OOC and MIA

[The Bindoner]

I was simply anxious that amongst all the shopping and preparations you don't forget you already own one (with a grav pack to make it weigh 1/10th of usual).

Worth bolting onto a vehicle if you do nothing else with it? Likewise for the literal "pile" of Ma Deuces you've "liberated".

I know we have a PGMP, do we have an AutoGL too?

Is there a post with the Bartizan loot in one place?

I know we got the Air Defense units weapons, and the top floor troopers, some stuff on Flight.....

[Leitz]

Should Jakob head back down to the Rescue scene? Pilgrim seems in good hands, and if she wants to buy him a beer, she's gotten the non-subtle hint.

Noooo, she's relying on Jakob as the "nice bloke" who will save her from the room full of nasty rough mercs!

Interview Gambit #4: Good Cop leaves the Interview Room!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! She'll up the ante, more than just a beer, as Jakob heads out.

Anyway, he'll get back to his business, since folks in the bar seem to be getting along. We can pick up with the blown hole scene if you want.

[Tiglath]

I know we have a PGMP, do we have an AutoGL too?

Is there a post with the Bartizan loot in one place?

You have:

PGMP 12 (from the Cat house)

From the 1188th SNCOs:

TL12 Cbt Armour (AV 10)
TL12 Cbt Armour (AV 10)

TL 10 4cm Auto RAM GL 9/12 (gravitics so 0.9/mags @ 1.2kg ) HE Pen 9
Two spare mags (HE)

9mm ACR u slung GL 4cm He RAM Pen 9

Gausspistol (Navy) +2/+1
Gausspistol (Navy) +2/+1

Grenades: Smoke x6, HE x4

TL14 Grav Belt

Two "Card Decks" - Hearts and Clubs

Voss grabbed an autosnub from somewhere - Foyer shootout I believe.

From the Cat House & Bartizan (used / unsuitable for re-sale)

Armour CES currently being worn by NPCs

.50 cal HMGs (more than you can carry)

TL 11 AA Missile System (busted)

7mm ACRs (multiple) - a few may be "never fired, dropped once!"

Most of this last section has less value either in military or "loot" terms.

[Tiglath]

Anyway, he'll get back to his business, since folks in the bar seem to be getting along. We can pick up with the blown hole scene if you want.

That's now more or less a done deal and can happen "off camera".

There are some proper aid cases in the Purge's general population prison who can be helped - but no excitement to be had. The accommodation floors are also empty. The drugs labs likewise - the vargr emptied them!

[The Bindoner]

Thanks for the list, I've added it to my Armoury file ( which I see has several items we prepped for use on the raid and didn't use. Yet. )

[Tiglath]

That's grand - thanks for all your help managing this.

[The Bindoner]

No trouble, I enjoy it.

Also, its IC - QSM Henker, on duty

I might start channeling CPO Pertwee.... ( Navy Lark )

[Tiglath]

We're clawing our way through "the shopping"!

We're nearly on to "Where shall we go to shoot people?"

[Shrike]

Alright, I am finally in! I'm on GMT-1 but mentally always in EST, currently live and work in West Africa and may be the only person in the world doing pbp CT from here. It's a little after midnight and I just lost power (again) but typically can post from 11am-6pm and then around 8:30pm-1am local time. Traffic is a pain. Look forwards to playing with you all, it's been a fun read.

[joertexas]

I know we have a PGMP, do we have an AutoGL too?

Is there a post with the Bartizan loot in one place?

You have:

PGMP 12 (from the Cat house)

From the 1188th SNCOs:

TL12 Cbt Armour (AV 10)
TL12 Cbt Armour (AV 10)

TL 10 4cm Auto RAM GL 9/12 (gravitics so 0.9/mags @ 1.2kg ) HE Pen 9
Two spare mags (HE)

9mm ACR u slung GL 4cm He RAM Pen 9

Gausspistol (Navy) +2/+1
Gausspistol (Navy) +2/+1

Grenades: Smoke x6, HE x4

TL14 Grav Belt

Two "Card Decks" - Hearts and Clubs

Voss grabbed an autosnub from somewhere - Foyer shootout I believe.

From the Cat House & Bartizan (used / unsuitable for re-sale)

Armour CES currently being worn by NPCs

.50 cal HMGs (more than you can carry)

TL 11 AA Missile System (busted)

7mm ACRs (multiple) - a few may be "never fired, dropped once!"

Most of this last section has less value either in military or "loot" terms.

I thought we had three card decks.

I'd like to keep 3 of the 50s for use on vehicles that can mount them.

[The Bindoner]

The Air/Raft is already rigged to mount one.

Shouldn't take much effort to do the same for the G-Carrier.

That leaves Jess' bike.

[Leitz]

I'd like to keep 3 of the 50s for use on vehicles that can mount them.

Keep in mind, with your current upswing in status, you could put together a second "Training/Cadre" Unit. People would pay to show up and get training. Companies would pay to send their people to you, if you can turn out a good product. In the US, such classes average $200 per day, per student, and last 1-5 days. You could have up to twelve students in a class, and run a two day weekend crash course.

You could also run your own training cadre for the unit, and it would let you recruit from, or at least build a pool of, great students for when a larger ticket comes along. Something to think about during those lulls between contracts, when the water and power bill needs to be paid. Most businesses fail because they are under capitalized, and don't have enough operating funds to last for a few months.

