Session+3+Manhattan

 ***When we last left our band of runners, they were speeeding down Kenamre street after a narrow run in with a checkpoint, desperately aware that their activity was porbably drawing ISR feeds***  (roll intui + infil)  (All of us?)  (gila)  (Oh.)  !srtest 10  Chuckles, hits: 4.  !srtest 6  Gila, hits: 4.  !srtest 10  GloriousGM, hits: 2.  ***You can't know for sure, but you think you found a recessed area where the buildings block most of the LOS in. Its probably bought you a little time until the drone can be re-oriented***  "should we park somwhere and move out on foot?"  ((would dropping the mask now be a good idea?))  Mordred peers at the sky. "So, what now? Do we have a plan to ditch the eye in the sky?"  "No, it will get your face if it spot you" <GloriousGM> (anyone with drone knowledge skills, feel free to roll them) <RdMarquis> (I've got nothing.) <Gila> (nope) <GloriousGM> (or secuirty devices at -2) <Gila> (...keep going to -4) <GloriousGM> (smugglign ro security procedures) <Gila> (that I have) <RdMarquis> (I can do the latter.) <Gila> (-4?) <GloriousGM> (yes) <Gila> !srtest 4 <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 2. <RdMarquis> !srtest 2 <ShadowDice> RdMarquis, hits: 1. <GloriousGM> ***Your pretty sure that even with SOTA, facial recognition from that high up would a little hard...but it can definitely pick out quite a bit of other detail in both daylight and thermal*** <Gila> ((not when it's yumiko :| ) <GloriousGM> ***You feel that there's probably only a limited time until the NYPD route the drone to where it can see your car*** <Gila> ((any hacker or sniper that can take it down?)) <Gila> (mask of car) <RdMarquis> "For the moment, it can't see us. If we" <RdMarquis> (Darnit.) <Gila> (or let my agent spoof it if it's too distracting or something) <GloriousGM> (datsearch, -2) <RdMarquis> "For the moment, it can't see us, right? What if we drive the car under some cover, grab our things, and scram? Let it find the vehicle. Or, preferably, the remains of it." <Chuckles> !srtest 9 <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 1. <Gila> "I don't want to lose this car" <Gila> (hell, I will send my agent to datasearch too) <GloriousGM> ***Your hasty search of some Shadow Sites reveals that getting out of its view is a good idea, as is laying low and hoping you didn't piss anyone off for them to keep one dedicated to you*** <Gila> (or that) <Chuckles> "yeah, that would be a big costs hit" <RdMarquis> "Better that than your life." But admittedly, none of them could move as fast as a motor vehicle. <Gila> "I'm sure I can outrun it if it comes to taht" <Chuckles> "are we really a big enough deal for them to want to find us? all they know is that we snuck in here. Aren't they more concerned about what sneaks out?" <GloriousGM> ***Yumiko vigorously concurs that she can outrun anything, before realizing Gila means in the car*** <Gila> "Hell I will even cast invisibility on my car if I have to." <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 3. <Gila> ((oh, maybe summoning an air spirit will do)) <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 3. <Sneezy-OOC> ((afk)) <Gila> !srtest 9 <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 4. <GloriousGM> ***Chucks googlefox buddy alert informs him that someone just swept the car with RF energy*** <GloriousGM> (stand by to roll spirit resist) <Chuckles> "shit, they found us" <Gila> (thought you would roll it) <Gila> !srtest 3 <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 1. <RdMarquis> "Oh, hell." <Gila> !srtest 10 resist drain <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 2. <Gila> (no damage, 3 service) <GloriousGM> (i was, but no probs) <GloriousGM> (anyoen esle doing anythign concurrently?) <RdMarquis> (No, I don't really have the ability to.) <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 5. <GloriousGM> (chuck, EW + Analyze) <Gila> (I have analyze too) <Chuckles> !srtest 11 <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 2. <GloriousGM> ***Chuck's EW suite informs him that someone has just node-locked the car's main com puter*** <GloriousGM> (the spirit will need some