[Sat 1:32:20 PM] undefined - Michelle: heard ya -------------------------- [Sat 1:32:26 PM] undefined - Veth: o hear ya -------------------------- [Sat 1:32:29 PM] undefined - Kristian: president -------------------------- [Sat 1:32:45 PM] undefined - Michelle: too loudly, in fact. ouch. Guess I had this turned up last night. -------------------------- [Sat 1:35:21 PM] undefined - Kristian: I have way less porn open today -------------------------- [Sat 1:35:25 PM] undefined - Kristian: jk I am frozen at 97% -------------------------- [Sat 1:35:28 PM] undefined - Veth: nope -------------------------- [Sat 1:35:42 PM] undefined - Michelle: Veth still has the porn up, apparently. -------------------------- [Sat 1:35:56 PM] Din Strata - Veth: firefox sucks :P -------------------------- [Sat 1:36:37 PM] undefined - Kristian: firefox sucks is a weird porn but I don't kink shame -------------------------- [Sat 1:37:03 PM] undefined - Veth: :P -------------------------- [Sat 1:37:40 PM] undefined - Veth: good thing we have at least one of the characters in charge -------------------------- [Sat 1:37:46 PM] undefined - Michelle: I think most of the conversation was against taking that job. -------------------------- [Sat 1:38:04 PM] undefined - Kristian: so Dirk's legal opinion is the jail thing is extra mega not legal -------------------------- [Sat 1:38:24 PM] undefined - Veth: Only People who show up get to vote! -------------------------- [Sat 1:38:55 PM] undefined - Kristian: we would need a very good contract? :) -------------------------- [Sat 1:39:32 PM] undefined - Kristian: and we don't know about Princeton! -------------------------- [Sat 1:40:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: important question -------------------------- [Sat 1:40:09 PM] undefined - Michelle: Voting for the Slaves job IF we don't want to go after Aiden's guy -------------------------- [Sat 1:40:17 PM] undefined - Kristian: does Northwinds mining use the Northwinds Access database? -------------------------- [Sat 1:40:22 PM] undefined - Michelle: lol -------------------------- [Sat 1:40:41 PM] undefined - Michelle: So we could get a 5 year old to hack it? -------------------------- [Sat 1:42:00 PM] Angelica Triggs - Jen: Either the Aiden job or Helena is my vote -------------------------- [Sat 1:42:39 PM] undefined - Jason K: How big is Anderson Exploration as a company? Like how big of a potential enemy would be making? Heh -------------------------- [Sat 1:42:44 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk votes for the least illegal, which is probably helping Anderson..but slaves could work too -------------------------- [Sat 1:43:19 PM] undefined - Kristian: here's the thing with Anderson -------------------------- [Sat 1:43:21 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: "engaging the services of several specialty security firms" -------------------------- [Sat 1:43:24 PM] undefined - Kristian: SEVERAL -------------------------- [Sat 1:43:34 PM] undefined - Kristian: so this is the mission where we fight the other PC party -------------------------- [Sat 1:44:35 PM] undefined - Veth: We should ask for 5%. -------------------------- [Sat 1:45:16 PM] undefined - Michelle: Other party - is this what he's been training his kids for? -------------------------- [Sat 1:46:09 PM] undefined - Jason K: I forget, did Aiden have any opinions on the Aiden Job? heh -------------------------- [Sat 1:46:14 PM] undefined - Kristian: purely based on the two comms we got...I think the mining company is probably assholes but right...and the miners are being whiners. -------------------------- [Sat 1:46:22 PM] undefined - Veth: we should take the retake the colony job, relocate the colonists, and win via malicious compliance. -------------------------- [Sat 1:47:14 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: ...yet -------------------------- [Sat 1:47:35 PM] undefined - Kristian: have those emancipation requests ever been done while the colony is like shooting at mercs and company security? -------------------------- [Sat 1:48:02 PM] undefined - Veth: Sounds like we've got a mystery gang! Get your ascots! -------------------------- [Sat 1:48:17 PM] undefined - Kristian: like an old timey robber baron thing -------------------------- [Sat 1:48:36 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk legal opinion - who's in the right? -------------------------- [Sat 1:48:47 PM] undefined - Veth: I do wish Aiden were here since he's technically in charge. -------------------------- [Sat 1:49:15 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: What do you think is so different about this colony on Helena that Anderson refused their request for sovereignty? -------------------------- [Sat 1:49:38 PM] undefined - Veth: Alien artifact in the mine. -------------------------- [Sat 1:49:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: how about we go to Helena, we kill all of them on both sides, and start our own mining concern? -------------------------- [Sat 1:49:55 PM] undefined - Veth: I vote for that. -------------------------- [Sat 1:49:55 PM] Angelica Triggs - Jen: 10 -------------------------- [Sat 1:49:58 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: 7 -------------------------- [Sat 1:50:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: oh no we suck again -------------------------- [Sat 1:50:28 PM] undefined - Veth: Murderhobos with murder oboes. -------------------------- [Sat 1:50:51 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: We're basically covered with the miners either way...the miners themselves could be in deep shit if we lose. -------------------------- [Sat 1:51:09 PM] undefined - Kristian: no war crimes? damnit let's go rescue aiden's sexretary -------------------------- [Sat 1:51:12 PM] undefined - Veth: we should totally go fleece the miners and get 15% -------------------------- [Sat 1:52:12 PM] undefined - Veth: He's a good question too. -------------------------- [Sat 1:54:05 PM] undefined - Veth: Seems we have some Scoobying to doo. -------------------------- [Sat 1:54:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: what if we show up...and negotiate a deal between the 2 parties -------------------------- [Sat 1:54:35 PM] undefined - Michelle: We could try, but the corporate contract expressly prohibits negotiating with the other side. -------------------------- [Sat 1:54:56 PM] undefined - Kristian: both might be more motivated to negotiate in good faith if they