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Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Open RP: Barracks, Cafeteria, and Rec hall
Date: Sometime in the Month of October, 109 PA
Time: Morning or Evening
Temp: 75 degrees in the barracks. 50 degrees outside and either sunny or cloudy. Occasional rain.
Weather: Clear, with fog over downtown in the distance
Ley Line info: Old Chicago is rife with ley lines, but Fort Resilience is one of the few areas with none within a mile of the base.
Location: Fort Resilience: Barracks Building, in the Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

Today you have the day off. Your whole company does. Everyone is gathered and three rooms have been set aside for some R&R. there's room enough that small groups can watch TV, play video games, play pool, table tennis, and other lounge games, or access the gym's weight or cardio machines, or hit up the free weights. Also in the gym is a boxing or wrestling ring, and people take turns engaging in friendly bouts.

A dining hall and full commerical kitchen are also on site, and anyone who wanders through ends up in the less than tender care of Staff Sergeant Luciano Barret. A cajun from the south end of Arkansas along the Mississippi River, Barret actually grew up near Naval Station Baton Rouge and enlisted there. He transferred from the Navy to the Army after some action during the Juicer Uprising. He considers himself a chef, and today seems to preparing some food for later. Any mouthbreather who walks through the door is put on dishes or grunt labor (cutting potatoes or vegetables), while those with cooking experience are put on more delicate or complex matters.

There have been rumors about placements for various squads and companies. What are some you've heard? Pick another squad and tell us what they are supposed to be to once they "graduate" from Old Chicago. Of course not everyone "graduates."
Standard Barracks Floor Layouts
Ground floor is a mix of all other layouts below they are arranged 4 long by 2 wide - there is a hallway around the outside and ID coded entry into this outer hallway. The other 9 floors are all Standard Suites with a similar hallway around them often used for light PT and generally hanging out.
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Rec Room with Gym
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Standard Mess Hall with Kitchen
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Standard Mess Hall with Officer's Dining Room
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Standard Office Suite
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Solene sighs as she looks across her room at the empty bunk, Klinger was an idiot but she found herself missing him anyway. unsure what to do with herself she moves to the common area of the barracks to...do what exactly? She was very unsure of herself in social situations. Flying high in a SAMAS or pursing the enemy was straightforward and easy. Carrying on a conversation without putting somebody's balls in a jar was surprisingly hard. Nonetheless, this is the group that had run the gauntlet of Old Chicago and come out the other side. That made them somebody.

Flopping into a chair she tried to get the scuttlebutt on their next assignment.

"Working with the SOG was fun. Well all their nice toys were. Lieutenant Freeman was a little too full of himself. You think we'll get attached to another one?"
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Logan makes sure to get into the showers before Colton does, making sure that he's inspection ready. Wright isn't expecting to be inspected today, but he'd rather stay as inspection ready while he has the ability to. Cheerfully whistling as he comes back to his dorm room, he finds Colton in there and he asks "What, no hot date for you tonight?" He plops into bed and grabs his handheld computer, reading through one of the books he transcribed and committing the formulas in there to memory. As Colton leaves to go hit the showers and to shave, he tries to see what kind of shaving cream or gel or soap he uses.
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While Colton is in the showers, Wright goes to leave the barracks to visit the PX when he notices Brouchard staring at Klinger's old bunk with a look of melancholy. He pokes his head into her room as he knocks on the door and says "He's not dead, you know. Did you ever tell him what he meant to you?" If Solene takes that statement the wrong way, Logan will clarify by saying "I didn't mean how you felt in a romantic sense, but how you felt about Klinger in general as a human being. Life can so easily change, even more so for people like us, that we really shouldn't wait until someone is gone before we speak up about how we feel about them. Take you for example. I feel that you are one of the most stubborn people that I have ever known, but you are also one of the most fiercely independent people that I have ever had the pleasure of working with, and you are terror incarnate to our enemies when you get suited up in power armor, whether you are stuck in the ground, or zooming past in the sky. Anyway, I have to make a quick stop by the PX for some stuff, but when I get back, we can play darts if you're game? Of course I would have to have five or six beers in me first before it's a fair game to you!" Wright gives her a lopsided grin with that last comment before leaving out for the PX.

Whether or not Brouchard takes him up on his offer to play a round of darts, he finds himself an unused dartboard and starts casually throwing darts, warming his arm up. He sees Solene flopping into a chair not far from him and says
Solene Brouchard wrote:"Working with the SOG was fun. Well all their nice toys were. Lieutenant Freeman was a little too full of himself. You think we'll get attached to another one?"
"That was fun, in it's own way. Lt. Freeman? Eh, he's special forces officer, so that seems like it's par for the course. You? Probably. Perry, without a doubt. Maverick? Only if there was a Psi-Stalker there to keep her in check. I suppose that mean Steelcreek would be likely as well, not to mention he's acquired other skills for a SpecOps mission that would come in handy. Colton? Eh, yeah even him I could see getting attached to SpecOps. But me? Nah, I really don't see it. I'm just a Combat Engineer. I blow shit up, and I am the best at it. So well, maybe I guess. I just don't know, you know?" Logan replies while absentmindedly throwing darts.
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Logan Wright wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:35 pm "That was fun, in it's own way. Lt. Freeman? Eh, he's special forces officer, so that seems like it's par for the course. You? Probably. Perry, without a doubt. Maverick? Only if there was a Psi-Stalker there to keep her in check. I suppose that mean Steelcreek would be likely as well, not to mention he's acquired other skills for a SpecOps mission that would come in handy. Colton? Eh, yeah even him I could see getting attached to SpecOps. But me? Nah, I really don't see it. I'm just a Combat Engineer. I blow shit up, and I am the best at it. So well, maybe I guess. I just don't know, you know?" Logan replies while absentmindedly throwing darts.
Bouchard looks sideways at @Logan Wright, "That is the longest non-answer I have ever heard. You're right about special operations. You keep being that political and they'll send you to officer's school. But, if you want to pass up your butter bars for us lowly enlisted types I am super special operation includes blowing things up. that Sergeant Ford seemed to get off on it."
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Rec room
Afternoon
Round 0

Cassandra returned to the barracks from another protocol function and loosened her dress uniform to be more comfortable, opening the jacket, revealing the tank top underneath. She reached up to let her hair down, shaking out the dark brown waves.

Cassandra entered the rec room in time to overhear Wright and Bouchard talking about her. She scowled a bit.

“You know I would never hurt you guys,” Cass said, crossing her arms. “I’m here for the same reasons you are, to do my part.” Granted, the new power Colonel Syn was teaching her was rather frightening, but it still required intent on her part.

