[20:29] <@BradGM> ++++++++Begin Transmission++++++++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++ The Hive Knight: Under an Adamantium Sky+++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day: Conquer the Galaxy; Not for Yourself, but For The Emperor+++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++Location: Unknown Sewer pipe, Sector 6, Hive Sibellus; Scintilla+++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++2115Hours- Sibellus Time+++
[20:30] <@BradGM> +++ After gathering their gear and filling paperwork, Mockingbird and Jonatan proceeded to track down Bowels, the Ratskin merchant and guide, which according to Bradon, is actually having a boom in his gloom haunt protection pot business.
[20:30] <@BradGM> It took a couple of hours of legwork to find the Underhiver making business in an area called Rusty Meadows, located in the heart of an ancient manufactorium long ago isolated from the industrial heart of the Hive City. After paying a few hundred Thrones to the Ratskin, he managed to give his ‘expert’ opinion on the matter and narrows down the meeting place to an almost certainty:Toxic Falls.
[20:30] <@BradGM> A hive gang, called the Roaders, have been in a powerful position for longer than usual, having received anonymous support from a rich patron in the form of weapons, armours and gear.
[20:30] <@BradGM> . After horrid negotiations to get local disguises form Bowels, Jonatan shook down his own snitches, which confirmed that a the roaders are paid by Bard, that an important meeting is to happen soon in Toxic Falls, and even that the nigh-untouchable “legitimate businessman†Earnest Barg is even rumoured to be present himself.
[20:30] <@BradGM> . Mockingbird is to go to Toxic Falls, While Falcon and the Arbites stalking the other possible rendez-vous locations.+++
[20:30] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:32] * @Grendel considers the time before making a plan for his spare time. For once his requisition list is non-existant, not having seen the need for a lascutter.
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( are we still with Braden? ))
[20:33] <@BradGM> ((well, if you need gear, go ahead: now you're waiting in the sewer pipe for Bowels to show up))
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( ah, no I'm good on stuff, just wanted to check ))
[20:34] <@BradGM> ((Since you dind't seems to know what to do for the remaining 22 hours))
[20:34] <@BradGM> ((Jon, you're good as well?))
[20:35] <+Jonatan> (yeah)
[20:37] <@BradGM> After waiting in the filthiest sewer pipe of the sector, You can hear movment in the distance. You hide quickly, but you saw that it is only Bowels dragging a large bag on his shoulder; your diguises no doutb, and a few pots as well by the sound of it.
[20:37] <@BradGM> Bowels "Hey over here!"
[20:37] * +Mira_Atella steps out from hiding and walks to him.
[20:37] <+Jonatan> As the mission came closer to the hammer strike, Jonatan is readying himself down the the smallest detail. He now had a servo hunter in hand as he followed the other into the sewers, double checking it's mechanisms before turning to the Inquisitor's men "Is there a partiular way to idintify our suspects? Scars, a way they walk?"
[20:38] <@BradGM> He waves at you from down the drain.
[20:39] * +Lyra is resting her hands on the large case she carries with her
[20:40] * @Grendel moves towards Bowels, absently considering reconsecration rituals to purify his augmentics after staying here for so long.
[20:40] <@BradGM> In a slightly larger section of the sewer, Bowels is busy getting out his disguises, nothing more than massed rags stitched together in a rather crude way with something that had no liking to any form of rope you can identify. Smeely greasy and digusting, those will envertheless help you blend in more with the underhive community.
[20:41] <@BradGM> Bowels "I even brought my best pot for yer' heads. I'd hate to see good paying cusotmers gets hat'd."
[20:42] * +Jonatan frowns at the set of disguies the underhivers had brought, but he always knew undercover work was never pretty
[20:42] <@BradGM> ((dislexsia is going'on tonight..))
[20:43] <@Grendel> ((Dyslexia is better than random french!))
[20:43] * @Grendel considers the clothing and looks for a set that could be worn over his bulk and armor.
[20:44] * +Lyra will go for an outfit befitting an Underhiver low-born woman
[20:44] * +Mira_Atella removes the pot from her bag that she brought along, "I prepared a bit."
[20:45] * +Mira_Atella takes to the "clothes" and picks out a suitable collection of rags.
[20:45] <@BradGM> ((French is High Gothic, remember that))
[20:45] <@BradGM> Roll disguises: I think most of you got it, so you can all add a +20 as you heal each other out
[20:46] <+Lyra> !dhroll 52
[20:46] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 100 Failure by 4 degrees!
[20:46] <+Jonatan> '/me isn't particularly picky and mearly grabs what looks the least dirty
[20:46] <+Lyra> ....wow
[20:47] <+Mira_Atella> (( Do I get the +10 for my disguise kit too? ))
[20:47] * +Lyra scowls as the costume doesn't have hiding places for her pistols or blades
[20:47] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 43
[20:47] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 97 Failure by 5 degrees!
[20:47] <+Jonatan> (oh shit)
[20:47] <@Grendel> !perc 29
[20:47] <@Grendel> !dhroll 29
[20:47] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 20 Success by 0 degrees!
[20:48] <@BradGM> ((Mira: yes if you use it))
[20:48] * @Grendel shows his experience with the cloak and dagger side of the Inquisition as he picks and chooses his rags carefully.
[20:48] <@BradGM> Jon puts a few rags here and there, barely hiding the fact that he's an arbitrator; not removing his hemlet dind't help his case as well
[20:48] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 81 w/ disguise kit
[20:48] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 100 Failure by 1 degree!
[20:48] <@BradGM> ((oh snap!))
[20:49] <+Mira_Atella> (( ....... fate ))
[20:49] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 81
[20:49] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 13 Success by 6 degrees!
[20:49] <+Lyra> ((fate point))
[20:49] <+Lyra> !dhroll 52
[20:49] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 40 Success by 1 degree!
[20:49] <@BradGM> ((Btw guys, your fate points regenerate every session))
[20:49] <@BradGM> ((So Jon you can roll again))
[20:50] <+Jonatan> (rerolling, also forget the +20)
[20:50] <+Jonatan> !dh63
[20:50] <@BradGM> ((oh..well in this case, re-roll but don't use you fate))
[20:50] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 64
[20:50] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 44 Success by 2 degrees!
[20:51] <+Mira_Atella> (( *in a mocking Brad's voice* DiceServitor is the nice one ))
[20:52] <@BradGM> It takes a few minutes and you all look like dirty rotten Underhivers. Grendel's size make him stand apart a little, but the rest of you are 'decent' enough to make him blend in. Mira hersel looks as horrid as Bowels, with crooked teeth, dirty hair and a few boils for good measures; you almost tohught she was a niative.
[20:52] <@BradGM> ((yak yak yak))
[20:53] <+Jonatan> "If anyone asks, he's a ogryn" Jonatan points to Grendel
[20:53] <@BradGM> Bowels distribute the pots and begins the march down to Toxic Falls.
[20:53] * +Mira_Atella places her pot on her head and falls in line behind Bowels.
[20:54] <@BradGM> ((now for the fun part...possible rnadom encounters!))
[20:54] <+Jonatan> (we do have our guns, right?
[20:54] <@BradGM> Someone rolls 1d100: 60+ there's something.
[20:54] <@BradGM> ((only if you brought them))
[20:54] <@Grendel> ((of course :) ))
[20:55] <@BradGM> ((the rolls also mean you dirty them up, or at least gave them a more underhive look to them))
[20:55] * @Grendel trudges after Bowels, making no response to the Ogryn comment. Though it might work.
[20:55] <+Lyra> !roll 1d100
[20:55] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 44
[20:56] * +Jonatan keeps to pace, trying his best to hide his kit under the rags
[20:56] <@BradGM> You move downwards passed the Great Wall and enters the Underhive; Bowels takes a few odd turns, trying to find a more secluded way down. It worked until then.
[20:56] <@BradGM> Another person rolls
[20:56] <+Jonatan> !roll 1d100
[20:56] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 14
[20:57] <@BradGM> You enters the large open ground where the hive base touches the ground of Scintilla. There is a slight bleach like scent coming form the large oepning giving out into the wasteland.
[20:58] <@BradGM> Dr. Joss "Falcon to Mokcingbird. Come in Mockingbird."
[20:58] <@BradGM> ((oh sorry I meant))
[20:58] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Go ahead @@
[20:58] <@BradGM> ((yeah the @@))
[20:59] <@BradGM> Joss @@Grandpa bought a drowning baby. The Pire is made of silk. over.@@
[20:59] <@BradGM> roll secret tongue Ordo Xeno!
