Chapter 2.1: Re-Engage the Fear Machine (OOC)

OK, I am slowly crawling back into my responsibilities here. Heath, can you clarify your last question? I don't understand what you mean.

I think because I rolled some crap rolls, I expected to find a bad situation? Im not too sure what I was thinking at the time.

What I do know is that Orokos hates me.

OK, so here's what I want to do to jump start this game and move it along. I am tired of the crawl it has slowed to - largely because of me.


EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE... give me TEN Agility rolls. If you have Acrobatics trained, take a +20 on these rolls. If you have Athletics trained, take +10.

DoF will cancel out DoS, so post your final tally here.

Then I want TEN WP tests, +20 if your character is Tau.

Again, DoF and DoS final tally here.

That is all. Thank you.

Agility <41

10 # 66 [1d100=66] 76 [1d100=76] 21 [1d100=21] 10 [1d100=10] 12 [1d100=12] 6 [1d100=6] 20 [1d100=20] 3 [1d100=3] 29 [1d100=29] 48 [1d100=48]

4 DoF, 5 DoF, 3 DoS, 5 DoS, 4 DoS, 5 DoS, 4 DoS, 5 DoS, 3 DoS, 2 DoF

11 DoF
29 DoS

Final Tally: 18 DoS

https://orokos.com/roll/724710

WP Rolls WP 36 + 20 (Tau) = <56

Rolled it wrong, but the results are still there, they just look a little funky. Disregard the actual number, the one in brackets is what matters.  

10 # 74 [1d100=54] 96 [1d100=76] 58 [1d100=38] 81 [1d100=61] 40 [1d100=20] 109 [1d100=89] 98 [1d100=78] 60 [1d100=40] 21 [1d100=1] 97 [1d100=77]

2 DoS, 3 DoF, 3 DoS, 2 DoF, 5 DoS, 5 DoF, 4 DoF, 3 DoS, 7 DoS, 4 DoF

18 DoF
20 DoS

Final Tally: 2 DoS

https://orokos.com/roll/724711

I have a strong feeling neither of these tests will go well for Harriet.

Agility 33
89 [1d100=89] 93 [1d100=93] 17 [1d100=17] 41 [1d100=41] 55 [1d100=55] 46 [1d100=46] 16 [1d100=16] 84 [1d100=84] 1 [1d100=1] 9 [1d100=9]

https://orokos.com/roll/724720

7 DoF, 7 DoF, 3 DoS, 2 DoF, 4 DoF, 3 DoF, 3 DoS, 7 DoF, 5 DoS, 4 DoS

DoS: 15
DoF: 30

Final tally: 15 DoF

Willpower: 34 +10 (+5) (Edit- I just noticed that I forgot to add my Christmas advance to her stats)
89 [1d100=89] 93 [1d100=93] 17 [1d100=17] 41 [1d100=41] 55 [1d100=55] 46 [1d100=46] 16 [1d100=16] 84 [1d100=84] 1 [1d100=1] 9 [1d100=9]

https://orokos.com/roll/724721

5 DoF, 6 DoF, 5 DoS, 2 DoS, 2 DoF, 2 DoS, 5 DoS, 5 DoF, 6 DoS, 5 DoS
DoF: 23
DoS: 25

Final Tally: DoS: 2

I did get a natural 1 in each rolling set though and as we all know they equal about DoS 16 so really if you think about it, its a good pass.

Ur'na Acrobatics & WP
Agility <86 and WP <56: 10#1d100 37 14 7 57 74 84 99 54 16 99 10#1d100...

Acrobatics: 6 DoS, 8 DoS, 9 DoS, 4 DoS, 3 DoS, 2 DoS, 3 DoF, 5 DoS, 8 DoS, 3 DoF = 37 DoS; Ur'na agile as fuck.