Cass went over and got a bottle of water from the canteen and sat down across from Bouchard. “Any news from home?” she asked, always trying to crack the French Canadian’s shell. They both came from Iron Heart, but they couldn’t be more different. Bouchard was French Canadian and a laborer, from farther inland. Cass came from a retired veteran community, a fishing village on Lake Huron, and she’d spent the last few years in Chi-Town’s upper levels.

“So you think we’ll get spec ops?” Cassandra asked Wright. “I guess it makes some sense, after the last assignment. I heard the Yellowjackets are getting Pathfinder assignments.”
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Rec Room

Perry comes down from her room reading a data pad. She looks up as she arrives in the Rec Room, looking for a place to sit. With it being a day off, she is out of her armor, dressed more casually. It is very noticeable that her arms are cybernetic. She gives a nod to the each of the other squad members. "Private." "Private." "Gaw" She looks a bit frustrated. "You can call me Dina. How do you want me to address each of you?"
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CP-30 Laser Pistol
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RANGE: 12/24/48
ROF: 3, 3RB
CM-940PR Precision Rifle
DMG: 2d8+5, AP 5
RANGE: 30/60/120
ROF: 1, Snapfire
MODS:
  • offset 2 points of range and/or darkness penalties
Venting
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CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun
DMG: 3d10+5 AP 15
RANGE: 125/250/500
ROF: 1
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Note: SHOTS is current clip, AMMO is extra magazines.
CP-30 Laser Pistol SHOTS: 30/30 AMMO: 4/4
CM-940PR Precision Rifle SHOTS: 7/7 AMMO: 3/3
CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun SHOTS: 5/12 AMMO: 2/2
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“Hey, Dina,” Cassandra returned the sniper’s greeting. Between training and missions, they hadn’t really had much time to get to know each other. “I’m just Cassandra, or Cass, if you want,” she said.

Cassandra eyed the cybernetic arms. “Are you okay? Did...well, I’d ask if everything went well, but obviously not. I’m sorry. You going to get synthflesh?”
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Solène Bouchard wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:31 pm
Bouchard looks sideways at Logan Wright, "That is the longest non-answer I have ever heard. You're right about special operations. You keep being that political and they'll send you to officer's school. But, if you want to pass up your butter bars for us lowly enlisted types I am super special operation includes blowing things up. that Sergeant Ford seemed to get off on it."
Logan just chuckles at her comment, shaking his head at himself as he continued throwing darts before saying "Yeah, I guess it is, isn't it? It's just, I don't. I grew up playing baseball and helping in the mines when I was old enough, and it seemed like thinking about my future was just thinking about the next tunnel to be blasted and dug, or which way the ore vein was going to run, you know. Then my mom got sick and the medical treatments were going to be expensive, but could be reduced if I joined the army, which I obviously did. And I chose a field that I already knew quite a bit about, but beyond that I never really gave any thought to my future in the Army. Is SpecOps something I would like to do? I don't know as until now, I never gave it any thought. But I guess I'll have to give it some thought." He had not been paying attention to the dart board until now when he went to retrieve his darts, only to find all three in the center bulls eye.
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Cassandra Maverick wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:23 am
Cassandra returned to the barracks from another protocol function and loosened her dress uniform to be more comfortable, opening the jacket, revealing the tank top underneath. She reached up to let her hair down, shaking out the dark brown waves.

Cassandra entered the rec room in time to overhear Wright and Bouchard talking about her. She scowled a bit.

“You know I would never hurt you guys,” Cass said, crossing her arms. “I’m here for the same reasons you are, to do my part.” Granted, the new power Colonel Syn was teaching her was rather frightening, but it still required intent on her part.

Cass went over and got a bottle of water from the canteen and sat down across from Bouchard. “Any news from home?” she asked, always trying to crack the French Canadian’s shell. They both came from Iron Heart, but they couldn’t be more different. Bouchard was French Canadian and a laborer, from farther inland. Cass came from a retired veteran community, a fishing village on Lake Huron, and she’d spent the last few years in Chi-Town’s upper levels.

“So you think we’ll get spec ops?” Cassandra asked Wright. “I guess it makes some sense, after the last assignment. I heard the Yellowjackets are getting Pathfinder assignments.”
A range of emotions flooded him, mostly frustration and disappointment at himself at the fact that he offended a teammate, even though she was a psychic human mutant and society at large does not concern it self with the feelings of human mutants, Wright understood that a well functioning unit means that each member trusts and respects each other. And while he can't control the thoughts and actions of others, he can control his own. It wasn't his person opinion that a psychic have a Psi-Stalker in the same unit to keep them in line as he personally found that to be rather contradictory, human mutants guarding human mutants, but was the general attitude of the CS Military that whenever possible, a Psi-Stalker would assigned to any unit that had either a psychic or a mutant animal, and definitely for units with both. "It's not what I meant. I was simply stating the overall CS Military Doctrine as such." he attempts to explain to her.
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Ignoring any offense she may have caused the psychic, Bouchard just continues talking about assignments.

"Pathfinders is a good gig. We have the technical skills for it as well as the combat chops. Probably just pipe dreams anyway, we're grunts, be regular army somewhere for us no doubt. Magic Zone patrols or chasing off Pecos Bandits in Lone Star. I am not sure I would care for the heat."
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Cassandra Maverick wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:53 am “Hey, Dina,” Cassandra returned the sniper’s greeting. Between training and missions, they hadn’t really had much time to get to know each other. “I’m just Cassandra, or Cass, if you want,” she said.

Cassandra eyed the cybernetic arms. “Are you okay? Did...well, I’d ask if everything went well, but obviously not. I’m sorry. You going to get synthflesh?”
Dina notices Cassandra eyeing her arms. "I've had these for a while. Got them back on garrison duty. I was over training myself trying to get better. Didn't pay off in the end and big brass decided I was important enough to warrant some upgrades. As far as synthflesh goes, I guess that would depend on wether or not I ever finish my tour of duty." She laughs at the thought of finishing a tour of duty alive. "Or if the big brass wanted it installed."
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Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5; Strain: 0;
Weapons

CP-30 Laser Pistol
DMG: 2d6+1, AP 2
RANGE: 12/24/48
ROF: 3, 3RB
CM-940PR Precision Rifle
DMG: 2d8+5, AP 5
RANGE: 30/60/120
ROF: 1, Snapfire
MODS:
  • offset 2 points of range and/or darkness penalties
Venting
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CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun
DMG: 3d10+5 AP 15
RANGE: 125/250/500
ROF: 1
MODS:
  • offset 2 points of range and/or darkness penalties
  • double the benefits of the Aim action.