direction..since you can't actually see this thing) <Chuckles> ((I shbould really know the hacking rules better:) )) <Gila> ((can I turn off my car computer?)) <RdMarquis> (Would it be possible to spot the drone?) <GloriousGM> (as a pro hacker, you are aware that boosting your links signal to the rnage needed, while possible, will create a glowing rf beacon for anyone looking for it) <GloriousGM> (gila, yes) <Chuckles> ((but if they are able to access the car that would mean that they would have to be within the car's signal range)) <GloriousGM> (RD, visual perception at -8, threshold 3, must have some magnification ability) <GloriousGM> ((not if they are using active RF) <RdMarquis> (I have Vision Magnification, but not enough dice.) <Gila> (long shot it?) <RdMarquis> (For a pool of 2?) <GloriousGM> (mmm...the thing is at like 35000 feet AGL..tell you what, roll and i'll judge on successes) <Gila> (oh that need edge) <Gila> (manhattan is scary.) <GloriousGM> (also, they aren't strictly speaking, acessing the computer..just tracking its signal) <GloriousGM> (roll, no edge, -6 Rd) <Chuckles> ((can I block the signal?)) <RdMarquis> It was worth a shot. Mordred activates the zoom function on his googles, peering into the sky for their pursuer. <RdMarquis> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> RdMarquis, hits: 4. <RdMarquis> Wait. <RdMarquis> Sorry. <RdMarquis> !srtest 4 <ShadowDice> RdMarquis, hits: 1. <GloriousGM> *** Rd thinks he sees a speck in the sky flit through a cloud. At leats that means they'r eporbably looking in thermal. Its behind the general point of the car*** <Gila> (we are out of cover now?) <GloriousGM> ((chuck..can you? I would imagine anything that can disrupt RF would work) <GloriousGM> (Your temporary cover advantage has been lost, yes) <Gila> (well time to outrun it I guess?) <GloriousGM> (intui + infil to try to outhide, rea + pilto to try to outdrive) <Gila> (both?) <GloriousGM> (pick one) <Gila> (pilot is now using my agent's rating right?) <GloriousGM> (if you killed your computer, it just means whatever advatages you woudl have are lost. If gridguide existed in the pit, you'd be screwed, but since it doesnt...feel free to use yours) <GloriousGM> (unless you don't have a physical steering column in the car) <Gila> (will turning on the nitrous give me a bonus?) <GloriousGM> (for outdrive, sure, +2) <Chuckles> "I should get some sort of jammer...." <Gila> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 2. <GloriousGM> !srtest 14 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 6. <RdMarquis> (Ouch.) <Gila> (ehh, maybe actual speed wise I would be faster when I reach top speed?) <GloriousGM> ***While you can't be sure, outrunning a slewing camera is definitely difficult...maybe that didn't work*** <GloriousGM> (but at top speed I'll giv eyou a +4, +2 at 3/4) <Gila> (dammit if we have thermal smoke) <Gila> my top speed is 160 <GloriousGM> (kph...so barely 100mph, right?) <Gila> ((probably?)) <GloriousGM> (mods stand) <Gila> ((maybe I should let my agent drive it since he have higher dice)) <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 3. <Gila> ((so I can try it again with outrun?)) <GloriousGM> (go ahead) <Gila> ((and what happen to my wind spirit)) <GloriousGM> (that was for something else) <GloriousGM> (its still here, tell me what you want it to do) <Gila> (I told it to blow away the drone or something) <RdMarquis> (Is the rough location we have enough, though?) <Chuckles> !srtest 13 <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 1. <GloriousGM> (vaguely. i'll apply some hiddne mods) <GloriousGM> (also, gm help, what power would that be?) <Chuckles> "We probably can't fit your car underground... nor would we want to" <Gila> (ehh, exotic range weapon?)) <GloriousGM> (I meant for the spirit) <Gila> (or element attack) <Chuckles> !srtest 11 haaackin <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 2. <Chuckles> !srtest 13 haaackin <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 4. <Gila> !srtest 12 outrun with full speed <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 5. <GloriousGM> (works..roll your elemen attack) <Gila> !srtest 