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SpiritualSocket Inactive for 10 months

Dec 6, 2023 7:30 pm

Dec 6, 2023 7:30 pm

OOC:

Bringing up this rule for awareness. We can decide if it applies to this situation since these guys were moments ago trying to kill you.

A person who is incapacitated by damage is defenseless. If it’s a human being and you want to kill them outright, you must fail an EMP roll (roll one base die only). If the roll succeeds, you simply cannot force yourself to commit the deed. Even if the roll fails and you do kill the victim, you suffer 1 point of stress – killing in cold blood is not easy. If you have the Killer specialty (Sheepdog does) you can kill defenseless enemies without these negative effects.

Daniel Cunningham

Dec 6, 2023 8:54 pm

Dec 6, 2023 8:54 pm

OOC:

Ok, didn't know that there were rules for that. Regardless, this isn't a decision that Cunningham is taking lightly. His pause, the ellipsis (...), and asking Sheepdog if he had his back were supposed to be indicative of his hesitation. He doesn't want these enemy combatants talking to Daniel and possibly hunting them down. He's got Jakob's safety to worry about as well as Reed and Sheepdog. Was waiting for Sheepdog's reply before going any further.

Dec 7, 2023 12:01 am

Dec 7, 2023 12:01 am

A grim looks crosses Tedic's face as he ties up the man who believed Daniel would come down on the group like some sort of divine retribution. Hopefully it won't come to extreme ends.

Master Sergeant Normal Baker (Sheepdog)

Dec 7, 2023 5:40 am

Dec 7, 2023 5:40 am

Baker nods as he reloads his rifle, and he eyes the men Tedic is securing. "Understood, Lieutenant, just say the word," he says matter-of-factly. Sheepdog's been in-country a long time. There are parts of him that are long gone now.

"Only have about a mag and a half left for the 21," the man adds after checking his rig. "You fellers see any seven sixty-two NATO anywhere, you sing out."

Just before heading to check on the humvee and his two kills, the man slings his rifle and grabs one of the AK-74s, adding, "Probably a good idea to take both vehicles, or switch over to the one with the mount. I don't think we got time to switch the deuce to our ride. And if nothin' else, we should dump the extra one a long way from here."

OOC:

Just realizing I haven't been tracking XP. What are we up to? We can spend right away, or need downtime?

SpiritualSocket Inactive for 10 months

Dec 7, 2023 2:05 pm

Dec 7, 2023 2:05 pm

OOC:

Sheepdog and Cunningham have 10 XP. Reed has 5. - You'll need to sleep or rest to use XP.

[ +- ] Rules: Using XP

Daniel Cunningham

Dec 7, 2023 7:16 pm

Dec 7, 2023 7:16 pm

Harrigan says:

Baker nods as he reloads his rifle, and he eyes the men Tedic is securing. "Understood, Lieutenant, just say the word," he says matter-of-factly. Sheepdog's been in-country a long time. There are parts of him that are long gone now.

Cunningham realizes that Baker is volunteering to be executioner. He files that away. "I've got an idea I want to try first."

Harrigan says:

Just before heading to check on the humvee and his two kills, the man slings his rifle and grabs one of the AK-74s, adding, "Probably a good idea to take both vehicles, or switch over to the one with the mount. I don't think we got time to switch the deuce to our ride. And if nothin' else, we should dump the extra one a long way from here."

"If it isn't too banged up, the gun would be a nice upgrade."

Last edited December 7, 2023 7:36 pm

Daniel Cunningham

Dec 7, 2023 7:22 pm

Dec 7, 2023 7:22 pm

SpiritualSocket says:

OOC:

to raise a skill level or gain a new skill at level D, you must have used the skill and succeeded at least once since your last increase.

OOC:

Really need to raise that ranged combat from a D to a C, but I don't think Cunningham has hit anything, not recently anyway. LOL. I'll have to scroll back a ways to see.

Daniel Cunningham

Dec 7, 2023 7:45 pm

Dec 7, 2023 7:45 pm

OOC:

So Cunningham wants to persuade this guy to give up info about Daniel's gang. So the Psy Ops specialty bumps up his Persuasion roll from d8 to d10, correct? And that's in addition to his Empathy roll.

Also, he wants to feed him disinformation about how they learned about Daniel's shakedown of the refugees. I want to shift the blame to the hermit with the landmines, even give him landmarks for clues. Say something like the hermit said that they were soft. Would that be another Psy Ops-boosted Persuasion roll with Empathy?

I can try to do this in-context if you want (plus dice rolls of course).

SpiritualSocket Inactive for 10 months

Dec 7, 2023 8:10 pm

Dec 7, 2023 8:10 pm

OOC:

Yes, that's correct. The final dice pool to get info about Daniel's gang is d10 / d8.

Feeding the false information is an automatic success. They don't have a reason to automatically believe you're helping the settlement since the arrangement between the settlement and Daniel has been going on without any issues. They've also never seen you before.

Daniel Cunningham

Dec 8, 2023 6:35 pm

Dec 8, 2023 6:35 pm

Cunningham walks over to the now tied up enemy combatant. He takes out his pistol and places the muzzle up against the captive's knee. "Since you speak English, you're saving me the trouble of having my guy here translate. I appreciate that. So I'm going to give you a chance to tell me about Daniel's operation: how many men, how many vehicles, where his camp is, anything that you feel like sharing to spare yourself some pain."

