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Pool Status: red
Topic set by Rogattheconvention on Fri Oct 18 2013 05:57:26 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
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19:17	Balthazaar	Mark arrives at the sub bay
19:17	lurkdGM	A few guys in lab coats are standing around in a group trying to compare notes.
19:17	ShotgunFiend	Zay walks in, all swagger-like. (Not really)
19:17	lurkdGM	One is decked out with a high tech radio receiver.
19:17	ShotgunFiend	But he does walk in. "Sup Mark?"
19:17	jedifan	Phelan arrives in the subbay.
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19:18	Gara	Loren arrives!
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19:18	Balthazaar	"not a lot. Same old shit. "You?"
19:18	jedifan	"Anyone know what's going on?"
19:18	ShotgunFiend	"S-S-D-D, brotha."
19:19	jedifan	"Um, what?"
19:19	Strifers	Rick trots into the bay. He's got his pistol belt on over his coat already.
19:19	Strifers	"Sitrep?"
19:19	lurkdGM	Everyone's radios are saturated with clicks and static as they approach the pool.
19:19	lurkdGM	<<*clicking* *static* *beep*>>
19:19	Strifers	Rick listens to the clicks, looking for patterns.
19:19	lurkdGM	Rick, it's pretty chaotic.
19:20	lurkdGM	Roll perc Rick to hear more.
19:20	jedifan	Phelan listens in a bit as well.
19:20	jedifan	6df+6
19:20	Glacon	jedifan: 8 (6df+6=-, 0, +, +, +, 0)
19:20	lurkdGM	Anyone listening intently to the radio frequencies can roll perc.
19:20	ShotgunFiend	Zay looks to Phelan. "Same shit, different day. S-S-D-D."
19:21	Strifers	6df+12 tagged.
19:21	Glacon	Strifers: tagged.: 14 (6df+12=+, +, 0, 0, +, -)
19:21	Strifers	Rick ignores the other people.
19:21	Balthazaar	Mark ignores his radio
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19:21	lurkdGM	Phelan, you hear a very faint beeping that keeps cutting in and out.  Rick here's the same thing but would probably recognize this as a mayday beacon.
19:22	Strifers	"Morse code."
19:22	Strifers	Rick strides up to the labcoats.
19:22	Strifers	"Hey, you guys reckognizeing the SOS? Who do we have down there?"
19:22	jedifan	"Any indication where the signal is originating from?'
19:23	ShotgunFiend	"SOS?" Zay perks up.
19:24	lurkdGM	The lab guys scatter, except one.  He pushes his glasses back up the bridge of his nose.  "It's coming from the pool, last few hours and has been pretty non-stop.  It's a mayday beacon, defintley a Foundation one."
19:24	Gara	"Huh, okay."
19:24	jedifan	"What signals analysis has been done so far?"
19:25	lurkdGM	"And we... we can pick out at least several different beacons once we filter it.  But we can't nail down an exact number."
19:25	jedifan	"That is ... interesting."
19:26	jedifan	"We don't currently have anyone out and about do we?"
19:26	lurkdGM	"It's the exact same beacons our subs transmit."
19:26	ShotgunFiend	"So we gotta fleet in distress out there?"
19:26	Strifers	"So it's all the subs that we've lost over the months, then?"
19:26	Gara	"Maybe."
19:26	ShotgunFiend	~How many subs do these guys go through...~
19:27	Strifers	"Can you give us a ballpark?"
19:27	lurkdGM	"No we don't have any departures listed.  We need you investigate.  Basically get in and get out.  Rescue... I'll leave that to the team's discretion.  We don't know much else I'm afraid at this point."
19:28	Strifers	"What kind of standard locking collar do we have on these subs?"
19:28	Strifers	"I take it that it's not the standard SOV-NATO agreement style, right?"
19:29	lurkdGM	"Um... I don't have the specs with me, sorry."
19:30	jedifan	"I'm more interested in the signals myself, any information contained in it beyond a simple mayday or pon-pon?"
19:30	Balthazaar	"Well, no time like the present. We going?"
19:31	lurkdGM	"Well, the radio signals may be more clear on the other end."
19:31	jedifan	"Well, sounds like I'm definitely going."
19:31	Strifers	"Well then, there's not much time to waste. We'll deal with it, Doc."
19:32	Gara	Loren goes on into the sub.
19:32	Balthazaar	So does Mark
19:32	jedifan	Phelan follows.
19:32	lurkdGM	"Good luck team."  She walks off.  Technicians prepare the sub.
19:32	ShotgunFiend	Zay hops in and buckles up.
19:32	Strifers	Rick gets in!
19:32	jedifan	Phelan heads to the communication station.
19:33	lurkdGM	Phelan, all the radios are saturated.
19:33	lurkdGM	Everyone in?
19:34	Strifers	Everyone in!
19:34	jedifan	yep
19:34	lurkdGM	The sub is launched.  *bloop* *bloop*
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19:35	lurkdGM	As it descends, the light slowly drowns out till it's pitch black outside.
19:35	ShotgunFiend	Zay hums the Jeopardy theme.
19:36	jedifan	Phelan listens to the radios trying to pick up any changes in the signals.
19:36	Strifers	"A bit quieter, please."
19:36	Strifers	Rick listens for leaks in the sub, senses waiting for problems.
19:36	lurkdGM	All the sound outside slowly drowns out... even the engine noise is getting snuffed.
19:36	ShotgunFiend	"..." He stops.
19:37	lurkdGM	Then... all stop.  The sub is still.
19:37	Balthazaar	"Looks like we're here."
19:37	Strifers	"You hear the engine noise being gone?"
19:38	Strifers	"Someone knock on the far bulkhead please."
19:38	lurkdGM	Nope.  There is a bright flash of light outside and the sub accelerates very quickly.