thought the other side was getting a warship on their side. -------------------------- [Sat 1:55:07 PM] undefined - Veth: It prohibits negotiating on their behalf, doesn't it? -------------------------- [Sat 1:55:30 PM] undefined - Kristian: not on their behalf..on no behalf. we binding arbitrate. -------------------------- [Sat 1:55:34 PM] undefined - Michelle: How long to get there again? -------------------------- [Sat 1:55:59 PM] undefined - Michelle: ok -------------------------- [Sat 1:57:07 PM] undefined - Kristian: we can go to Anderson corporate HQ and kill them all instead. -------------------------- [Sat 1:57:15 PM] undefined - Michelle: aka - that big bad spaceship you put together ain't big enough. -------------------------- [Sat 1:57:36 PM] undefined - Michelle: oh lord -------------------------- [Sat 1:57:41 PM] undefined - Kristian: is their HQ near the mayor by chance? -------------------------- [Sat 1:57:49 PM] undefined - Jason K: Damn only took us a couple months of owning a ship to go right to war crimes -------------------------- [Sat 1:57:53 PM] undefined - Veth: Of course if we do that, we will be portrayed as bad guys in the inevitable movie. Dibs on Willem Defoe. -------------------------- [Sat 1:57:58 PM] undefined - Jason K: I admire our restraint tbh -------------------------- [Sat 1:58:41 PM] undefined - Jason K: Does this universe exist in the same fictional universe as Khevoran? Can we hunt down Khevoran and bomb it from orbit? -------------------------- [Sat 1:58:46 PM] undefined - Michelle: We know any higher ups that might be able to accelerate the emancipation request for the colony? -------------------------- [Sat 1:59:12 PM] undefined - Veth: Well as long as Aiden doesn't insist on saving his friend or whatever, this seems like the job for our special type of goons. -------------------------- [Sat 1:59:47 PM] undefined - Kristian: they do have puddles.. -------------------------- [Sat 2:01:36 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Well we seem to be at a crossroads. -------------------------- [Sat 2:01:36 PM] undefined - Veth: Essentially at the moment Cara has to make the final decision. -------------------------- [Sat 2:01:43 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Are we a force for maintaining law and order? -------------------------- [Sat 2:01:51 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: or are we Robin Hoods, fighting for the little man? -------------------------- [Sat 2:02:13 PM] undefined - Veth: I guess to decide we need to find out if the corporation is willing to give us a % -------------------------- [Sat 2:02:29 PM] undefined - Kristian: Anderson seems to be paying WELL...the mining thing is pure speculative. -------------------------- [Sat 2:02:36 PM] undefined - Veth: They might be once all their other hired guns are dead. -------------------------- [Sat 2:02:54 PM] undefined - Kristian: Veth...until we show up and Swann works for them. -------------------------- [Sat 2:03:02 PM] undefined - Kristian: plus all combat expenses -------------------------- [Sat 2:03:03 PM] undefined - Veth: True that. -------------------------- [Sat 2:03:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: and uh no one dies. -------------------------- [Sat 2:04:32 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: The corporate job seems easier, safer, and more profitable, if everyone can sleep soundly doing the work. -------------------------- [Sat 2:04:57 PM] undefined - Veth: I don't get why we should really trust the colonists to fulfill a promise when their current situation basically comes about from violently not fulfilling a contract. -------------------------- [Sat 2:05:09 PM] undefined - Kristian: breach of contract -------------------------- [Sat 2:05:30 PM] undefined - Kristian: it wasn't entirely clear..but are we beholden to an Anderson guy directing us to do stuff? -------------------------- [Sat 2:05:29 PM] undefined - Veth: I -------------------------- [Sat 2:05:37 PM] undefined - Michelle: Can always take the corporate job and still use our other resources to chase down independence for the colony. -------------------------- [Sat 2:05:41 PM] undefined - Kristian: so like we have Paul Reiser on the ship telling us to kill babies or something? -------------------------- [Sat 2:05:48 PM] undefined - Veth: We can get our own ship, with warcrimes, and hookers. -------------------------- [Sat 2:06:09 PM] undefined - Jason K: Do we know how any of the non-present characters feel? I can't recall and it does seem as though we're at a bit of a moral crossroads and I have no idea what side of the coin they'd land on -------------------------- [Sat 2:06:22 PM] undefined - Kristian: sounds like we need to write a really good "no warcrimes" contract. -------------------------- [Sat 2:06:36 PM] undefined - Kristian: oh shit, so if HAL9000 shows up we're hosed. -------------------------- [Sat 2:07:10 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: I like the profit of the corporate job, I do not like placing ourselves under the direct command of a corporate suit. -------------------------- [Sat 2:07:38 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Just offering it up again, we could try to show up as a neutral entity and try to broken some sort of negotiation between the two sides under the thinly veiled threat of joining one or the other. -------------------------- [Sat 2:07:56 PM] Din Strata - Veth: I'm getting a magnificent seven feeling from the idea of helping the colonists. -------------------------- [Sat 2:08:01 PM] undefined - Michelle: are we enough of a threat on our own to back that up? -------------------------- [Sat 2:08:15 PM] Angelica Triggs - Jen: I say help the colonists -------------------------- [Sat 2:08:15 PM] undefined - Michelle: What Dirk said. -------------------------- [Sat 2:09:04 PM] undefined - Michelle: back to orbital bombardment? -------------------------- [Sat 2:09:21 PM] undefined - Kristian: not the way we roll :( -------------------------- [Sat 2:09:34 PM] undefined - Michelle: so we need better targeted space weapons. lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:09:38 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: I don't hate Yang's idea. Especially if we can do some work before we get there and see if we can't expedite the request of the colonists. Maybe at that point it's just a matter of biding our time until the request goes through. -------------------------- [Sat 2:10:09 