USH'S MATRIX GAME FOURTH ASSIGNMENT (COMBAT PATH)- 'The Heist'

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Ushgarak
No briefing as of yet, but one will follow.

You guys are legging it away from the CCC building at all due speed. In the chaos of the explosion from before, the collapses since, and the chemical fire you just got caught in, you are able to get away clean, if singed. To remind people, here is the damage you start on for this Assignment:

San: 6
Barb: 1
Ares: 9
Burn: 5
Mors: 6
Cloud: 1

Now, things are tenuous. You guys have not achieved your objective. Agents are still trying to find you, and you have no way out of the Matrix as of yet.

San, your phone rings- it is Finn.

"Sorry for the long silence," he says. "Sentinels are scanning the area and we are having to run very quiet. Anywya, you guys need re-supplying right now. Shez is up to something else so they cannot spare the time to programme anything. I'll guide you to a hardline, so we can bring some guns to you."

Note- whilst some have done it in the beta thread, could all players please update their stat and skill options in the character creation thread. Those who already have done so may wish to check the difference it has made to their characters in the Download thread- espeically San, who is on 13s right now and may wish to re-juggle her downloading

tptmanno1
I'm done right?

Ushgarak
Yup

tptmanno1
allrighty!
now all we need is er... everyone else

Ushgarak
So it seems!

Trinity_Matrix
...okay, I gotta go check out the downloads to see exactly what's going on there...blink

Ushgarak
Happy now?

barbarossa
Yes VERY Happy!!!!!

In Fact MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Ushgarak
Scary...

Captain REX
messed

Anyway...

"I could use a few guns to add to my empty arsenal..." Ares says unhappily. "And bring me something to patch my burns!"

Trinity_Matrix
Much better...

...and I'm trying to figure out exactly when the hell Barbarossa got on here, since he was supposed to be at a club meeting...blink

Captain REX
*Twilight Zone music*

SpikeSpiegel
I could do with a new katana

Ushgarak
Marduk is waiting for you at the hardline, complete with his slim Arabian good looks, and a lot of guns concealed around his person- Marduk is a fabulous gunner.

"Hey guys," he says. "You all bearing up ok?"

SpikeSpiegel
"I've been hit by an agent, fallen out a window, been shot, jumped across a gaping hole, burnt myself on a hot pipe and heen trapped under some rubble in a room full of dangerous chemicals and fire. Other than that just peachy" Cloud says sarcastically.

Ushgarak
"I wish I could tell you things are getting better," says Marduk, "but they are not. This is a situation of great adversity. If it is any compensation, you are in a better state than the others.

"I have brought the weapons you need."

Trinity_Matrix
"Great. We need some weapons here. Especially since those damn agents are probably looking for us right now..."

(I'll be going with my same loadout as always...)

Ushgarak
I don't need loadout details until I start a loadout section; this is just the time you would be getting the weapons is all.

Marduk shakes his head.

"Don't worry, they seem to be off your case," says Marduk. "They don't actually seem too bothered about you. It's probably because they have dispatched the sentinels to take care of us. They know that even if our ships escape, you guys are dead. That's assuming they know your cvode has been altered, but we think that is a safe bet."

Captain REX
"Great, Sentinels too..." Ares says, shrugging. He takes another Ingrams and as many spare clips as can hold.

Ushgarak
Please, don't bother describing the guns, I am only going to ask you for real later!

Does anyone have any questions for Marduk? He can give you sane advice but he'll need to get back to his ship soon.

Captain REX
Heh, oops...

"What happened to the others, Marduk?"

Ushgarak
"They went to deal with Melitus," says Marduk, "but it did not go well. I am afraid I cannot tell you much more than that as we lost contact with them as soon as they entered Melitus's realm."

tptmanno1
"Damn, they were good men. But we can't just sit around here and mope, there has to be something we have to do or else you wouldn't be here."

Ushgarak
"I am just making sure you are well and re-armed," says Marduk. "We'll work on getting you out but I have no guarantees at this point."