19:38	lurkdGM	It's spinning, everyone is glued to a seat from the centrifugal force.
19:38	jedifan	"Please tell the new guy that this is normal."
19:38	lurkdGM	*rumble*
19:38	Balthazaar	"Oh shit..."
19:39	jedifan	"That would be me if anyone was wondering."
19:39	ShotgunFiend	"Toootaaallyy nooorrmaaaallll."
19:39	ShotgunFiend	He talks through clenched teeth
19:39	lurkdGM	The light outside fades to black and the spinning and sub begins to decelerate.  Everyone feels... lighter?
19:40	Strifers	"Sure. Normal is as normal does, man."
19:40	Gara	"You're new too, though. This is normal."
19:40	lurkdGM	The sub crawls to a gentle stop and everyone feels it... Zero G.  Everything not bolted down begins to float.
19:41	Strifers	"I've been here for awhile, Loren."
19:41	ShotgunFiend	"Well considering /we/ got launched like a cannon out of water, I figured this couldn't be /too/ far-fetched."
19:41	Gara	"Wasn't talking to you."
19:41	ShotgunFiend	"Last night, that is."
19:41	jedifan	Phelan pops his neck, "I've always wanted to experience zero-g."
19:41	Strifers	"Ah, fair enough. This is cool."
19:41	lurkdGM	Mdef everyone.
19:41	Strifers	Rick looks around for a bottle of water!
19:41	ShotgunFiend	Zay lets his rifle float
19:41	jedifan	6df+6
19:41	Glacon	jedifan: 3 (6df+6=0, -, -, 0, -, 0)
19:41	Gara	6df+6 Strong of mind.
19:41	Glacon	Gara: Strong of mind.: 5 (6df+6=-, 0, +, -, -, +)
19:41	Balthazaar	6df+6
19:41	Glacon	Balthazaar: 7 (6df+6=-, +, -, +, 0, +)
19:41	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 Defense of tee bran
19:41	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: Defense of tee bran: 4 (6df+5=-, 0, -, +, +, -)
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19:42	lurkdGM	Strifers?
19:42	Strifers	6df+6 mdef
19:42	Glacon	Strifers: mdef: 7 (6df+6=+, 0, +, -, 0, 0)
19:43	lurkdGM	Zay, you are struck with moderate nausea and begin to feel pretty shitty.   Phelan, you can't handle this, you blow ralph everywhere in zero-G.
19:43	lurkdGM	*chunks not ralph
19:43	ShotgunFiend	"Mmmm, ooh man..."
19:44	lurkdGM	(wow... that's bad)
19:44	jedifan	Phelan spews regurgitated coffee all over the place, then wipes his chin.
19:44	lurkdGM	Phelan, it floats beautifully.
19:44	jedifan	"Blergh, Sorry everyone."
19:44	ShotgunFiend	He closes his eyes and presses his knuckles to his fore head. ~Seriously, I can live on a boat for /how long/ but some no-g fucks me up...?~
19:45	Balthazaar	Mark laughs and takes a picture of the incredible flying vomit with his pda
19:45	Strifers	"Well then. I'd rather try that with water, but okay."
19:45	lurkdGM	It's so silent and dark outside.
19:45	Strifers	"If it hits me, I'm going to be annoyed."
19:45	lurkdGM	Nothing but black.
19:46	Strifers	Rick watches the perfect sphere of formercoffee
19:46	jedifan	"Evidently, its a good thing I chose not to become an astronaut."
19:46	Balthazaar	Mark looks out the window. "I don't like it out there." Is it like night out there, or like somethings covering the windows?
19:47	jedifan	"Next time, I'm carrying barf bags with me."
19:47	lurkdGM	Mark, it's black... like... BLACK BLACK.  There is some sort of faint light below, but you can't see.
19:47	Strifers	Rick turns on his rifle light and points it out the window. Can he see any beam in the blackness?
19:48	Balthazaar	"... It looks pretty fucked out there. Reminds me of those nature documentaries where they go deep sea."
19:48	jedifan	Phelan turns his focus from his abused sense of balance to the signals coming from the radio.
19:48	lurkdGM	Rick, it's just a faint glow below.  It doesn't illuminate anything else outside.
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19:49	Gara	Loren checks the oxygen.
19:49	lurkdGM	Phelan, it's sounds a /little/ clearer, less static.
19:49	Gara	"Has to be pressure out here... This thing should'v popped like a balloon."
19:49	lurkdGM	Loren, it's breathable.  Temperature is slightly below freezing, but tolerable.
19:49	Strifers	"Well, I don't know if we're underwater or what. Not like the pool to not give us somewhere to go."
19:49	Balthazaar	"Can the sub tell us what sort of environment we're in?"
19:50	Gara	"It's breathable."
19:50	Gara	"Cold, but breathable."
19:50	jedifan	"Well, the signals are definitely better, but I'm still getting a lot of static."
19:50	lurkdGM	Zay, agility.
19:50	Balthazaar	Mark zips up his jacket
19:50	Gara	"Lets go, who's out first?"
19:50	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 I actually HAVE THIS STAT
19:50	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: I actually HAVE THIS STAT: 8 (6df+5=0, 0, +, +, +, 0)
19:50	Strifers	"I'll take point."
19:50	Gara	"Alright. Here we go."
19:50	Strifers	Rick pulls up his clava and gets ready to exit.
19:51	lurkdGM	A puke sphere narrowly misses Zay's head.
19:51	Balthazaar	 Mark unbuckles
19:51	Gara	Loren buttons up.
19:51	ShotgunFiend	"Oh, jesus..."
19:51	ShotgunFiend	Zay pulls on some more wintery gear from his pack and floats on over towards the ladder
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19:51	Gara	"We should tie together."
19:51	jedifan	Phelan grabs his shotgun and tries to follow, still feeling the effects of zero-g.
19:51	Balthazaar	"Good idea."
