On the Job (OOC)

I'm not entirely sure if implants do add to Encumbrance. All I know is that they are "cumulative with armor." Maybe they have similar rules as Magical Armor? There is this though:

SR4A pg 341 wrote:

The cellular structure of the user’s bones is augmented with lattice chains of reinforcing plastics and metals to improve the bones’ integrity and tensile strength, but the augmentation also adds extra weight.

The only characters who would be affected by this are RamJam (which would give him a moot modifier) and Adrian (which would give him a modifier of -4 or -3).

Just take off your armors and hide behind RamJam, he'll catch the bullets for ya

Thought I'd mention this...

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I'm not sure where you're getting those other SWAT armor types from, I checked SR4, and Arsenal. Is this from a different book?

If its a homemade chart than I'm all for it pending GM approval

SWAT Armour is from Arsenal. The other suit I"m referring to is the Full Body Armour in SR4/SR4A. Except instead of using the system presented in that book, use the systems presented under SWAT armour in Arsenal. The Full Body Armour suit is effectively the exact same thing as SWAT but with different base mods and lower armour rating.

As to augmented bones what they mean by extra weight is extra body mass. If you weigh 190'bs and get titanium bone lacing you now weigh an extra 20lbs or something like that. I don't recall the exact amount of weight it adds. Beyond that as far as I'm concerned armour granted via augmentation acts the same way encumbrance wise as magic based armour. IE: It isn't calculated into encumbrance. That's one reason why it's so damn expensive. Tthat and it eats into your essence which is effectively a side effect of people cutting drek out of you to put other drek in. That new drek is now part of your body.

As a side note, if people are doing dice rolls, please use invisible castle found here: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/

You can cut and paste the links from your rolls into your post and it cuts down considerably on clutter caused by the PBP's dice roller which can really make things hard to track.

As a heads up, I've started posting up the expanded gear list. It'll take some time to complete however so feel free to check it on a regular basis. There will be standard issue comlinks etc.

Kesslan wrote:

As a heads up, I've started posting up the expanded gear list. It'll take some time to complete however so feel free to check it on a regular basis. There will be standard issue comlinks etc.

So I see. Very nice. You've been a busy beaver!

Before we get too much further i thought i should add this

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Enfield AS 7 (Smartgun, Basic Safety, Safe Target)
ARES Predator IV (Smartgun)
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BTW as some one in my department quit recently and I have to go out of town tomorrow I'll be aiming to get the next GM post up Monday.

Sorry about the delay folks.

I still need threshold on this building's plans.

don't worry, I'm in the middle of mid-term/internship time. Although a 15 20 min break to write something more entertaining is nice.

Hey folks. Sorry bout not gettin up a post. Seems I've been having one issue after another. Parley net connection went down. Hope it gets sorted out later today.

Kesslan wrote:

Hey folks. Sorry bout not gettin up a post. Seems I've been having one issue after another. Parley net connection went down. Hope it gets sorted out later today.

Ouch. I think I'd be in withdrawl without internet. Thanks for the heads-up!

I was hoping to make it easy to see everyones character that we could post them in the finalized character section that we have I'm going to post Shinny there now.

Good Idea, i have done the same

I'll have a fresh post up soon, likely in the morning.

Ok, was waiting to see if we got everyone to post but it looks like not. So I'll get a GM post up hopefully tomorrow or the day after and then I'll aim for once a week there on and see who needs to be dropped/replaced.

@ Kesslan

Sorry, I didn't notice your GM edit.

Do you just want me to roll a social test and some generic dialog? Is the other person male/female?

Give me an etiquette roll at -1 (Annoyed NPC at being woken up in the wee hours of the morning)

Sorry about the slow response. Had some one quit recently so there's been a temporary heavier workload than usual eating up my time. Didnt have the time to get a post up when I planned so I'll try to do so after work sometime tomorrow.

I'm still in it, can't wait for the splosion!

BTW folks, if you notice I seem to have forgotten something in regards to the GM posts, feel free to point it out.

I don't think I've missed anything to date, but if I have, or if you need more clarification on anything, just ask.

Is it safe to assume that the vans have respirators and basic goggles that can be handed out to the team to avoid tear gas? Mike already has his goggles on him. If there are SWAT shields available as well, Mike might suggest using them. Also, while Mike may not care to mention this, I will: Why aren't we making any efforts to perform hostage negotiations or at least establish a line of communication? Because this is Shadowrun? I figured it would be a little less pink-mohawk-y.

Sorry for the delay on post I have a major project due DEC 1 worth 50% of my grade so until then My character play will have to be put on hold sorry will be back soon.

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Also, while Mike may not care to mention this, I will: Why aren't we making any efforts to perform hostage negotiations or at least establish a line of communication? Because this is Shadowrun? I figured it would be a little less pink-mohawk-y.

At the moment? Because it's already been tried and they're not feeling talkative. As in, not even bothering to respond (according to the cops on site). They're in a fortified position with no way out we know of, but they're not even willing to negotiate so Mel'd feel that something's up. I'm not sure how much the team has been able to work together yet, but you'd still likely have the impression Mel's not keen on diving in whithout some intel first. Best we find out what's going on in there.

Just too bad we don't appear to have access to a rigger to get some drones inside.