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[Tarran]

Goddamn it Taricus, you are amazing. If you make me a laser sniper I'll make sure no one even touches you ever again.

Go to the Signifer and ask for guns.

[Draignean]

Well the Unchained have a suit of the good stuff, and you've told them now how to make more. The ALR Broadbeam though you'll probably be able to make very soon.

It may take a little longer to get your own suit of shield armor, it'll happen though. 

[Taricus]

Just give me a rifle and a 6 and they'll drop like flies 

[SeriousConcentrate]

Can you find some boots/gauntlets and upgrade those?

Dominique listened to the light chatter while she ate what was left of the rations, but didn't really overhear anything that interested her. I could probably get some practice in. I haven't had a good fight since those Mites, and hell if I remember when that was. She had been unconscious for awhile, most of a trip to this moon at the very least, and she had been abducted a few days after the incident in the first place.

"Hey, where do I go for some sparring?" she asked the nearest person. She'd feel a lot better after hitting someone a few times.

[Taricus]

If I can find them.

I'm going on the technocracy's hitlist aren't I?

[Draignean]

I'm going on the technocracy's hitlist aren't I?

Oh yeah, I totally blanked. Perks are fun, and I made a few to award when people completely aced something. You get to choose between two or none

A.
Unchained Tech
You scratched their back, and they scratch yours. Lot of scratching. Mechanics from the unchained love you for what you did, but the Technocracy would sooner nail their tongues to the wall than let you live. (+1 reputation unchained, +1 Reputation unchained mechanics, -3 reputation Technocracy.

B.
Augmentation Specialist
You've gotten a flair for making tweaks to your stuff, coming up with ideas to do so is practically second nature. (+1 to upgrade rolls, -1 to crafting rolls)

[Taricus]

A.

Those Techocrats are going to regret this.

[Draignean]

Alright, another psionic update beamed to you straight from my brain.


Active Empathetics.

Surge: If it isn't pretty, it can still kill you. A surge is the most unfocused form of empathetics, effectively sending a heavy jolt into the person's/object's nervous system or circuitry. Low level surges induce twitching, low grade malfunctions, and pain. A high level surge can induce seizures, system overloads, and cardiac arrest,

Stamina Cost and difficulty: Surge costs 5 stamina per turn of focus, the power of the surge effects the difficulty. Low -0, medium -1, High -2, etc.

Override: Unlike surge Override has a specific purpose, the psionic tries to get the object to get the body of the opponent to do one thing against the will of its host. Complex commands are all but impossible, but quick spasms are fairly easy and useful. (Drop a gun, lose balance, jerk the control stick.)

Stamina Cast and difficulty: Override costs 10 stamina per use, difficulty is quite fluid and determined by how distracted the target is. For instance getting a trained marksman to drop his gun while he's aiming at you would be -2, but getting him to jerk the shot would only be -1, while having someones leg jerk enough to put them off balance would usually have no difficulty modifier attached.

Shatter Mind: A simpler, more destructive version of control Shatter mind actively attempts to shred the enemy's mind from within. It systematically attacks the weakest points of someones personality and attempts to drive them into catatonia. In machines it shunts power to weakest points in an attempt to fry critical hardware. Short term the subject experiences pain and disorientation, this eventually culminates in screaming madness.

Stamina Cost and difficulty Shatter mind costs 5+ stamina per round, additional costs are incurred by the subject struggling against the attack. Difficulty is -x/2 where x is the difference between your will and there's. Completely shattering even a weak mind can take time, and a strong mind may turn the tables against you.

Mind bend Mind bend is a subtle art of empathetics, as different from override as a pat on the shoulder is different from an uppercut. Mind bend is an attempt unobtrusively submit false information to someone else's senses, making the perceive you as a friend is impossible unless you know what their friend looks like, making them see a false image of you is somewhat easier.