19:51	Gara	"So, uh." She pulls rope. "Do that."
19:52	Balthazaar	Mark ties on
19:52	Gara	Loren ties in.
19:52	jedifan	Phelan ties on extra secure.
19:52	Strifers	Rick clips on!
19:52	ShotgunFiend	He does so
19:52	ShotgunFiend	Around a belt loop
19:53	Balthazaar	"Ready when you are Rick."
19:53	Gara	"Alright, rick, go."
19:53	Strifers	Rick opens the hatch and climbs out!
19:53	lurkdGM	PERC!
19:53	lurkdGM	For Rick.
19:54	Balthazaar	Mark follows Rick
19:54	Strifers	6df+12 who needs AP for the actual run?
19:54	Glacon	Strifers: who needs AP for the actual run?: 13 (6df+12=0, 0, 0, +, +, -)
19:54	ShotgunFiend	Zay is somewhere in the line, probably.
19:56	lurkdGM	Rick something flutters in your peripheral vision a ways off, but it's so brief.  You're are pretty sure you saw something.  That light source is directly below, you'll have to peer over the edge to look.
19:56	lurkdGM	Other than that, it's a dark empty void.
19:57	Strifers	Rick turns to try to follow it.
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19:57	jedifan	"Make sure you keep a secure grip to the boat, Rick."
19:58	Strifers	"Ayup."
19:58	jedifan	"Zero-g is nasty without a way to change momentum."
19:58	jedifan	"Can we possibly grab a fire extinguisher before we exit the boat?"
19:59	Gara	"Do we have one?"
19:59	Strifers	"Fire extinguishers? Why'd they put one of those on a sub filled with stuff that could start on fire?"
19:59	Strifers	"We've got bullets if need be."
19:59	Balthazaar	"If we don't, then it's not up to scratch."
19:59	jedifan	"I thought they were required for all vessels."
20:01	Balthazaar	"They should be."
20:01	lurkdGM	gimme a sec
20:03	lurkdGM	Rick, you peer over, or rather float and see this below:
20:04	lurkdGM	It's very still and rotating slowly.
20:04	lurkdGM	And yes, subs have fire extinguishers.
20:05	Strifers	"Coooool."
20:05	Strifers	"Mark, you should take a picture of this."
20:05	Balthazaar	"Okay." He does so.
20:05	jedifan	Phelan grabs the fire-extinguisher and floats to the exit.
20:05	Strifers	Rick attempts to experiment with maneuvering in zero G!
20:05	lurkdGM	Roll agility.
20:06	Balthazaar	"My names Mark, and welcome to zero G submarine task force photography."
20:06	Strifers	6df+4
20:06	Glacon	Strifers: 1 (6df+4=0, -, -, 0, 0, -)
20:06	Balthazaar	Does a surprisingly goodimitation of Johnny Knoxville as he says this
20:06	lurkdGM	Rick, you try to paddle, but you just look like an asshole and get tangled in the line.
20:07	Balthazaar	Mark takes a picture of the tangled Rick
20:07	Strifers	"Hmmm. Not effective."
20:08	Gara	"The hell are you doing?"
20:08	Strifers	Rick tries to get a single finger up in time for the picture.
20:08	jedifan	Phelan stifles his chuckles.
20:08	ShotgunFiend	"You gotta use counter-forces. Throw your shoe left, you fly right. Push offa shit, that sorta thing.
20:08	ShotgunFiend	"*
20:09	Strifers	"Yeah, but we have air."
20:09	Balthazaar	"So, that glowy thing seems like a good thing to head for."
20:09	Strifers	"And air has at least some friction."
20:09	Strifers	"I'd like to keep my boots."
20:09	Strifers	Can Rick see his breath when he exhales?
20:09	lurkdGM	Yes he can.
20:09	Balthazaar	"Seeing as there appears to be literally nothing else to head to."
20:10	jedifan	"Lets see if we can triangulate where the signals are coming from first."
20:10	lurkdGM	Everyone perc.
20:10	Strifers	6df+8
20:10	jedifan	"Don't exactly want to jump into a star after all
20:10	jedifan	."
20:10	Gara	6df+4
20:10	Glacon	Gara: 3 (6df+4=-, 0, +, 0, 0, -)
20:10	Strifers	6df+8 minus the space
20:10	Glacon	Strifers: minus the space: 9 (6df+8=+, -, -, +, 0, +)
20:10	jedifan	6df+6
20:10	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 Zay shrugs. Air or no air, it's still zero-g
20:10	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: Zay shrugs. Air or no air, it's still zero-g: 5 (6df+5=0, +, -, -, 0, +)
20:10	Glacon	jedifan: 3 (6df+6=-, 0, 0, -, 0, -)
20:10	Balthazaar	6df+6 those points better be worth it
20:10	Glacon	Balthazaar: those points better be worth it: 5 (6df+6=0, +, -, -, +, -)
20:10	lurkdGM	Also, there seems to be a lot of particulate in the air.
20:11	lurkdGM	Rick can see a small red strobe.  Between the glow and their sub.  Drifting in the still void is an exact model of their own sub.  The red strobe indicates that the beacon is activated.
20:12	Balthazaar	Mark ties a handkerchief around his nose and mouth. "I don't want to breathe that shit in."
20:12	lurkdGM	Mark it's pretty light.
20:12	jedifan	do the particulates taste or smell like anything?
20:13	lurkdGM	The dust is tasteless, but it has a certain stale odor to it.
20:13	Strifers	Rick already has his balaclava over his face.
20:13	Strifers	"Lets go examine that strobe, there, I think."
20:13	Strifers	Rick estimates the distance!
20:14	Balthazaar	"What strobe?"
20:14	lurkdGM	Best guess, 200 meters.
20:14	ShotgunFiend	"Lead the way." Zay is still in the sub, waiting to actually be able to climb out.