Captain REX
"Of course," Ares says. "Well, somehow I doubt that Melitus killed them..."

Ushgarak
"We know they aren't dead," says Marduk. "Their bio signs are still showing... if reading rather unusually."

Captain REX
"Go figure," Ares says, rolling his eyes.

Ushgarak
"With the Sentinels around we cannot contact Zion at this point either, not that they could do much.

I won't lie to you; we have only a matter of hours before the Sentinels find either the Shez or the Percy. As you know, if we move... well, we are bound to leave broadcast depth at some point. We'll endeavour to go around in circles as long as we can but if we do that, at some point we'll have to hit the EMP..."

Bespin Bart
"Indeed. No use losing ships just because you can't get the crew out," Mors says sadistically.

Ushgarak
Marduk nods.

"If it was simply a choice of abandoning you to save our own lives there would ne no question of it," he says, "but of course if the ships are destroyed then that's it for all of us anyway."

Captain REX
Ares nods, sympathetically for himself.

Ushgarak
"Take heart," says Marduk. "It will take something more than this to put our crews down. If we are lucky, we can catch our opponents off guard, for the first time."

Captain REX
"I hope you are right, Marduk..." Ares says. "So, what do we do now?"

Ushgarak
"I'll head back to my ship," says Marduk. "You guys lay low and wait for Dallas to contact you.

"Don't worry, I am sure his plan won't be too extreme this time."

-

Aboard the Shez

"Dallas, please tell me that's not the Freeway you are looking at there!" says Ariadne.

"Um... no..." says Dallas, unconvincingly.

-

Captain REX
(Goddamn...)

"Alright, Marduk, thanks for your help, and the guns."

Ares waits patiently for Dallas to call, hoping that there are no crazy plans that include blowing yourself up.

Trinity_Matrix
Heh...oh great, more Dallas plans...is the objective of the first set of assignments to kill all the characters or something?

Ushgarak
Awww, you don't like Dallas?

Trinity_Matrix
More like his crazy ideas...they're like things that I would come up with which is the really scary part blink

Ushgarak
Heh... remember the important thing with Dallas, though.

Captain REX
What, that he's nuts?

Trinity_Matrix
Hee, I'd have to say I'm with you on that one...

tptmanno1
Accually, I'm kinda with Dallas on this one.
I wanna give my Fastback a test run.
Heheh
Vroom..Vroom...bang bang..vroom!
Kaboom!

Captain REX
No, please no!

tptmanno1
Vroom..Vroom....Vroom...Screech!...Vroom!

SpikeSpiegel
Oh dear God we're all going to die...

Ushgarak
The thing about Dallas is that he has never failed a mission, remember? And he is actually very clever; it is just hard to see.

He rings you a few minutes later. Whoever wants to reply, do...

"Hey! How are we all doing?" he asks, in his best 'big grin' phone voice.

tptmanno1
Answers in simalar big grin voice.
"Hey! It's pretty good here despite the whoole Agent Blowing up thing. So whats up with you?"
(I am having too much fun with this roleplay!)

Ushgarak
"Oh, I am just FINE, thanks for asking..." says Dallas. "And do I have a fun job for you!"

tptmanno1
"Oh boy! Tell me tell me tell me!!!!"
(This is just toooo fun!)

Ushgarak
"Oooh well," says Dallas. "I don't mean it is EASY. But you should like it..."

tptmanno1
"Do I get to blow stuff up?"
( I feel like a five year old tempted with a new toy)

Ushgarak
"There should be an exceptional amount of ass-kicking of stuff involved," says Dallas.

Trinity_Matrix
Oooohhh boy should this be interesting...

(right now Burn and Dallas are reminding me of two kids in a toy store...scary...)

Ushgarak
Toy Store of Doom...

tptmanno1
(hehe, I'm having fun!)
"Awesome, so when do we start, do we get more stuff?"

