003: On the Road to Aki

[terrymixon]

Arkar will take the hard road. End and Int, skill deception.

Arkar

INT requires some drugs and a sleep wear machine you don’t have. You could get them on Aki, most likely, but for now you can’t do it. Leave that spot open or do something else?

Open

So noted.

[Thumper]

Getting them charged is accomplished, other than the disintegrator rods. You'll just have to deal with making new ones with five shots.

"An energy weapons discharge--depending on what it is--could increase the odds of detection even at longer ranges," Roscoe said. "The end call is William's."

Nah, sorry. You’re right, we don’t know what we have. Just had a bad daydream of the disintegrator rods. Best wait for another opportunity.

[Thumper]

Walt-
With extra time in jump space, Walt will converse with Metz, facilitating Doc’s inquiries into psionics. He’d like to do most of that in Bili’s presence to see if her experiences can add any further learning and insights that she can share.

[terrymixon]

Walt-
With extra time in jump space, Walt will converse with Metz, facilitating Doc’s inquiries into psionics. He’d like to do most of that in Bili’s presence to see if her experiences can add any further learning and insights that she can share.

He'll be happy to learn. Unfortunately, she is not psionic herself, so she has no insights to share other than her Master was very powerful and could do many things psionically.

[Thumper]

Does she remember any of his psi-tech?

[terrymixon]

Does she remember any of his psi-tech?

She does not. What patterns she had were erased and she didn't have real curiosity about them as she didn't have the capability to use them.

[Thumper]

Doable with Robotics loaded. As you have no base skill in it, you are capped at Robotics/3. Not shabby for someone only loading the skill. What kind of patterns are you making?

He’ll make an assortment of stilettos and blade tipped needles or pins to practice telekinetically slinging them as weapons. He’ll ask to set up a dart board and large protective backdrop in the boarding tube chamber or bridge/weight room to practice against. It’s refreshing to him to be able to truly practice this in view of others.while on the ship, he’ll only practice pushing and pulling so as to avoid damaging the interior.

He’ll also begin designing and testing devices that act and look like ink pens; yet, upon activating a psionic interface, transform to be able to deliver a one-time (due to minityrized battery and mechanisms) arc-field discharge, a stun discharge, a monofilament broadhead blades that would make vacc suit rippers, and a monofilament tipped drug injector.. See which of these he, Metz, and Bills can get to work. He expects this to be a longer-term project than this week’s jump.

[terrymixon]

Doable with Robotics loaded. As you have no base skill in it, you are capped at Robotics/3. Not shabby for someone only loading the skill. What kind of patterns are you making?

He’ll make an assortment of stilettos and blade tipped needles or pins to practice telekinetically slinging them as weapons. He’ll ask to set up a dart board in the boarding tube chamber or bridge/weight room to practice against. It’s refreshing to him to be able to truly practice this in view of others.

He’ll also begin designing and testing devices that act and look like ink pens; yet, upon activating a psionic interface, transform to be able to deliver a one-time (due to minityrized battery and mechanisms) arc-field discharge, a stun discharge, a monofilament broadhead blades that would make vacc suit rippers, and a monofilament tipped drug injector.. See which of these he, Metz, and Bills can get to work. He expects this to be a longer-term project than this week’s jump.

The stilettos and blade-tipped needles are easy enough and you can have a pattern in less than an hour, but the psionic interface is challenging. Too challenging for you, I suspect. They will be difficult for Lucius, but he will help you with this longer-term project.

[terrymixon]

William, events are waiting on you.

Jaelah: If you want to train two stats and a skill during jump, let me know what they are.

The rules are here: viewtopic.php?p=709349#p709349

Jaelah: If you want the Doc to do work on you, major, minor, or none, I need to know about the specifics of what you are looking for. If he can't convince you to go for the full package, he will try to convince you to at least get the neural jack. If that's a no, he'll gracefully back off with the assurance that you can always revisit the topic if you change your mind.

Currently, Metz, Walt, Spicoli, and William have the full package.

Arkar has gone the route of no augmentation, and Garvin will possibly get something someday.

[helvorn]

William gives Growler permission to use the bridge as an exercise area. He also instructs Roscoe to approach the moon and land about a kilometer from the site. Roscoe should maximize the use of the moon and gas giant to screen their approach.

Hoping to catch up in more detail tomorrow

[terrymixon]

William gives Growler permission to use the bridge as an exercise area. He also instructs Roscoe to approach the moon and land about a kilometer from the site. Roscoe should maximize the use of the moon and gas giant to screen their approach.

Hoping to catch up in more detail tomorrow

That will give me enough to get you in place tomorrow. Thanks.

[terrymixon]

Roscoe takes the ship around until the moon is between the Lost & Found and Agamemnon. Using it is more tactically feasible than the gas giant itself. The Imperial Navy destroyer escort doesn't seem to be positioned directly above the site-- and considering that there is a weapon down there that shot a disruptor beam right through Mad Dog's ship, that's probably the right call--which opens up plenty of opportunity for you to sneak in using the moon for cover against being detected.

The surface of the moon is rough and craggy, pitted with meteor craters and fissures. There is a particularly wide fissure about a kilometer and a quarter from the site. It isn't very deep, but it is shielded from the light coming off the gas giant and so everything within is in darkness. Roscoe selects that as the most likely place to park the big ship without it being detectable by anything in orbit.

Once down inside the fissure, he will deactivate the active camouflage and turn on the holographic hull on the bottom of the ship. While there is a bit of loose debris scattered around, the floor of the fissure is remarkably level. Extending the landing gear and settling the ship in place is no problem at all. Once he has done so, he turns off the holographic hull and reactivates the active camouflage.