Note: SHOTS is current clip, AMMO is extra magazines.
CP-30 Laser Pistol SHOTS: 30/30 AMMO: 4/4
CM-940PR Precision Rifle SHOTS: 7/7 AMMO: 3/3
CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun SHOTS: 5/12 AMMO: 2/2
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Steelcreek enters the room quietly, not wanting to step on anyone’s conversation, and takes a long pull on a Chi-Cola while settling into a chair. He takes in the sight of his teammates chatting (mostly) amiably, and his mind wanders to whatever their next assignment will be. Maybe he’ll get to use that awesome jetpack again...

”Hey, @Logan Wright, maybe try looking in a mirror while you throw next time! Make it an even contest.”
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Steelcreek picks up on the tail end of what Bouchard was saying.
Solène Bouchard wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:39 pm Ignoring any offense she may have caused the psychic, Bouchard just continues talking about assignments.

"Pathfinders is a good gig. We have the technical skills for it as well as the combat chops. Probably just pipe dreams anyway, we're grunts, be regular army somewhere for us no doubt. Magic Zone patrols or chasing off Pecos Bandits in Lone Star. I am not sure I would care for the heat."
"Everyone in SpecOps was a grunt, right? Every Ranger I've worked with was just a grunt, except some of the officers, I guess." He gives a shrug. "Pretty sure everyone in the Army is just a grunt at some level or another, aren't they? At the end of the day, hunters are hunters, and I'd expect the Army to put good hunters in position to succeed."

There is so much about human society that just seems odd to Steelcreek, like the way Bouchard says the word "grunts." Aren't grunts the ones who actually do the hunting? That put themselves in harm's way for the rest of the Coalition? In his tribe, such warriors are lauded, but here they seem almost looked down upon. Not for the first time, he wonders to himself on just how weird humans can be.
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Opting not to set his alarm that day, Raleigh Ray slept soundly in his bunk. After all he had been through, he felt he deserved to treat himself to a little extra sleep. But despite his best efforts, it wasn't always easy to get those extra winks with a roommate like Wright running around.

Though Raleigh Ray had gotten used to Wright's various funny and strange noises, the man never seem to get settled in one spot too long. After being roused for the fifth time by Wright rummaging around, preparing for the day, Raleigh Ray gave up and decided to get out of bed.

"*yaaaaawn* Good morni...." Raleigh Ray started.
Logan Wright wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:35 pm Logan makes sure to get into the showers before Colton does, making sure that he's inspection ready.
" ... oh ... Be that way." he said in a tired, dejected tone. He then hopped from his bunk and yelled out the door to Wright. "Don't clog up the toilet this time, thunder butt!"

He kidded his roommate, but still took a little pleasure in giving him a hard time.

Knowing that Wright would not take too long in the bathroom, with him lacking virtually all his body hair like some kind of hairless mole, Raleigh Ray got semi-dressess and pulled out his various toiletries to prepare for his turn. It was just a few things; more streamlined than what he used to layout for bathing:
  • Pre-shower brush: check.
  • Back brush: check
  • Post-shower brush: check.
  • Styling brush: check.
  • Hair oil - Rugged Sawdust Scented: check.
  • Styling gel: check.
  • Electric razor: check
  • Facial moisturizer/aftershave balm - Toujours L'audace: check.
  • Scented body wash & moisturizer - Toujours L'audace: check.
  • Ultra manly cologne - Toujours L'audace: check.
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Logan Wright wrote:Cheerfully whistling as he comes back to his dorm room, he finds Colton in there and he asks "What, no hot date for you tonight?"
"Nah, Barbara's down with the flu. Has nasty brown stuff coming out both ends. Kind of kills the mood. So I'll be slumming it with you guys today. Catch ya later!"

With that said and done, Raleigh Ray went to the bathroom for his turn. There he took his sweet time in washing, trimming, pruning, manscaping, hair-sculpting, and making himself as immaculate is possible. Of course, over half the time was spent on his hair, combing it and crafting it into a perfect coiffe. After, he adorned himself with a subtle application of his new scent - Toujours L'audace (turned on to him by his girlfriend, Barbara; her favorite), Raleigh Ray was ready to get the show on the road.

Wearing his PT clothes, a stylishly manly jacket, aviator sunglasses, and his expensive watch, Raleigh Ray made his way down to the rec room. Seeing the others gathering around the table by the dart boards, he made his way over, picking up on the last thing said.
Steelcreek wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:42 am"... At the end of the day, hunters are hunters, and I'd expect the Army to put good hunters in position to succeed."
"Havin' high expectations of a bureaucracy to do the most sensible thing is like expectin' your new puppy to not take a dump on the carpet... Just not realistic... But shit has to go somewhere. May as well just deal with it no matter which way it goes."
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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote:" ... oh ... Be that way." he said in a tired, dejected tone. He then hopped from his bunk and yelled out the door to Wright. "Don't clog up the toilet this time, thunder butt!"
"Hey @Raleigh Ray Colton, that wasn't just me, and that was the after effect from your chili! And what's worse is that it looked more appealing coming out than it did going in!" Logan fires back, only half kidding his roommate on his cooking skills. Granted that particular experience was a total failure, but Logan knew that was because Colton's mind was pre-occupied with thoughts of his new gal. Logan reviewed the security tapes later to see exactly what had happened and saw that his roommate had a bottle of cologne in the kitchen, trying to prep for a date and prep food at the same time, but unfortunately he'd dumped about an ounce of the cologne right into the pot and never realized it until Logan showed him the tapes. No one else ever noticed because the cologne's scent was Hamburger something or another, and Colton put so much hot sauce in it that you really couldn't tasted anything else. After that he tried scrubbing the storage devices so that no evidence remained, and also made sure that the leftovers from the meal were given to the prisoners. He told Colton that if he ever messed up like that again, Logan would hang him out to dry.
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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote:"Nah, Barbara's down with the flu. Has nasty brown stuff coming out both ends. Kind of kills the mood. So I'll be slumming it with you guys today. Catch ya later!"
"Eww! I did not need or even want to know that! And anyway, are you sure it's just the flu and not some more of your cooking skills?" he kids his roomate before getting serious and asking "When did she come down with the flu and when was the last time you were with her?" If she truly had the flu, there would have been roughly a week before she started showing symptoms and would have been contagious to those she came in contact with, especially Colton. And if she passed it on to him... Wright immediately begins sanitizing everything that Raleigh Ray has touched twice as much as normal, just to be sure.
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Wild Die Ace [dice:3npm2y7v]44279:9[/dice:3npm2y7v] Double Ace
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Logan notices Steelcreek's face and says "What's wrong, Steelcreek?"
Raleigh Ray Colton wrote:"Havin' high expectations of a bureaucracy to do the most sensible thing is like expectin' your new puppy to not take a dump on the carpet... Just not realistic... But shit has to go somewhere. May as well just deal with it no matter which way it goes."
"Wow! I did not see that coming at all. Something that I completely and whole heartedly agree with Colton on!" Logan said with true astonishment while still throwing darts.
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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"It's not what I meant. I was simply stating the overall CS Military Doctrine as such," Wright tried to backtrack.

