Play@YSDC

Posted: **Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:41 pm**

You travel without incidents. At the end, you are quite hungry- in cheap class, they don't serve any food. The aeroport is several miles at north of Arkhan. It's a medium size city- less than one million of inhabitants, with several high tech companies. You take the metro, and arrive at the Miskatonic University. The buildings are quite ancient, probably XIX century, but in very good shape. With some help, you arrive at the office where the meeting is suppose to happen: the complicated name, is the modern (and political correct) name of the department of history.

Posted: **Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:35 pm**

"I hope they have food at the meeting," says Patrick to Vance as they reach the office. "I'm starved." When Vance is ready, he walks inside.

Posted: **Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:40 am**

A secretary brings you inside. You see 4 different men. One is older (about 60's) with glasses (a very rare thing nowadays), thin built, gray hair and pale; 2 others are about 40, strongly built with a very skin that show they get a lot of air; the last one is much younger, barely 30 with a very shy look.
-Yes gentleman?- asks the older.

Posted: **Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:52 am**

"Hello, I'm Patrick Henry Lee," says Patrick. "My friend Vance and I are here to work for the expedition."

Posted: **Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:58 pm**

-In the expedition? In what roles? You are not teachers or students... Oh! The mercenaries! Funny, you don't like thugs. That's better. I presume you know all the conditions and objectives?
-Sir, I doubt they know anything- says one of the man with 40's- we didn't give much details to keep the secrecy.
-Right! Could you speak a bit of you before I explain you a little more?

Posted: **Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:18 am**

"I come from Virginia originally," says Patrick, "but I stayed in California after I graduated from CalTech with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. I've always been good with computers, and I've got my own deck and programs. I'm also a very good driver, and I know a bit about American history. I can do research the old fashioned way as well as online. While Vance here is much better at fighting than I am, I'm fully capable of defending myself."

Posted: **Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:13 am**

-The computer expert! I remember now we ask one. And you mister?-He asks to Vance.

Posted: **Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:03 pm**

OOC: I'm putting all five of Vance's points into handgun.

Vance looks at the professor.

"You don't recognize me? I'm not surprised. Like my computer friend here, I do hacking, just not the same type."

He swings his axe up between himself and the professor, then sets it on the ground and leans against it with one hand.

"I also stab thing, shoot things, and punch things," he explains.

"Do you see the irony? I spent a year here at your very own institute, and all I got were worthless high marks when no one could find the money to send me to a second year. I go scorn the works of the mind, kill people in California, fight until it is all I can do, and now you want to pay me to accompany you. Yep, I'm the mercenary thug you want. And if you want to test me before you hire me, I can prove my combat abilities at any time."

Like Patrick, Vance is actually thinking about food, but he is not going to let on to the college profs.

Posted: **Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:28 am**

They look suprised at you.
-You were a student of archaeolog or Historyy? Strange, I don't remember you. What was your mainfield? Egypt? Meso-America? Classical or Medieval History?

Posted: **Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:19 pm**

"I only spent a year, and I did not declare a major. I took a few history courses - you might be able to find me in your records. But that's all in the past now. I've spent the last few years of my life as a solo in Night City, and that is why I am here now. I'm a bit curious why you plan to hire guards on your archaeological expedition, although it is a smart move - the world is dangerous beyond the ivory tower..."

Posted: **Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:14 pm**

-Hum, I remember now. We lost several promissing students and were forced to canceled all the archaeological campaigns for 3 years. Now, to avoid that, we only accept the help of the corporation if they give us the funds for the full time. And we have special conditions for ancient students.
-Sir, I think it's better that we keep focus in the subject.
-Oh? Ok, then. Well, you all know that the modifications of the planet temperature are a disaster for the envirament and the planet and all those things. But sometimes, good things happen. You see, with the melting of the ice, it was discovered that in Greenland some ruins were discovered in the far north. They must be Viking of course, since it doubtful that the Inuit could have done such complex buildings, but we need to send a group to be sure. Its an amazing discovery. With the extintion of the polar bear, the only problem will be the wild dogs who can be a true nuisance, and maybe pirates.

Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:11 am**

"That does sound interesting," says Patrick. "Why would pirates be up in northern Greenland? Aside from these ruins, is there anything up there worth plundering?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:29 am**

-There are aquatic farms and and oil platforms. So, we will leave soon, since the preparation of the expedition is already finished.

Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:02 pm**

"I can probably take any thug, some wild dogs, or even a handful of criminals by myself, but if you think we might encounter a dozen pirates, then perhaps you should hire some additional mercenaries," Vance says.

Posted: **Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:16 am**

-We did. We have a contract we four other mercenaries. And the groups of pirates operating there are very small-, so they should't pose a problem. Anything else you want to know?

Posted: **Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:41 pm**

"Has word of this discovery leaked out?" asks Patrick. "Is there any chance we'll have to contend with rival expeditions?"

Posted: **Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:35 pm**

-It could be, there is always some official who can be bribed. But no expedition can be made legally, we have receive the rigths, and I doubt that it could be made so quickly, it would demand an huge amount of money.

Posted: **Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:00 am**

"I see. Who are the other four you've hired, and when do we meet them?" asks Patrick.

Posted: **Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:35 am**

-We have already meet them. They are mercenaries like you, and you should meet them tomorow in ther plane. Anything else?

Posted: **Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:07 pm**

"When do we get paid? Before, after, or during? Other than that, I'm ready," says Vance, who is thinking of where to eat.

Posted: **Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:48 pm**

-The university will make a deposit after each week of work.

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:05 pm**

"I'll see you tommorow here, then?" says Vance.

Posted: **Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:16 am**

"Sounds good to me too," says Patrick. "What time tomorrow do you want us back here? Is there anything else you need to tell us before we go?"

Posted: **Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:36 pm**

-Tomorow at 8 AM, and we will leave all together. We need that you protect the comunications between the expedition and the university against hackers, so since you are a specialist, you should know what you need more.

OOC: Please specify what equipement you will bring.

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:37 am**

"Okay," says Patrick. "I'll bring my deck, but it's a standard one. The programs I have can be used to test your security, but I don't have room to carry around defensive programs. They tend to eat up memory. I'll need access to your system and specifications of your current defenses, and I'll see what I can do about improving them. Without an advanced deck and better attack programs, I won't be able to see how your security stacks up against the latest technology. I'll also need to take a look at your encryption and see if I can make it better. I can try using Code Cracker on it. If I can break it, it won't be good enough."

Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:39 am**

They use a speedtrap, one of the cheapest and oldest (even if efective against amateurs) program of alarm. No anti-personnel or protection (this is a university after all, not a corporation). With the money you earn, you can buy a more recent alarm program or a defensive program to defeat any intrusions.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:33 am**

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:19 am**

Vance is also bringing all his gear. It isn't as if he has anywhere else to put it. With his wages, he will purchase some cold-weather clothing. If he has any left over he is thinking of getting some explosive arrows for his bow.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:52 am**

OOC: You both will have to use a fast talk to convince them the necessity of buying new material. Remember that they do not understand much of security. So I give you a bonus of 10% to the fast talk roll.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:12 pm**

Vance does not need to convince them of anything yet - he intended to buy the cold weather gear for himself with his own money. He still has not spent any of the money he earned on the Eggshell deal, so he should have plenty (and what he buys himself he can keep).

If Patrick cannot convince them of the need for better electronic security, then perhaps Vance could try as well, but I'll let the tech take the lead on this issue.

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:02 am**

Patrick only has to look at what passes for security for a minute before he realizes how inadequate it is. "I'm sorry," he says, shaking his head, "but your current 'defenses' wouldn't keep a five year old out. They might detect the intrusion - if you're lucky. You're going to need to upgrade this old Speedtrap to at least a Watchdog - or a Bloodhound if you care about determining where an attack originated. You haven't even installed a basic datawall. Anyone on the Net could just walk in, even without cracking programs. I also recommend getting at least some simple encryption for any sensitive communication. Beyond that, there are other security programs that could be useful - a Flatline to fry an attacker's equipment, a Killer or a Demon for active defense, or even a Stun program to disable them until the authorities can come arrest them - but those options aren't absolutely essential and will probably cost more money than you'd like to spend. This is a university, not a megacorp, so let's just stick with the basics: a datawall and a Watchdog will give you a fairly decent level of protection against the usual threats out there, and rudimentary encryption will keep most people from being able to eavesdrop. You obviously expect this as a potential threat, since you hired me to protect against it, so you should spend what you need from your budget. Don't think of it as an expenditure. It's really an investment. You'll be able to use these defense programs for other purposes too. Any halfway decent student could break in and change their grades, and you'd never even know it. It's probably already happened more times than you realize." He can see, however, that these people aren't keen on spending money.

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:36 am**

OOC: Mr Handy, I will use the same rule that I use with my group: when a good roleplay is done, I ignore the dices. So you pass, even if the sucess is mitigate, you will have a small budget. And you can always use beta's versions (who are cheaper but may have some problems) or illegal software (they are cheaper and they work fine as long as you aren't caught by the justice).

They are all impressed.
-It seems we got the rigth people! Unfortunely it is too late to submit to the comission a new proposal. So we will have to use the money of the departement and it's not much I'm afraid. 1200$ is all we can give you.

Posted: **Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:07 am**

"Thank you," says Patrick. "That should be good enough to get some defenses in place. We can't afford any active defense programs, but we do have me. If an alarm is tripped, I can jack in and fight the intruder myself. I can also patrol the datawall when I'm not doing anything else."

Posted: **Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:02 am**

Here are the characteristics of the datafortress. It has 1 CPU (4 memories, or 40 MU, so you have a lot of space, pitty you don't have much to fill it). It has a low datawall of 1 (standart is 2, as your deck have). To improve 1 in the datawall strenght you need to spend 1000$ (to a maximum of 10). A watchdog costs 650$. Bloodhound is 700$. The database of the university has also 1 codegate (str 2, to improve it you need to spend 2000$). It's artificial Inteligence is just 3. It hasn't any encryption algorythm (here it is called "filelocker").
If you chose a beta version of any programm, it's all half price, but each time you use it you must roll a 1d10, and if you get a "1", the software used doesn't work.
A Filelocker costs 140$ and has a str of 4. To make you own, you need one roll and 30 hours of work (I think it would be better to buy one, since it is cheap).
To make your own codegate, for a strenght of 4, you need one roll and 30 hours of work. So, before any significant information is discovered by the team, the new codegate should be ready.
An aditional information: any hacker may try to destroy the datawall or the codegate (but they need different software to do that).
Just a sugestion: With such a low budget, maybe you should try to buy a better alarm programm and a anti-system like Krash (str 3, 570$, stops the enemy CUP of working for 1d6+1 turns), or flatline (destroys the enemy cybermodem, str 3, 570$).

Posted: **Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:01 am**

Posted: **Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:12 pm**

OOC: While Patrick is thinking about security, I wouldn't mind seeing some prices for cold-weather gear so I could think about that. I've also been thinking about body armor - what sort of price range is that in? As far as I know, I have $300 from the Eggshell deal, plus a bonus of unknown size, and Vance's financial resources from before the start of the campaign.

Posted: **Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:12 pm**

OOC: Mr Handy: No datawall beta bersion. You can make your own gate but must roll the programming language NewJava. If you spend extra time, you get a bonus (10% for each ten hours of work). For the rest, seems a good choice.
Mi-Go Agent: For 250 you receive a nice Door Gun's Vest that protect's 13 HP of damage (but has a penalty of -3 in dex). For 100$ you receive a special nylon helmet that protects 7 Hp of damage and 0 of dex penalty. There is more expensive material (but you don't have acess to that, it's for corporate) and cheaper and less reliable material. You have 500% of the Eggshell/bonus and 1500$ of your savings. About cold gear: except special cloths against the cold, there isn't much to buy (but remember that Greenland in my version is much hotter with the global warming than in our world, so the minimum at this time of the year is -5º celcius).

Posted: **Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:20 pm**

OOC: I forgot about that globabl warming. Vance will purchase a helmet before we leave tommorow. I assume he owns ordinary sweaters and parkas for cold weather? Hopefully the Miskatonic expediation will have their own gear I can borrow if they are planning to explore some sort of freezing ice cavern.