20:14	Strifers	"How much cord do we have?"
20:14	Strifers	Rick pulls out his loop of 550 cord to add to the current tiedown cord!
20:16	ShotgunFiend	"I got thirty meters."
20:17	jedifan	"I didn't bring any with me."
20:17	lurkdGM	Rick.  You see it again.  Right in front of you.
20:17	Balthazaar	"I got 50 or so metres."
20:17	lurkdGM	It just appears, does a turn, then vanishes.
20:18	Strifers	"What the hell *is* that."
20:18	Strifers	"Okay, let's loop it together. I'll make a jump to the next sub and see what's up."
20:19	Gara	"Alright."
20:19	ShotgunFiend	Zay ties his cord to the existing line.
20:19	Strifers	6df+8 perception maneuver to figure out the best way to push from one sub to the one with the strobe in zero gravity.
20:19	Glacon	Strifers: perception maneuver to figure out the best way to push from one sub to the one with the strobe in zero gravity.: 7 (6df+8=+, -, -, 0, 0, 0)
20:19	Balthazaar	Mark adds his to the line
20:19	Strifers	"You guys all brace yourselves, okay?"
20:19	Balthazaar	Mark grabs the sub
20:19	Gara	Loren braces.
20:20	jedifan	Phelan gets a firm grip on the sub.
20:20	ShotgunFiend	Zay grabs onto... Something.
20:20	lurkdGM	Everyone see this thing now.  It's there for a couple of long seconds as it floats by them.
20:21	Strifers	Rick attempts to push off to the next sub.
20:21	Strifers	"Enemy's gate is down!"
20:21	lurkdGM	Roll!
20:22	jedifan	Phelan sniggers at the Ender's Game quote, but doesn't relax his grip.
20:22	Strifers	6df+8 agility!
20:22	Glacon	Strifers: agility!: 8 (6df+8=-, +, +, -, 0, 0)
20:22	ShotgunFiend	"Best book, ever."
20:23	jedifan	"Except for the ending."
20:24	lurkdGM	Rick jumps and everyone is in tow.
20:24	lurkdGM	It looks like he aimed well.
20:24	lurkdGM	Everyone is now floating freely.
20:24	Balthazaar	"I never wanted to be an astronaut."
20:25	jedifan	"Geeze, a little discussion next time?'
20:25	ShotgunFiend	"Nah, the ending was decent. Weird, but decent."
20:25	ShotgunFiend	So casual.
20:25	Strifers	" . . ."
20:25	Strifers	"You guys didn't get the whole bracing part, did you?"
20:25	jedifan	"Sorry, not much field experience."
20:26	Balthazaar	"Not really."
20:26	lurkdGM	Rick, it's getting closer.
20:26	lurkdGM	The sub that is.
20:27	jedifan	Phelan tries to calculate on the fly how accurately they are heading towards the new sub.
20:27	Strifers	Rick waits to reach the sub!
20:27	Strifers	6df+8 perception maneuver to finding something to grab onto when he gets there!
20:27	Glacon	Strifers: perception maneuver to finding something to grab onto when he gets there!: 9 (6df+8=0, 0, 0, 0, 0, +)
20:27	jedifan	6df+6 ditto
20:27	Glacon	jedifan: ditto: 3 (6df+6=+, -, -, -, 0, -)
20:28	lurkdGM	You reach the sub, Roll strength to hang on to something!
20:28	lurkdGM	Everyone!
20:28	ShotgunFiend	6df+4 oh noesss
20:28	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: oh noesss: 6 (6df+4=0, -, +, 0, +, +)
20:28	Strifers	6df+8 stonk!
20:28	Glacon	Strifers: stonk!: 7 (6df+8=-, +, -, +, -, 0)
20:28	Balthazaar	6df+4 I should have buffed this
20:28	Glacon	Balthazaar: I should have buffed this: 6 (6df+4=+, -, +, -, +, +)
20:28	jedifan	6df
20:28	Glacon	jedifan: 1 (6df=-, -, +, +, +, 0)
20:28	lurkdGM	jedifan, you have 0 strength?
20:29	jedifan	yep
20:29	lurkdGM	wow
20:29	lurkdGM	ok Gara, roll
20:29	Gara	6df+4 I will be strong.
20:29	Glacon	Gara: I will be strong.: 2 (6df+4=-, -, +, -, 0, 0)
20:29	Gara	No I won't.
20:30	lurkdGM	Loren and Phelan can't grasp onto anything.  They get whipped around and bang hard against the hard sub.  -1 Body for both of you weaklings.
20:30	lurkdGM	*THONK*
20:30	jedifan	"Gah,"
20:30	Gara	"Shit."
20:31	jedifan	"Oh, my ribs don't like me."
20:31	Strifers	"You'll be fine."
20:31	Strifers	Rick latches on tightly until everyone can get in place.
20:31	ShotgunFiend	Zay lands oh so gracefully on the sub and holds on. "You two good?"
20:31	jedifan	"Yeah, I've had worse."
20:31	jedifan	"Just not pleasant."
20:31	lurkdGM	That'll leave a nasty bruise.  The sub moves as everyone's weight crashes into it.  It spins slowly in the void.
20:32	Balthazaar	"I hope the hope holds." Mark hangs on to the sub
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20:32	lurkdGM	Looks like the hatch to this sub is already open.
20:32	jedifan	Phelan scrambles to find purchase.
20:33	Strifers	"Think that it's the same sub?"
20:33	Gara	Loren grabs something and holds tight.
20:33	Strifers	Rick moves to look inside the hatch, rifle ready.
20:33	lurkdGM	Roll that perc Rick.
20:33	jedifan	"Let me check the radio on this thing."
20:33	Balthazaar	Mark draws his knife in anticipation of close quarters combat
20:34	jedifan	Phelan heads towards the hatch.