Trinity_Matrix
We are all doomed to a life of doominess!!!

sorry, random...big grin

tptmanno1
but it will be fun along the way!

Ushgarak
Heh...

"Well," says Dallas, "you know the other guys ran into Medea. Do you all know what happened back at the CCC with the spammer?"

tptmanno1
"nope, fill us in."

Ushgarak
"Ok, well, what happened is, Jericho hit you guys with an old trick. A 'spammer' is a trick we used to use a while back. It deliberatrely disrupts Matrix code in a very 'noisy' way that the System detects very quickly. What we would use it for was to 'spam' the system in one place, whilst we were doing something- like pulling out a new recruit- in another. The system would waste time where the spammer was and we would get away clean.

"Trouble is, they became too dangerous to use. The System kind of got wise to it, and we stopped using them. But Jericho left one in the building when you guys got there, because he knew it would bring the Agents all at once to deal with you guys. Bastard.

"Anyway, Medea came by to get some of you out, according to her, from the sheer goodness of her heart."

tptmanno1
"Goodness of her heart, yea right, Anyway, then what happened?"

Ushgarak
"Well, I sent the others off to deal with Melitus. Jericho only knew you were coming because Melitus called him to tell him in advance, you see. But Medea had to split because apparently she is completely at Jericho's mercy as he controls her real-world body

"But, you know, I kept a close watch on Medea with my monitor here... Oh! I am sorry Medea!" he says, mockingly. "Did you forget I could follow you from here? Been working without an operator too long, hmm? And guess who she led me straight back to...?"

Captain REX
Ares smiles. "Jericho?"

Ushgarak
"Oh yeeaaaaaahhhh, that's right... Hey Jericho! I can see you! Yeah, you don't know I am watching, you arrogant bastard... anyway, not only that, but then the lot of them performed a job. It was a grab-and-switch on a message a motorcycle courier from out of town was bringing in. It was very well done- they did it without the courier even noticing they had taken it. And given it back.

"Can you guess what it was the courier was carrying?"

Captain REX
"A USB device?"

tptmanno1
"The USB drive thingy?"

Ushgarak
"That's the one!" says Dallas. "Jericho has the System's security cipher key. Guess what. We're going to take it from him."

tptmanno1
"ahh, sounds dangerous...and fun!"

Ushgarak
"Heh... yeah, well, it WILL be dangerous, actually. Jericho may be an ass but he's good and his team's good as well. They work well together. And you'll near the Freeway when you intercept them. Fast response time from the System. Keep it quick and clean."

tptmanno1
"Ohh boy, sneakyness!"

Trinity_Matrix
"At least we'll have the advantage here, for a change...Jericho and his crew think we're dead, after all, and they sure won't be expecting six 'dead' people to show up!"

Captain REX
"Indeed," Ares says, realizing that Dallas wasn't completely insane after all.

SpikeSpiegel
"But we'll also be up against six people who are just as strong and as resorseful as us..........When do we start?"

Ushgarak
"ASAP," says Dallas, "before they get back to Melitus."

FULL ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

Assignment Name: The Heist

Details: This is not a Zion briefing. This is an on-the-spot situation update

Having escaped from the CCC building, but being split from the half of you who went to try and deal with Melitus, in some vague way you are still actually on course with your mission- to discover and deal with the Jericho problem. You missed him at CCC but in surviving his trap you have proven yourselves well; Dallas has been able to track Jeircho's location by following his wavering crewmember Medea.

Jericho and his team have, inside the last 30 minutes, stolen the new delivery of the Machine's Cipher cods which got you into this damn mess in the first place. This time it was coming in by motorcycle courier. Jericho and his team have already performed the operation of taking the codes, downloading them, and putting the USB device back again. The codes are already stolen from the System, which does not know this has happened. So all that needs to happen now is to steal it from Jericho and bring them back to Zion.

Jericho, and his five crewmates, are now heading back to Melitus'. They have left the Freeway for quieter roads but are still out in the open. You must intercept them on the road. This is a no-nonsense mission. Engage Jericho's team in aggressive combat and get that laptop.

