok; you got the blueprints, but you can't amke heads or tails of them.))
[22:50] <@BradGM> ((at least you know what the walls are but apart fomr that..it's a little too technical for you))
[22:52] <Jon_Wake> ((The only thing he needs to know is where the front door is so he can kick it down))
[22:54] <@BradGM> ((hahaha true that))
[23:01] <Jon_Wake> ((I'm out of ideas))
[23:05] <@BradGM> ((well you do ahve the hperomones..))
[23:06] <Jon_Wake> ((True but I'm not sure how that would help in the fact finding))
[23:07] <@BradGM> ((no not really, more later down the road..))
[23:08] <Jon_Wake> ((Right, that's what I was thinking))
[23:08] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++