9 elemental attack <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 2. <GloriousGM> ***Your spirirt vanishes into the clouds, and creates a minor buffeting turbulence. its porbably harder to keep the camera slewe don target) <GloriousGM> !sretst 10 <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 2. <GloriousGM> (one final pilot + rea test to avoid crashing while swinging through city streets at 100mph, threshold 3) <Chuckles> "Is it possibe a giant explosion would distract the drone on thermal?" <Chuckles> "And if so.... can we blow things up?" <Gila> "Not now" <GloriousGM> (chuckles, your 2 hits away from finding the drone node) <RdMarquis> "Dare I ask what you are planning?" <Chuckles> !srtest 13 haaackin <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 4. <GloriousGM> ***Using Rd's gestures and pointing, you find a node sitting way out there at 35,000 feet*** <Gila> !srtest 8 advoid crash <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 3. <Gila> phew <Chuckles> !srtest 16 more hacking on the fly <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 8. <GloriousGM> ***the car plowes through a trash can, sending the contenst flying in a plume behind it. putting on a final burst of speed, it seems possible...just..that with all the events going on, the dorne may have lost track. or has it?*** <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 6. <GloriousGM> (chuck, not through yet...also, there is a sprite of an avenging polcie officer coming your way) <Gila> ((this is one hell of a sophisticated drone)) <GloriousGM> ((its a UAV..consider it a half plane)) <Chuckles> !srtest 16 more hacking on the fly <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 6. <GloriousGM> **Chuck gains access to the visual feed being broadcast to the command center*** <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 3. <GloriousGM> (your matrix resist dice chuck) <GloriousGM> ***The Virtual Policeman meets Chucks avatar and begins hammering it with a blly club*** <Gila> "Okay, now throw a flashbang up the air!" <Gila> (someone) <Gila> (I'm driving) <Chuckles> !srtest 11 <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 4. <RdMarquis> (I'll do it. Do I need to roll?) <Gila> (Can't believe they haven't given up yet.) <GloriousGM> ***Chucks matrix ovelray starts having large neon green boxes drop in it as various .exes and .inis crash or falter.*** <GloriousGM> (DV 4 in matrix) <Sneezy-OOC> ((back)) <Chuckles> ((I thought that meant I dodged it)) <RdMarquis> (Yeah, didn't he get 1 hit more?) <GloriousGM> (I stand corrected..forgot the matrix dodge) <GloriousGM> (retcon the above) <GloriousGM> ***The billy club wielding policeman wails away clumsily*** <Chuckles> ((yay!)) <GloriousGM> (rd, no, not if your chucking) <GloriousGM> (as in throwing the grenade) <RdMarquis> "Here goes nothing." Snatching up a flashbang, he rolls down the window. "Fire in the hole. Watch your eyes." <RdMarquis> He tosses the grenade. <Gila> ((oh god, my smoke projector actually include thermal smoke)) <GloriousGM> ***The resultant flash causes civilians in the area to panic as the car speeds by. Eardums ring.*** <GloriousGM> ***The burning rubber and phspourous in the thermal smoke catches a small stuffer shakc wrapper on fire and galso creates a billowing plume*** <GloriousGM> ***The UAV feed is a bunch of garbage at the moment, still requiring decryption. The unencrypted feed daied ina media storm in the early 21st century when some russian hackers worte a program allowing people to see govenrment drone feeds. Whoops.*** <Gila> (and same color) <GloriousGM> ***The billy club wielding polcie officer comes in for another pass*** <GloriousGM> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> GloriousGM, hits: 5. <Chuckles> !srtest 13 (underrolled last time) <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 5. <GloriousGM> ***The billy club glances harmlessly off chucks avatar as he begins to decrypt*** <GloriousGM> ***The decrytped feed clearly shows the drone can't see the car, but is following the giant plume of thermal smoke*** <GloriousGM> ***The police IC is surprisingly unrepsonsive. Looks like its getting ready to go again, but then it puts a whistle to its lips*** <GloriousGM> ***The drone feed overshoots your last known position, then begisn slewingy in a search pattenr looking for your car. It passes over your newly masked vehicle. Safe for now?