20:34	ShotgunFiend	Zay draws his handgun and slides over towards the hatch.
20:35	lurkdGM	Loren also perc.
20:35	Gara	6df+8 Tagging this one.
20:35	Glacon	Gara: Tagging this one.: 5 (6df+8=-, -, +, 0, -, -)
20:36	Strifers	6df+8 percepting!
20:36	Glacon	Strifers: percepting!: 3 (6df+8=-, -, 0, -, -, -)
20:36	lurkdGM	As the sub rotates slowly, you can see the sub you just jumped from.  A swarm of those blue critters are now surrounding it.  They flutter and blink in and out of existence as they close in to it.
20:37	lurkdGM	Rick, some loose items inside, a clipboard and some exhausted supplies.  You can see the vague outline of a body tucked away.
20:38	jedifan	Phelan looks inside the sub.
20:39	Balthazaar	Mark looks around, keeping an eye out for any threats.
20:39	lurkdGM	Roll perc guys to look
20:40	Balthazaar	6df+6
20:40	Glacon	Balthazaar: 8 (6df+6=0, +, +, -, +, 0)
20:40	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 Zay pops his head inside
20:40	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: Zay pops his head inside: 5 (6df+5=0, -, 0, 0, +, 0)
20:40	jedifan	6df+6
20:40	Glacon	jedifan: 8 (6df+6=-, +, +, -, +, +)
20:40	Strifers	Rick goes to examine the body.
20:41	lurkdGM	Mark and Phelan have the best vantage point.  They can make out a mummified corpse still dressed in security gear.
20:41	lurkdGM	Rick, it has an exit wound in the back of the head.  You can see dog tags... Dodridge.
20:41	jedifan	"Hrrm, do security guys wear dog tags?"
20:41	Gara	"Yeah, some of them."
20:42	jedifan	Phelan heads in looking to find the communications gear.
20:42	Strifers	"Yep. Alternate uses."
20:42	Strifers	Rick looks for a weapon!
20:42	lurkdGM	Phelan, you too see that clipboard floating around, it has papers on it.
20:42	Balthazaar	"That's fucked."
20:43	lurkdGM	Rick, just a pistol that looks corroded.
20:43	jedifan	Phelan grabs at the clipboard.
20:43	Strifers	Rick grabs the pistol and tucks it into a pocket.
20:43	Strifers	Rick grabs the pistol and tucks it into a pocket.
20:43	Strifers	"Be on guard, everyone. Someone capped not-Jason here."
20:44	ShotgunFiend	Zay opts to stay outside the sub and stand guard.
20:44	Balthazaar	"Or did he gank himself?"
20:44	Strifers	"It could be either."
20:45	lurkdGM	Phelan, the first page has something that looks like this handwritten on it.  The rest of the pages are calculations.
20:45	jedifan	"Hrmm"
20:46	lurkdGM	Phelan, there is also something familiar about this handwriting.
20:46	jedifan	"Evidently this guy had at least some idea he was heading into space."
20:46	jedifan	roll perception?
20:46	lurkdGM	Phelan, roll perc
20:46	Balthazaar	"Either way, I think that that points to this place not being too great."
20:46	jedifan	6df+10 tagging
20:46	Glacon	jedifan: tagging: 8 (6df+10=0, +, 0, -, -, -)
20:47	lurkdGM	Phelan, this is for sure Eriko's handwriting, as well as someone else, but you can't make out who.
20:47	lurkdGM	Now roll Sci.
20:47	jedifan	6df+6
20:47	Glacon	jedifan: 5 (6df+6=0, +, -, -, +, -)
20:47	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 percep, standing guard, make sure nothing sneaks up on the sub
20:47	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: percep, standing guard, make sure nothing sneaks up on the sub: 5 (6df+5=-, +, +, 0, 0, -)
20:47	jedifan	"Whoah, this was written by Eriko."
20:48	Strifers	:"Not Eriko."
20:48	Strifers	"Make the distinction, doctor."
20:48	jedifan	"I know Eriko's handwritting, this matches."
20:48	Balthazaar	"Bizaro Eriko?"
20:48	Strifers	"Yeah, but it's not our Eriko."
20:49	Strifers	"Don't personalize other instances of ourselves."
20:49	jedifan	"Fine, an Eriko wrote this."
20:49	lurkdGM	Phelan, besides a few tic-tac-toe games, the equations are pretty straight forward.  It shows a trajectory around the light and is plotted quite well.  Vectors, speeds, trajectories, everything one would need to steer safely around the light.
20:49	lurkdGM	There is also a not a sentence on the bottom, not Erkio's handwriting, not Japanese either.  Some other language.
20:49	jedifan	"This has everything we need to steer around safely here."
20:50	jedifan	Phelan makes sure to secure the clipboard, or at least the sheet safely.
20:51	jedifan	redact last
20:51	jedifan	Phelan points to the sentence on the bottom, "Can anyone read this?"
20:51	Strifers	Rick looks at it!
20:52	lurkdGM	Roll academics to figure out that last sentence.
20:52	Gara	Loren looks.
20:52	Balthazaar	Mark has a look
20:52	Balthazaar	6df
20:52	Glacon	Balthazaar: 0 (6df=0, -, -, +, 0, +)
20:52	lurkdGM	Loren, you automatically know this is Elif's handwriting.
20:52	jedifan	6df
20:52	Glacon	jedifan: -2 (6df=-, +, -, 0, -, 0)
20:52	Gara	6df+4 "Not Elif wrote this."
20:52	Glacon	Gara: "Not Elif wrote this.": 7 (6df+4=0, +, 0, +, +, 0)
20:53	jedifan	Yep, Phelan's clueless.
20:53	Strifers	6df
20:53	Glacon	Strifers: 2 (6df=+, +, 0, +, 0, -)
20:53	jedifan	"What's it say?"