[20:59] <@Grendel> !dhroll 53
[20:59] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 61 Failure by 0 degrees!
[20:59] <@Grendel> ((Brb))
[21:00] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 35
[21:00] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 60 Failure by 2 degrees!
[21:00] <+Lyra> !dhroll 33
[21:00] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 56 Failure by 2 degrees!
[21:01] <@Grendel> ((Fate I suppose))
[21:01] <@Grendel> !dhroll 53
[21:01] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 35 Success by 1 degree!
[21:01] <@BradGM> Barg and his croonies just left his upper hive mansion and are moving down into the Hive
[21:02] * @Grendel analyzes the expressions on his companion's faces and enunciates this clearly, before responding to Dr.Joss in the same tongue.
[21:03] <@BradGM> Joss @@Got that chicken soup. Will order the trash to be picked at midngiht. Over and out.@@
[21:04] <@BradGM> You carefully move inot the open area, as chem dust blows all around. Bowels keeps a keen eye up for any Gloom Haunts.
[21:04] <+Jonatan> There is no emoticon to show just how confused Jon is
[21:04] <@BradGM> Roll 1d100: this time it's 75+
[21:04] <@BradGM> sorry, I mean 45+
[21:04] <@Grendel> !roll 1d100
[21:04] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 13
[21:05] * @Grendel continues on, the respirator hidden beneath the rags allowing him to breath without worry.
[21:06] <@BradGM> Bowels' reputation as a guide and hive fauna expert is prrove dto you as you easely evade a few Skavies eating up some poor headless sap. The canibals didn,t even turn around and made any sign that they even heard you or smelled you
[21:06] <@BradGM> ((damn pretty slick way down I,d reckon))
[21:06] * +Lyra keeps her hands from opening the case
[21:06] <@BradGM> You enter the series of piping leading to Toxic Falls.
[21:07] <@BradGM> Last roll beofre arriving, this thime is also 60+
[21:07] <+Mira_Atella> !roll 1d100
[21:07] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 40
[21:09] <@BradGM> Bowels stops at a pipe opening and puts his ear dwon on the cold, rusty metla. "Oh, pipe spiders's a-comin' better go taht way.." It lengthen your trip of 10-15 minutes but you finally see the green, radiating glowing lights of the manufactorium chemicals discharges that gives Toxic Falls it's monkier.
[21:10] * @Grendel takes a few moments to study the piping and any machinery as the group continues to trudge towards Toxic Falls.
[21:10] <+Jonatan> (toxic falls sounds like an awesome drink)
[21:10] <@BradGM> Grendle, you recall the place being slightly better looking (relatively speaking) that last time you visited it a year ago.
[21:11] * +Jonatan takes a respriator from his belt and puts it on as they near the toxic chems
[21:11] * +Lyra does likewise
[21:12] <@BradGM> Oh, it is not that toxic, expcet if you hang in the mist near the falls, or take a swim
[21:13] * @Grendel studies the area. "It seems to have degraded since we were last present."
[21:13] * +Mira_Atella takes a look at the glowing waste, "I can't imagine why..."
[21:14] <@BradGM> you notice that there are slight mutations within the population; nothing too horrid; extra fingers, hunchbacks, maybe what might have been an extra hand at one time. There is also a few Ratskins, who appears to nod to Bowels as you walk pass them.
[21:15] <@BradGM> ((his homies..or well, his hivies))
[21:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( ... ouch. Bad Brad, bad ))
[21:16] * @Grendel continues on, cataloging everything.
[21:16] <@BradGM> ((hahah, I jsut realized it))
[21:17] <@BradGM> You walk down what looks like a grey muddy streets when Bowels goes raher close to Mira's ear that you can feel the warm of his smelly breath. "Gonna come to a 4 way soon, look at the right, just don't amkek it too obvious."
[21:18] <@BradGM> ((*gray mud covered streets..sounds better))
[21:18] * +Mira_Atella nods.
[21:19] <@BradGM> As you pass the 4 way and keep walking straight, you cna roll awarness visual, -20 to be discreed about it
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((I guess mira informs you guys..if so you can roll as well))
[21:19] <+Lyra> ((Heightened Senses adds +10, right?)
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((yup ))
[21:20] <+Lyra> !dhroll 22
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 78 Failure by 5 degrees!
[21:20] <+Lyra> ((getting the high rolls out of the way))
[21:20] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 30 Success by 1 degree!
[21:20] <@BradGM> Grendel, you cna also roll tech-use afterward for additionnal info
[21:20] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 39
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 9 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:20] <+Jonatan> (being discrete)
[21:20] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 30
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 23 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:20] <+Lyra> ((I was being discrete. Just failed to see anything))
[21:20] <@Grendel> !dhroll 83 (Tech-Use. And was discrete on the Awareness roll))
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 11 Success by 7 degrees!
[21:21] <@BradGM> ((holy crap))
[21:21] <+Jonatan> ((He sees EVERYTHING))
[21:22] <@Grendel> ((nah. That was the tech use roll. My perception roll was only a 30 :) ))
[21:23] <+Mira_Atella> (( Glad that worked, I didn't have the magnoculars on ))
[21:24] <@BradGM> As you walk pass the 4 way, you can see that the road open up into a large opening where 3 Story building is: Grendel, you recall the building as the Spark-Faced Mutant, even more derelict than it was a year ago; signs of heavy gunfighting and even a fire reduced the building inot a shadow of it's former glory, with part of the neon signs remaining. it is about 35-40 metes down the road. They are a dozen or so gnag memebers, all armed with rather good quality weapons, mostly autoguns, but you see a few alsguns as well...cont
[21:26] * +Mira_Atella speaks barely above a whisper, "I suggest we don't stop moving until we're out of their sight."
[21:27] * +Jonatan nods slowly in agreement
[21:28] * Drigo (~Gloomster@108-220-138-129.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Shadowrun
[21:28] * +Lyra doesn't seem to react, but keeps moving
[21:28] * @Grendel starts making notes of everything he sees, curious as to where the weapons are coming from.
[21:28] <@BradGM> ...Mira can spot a few on the nearby roof overwatching the approach. Grendel, while your eyes were weak, The Omnissiah rewarded your piousy, as you detected a weakly secured, but secured nonetheless vox frequency. All of the gangers visible have flak armour, at least a flak vest, and there is another dozen gang memebers within the burned out buildings. You also detect explosives on most of them, grenades no doutb, along side what you know as photo-visors every other ganger. You also detect what is a white noise generator within the building, and the damage outside is but an illusion: the building has been rehenforced wiht flak boards.
[21:29] <@BradGM> ((Curse you Tech-Priest!))
[21:31] <@BradGM> you walk pass the 4 way and are out of sight, but still on the streets
[21:31] * @Grendel relays the information to the group in short, terse comments. "Is it possible that that is where the meeting will take place?"
[21:32] <+Mira_Atella> "I'm going with yes. I take it that's not a normal scene around here, Bowels?"
[21:35] <@BradGM> Bowels "Well, last gang got shot up by the Roaders, they took over thier place, which is pretty muhc the safest palce in this town."
[21:35] * @Grendel looks for a place out of the way to pause for a moment. "I am going to try to decrypt their vox transmissions."
[21:36] <+Lyra> "If we need to gain entrance, I am sure the Emperor's Light will assist us."
[21:37] <@BradGM> ((Anyone got a Vox-caster?))
[21:38] <@Grendel> ((Of course!))
[21:38] <@BradGM> Bowels "I know where we'll be safe for a while, follow me."
[21:38] <@BradGM> ((curses!))
[21:38] <+Mira_Atella> (( afk for 5, oven is dinging at me ))
[21:39] * @Grendel follows Bowels as he considers the implications of the gang's armor, weaponry and technical abilities.
[21:39] <@BradGM> He takes you almost ot the limit fo toxic Falls, where a large tent like uilding is set-up, he enters like it's a barn "Hey everyone!" Inside, you see a small group of Ratskins around asmall fire, cooking what appears to be a large rat.
[21:40] <@BradGM> A Ratskin with a large Rat skull on its head rise up "Bowels! You have returned! How was the business in Rusty Meadows?"
[21:41] <@BradGM> Bowels "Not to well Elder, until my friends here came, we will be able to afford protection this month."
[21:41] * +Jonatan scans for any entry point for the arbite strike team
[21:41] <@BradGM> Roll awanress visual Jon
[21:42] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 50
[21:42] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 80 Failure by 3 degrees!
[21:42] <+Jonatan> (fate)
[21:42] <@BradGM> Elder "Blessing of the Hive Spirit on you Bowels-Friends. Join us in eating the Rat-Food brought to us by It."