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:33 am**

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:20 am**

OOC: Mi-Go Agent: you have ordinary cloths that will do, as long as the weather doesn't get too cold (so probably it's better to buy some extra-cloths anyway, buts it's easy to find, for 50$ you get those cloths).

Mr Handy: Well, CyberNet is to create virus and programmes, NewJava to construct datawalls and things like that. For another 30 hours (that means another 2 days), you get a bonus of 30%. Unless you find someone in the net that helps you (you can pay in money or own a favour...).

Posted: **Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:01 am**

Posted: **Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:04 pm**

Vance heads off to buy some lunch. He doesn't have a lot to do until the expedition leaves.

Posted: **Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:28 am**

Ok, the meeting is over. Patrick can buy all those programmes online (using the the proper autorizations from the university) and you can both eat something. Anything else to do, before going to the expedition?

Posted: **Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:30 pm**

Vance was going to buy that helmet. He was also thinking about getting some explosive arrows for his bow.

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:42 am**

Patrick makes the purchases he had planned and installs the programs. If he has time, he'll look around on the Net discreetly to see if anyone else is interested in the expedition. He won't ask any questions about it, as he doesn't want to draw attention to it if there isn't any already, but he'll try to find out if anyone else has been looking into it.

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:12 am**

Vance: make a bargain roll (to get a better price).
Patrick: make a system knowlege roll.

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:09 pm**

Unfortunately, Patrick doesn't know where to look, other than The Place.

Posted: **Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:32 pm**

Vance finds no bargains.

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:17 am**

Ok, then to Greenland if you agree.

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:20 pm**

Off to Greenland, then. Vance spends large portions of the trip softly humming an old song about "the land that's never green".

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:30 am**

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:00 pm**

OOC: Each crossbow explosive bolt costs 50 dollars (yoy didn't find any cheaper), and they come in packages of 3, so it's 150$.

Posted: **Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:59 pm**

Alright, I'll buy one package.

Posted: **Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:04 pm**

The plane takes off. You get some time to meet the others members of the expedition. There are 2 different opinions about what they will find: one that it is a lost Viking city (even if there weren’t any references to such a northern city); the other is that a Inuit place (but no remains of any city builded by the Inuit were ever found).

Professors
Thomas Derby (Age 51): Archaeologist and leader of the expedition, (main field: Mayan civilizations, but also studies north American sites since it’s easier to find funds). He thinks that the remains must be probably Viking.

Belinda Mirel (Age 27 and very pretty): From the gender equality section. Everybody dislikes, since to create her section, several other teachers loose their jobs. Doesn’t have a clear idea about the expedition, but will try to find proofs that the city was:
1 A mysogenist/machist society, and that was the reason it was abandoned
2 It was a pacifist/matriarchal society that explains why they survived in such harsh conditions.

Sun Ling (Age 32): Only member of the anthropology department (her other 2 colleagues lost their jobs to create the Gender and equality section; she hates Belinda (who she sees as a fraud). She knows several Inuit dialects, and defends that the city must be the remains of a Inuit civilization (or proto-Inuit. She is dating Laurence (everybody knows, but they are keeping the thing private).

Laurence Mathieu (Age 37): Medieval History Section. Advocates that the remains must be Viking, since the Inuit were too primitives.

Christian Roderick (Age 55, Afro-American): Chemistry department, he will make all the tests. Doesn’t care much of what civilization are the remains but is all happy to work.

Ten students are also going.
Claire, Johnny, Tanaka, Carlos, Ali, George, Anne, Tobias are doing the dig (they are students of archaeology and history; they all believe its Viking, except Tobias that thinks that it is a extraterrestrial civilization). For them it’s a golden opportunity to make a real important research
Mark is a student of history, but came with Belinda Morel. He is trying to write an essay about the subject.
Mary is a student of chemistry. She thinks that the expedition is a waste of money, but it’s probably her best chance to impress the department and get a job.

OOC: If you are interested to get more info about the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greenland

Posted: **Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:06 pm**

Vance likes the Viking idea, but for the moment he listens with interest to the scholarly debate without making any motions to join it.

Posted: **Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:58 am**

Patrick keeps an open mind about the origin of the ruins, as he hasn't even seen them yet and it wouldn't be scientific to make up one's mind before examining the evidence. He wouldn't be surprised if everyone turns out to be at least partially wrong, however.

Posted: **Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:27 pm**

After several hours, you arrive at the Greenland. First you see only the Ocean, a huge blue. Then Grrenland. The landscape is actually of grey colour. The airport is in Kangerlussuaq, several miles north of Nuuk (the capital). You stayed in a Hotel in the first night to have some sleep (and more important, to finish to buy supplies). With some delays, you leave after 3 days. You use helicopters (it would take too much time to use trucks, since the place is several thousands of km with no roads). This voyage is even more disconfortable, but you are so tired that you all sleep. Finally, the helicopters land. You are 3 Km south of the ruins (the best place to helicopters land). The dominant colour is white, and there is a gentle breeze (the temperature is about 5ºC). You unpack all the cargo, and Professor Derby turns to you and say:
-Well, here we are! I want a small group to scout the ruins but the rest will be here mounting hour base. Any volunteers to go?

Posted: **Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:59 am**

In the cold, Vance's speech is more succint.

"Do you want me to try to fortify the base? Otherwise I'll volunteer to guard the scouts."

Posted: **Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:07 am**

"By the way," he suddenly asks, "what is the deal with the natural spirits of Greenland? Channel 54 says they seem to have some political clout. Anyone done some research on them?"

Posted: **Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:07 am**

"By the way," he suddenly asks, "what is the deal with the natural spirits of Greenland? Channel 54 says they seem to have some political clout. Anyone done some research on them?"

Posted: **Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:47 am**

"I'd like to see the ruins," says Patrick. "I have to admit, I am curious about them."

Posted: **Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am**

OOC: I used the first time a perpetual calendar, but never found it again. Thanks anyway.
-About the spirits? You see, the Inuits believe that land have spirits and they demand that a study is made before any work to see if they are not disturb. Seems that vice-director was a bit offensive abouth their believes. You may both come. Mr Vance, I'm not expecting pirates or anything, but we never know. And Mr Lee, you will send all the data that we will collect in the place to the university. Just to have the board happy.
The group will be made by Professor Derby and Ling and two students.