*** <Gila> thank god <GloriousGM> (chuck, you may want to consider turning off your link before the matrix battle rages on further) <Gila> "We shaked it, chick, you can turn off your comm" <Gila> (dismiss*) <GloriousGM> ***A quick look at the mapsfot reveals that the chase left you at E 10th and B*** <Chuckles> !srtest 9 <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 3. <GloriousGM> ***It looks like there's a watcher...and then a bleeding russian spirit smahses through it*** <GloriousGM> ***The coassk give syou a saber salute in the the starl, then speeds off*** <GloriousGM> (cossack, astral) <Gila> (alright, now back to axe gang :| ) <Chuckles> "I hate the damn cops" <GloriousGM> (hooray. You've avoided a UAV. just keep in mind that high priority targets usually get feeds from 2-3 ISR sources of a similiar nature with intelrocked search patterns and other assets...this one was probably a wave off due to unimportance) <Gila> "godamn manhattan, why you so tightass!" <Gila> (we are so dead with 2 or 3 of those ) <GloriousGM> (thats the point..also so that individual HVTs can be tracked and engaged separately if they split up) <Gila> (ahh well, next time I am letting my agent drive)) <GloriousGM> ***You find a suitably run down piece of gravel a few blocks from the Axemen's alleged safehouse*** <Chuckles> "well, shit, lets find these jackasses and hope they are actually decent representations of metaahumanity" <Gila> ((I prefer one with some security)) <GloriousGM> ((smugglign knowledge roll) <Gila> !srtest 8 <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 5. <Gila> (see, I know this :D )) <GloriousGM> (This lot is protected by the Bloody Rabbits. Hell, you even know the 13 year old wannabe who collects the portection. You have a relationship with them. one based on small amounts of nuyen being passed to ensure certain vehicles don't get touched, even if they aren't locals) <Gila> (we are good._ <Chuckles> "Cool, lets move out" <RdMarquis> (Sorry, gotta run out for a moment. I'll be back in about 15 minutes.) <GloriousGM> (5 min break for me to make some tea. I reccommend planning how your going to apporahc this.) <Gila> (Guess I will park this car here for a month or so until my car id is off the hook) <Gila> ((this is why you don't f with the government, kids.)) <Gila> ((I think the first time to do after we made money is to buy R6 ID)) <Gila> ((first thing)) <Malikial> ((I just finished my character and sent it to GM. Elf Samurai with talking secondary)) <GloriousGM> ***The car has no bvious abnormalities*** <GloriousGM> ***And you are, in fact heading the right direction. The AR street signs, and the few quaint "height of the 20's" street signs that AZT tried to rebuild in the decor during the last attempt to calm the pit ofnirm it*** <Chuckles> ((sorry, had to use the bathroom)) <GloriousGM> (datasearch) <Gila> !srtest 10 agent datasearch <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 4. <Chuckles> !srtest 12 <ShadowDice> Chuckles, hits: 5. <Gila> (mom brought food home, so I will be off for night snake about 20 mins) <Gila> snack <Gila> family thing <Gila> auto me in the meantime <Chuckles> ((you asians and your whole being close to your family thing)) <GloriousGM> ***The axemen, having grown out of a reasonably vicious gang in the 50's, became increasingly mor ebusiness like as they expanded, though retained some of their semi- neo A tendencies throughout. After losing large stretches of turf to the Cutters, they are currently hotly divide don whether to become mor ebusinesslike or revert to being "harder". No one has really emerged on top, so for now they seem to be reasonably sane provided you don't force them into action through disrespect*** <Chuckles> "ok guys, lets try not to act too stupid and get killed, sound good?" <GloriousGM> (pending rd return..just one fo you makes for poor times) <Chuckles> ((yep:) )) <GloriousGM> (I am open for