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: On the other hand, if we show up and try to meditate, and actually succeed, who is paying us? -------------------------- [Sat 2:10:12 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: I do feel like this is a "future of the company" moment though...may want to get Jack's opinion. -------------------------- [Sat 2:10:12 PM] Din Strata - Veth: That's a lot of maybe. -------------------------- [Sat 2:10:16 PM] undefined - Michelle: There aren't any restrictions on random ships showing up in orbit for this place? -------------------------- [Sat 2:10:27 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: It's hard to be Robin Hood in the eyes of the people if your last gig was brutally stamping them down. -------------------------- [Sat 2:11:51 PM] undefined - Kristian: shit we've gone from Robin Hood to Zorro -------------------------- [Sat 2:11:53 PM] Din Strata - Veth: We could wait to pick a side until we get there, could we not? -------------------------- [Sat 2:12:20 PM] undefined - Kristian: can never go wrong with a trunk full of guns. -------------------------- [Sat 2:12:27 PM] undefined - Kristian: like I feel like we can always use them elsewhere -------------------------- [Sat 2:13:05 PM] undefined - Michelle: That sounds like a plan - give us time to rally anything else to back us up. Expedite request. Muster up some arms, maybe. Let Dirk figure roll until he comes up with the Immaculate Legal Solution. -------------------------- [Sat 2:13:39 PM] undefined - Veth: jackbooted thungs or people.. the least subtle moral hint Deb has ever given us. :P -------------------------- [Sat 2:13:44 PM] undefined - Michelle: lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:14:02 PM] undefined - Kristian: don't forget option 3, war crimes! -------------------------- [Sat 2:14:09 PM] undefined - Veth: I do like warcrimes.. -------------------------- [Sat 2:14:11 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk Urge intensifies -------------------------- [Sat 2:14:30 PM] undefined - Veth: Kill everyone, take over colony, 100% stake in the mine. -------------------------- [Sat 2:14:29 PM] undefined - Michelle: Pretty sure that's not the kind of urges Dirk gets. -------------------------- [Sat 2:14:54 PM] undefined - Michelle: Anyone have Mining skill? -------------------------- [Sat 2:15:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: Kevin? -------------------------- [Sat 2:15:06 PM] undefined - Veth: First act: Rename colony to Buttwinds. -------------------------- [Sat 2:15:20 PM] undefined - Michelle: He rolls a 1 for Thuggery -------------------------- [Sat 2:15:34 PM] undefined - Kristian: has a tattoo...THUGGIN LIFE -------------------------- [Sat 2:15:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: Thuggin...and Steward -------------------------- [Sat 2:15:45 PM] undefined - Veth: Kevin's entire knowledge is in improvised trap construction. -------------------------- [Sat 2:16:06 PM] undefined - Veth: He gets a bonus during december. -------------------------- [Sat 2:16:04 PM] undefined - Michelle: Soooo... I'm now in favor of heading back to Whistler or where-have-you, loading up stuff and support, and heading over to Helena as neutral party. -------------------------- [Sat 2:16:22 PM] undefined - Michelle: Dirk needs to put his legal thinking cap up -------------------------- [Sat 2:16:28 PM] undefined - Michelle: on -------------------------- [Sat 2:16:34 PM] undefined - Veth: I like neutral party too, gives us negotiating power. -------------------------- [Sat 2:16:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: so...get trunks of guns...get cargo job, go to wisthler and ask jack? -------------------------- [Sat 2:17:13 PM] undefined - Kristian: is this find a buyer or negotiate a deal? -------------------------- [Sat 2:17:11 PM] undefined - Michelle: Broker plus anything? -------------------------- [Sat 2:17:21 PM] undefined - Veth: It's not my fault I'm only a little good at everything. :P -------------------------- [Sat 2:17:43 PM] undefined - Michelle: ok. First roll -------------------------- [Sat 2:17:46 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: 11 -------------------------- [Sat 2:17:59 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: 12 -------------------------- [Sat 2:18:11 PM] undefined - Kristian: nice -------------------------- [Sat 2:18:48 PM] undefined - Kristian: don't see any reason not to do legitimate purchases. -------------------------- [Sat 2:19:00 PM] undefined - Kristian: I assume trunk of surplus guns is not like....expensive. -------------------------- [Sat 2:19:06 PM] undefined - Michelle: Now we're arms merchants. -------------------------- [Sat 2:19:20 PM] undefined - Kristian: we're not merchants unless we sell them ;) -------------------------- [Sat 2:19:32 PM] undefined - Michelle: Robin-hooding them doesn't count? -------------------------- [Sat 2:19:36 PM] undefined - Kristian: otherwise we're a charity...like the Salvation Army -------------------------- [Sat 2:20:05 PM] Debinani - Debinani: <h2>Passenger &amp; Freight Lots:</h2><strong>Origin World: B765634-9 (Green)</strong><br /><strong>Destination World: A866938-A (Green)</strong><br /><strong>Route Distance: 1</strong><br /><strong>Chief Steward's DM: 2</strong><br /><strong>Passenger Roll: 3</strong><br /><strong>Freight Roll: 4</strong><br /><strong>Navy/Scout Rank: 3</strong><br /><strong>SOC DM: 2</strong><br /><strong>Ship Armed: true</strong><br /><br /><h3>Available Passengers</h3><table><tbody><tr><th>Fare</th><th>Number</th></tr><tr><td>High Passage</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Middle Passage</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Basic Passage</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Low Berth</td><td>31</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3>Available Freight Lots</h3><table><tbody><tr><th>Lot Size (Tons)</th><th>Lots Available</th></tr><tr><td>60</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3>Available Mail</h3><table><tbody><tr><th>Containers</th><th>Tons</th><th>Payment</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>25,000</td></tr></tbody></table> -------------------------- [Sat 2:20:23 PM] Debinani - Debinani: Advanced Date to December 17, 602 -------------------------- [Sat 2:21:52 PM] undefined - Veth: can't think of anything -------------------------- [Sat 2:22:05 PM] undefined - Kristian: maybe start working up some possible