WP: 4 DoS, 3 DoS, 3 DoF, 7 DoS, 5 DoS, 4 DoF, 3 DoS, 3 DoF, 2 DoF, 4 DoF = 9 DoS

For Arlene http://orokos.com/roll/724881
Agility
Agi 44 +20 (Acro) +10 (Ath) = <74
Rolls: 82, 12, 65, 85, 32, 69, 38, 93, 14, 40

DoF/S: 1F, 7S, 1S, 2F, 5S, 1S, 4S, 2F, 7S. 4S.
Total: 24DoS


Willpower
WP 34
Rolls: 44, 63, 66, 26, 84, 9, 83, 33, 69, 82

DoF/S: 1F, 3F, 4F, 1S, 5F, 3S, 1S, 4F, 5F
Total: 17DoF.

On agility, athletics trained, +10 against 65
http://orokos.com/roll/724935
3 dos, 6 dos, 2 dos, 4 dof, 3 dof, 3 dos, 4 dof, 5 dos, 1 dof, 5 dos,
12 dos total
WP vs 56:
http://orokos.com/roll/724936
4 dos, 3 dof, 6 dos, 2 dof, 4 dos, 1 dof, 1 dof, 2 dof, 5 dos, 1 dos
11 dos total

Swingy, but much better that Bazin is doing overall.

Those who failed Willpower, roll +0 WP.

These DoF are about to bite you in the ass. On a pass, roll 1d10 insanity.
On a fail, roll 1d10+ 1/2 DoF from first test (rounded up) insanity.

Those who failed Agility (Only Harriet), lose DoF wounds - Toughness Bonus from your character. This may put you into critical. If so, make sure to mark the effects on your sheet. I will let you choose the type of damage you suffer - it will be to body.

Arlene WP test
WP 34, rolled 29.
YES PASS
http://orokos.com/roll/724941

Insanity: 2, http://orokos.com/roll/724942

All in all, a minor pain to take.

Now add 50.

Just edited the post above- I'd made a mistake with her WP. Thankfully the end result was she just about scraped a pass. Not so lucky with the AG test. 15 DoF ends up leaving her on exactly 0 wounds. Just updated the character sheet.

Awesome! Thanks.

All right, everyone. What is the game plan? Are you preparing to make stand? Are you going to try and high-tail it to the Orca?

You have a rare moment here to actually plan something out. If you don't use it I am going to punish you greatly.

Good luck!

We're all in tough shape. I say orca.

Yeah I mean, I think we at least try to outrun it. If it catches and we have to fight, so be it. But for now, we should see if we can make it to the orca.

We got anything with a short fuse that might distract it? We could leave a trap of some kind, although I doubt we have time to rig it.

Would it be possible for Harriet to lock the doors through to the bridge after we go through them? Or perhaps set off an alarm klaxon or something that might district/ disorientate it.
Either or I'm for running as fast as we can for the escape ship. I can't think of anything else clever that we might do to stop or delay

Shutting and locking the doors is a good idea. She can shut them easily enough. Locking them will require a -20 tech use test.

Ta'ro has 4 Photon Flash grenades. If you want to do something rudimentary like rig them to the door so they go off if it is breached, you can do that at +0 Tech Use test. That shouldn't be too difficult.

I am seeing three votes for Orca. That is a majority.

Roll the dice and roleplay the results, please.

Harriet Tech use test to lock the doors after us

Int 52 +10 (skill) -20(difficulty)

Rolled 22 https://orokos.com/roll/725756

3 DoS

Yeah, I vote run as well. Arlene can give her photons to the cause as well. but I'm not sure how to use them.

Jeff, you want us to make any rolls regarding running, or am I jumping the gun?

Alrighty, I will try to rig something that might slow it down even further. Maybe successive photon flashes to disorient it multiple times as we make our escape.

Demolitions Test

Int 58: 89, fail.

https://orokos.com/roll/726731

FP re-roll: 41, better. 3 DoS.
https://orokos.com/roll/726732

Lol dude, I am glad you re-rolled that. Photons going off right now would have FUCKED up Kanna, Arlene, and Harriet's shit. haha well done. So, that will put your four photons on the first set of doors Harriet rigged shut. I have taken 1 FP off your PC sheet.

