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Madotsuki: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2025-09-13T22:14:44Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	[[Lingchi]] - I am glad no one died. I consider it a small miracle. [Mandarin: I agreed to break their chains because I knew they must be freed. To be placed into horrific bondage, to be tied in a pen and made to fight for the amusement of others is familiar. A type of familiar that makes my veins burn. I will not let such horrors pass beneath my gaze. As I live, there is no evil that will stand.]		[[Lingchi]] - I am glad no one died. I consider it a small miracle. [Mandarin: I agreed to break their chains because I knew they must be freed. To be placed into horrific bondage, to be tied in a pen and made to fight for the amusement of others is familiar. A type of familiar that makes my veins burn. I will not let such horrors pass beneath my gaze. As I live, there is no evil that will stand.]

			[[Geodesic]] - Monsters. Hiding in the cracks. They're always there. Of course. But I still find myself surprised. At the depths of it. It is infinite. Just as my screaming visions suggest. Regardless. I came. As a favor to Fennec. To rescue her friend. And... I did that. Saved Swerve, too. This is as far. As I go, though. Should White Thistle seek revenge... Well. I have. My own burden to bear.

Ellehog: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2025-07-29T08:10:36Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==		==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
	[[Samael]] - Madness. Madness and stupidity. That island is a telling example what comes of insulation and lack of any good common sense when it comes to the study of anything, let alone the arcane. Still - despite my uncertainty at breaking into a situation where the security forces all but knew we were coming, and rescuing people like Thistle... well, we made it. Bloody near thing, too - Hunter is worth his weight in gold for walking into oncoming fire in a shield walk with me on little more than my say-so. It was a level of trust and bravery I was not expecting. The whole team performed wonderfully, and thankfully my worries about Thistle or Swerve demanding immediate vengeance were not justified. Definitely going in to Dr. Mortimer's for some additional upgrades; that rifle round that broke armor was... unfortunate. Let's do try and avoid that again in the future.		[[Samael]] - Madness. Madness and stupidity. That island is a telling example what comes of insulation and lack of any good common sense when it comes to the study of anything, let alone the arcane. Still - despite my uncertainty at breaking into a situation where the security forces all but knew we were coming, and rescuing people like Thistle... well, we made it. Bloody near thing, too - Hunter is worth his weight in gold for walking into oncoming fire in a shield walk with me on little more than my say-so. It was a level of trust and bravery I was not expecting. The whole team performed wonderfully, and thankfully my worries about Thistle or Swerve demanding immediate vengeance were not justified. Definitely going in to Dr. Mortimer's for some additional upgrades; that rifle round that broke armor was... unfortunate. Let's do try and avoid that again in the future.

			[[Lingchi]] - I am glad no one died. I consider it a small miracle. [Mandarin: I agreed to break their chains because I knew they must be freed. To be placed into horrific bondage, to be tied in a pen and made to fight for the amusement of others is familiar. A type of familiar that makes my veins burn. I will not let such horrors pass beneath my gaze. As I live, there is no evil that will stand.]

Tesslerj: /* Player After Action Reports (AARs) */

2024-11-25T01:04:16Z

Player After Action Reports (AARs)

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	==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==		==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==
			[[Samael]] - Madness. Madness and stupidity. That island is a telling example what comes of insulation and lack of any good common sense when it comes to the study of anything, let alone the arcane. Still - despite my uncertainty at breaking into a situation where the security forces all but knew we were coming, and rescuing people like Thistle... well, we made it. Bloody near thing, too - Hunter is worth his weight in gold for walking into oncoming fire in a shield walk with me on little more than my say-so. It was a level of trust and bravery I was not expecting. The whole team performed wonderfully, and thankfully my worries about Thistle or Swerve demanding immediate vengeance were not justified. Definitely going in to Dr. Mortimer's for some additional upgrades; that rifle round that broke armor was... unfortunate. Let's do try and avoid that again in the future.

Tesslerj: /* Game Quotes */

2024-11-25T00:59:17Z

Game Quotes

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	==Game Quotes==		==Game Quotes==

	{{Gamequote\|~~Amusing quote~~ from ~~game.~~}}		{{Gamequote\|"I was four boxes from quitting eternally" - Bug}}

	==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==		==Player After Action Reports (AARs)==

Tesslerj: /* Rewards */

2024-11-25T00:58:57Z

Rewards

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	==Rewards==		==Rewards==
	For the Rescuers:		For the Rescuers:
	20,000 nuyen
	20 karma		* 20,000 nuyen
	40 CDP		* 20 karma
	1 street cred		* 40 CDP
			* 1 street cred

	For the Rescuees:		For the Rescuees:
	20 karma
	60 CDP		* 20 karma
			* 60 CDP

	For Geo:		For Geo:

Tesslerj: /* Rewards */

2024-11-25T00:58:46Z

Rewards

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	==Rewards==		==Rewards==
			For the Rescuers:
			20,000 nuyen
			20 karma
			40 CDP
			1 street cred