Cassandra shrugged as she took a seat. “Fine,” she accepted. She was used to this by now, everyone being afraid of her, even her family. It was part of the reason she had been sent to live with her uncle and eventually have a place in the Army where she would semi-belong. She wasn’t like a psi-stalker or dog boy where they had their own communities. She was alone.

Cassandra turned her attention back to Bouchard, who had mostly ignored her, as was typical.

“Might not like the heat, but I could do without a Chi-Town winter,” she said with a chuckle. “And it can get pretty brutal in the summer here, too. And frankly, chasing Pecos Bandits would be easy compared to daemonix and necromancers. Might be like holiday.”
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Unfortunately, the over groomed man was right. The bureaucracy was not know for its efficiency, "Sometimes the army runs despite of the system, not because of it. To me the fact we can still conquer our enemies even with nepotism and incompetence is a sign of the importance of our mission. The human spirit prevails."
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Cassandra Maverick wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:50 am“Might not like the heat, but I could do without a Chi-Town winter,” she said with a chuckle. “And it can get pretty brutal in the summer here, too. And frankly, chasing Pecos Bandits would be easy compared to daemonix and necromancers. Might be like holiday.”
Raleigh Ray made his final approach to the group, and looked Cassandra dead in the eye. His walk was cool and collected, and his expression sly. In his black PT sweat-pants there was a suspicious bulge in the front. He began to paw at it.

"Oh, hey, baby-cakes. There's no need to fear the cold. Ol' Raleigh Ray has all the heat an' love you'll ever need ... riiiiiiiigt here!"

He then grasped at the bulge in all its throbbing splendor, and then reached in the deep pocket of his PT sweat-pants. The buldge shifted and its impressive length became evident as the Ozark boy attained a firm grip.

"With one of these you'll never be cold or want for a good time."

From his pocket Raleigh Ray retrieved a tall 16 oz. can of beer. It's lable seemed to be cut from a piece of paper and attached with tape. The label read (in Comic Book Sans font) Old Jimmy's Private Reserve, with a freshness date indicating it was made just a week ago.

"Don't ask me where it came from... I know a guy." he said as he placed the contraband brew in front of her. As the can made touchdown with the table, the label pulled off revelling it be a repurposed/recycled Chi-Cola can.

Raleigh Ray tucked the label in his pocket, and while his hand was in there, he pulled out another Jimmy's for himself. Likewise, he pulled off the homemade label so it too would look like just another non-assuming can of cola.

"None for you..." he said turning to Wright. "... you're driving tonight."

With his pockets empty of any additional surprises, Raleigh Ray sat down and officially joined the group.
Solène Bouchard wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:51 am "Sometimes the army runs despite of the system, not because of it. To me the fact we can still conquer our enemies even with nepotism and incompetence is a sign of the importance of our mission. The human spirit prevails."
"Hey! Don't knock nepotism. It's how I stayed employed, right up until I enlisted." he interjected with a bit of indignation.
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Spirit to resist an obvious eye roll 2 after penalties
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GM Note: The roll was at -4, so you failed :P
When Colton swaggered into the room, Logan tried to not roll his eyes at his room mate's behavior. But the urge was far too strong to resist and wound up rolling his eyes anyways. Standing behind Colton, Wright imitates throwing up while he's giving Cassandra his best spiel. If Colton should turn around and spot him doing this, possibly because of other people laughing at Logan's mimicry antics, Wright will just try to play it off as if he dropped a dart and bent over to pick it up.
Persuasion to convince Colton that Wright is innocent
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Regardless of whether Colton spots him and if he's convinced, Wright says to Colton "So does this mean Barb is letting you see other women? How would she react if she found out you were flirting with someone that she felt was better looking than her?" Logan then turns and says to Cassandra "Maverick, trust is a big thing for me, and I feel like you may think that I don't trust you because of your, um, abilities. So I think that the best way I can demonstrate just how bad I feel and how much I trust you is to let you read my mind." If Cassandra does open her mind to his, she will find that he does really feel bad about his earlier remark and that he considers everyone in the unit as close to him as family, even if he does resent a member of his new family, but there is something else as well, beckoning her to delve just a little bit deeper.
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Notice 5
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Wild Die [dice:14jztsl8]44372:1[/dice:14jztsl8]
Raleigh Ray spotted the motion behind his back. When he turned, he spotted Wright picking up the dart off the floor.

"Forget what I said about drivin'. Looks like you had one too many already, Butterfingers."

He then proceeded to crack open his camouflaged beer and took a sip.
Logan Wright wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:08 pm... Wright says to Colton "So does this mean Barb is letting you see other women? How would she react if she found out you were flirting with someone that she felt was better looking than her?"
"Wow! Jump to conclusions much, Wrighty-tighty?" Raleigh Ray said in protest for his innocence. "Can't a man buy a new teammate a nice cold one to say welcome aboard?"

He then turned towards Cassandra, leaned in, and gave her his Smooth Operator eyes. "So how do you like to unwind after a hard day's work? Swedish massage or shiatsu? Either way, I'd have you know, I've got the magic hands..."

He then glanced back to Wright, then back to Cass. "... strictly plutonic and professional, of course."
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:13 pm "Havin' high expectations of a bureaucracy to do the most sensible thing is like expectin' your new puppy to not take a dump on the carpet... Just not realistic... But shit has to go somewhere. May as well just deal with it no matter which way it goes."
Solène Bouchard wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:51 am Unfortunately, the over groomed man was right. The bureaucracy was not know for its efficiency, "Sometimes the army runs despite of the system, not because of it. To me the fact we can still conquer our enemies even with nepotism and incompetence is a sign of the importance of our mission. The human spirit prevails."
"That is a very... unique way of looking at it. Though, I guess as far as "tribes" go, the Coalition is pretty massive, and it must be hard to manage so many people and resources at once. It's just odd to me that a group dedicated to killing things wouldn't make it a point to put the best killers in a position to do their job." Some of the finer points of human society have clearly still not stuck for Steelcreek, but he's less clueless than he'd been when he first arrived.
Dina Perry wrote: Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:56 pm Dina notices Cassandra eyeing her arms. "I've had these for a while. Got them back on garrison duty. I was over training myself trying to get better. Didn't pay off in the end and big brass decided I was important enough to warrant some upgrades. As far as synthflesh goes, I guess that would depend on wether or not I ever finish my tour of duty." She laughs at the thought of finishing a tour of duty alive. "Or if the big brass wanted it installed."
"So, wait, the brass decided to what, cut off your arms one day? Hang on, there's got to be more to this story than that, right?"
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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:21 am "Wow! Jump to conclusions much, Wrighty-tighty?" Raleigh Ray said in protest for his innocence. "Can't a man buy a new teammate a nice cold one to say welcome aboard?"