paperwork that is neutral between what the 2 sides are asking for -------------------------- [Sat 2:22:11 PM] Debinani - Debinani: Advanced Date to December 24, 602 -------------------------- [Sat 2:22:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: in case we end up doing the neutral avenue -------------------------- [Sat 2:22:33 PM] undefined - Kristian: do we have Space Christmas? -------------------------- [Sat 2:23:03 PM] Calliope - Debinani: 13 -------------------------- [Sat 2:23:14 PM] Aiden Harlan - Debinani: 12 -------------------------- [Sat 2:24:13 PM] undefined - Kristian: have an existential crisis, see some ghosts, get drunk and fuck a crippled kid -------------------------- [Sat 2:24:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: something festive -------------------------- [Sat 2:24:21 PM] undefined - Michelle: wow. -------------------------- [Sat 2:24:46 PM] undefined - Veth: Turns out that the nickname ""Tiny Tim" was ironic. -------------------------- [Sat 2:24:51 PM] undefined - Kristian: No not really any of that. Just work on some paperwork and do boring stuff. -------------------------- [Sat 2:25:03 PM] undefined - Kristian: "that's not a crutch I use as a 3rd leg" -------------------------- [Sat 2:25:06 PM] undefined - Michelle: who put that mistletoe over Cara's chair on on the bridge?? -------------------------- [Sat 2:25:22 PM] undefined - Kristian: hahaha can you imagine -------------------------- [Sat 2:25:27 PM] undefined - Kristian: STAB -------------------------- [Sat 2:26:15 PM] undefined - Michelle: If we take xmas day off, Daniel will go spread some cheer in the bars. -------------------------- [Sat 2:26:48 PM] undefined - Michelle: He comes back in a ratty space-Santa suit -------------------------- [Sat 2:27:28 PM] undefined - Michelle: Cara's call there? -------------------------- [Sat 2:27:34 PM] undefined - Veth: short as possible seems wise, considering the nature of the mission. -------------------------- [Sat 2:27:47 PM] undefined - Jason K: Were we meeting with Jack here or was that later? -------------------------- [Sat 2:28:28 PM] undefined - Jason K: Even if we don't care about his opinion, he might be someone with contacts re: the colonists' request -------------------------- [Sat 2:28:40 PM] undefined - Michelle: yep -------------------------- [Sat 2:29:43 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Let's see if we can't get the request...dislodged. Or at least figure out what's holding it up. -------------------------- [Sat 2:30:39 PM] undefined - Kristian: I have people who hate me on Erickson lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:31:03 PM] undefined - Kristian: 0 admin...+2. Anyone better? -------------------------- [Sat 2:31:06 PM] undefined - Michelle: nada here -------------------------- [Sat 2:31:15 PM] undefined - Kristian: not like I am doing much else other than dinner with Jackopotomus -------------------------- [Sat 2:31:22 PM] undefined - Veth: I have 1 -------------------------- [Sat 2:31:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: Aiden prolly has good Int bonus -------------------------- [Sat 2:31:54 PM] undefined - Veth: I have +2 basically. -------------------------- [Sat 2:32:02 PM] undefined - Kristian: same, +2 -------------------------- [Sat 2:32:19 PM] undefined - Kristian: good put the nerd to work -------------------------- [Sat 2:32:22 PM] undefined - Jason K: Thanks, Aiden! -------------------------- [Sat 2:32:31 PM] undefined - Veth: we could go with to help the roll. -------------------------- [Sat 2:32:49 PM] undefined - Kristian: damnit aiden -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:03 PM] Din Strata - Veth: 6 -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: yeah I'll jump on that train too -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:12 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: 9 -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:22 PM] undefined - Kristian: basically undid Veth lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:23 PM] undefined - Veth: sigh. -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:30 PM] Aiden Harlan - Debinani: 8 -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:36 PM] undefined - Kristian: ffs -------------------------- [Sat 2:33:52 PM] undefined - Kristian: maybe the real chain was the friends we made along the way -------------------------- [Sat 2:34:21 PM] undefined - Michelle: Daniel will work on obtaining some legal, small arms -------------------------- [Sat 2:35:17 PM] undefined - Kristian: 10k...dual wield -------------------------- [Sat 2:35:17 PM] undefined - Michelle: lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:35:27 PM] undefined - Michelle: Any thoughts beyond that one? -------------------------- [Sat 2:36:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: we should get a few less legal light machine guns and grenades too...just in case -------------------------- [Sat 2:36:08 PM] undefined - Michelle: And any idea how many we can amass before someone in the govt goes "hmmmm" -------------------------- [Sat 2:36:23 PM] undefined - Kristian: 3 -------------------------- [Sat 2:36:53 PM] undefined - Michelle: our buddies! -------------------------- [Sat 2:37:57 PM] undefined - Michelle: So Angelica and Dirk need to be ready to receive our visitors again. -------------------------- [Sat 2:38:10 PM] undefined - Kristian: yay -------------------------- [Sat 2:38:12 PM] undefined - Michelle: Go for the 500-ish? -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:20 PM] undefined - Kristian: those slaves need to stay alive to mine our 1% better -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:21 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: How much did we make on this last milk run? -------------------------- [Sat 2:39:33 PM] undefined - Kristian: I mean..uh...have families -------------------------- [Sat 2:40:16 PM] undefined - Michelle: ok. If no one thinks we need more, let's go with 500 peoples' worth of stuff. -------------------------- [Sat 2:40:25 PM] undefined - Kristian: shoulda used Northwinds.mdb -------------------------- [Sat 2:41:38 PM] undefined - Michelle: Spend the 250k -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:13 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: 14 -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:24 PM] undefined - Kristian: finally! -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:29 PM] undefined - Veth: Glad someone can roll today. :P -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:39 PM] undefined - Kristian: eBay -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:44 PM] undefined - Jason K: hallelujah, it's rainin' guns -------------------------- [Sat 2:42:52 PM] undefined - Jason K: "Legitimate salvage" of weapons and armor -------------------------- [Sat 2:43:09 PM] undefined - Jason K: That's a sign we should be giving those to the colonists lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:43:08 PM] undefined - Michelle: SOLD -------------------------- [Sat 2:43:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: sw 1 -------------------------- [Sat 2:43:57 PM] undefined - Veth: I do.. lots. -------------------------- [Sat 2:43:57 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: I have 1 -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:03 PM] undefined - Jen: 1 -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:08 PM] undefined - Michelle: Din's up -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:18 PM] undefined - Kristian: din wasnt' a dirty cop until I ran him over in the gutter -------------------------- [Sat 2:44:32 PM] undefined - Kristian: sketchy chain roll sounds like exactly what IBI is all about -------------------------- [Sat 2:45:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: more than 1%? :/ -------------------------- [Sat 2:47:00 PM] undefined - Kristian: time to go kick his ass, Daniel style! -------------------------- [Sat 2:47:08 PM] undefined - Michelle: Betsy has been getting dusty. -------------------------- [Sat 2:47:51 PM] undefined - Michelle: Anything we can dig up on the judge to push him the other way? -------------------------- [Sat 2:48:18 PM] Din Strata - Veth: .ooc He can make us money AND soak bullets. -------------------------- [Sat 2:48:18 PM] undefined - Michelle: Seems only fair? -------------------------- [Sat 2:48:20 PM] undefined - Jason K: Jack could probably help with that too lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:48:26 PM] undefined - Kristian: maybe guns first lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:48:36 PM] undefined - Michelle: Daniel's a talented guy -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:16 PM] undefined - Michelle: We rolling for the illegal stuff? -------------------------- [Sat 2:49:43 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: 8 -------------------------- [Sat 2:50:16 PM] Angelica Triggs - Jen: 9 -------------------------- [Sat 2:50:29 PM] undefined - Michelle: Can I or is Daniel too busy? -------------------------- [Sat 2:50:38 PM] undefined - Kristian: I bet Aiden has like a 7 streetwise -------------------------- [Sat 2:50:50 PM] undefined - Kristian: basically Aiden should roll anything with an Int modifier lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:50:54 PM] undefined - Jason K: oh right, lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:24 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: 10 -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:25 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: 5 -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:32 PM] undefined - Michelle: crap -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:37 PM] undefined - Jason K: Benny -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:37 PM] undefined - Michelle: payback for that last roll -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: Daniel found us 2 sacks of mail -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: it's all offers for your car warranty -------------------------- [Sat 2:51:56 PM] undefined - Michelle: lol -------------------------- [Sat 2:52:31 PM] Din Strata - Veth: 15 -------------------------- [Sat 2:52:36 PM] undefined - Kristian: so basically chain is worthless because people just wash each other's bonuses out with 1 shitty roll -------------------------- [Sat 2:52:36 PM] undefined - Michelle: lol! -------------------------- [Sat 2:52:40 PM] undefined - Michelle: Go Din! -------------------------- [Sat 2:52:45 PM] undefined - Veth: Finally made up for the last one. :P -------------------------- [Sat 2:53:40 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dinesh sends his whole terrorist army. For no reason whatsoever. -------------------------- [Sat 2:53:52 PM] undefined - Veth: Italian restaurant. :P -------------------------- [Sat 2:55:04 PM] undefined - Kristian: useful if we end up on the ground with the losers. -------------------------- [Sat 2:55:46 PM] undefined - Michelle: We still have to land our fancy spaceship to GET on the ground... -------------------------- [Sat 2:55:55 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Hello sir, we are in the market for something I hear you can help with. -------------------------- [Sat 2:56:12 PM] undefined - Michelle: Then we can't put no one on the ground. -------------------------- [Sat 2:56:37 PM] undefined - Kristian: we shoulda used Din's roll to buy us a runabout -------------------------- [Sat 2:57:26 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Indeed, to us as well. -------------------------- [Sat 2:57:53 PM] undefined - Michelle: Daniel has a scar for that.... -------------------------- [Sat 2:58:13 PM] Din Strata - Veth: We happen to be in the market for something, or even some things.. special. -------------------------- [Sat 2:58:21 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Din Strata looks at Cara. -------------------------- [Sat 2:58:35 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Lists we can do, for sure. -------------------------- [Sat 2:58:53 PM] undefined - Kristian: Din gets a free Cara waifu pillow -------------------------- [Sat 2:59:01 PM] undefined - Veth: we really need to think about what we want here. -------------------------- [Sat 2:59:40 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Excellent. Glad to hear it. I couldn't imagine working with anyone else. -------------------------- [Sat 2:59:47 PM] undefined - Michelle: How much was that shuttle going to cost us? -------------------------- [Sat 2:59:54 PM] undefined - Veth: Nuuuuukes. -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:03 PM] undefined - Michelle: crap -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:05 PM] undefined - Jason K: Tired: Doing our own warcrimes<br /><br />Wired: Arming colonists to do their own warcrimes -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:09 PM] undefined - Jason K: Tired: Doing our own warcrimes<br /><br />Wired: Arming colonists to do their own warcrimes -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:10 PM] undefined - Jason K: Tired: Doing our own warcrimes<br /><br />Wired: Arming colonists to do their own warcrimes -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:14 PM] undefined - Jason K: Tired: Doing our own warcrimes<br /><br />Wired: Arming colonists to do their own warcrimes -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:18 PM] undefined - Jason K: Tired: Doing our own warcrimes. Wired: Arming colonists to do their own warcrimes -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:19 PM] undefined - Jason K: Tired: Doing our own warcrimes. Wired: Arming colonists to do their own warcrimes -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:28 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Wow sorry -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:30 PM] undefined - Veth: Looks like my browser isn't the worst one. -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:28 PM] undefined - Michelle: omg. It IS like the car warranty guys -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:37 PM] undefined - Jason K: That did not send on my end lmao -------------------------- [Sat 3:00:54 PM] undefined - Jason K: I had to refresh the entire browser and suddenly I'd spammed everyone -------------------------- [Sat 3:01:15 PM] undefined - Kristian: since they are not exactly paying us well...I would say some light machine guns, RPG type anti-armor launchers, grenades...stuff like that. These guys aren't trained so they aren't really going to be effective with bougie war crap -------------------------- [Sat 3:01:24 PM] undefined - Kristian: basically Space Taliban -------------------------- [Sat 3:01:39 PM] undefined - Kristian: ..less suicide vests.. -------------------------- [Sat 3:02:09 PM] undefined - Michelle: Michelle is afk -------------------------- [Sat 3:02:20 PM] undefined - Veth: Ooo I like the idea of us being the colony's exclusive arms deliverer. Get them nice and in debt to us. -------------------------- [Sat 3:02:24 PM] Debinani - Debinani: <div class="timer-msg complete"><div class="timer-flavor">Break Time</div><div class="timer-time">00:00:00</div><div class="timer-bar"><div></div></div><div class="complete-msg">Complete</div></div> -------------------------- [Sat 3:02:26 PM] undefined - Kristian: Kristian is afk -------------------------- [Sat 3:04:42 PM] undefined - Veth: we need to get Dirk a Protec suit. -------------------------- [Sat 3:07:54 PM] undefined - Veth: are we TL 10 or 11? -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:00 PM] undefined - Michelle: Michelle is back -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:00 PM] undefined - Michelle: 10 -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:02 PM] undefined - Michelle: Michelle is afk -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:07 PM] undefined - Michelle: Michelle is back -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:54 PM] undefined - Kristian: Kristian is back -------------------------- [Sat 3:09:54 PM] undefined - Kristian: flamethrowers definitely not warcrimes, right? :) -------------------------- [Sat 3:10:32 PM] undefined - Michelle: We also don't know the skill level of the people we're giving this stuff to. Or are we slipping in some more goodies for us? lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:11:08 PM] undefined - Michelle: Definitely put some of the grenades for Betsy on the list. Been looking for a resupply there. -------------------------- [Sat 3:13:52 PM] Din Strata - Veth: No guarantee we end up on their side anyway -------------------------- [Sat 3:14:07 PM] undefined - Kristian: it's probably taliban like I said...they may have a few vets but basically it was a sleeper colony so anyone who started out/birthed there is a dirt farmer 4 lyfe -------------------------- [Sat 3:14:08 PM] undefined - Jason K: Buy a bunch of swords, have Cara team them all to sword fight, what could go wrong? -------------------------- [Sat 3:14:23 PM] undefined - Kristian: ha, hoo, ha, HIYAH! -------------------------- [Sat 3:15:07 PM] undefined - Michelle: Yes, please. -------------------------- [Sat 3:15:44 PM] undefined - Veth: We could probably use some heavy ACRs to upgrade our personal arsenal. -------------------------- [Sat 3:15:56 PM] undefined - Michelle: For the official list: A couple TAC Launchers and ammo. Have AA capabilities. -------------------------- [Sat 3:16:06 PM] undefined - Veth: Those can shoot grenades. -------------------------- [Sat 3:16:43 PM] undefined - Veth: no lasers, correct? -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:06 PM] undefined - Kristian: Dirk basically needs nothing...he's got his bougie revolver and knife and diplo suit lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:17:49 PM] undefined - Michelle: Daniel has a skill to fire the grenades on Betsy, I think -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:15 PM] undefined - Kristian: they are not going to have manual of arms to use anything fancy... -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:16 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: HW Man-Portable -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:23 PM] undefined - Veth: Oooo, neurotoxin grenades. -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:27 PM] undefined - Kristian: if we start giving dirt farmers Mr Boomy bad stuff can happen -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:35 PM] undefined - Veth: warcrimes! -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:36 PM] undefined - Michelle: Yeah. -------------------------- [Sat 3:18:48 PM] undefined - Jason K: Investing in some armor is probably a good idea? Anyone can wear armor and get shot, not everyone can do shooting -------------------------- [Sat 3:19:12 PM] undefined - Veth: let's just bring them a bunch of crossbows and ewoks. -------------------------- [Sat 3:19:27 PM] undefined - Michelle: A few ropes and logs and they'll be fine! -------------------------- [Sat 3:19:37 PM] undefined - Veth: armor does seem like a really good idea -------------------------- [Sat 3:20:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: should we be arming their orbital shuttles? -------------------------- [Sat 3:20:52 PM] undefined - Kristian: or buying a bunch of c4 and turning them into kamikazi ships -------------------------- [Sat 3:20:59 PM] undefined - Michelle: How much of that can we stuff in cargo? The big AA stuff, I mean. -------------------------- [Sat 3:21:42 PM] undefined - Michelle: Figured this was a no-freight run. heh -------------------------- [Sat 3:22:08 PM] undefined - Kristian: they have us to shoot into orbit lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:22:52 PM] undefined - Michelle: The heavy stuff gets pricey quick -------------------------- [Sat 3:24:52 PM] undefined - Veth: let's get full plate for everyone! only 1000cr each. -------------------------- [Sat 3:25:22 PM] undefined - Michelle: Tin can coffin for everyone? -------------------------- [Sat 3:25:37 PM] undefined - Veth: yep! -------------------------- [Sat 3:26:11 PM] undefined - Michelle: NOW, if we choose NOT to side with the town - we also need to figure out what to do with these things. -------------------------- [Sat 3:26:26 PM] undefined - Kristian: if only we had a warehouse -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:02 PM] undefined - Michelle: Just a lot of tied up credits. -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:05 PM] undefined - Veth: Yeah, there's so much room in space! -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:30 PM] undefined - Michelle: I don't think so. -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:38 PM] undefined - Veth: Seems good. -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:50 PM] undefined - Kristian: yeah do we have a map? -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:55 PM] undefined - Kristian: damnit -------------------------- [Sat 3:27:59 PM] undefined - Veth: Ten seems like a good number at that rate.. but.. -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:13 PM] undefined - Kristian: all black -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:24 PM] undefined - Kristian: I did refresh -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:23 PM] undefined - Michelle: I only see labels -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:50 PM] undefined - Michelle: Look! A town! -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: gud -------------------------- [Sat 3:28:57 PM] undefined - Veth: yep -------------------------- [Sat 3:29:33 PM] undefined - Michelle: Four emplacements? -------------------------- [Sat 3:30:09 PM] undefined - Michelle: Yeah, that was a question to the group here. -------------------------- [Sat 3:30:21 PM] undefined - Kristian: I mean...what stops Anderson from just building next door and drinking their milkshake? -------------------------- [Sat 3:31:17 PM] undefined - Veth: I think 4 is too few. -------------------------- [Sat 3:31:43 PM] undefined - Kristian: what sort of range do these emplacements have? -------------------------- [Sat 3:31:50 PM] undefined - Michelle: Who has rights to the ore? I mean the company does now, but if the colony goes independent, the company doesn't necessarily have to give up the rights. -------------------------- [Sat 3:33:35 PM] undefined - Michelle: Sorry. Just re-read Expanse #4, so I had to ask. -------------------------- [Sat 3:33:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: must be something else here, like the ark of the covenant or a trove of Superman #1s -------------------------- [Sat 3:34:21 PM] undefined - Michelle: yup -------------------------- [Sat 3:34:34 PM] undefined - Michelle: Ok, Veth, how about 6? -------------------------- [Sat 3:35:02 PM] undefined - Michelle: Hate to spend too much on this without knowing that people can use the things AND if we're going to use them at all. -------------------------- [Sat 3:35:34 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: 10 -------------------------- [Sat 3:35:38 PM] undefined - Veth: hehe -------------------------- [Sat 3:35:55 PM] undefined - Jason K: Should be +1 more because I couldn't find the attribute option when rolling -------------------------- [Sat 3:36:24 PM] undefined - Veth: Six sounds good then -------------------------- [Sat 3:36:45 PM] undefined - Veth: I assume they are mobile. -------------------------- [Sat 3:38:13 PM] undefined - Kristian: do we have the accuracy from orbit to hit something like that, if it's not like, parked on main street? -------------------------- [Sat 3:38:29 PM] undefined - Kristian: or maybe a different way of saying...show us a circle on the map how accurate we can hit a ground target -------------------------- [Sat 3:38:58 PM] undefined - Kristian: show us how we normally roll lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:39:32 PM] undefined - Kristian: so conceivably even if they do sneak a dropship by we could still splat it from orbit. -------------------------- [Sat 3:41:37 PM] undefined - Kristian: we should also make sure...we let the colonists know we can and might take some of these back afterwards ;) -------------------------- [Sat 3:41:48 PM] undefined - Kristian: Lend-Lease program, yo -------------------------- [Sat 3:41:46 PM] undefined - Michelle: lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:41:47 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Let's make it eight. Better to have more than you need, than not enough. -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:05 PM] undefined - Kristian: I feel like I am playing the Final Fantasy tower defense mini game :( -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:13 PM] undefined - Veth: 8 sounds good too -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:14 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Perhaps we can sell them to the colonists before we leave. -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:14 PM] undefined - Michelle: hehe -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:32 PM] undefined - Kristian: if they have any money left. -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:43 PM] undefined - Michelle: If they win and have the mine, they should -------------------------- [Sat 3:42:52 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: 1% of their company, plus they cover the cost of the emplacements. Seems like a good deal. -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:36 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Sell at a 10% profit too -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:53 PM] undefined - Kristian: then we show up and mercs already leveled the town lol -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:49 PM] undefined - Michelle: And we arrive with only 2 days before