			For the Rescuees:
			20 karma
			60 CDP

			For Geo:
			Optional Quality: Impenetrable Logic @ chargen rates

			For Hunter:
			Optional Quality: Tough as Nails @ chargen rates

			For Lingchi:
			Optional Quality: Gifted Healer @ chargen rates

			For Sam:
			Optional Quality: Strive for Perfection @ chargen rates

			For Swerve:
			Optional Quality: Closer @ chargen rates

			For Thistle:
			Weird Science Mutations (SURGE II) @ chargen rates

	==Game Quotes==		==Game Quotes==

Tesslerj: /* Aftermath */

2024-11-25T00:58:28Z

Aftermath

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	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
			* Thistle has been science juiced into SURGE mutations.
			* Dr. Moore and Ashford remain alive. [Everyone Disliked That]
			* Dr. Moore has Swerve, Thistle, and Lingchi's aura
			* While there was no Cleaner Cleaner deployed at the site to cover Hunter and Sam's blood, picking it out from the exploded bits of Manther is probably a difficult thing

	==Rewards==		==Rewards==

Tesslerj: /* The Run */

2024-11-25T00:55:00Z

The Run

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	==The Run==		==The Run==
			The team heads to the other side of the world by way of transport from Fiendest, preparing themselves and their gear as much as possible. On the island itself while all this occurs, Thistle and Swerve deal with the issues of Dr. Moore - Swerve opting to be a bit more polite and reasonable while Thistle is... well... Thistle. This turns into Moore wanting Swerve to give him the gift of vampirism while tossing Thistle into the arena to fight the other creatures and creations. During this, Thistle gets hit with a number of doses of "Science juice" causing them to undergo SURGE effects.

			Once they arrive, Samael arranges a nearby houseboat rental in order to give them a safe operating base, while various contact phone calls are made to arrange other possible routes of entry. Geodesic runs the Host and has a hard time of it but is, ultimately, sucessful. Based on that intelligence, the team is able to get a better idea of the opfor, the nature of the alarms and security, and the presence of the genetically modified sharks in the waters outside the islands. The cost of getting this information is a huge amount of matrix damage left over on Geodesic which heavily impacts her ability to engage in the remainder of the Run. Lingchi likewise takes care of some magical scouting, revealing the powerful ward over the facility and the rather specifically Hermetic based Background Counts.

			As the run begins, Samael swims into the grotto, narrowly avoiding the shark due to some magic from Lingchi and disables the alarms that would have otherwise detected the boat. Geodesic pilots it in, and under invisibility and concealment from Sojourner and Lingchi, the team makes their advance. They manage to avoid the magesight system as well as guard patrols until they come across one of Ashford's dual natured creatures. Samael and Hunter take the lead in the firefight and earn more than their fair share of bruises for it.

			During the first engagement, two guards are heavily injured and fall back, allowing the team to recover Thistle. An unfortunate Man-Scorpion is also killed during this time. The team progresses while Lingchi and Samael sort out the Sunbeam alchemical prep that's been attached to Thistle's leg.

			There is a second engagement outside Swere's cell which remains a pitched one, as the runners spend bullets, edge, and health to hold their ground. An incredibly powerful spell from Lingchi manages to finish off the two guards there and the team rescues Swerve from similar confines - and a similar sunbeam ankle monitor.

			While this has been going on, the security forces have entrenched themselves at the dock exit in the grotto, correctly noting that such is really the only feasible exit. The team concocts a plan which is the best chance of success. An air spirit from Lingchi delivers a payload of C4 which manages to kill some of the guards, break the lodge, and ruin some of their ramparts and defenses. As the team begins a shield walk maneuver with Hunter and Samael in the lead, they are set upon by a man-panther, a manther if you will, which ends up exploding. Samael eats his first grenade for the day.

			What follows is an inch-by-bloody-inch walk down the hallway and Sam and Hunter take the brunt of the fire and thrown grenades. Hunter drops into overflow at least once and Samael almost does likewise after a sniper round punches through his armor. The magical team works miracles between summoning a giant fuckoff fire spirit and magical healing which keeps the two samurai-slash-bullet-sponges alive long enough to get out.

			As the fire spirit engulfs one of the security forces, Swerve's Mob Mind catches the last two, and with a free and clear exit, the team makes a hasty escape.

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==

Tesslerj: /* The Plan */

2024-11-25T00:31:21Z

The Plan

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	==The Plan==		==The Plan==
			* Infil via the grotto
			* Sneak to the cells until we can't
			* Rescue the prisoners
			* Marching firefight / shieldwalk on our way out

	==The Run==		==The Run==

Tesslerj: /* The Meet */

2024-11-25T00:29:41Z

The Meet

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	==The Meet==		==The Meet==
			The team meets Fiendest out in the Redmond Barrens where she explains the background of the situation and that the goal is to get Swerve and Thistle out; while they would love to bring down Moore or Ashford themselves, the reality of tackling a prepared security force entrenched inside a literal castle is unlikely. The prior run having occurred within the last 24 hours means that the runners are on something of a timetable - the sooner they go, the less time the security has to entrench and the less time to torture the prisoners.

			They agree, acknowledging this will be a low paying job, but a rescue run isn't the one that anyone does for the money.

	==The Plan==		==The Plan==