He then turned towards Cassandra, leaned in, and gave her his Smooth Operator eyes. "So how do you like to unwind after a hard day's work? Swedish massage or shiatsu? Either way, I'd have you know, I've got the magic hands..."

He then glanced back to Wright, then back to Cass. "... strictly plutonic and professional, of course."
"Hah! Yeah, a man can, but I would barely rate you as a man, more like a sub-human deeb, to be perfectly honest. Not to mention you have all the subtlety of a Boom Gun with you buying our new teammates a nice cold one. If you were really interested in that, you'd have bought one for Perry and Son as well, and you would not have hid them in your underwear trying to make people you have something that you don't! Like tact!"

When Colton says what he's offering Cass is strictly platonic, it causes him to start chortling so hard that he has to resist a coughing fit.
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It takes him some effort, bent over with his hands on his knees, but he gets his breathing back under control.
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Rec room
Afternoon
Round 0

Cassandra blinked at Raleigh turned his heated gaze on her. She squirmed a bit uncomfortably. Sometimes she wished she wasn’t empathic. And then he grabbed himself and pulled out his…

Beer?

Cassandra blinked. Okay, she was psychic, but she hadn’t seen that coming. Of course, no man could be that well-endowed, right? Cassandra didn’t have...well, any experience with men in that regard, to be honest. Though she had seen her cousin Jude at work, and, well, Raleigh was no Jude. He actually wasn’t bad on the eyes, but he spent more time on his hair than she did. And, well, then there was the chew.

Cass shivered.

Cassandra realized he was still staring at her and she looked at the beer he’d set down in front of her. “Um...thanks?” she said, picking up the can. She really wasn’t sure she liked where it had been. But it was still cold.

Cassandra popped the tab and took a trial sip. She coughed and sputtered and set it down, not so much from the nastiness -- and it was pretty bad -- but from Wright’s antics behind Colton.

“That’s not good Iowa wine,” she coughed. “Sorry. Not much experience drinking,” she admitted. “Wait, who is Barb?” Cassandra asked. Great. Was she going to have some woman coming after her now? She did blush a bit when Wright said she was better looking.

"So how do you like to unwind after a hard day's work? Swedish massage or shiatsu? Either way, I'd have you know, I've got the magic hands..." Colton asked.

Cassandra repressed her reaction and just gave Colton a sweet smile. “I don’t know. Let me go ask my uncle Major Maverick what he thinks is most relaxing. He’s over in VIP quarters right now with Governor-General Beauregard. The Governor-General is a friend of my father’s.”

Cassandra nearly loses it, too, when Wright does.

Cassandra grew a bit more subdued when Solene went off on nepotism, given she’d just name-dropped her uncle and the Governor-General to get Colton to back off. She knew that she had benefited from her relationship with her father and uncle.

***
"That is a very... unique way of looking at it. Though, I guess as far as "tribes" go, the Coalition is pretty massive, and it must be hard to manage so many people and resources at once. It's just odd to me that a group dedicated to killing things wouldn't make it a point to put the best killers in a position to do their job," Steelcreek said.

“Think of it this way, Jared,” Cassandra said, leaning forward toward the psi-stalker. She was wary of the young man. All throughout her training, she had been warned that she would be watched, and if she stepped out of line, they would send the stalkers after her. They were sort of the boogie men of Psi-Bat. “You ever have someone in your tribe that you disliked? Maybe had a rivalry with? That you didn’t want to see do well, so maybe you put him somewhere he would be less effective? Humans do the same sometimes. Or sometimes someone is so incompetent they get promoted just to get them out of the way so someone better can be placed in that position.” She shrugged. “You know what they say. A sergeant who knows what he’s doing outranks a lieutenant who doesn’t know what’s going on.”

***

"Maverick, trust is a big thing for me, and I feel like you may think that I don't trust you because of your, um, abilities. So I think that the best way I can demonstrate just how bad I feel and how much I trust you is to let you read my mind," Wright said.

Cassandra gave Wright a smile, catching from him his regret about his earlier remarks and the kinship he felt with everyone in the unit. But there was something else, and she looked at him curiously.

“I’m sorry, Logan,” Cass said. “I can’t...do that. Read minds,” she explained. “I can only get your feelings. I’ve always tried to...avoid developing those skills that would make people more afraid of me,” she admitted. “But Colonel Syn says I am still growing into my powers, and is trying to help me develop those abilities. So one day I might be able to read your mind. I realize how useful that will be for intel and stuff. I just…I want you to know I would never do that, to any of you,” she looked around the group, “without your permission. Or at least try not to. Some things people just think and feel so strongly it’s hard to block out.”
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Dina finds herself a chair and plops down in it listening to everyone talk about stuff.
Steelcreek wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:36 am "So, wait, the brass decided to what, cut off your arms one day? Hang on, there's got to be more to this story than that, right?"
"I guess technically they did give me a choice. I was training myself way to hard. over exerting. Went out on patrol and got injuried pretty bad that it really messed me up. They had me on the table for a long time. Lt Samuels came and asked me if I wanted to be stronger and I said yes."
Logan Wright wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:58 pm
Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:21 am "Wow! Jump to conclusions much, Wrighty-tighty?" Raleigh Ray said in protest for his innocence. "Can't a man buy a new teammate a nice cold one to say welcome aboard?"

He then turned towards Cassandra, leaned in, and gave her his Smooth Operator eyes. "So how do you like to unwind after a hard day's work? Swedish massage or shiatsu? Either way, I'd have you know, I've got the magic hands..."

He then glanced back to Wright, then back to Cass. "... strictly plutonic and professional, of course."
"Hah! Yeah, a man can, but I would barely rate you as a man, more like a sub-human deeb, to be perfectly honest. Not to mention you have all the subtlety of a Boom Gun with you buying our new teammates a nice cold one. If you were really interested in that, you'd have bought one for Perry and Son as well, and you would not have hid them in your underwear trying to make people you have something that you don't! Like tact!"