[21:42] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 50
[21:42] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 61 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:43] <@BradGM> Jon, your lack of familiary with the local area makes it ahrd to spin point a suitable entry point.
[21:43] <@BradGM> THe RAtskin invites you inside thier tent, where the floor is littered with small bones, feces and the occsionnal large insect.
[21:43] * @Grendel removes the vox-caster from his back, connecting the device to his electro-graft ports, beginning to scam the frequencies.
[21:44] <@BradGM> roll tech-use -10 Grendel, don't forget to add the vox caster's +20 as well.
[21:46] <@Grendel> !dhroll 99
[21:46] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 55 Success by 4 degrees!
[21:46] <+Mira_Atella> (( back ))
[21:46] <@Grendel> ((wb. Grendel's rolled 2 tEch-Use tests and I haven't set anythign on fire yet!))
[21:47] <@BradGM> ((I got to check Dice Servitor's program..))
[21:48] <@Grendel> ((heh))
[21:48] <@BradGM> it takes you 5-10 minutes to isolate and crack the weak encryption of the frequency; deep into the underhive, where the aRbitrators don't trek much, such security appears to be there simply to be there.
[21:49] <@BradGM> meanwhile the rest of you are brought in and sit down around the cooking rrat on the brooch over the chemical fire.
[21:50] * +Mira_Atella surveys the inside of the tent while Grendel works.
[21:51] * @Grendel runs the algorithms through the electrografts into the vox-caster as he cracks the code, setting the vox-caster to receive, listening to the frequency.
[21:52] <@BradGM> Mira, it appears your disguises either come from here, or fomr another Ratskin community somewhere else. It seems you may we wearing badly made hive rat leather.
[21:55] <@BradGM> The Vox is braodcasting what seems to be some underhiver Rock, with little talk, apart fomr normal gnager blanther for the moment
[21:56] * @Grendel considers if it would be possible to jam the signal if necessary.
[21:56] <@Grendel> (Brb))
[21:56] <@BradGM> You would be able to yes.
[21:59] <@BradGM> It takes another 15-20 minutes of listneing in, before a more autoritarian voice comes to bear "Ok, stop frakking aorund, Boss' is coming."
[22:00] <+Mira_Atella> (( People's language skills are terrifying sometimes.. On TV this woman just said "I never get nothing" ))
[22:00] <@BradGM> ((heh..you should see my French))
[22:01] <+Mira_Atella> (( Considering I'd understand all of 10 words, I wouldn't know the difference heh ))
[22:02] <@BradGM> The music stops on the vox while a few voices come in "North side's good." "South side got a few bums, gimme a minute."
[22:02] <+Mira_Atella> (( Though I imagine it isn't any worse than my Italian ))
[22:03] <@BradGM> You can ehar a few gunsoths in the distance @@South side's clean.@@
[22:04] <+Jonatan> ((I don't think I'm getting any use out of ciphers (underworld) today :P))
[22:04] * Drigo (~Gloomster@108-220-138-129.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:05] * +Mira_Atella looks to Bowels, "I hope this place is as safe as you think."
[22:06] <@BradGM> ((WEll, they think they got the vox secure, so why obhter wiht code and such at the time.))
[22:07] <@Grendel> ((Back, sorry))
[22:08] <@BradGM> Bowels "Well, with the guns they got and the protection they run, safer than my pocket."
[22:08] * @Grendel stands and heads back to the group. "Their communications have been compromised. I will be able to jam if need be. They have stated that the Boss is coming. Perhaps it is time to start observing?"
[22:09] * +Jonatan nods in agreement, and takes out the servo-hunter he took with him
[22:12] <@BradGM> ((Did you set it up for silent spotting, or doe sit do as the book says it does?))
[22:13] <+Mira_Atella> (( mwahahahaha it worked. I put some jack daniels bbq sauce on bacon and baked it for my BLT's nom nom nom ))
[22:13] * @Grendel glances towards the servo-hunter, examining it closely with his mechadendrite as he begins to formulate a plan, calculating how long it will take the other groups to arrive once the primary targets are spotted.
[22:13] <+Mira_Atella> "I wouldn't jam it until it is neccessary, they'd likely be alerted when it happens and their defenses will be bolstered."
[22:13] * @Grendel nods. "Of course."
[22:14] <@Grendel> 'I am simply stating that it would be possible if needed."
[22:14] * +Mira_Atella nods.
[22:14] <+Jonatan> ((this one signals via the microbead))
[22:14] <@BradGM> ((ok))
[22:15] <+Jonatan> ((because a litteral alarm would be dumb as all get out))
[22:16] <@BradGM> ((yeah I was jsut amking sure))
[22:16] * +Jonatan gives the servo skull the instruction for long range silent seeking, then looking toward the techpriest
[22:17] <+Jonatan> "any advise?"
[22:17] <+Lyra> "Do we require the building intact?"
[22:17] <@Grendel> "We require the targets alive."
[22:18] <@Grendel> "No advice. Say the proper rites and rituals."
[22:18] <+Lyra> "Those are not mutually exclusive conditions. If the building is rendered unstable, would the targets not flee, lacking faith in the Emperor's beneficence?"
[22:19] <@Grendel> "I never said it was. I simply started what we required."
[22:20] * +Jonatan nods, looking down to the servo skull and speaks the prayers of activation before leaving the tent to release it in the darkest alley way he could find nearby
[22:20] <@BradGM> ((I suppose you would have Barg's ID within the skull))
[22:21] <+Jonatan> ((Yes)
[22:21] <@Grendel> "If the building is rendered unstable, may it not collapse on the targets? Can you guarantee their safety?"
[22:22] <+Lyra> "Nothing is guaranteed save the Emperor's eventual triumph. But they will have warning before the building collapses."
[22:23] <@Grendel> "Our mission is to capture them."
[22:24] <@BradGM> Roll concealment and awanress visual for your skull Jon
[22:25] * +Mira_Atella leans back a bit, remaining quiet during the discussion, but smirking all the same at the humor she finds in it.
[22:26] <@Grendel> "How would you render teh building unstable?"
[22:26] <+Jonatan> (Well crap, i'm rolling 16 for concealment, way as well not bother)
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((or well, what is it..silent move then?))
[22:27] <@Grendel> ((never know))
[22:27] <@Grendel> ((is the bonus for size factored in?))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((either silent mvoe or conceal, whichever is higher..I suppose it must have one of them))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((ogf course))
[22:28] <@BradGM> ((I'll give you a +20 as it can fluy high and since it's in silent mode, no need ot be inches fomr the target))
[22:28] <+Lyra> "With the Emperor's Light, of course."
[22:28] * +Lyra gestures to the case at her feet
[22:29] <+Jonatan> (my silent move stat or the servo's silent move?)
[22:30] <@Grendel> "I am sure the Omnissiah will provide, and can provide in many ways."
[22:30] <@BradGM> ((the skull's as he,s the one doing the scanning and all))
[22:31] <+Jonatan> ((oh, well then then I'm the a stupid bloke))
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((oh%))
[22:31] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 80
[22:31] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 54 Success by 2 degrees!
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((don't tell me it dones't have either skills?))
[22:32] <+Jonatan> ((No, got it because it does have silent move, I thought you mean test my conceal skill))
[22:32] <@BradGM> ((oh hahaha))
[22:32] <@BradGM> ((roll it's awareness as well, visual))
[22:33] <+Jonatan> ((it starts with Ag 50 and +10 to move silent, plus whatever for being size (puny)
[22:35] <@BradGM> ((In the mean time, you guys can position yourselves to stake-out the palce.))
[22:36] <@Grendel> "I suggest Mira leads while I will stay out of sight."
[22:37] * +Mira_Atella looks oddly at him, "You want to be the stealthy one?"
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((Jon: roll for your skull))
[22:41] <+Jonatan> (i did)
[22:41] <@BradGM> ((I meant awareness to spot Barg))
[22:41] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 55
[22:41] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 3 Success by 5 degrees!
[22:41] * @Grendel frowns beneath the respirator. "You are the stealthy one? It seems it is better for you to be in front while I am in the back where I am less likely to be noticed?"
[22:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( it sounded like you wanted her to just walk along and you hide lol that's how I read it ))
[22:42] <+Mira_Atella> "Yes, that will be best."
[22:43] <@BradGM> Jon, while you discuss who does what where, you get a buzz on your own vox connection. Your skull has detected Barg wihtin the search location.