questions though) <Chuckles> ((umm... do they like orks?)) <GloriousGM> (They are a gang in the Pit that has been steadily losing and without any obvious corp or syndicate support. Orks are porbably aok with them and encouraged to join up) <Chuckles> ((ho ho ho, work complete)) <GloriousGM> (deus ex soundtrack to pass the time for rd or gila to come back) <Sneezy-OOC> ((QUIET)) <RdMarquis> (I'm back. Sorry. <RdMarquis> (I had another errand to run.) <GloriousGM> ***They are still there. Well, the small ones*** <GloriousGM> (no worries) <Gila> back <GloriousGM> (perfect..the three are re-united) <GloriousGM> (you and rd arrive dbakc within a few secs of each other) <GloriousGM> (game is on at where you left off) <Gila> (rd is my clone) <Chuckles> "Can you get a spirit to search for Sheffy?" <Gila> "If I can't find it myself last time, I doubt a spirit will... but won't hurt to try" <RdMarquis> (We still have his picture, right?) <Gila> (yeah, detail descriptiomn) <Gila> (hmm the Search power seems like it will do the trick) <Malikial> (( http://levi.ph-me.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cute-Platinum-Blonde-Boy.jpg BAM, what my guy looks like, People don't take him seriously because he has no obvious cyberware and is a cute twink elf)) <Gila> (oh and I dropped my mask since I don't need to hide it anymore) <Malikial> ((I wonder when GM is gonna add me!!!)) <Gila> !srtest 10 <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 2. <Gila> !srtest 3 spirit resist <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 1. <Gila> !srtest 10 gila resist <ShadowDice> Gila, hits: 4.
 * Gila doing his pro-smuggler thing to shake off that flying camera
 * GMlooGMba is now known as Chuckles
 * Servitor-Sec (~ShadowDic@cpe-24-30-178-254.socal.rr.com) has joined #Shadowrun
 * Chuckles looks around nervously
 * Gila quickly switch the car to another model while tuning the spoofing for a similar model of the same color
 * Chuckles checks his online resources, trying to figure out what to do
 * Gila summon a force 3 air spirit
 * Chuckles keeps an eye on any local traffic happening
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 * Agigage is now known as Grey_Crow
 * Gila order the spirit to create strong wind to blow the thing away or whatever is more effective
 * Chuckles tries to find the source of it and counter-hack them?
 * Gila turn off his car's computer and let the agent take over.
 * Gila turn on the nitrous and try to outrun the chaser
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 * Chuckles frowns and his body goes limp
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 * Chuckles poops himself
 * Chuckles has his eyes closed anyway, trying to deal with the cop
 * Gila turn on the smoke projector as Rd throw the granade
 * Chuckles patches the feed to the others
 * Gila mentally change the car image again and set the spoof chip to spoof for another id of similiar model
 * Chuckles sweats in his seat
 * Chuckles sends a message to the cop "We aren't bad guys, I promise"
 * Gila turn off the smoke as he make a turn at the corner
 * Gila drive the car at normal speed
 * Gila make a few more turn and get out of the area
 * Gila unssumon the spirit
 * Chuckles takes himself out and starts jamming on the fly
 * Gila make a astral check to see if there's any spirit/mage following them
 * Gila salute the coassk as he speeds off
 * Gila drive back to some parking lot that's near the axe gang.
 * Chuckles climbs out of the car
 * Chuckles doublechecks his gear
 * Chuckles has his programs checking the graffiti and markings in the area to double check that they are headed in te right direction
 * Gila run analyze program and purge whatever abnormal
 * Gila on his car
 * Chuckles looks online to see if the axeman are the kind of people that are vicious for no reason or if they are willing to talk to people
 * Chuckles makes his way toward the safehouse
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 * Chuckles double checks his weapons, just in case
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 * Chuckles has his dossier in his comm
 * Gila summon another force 3 wind spirit again