When Colton says what he's offering Cass is strictly platonic, it causes him to start chortling so hard that he has to resist a coughing fit.
Vigor 4
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Wild Die [dice:1prm1e41]44419:1[/dice:1prm1e41]
It takes him some effort, bent over with his hands on his knees, but he gets his breathing back under control.
Dina looks over at Colton, "I was gonna say, 'where's mine?'" She glances over at the one Cass put down, "Not sure I want one. I guess I'm either too black or too short for your tastes. Not that I want to be your tastes."
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Logan Wright wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:58 pm"Hah! Yeah, a man can, but I would barely rate you as a man, more like a sub-human deeb, to be perfectly honest."
Raleigh Ray continue to stare longingly at Cass, not letting his roommates verbal jab faze him in the slightest. Even so, when fired upon... "I'm immune to your disparaging, slanderous remarks. At least I'm upfront with my intentions, unlike you, trying to trick the lady into your head where the she would undoubtedly be subjected the most torrid, perverted imagery of your depraved mind."
Cassandra Maverick wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:46 am“That’s not good Iowa wine,” she coughed. “Sorry. Not much experience drinking,” she admitted. “Wait, who is Barb?” Cassandra asked.
"Not to your liking? Shame... As for Barb, she is the most beautiful 300 pounds of rage and muscle you will ever meet... uni-brow, battle scars, and all. Hope to introduce you two some day!"

Though speaking of a woman other than Cass, Raleigh Ray's eyes never left her own; his voice smooth and sultry as ever.

But when she replied to his cheap come-on of how she liked to wind down, Cass hit a nerve.
Cassandra repressed her reaction and just gave Colton a sweet smile. “I don’t know. Let me go ask my uncle Major Maverick what he thinks is most relaxing. He’s over in VIP quarters right now with Governor-General Beauregard. The Governor-General is a friend of my father’s.”
Raleigh Ray gave her a casual light smile as if unconcerned about the name-bombs she was attempting to drop, expecting some kind of explosive effect. "Ooooo! Daddy's little princess is slummin' it with we lowly grunts? I'm honored." He then gave Cass a faux-bow of his head. "And I'm sorry if the libations of us wee commoners isn't up to your high and might expectations."

Raliegh Ray dropped the flirtatious shtick and stood up. His expression was one of someone not amused and most certainly not impressed by his coleague's impressive pedigree. "I'm certain your Major Unkky or his good friend the governor can find you a tall glass of that fancy wine you like so much. One more fitting of someone of your esteamed station."
Dina Perry wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:56 pm Dina finds herself a chair and plops down in it listening to everyone talk about stuff.

Dina looks over at Colton, "I was gonna say, 'where's mine?'" She glances over at the one Cass put down, "Not sure I want one. I guess I'm either too black or too short for your tastes. Not that I want to be your tastes."
"... or too absent. he said the new arrival to the table.

Raleigh took the beer he previously offered to Cass and put it down in front of Dina. "Here, have this one. The vintage is wasted on Daddy's Little Princess over here. The beer foamed up some from being put down a bit too hard.

Calming his temper, Raleigh Ray picked up his chair and moved it to sit by the new arrival, Dina. At first he didn't say anything, but then he glanced down at her arms in a conspicuous manner. Looking back to her brown eyes, he spoke once more. "...You probably don't know my sister, but I know she would love you. We came from a village up in the Ozark Mountains, down in Arkansas. We lived a very simple, peaceful life there, getting along well with our Coalition neighbors to the north, and our neighbors to the south in Newtown. But then one day everything went to hell, and my sister and myself found ourselves the sole survivors of a terrible massacre. I was lucky. She was not. When I found her in the rubble, she was missing both her arms and both her legs. She was on death's door. But we got through it. I literally dragged her to civilization up north here... did what I had to get her the help she needed. And in time managed to steal and scrape up enough to get her a pair of previously-owned bionic limbs from some back-alley chop chop that we never went back to again."

Raleigh Ray nudged the contraband beer closer to Dina. "Take it from me, shorty... from someone who knows... You're beautiful just the way you are."

Whether Dina accepts the reallocated beer or not, Raleigh Ray cassually clicked his can against her own. "Cheers."
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Rec room
Afternoon
Round 0

Cassandra stared at Colton. “Three...hundred pounds? Unibrow?” she asked, not sure she heard that right. And she was comparing her to...that? She didn’t want to disparage another woman, but… Well, she didn’t really particularly want to meet this Barbara now, if only to avoid a conflict with a jealous lover.

However, name dropping her uncle and the Governor-General didn’t seem to go over well with Colton, who grew snide.

“I’m...I’m not slumming,” Cassandra said. “That...That isn’t what I meant!” she assured him. “I’m just like the rest of you!” Since her powers manifested, she’d never really belonged anywhere, and now she was screwing this up.

But at least Colton had redirected his attentions.

Cassandra got up. “Can I get anyone anything?” she asked, heading to the kitchen area.
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Cassandra Maverick wrote: Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:20 am
Cassandra got up. “Can I get anyone anything?” she asked, heading to the kitchen area.
”I’ll take a soda!” Steelcreek declares (despite his current bottle being only half empty). ”Here, let me give you a hand,” he says, hopping up from his seat.

Once they are mostly out of earshot of the others, he says, ”Listen, Maverick, I gotta tell you, I’ve seen you looking at me sideways like I’m going to eat you when you’re not looking. I don’t know what other Psi-Stalkers you’ve met, but we’re hunters. Not even just that, we’re pack hunters, and you’re part of my pack now, so you can drop it down a notch or two.” He gives her an exaggerated wink. ”Besides, I already eat too well out here, and psychics go straight to my hips.”
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Sat Oct 20, 2018 1:40 am
Dina Perry wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:56 pm Dina finds herself a chair and plops down in it listening to everyone talk about stuff.

Dina looks over at Colton, "I was gonna say, 'where's mine?'" She glances over at the one Cass put down, "Not sure I want one. I guess I'm either too black or too short for your tastes. Not that I want to be your tastes."
"... or too absent. he said the new arrival to the table.

Raleigh took the beer he previously offered to Cass and put it down in front of Dina. "Here, have this one. The vintage is wasted on Daddy's Little Princess over here. The beer foamed up some from being put down a bit too hard.