[22:43] <@BradGM> ((he even knows what type of underwear he'S got with that roll))
[22:44] <+Jonatan> ((it thankfully is unable to speak, only scream internally))
[22:44] <@BradGM> ((directly into your ear))
[22:45] <+Jonatan> "Whatever plan you're going to come up with it should be soon, for out suspect is here"
[22:45] <@BradGM> (llosing your hearing for the Emperor))
[22:47] * +Mira_Atella stands from where she had placed herself and starts to dust herself off, realizing it would be a fruitless endeavor and instead walks towards the exit of the tent.
[22:47] * @Grendel nods and starts to head towards the 4 way again, moving slowly, engaging his auspex and keeping a eye out for gangers ,while listening to the vox.
[22:48] * +Lyra will shoulder her case and follow the others
[22:51] <@Grendel> "Which target arrived?"
[22:52] <+Jonatan> "Barg"
[22:53] <@BradGM> The gangers appears to be a bit more spreaded out, those inside are still inside. You cen detect another group arriving wihtin your aupex scan; but instead of flak, it appears they are armoured wiht mesh, and packing something a bit more tehcnical than mere solid projectile weaponry.
[22:53] * @Grendel lets Falcon know that one of the targets has arrived.
[22:54] * @Grendel focuses on the weaponry, curious.
[22:55] <@BradGM> roll tech-use
[22:56] <@Grendel> ((any bonus for hte auspex?))
[22:56] <@BradGM> ((only your standrd one, if any))
[22:56] <@Grendel> !dhroll 83
[22:56] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 41 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:58] <@BradGM> You detect the highly potent and rather characteristic chemical mixture found in bolt shells. you also detect a little quantities of promethium; possible they have exterminator chartridges.
[22:58] <+Jonatan> (well, this went from bad to worse)
[22:59] <@Grendel> ((how many new arrivals?))
[22:59] * +Mira_Atella keeps her position while the information is being gathered.
[22:59] <@BradGM> ((Including Barg, 7))
[23:01] * @Grendel alerts the group to the new arrivals and the weaponry being employed.
[23:01] * +Jonatan relays that information to the arbite strike squad
[23:01] <+Mira_Atella> "Lovely.. We really can't just walk up to the front door."
[23:02] <+Lyra> "It seems that our targets need to be exposed to the Emperor's Light." Lyra will set her case on the ground, opening it to reveal a plasma gun
[23:03] <@BradGM> ((you're in the streets btw..))
[23:04] <+Lyra> ((thought most of us were out of line of sight?))
[23:05] <@BradGM> ((yeah but the streets are not deserted.))
[23:06] * @Grendel continues to move up, gathering data, attempting to plot the location of each of the gangers and guards.
[23:06] <@BradGM> ((since oyu roleld well and all))
[23:07] <@BradGM> you detect a dozen inside, 4 on roofs near-by, 2 north, 2 south, while there's another 8 outside, 4 up front, 4 patrolling around the buildings in groups of 2
[23:08] <@BradGM> Barg and his 6 bodyguards are coming from the south, and you see them patrially as they move in view form the 4 way and enters the building.
[23:09] * @Grendel relays the locations to the group, moving off to the side where he won't be noticed as much. @@How long until the additional forces arrive?@@
[23:09] <@Grendel> ((oh hell, for some odd reason I thought both targets had arrived. We're still waiting for one aren't we))
[23:10] <@BradGM> ((yeah Gallus and cie))
[23:10] <+Jonatan> "Did any of us bring any exploives? If we can cut a portion of their forces in one blow it will be easier for our forces"
[23:10] * +Mira_Atella looks to Grendel, "If anyone brought grenades, it's likely you."
[23:11] <@BradGM> ((I think Lyra got something for that..worse case, plasma gun's a nice door maker))
[23:11] <@Grendel> "A Single Krak grenade."
[23:11] <+Jonatan> "Did you expect a tank?"
[23:12] <+Lyra> "The Emperor's Light is most useful for illumanting large numbers of the unfaithful."
[23:13] <@Grendel> "They have proven useful against Gallus before."
[23:15] * @Grendel attempts to determine the pattern of the Plasma gun as he attempts to blend in, keeping a watch on his internal auspex.
[23:16] <+Lyra> ((it generates an Ominnnuuusssss huuuuuuuummmmm when active : ) ))
[23:16] * +Jonatan nods "Then I concede the point, you have more experience with this enemy than I"
[23:18] <+Mira_Atella> "Do we know when the others are arriving to assist us?"
[23:19] <@Grendel> "Should we call them in before Gallus arrives? They may alert him."
[23:19] <+Jonatan> "The strike squad is on close stand by, but it might be 10 minutes before they arrive once the signal goes out"
[23:20] <+Mira_Atella> "It depends on how long it will take them to reach us."
[23:21] <@BradGM> Grendel, Roll tech-Use+20
[23:21] <+Jonatan> (actually, what's the armament of the strike squad anyway?)
[23:22] <@BradGM> ((Rhino, the ususla arbites kit, shotgun, arbites carapce, assualt shiled wiht that nothc in which you cna fire a basic wepaon one hand))
[23:22] <+Jonatan> ((Any special/weavy weapons?))
[23:23] <+Mira_Atella> "We'll need them here as quickly as possible when we know that he has arrived. They could move closer without causing a disturbance to cut down on that 10 minutes."
[23:23] <@Grendel> !dhroll 103
[23:23] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 23 Success by 8 degrees!
[23:24] <@Grendel> "If he has another one of those devices, capturing him may be an issue."
[23:24] <@BradGM> ((The rhino would have a twin linked bolter on it, and a dozer blade for ramming inot building and making doors))
[23:25] <+Jonatan> "Understood" Jon said, then relayed the order
[23:25] <+Mira_Atella> "As do I." Taps at the belt, even with it being covered under the makeshift clothing.
[23:25] <@BradGM> ((one of the arbites should have whatever special wepaon you tohught they would reuqire, either grenade launcher or ehavy stubber))
[23:26] <@BradGM> Grendle, you sudddnely detect a large energy signature appreaing almost form thin air from wihtin the building, on the second floor. You suddnely detect a dozen additionnal life signs, and some strnge energy readings. Xeno energy readings.
[23:26] <+Jonatan> ((grenade launcher))
[23:27] <@Grendel> "I believe Gallus has arrived. Teleportation perhaps."
[23:27] <@BradGM> ((you can roll forb lore Xeno to try and Id the energy signature))
[23:27] * @Grendel frowns and studies the xenos energy signature, seeing if her recognize it.
[23:27] <@Grendel> !dhroll 53
[23:27] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 47 Success by 0 degrees!
[23:28] <+Jonatan> "If they can teleport in, how can we stop him from simply doing the same to excape?"
[23:28] <+Lyra> "Maim him so he cannot concentrate due to pain?"
[23:28] <@BradGM> You detect it as an energy pattern found in Eldar technology; hard to say what it is exactly, but it is not more blets as Mira's.
[23:29] <@BradGM> ((Rememeber that Naval forces are to board the Galland, and if the teleportarium isn,t working, he can't really escape.))
[23:29] <@Grendel> "We may be able to stop him before he can teleport. The rituals required are complex."
[23:30] <@BradGM> ((btw..anyone got some sort of shotgun mic?))
[23:30] <@Grendel> "There seems to be another piece of xenos technology that arrived with Gallus."
[23:30] <@Grendel> ((not I))
[23:30] <+Jonatan> ((I have a shotgun, what do you mean by "mic"))
[23:30] <+Mira_Atella> "Gallus should not be left alive if you have the chance to attack him. He won't give you another, especially if it is another machine in his place."
[23:32] <@BradGM> ((a shotgun microphone, to listne inot conversationf orma distance))
[23:33] <@BradGM> The Eldar energy reasing are actually numerous, small, but numerous
[23:33] <+Jonatan> (ah, no)
[23:33] <@BradGM> Grendel, suddnely, you detect that the white noise generator has been activated.
[23:33] * @Grendel frowns as the auspex updates. "Multiple signatures. I suggest we order the reinforcements to arrive and the attacks to start."
[23:34] <@BradGM> ((Aaand let's stop it here for tongiht))
[23:34] <+Mira_Atella> (( okie dokie ))
[23:34] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++ The Hive Knight: Under an Adamantium Sky+++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++Thought of the Day: Conquer the Galaxy; Not for Yourself, but For The Emperor+++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++Location: Unknown Sewer pipe, Sector 6, Hive Sibellus; Scintilla+++
[20:29] <@BradGM> +++2115Hours- Sibellus Time+++
[20:30] <@BradGM> +++ After gathering their gear and filling paperwork, Mockingbird and Jonatan proceeded to track down Bowels, the Ratskin merchant and guide, which according to Bradon, is actually having a boom in his gloom haunt protection pot business.