Jericho's team is good but you guys have the element of planning and surprise. Make those advantages count- especially as you guys are a little banged up already.

COMMENTS- by Dallas.

"This is our chance to strike back. I know you guys have been feeling dumped upon from a great height since we got out here. Well, consider that a mere prelude to the big can of payback we are about to open in Jericho's face.

"Don't be under any illusions here, Jericho tried to have you killed; he is clearly hostile. But when it comes down to it, eliminating him and his team is a bonus. What we really want is that laptop. If you can get it and run, then fair enough.

"Incidentally, just in case... WHATEVER you do, under no circumstances must the System find out what is on that laptop. If it does, then everyone's time will have been wasted again. This IS our second chance; we won't get another if the System catches us in action again.

"As for your opponnets... well, none of them are worse than you, some of them are better. Jericho's good, he's into that whole 'Samurai' thing; he can make a mess of you up close with his sword. Khali, as I have mentioned before, she is a BIG problem. She is very good, well-trained, very instinctive, and utterly without morals. She'll cut you down without a second thought.

"The others... well, Loomis is a gunner. They have the team ethic with him done well so don't see him as the soft target. Tyr and Sinister, they are all-rounders. And Medea... she's a close combat specialist. Big on kicks.

"Now... I know it isn't easy to fight other humans. Even harder to kill one. If you think any of therm will surrender... well... ok, let them live, but don't let sentimentality get YTOU killed, as I am pretty sure they won't hesitate to kill you.

"The question mark is on Medea. I don't trust her as far as I could throw an Agent... but she saved Burn's life at the airport and she pulled the rest of them out the fire at the CCC. Will she fight you? I dunno. But remember, even in the best of circumstances, if she is seen to betray Jericho in front of him, then that's her death warrant signed unless you kill Jericho there and then- else he will pull her plug first chance he gets.

"It might be possible that some of the others have wavering loyalty to Jericho. But if they don't make that obvious... it's too late. They've already betrayed Zion and now Zion needs what they have. If they fight back, they are inviting death. They made their choice.

"Get me that laptop. That makes everything we did worthwhile. We thought we wasted our time at the airport. Well, now if we get away with this, we get the codes AND we deal with Jericho. Two missions complete in one go. Make me proud."

SPECIAL RULES:

Combat Mission: This designation for an Assignment means it is a mission where no stealth or subtlety is in any way required. Therefore the Concealment rules will not be used- you may simply take as much gear as you can carry!

Car chase: No specific rules for this but the fact that the fight will be conducted whilst on the move makes it interesting...

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

The Laptop- Just as in the first Assignment, only this time, you need to take it FROM Jericho's team. Whatever you do, don't let the System have it. The laptop is being held by Tyr.

ESTIMATED DANGER LEVEL: High. In fact, about as High as it can possibly go and you be reasonably expected to be able to win. So, not as dangerous as CCC, but you need to win, not just bugger off.

TIPS:

Ok, this is the big one. This is your moment to shine. You have everything the way you want. You have surprise. You know exactly what you need to do. And you can PLAN the way you want things to go. Planning is very, very important. Project yourself into the future, and see the point at which, afterwards, I am saying "Well, you might have done better if you had planned a bit more sensibly..." You don't want me saying that, so make sure I do not have to.

ROLES: An important part of planning.

You need a driver, of course, who will be essential for the first part of the plan.

You may also wish to designate someone to get the laptop

Other than that, your main thing to think about is who you want to fight whom.

TIPS: I pull no punches on this mission. Your opponents are not super-strong Agents. They work on exactly the same rules as you, though some of them have more Download space. The reason they will be so dangerous is because they work as a team and because they won't piss about- they will be very efficient. I'll be playing these people as well as I can so if you ever wanted to fight ME, this is your chance. This fight will be brutal.