Yeah, if Larry were here he could give a better lay out for you. Whenever I take business classes, or read books, I relate it back to Traveller.

[Tiglath]

I thought we had three card decks.

I'd like to keep 3 of the 50s for use on vehicles that can mount them.

Yes, I was less clear.

On examination you will find you have Harry's "Master Deck" (which lays out as a "template" for certain suits from the subordinate decks) and the Diamonds suit (from Christinanssen's deck), Clubs suit (from Berkley's deck) and Hearts suit (from Thomas' deck). All of which combine together.

Assume you can mount HMGs on all your vehicles and (with mechanic skill) fix the necessary mounts.

[Tiglath]

Keep in mind, with your current upswing in status, you could put together a second "Training/Cadre" Unit.

That is the old Napoleonic model. The (relatively small) British army operated two battalion Regiments. One battalion fought with the other being the "depot/training" battalion feeding replacements to the one in the field.

This "repple depple" would also serve as a defensive garrison (of sorts) for the Bartizan.

[Tiglath]

The Air/Raft is already rigged to mount one.

Shouldn't take much effort to do the same for the G-Carrier.

That leaves Jess' bike.

Emphasis mine above - I suppose you could go wild and "LRDG" it and/or "portee" your Missile Launcher (making any and all weapons de-mountable is not beyond your Mechanical skills).

But surely Jess needs to leave room on her bike for Beau???

However. one fixed forward firing mount is possible (if difficult to imagine working practically).

Grav bikes at 48 KCr allow the same mount (with a bit more credibility) if you want grav vehicle scouts / outriders for your "softskins".

NB In the event of crew casualties I'm applying the spare/overkill penetration against the personal armour of the crew. So even your partially armoured G carrier plus combat armour gives your guys a reasonable chance against RPG/LAW.

[joertexas]

On examination you will find you have Harry's "Master Deck" (which lays out as a "template" for certain suits from the subordinate decks) and the Diamonds suit (from Christinanssen's deck), Clubs suit (from Berkley's deck) and Hearts suit (from Thomas' deck). All of which combine together.

So, we're missing the Spades deck?

[Tiglath]

Yes or more accurately (or pedantically! ) the deck with the spades in it.

Frank and Erica worked out that each subordinate deck has one suit that appears to be "enhanced" slightly. You need to lay these on top of Harry's deck (matched suit to suit) for the "magic" to happen.

[The Bindoner]

So, accommodations.

If we're hiring, where do we put people?

We have rented a building for our troopers to live in near the Cat House. I believe Jess has a keeping tabs on the lads/“taking a break from the Cats” room there too.

How much room is there there?

Now we have the Bartizan.

How much of the Bartizan is habitable, as in how many people can live there comfortably right now? What's the time and cost to make more habitable?

Also, if we're going to run the place as a business we need to get the cops out of Flight Ops, repair it and hire a crew..... ( And fix the AD on the roof and crew that. Jess'll be busy on the recruiting front. )

We had rooms at Cat House. I assume that as we are still contracted to Yugure we still have those, for PCs.

Jess has an intriguingly complex attitude to the Cat House. She is opposed to the Aslan presence in human space, and thinks they are dangerous sophonts who killed her friends and nearly got her twice too. She also respects them as good warriors with a code of honour. She thinks she ought to keep close because she is honour-bound to Yugure, but also by staying close she can get advanced notice of an Aslan threat to human space...

Then there's Polly. Jess feels responsible for her ending up there and wants to keep an eye on her too.

But surely Jess needs to leave room on her bike for Beau???

However. one fixed forward firing mount is possible (if difficult to imagine working practically).

Stop trying to make Jess and Beau a thing.

Even the Mad Max series didn't find a way to put a .50 on a bike ( though Car Wars did )

Keep in mind, with your current upswing in status, you could put together a second "Training/Cadre" Unit. People would pay to show up and get training. Companies would pay to send their people to you, if you can turn out a good product. In the US, such classes average $200 per day, per student, and last 1-5 days. You could have up to twelve students in a class, and run a two day weekend crash course.

Good idea. Do any of us have Instruct? Not that we need it to do basic training, but we could charge more if we could actually qualify folk )

[Shrike]

Good idea. Do any of us have Instruct? Not that we need it to do basic training, but we could charge more if we could actually qualify folk )

I have Instruction-1, which isn't really much of anything, but would be willing to focus on it to take it up to 2 depending on how skill improvement works for this game. BTW how much time has passed since the game started? Didn't seem like more than a week.

I'm standing by to get my first post in, I'll be up for another 4 hours at least waiting on a call from back in the States.

[Tiglath]

Answering in reverse order "That's why Skip got the job!". He has instruction.

Assume you have enough scattered real estate to put everyone up. If you need to expand you find Yugure bought everywhere adjoining the Cat House for pennies while it was a warzone and is now an uber landlord of the newly gentrified "peace zone" surrounding the Cat House. She will rent you accommodation at a nominal fee.

However, the Bartizan has two instantly usable floors - the SNCOs deck and the party deck (with some tidy up) and about three decks of full accommodation with only a mild clean up. There is also Harry's penthouse suite which needs a deep clean/decoration but also works.

O'Malley will update you as to the progress of his enquiries IC.

And ... Polly .. ah, yes.

There is some news to come out on Beau too...

I'll include Jess' meeting with Yugure IC too.

Doh - I knew there was something!