Brotherhood of the Machine (OOC Thread) {03}

[Ryudo Lee]

If we need to put things on hold here, we can do so.  With the holidays and work related things, an rp is not on the top of everyone's priorities.

[Prof B Hunnydew]

Good   Merry Christmas and see next year...............  PBH

[Ryudo Lee]

I think at this point, Darkshine should hear Exo tromping around, and should probably start making a racket to get some attention.

[Tapewolf]

We had a little thing planned if Dorcan gets permission to go.  If not, no big deal.

[Azlan]

We had a little thing planned if Dorcan gets permission to go.  If not, no big deal.

You mean I could be a really bad person... hmmm, evil senses tingling.

In actuality, I hate to be a jerk... despite what it may seem on this forum, but I doubt Morgan would send Dorcan.  He would probably send the soldier boy, as he would be more experienced in cleaning out hidden Brotherhood scum.  Afterall, what else would it be really?  Seriously.

[Tapewolf]

In actuality, I hate to be a jerk... despite what it may seem on this forum, but I doubt Morgan would send Dorcan.  He would probably send the soldier boy, as he would be more experienced in cleaning out hidden Brotherhood scum.  Afterall, what else would it be really?  Seriously.

Well, from Dorcan's point of view, he doesn't have much to do right now.  The generator is beyond his means to analyse, he can't carry it and in a way, he considers the new person to be 'his' since he found them.

There's also the fact that Dark is apparently going to kill the first person who opens the door, in much the same way as the 1920s Afghans used to aim a fixed rifle in the middle of the path and wait for someone's head to come in line (or so I'm told).  Dorcan and Exo are among the few who are liable to survive this attack.  We aren't strictly supposed to know this is about to happen, of course 

[Azlan]

There's also the fact that Dark is apparently going to kill the first person who opens the door, in much the same way as the 1920s Afghans used to aim a fixed rifle in the middle of the path and wait for someone's head to come in line (or so I'm told). 

Yup, can be really effective at least once... sometimes that's all you need.

Dorcan and Exo are among the few who are liable to survive this attack.  We aren't strictly supposed to know this is about to happen, of course 

Exactly, we don't know... there is no way to know and the longer I spend thinking about the situation, it is hard to isolate this tidbit of OOC knowledge.  If that is how he chooses his entrance, then he will have to pay the consequences that are yet to be realized.

On the side note, it does not matter who heard the noise, the team leader is free to choose who he thinks is best qualified to investigate the situation.  Morgan does not have as high opinion as you, the player, have of your character.  He does not see him as being as qualified as you may know him to be.  He knows the trooper is trained in certain necessary skills for combat and equipment (body armor, rifle capable of filling and area full of lead quickly.  Sidearm capable of providing backup, and a combat knife for close quarters.

The bottom line comes down to one thing, Morgan can trust the soldier to work independently and outside of direct supervision.

Probably for this situation, it would be better if I request Exo to check it out... if he is so inclined to view that as a good decision.

[Tapewolf]

The bottom line comes down to one thing, Morgan can trust the soldier to work independently and outside of direct supervision.

Probably for this situation, it would be better if I request Exo to check it out... if he is so inclined to view that as a good decision.

Realistically, you're right.  Dorcan doesn't have a proven track record and, bless him, is prone to getting distracted.

[techmaster-glitch]

Y'know, Jexx is still wandering around the Tower. He could meander into the room... (without realizing it himself, and without prompt or approval from others, mind you)

I don't mind him taking a bullet so long as he lives, if that's what's going to happen. It will give me much more motivation to play his angry jackass personality



And on a sidenote I though Exo was leader, not Morgan. Right?

[Lisky]

haha, realistically, Dark would be aiming for the torso or chest, it's a difficult shot to hit the head of a moving target when you can properly line up the sights, soo... hitting the head, while your wrists are bound to a pipe and you can't really get your sights lined up properly would be sheer luck... hitting the torso... not nearly as hard

[Azlan]

And on a sidenote I though Exo was leader, not Morgan. Right?

Exo is the group and mission leader, Morgan is the team leader of the infiltration squad (i.e. he is a squad leader).  Hence why I said Morgan would request if Exo and/or his team could check it out.  Exo could very well be standing right next to the spot, tell Morgan no and order Morgan himself to run all the way down there to do it himself... while Exo stands there and watches.  This is his purview, but Morgan would have something to say about it when they were de-briefed by Jackson.

In reality, I am so busy, I was tempted to run Morgan down there... get him shot, take him out of circulation for a bit so you all can continue on. 

[Tapewolf]

Dorcan doesn't have a proven track record

Actually, that's not quite fair - he did do a reasonably good job of leading the transmitter mission (it succeeded, after all).  Either way, he's waiting on a decision from higher up and will abide by it one way or the other.

[techmaster-glitch]

Subtle like a brick(almost literally). That's Jexx for ya.

I figured, ah what the hell. It's in-character for Jexx, no one's told him anything yet (Morgan was talking specifically to Exo over the comm), and it's moving things ahead.