COMBAT PATH OBJECTIVE

YOUR OBJECTIVE IS THAT LAPTOP! GET IT, AND YOU HAVE ALL PASSED THE COMBAT PATH AND WILL BE REWARDED APPROPRIATELY.

Ushgarak
Loadout will follow AFTER your plan. Get a Plan first.

Before you go over the top, if you blow up Jericho's vehicle, you will destroy the laptop.

SpikeSpiegel
Ooooo Oooooo Can I have a moterbike?

Ushgarak
You may disucss your transport, within reasonable limits, and pick what you like!

tptmanno1
Ok, here we go!

Plan A
On team, of two people, a driver and a gunner, intercept the car, they provide targets. Fot this I sugest we swipe or DL a Cop Car for deceptive purposes. Then the rest of the team comes in from the side woth two hummers. The Hummers sandwitch Jerico's car and our whole team pours out. The first car stays in front of Jericos, effectivly blocking off his escape. Then we move in. We need Mors or another Full blown martial dude to take out their gunner first. Then the all rounders will attack their's. Everyone else disable Jerico. Our greatest advantage is in numbers.

To review,
A cop, distraction car, gets in front of Jerico's car, and the gunner blows out a Tire or two. The two hummers or other big cars come up alond side them. Everone gets out and gets on Top of Jerico's car. We use a sword or somethign to can-opener the top of the car. Grab the Lap top and go. If se have to fight, a martial Guy attacks their gunner, all all rounders attack theirs and the rest swarm Jerico. We flee ASAP and get the hell outta there.

Trinity_Matrix
Barbarossa actually came up with a similar plan, which I think is okay, but presents the following problem: If we have three cars, then that means we need three drivers. That leaves only three people who can really fight.

tptmanno1
Ahh, well we need to possibly stop Jserico's car, that would be the best thing.
if we could stop the car and unload everyone then we have a chance

Captain REX
I like Burn's plan...

Or, mine! We plant a decoy car and have it drive right in front of them, causing them to crash. Dunno how that would work though...

Maybe I or Burn could snipe the tires?

Trinity_Matrix
Hee...and exactly how would we pull that off? (though it probably would be pretty cool if we managed to do that...)

My idea was actually very similar to Burn's, just that instead of being split into three cars we'd be in two cars. Burn, Barbarossa, and Mors would be in one of them, and Ares, me, and Cloud would be in the other (and yes, I have several logical reasons for that split-up).

Ushgarak
YOU guys could drive with bust tires; I think you should bear that in mind.

Trinity_Matrix
Which means we shouldn't rely on shooting out their tires...

Ushgarak
The driver would need to make a roll but it would not be hugely difficult.

tptmanno1
ok, but the plan is we need to strike fast.
is that agreed?
we will get destroyed in a long fight. We need to stop the car grab the laptop and go.

Captain REX
Also, we could shoot at the driver. As Ush said to Heph when he was driving one of the Jeeps in the first Assignment, if he made a dodging attempt against gunfire, he'd slow down.

What type of car are they driving?

And your logical reasoning behind those split ups, TM?

Ushgarak
Oh yeah, you guys never saw it at the airport.

They have a rather sporty van.

tptmanno1
hmm, well I think that she has good reasoning behind this. If you notice each car has a all-rounder, a hardcore MA and one us us, The gun nutters.

Also if we can equp each car with some heavy machine gun, so ME and Ares don't have to worry about ammo and such we can jsut open up with the Mini guns!

Ok how bout this plan.
One car pulls infront of Jericos car. We start up the mini gun ane either me or Ares tear up at the driver. If we get him, good if not. the car is stopped anyway. Then the second hummer rolls up and the other mini starts crankin. Everyone else pours out. Mors attacks Tyr directly attemping to get the Lap top. Me and ares will concentrate our fire on the gun nutter and all rounder while the others attack other ppl directly. Whaddadya think?

Trinity_Matrix
Heh, that first assignment...