20:53	Strifers	"Well then. Looks like a whole team of not uses, then."
20:53	Strifers	"I don't know, I don't speak more turkish than a colt model translator lets me."
20:54	lurkdGM	Loren, you can't read it, but you can tell it was written in a hurry with a shaky hand.  It says: 'Artık bunu yapamam. Hepsi uyku, ben gidiyorum'  You know at least one of those words means sleep.
20:54	Balthazaar	Mark seems unsettled. "...If the bizarro us's died here, how can we escape?"
20:54	Gara	"I don't read turkish, but she wrote it fast, and shakey, like she was scared."
20:54	Gara	"One of the words mean sleep."
20:54	Gara	"That's all I got."
20:55	Strifers	"Eh, we do it all the time, Mark."
20:55	lurkdGM	*pop*  From outside.
20:55	Strifers	"I got to shoot not Bill at some time."
20:55	Strifers	"Errr . . . new guy? What was that?"
20:55	jedifan	"Well, I'm going to secure this in case we get a way to steer around here."
20:55	Balthazaar	Mark points at Bizarro Jason. "Didn't go so well for hi- What was that?"
20:55	ShotgunFiend	"Wasn't me!" Calls Zay
20:56	ShotgunFiend	Zay looks about for the source
20:56	jedifan	Phelan hurries to secure the paper safely but securely.
20:57	lurkdGM	Zay, your original sub is being slowly ripped apart by those critters.  The pop was one of the air tanks bursting.  The whole thing looks like it's experiencing accelerated corrosion caused by those things.
20:57	Strifers	Rick pulls himself out to get good eyes on what's happening.
20:57	Balthazaar	Mark looks
20:57	ShotgunFiend	"Uh, guys. Get a move on. That noise was /our/ sub getting shredded."
20:58	lurkdGM	Tiny flakes of rust float away from it, as the sub decomposes before your eyes.
20:58	Balthazaar	"... Fuck. We'll have to take this one then."
20:58	jedifan	Phelan looks out the hatch, "Note to self, shot those things before they corrode anything useful."
20:58	jedifan	*shoot
20:59	lurkdGM	The blue creatures flutter around it in an excited manner.  Feeding off of it.
20:59	jedifan	Phelan heads inside to look for controls and signals equipment
20:59	lurkdGM	Phelan, it's dead.  No juice except for emergency power.
21:00	Strifers	Rick braces himself and puts a few rounds at the creatures.
21:00	jedifan	"This thing is a no joy.  Need to see if we can track down a functioning sub."
21:00	ShotgunFiend	"..." He looks at Rick. "Yes. Please attract them to /us./ "
21:00	lurkdGM	Roll it
21:00	Balthazaar	"What are you doing Rick? Now they know we're here."
21:01	lurkdGM	Rick roll range please
21:01	Strifers	6df+6 ranged
21:01	Glacon	Strifers: ranged: 8 (6df+6=0, 0, +, +, 0, 0)
21:02	lurkdGM	As Rick fires at them, they blip out of existence as they hit.  More appear to join the swarm.  The whole sub lurches forward slightly from the recoil.
21:03	Gara	"Goddamn it."
21:03	Strifers	"Eh, nice grouping."
21:03	Strifers	Rick looks around! Is there anything else to see?
21:04	jedifan	Phelan heads outside and looks for any other subs in sight.
21:04	Balthazaar	Mark looks for anything he can see around
21:04	lurkdGM	Rick, the original sub is now in several pieces.
21:05	lurkdGM	The sub comes to a stop and rests.
21:06	lurkdGM	Mark, Phelan, roll perc to search
21:06	Gara	"... Okay, so, this is bad, tim to get out of here."
21:06	jedifan	6df+6
21:06	Glacon	jedifan: 6 (6df+6=0, +, -, +, -, 0)
21:06	Balthazaar	6df+10 tagging
21:06	Glacon	Balthazaar: tagging: 9 (6df+10=0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -)
21:06	Balthazaar	"I'm with Loren on this."
21:06	Strifers	"Yeah, probably for the best."
21:07	lurkdGM	Phelan, tiny tiny blinking lights orbiting the faint light ahead.
21:07	jedifan	"I'm seeing something way of in the distance, may be another sub."
21:07	jedifan	"Its got flashing lights, so it might have power."
21:07	lurkdGM	Mark, a working fire extinguisher and.... grenades on Jason's corpse.
21:08	Balthazaar	"We got grenades and a fire extinguisher in here." Mark enters the sub
21:08	Strifers	"Shit, it was even from a *competent* Not Foundation, too."
21:08	Strifers	"Maybe I should leave a resume."
21:09	jedifan	Phelan tries to calculate the distance and angle to the blinking lights.
21:10	Balthazaar	Mark grabs the grenades and the fires extingusher if he can.
21:11	lurkdGM	Phelan, based on the notes, you can do that quite easily.  About a kilometer according to the calculations.
21:11	lurkdGM	Mark grabs them.
21:11	jedifan	"Looks like the next sub might be a klick off in the distance."
21:12	Gara	"Can we make it?"
21:12	Gara	"Before they do.'
21:12	Balthazaar	"Do we have a choice?"
21:12	jedifan	"I think so."
21:13	jedifan	"Lets not forget anything that we could use to correct our course later on."
21:13	ShotgunFiend	"We've got propulsion, so if we misjudge, we can adjust."
21:13	lurkdGM	Phelan, the light does have some gravitational pull as per the notes.
21:14	jedifan	"We are going to need to adjust for a slight pull from gravity."
21:14	jedifan	"That light source," Phelan points at the big light, "apparently has a gravitational pull."
21:15	Strifers	"Why were we stationary to start with?"
21:15	Gara	"No idea, lets think about it later."
21:15	jedifan	"My guess would be inertia."