Calming his temper, Raleigh Ray picked up his chair and moved it to sit by the new arrival, Dina. At first he didn't say anything, but then he glanced down at her arms in a conspicuous manner. Looking back to her brown eyes, he spoke once more. "...You probably don't know my sister, but I know she would love you. We came from a village up in the Ozark Mountains, down in Arkansas. We lived a very simple, peaceful life there, getting along well with our Coalition neighbors to the north, and our neighbors to the south in Newtown. But then one day everything went to hell, and my sister and myself found ourselves the sole survivors of a terrible massacre. I was lucky. She was not. When I found her in the rubble, she was missing both her arms and both her legs. She was on death's door. But we got through it. I literally dragged her to civilization up north here... did what I had to get her the help she needed. And in time managed to steal and scrape up enough to get her a pair of previously-owned bionic limbs from some back-alley chop chop that we never went back to again."
Dina watches as Colton as his attention is turned to her and he puts the beer down in front of her. She states at it for a bit but looks Colton in the eyes as he starts telling her his life story.
Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Sat Oct 20, 2018 1:40 am Raleigh Ray nudged the contraband beer closer to Dina. "Take it from me, shorty... from someone who knows... You're beautiful just the way you are."

Whether Dina accepts the reallocated beer or not, Raleigh Ray cassually clicked his can against her own. "Cheers."
She turns a little bit red as she blushes a little, trying to decide if she takes the plunge on this can of beer. It can't be that bad... it is contraband though.

"I'm from the farmlands of Iowa. Never knew my parents though. My uncle raised me. Always got treated poorly though cause I wasn't black enough for him. Joined the Coalition to get away from that life."

She has the beer can in her hand now but is still contemplating drinking it.
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Cassandra looked at Steelcreek and gave a shy smile. “Thank you, Jaren. I appreciate that,” she told him. “In Psi-Bat, they...like to make sure we know what will happen to us if we step out of line,” she explained. “It was pretty...gruesome.”

They got bottles of Chi-Cola for everyone. There were several flavors in the well-stocked snack room. Cassandra got a root beer for herself and an assortment for the others, since she didn’t know what they prefered.
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Dina Perry wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 2:17 pm"I'm from the farmlands of Iowa. Never knew my parents though. My uncle raised me. Always got treated poorly though cause I wasn't black enough for him. Joined the Coalition to get away from that life."

She has the beer can in her hand now but is still contemplating drinking it.

"Get away, hu? Well I think you succeeded there." Raleigh Ray said with a coy smile. He paused to take a slip of his questionable micro-brew. It was a little hoppy, but overall not too bad. He could see himself getting a few more next time he saw his guy.

"Old Chicago here is 'bout as far away from the real world as it gets! Funny thing is, this place changes everything about you, and the so-called 'Real World' never looks the same again... I've been noticin' that recently... Lookin' back on it all from here 'n' now..." The simple Ozark boy trailed off contemplatively, his inner thoughts piling up in the recesses of his mind.

Becoming aware if his spacing out, Raleigh Ray snapped out of it and became sociable once more. "Anyhow... So, you say you're black, hu? You brought it up twice now, so that sort of thing must be important up here in Yankee Land. How's that workin' out for ya?"
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"Father was black, hence the last name Perry. Mother was Russian though. So I'm mixed. My uncle though, he was black through and through. It was important to him. He wanted me to stay on the farm but I liked computers and things like that. Two very different lives." She sets the can on the table not even trying it. "I'm not really a beer drinking. Thanks though." She looks over to the kitchen area and shouts out, "I'll take a citrus drop, thanks."
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Cassandra returned to the others with the sodas. She placed a citrus drop in front of Perry. She put the other selections on the table, and then sat in her chair again, leaning back and opening her root beer. “So Halloween is coming up. They do anything special around here for that?” she asked. “There going to be a party?”
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Halloween? Bouchard shudders at the mention of the night of horrors. "I imagine we will all be on duty, or on call. It is one of those nights where magical energy is through the roof and ghouls and monsters prowl the night seeking the ruin of all. Our tradition at home was to bar the doors and load the shot guns."
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Rec room
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“Ah,” Cassandra replied. “I guess I hadn’t thought of that,” she admitted. “We sometimes would catch a D-Bee and dress it up. The kids would chase it around the village hitting it with sticks. We would go to all the houses and make it beg for candy for us. Then we would go to the dock and put it on the end and we would practice with our guns. Killed my first D-Bee on Halloween when I was ten with my father’s rifle.”
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Cassandra Maverick wrote: Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:54 am Rec room
Afternoon
Round 0

“Ah,” Cassandra replied. “I guess I hadn’t thought of that,” she admitted. “We sometimes would catch a D-Bee and dress it up. The kids would chase it around the village hitting it with sticks. We would go to all the houses and make it beg for candy for us. Then we would go to the dock and put it on the end and we would practice with our guns. Killed my first D-Bee on Halloween when I was ten with my father’s rifle.”
Steelcreek listens, disgusted, as Cassandra describes her village’s treatment of D-Bees. He knows that casual cruelty is not exactly uncommon in the Coalition States, but this seems cowardly.

He returns with the soda @Dina Perry asked for and places it in front of her. Turning to Cassandra, he says (with restraint) ”not exactly a hunter by birth, then, were you?”
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Cassandra looked up at Steelcreek and shrugged. “I did some hunting,” she said. “There were lots of forests around. But it was a fishing village, a settlement of retired Navy vets and families. It was important for everyone to know how to use a rifle because of deebs and pirates.”
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Cassandra Maverick wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:07 am Rec room
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Cassandra looked up at Steelcreek and shrugged. “I did some hunting,” she said. “There were lots of forests around. But it was a fishing village, a settlement of retired Navy vets and families. It was important for everyone to know how to use a rifle because of deebs and pirates.”
Steelcreek shakes his head, but lets the better part of valor win out. ”Not exactly what I meant,” he says, but doesn’t continue his line of thought.

To @Raleigh Ray Colton he says, ”Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask you, are you allowed to make, ah, tweaks to the gear we take out in the field? I know you’re great with that stuff, and I wondered if you could maybe help me with a customization or two?”
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Raleigh Ray listened to Perry's family history, but was still somewhat confused why the color of her skin was at issue. She was human. Wasn't that all that really mattered?

It was then that the Psi-Stalker caught his attention...
Steelcreek wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 3:36 am ”Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask you, are you allowed to make, ah, tweaks to the gear we take out in the field?
@Steelcreek: Raleigh Ray looked the pale skinned man in the eye and gulped his swig of beer hard. He then glanced side to side as if someone might overhear. In an exagerated voice he answered a little too loudly.

"Why, NO, good sir! The gear we're entrusted with... it's our duty to keep it in pristine condition, just as it came off the factory floor."

The subtle Ozark boy then proceeded to scoot his chair closer to Steelcreek with a few quick hops. Again he looked both ways to see if anybody was eavesdropping, and then leaned in with a whisper.

"Why? What cha' got in mind?"
I know you’re great with that stuff, and I wondered if you could maybe help me with a customization or two?”
Raliegh Ray smiled at the man, picked up the twice-now-rejected contraband beer, and placed in front of Steelcreek as a token of trust.