Posted: **Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:13 pm**

"If the other mercenaries are here, then it should be fine for me to join the scouts. You can work with them to set up an easily defensable base. "

Posted: **Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:11 am**

"Yes, of course I'll send back our findings to the university," says Patrick. "By the time we return, the base should be set up, and then I can jack in somewhere with my deck."

Posted: **Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:46 am**

OOC: Thanks!

The small group starts the walk. In the snow it's more dificult to march, and in many places the snow and ice is half melted. After an hour, you start to see shapes of buildings isolated, and very quickly a wall and a city. The city must had been completly covert by ice for a long time. And it was very big.
-What is this? Ling, do you want to risk to enter the city?

You can both make a History roll and a natural history roll.

Posted: **Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:31 am**

Patrick looks at the ruins in awe. He doesn't know much about the Inuit or Vikings, but this city seems far too big to have been constructed by either civilization. He can't tell all that much from the surrounding wilderness either.

Posted: **Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:21 pm**

Vanceponders history and realizes something, but his limited knowledge of natural history does not help him.

"I'm just security, not an archaeologist like you guys are, but I know that entering the city could disturb the arrangement of things and destroy evidence of its inhabitants. Both from a security perspective and a research one, I think it would be better to have a good look from the outside, and maybe walk around it, before beginning a methodical analysis."

As Vance puts an ordinary arrow in his bow, he takes a thorough look around at the terrain.

OOC: I'm assuming that Vance wears his helmet when not in the archaeological camp, so he doesn't have to put it on now.

Posted: **Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:40 am**

-We know that-says Professor Derby- we are not amateurs!
Vance notice that this place is not Viking. The walls are too big, and the area covered is of several miles. And its impossible to be Inuit. So this is a new civilization, never heard before.
Professor Ling notice something and says:
-There! In the wall, there are some carvings.
You all come close. The pictures are quite stylized. To believe the images, the inhabitants were tender, and would have large straight noses and long earlobes. And they are not Inuit.
Professor Derby says then:
-Let's return to the camp. We will return tomorrow as soon everything is settled in our camp.

Posted: **Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:35 am**

"Okay, let's head back," says Patrick. "This is huge. It doesn't look like this place was constructed by either the Inuit or the Vikings, but by some other unknown civilization. I'm sure the university will be very interested to hear about this."

Posted: **Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:04 pm**

"You might take some first pictures to send back," Vance says to Patrick. He heads back with the group.

OOC: What exactly do you mean by "tender"? Did they look soft?

Posted: **Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:23 pm**

Patrick nods and uses his phone to take pictures of the ruins and carvings from various angles.

Posted: **Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:53 am**

OOC: They looked graceful, with no images of strong warriors.
After some time you return to the camp.

Posted: **Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:03 pm**

Vance surveys the progress, trying to understand the layout of the camp. He knows this is a research expedition, but he was hired for security, so he is going to try to make the best arguments he can for a more secure layout.

Posted: **Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:38 am**

Patrick jacks into the Net. Before he sends the pictures and data back to the university, he checks the cybersite's security to make sure there haven't been any breaches.

Posted: **Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:47 am**

Everything seems normal for now (well, you hear thye students talking in their tents all very excited). You all sleep well (but several students awake with a tired look and receive a reprimend from the teatchers). Next day, you take a quick breakfast, and then much of the group will return to the city. Only the the chemists and two securities will stay. As soon as you arrived at the city, two groups are formed: one will explore the outskirts of the city to see some mounds, the other in the city itself. In what group do you want to be (you can stay together or divide).

Posted: **Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:56 pm**

Given that this is a horror RPG and that we are exploring a mysterious city probably built by an unknown race...yep, time to split up.

"The city might be a bit odd, but now I wonder..." begins Vance, "if the people in the city were as soft as their art portrays them, perhaps some other people were actually helping them to survive, some people linked to the mounds. And if we get attacked by pirates or any other human agency, the attack will surely come from outside the city. So maybe I would be best staying outside. On the other hand, going into the city itself is very tempting, and as the most mysterious thing here it feels like the most dangerous. At least we can stay constantly in touch by phone and camera. Maybe I could go with the outside group, and be ready to rush in to your rescue if you wind up in a predicament inside?"

Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:40 am**

"All right," says Patrick. "I am interested in seeing this city in closer detail. And if you get in trouble, maybe I can come rescue you," he adds with a chuckle.

Posted: **Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:51 pm**

"I never know...well, let's go."

Posted: **Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:36 pm**

-Ok, then- says professor Derby- Since digging is my love, I will go to a mound with some students and Su. Laurence, you will take the rest and try to see if you recognize the architecture. Since we are in the open and it will take some time to enter the place, I'l take Mr Vance; you will have Lee, so he may take all photos and send them to the Miskatonik.
Patrick go to "The nameless city". Vance, go to "The Mound" (I don't have much imagination for names!).

Posted: **Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:23 pm**

Patrick returns to the others. "Our security is intact, and I've just transmitted the data regarding our discoveries back to the university," he reports.

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:40 am**

"I waited to look at the pictures until returning to camp. Shall we do it now?" Vance says.

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:10 am**

"Okay, if you want," said Patrick, "but remember my warning. You might want to sit down first, and I hope you haven't eaten recently." He makes the pictures and video available to Vance. "I'll take a look at the skull you found, but I'm no biologist."

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:35 am**

"We can leave the science to the scientists. Professor, you wanted to see?"

Vance looks at the pictures before the film. He waits for the professor to sit down, but he remains standing himself. It has been long enough since breakfast.

Posted: **Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:19 pm**

You see image of a dark room and grotesque statue, that seems huge: it seems some kind of toad/bat, with a big bellied, but with short fur and closed globular eyes.
Make a sanity roll: if you fail, lose 1 sanity point; no loss if you fail.
Then, you see some pool of dark water starting to form in vaguely human form, just like in some bad movie, but for some reason it affects you.
Make a sanity roll: if failed, lose 1d4, if passed, lose 1 point.

OOC: I presume, that Patrick doesn't look at the pictures, right?

OOC2: What is wrong with invisible castle? Its very rare now to find it working!