invasion.... -------------------------- [Sat 3:43:59 PM] undefined - Michelle: or that -------------------------- [Sat 3:44:24 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Or perhaps simply arming the colony is enough to get the company to back down -------------------------- [Sat 3:44:27 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Or at least hesitate. -------------------------- [Sat 3:44:41 PM] undefined - Kristian: like how to have yoru enemies hang themselves in jail? -------------------------- [Sat 3:44:54 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Right now, they are kicking a puppy. We can turn the puppy into a rottweiler -------------------------- [Sat 3:45:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: I would dinner with Jack for sure -------------------------- [Sat 3:45:25 PM] undefined - Jason K: meeting Jack still eems like a good idea? Keep him in the loop and also maybe he can work on solving The Judge Problem -------------------------- [Sat 3:45:27 PM] undefined - Veth: yeah can't hurt. -------------------------- [Sat 3:45:26 PM] undefined - Michelle: Still think we should put pressure on judge-boy. We just might not have the contacts. -------------------------- [Sat 3:46:14 PM] undefined - Veth: Just kevin, he earned it. -------------------------- [Sat 3:47:09 PM] undefined - Kristian: "oh PS we just bought a bunch of shit" -------------------------- [Sat 3:47:17 PM] Din Strata - Veth: He seemed to like me. -------------------------- [Sat 3:51:30 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Jack, you founded this company, you dragged this warship out of the cold dark, and you did it for a reason. Was it just to make money? Or is there more? What is your grander vision? -------------------------- [Sat 3:51:58 PM] undefined - Veth: Ask him what is best in life. -------------------------- [Sat 3:52:23 PM] undefined - Michelle: Yeah, that's a question needing a lot of drink. -------------------------- [Sat 3:56:33 PM] undefined - Veth: Jack doesn't know our gaming history. -------------------------- [Sat 3:56:33 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Cara Burton takes a long drink -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:04 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Seems like a lot of talent to waste on helping a company bring the boot down on a bunch of colonists. That's a job any basic merc company could do. -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:43 PM] Cara Burton - Jason K: Nothing like we can bring, that's for sure. -------------------------- [Sat 3:57:59 PM] undefined - Michelle: Dirk should take a look and see if he can tie up either of those companies/contracts. :P -------------------------- [Sat 3:58:51 PM] Din Strata - Veth: We'll find it. -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:07 PM] undefined - Kristian: it's aliens. Dirk's hoping they are hot, and green. -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:27 PM] undefined - Jason K: I did notice an Alien Cosplay Kit in the catalogue -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:45 PM] undefined - Veth: heh -------------------------- [Sat 3:59:48 PM] undefined - Kristian: rule 34 -------------------------- [Sat 4:00:02 PM] undefined - Kristian: wait is that the porn one of the hitler one -------------------------- [Sat 4:00:16 PM] undefined - Kristian: rule 88? -------------------------- [Sat 4:00:42 PM] undefined - Michelle: Let's head on out -------------------------- [Sat 4:00:59 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Jack, how's...the special cargo doing? -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:12 PM] undefined - Kristian: referring to his ex if that's not obvioius -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:26 PM] undefined - Kristian: kinky -------------------------- [Sat 4:01:56 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: But well. -------------------------- [Sat 4:02:26 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: Wonderful -------------------------- [Sat 4:02:34 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Wonder how much we had to do with that. -------------------------- [Sat 4:02:46 PM] undefined - Kristian: too bad France is gone so we can't legally have champagne -------------------------- [Sat 4:03:03 PM] undefined - Kristian: sparkling grape space bev -------------------------- [Sat 4:04:47 PM] undefined - Veth: good session for so few people -------------------------- [Sat 4:04:51 PM] undefined - Kristian: then an alien burts out of his chest -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:02 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: HELLO MY BABY HELLO MY DARLIN' -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:06 PM] undefined - Veth: HE HAD THE SOUP? THAT'S WHAT I ORDERED! -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:30 PM] undefined - Veth: sure, should be good -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:31 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: I think I can do either -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:34 PM] undefined - Jason K: Out the 20th, around on the 27th -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:41 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: good for me. I am ostensibly in UK on 2/10 weekend -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:48 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: however that could push to the right an undetermined amount of time -------------------------- [Sat 4:05:55 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Getting into birthday season through like April. -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:07 PM] undefined - Kristian: gotta ping all the other noshows too -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:19 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: BATTLE SESSSSIOOOOONNNN -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:23 PM] Dirk Yang - Kristian: thanks Deb! -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:21 PM] undefined - Veth: sound good, thanks deb! :) -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:25 PM] undefined - Jason K: Thanks Deb! -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:27 PM] Din Strata - Veth: Later all -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:25 PM] Daniel Eckhart - Michelle: Thanks, Deb! -------------------------- [Sat 4:06:31 PM] Angelica Triggs - Jen: take care all! --------------------------