Well, I had two main reasons for splitting us up like how I suggested (Burn got one of them right)

1) The damage we've taken is spread out, so that one group doesn't have a significant amount of more damage than the other, and
2) Each group is about equally skilled and has 1 dedicated gunner, 1 all-rounder, and 1 dedicated martial artist.

And I think that plan sounds okay...

Captain REX
Poor Medea... stick out tongue

I like the Minigun idea, or some short of heavy machine gun emplacement. Keep in mind, they have a heavy gun too!

Trinity_Matrix
Yes, they do. So we should also concentrate on taking out whoever will be firing that.

tptmanno1
OK Final Plan Idea!

How does this sound

First the hummer with me, Cloud and Barb pull in front of Jerico's car.
The back of the hummer Opens up and I Put the Mingun into High gear. I try to take out the driver and the guy in the passenger side seat. Then while they are distracted by the massive amounts of bullets flying into the driver's side windshield. San Take the Hummer and Broadsides their Van, Hitting it in the back and trying to at least damage their gun. If the van stops and it should. Then San Barb and Cloud gets out. Barb goes for Tyr. San Engages their Gunner. and Cloud gets their MA specialist. The I will focus all my fire on their last all-rounder.
Now, when San focuses on their Gunner, Jerico should jump in to protect him because everyone else is all tied up. Then Mors does the suicidal thing and springs from the van and catches Jerico by suprize hopefully getting at least one good suprise hit on him. Then Ares, still in the second hummer comes up with the second Mini and unleases on Jerico. When the time is right, Hopefully after San deals with their gunner, I switch my focus from the all rounder to Tyr, Barb then Grabs the laptop. Me and Ares then cover everyone who is in trouble as they jump back int the hummers and we take off.

How's that sound?

Trinity_Matrix
I think that sounds like it could work.

Plus I'd get to drive big grin

Captain REX
Sounds like we could actually pull this one off! stick out tongue

tptmanno1
The Only forseen problem Is if they get their gunner on the big gun quick.
So we need a plan for that, if it happens.
I don't feel like re-plaining in the middle of battle.
I'm trying to go over every possible situation.

I think It will work unless Jerico magicly summons Agents!

Trinity_Matrix
Don't even mention magically-summoning agents or it'll probably happen...

Hmm...if they get their gunner on their big gun early on, we'll need to work on getting rid of that problem first. If that happens we could just have Ares fire on the gunner with a regular gun, and try to damage their gunner.

Captain REX
No doubt Agents will come if we are firing miniguns all over the place. Miniguns should keep them at bay though. Also, Mors can use guns to some degree.

Also, there is the possibility of the gunner using Natural Order to dodge our shots. Same for the driver and everyone else in the car. We could distract the gunner, though, and have Mors do his suicidal jump and use his can-opener on the car and the gunner... stick out tongue

Trinity_Matrix
Oh yeah, I forgot that Mors can use guns. Well there you go. If we get into trouble have him start shooting stuff stick out tongue

And what is with him and all the suicidal stuff anyway? Does he have a serious death wish or something?

Captain REX
*Sparks voice*

A major, full-on Bronson! stick out tongue

Nah, just in his character. Very sadistic ex-captain. stick out tongue

tptmanno1
*CoughPhycoCough*

OK well If they get on the big gun It will be your responsibility San.
Yes but If they use Natrual order they run outta focus really quick, then we swamp them!

Captain REX
Good plan.

Ushgarak
Think again. Mini-gun or heavy gun the van and again you will risk destroying the laptop. Incidentally, it isn't Guns to fire a gun that size; it is Gunnery.

This is a surgical operation; you need to stop thinking sledgehammer.

Captain REX
Damn...

Well, you could stock me up with lots of ammo for an M16 rather than a minigun. Or we could drive behind their van from a distance and snipe at the driver and those inside.

Ushgarak
There are no windows other than at the front.

Trinity_Matrix
I think if we want to have someone sniping the driver they'd have to be driving in front of Jericho's car...

Captain REX
Hmm...