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Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:09 pm**

Vance isn't affected by the odd-looking statue, but when he sees the puddle, he gets a strange feeling.

"That looks much more...real...than it should. If it wasn't a trick, then what could have happened?"

Posted: **Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:36 am**

"I have no idea," says Patrick. "I've never seen or heard of anything like it. Seems like something out of some science fiction story. Maybe it's some sort of genetically engineered lifeform? They're doing all sorts of interesting things with genetics these days, and I was just doing research on those genetics corporations before we came here."

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:19 pm**

The professor is looking at that with a strange look.
-That reminds me something- he says in a very low voice- something I read once. But it cannot remember what.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:36 am**

"Try to remember, if you can," says Patrick. "It could be important. Do you recall anything about it? Does the phrase 'the sleeper of N'Kai' mean anything to you?"

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:02 pm**

"Maybe we could search the university files? If the phrase appears in any scholarly text, reference material, or work of literature, Miskatonic might have a copy," Vance suggests.

Posted: **Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:08 am**

"That's a good idea," says Patrick. "I could look around online and see if I can learn anything about it there. I heard the name from the voice that spoke into my mind, which claimed to be the servant of the sleeper of N'kai. I'm not aware of any technology that could cause that effect. I don't know if anyone else heard the voice too and didn't report it, or if it was just me. If the latter, then your suggestion that something interfaced with my cyberjack is the most logical explanation."

Posted: **Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:34 am**

-But what explanation we will give to the rest of the group? And it's better not to tell anything to the university for now about the creature. I will sugest that tomorrow the team who goes to the city, avoids the temple. The creature wasn't hostile, if there was really a creature and it wasn't a some scheme to make you runn. Our two chemist will make all the analyses they can, but we will send all data we have to the university, including some photos of the symbol. Maybe someone has already arrived here and has mounted this circus to let us afraid, and explore the place.

Posted: **Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:14 am**

"All right, sounds good to me," says Patrick. "I'll see what I can learn on the Net."

Posted: **Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:12 am**

-Well, don't work until late. We need to go to bed early becausae tomorow will be a long journey. And now it's time to eat something

Posted: **Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:12 pm**

"I'm not so sure that's a good idea," Vance says.

"If we just try to avoid the dangers, then we'll always be in danger. The best defense is a good offense. If there is a hostile creature, it could stalk us through the city and attack when we least expect it to. We would be safest encountering it in a temple that has already been explored, where we will be completely prepared, will know where it is, and could even have the element of surprise. At the very least, we need to learn more about the creature, because the worst dangers are the ones we don't understand.

If it was just a scheme, then that would be all the more reason to go back. If a modern crew set it up, it means they are protecting something they don't want us to find, which means it is probably something we would very much like to find. For all I know, the city builders designed some elaborate trick of the light, in which case the scary creature is actually an important find."

Posted: **Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:46 pm**

-That's an idea. But Mr Vance, we are not professional soldiers and that could be dangerous. Of course it would be excelent if you could catch the creature to be examined, but it isn't worth the risk of losing you.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:34 am**

"Yes, we do need to know what exactly we saw before we even think of going back into the temple," says Patrick. "It didn't leave the temple to pursue us, but I don't know whether it can't leave or it simply chose not to do so. Online is probably the best place to find information way out here. I can look around discreetly later and see what I can find. For now, let's eat."

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:24 pm**

"I appreciate your need for safety, professor, but in that case perhaps we had better avoid the city altogether until we feel that we know enough about the creature to confront it. Perhaps we can focus on the mounds until our research pays off.

Its your decision in the end."

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:50 pm**

-Well, maybe. Let's then explore just the mounds. At least the dead seem to be normal. Come, time to eat now.

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:33 pm**

Vance goes to eat with the others.

Posted: **Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:56 am**

"I agree," says Patrick as he joins the others for a meal. "Let's leave the city alone for now until we know more. I'd like to get a look at the mounds anyway."

Posted: **Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:24 am**

You eat kibble, but it's from the best of the marcket: it has several flavours like meat, vegetables fruits. After some preparations, it's time to go sleep.
OOC: Do you want to do anything before bedtime?

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:10 am**

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:21 am**

OOC: Roll system knowledge.

Posted: **Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:26 pm**

Vance takes a stroll around the compound, trying to remember the layout in the rare event of an attack. He also wants to figure out if there is anything he can do to make it more secure.

Posted: **Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:36 am**

Patrick goes online. He has an excellent idea of where to look.

Posted: **Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:56 am**

Patrick, go to netrunning.

Posted: **Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:05 pm**

Vance make a spot hidden roll and a electronic roll.

Posted: **Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:52 pm**

[Spoiler-Button] IC is down again. I'll try again later. [/Spoiler-Button]

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:24 pm**

Vance does notice something, although he does not have the expertise to analyze the electronic situation.

Posted: **Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:03 am**

You see two students (a boy and a girl) leaving discretely the camp.

Posted: **Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:37 pm**

He walks after them quickly, making no particular effort to be either seen or not seen.

Posted: **Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:03 am**

Aftrer leaving the camp for 2 minutes you see them looking for a spot, putting a blanck in the ground and they sit and then start kissing.

Posted: **Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:49 pm**

He suspected it would be something like this. At first he wanted to warn them that it wasn't safe, with the bandits and wild animals and perhaps the creature from the city. Then he decides it isn't worth it. Maybe if they get hurt everyone else will start taking security seriously.

Vance returns to the camp.

OOC - Can you give me some idea what the camp looks like?

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:27 pm**

You have 2 lines of tents (3 for the man, 2 to the women) who are in front of each other; at the end, you have 2 other tents, one to the equipement, another to the food. At the center, there is a campfire.
OOC: I'm using the the same kind of camp we used in a archaeological dig here in Portugal, I don't know if in the USA it's different, sorry

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:48 pm**

Vance goes to talk to the other mercenaries.

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:54 am**

Two are playing cards. They are bored, but happy because it seems a easy job.

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:41 pm**

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:13 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:18 am**

Patrick jacks out from the Net and goes looking for Vance to fill him in on what he's learned.

Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:44 pm**

"Have you heard," Vance asks them, "about what happened?"

Posted: **Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:46 pm**

-Yeah, one of the team found some kind of animal and got scared. They should have take one of us to shoot the beast.