21:16	lurkdGM	The creatures are done with the original sub.  All that's left is tiny flecks.  They all blip and vanish when they realize the food is gone.
21:16	jedifan	"Gravity at this distance would be pretty small.  It can still cause problems if it isn't accounted for."
21:16	ShotgunFiend	"We gotta move. Now."
21:16	jedifan	"Agreed."
21:17	Balthazaar	"Let's go then."
21:17	Strifers	"Yeah, lets/
21:17	jedifan	"Follow me then."
21:18	jedifan	Phelan jumps in the direction he calculated.
21:18	lurkdGM	Roll agility.
21:18	jedifan	6df+6
21:18	Glacon	jedifan: 7 (6df+6=-, +, 0, +, +, -)
21:18	Gara	6df+6 Weeeeeee.
21:18	Glacon	Gara: Weeeeeee.: 3 (6df+6=-, -, -, 0, -, +)
21:18	Strifers	Rick jumps!
21:18	Strifers	6df+4 not looking before leaping!
21:18	Glacon	Strifers: not looking before leaping!: 3 (6df+4=-, +, 0, -, -, +)
21:18	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 erryone?
21:18	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: erryone?: 6 (6df+5=+, -, 0, -, +, +)
21:19	Balthazaar	6df+5 I just want to fit in
21:19	Glacon	Balthazaar: I just want to fit in: 7 (6df+5=-, +, 0, +, +, 0)
21:19	lurkdGM	Everyone does a successful jump, except Loren and Rick.  They just look helpless but are towed with the group nonetheless.
21:20	lurkdGM	Phelan, according to the equations, this is not enough speed to safely pull away from that light.
21:21	Balthazaar	"Good thing we tied on. You two okay?"
21:21	jedifan	"Guys, hand me one of the fire extinguishers."
21:21	Balthazaar	Mark hands him a fire extinguisher
21:21	jedifan	Phelan calculates how he needs to aim the extingusher to get the group on target.
21:22	jedifan	I'm thinking this would be a science maneuver to aid a ranged roll?
21:22	lurkdGM	You know how much acceleration you need, but you'll need to roll range to apply it correctly.
21:22	lurkdGM	The notes solve out all those factors already.
21:23	jedifan	6df+6 how well does he shoot.
21:23	Glacon	jedifan: how well does he shoot.: 5 (6df+6=+, -, -, 0, +, -)
21:23	lurkdGM	jedifan, you have a 5 in range, not 6, so this is really a 4.
21:23	jedifan	oh, oops
21:24	lurkdGM	ees kay
21:24	lurkdGM	Everyone feels a jolt and is propelled faster.
21:24	lurkdGM	Fuck, Phelan.  You held down the handle too long.  This is too fast.
21:25	jedifan	Phelan aims again, to correct for his overcorrection.
21:25	jedifan	6df+5
21:25	Glacon	jedifan: 3 (6df+5=-, 0, -, +, -, 0)
21:26	lurkdGM	That light is getting awfully bigger.  Only a few more minutes...
21:26	Strifers	Rick is along for the ride.
21:26	lurkdGM	Phelan, you goof again and drift off course a little.
21:27	lurkdGM	Fuck, this is not going well.
21:27	jedifan	"Ok, I need a little help."
21:27	lurkdGM	Everyone roll agility to not get tangled in the line.
21:27	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 dun goof plz zay
21:27	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: dun goof plz zay: 6 (6df+5=+, -, 0, +, -, +)
21:27	ShotgunFiend	yay
21:27	jedifan	6df+6
21:27	Glacon	jedifan: 6 (6df+6=+, 0, -, -, +, 0)
21:27	Strifers	6df+4
21:27	Glacon	Strifers: 1 (6df+4=-, +, -, -, 0, -)
21:27	Balthazaar	6df+5 I am the spider, not the fly
21:27	Glacon	Balthazaar: I am the spider, not the fly: 3 (6df+5=+, 0, -, -, 0, -)
21:27	Strifers	Rick is a fly.
21:27	Gara	6df+6 Stop fucking up.
21:27	Glacon	Gara: Stop fucking up.: 4 (6df+6=-, 0, 0, -, 0, 0)
21:27	jedifan	"Ok, Guys, I need a little help."
21:28	jedifan	"We need to correct our course, but I'm not getting it quite right."
21:28	jedifan	"Whose the best shot that can follow my instructions?"
21:28	Strifers	Probably me, I suppose.
21:29	Strifers	"But I, uh, just use the M4, mostly."
21:29	jedifan	"How about you try the extinguisher?"
21:29	lurkdGM	Rick is all tangled up, he's not much use till he unfucks himself.
21:29	Gara	"God damn it."
21:29	jedifan	"Get yourself straightened out first."
21:30	lurkdGM	Guys, this thing takes up your whole view now.
21:30	ShotgunFiend	"I ain't a half-bad shot. Lemme give it a go?" Zay is /not/ tangled up.
21:30	Balthazaar	"I can give it a go if you want."
21:30	jedifan	"I think we kinda need to hurry."
21:30	lurkdGM	The red clouds circling it is actually red pool water floating around.
21:30	Balthazaar	"What is /that/?"
21:31	jedifan	"Fine, here you go."
21:31	ShotgunFiend	To Zay or Mark?
21:31	jedifan	zay
21:31	lurkdGM	Everyone feels the gravity pull now.
21:31	Strifers	Rick attempts to detangle.
21:31	ShotgunFiend	Whoop. He takes it. "Instreuct away."
21:31	jedifan	"Follow my instructions exactly."
21:31	Strifers	"That's a red pool that is in a universe sans gravity, Mark."
21:31	ShotgunFiend	Intruct, even.
21:31	lurkdGM	Rick, agility to detangle and wiggle free.
21:31	Strifers	6df+4 Agility!
