Heist the Colours (OOC)

I actually wanted to make a reference to Pills ;-)

Phill's Pills?

Cat is good with attending the meeting, but will do so incognito.

Cool. I doubt many will be sharing names and such.

You joining them at Abby's?

Yes.

Clearly. :)

So, are we all meeting up at Abby's?

So far we have Ronny and Cat and a promise of Lio at Abby's. So we can assume are meeting there.

Rafael can insert himself into the scene when ready.

Insertion scene: done;) To the rescue with a Bob's truck! ;)

I'm counting on Bob's description - GM? - this time:)

As always: it's PbP, I like to be proactive, wanted to move things along, but if someone don't like my ideas and I took too much liberty, just say: and I will edit what is needed:)

Here's some inspiration form AI in our real world... :
"Certainly! Here's an example NPC description based on the B.A. Baracus character from the A-Team, but with a science fiction twist:

B.A. "The Beast" Baracus, former engineer and enforcer for the Intergalactic Syndicate, is a towering, heavily muscled humanoid with a cybernetic left arm that ends in a serrated energy blade. His shaved head and tattooed skin are a testament to his time spent in the prison colonies of Ganymede, where he earned his nickname "The Beast" for his fearsome reputation in the underground fighting pits.

Despite his rough exterior, B.A. has a keen intellect and a knack for engineering, often cobbling together makeshift weapons and gadgets from scavenged tech. He's fiercely loyal to those he considers his friends and allies, but has a hair-trigger temper that can be set off by any perceived slight.

In combat, B.A. prefers to get up close and personal, relying on his cybernetic arm and brute strength to pummel his opponents into submission. However, he's also skilled with a wide variety of weapons, including blasters, heavy pistols, and explosives, which he's not afraid to use to devastating effect.

B.A.'s ultimate goal is to one day take down the Intergalactic Syndicate and free himself from the debts he owes them, but for now he's content to take on whatever job will pay the bills and keep him and his crew flying through the stars."

And to be honest... no way I would done it better... :|

I love it when a plan comes together! ;)

Any objections to this pick-up, vague?
(I'll post a reply later today.)

Some might say 'rescue', others might say 'the GM placed a challenge to the party and you sidestepped it'. People are treating this like a training-mission, so I will let that slide, but don't let it become a habit.

I don't know what yet --this was out of the blue-- but, by the 'basic rules of RPGs', no solution should be without risks or consequences or costs. If you guys create 'free solutions' expect there to be 'costs down the line'.
Sure, but in future maybe don't move things so far along that the scene is suddenly solved and over?
Remember Don't Edit. We can if we have to, but don't post things that you expect will need to be edited, the flow of the story can get very confused as some people still remember scenes that did not happen anymore.

Unless someone was interested in the ethical dilemma or technical challenge of getting a vehicle, we can just skip that whole part and proceed with Bob's new van.
Wait? Does that mean you expect the GM to provide the description of the NPC? That was the plan.
I don't believe you. I am sure you would have come up with something better, but then I stopped reading after the first paragraph, since it was filled with stuff that did not fit our universe or ruleset at all. AI just does not know enough about what we are doing to really help with details.

If you are happy with it, carry on from there.

Sorry:( Looks like I have to still learn a lot:/ My thought was that we want to focus on the Abby meeting - that's way I provided the truck... :/ And we are less concerned about the packing of things - I felt that there was such suggestion.

But I can see how moral dilemma would be interesting in this.

So we can change it that Bob only threw out Raf at place and immediately departed to the star port - to prepare the ship, and he have to go there at that time in order to it be ready on time? The rest would stay.

Should I edit it? Maybe it is not too late?

I presume it is what Hanibal was always saying? As I watched the show being a kid, and it was aired only in my native language:)

I loved that phrase:)

Maybe, if we have to. But that makes little sense, and still provides a van (he has a cell phone, you can always just call him back, that scene in movies where someone hangs up a phone and everyone goes 'well, that means the conversation is over' no longer makes sense when it is not a payphone).
It is done. Unless people really object we will just leave it as fact.

Ok, will try to remember.
In fact I'm VERY curious how you have imagined him. So dying for the description already:)

And ok, fair points: let's assume the AI inspiration didn't ever happened only the barter between Raf and Bob.

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Gush... thinking of it: I think it is very hard for me to figure it out how much I should be proactive? Probably because I almost don't have any real experience with playing(maybe I still think about those games more from GM-wonna-be perspective?) RPG apart from PbP on this and other side. They say you should be proactive in PbP format, as there is no time to establish every detail. You should make your rolls in advance, to make game faster - and the GM can discard them if they are not needed. But waiting for him to ask for it could make game go for ages.

Any good guidelines? That wouldn't require to read the whole book about it? :)

What I meant here was that he really [i]needed[/I] to get to the star port as fast as possible to get the ship ready on time. So he couldn't turn around or even leave the van with us. But I know... "slightly" far-fetched...

I usually think this way:
1. Can I come up with something that would help the situation/problem?
2. How do I come up with a way to bring this into the story without outright solving it?
3. Write RP in a way that the GM can reply with a yes, no or maybe.

That way you can proactively add ideas to the game, but it doesn't force it.

@vagueGM, maybe a driving or mechanic roll would be something that can still make the van a challenge?

Yeah, but he also needs to 'get the ship ready' which means taking the stuff that needs to be taken. Coming back and loading up will take minutes, the rest in on the scale of hours and days, so 'haste makes waste'.