Posted: **Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:38 am**

Posted: **Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:17 pm**

Posted: **Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:34 pm**

"Just what I thought. If the thing follows our scent, it could get into the food or do something before we get a chance to shoot it. I'm thinking we should have some way to keep watch through the night."

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:26 am**

"Hi, Vance," says Patrick as he walks over. "I found out some interesting things and a possible lead for further research, but we'll need the help of the professors. The book we need to look up is in Miskatonic University's library, but it's in a restricted section."

Posted: **Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:06 am**

"I see. I'll be here for a little bit, so you should go talk to them without me."

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:40 am**

"All right," says Patrick. "I'll give you all the details later." He goes off to look for one of the professors who had explored the ruins with him.

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:19 pm**

You find them.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:11 am**

"Professor," says Patrick. "I found out on the Net that there's a book that mentions N'Kai. It's a mythical land where strange gods are said to be sleeping, and the book said that one day they would awaken and destroy humanity. It was stolen from the book's original owner by a man who called himself Armand Duillon who belonged to some sort of cult. The book is called something like Liber Ivonis. It doesn't exist on the Net, but Miskatonic's library has a copy of a book with a similar title that could be the same book. It's called the Book of Eibon, but access to it is restricted. Do you have the authority to have someone back at the University get access the book, or if not, do you know who can?"

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:04 am**

-Well, I can speak with our dean and he will "convince" the librarian, no doubt. Just let me make a call.
After a call, he says.
-Done! The dean said he would ordered the book to be scanned. A small team in the university will study it to see any info that can interest us and they should send a resumé tomorow.

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:53 am**

"Okay, thanks," says Patrick. "I look forward to seeing it in the morning. Good night." He returns to his tent and tries to go to sleep, though it isn't easy after his bizarre encounter in the ancient temple.

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:22 am**

Patrick has an uneasy sleep and dreams with tentacular things in the matrix. Vance dreams with beating skeletons and getting treasures. You both awake early in the morning (6 AM) for a new day.

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:08 pm**

Vance is a morning person. He's out of bed fast, and soon strolling around the camp to make sure nothing happened in the night and find some breakfast.

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:15 pm**

Some minutes latter, the Professors, the mercenaries and Patrick awake. Finnaly, when they are finishing breakfast, it's the students time
-Take you breakfast quick, we need to go-says one of the professors.
There will be again two teams (the same persons from yesterday). Vance team will return to the mound, and continue the excavation. The other will continue to explore the city (avoiding the temple), but with one mercenary this time.

Posted: **Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:22 am**

"All right," says Patrick as he finishes the last of his breakfast. "Did the analysis of that book arrive yet? I'd like to read it before we visit the ruins if that's possible."

Posted: **Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:56 am**

Professor Derby asks Patrick if there are any news. Besides the groups, the two scientists will make analyses to the bones Vance team had bring, and Carlos will stay with a professor to photograph the scroll.
Ping. Patrick have a call.

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:17 am**

"I haven't heard anything yet," says Patrick to Professor Derby, "but maybe that's what this call is about." He answers the phone. "Hello?"

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:04 pm**

-Hi!I'm Martin!
-And I'm Tim!
-And don't forget me, I'm Jennifer!
-Guys, do you mind? It's me who is doing the talk here. As I was saying, I'm Martin from the information science departement; I was leading...
-No, you were not! The deam didn't say anything of that!
-AS I WAS SAYING, we are the team who had to scann and investigate the book. Well, let me tell you it wasn't easy. I mean, the librarian didn't wanted to burrow the book, he said it wasn't suposed to leave the library because it was dangerous and the dean had an heated discussion with him. Then, we scanned it- I'l send the files right away. When we started to read it, we didn't understand what was the problem. It seemed a book of fantasy, like the lord of the rings, only weirder. In its form, it's some kind of diary, written by a guy called Eibon from Hyperborea. In the case you don't know, its a mythical land in the north. Well, it seemed this guy was born in a city called Commoriom; you must already notice that all those name have latin or greek connections. Well, he was a sorcerer and friend of Zhothaqquah- this name is not latin, seemed someone was typing random in the keyboard. Well, I got a huge headache reading the book, the rest was full encantantions, and descriptions of the fauna and flora of places he visited. The strange is that it describes the conditions of the early Pleistocen. The society described seems to be some mixture of bronze age, iron age and Dungeons & Dragons. Since the publication of the book is from the early XX century, I guess someone has written it, but without a market, was quickly forgotten. No, wonder, its badly writen, and there are lot's of parts missing. Probably the author could't afford to print the entire book, just a part of it.

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:49 am**

Patrick puts the call on speakerphone when the people start talking so that the others in the room can hear. "Hi, I'm Patrick," he says. "That is very strange, and interesting. It's a shame parts of the book were missing, but we have to make do with what we have. I doubt the author only published part of the book. It's more likely that the copy you've got is missing some pages. I'll read the scans myself when I get the chance. Did you find any references to N'Kai when you read it, or to the sleeper of N'Kai?"

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:14 pm**

-Well, no, but the books tell that Zhothaqquah was usually found sleeping in mount, let me se... Voormithadreth. Another strange name. And this Zhothaqquah must be incredible hugly because it is describes as having a toad head, with a big body and belly. It says he will leave mount Voormi... something if he will be forgoten, to go to the place where the other old one lives and return only when his place is again visited.
I have already sent the scann. About the spell, there is nothing useful. I mean, they don't teach you how to make gold or atract a girl. Only strange things as calling the formeless servitor of Zhothaqquah (that guy must be dead a long time!) making him obey to you or call Zhothaqquah himself.

Posted: **Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:36 am**

"Bizarre," says Patrick. "I'll have to read through it myself. Thank you for your help." He turns to Professor Derby. "Professor, do you have any questions for them before they go?"

Posted: **Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:04 am**

-Well, we had a small problem yesterday, and some kids are reacting badly to isolation... so have a team prepared if anything goes wrong. Besides that everything is ok.

Posted: **Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:01 pm**

"I have some questions.

Is it a complete scan of the book, or just relevant passages?

More importantly, what sort of connection could a twentieth-century work of fantasy have to an ancient archaeological dig and an animal alive right now?