[20:30] <@BradGM> It took a couple of hours of legwork to find the Underhiver making business in an area called Rusty Meadows, located in the heart of an ancient manufactorium long ago isolated from the industrial heart of the Hive City. After paying a few hundred Thrones to the Ratskin, he managed to give his ‘expert’ opinion on the matter and narrows down the meeting place to an almost certainty:Toxic Falls.
[20:30] <@BradGM> A hive gang, called the Roaders, have been in a powerful position for longer than usual, having received anonymous support from a rich patron in the form of weapons, armours and gear.
[20:30] <@BradGM> . After horrid negotiations to get local disguises form Bowels, Jonatan shook down his own snitches, which confirmed that a the roaders are paid by Bard, that an important meeting is to happen soon in Toxic Falls, and even that the nigh-untouchable “legitimate businessman†Earnest Barg is even rumoured to be present himself.
[20:30] <@BradGM> . Mockingbird is to go to Toxic Falls, While Falcon and the Arbites stalking the other possible rendez-vous locations.+++
[20:30] <@BradGM> ++++++++End Transmission++++++++
[20:32] * @Grendel considers the time before making a plan for his spare time. For once his requisition list is non-existant, not having seen the need for a lascutter.
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( are we still with Braden? ))
[20:33] <@BradGM> ((well, if you need gear, go ahead: now you're waiting in the sewer pipe for Bowels to show up))
[20:33] <+Mira_Atella> (( ah, no I'm good on stuff, just wanted to check ))
[20:34] <@BradGM> ((Since you dind't seems to know what to do for the remaining 22 hours))
[20:34] <@BradGM> ((Jon, you're good as well?))
[20:35] <+Jonatan> (yeah)
[20:37] <@BradGM> After waiting in the filthiest sewer pipe of the sector, You can hear movment in the distance. You hide quickly, but you saw that it is only Bowels dragging a large bag on his shoulder; your diguises no doutb, and a few pots as well by the sound of it.
[20:37] <@BradGM> Bowels "Hey over here!"
[20:37] * +Mira_Atella steps out from hiding and walks to him.
[20:37] <+Jonatan> As the mission came closer to the hammer strike, Jonatan is readying himself down the the smallest detail. He now had a servo hunter in hand as he followed the other into the sewers, double checking it's mechanisms before turning to the Inquisitor's men "Is there a partiular way to idintify our suspects? Scars, a way they walk?"
[20:38] <@BradGM> He waves at you from down the drain.
[20:39] * +Lyra is resting her hands on the large case she carries with her
[20:40] * @Grendel moves towards Bowels, absently considering reconsecration rituals to purify his augmentics after staying here for so long.
[20:40] <@BradGM> In a slightly larger section of the sewer, Bowels is busy getting out his disguises, nothing more than massed rags stitched together in a rather crude way with something that had no liking to any form of rope you can identify. Smeely greasy and digusting, those will envertheless help you blend in more with the underhive community.
[20:41] <@BradGM> Bowels "I even brought my best pot for yer' heads. I'd hate to see good paying cusotmers gets hat'd."
[20:42] * +Jonatan frowns at the set of disguies the underhivers had brought, but he always knew undercover work was never pretty
[20:42] <@BradGM> ((dislexsia is going'on tonight..))
[20:43] <@Grendel> ((Dyslexia is better than random french!))
[20:43] * @Grendel considers the clothing and looks for a set that could be worn over his bulk and armor.
[20:44] * +Lyra will go for an outfit befitting an Underhiver low-born woman
[20:44] * +Mira_Atella removes the pot from her bag that she brought along, "I prepared a bit."
[20:45] * +Mira_Atella takes to the "clothes" and picks out a suitable collection of rags.
[20:45] <@BradGM> ((French is High Gothic, remember that))
[20:45] <@BradGM> Roll disguises: I think most of you got it, so you can all add a +20 as you heal each other out
[20:46] <+Lyra> !dhroll 52
[20:46] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 100 Failure by 4 degrees!
[20:46] <+Jonatan> '/me isn't particularly picky and mearly grabs what looks the least dirty
[20:46] <+Lyra> ....wow
[20:47] <+Mira_Atella> (( Do I get the +10 for my disguise kit too? ))
[20:47] * +Lyra scowls as the costume doesn't have hiding places for her pistols or blades
[20:47] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 43
[20:47] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 97 Failure by 5 degrees!
[20:47] <+Jonatan> (oh shit)
[20:47] <@Grendel> !perc 29
[20:47] <@Grendel> !dhroll 29
[20:47] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 20 Success by 0 degrees!
[20:48] <@BradGM> ((Mira: yes if you use it))
[20:48] * @Grendel shows his experience with the cloak and dagger side of the Inquisition as he picks and chooses his rags carefully.
[20:48] <@BradGM> Jon puts a few rags here and there, barely hiding the fact that he's an arbitrator; not removing his hemlet dind't help his case as well
[20:48] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 81 w/ disguise kit
[20:48] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 100 Failure by 1 degree!
[20:48] <@BradGM> ((oh snap!))
[20:49] <+Mira_Atella> (( ....... fate ))
[20:49] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 81
[20:49] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 13 Success by 6 degrees!
[20:49] <+Lyra> ((fate point))
[20:49] <+Lyra> !dhroll 52
[20:49] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 40 Success by 1 degree!
[20:49] <@BradGM> ((Btw guys, your fate points regenerate every session))
[20:49] <@BradGM> ((So Jon you can roll again))
[20:50] <+Jonatan> (rerolling, also forget the +20)
[20:50] <+Jonatan> !dh63
[20:50] <@BradGM> ((oh..well in this case, re-roll but don't use you fate))
[20:50] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 64
[20:50] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 44 Success by 2 degrees!
[20:51] <+Mira_Atella> (( *in a mocking Brad's voice* DiceServitor is the nice one ))
[20:52] <@BradGM> It takes a few minutes and you all look like dirty rotten Underhivers. Grendel's size make him stand apart a little, but the rest of you are 'decent' enough to make him blend in. Mira hersel looks as horrid as Bowels, with crooked teeth, dirty hair and a few boils for good measures; you almost tohught she was a niative.
[20:52] <@BradGM> ((yak yak yak))
[20:53] <+Jonatan> "If anyone asks, he's a ogryn" Jonatan points to Grendel
[20:53] <@BradGM> Bowels distribute the pots and begins the march down to Toxic Falls.
[20:53] * +Mira_Atella places her pot on her head and falls in line behind Bowels.
[20:54] <@BradGM> ((now for the fun part...possible rnadom encounters!))
[20:54] <+Jonatan> (we do have our guns, right?
[20:54] <@BradGM> Someone rolls 1d100: 60+ there's something.
[20:54] <@BradGM> ((only if you brought them))
[20:54] <@Grendel> ((of course :) ))
[20:55] <@BradGM> ((the rolls also mean you dirty them up, or at least gave them a more underhive look to them))
[20:55] * @Grendel trudges after Bowels, making no response to the Ogryn comment. Though it might work.
[20:55] <+Lyra> !roll 1d100
[20:55] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 44
[20:56] * +Jonatan keeps to pace, trying his best to hide his kit under the rags
[20:56] <@BradGM> You move downwards passed the Great Wall and enters the Underhive; Bowels takes a few odd turns, trying to find a more secluded way down. It worked until then.
[20:56] <@BradGM> Another person rolls
[20:56] <+Jonatan> !roll 1d100
[20:56] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 14
[20:57] <@BradGM> You enters the large open ground where the hive base touches the ground of Scintilla. There is a slight bleach like scent coming form the large oepning giving out into the wasteland.
[20:58] <@BradGM> Dr. Joss "Falcon to Mokcingbird. Come in Mockingbird."
[20:58] <@BradGM> ((oh sorry I meant))
[20:58] <+Mira_Atella> @@ Go ahead @@
[20:58] <@BradGM> ((yeah the @@))
[20:59] <@BradGM> Joss @@Grandpa bought a drowning baby. The Pire is made of silk. over.@@
[20:59] <@BradGM> roll secret tongue Ordo Xeno!
[20:59] <@Grendel> !dhroll 53
[20:59] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 61 Failure by 0 degrees!
[20:59] <@Grendel> ((Brb))
[21:00] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 35
[21:00] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 60 Failure by 2 degrees!