I say we go with M16's rather than miniguns, then.

Ushgarak
Sure, sort that out when I do loadout. How is the plan looking?

tptmanno1
like crap now, thank you very much!

Trinity_Matrix
Heehee, Burn is pissed...but we do have to rethink quite a bit of our plan now...

tptmanno1
Ok,
New plan

Ok 2 ppl in each Hummer and 2 ppl on a Motercycle.
Hummers roll up infront of the Van.
Me and Ares use M1's to shoot at driver and passengar.
Mors jumps from cycle to Van,
Mors Can-openers van.
Mors grabs lap top and jumps back to Cycle.
If the Van stops than revert to origonal plan.

Ushgarak
Well, just tell me when you are ready to go...

Trinity_Matrix
So how would we be split up for that plan?

Captain REX
Well, we could have one of those motorcycles where it has the side car, Burn. Otherwise, Mors would be without a motorcycle if he jumped off of one.

tptmanno1
me an you
Cloud and Ares
Barb and Mors
So we Don't Isolate our MA's

Ushgarak
I think Burn meant two people on one cycle, three drivers, as he means Ares and himself as gunners that means San, Cloud and Barb drive.

tptmanno1
Ush has it!

Trinity_Matrix
Yay, I still get to drive big grin And I'll let Barbarossa know he's driving the motorcycle.

Captain REX
Alright, then I think that is our plan!

Mors has an idea about how he gets into the van, but I'll let him post it in a second...

Bespin Bart
Fine, I'll do it myself... roll eyes (sarcastic)

From the driver's side of the car, Mors will take his sword out and drive it through the side of the car, then jump up onto the hilt, like Morpheus did in Reloaded. Then I can jump onto the top of the car and grab my sword again. I can assist in firing at the driver and passenger by taking a shotgun with me and firing it pointblank through the roof. Depends on where Tyr is sitting, I suppose.

Captain REX
And if they fire at your from inside the car. That might be a problem.

Well, looks like we've got a plan, Ush!

Ushgarak
Ok, I shall give one day for objections and refinements.

Trinity_Matrix
Well, that sounds like as good a plan as any...

Ushgarak
Incidentally, I will ask you, step by step, what you are doing once we get started so don't assume I will correct you as to the plan. Make sure everyone knows what they are doing!

tptmanno1
OK is anyone confused as to their personal involvement in this plan?

Trinity_Matrix
I'm fine with it, Barbarossa knows what's going on and is okay with it, he just says that we should come up some sort of idea as to what we should do if cops/agents show up.

tptmanno1
pray...

Captain REX
If Agents show up, one of the gunners should direct gunfire to their cars to slow them down or stop them. Go for the tires of the Agent's/Agents' car, Burn, and whoever else fires a gun.

SpikeSpiegel
Whose plan are we using?

Ushgarak
Seems like a small amount of confusion there...

Trinity_Matrix
We're using Burn's latest plan, I believe you're driving the Hummer with Ares in it, Cloud.

Ushgarak
We're kicking off tonight so I hope everyone is happy!

Captain REX
Indeed.

SpikeSpiegel
After this miss could I change my name to Spike?

Ushgarak
I can do it now if you want!

SpikeSpiegel
OK. Cloud > Spike

Captain REX
Ah, I liked Cloud...

Waiting till tonight I suppose!

Trinity_Matrix
...waiting...

I liked Cloud better, too, but Spike's still cool yes

barbarossa
everything looks good to me, I'm ready.

Ushgarak
Ok then! In that case, it is time for...

Loadout

Performed when Captain Marduk re-supplied you.

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Here you may chose what you are, will be, or have taken into the Matrix whilst on Assignment

When you load up for this mission, you must worry about two things

1. How much you can hide (Bulk)
2. How much you can physically carry (Weight)

Everything you carry with you has a weight and bulk rating. If you go over weight, you start losing skill and speed. If you go over bulk, the fact that you are carrying fourteen tons of artillery with you may be noticed. If you are under bulk then your weapons will not be spotted except in a detailed search or security scanner.