Basilisk, I do believe you can reply now.

[Ryudo Lee]

...and then Darkshine realized he desperately needed a clean pair of underwear.

[Arcalane]

...and then Darkshine realized he desperately needed a clean pair of underwear.

He was gonna need a new pair either way, let's face it.

[Lisky]

i dunno about new underwear... definatly a bigger gun though

[Tapewolf]

For posterity, this is what would probably have happened had Dorcan got it:


The Doberman made his way to the toilets.  There was no-one inside, not in the gents nor the ladies.  Glancing at the plumbing, he looked for adjacent rooms which might possibly contain the mysterious stranger.

With his somewhat naive sense of caution, Dorcan opened the door.

[Darkshine shoots him]

Dorcan took the round in the head, just above one eye.  He collapsed like a rag-doll and lay there, his mouth slightly open in a look of surprise.  Five seconds later, when the internal diagnostics had completed, he rose groggily to his feet, flicked his hair over the bullet wound and glanced at the leopard, face twisted with rage.
"Bad kitty," he said and hosed the room down with his stunner.

[Lisky]

i'm curious if jexx has any idea what kind of can of worms he's about to open when he breaks the handcuffs...
laser sharpened blades driven by strength enhancing armor.... makes me cackle with glee

[Azlan]

i dunno about new underwear... definatly a bigger gun though

That would be reserved for me.  A 15.2mm tungsten carbide round is what my primary weapon chambers.  I currently hold the most powerful of dedicated matter small arms, excluding Exo's repeating grenade launcher thing. 


Edit:  I'm skipping the team ahead and all the way to the area... I really want to get out of here and blow this tower.

[Tapewolf]

Actually, Dorcan meant that he was unarmed - he's assuming Darkshine is.

[Lisky]

ohh... gotcha, well then, should i edit my post, or just keep going on the assumption that he misunderstood what dorcan had said?

[Tapewolf]

ohh... gotcha, well then, should i edit my post, or just keep going on the assumption that he misunderstood what dorcan had said?

Up to you, but it'll leave Dorcan confused if you don't change it.

[Lisky]

i say just roll with it then, adds to the whole, just got smacked in the back of the head by a blunt object, fuzziness that darkshine would be experiencing anyways

[Azlan]

Just a clarification, Morgan does not use contractions much.  If he is in a hurry, communicating over comms, multitasking, or effected by some type of altered mental or physical state, than he will get sloppy.  Plus, depending on when I post, I might miss one somewhere.

Bas, no offense intended, and I hate making this more difficult... but no one in their right mind would just release you and hand you your stuff back.  That type of metagaming has always bugged me in roleplaying games.

[Lisky]

oh i know, i'm basically trying to negotiate from his point of view though, remember, he doesn't trust these people at all, they're backing him into a corner, once out of the armor, he's got nothing to fall back on besides his own natural abilities, and weapons. Claws, fists, and teeth, when you've got strangers with guns, and you dont trust them, anything is better off than being left defenseless

[techmaster-glitch]

Have Darkshine try thinking about it this way:

They're giving him a choice, either come quietly and completely unarmed for their own safety, or they execute him on the spot, or they just leave him.

In other words

oh i know, i'm basically trying to negotiate

You lost at the word "negotiate". Basilisk, Darkshine is in no position to negotiate anything.

Also

he's got nothing to fall back on

That's kind of the whole point of stripping him of all his equipment. Face it, darksine isn't going to play with any of his toys until we get back to base.

[Tapewolf]

They're giving him a choice, either come quietly and completely unarmed for their own safety, or they execute him on the spot, or they just leave him.

Or as Dorcan suggested (before starting to ramble), they stun him, take him prisoner and figure out how to get him out of the armour at base.  Not much fun for him, I'll admit, but a safe option all round.

[Lisky]

well, in order to get the armor off, he's not bluffing that he can't reach the pins.   there is currently a pipe and cuffs which are preventing him from accessing the pins, located on his back, at the base of the shoulder plates

[Tapewolf]

well, in order to get the armor off, he's not bluffing that he can't reach the pins.

Dorcan is of the opinion that he's exaggerating about the pins having the output of a medium-sized power station running through them.  Not least because he'd basically explode if it started to rain while he was wearing it.  Of course, there might still be something like 450v between them, but even then it runs the risk of electrocuting Dark if he falls into an open body of water.

[Azlan]

I will have to agree with Tape, if the characters do take him along, it will likely be stunned.

However, we should just turn him loose somewhere... which would make integrating him into the team and playing in the RP difficult.  There is no logical reason why we should take him back to rebellion headquarters... his bio seems to indicate he is a loner and I'm having trouble thinking of a good way to justify bringing him all the way to base.  There is one, I'm just rather famished and not thinking clearly... must find food.

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On a side note, most engineers believe in designing systems that operate under less power... efficiency reasons, durability, operational time in the field, less detectable to sensors, heat issues and such.  DS's suit seems to be a very bad design...