This thread is simply an infodump for the ongoing IRC game of Inception we're playing, where players can post character notes, summaries and so on of the game in progress! Games run as and when we have time.
PlayersWilliam Hasburn
After a few years of working as a chemist and informatician (many degrees...) for some of the more official parts of Cobol, William Hasburn received close attention from the corporation when he broke into the bank account of a millionaire for his own profits. Although he ultimately failed, he got far enough to receive a promotion where his skills would be more appreciated.
Stats
3 Phy | 5 Wit | 0 Ima
Skills
4 Pharmacy {W} ("Ehhh, I'm not so much a drug dealer as I know a lot of ways to make you high.")
5 Hacking {W} ("Firewalls shmirewalls.")
3 Firearms {W} ("Bang bang bang!")
3 Gadget Use {W} ("Yeah, I know how to use that.")
Resources
$1000
Friedrich Richter, German Mercenary.
After working several years for the German Armed Forces as a Panzergrenadier (Anti-Tank/Motorized Infantry Unit) he joined a Mercenary Group, from there on out he tooks everal jobs in Africa, one of them entailed Torture, Execution of PoW and murdering of Civilians, indebting himself deeply trying to hide himself from Authorities Cobol took an interest in him and hired him on.
Stats: 4 Phys | 0 Wit | 4 Imag
Skills
4 Spurious Logic {I} ("It could be there...")
2 Firearms {P} ("Bang bang bang!")
2 Heavy Weapons {P} ("BOOM.")
4 Melee Weapons {P} ("My that's a big knife you have there...")
3 Imaginative Cruelty {I} ("AAAAAAARGH!")
Resources
$1000
Yosef Markov
58 years-old Yosef Markov, a retired Soviet Army Colonel and culinary connoisseur who, disillusioned with the old regime's collapse, settled for starting his own traditional restaurant. One day, an unusual customer approached him, having somehow become aware of Markov's odd dream-making side-business he got started on somewhere after his retirement. Not long after, Markov, Builder extraordinaire, listed amongst Cobol's agents.
Stats: 0 Phys | 3 Wit | 5 Imag
Skills
5 Building {I} ("Reticulating Splines...")
5 Iron Chef {I} ("Culinary perfection!")
5 Wire-Fu {I} ("Tiger Flight! Hiii-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!")
Resources
$1500
Fine Restaurant (Moscow) [+$500 / mission]
1 reasonably nice apartment (Johannesburg)
1 Laptop (middle of the range)
1 Ford Fiesta
1 Dream Machine
5 vials Mk I sedative w/ syringes
EQUIPMENT BY COST
Sedatives
Mk I - $20/dose
Mk II - $50/dose
Mk III - $150/dose
Weapons
Spray Can - $5
Combat Knife - $25
Throwing Knife (belt of 6) - $60
Sword (various styles) - $200
Baseball Bat - $60
Iron Mace - $200
Dart Gun (2 shooter) - $250
Revolver (6 shooter) - $300
Semi-Auto Handgun (20 shots) - $500
Auto Handgun (20 bullets/5 sprays) - $800
Shotgun (2 shots/slugs) - $150
Combat Shotgun (6 shots/slugs) - $1200
Submachine Gun (50 s - fires in 5 shot sprays or 20 shot arcs) - $2500
Machine Gun (200 sh / 10 sh sprays / 25 sh arcs) - $3000
Minigun (belt fed, 5000 sh, 50 shot sprays, 200 shot arcs) - $10,000
Rocket Launcher (1 shot) - $30,000
Grenade Launcher (6 shot capacity) - $20,000
Ammo - $1/round
Buckshot/Slugs - $5/round
Rockets - $500/rockeet
Grenades - $200/grenade
Tools
Lockpicks - $50
Laptop - $500
First Aid Kit - $20
EQUIPMENT
SEDATIVES
Sedative Mk I - Enables dream infiltration. Can be administered by aerosol, ingestion with food/drink, tranquiliser dart or intravenous injection.
Sedative Mk II - Enables dream infiltration to a second layer. Can be administered with food or drink, tranquiliser dart or by intravenous injection.
Sedative Mk III - Enables dream infiltration to a third layer. Must be administered by intravenous injection (tranquiliser darts cannot be relied upon to give sufficient dosage). 25% risk that waking up on death not possible.
Attempting to travel to a deeper layer than the sedative permits risks permanent damage to the subject. Intentional travel to Limbo is not possible.
WEAPONS
Combat Knife - What it says on the tin.
Machete - Long, sharp, dangerous knife. Used for cutting through thick vegetation and limbs.
Sword - Various styles of sword, only slightly deadlier than the machete but classier.
Mace/Baseball Bat - Any heavy, hand-held object for smashing with.
Revolver - Holds 6 bullets, manually restock. Classy, but not necessarily that practical.
Semi-Automatic Handgun - Comes with clips that hold 20 bullets.
Tranquiliser Gun - Can load up to two darts at a time.
Automatic Handgun - Comes with clips that hold 20 bullets, fires in 5 bullet sprays. Can be set to semi-automatic to fire single shots as well.
Shotgun - Holds two cartridges, buckshot or slugs.
Combat Shotgun - Holds 6 cartridges, buckshot or slugs.
Submachine Gun - Clip holds 50 bullets, fires in 5 bullet sprays or a 20 bullet arc.
Machine Gun - Magazine holds 200 bullets, fires in 10 bullet sprays or 25 bullet arcs.
Mini-gun - Belt fed. Ammo case holds 5000 bullets, fires in 50 bullet sprays or 200 bullet arcs.
Rocket Launcher - Can load only one missile at a time.
Grenade Launcher - Holds up to 6 grenades at a time.
In a dream, bullet-fed weapons and shotguns can be granted 'Unlimited Ammo' at the cost of 1 Hostility. Such weapons need never be reloaded (by players or NPCs).
You are employees of Cobol Industries, a mining consortium based in South Africa. Cobol regularly conducts industrial espionage through highly illegal dream theft, using military grade dream machines to infiltrate the subconscious of targets through shared lucid dreaming and steal secrets out of their heads; anything from blackmail material to computer passwords to high security clearance codes.
Much of your work is assigned to you by Cobol; such missions are moderately well paid and mandatory. Far more lucrative are the occasional freelance missions you can take, which Cobol allows so long as they do not interfere with business.
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