OOC:

Hopefully, the dice roll succeeds and he doesn't think Cunningham is bluffing. And he's saving the disinformation for after this dice roll.

Rolls

Persuasion (Empathy) + Psy Ops - (d10)

(3) = 3

Empathy - (d8)

(7) = 7

SpiritualSocket Inactive for 10 months

Dec 8, 2023 7:17 pm

Dec 8, 2023 7:17 pm

OOC:

Making Opposed Roll

The man pleads, "Alright, let's keep things calm. We're a group of ten, working under Daniel from Chęciny. The place is deserted after Kielce became a nuclear crater. People stayed away due to the fear of stray nukes, but Daniel saw an opportunity. He wants to rebuild, become a kind of Czar, offer services. Our role is providing protection for a Kielce settlement, and there's another smaller one in Chęciny. We're always expanding. Our HQ is in an abandoned prison near Chęciny, and Daniel's planning to unite the settlements, create a micro-state, maybe even take Poland. He'll be furious when he learns about what you've done. He's got a tank, and when he rolls up, you're going to wish you didn't do this."

Rolls

Opposed Empathy (No skill in Persuasion) - (1d8)

(4) = 4

Daniel Cunningham

Dec 8, 2023 8:33 pm

Dec 8, 2023 8:33 pm

OOC:

Now for the disinformation.

"Huh. That's completely different than the story we heard." He removes the gun from the prisoner's knee and stands up. He exchanges a glance with Reed, hoping the soldier plays along. "The hermit up past the airfield said you guys were a bunch of pussies who made their living bullying some unarmed refugees outside of Kielce. We told him that we were looking to stockpile some ammo, and he said that we wouldn't have any problem with you. Considering the fight that you and your men put up, I'd say that he was way wrong."

OOC:

At this point, unless the prisoner has something more to say, we'll just wait for Sheepdog to get back with the other Humvee.

Master Sergeant Normal Baker (Sheepdog)

Dec 9, 2023 1:37 am

Dec 9, 2023 1:37 am

OOC:

No need to focus on this during the interrogation, but just as a reminded Baker was going to check on the humvee and the two hopefully dead solders. Loot food, ammo, etc., and also see if the vehicle is in working condition.

Dec 9, 2023 2:09 am

Dec 9, 2023 2:09 am

OOC:

Reed would be keeping watch on the prisoners while Cunningham works his word magic on them.

SpiritualSocket Inactive for 10 months

Dec 9, 2023 1:40 pm

Dec 9, 2023 1:40 pm

OOC:

@Harrigan - Let me know if there is any other info you're looking for.

The other two combatants are dead, and the other Humvee still works.

Gear Found:
• 3 AK-74s (No Extra Magazines for the AK-74s, for ease of bookkeeping they are all fully loaded.)
• A Humvee
• Browning M2HB .50 Machinegun (No Extra Ammo Belts for the .50, for ease of bookkeeping it is fully loaded.)

Their Humvee has better armor then your current one. (It still works, but it doesn't have a back window.)

[ +- ] Humvee

[ +- ] M2

Daniel Cunningham

Dec 9, 2023 7:25 pm

Dec 9, 2023 7:25 pm

OOC:

Here are my thoughts about what we should do from here, and let me know what you think.

1) Do not go after Daniel and his men. We're outmanned and outgunned. Maybe when we were five people we could've tried it. But they have a tank.

2) Blindfold the prisoners and put them and the dead bodies into their Humvee. Go back to our Humvee to pick up Jakob. Drop off the prisoners and dead bodies and drive away in both Humvees. If it's late, go somewhere safe for the night.

3) Move our stuff into the better armed and armored Humvee. Siphon as much gas out of our old one into the new one.

4) There were two roads leading out of Kielce. One went to Checiny, which is the one we're on, and one leads to Busko. We get on the road to Busko and avoid Checiny. Re-assess our route when we get to Busko.

Last edited December 9, 2023 7:28 pm

Dec 9, 2023 9:57 pm

Dec 9, 2023 9:57 pm

OOC:

Yeah, we don't really have the tools to deal with a tank besides possible IEDs. I suppose we've done a decent job of not having things trace back to the settlement, so leaving it wouldn't be too much of a problem.

A couple things to consider, our current Humvee is faster (and therefore more fuel efficient). If we do leave it, we should probably strip it for spare parts (such as a back window), or trade it off somewhere.

Master Sergeant Normal Baker (Sheepdog)

Dec 10, 2023 6:55 am

Dec 10, 2023 6:55 am

OOC:

Dig the plan, and agree we should trade the old humvee in -- we might even get a *bunch* more gas and maybe some ammo (I need 7.62x51!) for we make a final push for our destination.

SpiritualSocket Inactive for 10 months

Dec 10, 2023 2:00 pm

Dec 10, 2023 2:00 pm

OOC:

Are these the immediate next steps?

1. Drive both Humvees to the Kielce settlement.

2. Negotiate a trade with the settlement for the Humvee?

3. Spend the night sleeping at the settlement?

Dec 10, 2023 4:33 pm

Dec 10, 2023 4:33 pm

OOC:

Hmm, I wonder about whether or not that'll draw attention towards the settlement though. If Daniel's men check on Kielce and notice a random humvee, that'll raise some questions, I think.

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