There is another set that leads you off the bridge and back to where the Orca docked. If you want to rig Arlenes photon's there, go ahead and roll for that now. Likewise, if Harriet wants to attempt to rig that door shut, same test as previously. Though this will take more time. It is a gamble that could pay off.

Nate - If the goal is to sprint to the Orca docking area, then I will need 4 Agility tests from everyone - take into account any fatigue you may have, if you do. The tests are +20, +10, +0, -10. DoS are not so important here, but DoF definitely will matter.

Also, because it has been so long, some of you may forgotten a couple things: You are team 4. You know the fates of teams 1 and 2. But no one has said anything about team 3. Maybe not important. What's really important for right now is this: The Orca's - particularly your Orca "Raven 4" pulled away from the ship to monitor long range communications. It is not currently docked. You will need to take into account contacting them to get them to come back.

So stop off at the bridge and tell then to gtf back?

You're all currently at the bridge.

While Taro does that Ill give the comms a shot.

Harriet Tech use test to lock the other door behind us. I assume she'll set this up to lock after we had moved through post communicating with the Orca, set photons?

Int 52 +10(skill) -20(difficulty)
Rolled 40 https://orokos.com/roll/728416

2 DoS

Might as well give it a go and try to rig another trap at those doors as well.

Int 58: 64, 2 DoF. I hope that doesn't set it off. I figured 5 DoF would set them off, but hopefully 2 DoF doesn't do as much damage.

https://orokos.com/roll/728538

RAW is normally 3 DoF is when things start going shit. That is just a simple fail. It is small enough that Ta'ro probably doesn't even know he failed, but the set up simply won't work when it comes time. In other words, you forgot to turn the oven to the right temperature; you didn't replace the sugar with dog shit.

*cough* Domhnall *cough* haha

Ha ha ha ha. At least you all didn't have to taste them. Not all white powder makes things taste good.

Though yeah I think Harriet got a lucky escape there, any more and she is going into critical wounds.

Right- now for these agility rolls- not something I'm fond of rolling for Harriet.

Ag 33

1st test +20
<53 rolled 69 = 3 DoF

2nd test +10
<43 rolled 74= 5 DoF

3rd test +0
<33 rolled 7= 4 DoS

4th test -10
<23 rolled 18= 2 DoS

https://orokos.com/roll/728902

So 8 DoF and 6 DoS. Love how I failed the easier tests and passed the harder ones. Dice eh.

You know what, I know this seems out of left field, but everyone ignore the AG test. I am going to streamline this and make everything really simple.

Sorry to make you sweat it, D. Thanks for being on task though.

Who shall assist Kanna? Taro and Harriet are busy.

Taro can assist or do the test if he is able to finish his demolitions in time. If not, well then, best of luck.

Ta'ro is able to finish his demo tests and do the test if he wants.

As an aside, we are waiting far too long between posts to get anything done here. I would really rather not NPC anyone at this time. Can we get some more frequent posts in please? At the very least, OOC stuff so that I can keep the IC moving. I would appreciate it.

I need the assist test so I can throw my test in, do I not?

Been waiting for whoever is assisting to roll that test and then whoever is making the main test to make it.

So, if Kanna is making the main test, then yes that’s what we are waiting on. However, Ta’ro tweaked the comms at the beginning of the mission, so there was the possibility that he was doing the main test.

Figuring that out is what we’ve been waiting on.

Sent from Topic'it App

Assist Attempt

Int 58 + 10 (Tech Use) - 30 (Test Difficulty) = <38: 93, no help from Taro.

https://orokos.com/roll/731260

Heres the main roll:
http://orokos.com/roll/731261
59 vs 25.

Crapola

It's 35 meters from the junction to where you entered this ship. Until Six meters from that point is zero gravity. So, you have normal gravity from where you are to 29m from where you currently are; the final 6 meters to the viewport/exit hatch are 0.

Test difficulty is still -30 from where you currently stand to send out a communication. Within those 6 meters, it becomes -15. Interference and warp shit is still really bad, just not as bad.