Stamina Cost and difficulty: Mind bend takes 10 stamina to create the illusion and 5 to maintain it each round thereafter. Difficulty is determined by the complexity of the illusion. Making someone slightly misjudge the distance/speed of an object is at no difficulty. Inducing illusory sensations is at -1 difficulty*. And making them see an entirely new image is at -2 difficulty.

* These illusions can, on high rolls, take a life of their own, for instance Matriarch Cassandra could mindbend you powerfully enough to make you honestly believe your blood is physically made of tiny spiders, and even after she let up your mind would still be knee deep in the illusion for a while.

Control: is 9/10ths of the law. Control is complex, hideously difficult, and scary as all. When a psionic attempts to control another individual they lock in a battle of wills where the Psionic attempts to subjugate the personality of the victim. If the will of the attacker is stronger than the victim gets beaten back into his own mind and his body becomes a slave to the psionic. If the defender manages to win the battle of will however he can strike vicious psychic blow against his attacker.

Stamina cost and Difficulty: Control requires 10 stamina for each round of mental struggle, the struggle will last until the difference between the totalled rolls of the attacker or defender is greater than that of his/her counterpart by a margin equal to the will of the losing member. Example Bob[5, 6, 4] Vs [Betsy 2, 5 4], so bob is on top by 4 points, if Betsy as a will less than 4 she would have been subjugated and bob would have spent 30 stamina. There is no additional difficulty modifier, just psionic skill against psionic skill.

Mind bar: In the field you need protection, against psionics more than most. A Mind Bar makes it difficult for someone to tamper with your brain against your will. A simple mindbar is an effective defense but maintaining it is difficult, more complex mind bars can be a pain to make but can be maintained with a minimum of difficulty.

Stamina Cost and Difficulty Mind bar requires 10 stamina to create and 1 stamina point each round there after, plus 1 point for each empathetic attack it deflects. Its difficulty is related to how "cumbersome" it is to use. -2 modifiers to all other rolls is no difficulty, -1 is -1. and no penalty is -2 to create. A single psionic can shield multiple people without applying additional difficulty to those people. The psionic may experience some great difficulty however.

[Trollan]

Grab some guns, and a few extra hidden knives

[Draignean]

... Well since that requires you being at the Signifer's office I'll just have you find your way there.

Character: Trol Grane

Grab some guns, and a few extra hidden knives

Well, you've tested your psionic abilities. They work, and you're far from weak... Still, you're going to need more than a couple tricks to beat survive this place. You ask around for a place to grab some gear, [Speech roll 3] and among the best answers are, from a corpse, and the Signifer's office. You think making a corpse of these people might make some people unhappy, so you go for the Signifer. [Luck 4] By chance you run into Tarran again on his way there, al he knows is that it's in the observation tower. [Intuition rolls 2+1, 1] Tarran is hopelessly lost, he probably would have wandered outside before he found the Signifer's office. Luckily for him you have enough sense to find the place, if only after a bit of searching.

The Signifer is tall and thin, one of the sleeves of his jumpsuit dangles empty at his side. He still gives you a nod and curt smile as you approach, since you found your way there Tarran stands aside and lets you go first. As you walk up to the counter the Signifer speaks first. "Name?" Your first that is 'Wow, I didn't know people could sound like that.' then you see that the part of his throat not covered by the jumpsuit is a mass of scar tissue. [Subterfuge 5] You manage to act like you were just clearing your throat, not staring at the ruins of the man's neck. "Trol Grane" You respond once you're done wondering what the hell did that you him. "Hmm..."The Signifer looks down from you and at a terminal, obviously scrolling names. "Ah, the new account. For your actions as a Dealer back earth Cassandra set you up with something. Your account stands at 40 requisition credits" He hands you one of several pads and presses a button, and a list of objects springs to life.

If you would like to examine an Item more closely just tell me which one.