[21:00] <+Lyra> !dhroll 33
[21:00] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 56 Failure by 2 degrees!
[21:01] <@Grendel> ((Fate I suppose))
[21:01] <@Grendel> !dhroll 53
[21:01] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 35 Success by 1 degree!
[21:01] <@BradGM> Barg and his croonies just left his upper hive mansion and are moving down into the Hive
[21:02] * @Grendel analyzes the expressions on his companion's faces and enunciates this clearly, before responding to Dr.Joss in the same tongue.
[21:03] <@BradGM> Joss @@Got that chicken soup. Will order the trash to be picked at midngiht. Over and out.@@
[21:04] <@BradGM> You carefully move inot the open area, as chem dust blows all around. Bowels keeps a keen eye up for any Gloom Haunts.
[21:04] <+Jonatan> There is no emoticon to show just how confused Jon is
[21:04] <@BradGM> Roll 1d100: this time it's 75+
[21:04] <@BradGM> sorry, I mean 45+
[21:04] <@Grendel> !roll 1d100
[21:04] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 13
[21:05] * @Grendel continues on, the respirator hidden beneath the rags allowing him to breath without worry.
[21:06] <@BradGM> Bowels' reputation as a guide and hive fauna expert is prrove dto you as you easely evade a few Skavies eating up some poor headless sap. The canibals didn,t even turn around and made any sign that they even heard you or smelled you
[21:06] <@BradGM> ((damn pretty slick way down I,d reckon))
[21:06] * +Lyra keeps her hands from opening the case
[21:06] <@BradGM> You enter the series of piping leading to Toxic Falls.
[21:07] <@BradGM> Last roll beofre arriving, this thime is also 60+
[21:07] <+Mira_Atella> !roll 1d100
[21:07] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 40
[21:09] <@BradGM> Bowels stops at a pipe opening and puts his ear dwon on the cold, rusty metla. "Oh, pipe spiders's a-comin' better go taht way.." It lengthen your trip of 10-15 minutes but you finally see the green, radiating glowing lights of the manufactorium chemicals discharges that gives Toxic Falls it's monkier.
[21:10] * @Grendel takes a few moments to study the piping and any machinery as the group continues to trudge towards Toxic Falls.
[21:10] <+Jonatan> (toxic falls sounds like an awesome drink)
[21:10] <@BradGM> Grendle, you recall the place being slightly better looking (relatively speaking) that last time you visited it a year ago.
[21:11] * +Jonatan takes a respriator from his belt and puts it on as they near the toxic chems
[21:11] * +Lyra does likewise
[21:12] <@BradGM> Oh, it is not that toxic, expcet if you hang in the mist near the falls, or take a swim
[21:13] * @Grendel studies the area. "It seems to have degraded since we were last present."
[21:13] * +Mira_Atella takes a look at the glowing waste, "I can't imagine why..."
[21:14] <@BradGM> you notice that there are slight mutations within the population; nothing too horrid; extra fingers, hunchbacks, maybe what might have been an extra hand at one time. There is also a few Ratskins, who appears to nod to Bowels as you walk pass them.
[21:15] <@BradGM> ((his homies..or well, his hivies))
[21:15] <+Mira_Atella> (( ... ouch. Bad Brad, bad ))
[21:16] * @Grendel continues on, cataloging everything.
[21:16] <@BradGM> ((hahah, I jsut realized it))
[21:17] <@BradGM> You walk down what looks like a grey muddy streets when Bowels goes raher close to Mira's ear that you can feel the warm of his smelly breath. "Gonna come to a 4 way soon, look at the right, just don't amkek it too obvious."
[21:18] <@BradGM> ((*gray mud covered streets..sounds better))
[21:18] * +Mira_Atella nods.
[21:19] <@BradGM> As you pass the 4 way and keep walking straight, you cna roll awarness visual, -20 to be discreed about it
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((I guess mira informs you guys..if so you can roll as well))
[21:19] <+Lyra> ((Heightened Senses adds +10, right?)
[21:19] <@BradGM> ((yup ))
[21:20] <+Lyra> !dhroll 22
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Lyra: 78 Failure by 5 degrees!
[21:20] <+Lyra> ((getting the high rolls out of the way))
[21:20] <@Grendel> !dhroll 40
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 30 Success by 1 degree!
[21:20] <@BradGM> Grendel, you cna also roll tech-use afterward for additionnal info
[21:20] <+Mira_Atella> !dhroll 39
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Mira_Atella: 9 Success by 3 degrees!
[21:20] <+Jonatan> (being discrete)
[21:20] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 30
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 23 Success by 0 degrees!
[21:20] <+Lyra> ((I was being discrete. Just failed to see anything))
[21:20] <@Grendel> !dhroll 83 (Tech-Use. And was discrete on the Awareness roll))
[21:20] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 11 Success by 7 degrees!
[21:21] <@BradGM> ((holy crap))
[21:21] <+Jonatan> ((He sees EVERYTHING))
[21:22] <@Grendel> ((nah. That was the tech use roll. My perception roll was only a 30 :) ))
[21:23] <+Mira_Atella> (( Glad that worked, I didn't have the magnoculars on ))
[21:24] <@BradGM> As you walk pass the 4 way, you can see that the road open up into a large opening where 3 Story building is: Grendel, you recall the building as the Spark-Faced Mutant, even more derelict than it was a year ago; signs of heavy gunfighting and even a fire reduced the building inot a shadow of it's former glory, with part of the neon signs remaining. it is about 35-40 metes down the road. They are a dozen or so gnag memebers, all armed with rather good quality weapons, mostly autoguns, but you see a few alsguns as well...cont
[21:26] * +Mira_Atella speaks barely above a whisper, "I suggest we don't stop moving until we're out of their sight."
[21:27] * +Jonatan nods slowly in agreement
[21:28] * Drigo (~Gloomster@108-220-138-129.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Shadowrun
[21:28] * +Lyra doesn't seem to react, but keeps moving
[21:28] * @Grendel starts making notes of everything he sees, curious as to where the weapons are coming from.
[21:28] <@BradGM> ...Mira can spot a few on the nearby roof overwatching the approach. Grendel, while your eyes were weak, The Omnissiah rewarded your piousy, as you detected a weakly secured, but secured nonetheless vox frequency. All of the gangers visible have flak armour, at least a flak vest, and there is another dozen gang memebers within the burned out buildings. You also detect explosives on most of them, grenades no doutb, along side what you know as photo-visors every other ganger. You also detect what is a white noise generator within the building, and the damage outside is but an illusion: the building has been rehenforced wiht flak boards.
[21:29] <@BradGM> ((Curse you Tech-Priest!))
[21:31] <@BradGM> you walk pass the 4 way and are out of sight, but still on the streets
[21:31] * @Grendel relays the information to the group in short, terse comments. "Is it possible that that is where the meeting will take place?"
[21:32] <+Mira_Atella> "I'm going with yes. I take it that's not a normal scene around here, Bowels?"
[21:35] <@BradGM> Bowels "Well, last gang got shot up by the Roaders, they took over thier place, which is pretty muhc the safest palce in this town."
[21:35] * @Grendel looks for a place out of the way to pause for a moment. "I am going to try to decrypt their vox transmissions."
[21:36] <+Lyra> "If we need to gain entrance, I am sure the Emperor's Light will assist us."
[21:37] <@BradGM> ((Anyone got a Vox-caster?))
[21:38] <@Grendel> ((Of course!))
[21:38] <@BradGM> Bowels "I know where we'll be safe for a while, follow me."
[21:38] <@BradGM> ((curses!))
[21:38] <+Mira_Atella> (( afk for 5, oven is dinging at me ))
[21:39] * @Grendel follows Bowels as he considers the implications of the gang's armor, weaponry and technical abilities.
[21:39] <@BradGM> He takes you almost ot the limit fo toxic Falls, where a large tent like uilding is set-up, he enters like it's a barn "Hey everyone!" Inside, you see a small group of Ratskins around asmall fire, cooking what appears to be a large rat.
[21:40] <@BradGM> A Ratskin with a large Rat skull on its head rise up "Bowels! You have returned! How was the business in Rusty Meadows?"
[21:41] <@BradGM> Bowels "Not to well Elder, until my friends here came, we will be able to afford protection this month."
[21:41] * +Jonatan scans for any entry point for the arbite strike team
[21:41] <@BradGM> Roll awanress visual Jon
[21:42] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 50
[21:42] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 80 Failure by 3 degrees!
[21:42] <+Jonatan> (fate)
[21:42] <@BradGM> Elder "Blessing of the Hive Spirit on you Bowels-Friends. Join us in eating the Rat-Food brought to us by It."