While we're at it - I just saw the video, but "formless" does describe the animal. Maybe the fantasy author was basing his novel on some older source that we don't have access to - maybe a nonfiction source that included information on the ancient Greenland settlements. There may be some hidden information in the passages on the "formless"...whatever they were. Odds are slim, but what have we got to lose?"

Posted: **Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:06 am**

"Good questions," says Patrick. "Whatever the case, part of the book is clearly missing. It sounds to me like it's a translation from the original, which was called Liber Ivonis. That sounds vaguely Latin to me, which would probably make the text far older."

Posted: **Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:40 am**

-Humm, it could be the same book, Ivonis is indeed latin, it's dative plural, but I don't know the word, must be medieval latin. We made scann of the entire book. So maybe the ancient norses found that civilization and writed about that, mixed with a lot of imagination?

Posted: **Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:36 am**

"I think Ivonis is a proper noun," says Patrick. "That would explain why you haven't heard of it. It's the name of the narrator of the book, which was translated to Eibon. Latin wasn't the language of the Vikings, and Rome had already fallen before they had their heyday, but some of them might have picked it up after converting to Christianity. It's also possible that the book is even older, and could date back to Roman times. It's too bad the original isn't around, or we could run some tests to find out how old it is."

Posted: **Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:31 am**

-Maybe, but until we find another example, we won't be sure. Well, good digging!

Posted: **Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:56 pm**

"If it was written down in Europe in the Middle Ages, Latin would have been the language of choice, especially since the writer would likely have been a monk - the Viking warriors weren't big on writing things down. Or at least that's my undergraduate opinion, Patrick; I'm sure the archaeologists know more. Good digging!"

Vance heads off with his group.

Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:12 am**

"Yes, good digging," says Patrick. He joins the group heading to the ruins, reading from the scanned book whenever he has a free moment.

Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:08 pm**

Patrick: returned to the Nameless City thread.
Vance: Return to The Mound thread

Posted: **Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:13 pm**

3 days have passed. The first team has explored two palaces. They now have a good idea of what was the interior of the rich people in this city (but two others palace will be explore yet); they think that the owners were probably nobles. The second team has finish the mound of the bronze warrior (that's the name he has received). They have retired several artefacts, but they still ignore what he was: a great warrior or a king? But at least, the pottery from the mound is similar in it's patern of that from the houses, so the mound was from some time before the city was left. Another mound will be explored, to see if the body is of the same specie.
Mr Handy and Mi-go: bothw receive 2 points in history.
Mr Handy: make a roll of art and receive 1d4 if passed.
Mi-go: make a roll and receive 1d4 in archaeology if passed.
If you don't passed, receive 1 point.
Both receive 1d4 of Cthulhu Mythos.

Posted: **Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:57 am**

Posted: **Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:51 pm**

Posted: **Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:03 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:54 am**

Posted: **Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:55 pm**

The Inner circle of professors have decide to change the methodology for the next days.
1º Team: Professor Derby will study another mound, close from the other. His team will include Johnny, Mark, Tobias, Ali, George (Carlos, Ali and George don't understand much of archaeology but will be used in the diging), and Vance.
2º Team: Professor Mathieu will continue in the city. His team will include Tanaka and Tobias (who both understand archaeology and art) and a mercenary
3º Team: Professor Ling. She will be with Claire and Anne studing all the artefacts that were found.
4º Patrick will work online trying to crack the writing, with several linguistics in the university.
So Vance, return to the Mound
Patrick, stay in this thread.

Posted: **Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:21 am**

Patrick jacks in to see what he can learn about the writing.

Posted: **Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:39 pm**

You see 3 generic avatars in the university.
-Hi!It's me Martin again!
-And us!(says a a girl and a boy)
-So we have here a programme to decode that language, but Jennifer here had a briliant idea. She says that maybe that book in the library is the same as the scroll. Of course, it's impossible, but trying to decode a language we don't know is impossible. As soon we see she is wrong (she protests), we can start another methode.

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:22 am**

"Good to see you again," says Patrick. "It's possible that both the book and the scroll are in the same language. We don't really know where the book comes from, but you never know. If the characters look similar, then they could be from the same alphabet. It's worth a try."

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:24 pm**

OOC: Mr Handy, now you will have to use the programm they give to you and it's in newjava. Each success will give you some results, and it's time takes one hour to work (whateaver you have success or failure). Of course, after 5 hours, you will need to rest, or you will starting to make con rolls.

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:44 am**

Though Patrick's NewJava is a little rusty, he manages to write adequate code and begins using the program to translate the writing. After an hour, he has some results.

Posted: **Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:44 am**

You discover that there are some words that match in the two texts by the place they are and the number of times they appear: Eibon, Commorium, Zathaqua, Hyperborea, White Worm.

Posted: **Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:02 am**

"We're on the right track," Patrick reports to the others. "The book and the scroll do look like they're related and have the same language. The name Eibon occurs in both, and it's in the book's title. They also both frequently mention Commorium, Zathaqua, Hyperborea, and White Worm. I'm going to dig a little deeper and see if I can make some more headway."

Patrick resumes his work. He is very slow to make more progress, and a couple of hours go by without further results. His work drags on, and soon he is too tired to continue for now."I haven't been able to crack it yet," he tells the others. "I've been at this too long. I think I need to take a break and get something to eat. Maybe once I've had a chance to rest and refresh myself I'll have better luck."

Posted: **Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:45 am**

-Yeah, better to eat something too. We will speak with you latter.
Your eyes are hurting you from all those hours. Professor Ling, Claire and Anne speak to you:
-We were thinking that you were in coma or something. So did you discovered anything interesting? Grab a plate and eat this kibble. Do you want vegi, or meat?

Posted: **Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:31 am**

"Meat, please," says Patrick, taking a plate. "I did find out something interesting. It seems that the book and the scroll are related, and may very well share a language. The name Eibon reoccurred in both of them, along with some other names they had in common: Commorium, Zathaqua, Hyperborea, and White Worm. I spent a long time online using a program to try to decipher the language. There's still more work left, but I need a break before I continue."