Spoiler: List of items at the Signifer's (click to show/hide)

  Armor

Makeshift Body armor  10RC
Light body armor  15RC
Standard body Armor 25RC
Reinforced Hazard suit 25RC
Hostile Environment suit 35RC
Combat fitted Hostile Environment suit. 50RC

  Weapons

Weighted Baton 5RC
Combat Knife 7RC
Stun baton 7RC
Chimera Pistol 12RC
Odei Flechette Pistol 15RC
Renfield SMG 17RC
Abassy Heavy Pistol 20RC
Ichneumon Anti-Armor Rifle 20RC
Modified Broadbeam 20RC
Irin Combat Shotgun 35RC
Fenrir Pistol 35RC
Dybbuk Flechette Rifle 40RC
 
  Other
 
.22 rounds (15) 5RC
.115 Spikes (30) 7RC
12mm Flechette Canister (6) 7RC
.50 caliber round (7) 8RC
1" High Velocity Sabot (2) 8RC
20mm Flechette Canister (2) 8RC
Power cell (1)  10RC
Medical Kit 8RC
Field Surgery Kit 12RC

Spoiler: Trol Grane (click to show/hide)

Health: 100/100
Stamina: 85/100
Carried Weight: 9/230
Attire: Loose black Jumpsuit, Enchained insignia, fine. [8lbs]
Inv:
Small knife [1lbs]
Status: fine, Training hall.

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Character Tarran Smith

Go to the Signifer and ask for guns.

Ookay, you don't feel like shooting a bunch of people for the sole purpose of getting stuff to shoot them with. The Signifer's it is then. [Luck roll 3] While you're looking for it you run into Trol again, you talk for a bit. Apparently he's been downstairs training his mind to kill people.  Eh, you'd rather kill people in the normal old fashioned way. Both of you are looking for a place to get some better gear, you tell him what you know from your conversation and you set off in search of ways to kill people. [Intuition roll 1, 2+1] Without Trol you would have been wandering around forever, you swear this building was built in the least intuitive way possible.

Trol eventually gets you there, and you let him at the Signifer first. It gives you a chance to look at him, and not stare at the hash marks adorning his neck. The man has a voice like a grinder filled with nails but he hands trol a pad to review. You walk up and repeat the process that Trol went though, if with more grace. "Tarran... with an 'A' or an 'E' in it?" you stare at him with some chagrin. "An 'A'" He pauses for a moment. "Yes that's it. Freedom fighter right? Cassandra has given you a bit of back pay for your actions. You have 40 Requisition credits." he gives you another one of the pads to review.

Spoiler: List of items at the Signifer's (click to show/hide)

  Armor

Makeshift Body armor  10RC
Light body armor  15RC
Standard body Armor 25RC
Reinforced Hazard suit 25RC
Hostile Environment suit 35RC
Combat fitted Hostile Environment suit. 50RC

  Weapons

Weighted Baton 5RC
Combat Knife 7RC
Stun baton 7RC
Chimera Pistol 12RC
Odei Flechette Pistol 15RC
Renfield SMG 17RC
Abassy Heavy Pistol 20RC
Ichneumon Anti-Armor Rifle 20RC
Modified Broadbeam 20RC
Irin Combat Shotgun 35RC
Fenrir Pistol 35RC
Dybbuk Flechette Rifle 40RC
 
  Other
 
.22 rounds (15) 5RC
.115 Spikes (30) 7RC
12mm Flechette Canister (6) 7RC
.50 caliber round (7) 8RC
1" High Velocity Sabot (2) 8RC
20mm Flechette Canister (2) 8RC
Power cell (1)  10RC
Medical Kit 8RC
Field Surgery Kit 12RC

Spoiler: Tarran Smith (click to show/hide)

 
Health: 75/75
Stamina: 75/75
Carried Weight: 8/150
Attire: Loose black jumpsuit, Unchained insignia, excellent. [8lbs]
Inv:
Nothing.
Status: Fine, Mess hall.