There can be no more assists. This is up to one radio-operator to attempt to make the call. I need that one person to give me as many tests as it takes to get a success. Each test is roughly 6 seconds (1 combat round).

Do we need to make a 0 gravity test or not just yet?

Im not taking this vox test pollos.

Unless I am mistaken, you don't need to make a 0 gravity test unless you are trying to do something physical. You all have inbuilt comms in your armor, so anyone can make the test. I just need to know who.

Who's doing it? Maybe do some of that inter-team OOC communicating via LINE I hear so much about nowadays.

Actually, mine and Arelene's armor is dead if I recall. I couldn't make this test if I wanted.

And didnt we get some kind of special 0-g training in with the Tau naval forces before the mission?
just in case its needed. Wink wink.

Alrighty, Taro will attempt to do it from where they are right now.

Int 58 - 30 (Test) + 10 (Tech Use)?= <28/38:

First - 76
https://orokos.com/roll/733410
Others - 45, 51, 46, 30, 38, 53, 21
https://orokos.com/roll/733411

So depending on if Tech Use helps or not, he will get through the comms in 30 seconds or 42 seconds.

I think I did this right, probably should have moved closer to get that extra bonus, but I had faith he would get it sooner.

Sylphilis wrote:

Actually, mine and Arelene's armor is dead if I recall. I couldn't make this test if I wanted.

And didnt we get some kind of special 0-g training in with the Tau naval forces before the mission?
just in case its needed. Wink wink.

Thanks for reminding me! But if I remember correctly one of you actually left your armor because it was dead. I forget who. Nate, was it Arlene?



Mark - tech use is the test here, sorry about that. So, Ta'ro hits it on the fourth attempt//4 rounds//24 seconds.


OK, give me some IC to go with it. Everyone should also go ahead and roll initiative, although we won't quite close the IC yet.

Harriet Initiative
8 https://orokos.com/roll/733541

Iron and Metal wrote:

Sylphilis wrote:

Actually, mine and Arelene's armor is dead if I recall. I couldn't make this test if I wanted.

And didnt we get some kind of special 0-g training in with the Tau naval forces before the mission?
just in case its needed. Wink wink.

Thanks for reminding me! But if I remember correctly one of you actually left your armor because it was dead. I forget who. Nate, was it Arlene?



Mark - tech use is the test here, sorry about that. So, Ta'ro hits it on the fourth attempt//4 rounds//24 seconds.


OK, give me some IC to go with it. Everyone should also go ahead and roll initiative, although we won't quite close the IC yet.

I specifically kept the armor. I think Arlene ditched only parts of it? Idk.

http://orokos.com/roll/733818
11 on initiative.

Arlene left everything but the body glove and her comm unit. She's effectively defenseless.


7 on the initiative roll. http://orokos.com/roll/734421

Nonsense, bodygloves have AP 2! You're perfect!

Once we get Ta'ro's initiative, we can get rolling.

My bad, busy weekend and I have been bad about not checking here.

Init: 5
https://orokos.com/roll/735033

Whatever is chasing us is just lucky you all took Harriet's weapons from her. Otherwise this wouldn't be much of a fight. Armed with Taro's gun on the other-hand.... I've been reasonably certain for ages that her first shot is going to miss and hit Taro instead.

As a general update, my game updates have been coming slower due to a more-heavy workload than expected this summer, and prepping for classes next semester (which is all new to me and thus taking time). Because of that, I have been updating games based on priority with Bastards getting all the priority and everything else falling behind that.

This was/is going to be a very tough fight but I have some reservations about getting it going anytime soon. We have Murcurie out for a month and I have no intentions of NPCing Arlene in a fight like this, especially as I am already NPCing Theo's PC as well as the other NPCs already in the game.

With that being said, this game has taken a lot of push and push and push on both the players and myself and with the rate of updates all around, I don't currently see myself carrying it forward at this point. Perhaps in the future, but right now it just feels like the love isn't quite there.

So, we can wait for Nate to get back and give this big bad a go and then revisit this conversation, or we can retire it now.