That accomplished, he focuses his attention on everyone else. "We have landed successfully. Due to the rough conditions between the ship and the Ancients site, I recommend that we use the stealth grav bikes to approach. That will keep us from potentially damaging our suits and also makes getting to the area faster. If there are any people here on the surface, they will be less likely to detect us approaching using those. They will also allow us to retreat quickly if need be.

"Some of us do not have the appropriate skills to utilize those vehicles, or are unable to load the skill, but they should be able to ride with others. At this particular moment, the gas giant is off to one side of the site, so the shadows will be long and we can approach using them for cover."

Actions?

[Tiglath]

Garvin will (carefully) ride a grav bike as directed.

He adds "I get that we're here to steal more priceless archaeotech but 'ow do we know if anyone 'ere's 'ad much to do with Mad Dog's murder? I'm just sayin that given our new found sensitivity to law breaking I can foresee one or two issues. If my caper at the pub was "wrong an' bad" then are we alright with an armed raid on a site which might contain folk with a reasonable excuse to be here? Like the Navy? I take it we're doin' a recce... an' then making a plan?"

[terrymixon]

Garvin will (carefully) ride a grav bike as directed.

He adds "I get that we're here to steal more priceless archaeotech but 'ow do we know if anyone 'ere's 'ad much to do with Mad Dog's murder? I'm just sayin that given our new found sensitivity to law breaking I can foresee one or two issues. If my caper at the pub was "wrong an' bad" then are we alright with an armed raid on a site which might contain folk with a reasonable excuse to be here? Like the Navy? I take it we're doin' a recce... an' then making a plan?"

"Wrong and bad?" Metz asks. "Harsh, even if potentially true. More like ill-conceived and rash. Still, the point is well taken. What are our intentions? I for one don't have objections to a little lighthearted looting, but I don't want to harm anyone or get caught."

[Tiglath]

"Wrong and bad?" Metz asks. "Harsh, even if potentially true. More like ill-conceived and rash. Still, the point is well taken. What are our intentions? I for one don't have objections to a little lighthearted looting, but I don't want to harm anyone or get caught."

Garvin responds "I think the descriptive terms you're lookin' for are "successful" an' "worked like a charm" but the same plan can't work 'ere. If we can sneak in an' walk away with valuable tech I'm good but until we learn more about anyone we encounter we need to limit ourselves to recon only an "leggin' it" as our only tactical response".

[terrymixon]

"Wrong and bad?" Metz asks. "Harsh, even if potentially true. More like ill-conceived and rash. Still, the point is well taken. What are our intentions? I for one don't have objections to a little lighthearted looting, but I don't want to harm anyone or get caught."

Garvin responds "I think the descriptive terms you're lookin' for are "successful" an' "worked like a charm" but the same plan can't work 'ere. If we can sneak in 'ere an' walk away with valuable tech I'm good but until we know more about anyone we encounter we need to limit ourselves to recon only an "leggin' it" as our only response".

"That sounds remarkably reasonable."

[Tiglath]

"That sounds remarkably reasonable."

Garvin adds "Since I'm guessin' only Roscoe can do stealth and work in a vacc environment I suggest we send 'im in to 'ave a look. This is my game but I can't work in vaccum".

[terrymixon]

"That sounds remarkably reasonable."

Garvin adds "Since I'm guessin' only Roscoe can do stealth and work in a vacc environment I suggest we send 'im in to 'ave a look. This is my game but I can't work in vaccum".

"I can do stealth quite well, and do not require a vacc suit," Roscoe said. "In fact, my stealth is hampered while wearing a suit. My advice is for us all to get closer as time may be a limiting factor once the operation begins and sending information back this far and into an area shielded by rock would be problematical."

[Thumper]

Walt-
One objective probably ought to find out more about what the corporation wants from this site? Maybe there’s clues about the corporation’s motives to murder Mad Dog.

If we can get eyes on the site, I can possibly see into rooms and structures without going in…Clairvoysnce. Between that and Roscoevphysically scouting, maybe a spy bot or two, we ought to see a great deal in a short time. Maybe some could load up Electronic/Remote Operations skillset and run a spy drone.

Of course, if we happen to come across items of interest, er, possible evidence, obtaining those is a good thing.”

Walt will suit up and grab a bike…and he’d like to grab the advanced pistol and rifle that have a similar appearance. Before setting out, he’ll fire them both at a rock in a discreet location of the crevice and away from the ship while waiting for people to assemble.

Gun Cbt (0 + Energy 2 Wafer) = +2
Melee/Blade (None + 2 Wafer) +1
Melee/Unarmed (None + 1 Wafer) + 0
Stealth (1 + 3 Wafer) = +4
Investigate (2 + 2 Wafer) +4
Recon (1 + 2 Wafer) +3
Diplomacy (none + 4 Wafer) +2
Persuade (none + 4 Wafer) +2

Grav Arc-Field Sword
Grav Arc-Field Dagger
New Pistol and Rifle
Pocket cannon

[ateno]

"I think the Luddite can help here, I used versions of vacc suits since I was 12 and experienced in not being seen. So I can go with Roscoe.
I'll get ready, yes?"

Arkar will attached his med kit, get his PRIS glasses, a couple suit patches, duct tape, Maglev pistol, a couple frag grenades, a plasma and EMP.

Put on the vacc suit and report to Walt.

"Taking pikers here?"

Arkar