[21:42] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 50
[21:42] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 61 Failure by 1 degree!
[21:43] <@BradGM> Jon, your lack of familiary with the local area makes it ahrd to spin point a suitable entry point.
[21:43] <@BradGM> THe RAtskin invites you inside thier tent, where the floor is littered with small bones, feces and the occsionnal large insect.
[21:43] * @Grendel removes the vox-caster from his back, connecting the device to his electro-graft ports, beginning to scam the frequencies.
[21:44] <@BradGM> roll tech-use -10 Grendel, don't forget to add the vox caster's +20 as well.
[21:46] <@Grendel> !dhroll 99
[21:46] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 55 Success by 4 degrees!
[21:46] <+Mira_Atella> (( back ))
[21:46] <@Grendel> ((wb. Grendel's rolled 2 tEch-Use tests and I haven't set anythign on fire yet!))
[21:47] <@BradGM> ((I got to check Dice Servitor's program..))
[21:48] <@Grendel> ((heh))
[21:48] <@BradGM> it takes you 5-10 minutes to isolate and crack the weak encryption of the frequency; deep into the underhive, where the aRbitrators don't trek much, such security appears to be there simply to be there.
[21:49] <@BradGM> meanwhile the rest of you are brought in and sit down around the cooking rrat on the brooch over the chemical fire.
[21:50] * +Mira_Atella surveys the inside of the tent while Grendel works.
[21:51] * @Grendel runs the algorithms through the electrografts into the vox-caster as he cracks the code, setting the vox-caster to receive, listening to the frequency.
[21:52] <@BradGM> Mira, it appears your disguises either come from here, or fomr another Ratskin community somewhere else. It seems you may we wearing badly made hive rat leather.
[21:55] <@BradGM> The Vox is braodcasting what seems to be some underhiver Rock, with little talk, apart fomr normal gnager blanther for the moment
[21:56] * @Grendel considers if it would be possible to jam the signal if necessary.
[21:56] <@Grendel> (Brb))
[21:56] <@BradGM> You would be able to yes.
[21:59] <@BradGM> It takes another 15-20 minutes of listneing in, before a more autoritarian voice comes to bear "Ok, stop frakking aorund, Boss' is coming."
[22:00] <+Mira_Atella> (( People's language skills are terrifying sometimes.. On TV this woman just said "I never get nothing" ))
[22:00] <@BradGM> ((heh..you should see my French))
[22:01] <+Mira_Atella> (( Considering I'd understand all of 10 words, I wouldn't know the difference heh ))
[22:02] <@BradGM> The music stops on the vox while a few voices come in "North side's good." "South side got a few bums, gimme a minute."
[22:02] <+Mira_Atella> (( Though I imagine it isn't any worse than my Italian ))
[22:03] <@BradGM> You can ehar a few gunsoths in the distance @@South side's clean.@@
[22:04] <+Jonatan> ((I don't think I'm getting any use out of ciphers (underworld) today :P))
[22:04] * Drigo (~Gloomster@108-220-138-129.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:05] * +Mira_Atella looks to Bowels, "I hope this place is as safe as you think."
[22:06] <@BradGM> ((WEll, they think they got the vox secure, so why obhter wiht code and such at the time.))
[22:07] <@Grendel> ((Back, sorry))
[22:08] <@BradGM> Bowels "Well, with the guns they got and the protection they run, safer than my pocket."
[22:08] * @Grendel stands and heads back to the group. "Their communications have been compromised. I will be able to jam if need be. They have stated that the Boss is coming. Perhaps it is time to start observing?"
[22:09] * +Jonatan nods in agreement, and takes out the servo-hunter he took with him
[22:12] <@BradGM> ((Did you set it up for silent spotting, or doe sit do as the book says it does?))
[22:13] <+Mira_Atella> (( mwahahahaha it worked. I put some jack daniels bbq sauce on bacon and baked it for my BLT's nom nom nom ))
[22:13] * @Grendel glances towards the servo-hunter, examining it closely with his mechadendrite as he begins to formulate a plan, calculating how long it will take the other groups to arrive once the primary targets are spotted.
[22:13] <+Mira_Atella> "I wouldn't jam it until it is neccessary, they'd likely be alerted when it happens and their defenses will be bolstered."
[22:13] * @Grendel nods. "Of course."
[22:14] <@Grendel> 'I am simply stating that it would be possible if needed."
[22:14] * +Mira_Atella nods.
[22:14] <+Jonatan> ((this one signals via the microbead))
[22:14] <@BradGM> ((ok))
[22:15] <+Jonatan> ((because a litteral alarm would be dumb as all get out))
[22:16] <@BradGM> ((yeah I was jsut amking sure))
[22:16] * +Jonatan gives the servo skull the instruction for long range silent seeking, then looking toward the techpriest
[22:17] <+Jonatan> "any advise?"
[22:17] <+Lyra> "Do we require the building intact?"
[22:17] <@Grendel> "We require the targets alive."
[22:18] <@Grendel> "No advice. Say the proper rites and rituals."
[22:18] <+Lyra> "Those are not mutually exclusive conditions. If the building is rendered unstable, would the targets not flee, lacking faith in the Emperor's beneficence?"
[22:19] <@Grendel> "I never said it was. I simply started what we required."
[22:20] * +Jonatan nods, looking down to the servo skull and speaks the prayers of activation before leaving the tent to release it in the darkest alley way he could find nearby
[22:20] <@BradGM> ((I suppose you would have Barg's ID within the skull))
[22:21] <+Jonatan> ((Yes)
[22:21] <@Grendel> "If the building is rendered unstable, may it not collapse on the targets? Can you guarantee their safety?"
[22:22] <+Lyra> "Nothing is guaranteed save the Emperor's eventual triumph. But they will have warning before the building collapses."
[22:23] <@Grendel> "Our mission is to capture them."
[22:24] <@BradGM> Roll concealment and awanress visual for your skull Jon
[22:25] * +Mira_Atella leans back a bit, remaining quiet during the discussion, but smirking all the same at the humor she finds in it.
[22:26] <@Grendel> "How would you render teh building unstable?"
[22:26] <+Jonatan> (Well crap, i'm rolling 16 for concealment, way as well not bother)
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((or well, what is it..silent move then?))
[22:27] <@Grendel> ((never know))
[22:27] <@Grendel> ((is the bonus for size factored in?))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((either silent mvoe or conceal, whichever is higher..I suppose it must have one of them))
[22:27] <@BradGM> ((ogf course))
[22:28] <@BradGM> ((I'll give you a +20 as it can fluy high and since it's in silent mode, no need ot be inches fomr the target))
[22:28] <+Lyra> "With the Emperor's Light, of course."
[22:28] * +Lyra gestures to the case at her feet
[22:29] <+Jonatan> (my silent move stat or the servo's silent move?)
[22:30] <@Grendel> "I am sure the Omnissiah will provide, and can provide in many ways."
[22:30] <@BradGM> ((the skull's as he,s the one doing the scanning and all))
[22:31] <+Jonatan> ((oh, well then then I'm the a stupid bloke))
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((oh%))
[22:31] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 80
[22:31] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 54 Success by 2 degrees!
[22:31] <@BradGM> ((don't tell me it dones't have either skills?))
[22:32] <+Jonatan> ((No, got it because it does have silent move, I thought you mean test my conceal skill))
[22:32] <@BradGM> ((oh hahaha))
[22:32] <@BradGM> ((roll it's awareness as well, visual))
[22:33] <+Jonatan> ((it starts with Ag 50 and +10 to move silent, plus whatever for being size (puny)
[22:35] <@BradGM> ((In the mean time, you guys can position yourselves to stake-out the palce.))
[22:36] <@Grendel> "I suggest Mira leads while I will stay out of sight."
[22:37] * +Mira_Atella looks oddly at him, "You want to be the stealthy one?"
[22:39] <@BradGM> ((Jon: roll for your skull))
[22:41] <+Jonatan> (i did)
[22:41] <@BradGM> ((I meant awareness to spot Barg))
[22:41] <+Jonatan> !dhroll 55
[22:41] <+DiceServitor> Jonatan: 3 Success by 5 degrees!
[22:41] * @Grendel frowns beneath the respirator. "You are the stealthy one? It seems it is better for you to be in front while I am in the back where I am less likely to be noticed?"
[22:42] <+Mira_Atella> (( it sounded like you wanted her to just walk along and you hide lol that's how I read it ))
[22:42] <+Mira_Atella> "Yes, that will be best."