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Character: Taric Sizier

Go to the mess hall and get some food

You have triumphed this day, you think about striking a heroic pose but think better of it as your stomach complains loudly. [Speech roll 3+2 situation] You ask around for the mess hall and several people apparently feel hungry enough to go with you. You arrive in a couple of minutes guided by the more experienced mechanics, one of them asks a member of the staff in charge of food where all the grub went. He laughs and says that Morgan's boys came in and ate it all, but he brings out a pair of cold boxes and sets them on your table. Together you and the mechanics staff have a good meal, you learn a lot, these people have been dealing without major tech for so long that they've got most minor repairs down to an art.

+ 2/8ths Mechanics. No longer hungry or thirsty.

Spoiler: Tarric Sizier (click to show/hide)

Health: 70/70
Stamina: 70/70
Carried Weight: 8/170
Attire: Loose Black jumpsuit, Unchained Insignia, great. [8lbs]
Inv:
Microservos
Prisms
Laser rangefinder
scrapmetal
Status: Full, Mess hall

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Character: Dominique Wakeman

Dominique listened to the light chatter while she ate what was left of the rations, but didn't really overhear anything that interested her. I could probably get some practice in. I haven't had a good fight since those Mites, and hell if I remember when that was. She had been unconscious for awhile, most of a trip to this moon at the very least, and she had been abducted a few days after the incident in the first place.

"Hey, where do I go for some sparring?" she asked the nearest person. She'd feel a lot better after hitting someone a few times.

Ah, food to a hungry stomach... Still, you feel something missing. [speech roll 2]The person next to you isn't very talkative, "Training, Downstairs." Well downstairs is something. You push away your platter and leave the mess hall, [int 5] you're able to find your way through the building as you've walked it many times, it's a good design. The 'Training' room as the man had called it is in chaos has fifty different things happen at once, from psychic throwing contest, to an interesting variant of juggling. Still you know what you're here to do. [Luck 2] You have to wait a while for the first good brawling match to open up, eventually you get in the circle that designates the border of the arena. Your opponent is a wiry man, more arm and leg than body. [Dominique fighting roll 3, 5+1, 1+1, 1, 2+1] Vs [Unchained fighter 3+1, 6, 3, 3, 3] You're fairly evenly matched in the beginning but you slip up midway through the fight, he doesn't make the best use of opportunity but he certainly doesn't squander it. In the end he manages to twist one of your punches into a throw that puts you on your back, and out of the fight. Great now you're going to have to beat the crap out of the next guy twice as hard.

Fighting + 1/8th

Spoiler: Domninique Wakeman (click to show/hide)

Health: 100/100
Stamina: 83/100
Carried Weight: 13/210
Attire: Loose black jumpsuit, unchained insignia, average. [8lbs]
Inv:
Stun Baton [50/50, 5lbs]
Status: Fine, mess hall.

[Tarran]

Damn, that's one sexy Dybbuk Flechett Rifle. Too bad I wouldn't be able to afford the ammo.

What ammo does the Ichneumon Anti-Armor Rifle fire?

[Draignean]

Oops... Anti-amor... It's like a widowmaker except more french.


Anyway, the Ichneumon fires the one inch High velocty sabot round.

[Tarran]

Pfffft. These guys have no non-superpowerful rifles? They aren't going to last long in a outdoors gunfight, that's for sure.

What does the Irin Combat Shotgun fire anyway? There don't appear to be any shells at all.

"Jeez, they value this equipment more than our lives? Ehh, give me a Renfield SMG and 4 .115 clips."

[Draignean]

Pfffft. These guys have no non-superpowerful rifles? They aren't going to last long in a outdoors gunfight, that's for sure.

What does the Irin Combat Shotgun fire anyway? There don't appear to be any shells at all.

The Irin is a particle weapon, and thus is powered by energy cells. Also, you are equating an outdoor fight to an outdoor fight on earth. Outside of the barrens the vegetation is... dense. A long range rifle isn't the most useful thing. You also have to remember that the main armory is still controlled by the independent forces. Most of the effective weapons they have are in the hands of what armed forces they have.

The flechette rifle is a long range heavy anti-personell weapon.
 

[Trollan]

"Chimera pistol, light armor, and as much ammo for the pistol as i can buy."