Posted: **Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:10 am**

OOC: The book in the library is written in english; the scroll is in another language unknow, but you found some words that match. What you are trying to do, is see if you can get more words that match, and decipher the language this way. But since the grammair is different, in the original text a word could be written in different ways (that's called declinaison and it's a true nightmare believe me...) or could have several words with the same meaning.

-Since the book was written in english, it means that's a translation from english? But you should have found more words to match!

Posted: **Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:35 pm**

"I will find more words, I'm sure," says Patrick. "I think the book might be a translation of the scroll into English, or at least part of it. I'm hoping we can translate it back, but this sort of thing takes time. The words I found were mostly proper nouns, so other words will be more difficult to match."

Posted: **Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:58 pm**

Ping. Someone is trying to contact you in the matrix.

Posted: **Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:37 am**

"I've got a message online," says Patrick. "Let me just jack in and see what it is. Maybe one of the students has found something more." He goes to see what the person wants.

Posted: **Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:45 am**

-Mr Patrick, we do not have much time. Your participating in an expedition. For some unknow reason, someone is very interested in the research of the book you were looking for. Two attacks will be made: one in the the matrix, and another in the real world; in less than one hour, you should expect the incoming. I do not know the details, it was by pure luck I discovered it.

Posted: **Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:59 am**

"Thank you for the information," says Patrick. "Who are you, and how did you discover this?"

Posted: **Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:14 am**

-I'm watching a certain company who have dubious activities. They are trying to cross boundaries that man are not supposed to do. About who I am... Let's just say that I'm helping you. Now I must turn off, or they may discover our conversation.

Posted: **Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:51 am**

"Okay," says Patrick. When the strange person disconnects, he jacks out too and reports the message to those in the room. "I think we need to take this threat seriously," he says. "I can patrol the matrix and help defend our site there while Vance coordinates our physical defenses." He gives Vance a call on his phone.

Posted: **Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:53 pm**

Vance doesn't answer (probably in the mound... or had trouble).

Posted: **Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:56 am**

"I need someone to keep trying to call Vance," says Patrick. "I can't get through to him. Maybe he's just underground in the mound and it's blocking the signal, but something could be wrong over there. Can you send someone to run down there and warn him about the danger? In the meantime, the mercenaries will need to organize our physical defense. I need to get into the matrix and see to our defenses there."

Posted: **Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:34 am**

Professor Ling speaks:
-I will contact the other team in the city, and send immediatly someone to the mound.
She speaks with several students, and you see then one running in direction of the mound, and then she starts making a calll.

Posted: **Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:26 am**

"Thank you, Professor," says Patrick. "I'm jacking in now to guard our online site." He connects back to the matrix to examine the defenses and look for any sign of a security breach.

Posted: **Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:10 am**

Go to the netruning section.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:31 pm**

It's still ocupied.
-Well, if they are going to attack us quite soon, being traveling wouldn't be indeed a good idea. But they were probably just expecting that we didn't have any specialist to defend our comunications; maybe they have send also a small team and we are able to defend us. That should be able to buy us some time, before they attack us again.

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:33 am**

"Then let's come up with a plan to defend ourselves," says Patrick. "I've got a gun and I'm pretty good with it. Are any of the mercenaries still here at the base camp? Does anyone else here have any weapons or experience fighting? We'll also need someone to draw a map of the camp so we can help plan things out."

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:25 am**

There are 2 mercenaries. And I fighted in the middle east 20 years ago.

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:10 am**

"Good, that's a great start," says Patrick. "What does everyone have in the way of weapons?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:30 am**

-One of the mercenaries have a machine gun; the other several pistols and some smoking grenades.

Posted: **Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:30 am**

"All right, let's distribute the extra pistols and some ammo to everyone," says Patrick to the mercenaries and the veteran who had fought in the Middle East. "The four of us will be doing most of the fighting, but it will be helpful if the others have a chance to defend themselves. I already have my own pistol. Now we need to plan our defense. You three have military experience. I can help some, but my combat experience is limited to virtual reality games. This is my first taste of the real thing."

Posted: **Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:29 am**

OOC: Make an idea roll

Posted: **Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:26 am**

Patrick can't think of much else that would help with defending the camp. "We'll need people to act as lookouts," he says, "so that we can see the enemy coming. Once you see them, you can signal everyone by firing a shot. I can be one of the lookouts."

Posted: **Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:04 am**

-Is that a good idea, firing a shot? This way we are warning them that we are armed and pretend to resist. It would be better if they thought we were just passive.

Posted: **Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:27 am**

"Maybe you're right," says Patrick. "It might make them back off instead, but it would give away our position too, and that's not good. Do you have some other means of communication, like my phone?"

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:22 pm**

-What is your idea?

Posted: **Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:32 am**

"If you have phones too," says Patrick, "we can use them to keep in touch with each other and our headquarters here. Someone with a phone can stay here, and the rest of us who are acting lookouts can each take a phone. When we see something, we'll call it in. Then whoever's here will call the rest of us and let us know."

Posted: **Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:33 pm**

-I have a phone too. So maybe its better that you take the mercenaries to your action and the girls to put them safe just in case?

Posted: **Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:48 am**

"Okay, if we've only got two phones," says Patrick, "then all of the lookouts will have to stay near each other. Let's get moving then. The enemy could be here any minute. Everyone who's coming, with me. We'll find the highest vantage point we can overlooking the area. Where should we take the girls where they'd be safe?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:04 am**

-I don't know, maybe to stay whateaver you are before your team strikes. Maybe to one of those hills north? Anyway, it's better that you go now before they catch you still here discussing

Posted: **Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:29 am**

"Yes, that's for the best," says Patrick. "Let's go to the hills, then."

Posted: **Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:28 pm**

After some minutes arriving to the hills, you see a helicopter arriving and landing near the camp. 8 Man jump from it and they occupy the camp.

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:38 am**

Patrick uses the hill for cover to keep from being spotted as he calls in what he has seen on the phone. He watches the men to see what they do and how they're armed.

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:07 pm**

They seem to scream a lot, and point the guns, but nobody is hurt. One seems distressed after talking with one of the professors and he give some orders to his man, and a group of 4 goes to your direction (it's the same direction of the mounds and the city). But they are quite relaxed, like if they don't expect anybody near you.

OOC: Ok, Mi-Go hasn't answered fo some time, so I will npc his character.

You receive a call.

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