[22:43] <@BradGM> Jon, while you discuss who does what where, you get a buzz on your own vox connection. Your skull has detected Barg wihtin the search location.
[22:43] <@BradGM> ((he even knows what type of underwear he'S got with that roll))
[22:44] <+Jonatan> ((it thankfully is unable to speak, only scream internally))
[22:44] <@BradGM> ((directly into your ear))
[22:45] <+Jonatan> "Whatever plan you're going to come up with it should be soon, for out suspect is here"
[22:45] <@BradGM> (llosing your hearing for the Emperor))
[22:47] * +Mira_Atella stands from where she had placed herself and starts to dust herself off, realizing it would be a fruitless endeavor and instead walks towards the exit of the tent.
[22:47] * @Grendel nods and starts to head towards the 4 way again, moving slowly, engaging his auspex and keeping a eye out for gangers ,while listening to the vox.
[22:48] * +Lyra will shoulder her case and follow the others
[22:51] <@Grendel> "Which target arrived?"
[22:52] <+Jonatan> "Barg"
[22:53] <@BradGM> The gangers appears to be a bit more spreaded out, those inside are still inside. You cen detect another group arriving wihtin your aupex scan; but instead of flak, it appears they are armoured wiht mesh, and packing something a bit more tehcnical than mere solid projectile weaponry.
[22:53] * @Grendel lets Falcon know that one of the targets has arrived.
[22:54] * @Grendel focuses on the weaponry, curious.
[22:55] <@BradGM> roll tech-use
[22:56] <@Grendel> ((any bonus for hte auspex?))
[22:56] <@BradGM> ((only your standrd one, if any))
[22:56] <@Grendel> !dhroll 83
[22:56] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 41 Success by 4 degrees!
[22:58] <@BradGM> You detect the highly potent and rather characteristic chemical mixture found in bolt shells. you also detect a little quantities of promethium; possible they have exterminator chartridges.
[22:58] <+Jonatan> (well, this went from bad to worse)
[22:59] <@Grendel> ((how many new arrivals?))
[22:59] * +Mira_Atella keeps her position while the information is being gathered.
[22:59] <@BradGM> ((Including Barg, 7))
[23:01] * @Grendel alerts the group to the new arrivals and the weaponry being employed.
[23:01] * +Jonatan relays that information to the arbite strike squad
[23:01] <+Mira_Atella> "Lovely.. We really can't just walk up to the front door."
[23:02] <+Lyra> "It seems that our targets need to be exposed to the Emperor's Light." Lyra will set her case on the ground, opening it to reveal a plasma gun
[23:03] <@BradGM> ((you're in the streets btw..))
[23:04] <+Lyra> ((thought most of us were out of line of sight?))
[23:05] <@BradGM> ((yeah but the streets are not deserted.))
[23:06] * @Grendel continues to move up, gathering data, attempting to plot the location of each of the gangers and guards.
[23:06] <@BradGM> ((since oyu roleld well and all))
[23:07] <@BradGM> you detect a dozen inside, 4 on roofs near-by, 2 north, 2 south, while there's another 8 outside, 4 up front, 4 patrolling around the buildings in groups of 2
[23:08] <@BradGM> Barg and his 6 bodyguards are coming from the south, and you see them patrially as they move in view form the 4 way and enters the building.
[23:09] * @Grendel relays the locations to the group, moving off to the side where he won't be noticed as much. @@How long until the additional forces arrive?@@
[23:09] <@Grendel> ((oh hell, for some odd reason I thought both targets had arrived. We're still waiting for one aren't we))
[23:10] <@BradGM> ((yeah Gallus and cie))
[23:10] <+Jonatan> "Did any of us bring any exploives? If we can cut a portion of their forces in one blow it will be easier for our forces"
[23:10] * +Mira_Atella looks to Grendel, "If anyone brought grenades, it's likely you."
[23:11] <@BradGM> ((I think Lyra got something for that..worse case, plasma gun's a nice door maker))
[23:11] <@Grendel> "A Single Krak grenade."
[23:11] <+Jonatan> "Did you expect a tank?"
[23:12] <+Lyra> "The Emperor's Light is most useful for illumanting large numbers of the unfaithful."
[23:13] <@Grendel> "They have proven useful against Gallus before."
[23:15] * @Grendel attempts to determine the pattern of the Plasma gun as he attempts to blend in, keeping a watch on his internal auspex.
[23:16] <+Lyra> ((it generates an Ominnnuuusssss huuuuuuuummmmm when active : ) ))
[23:16] * +Jonatan nods "Then I concede the point, you have more experience with this enemy than I"
[23:18] <+Mira_Atella> "Do we know when the others are arriving to assist us?"
[23:19] <@Grendel> "Should we call them in before Gallus arrives? They may alert him."
[23:19] <+Jonatan> "The strike squad is on close stand by, but it might be 10 minutes before they arrive once the signal goes out"
[23:20] <+Mira_Atella> "It depends on how long it will take them to reach us."
[23:21] <@BradGM> Grendel, Roll tech-Use+20
[23:21] <+Jonatan> (actually, what's the armament of the strike squad anyway?)
[23:22] <@BradGM> ((Rhino, the ususla arbites kit, shotgun, arbites carapce, assualt shiled wiht that nothc in which you cna fire a basic wepaon one hand))
[23:22] <+Jonatan> ((Any special/weavy weapons?))
[23:23] <+Mira_Atella> "We'll need them here as quickly as possible when we know that he has arrived. They could move closer without causing a disturbance to cut down on that 10 minutes."
[23:23] <@Grendel> !dhroll 103
[23:23] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 23 Success by 8 degrees!
[23:24] <@Grendel> "If he has another one of those devices, capturing him may be an issue."
[23:24] <@BradGM> ((The rhino would have a twin linked bolter on it, and a dozer blade for ramming inot building and making doors))
[23:25] <+Jonatan> "Understood" Jon said, then relayed the order
[23:25] <+Mira_Atella> "As do I." Taps at the belt, even with it being covered under the makeshift clothing.
[23:25] <@BradGM> ((one of the arbites should have whatever special wepaon you tohught they would reuqire, either grenade launcher or ehavy stubber))
[23:26] <@BradGM> Grendle, you sudddnely detect a large energy signature appreaing almost form thin air from wihtin the building, on the second floor. You suddnely detect a dozen additionnal life signs, and some strnge energy readings. Xeno energy readings.
[23:26] <+Jonatan> ((grenade launcher))
[23:27] <@Grendel> "I believe Gallus has arrived. Teleportation perhaps."
[23:27] <@BradGM> ((you can roll forb lore Xeno to try and Id the energy signature))
[23:27] * @Grendel frowns and studies the xenos energy signature, seeing if her recognize it.
[23:27] <@Grendel> !dhroll 53
[23:27] <+DiceServitor> Grendel: 47 Success by 0 degrees!
[23:28] <+Jonatan> "If they can teleport in, how can we stop him from simply doing the same to excape?"
[23:28] <+Lyra> "Maim him so he cannot concentrate due to pain?"
[23:28] <@BradGM> You detect it as an energy pattern found in Eldar technology; hard to say what it is exactly, but it is not more blets as Mira's.
[23:29] <@BradGM> ((Rememeber that Naval forces are to board the Galland, and if the teleportarium isn,t working, he can't really escape.))
[23:29] <@Grendel> "We may be able to stop him before he can teleport. The rituals required are complex."
[23:30] <@BradGM> ((btw..anyone got some sort of shotgun mic?))
[23:30] <@Grendel> "There seems to be another piece of xenos technology that arrived with Gallus."
[23:30] <@Grendel> ((not I))
[23:30] <+Jonatan> ((I have a shotgun, what do you mean by "mic"))
[23:30] <+Mira_Atella> "Gallus should not be left alive if you have the chance to attack him. He won't give you another, especially if it is another machine in his place."
[23:32] <@BradGM> ((a shotgun microphone, to listne inot conversationf orma distance))
[23:33] <@BradGM> The Eldar energy reasing are actually numerous, small, but numerous
[23:33] <+Jonatan> (ah, no)
[23:33] <@BradGM> Grendel, suddnely, you detect that the white noise generator has been activated.
[23:33] * @Grendel frowns as the auspex updates. "Multiple signatures. I suggest we order the reinforcements to arrive and the attacks to start."
[23:34] <@BradGM> ((Aaand let's stop it here for tongiht))
[23:34] <+Mira_Atella> (( okie dokie ))
[23:34] <@BradGM> +++++++Terminate Transmission+++++++