21:31	Glacon	Strifers: Agility!: 4 (6df+4=0, 0, 0, 0, -, +)
21:31	jedifan	Phelan tells zay where he needs to aim and for how long.
21:32	Balthazaar	"Fantastic."
21:32	ShotgunFiend	6df+6 Zay does that shit.
21:32	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: Zay does that shit.: 3 (6df+6=0, 0, -, 0, -, -)
21:32	ShotgunFiend	No he doesn't.
21:32	lurkdGM	Rick, you're arms are free, but your feet are failing you.
21:32	Balthazaar	"Want me to try?"
21:33	lurkdGM	Zay, no dice.  Your making it worse.  Feels like it's almost empty.
21:33	ShotgunFiend	"... I'm only used to firing guns, sure. Might only get one more go, though."
21:33	ShotgunFiend	He hands it off to Mark.
21:33	Gara	"Goddamn it."
21:33	lurkdGM	Everyone is pelted by little droplets of red pool water.
21:33	jedifan	"Ew."
21:33	Strifers	Rick just stays still so his wiggling doesn't mess up anyone else.
21:33	ShotgunFiend	Zay is well covered.
21:33	Strifers	"Go neverwet coating"
21:34	jedifan	Phelan shields his face.
21:34	Balthazaar	6df+6 Fuck you Glacon
21:34	Glacon	Balthazaar: Fuck you Glacon: 3 (6df+6=-, 0, +, -, -, -)
21:34	lurkdGM	Mark sprays, but it's not enough.  The extinguisher is out.  The droplets get thicker as everyone descends into the nebula.
21:35	Balthazaar	"Oh fuck no..."
21:35	Gara	"Damn it."
21:35	ShotgunFiend	Zay salutes to the group. "It was an honor serving with you all."
21:35	jedifan	"Deep breath."
21:36	Gara	"Shut up, Zay."
21:36	Gara	"We're not going to die."
21:36	jedifan	Phelan matches actions to words.
21:36	Balthazaar	Mark grins at Zay. "Get fucked, we'll be fine."
21:36	Strifers	"Who the fuck are you, actually?"
21:36	Balthazaar	This is said in good humour
21:36	lurkdGM	The droplets condense and everyone passes through the liquid.
21:36	Gara	"This is his first assignment and second mission, Rick."
21:36	ShotgunFiend	"Me? Name's Zay Martin. Medical type."
21:36	lurkdGM	#farrecon
21:36	Gara	"Maybe we should cut free?"
21:37	ShotgunFiend	He's grinning similarly to Mark
21:37	Gara	"Not going to fuck us at this point."
21:41		*** Tehpillowstar joined #redpool

IN OTHER ROOM

21:37	lurkdGM	There's a ripple across the water.
21:37	lurkdGM	Slowly a swell begins to build.
21:37	Puppetmaster	Carmen's in rec, boredly looking through images on her iPod.
21:37	lurkdGM	<<All available agents, possible emergence event.  Repeat, possible emergence event.>>
21:38	Puppetmaster	"... The fuck."
21:38	Puppetmaster	Carmen grabs her shotgun and loads a few extra shells as she sprints through the halls.
21:38	lurkdGM	<<Please head to sub bay.>>
21:39	Puppetmaster	Carmen's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of ya, command.
21:39	lurkdGM	The swell builds and bursts.  *FOOM*  Everyone from the run is ejected up.
21:39	Puppetmaster	She shows up on ground level and shoulders her shotgun at the water. Full auto.
21:39	Puppetmaster	"..."
21:39	Puppetmaster	Safety back on for now.
21:40	Balthazaar	"Told you so."
21:40	jedifan	"Bleh!"
21:40	Strifers	Rick swims.
21:40	ShotgunFiend	As Zay flies up, then back down, "Cannonball!"
21:40	Strifers	"Everyone good to make it shore?"
21:40	Gara	"See." Loren cuts rope, and swims.
21:40	lurkdGM	All people on the run fly up and over the wall and into the surrounding trees.
21:40	jedifan	Phelan treads water and clears his eyes.
21:40	lurkdGM	(wait till I was done)
21:40	jedifan	redact
21:40	Balthazaar	"Fuck!"
21:40	Gara	Oh.
21:40	lurkdGM	Everyone roll Pdef
21:40	ShotgunFiend	Er. yeah. Not cannonball.
21:41	Balthazaar	6df+7
21:41	Glacon	Balthazaar: 8 (6df+7=+, +, -, 0, 0, 0)
21:41	jedifan	6df+9 tagging
21:41	Glacon	jedifan: tagging: 7 (6df+9=0, -, 0, 0, 0, -)
21:41	ShotgunFiend	6df+5 Dun stab meh trees
21:41	Glacon	ShotgunFiend: Dun stab meh trees: 6 (6df+5=+, 0, -, -, +, +)
21:41	Gara	6df+6 I'd readlly rather not die.
21:41	Glacon	Gara: I'd readlly rather not die.: 3 (6df+6=-, +, -, 0, -, -)
21:41	Roget	Ralph is probably in medical waiting to treat that one person who just got tree'd. Or reading a magazine. One of the two.
21:42	lurkdGM	pause for descriptions
21:42	ShotgunFiend	Strifers roll?
21:42	lurkdGM	Yes, Strifers roll please.
21:43	Strifers	6df+5 pdef
21:43	Glacon	Strifers: pdef: 4 (6df+5=+, +, -, 0, -, -)
21:43	lurkdGM	Ok.
21:44	Strifers	(redact to a +7)
21:45	lurkdGM	Mark and Phelan, you miraculously get snagged by some sturdy branches and just hang there.  Zay, some weak branches break your fall and you *poof* into a snow drift.  Loren and Rick, you pretty much ragdoll and hit all the branches on the way down.  -1 Body to both.
21:46	lurkdGM	unpause
21:46	lurkdGM	And done.