The maximum amount of bulk you can carry is 14 points worth. This assumes you are wearing one of those huge trenchcoats. If you are not carrying much, you can chose to wear something slimmer. Trinity, for example, wears an outfit that cannot conceal a damn thing...

Do remember, though, that you only need to worry about bulk IF YOU INTEND TO CONCEAL THE OBJECT!

The amount of weight you can carry is three points more than your strength- so a strength 7 character can carry ten points of weight, a strength 10 character can carry 13 points worth, and so on.

Remember you must take account of these two separate numbers

Here are the bulk/weight numbers:

General

Shades: 0/0
Watch: 0/0
Wallet: 0/0
Mobile Phone: 0/0
Clip (pistol): 1/.5 (Glock 18- 2/1)
Clip (SMG): 2/1 (Ingrams- 1.5/1)
Clip (assault rifle/shotgun/sniper rifle): 3/2

Advanced Lightning Reload reduces the bulk of clips by .5.

Guns- with magazine loaded

Beretta 85FS .380 Security Pistol: 2/2
Glock 17: 3/2
Glock 18: 4/3
Sig-Saur P229: 4/4
.50 AE Desert Eagle: 5/4
Ingrams Mac 10: 4/3
HK MP5K: 6/5
Dlask Tactical Entry Shotgun: 9/6
HK MP5: 9/6
M16 Assault Rifle: 12/6
HK PSG-1: 12/8

Weaponry

Knife: 2/1
Nunchukas: 3/2
Staff: 12/4
Small staff (walking stick): 8/4
Spear: 15/4
Sword: 10/4
Axe: 9/5
Exotic (sais, hook swords etc.): 4/4
Throwing Knife: 2/1
Throwing Star: 1/.5

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Note- remember this is a Combat Mission so ignore Bulk, only worry about Weight.

Once you are done, we can start!

tptmanno1
ok accually the only Pll who need to worry about weight is Barb and Mors because they are the Only ones not on Hummers.

I want 10 Fully loaded M16's in my hummer, and 6 Loaded Shotguns. A sniper, 5 MP5's
2 kantanas, 4 knives, 20 m16 clips 20 pistol clips 10 Ingrams clips 20 Smg clips. all in the hummer.
2 loaded Dagles on me, as well as 2 loaded Ingrams. and all the freebies.
What do you want in our Hummer San?

Ushgarak
I'll need to know how much you are physically carrying.

Captain REX
I will be carrying an M16, 2 assault rifle clips, and a knife for emergency use.

In the Hummer, a box with 30 M16 clips on the seat next to me, an MP5 with 10 spare clips, two Ingrams Mac 10s with 10 spare clips, and a spare sword in case Cloud or Mors loses theirs. If that is feasible of course. wink

Trinity_Matrix
I'd say that sounds pretty good to me, Burn laughing out loud Let's toss in some extra clips for my gun, though...say 10?

I'll actually be carrying two Glock 18s and 6 spare clips on me (to hell with bulk, I'm carrying as much as I physically can heehee), plus all the freebies.

Barbarossa wants an Ingrams and 4 spare clips, plus all the freebies.

Hmm...to quote someone from an earlier mission (can't remember who)...I think we're ready to go take on Normandy stick out tongue

Captain REX
Ah yes, freebies for me as well.

Captain REX
Hey Ush, I asked about some guns in the Gun Tricks/Paths thread. Hope you don't mind telling me their stats.

tptmanno1
I wonder who shifty
Ush I said I wnated 2 Deagles 2 Ingrams and Freebies.
I'm Going Neo Style, All guns, No clips

Captain REX
roll eyes (sarcastic)

tptmanno1
Shaddup
Hey Ush tell me if I have room left over I wanna carry more crap!

SpikeSpiegel
If everyone liked Cloud I'll be Cloud then.
I'll just take my Katana until I think of something else of vital importance

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