"Oh, the things I can do for you, Mr. Creek. Do you prefer Mr. Creek, or do mind if I just call ya Steel? ... I'm going to call you Steel."
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Logan listens to Colton's tale and his view of the man softens. Not a lot, but it reminded him that Colton was human, just like him. Then he hears him indelicately ask Perry how being black was working for her and all he could do was shake his head at him. "I heard tales of what it used to be like for people of different skin tones, long before the coming of the Rifts when the human race didn't have a common goal, simple survival, and so they made monsters and demons of their own by vilifying other humans, all based on obvious physical qualities. At least in the fires of the Apocalypse, we have, for the most part at least, learned to look beyond those differences but rather to the quality of the person instead. And any who would throw in their lot with magic casters and deebs threw away their best qualities!" Wright said to everyone as he raised his drink in a toast to humanity.
Cassandra Maverick wrote: Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:53 pm Cassandra returned to the others with the sodas. She placed a citrus drop in front of Perry. She put the other selections on the table, and then sat in her chair again, leaning back and opening her root beer. “So Halloween is coming up. They do anything special around here for that?” she asked. “There going to be a party?”
"Why celebrate a holiday dedicated to magic and deebs? And especially being in Chi-town I would imagine every able body would be sent out on patrol that night." Logan honestly says. He listens to Maverick and Steelcreek talk about being a born hunter and Logan pipes in with "Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't some animals have to be taught how to hunt in a similar manner? In that an animal is wounded for the baby to learn how to stalk and kill it?"
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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:57 pm It was then that the Psi-Stalker caught his attention...
Steelcreek wrote: Thu Nov 01, 2018 3:36 am ”Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask you, are you allowed to make, ah, tweaks to the gear we take out in the field?
@Steelcreek: Raleigh Ray looked the pale skinned man in the eye and gulped his swig of beer hard. He then glanced side to side as if someone might overhear. In an exagerated voice he answered a little too loudly.

"Why, NO, good sir! The gear we're entrusted with... it's our duty to keep it in pristine condition, just as it came off the factory floor."

The subtle Ozark boy then proceeded to scoot his chair closer to Steelcreek with a few quick hops. Again he looked both ways to see if anybody was eavesdropping, and then leaned in with a whisper.

"Why? What cha' got in mind?"
I know you’re great with that stuff, and I wondered if you could maybe help me with a customization or two?”
Raliegh Ray smiled at the man, picked up the twice-now-rejected contraband beer, and placed in front of Steelcreek as a token of trust.

"Oh, the things I can do for you, Mr. Creek. Do you prefer Mr. Creek, or do mind if I just call ya Steel? ... I'm going to call you Steel."
Steelcreek takes the proffered can, raises it in salute and takes a long draw. Not exactly cola, but it tastes a little like home.

Conspiratorially, he says, ”Okay, this is what I’m thinking. I have too much dang gear to carry with me out in the field. I’ve got my shotgun, which I love but it isn’t exactly light. Then I’ve got the C-10 in case I need range or stealth, the CP-30 in case I need to work one-handed, infra-red binocs, a targeting scope for air strikes and artillery, and another targeting scope to help Perry line up her shots. Sometimes I’ve got a jetpack to boot, and the rest of the time we’ve got rucks and gear coming out of our ears. What I need is some way to consolidate all of this mess into something more manageable.”

He pulls out the nightvision scope he uses to call in artillery and holds it out for Colton to see. ”Is there any way you could maybe combine this scope with the marksman scope I use to spot for Perry into a standard rifle scope and mount it on a weapon? Not the shotgun, mind you, but maybe the C-10 or the CP-30? Heck, is there a way to combine the utility of those two weapons? Maybe a laser carbine with a shorter barrel or a more effective pistol with a longer one? If I could get my loadout down to my shotgun on the one hand and a laser weapon with decent damage and a multi-purpose scope on the other, it would save me a mess of gear.”

He looks back up at Colton, the only other one in the group from a civilized part of the world, and asks, ”You’re the expert. What do you think?”
Logan Wright wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:17 pm He listens to Maverick and Steelcreek talk about being a born hunter and Logan pipes in with "Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't some animals have to be taught how to hunt in a similar manner? In that an animal is wounded for the baby to learn how to stalk and kill it?"
Steelcreek hears Logan’s question and does his best to shrug it off. ”Eh, the eating’s not worth that kill, Logan. We’re hunters now, however we got here. I was just surprised by the story is all.”
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Logan Wright wrote: Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:17 pm ... At least in the fires of the Apocalypse, we have, for the most part at least, learned to look beyond those differences but rather to the quality of the person instead. And any who would throw in their lot with magic casters and deebs threw away their best qualities!" Wright said to everyone as he raised his drink in a toast to humanity.
All this Yankee sermonizing hurt Raleigh Ray's mind. All this obsession with the past seemed so needless to him. Yeah... the fires of the Great Cataclysm burned all that away. So why dig it up again at all? It's all that archaic sins of the father crap looking back enough generations to drag it into the open today. I say fuck that noise! There's a good reason Uncle Prosek outlawed all those old books of the past. Old divisions are just that... devisive. I say leave 'em and all their baggage burried in the sands of time!"

With that, Raleigh Ray raised his can of contraband crotch beer and met Wright in his toast to Humanity.
Steelcreek wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:33 am He looks back up at Colton, the only other one in the group from a civilized part of the world, and asks, ”You’re the expert. What do you think?”
"Hmmmmm..." the Ozark boy intoned in thought before answering. "Seems to me, you need a PDW... a personal defense weapon that's right in that butter-zone size-wise of what you need. .... hmmmmm ..."

Raleigh Ray then snapped his head up in excitement as he remembered something and an idea occured to him. "Ya know, I just so happened to acquire a Wilk's 237 our last time out. I might be a able tweak it a bit with a few extra parts and make it into something like a mini JA-11with a more versatile optics package. How would that suit ya?"
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Wright couldn't help but overhear what Steelcreek and Colton were talking about and asks Steelcreek "Have you considered an under-barrel shotgun attachment to your primary weapon? It's similar in design to an under-barrel grenade launcher, what with being single shot and all, but fires shotgun rounds instead of grenade rounds. It's something to consider, and if I am not mistaken, the armory should have a couple of those, and if not, well, let's just see what shakes out of the tree, yeah?"
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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:41 pm
Steelcreek wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:33 am He looks back up at Colton, the only other one in the group from a civilized part of the world, and asks, ”You’re the expert. What do you think?”
"Hmmmmm..." the Ozark boy intoned in thought before answering. "Seems to me, you need a PDW... a personal defense weapon that's right in that butter-zone size-wise of what you need. .... hmmmmm ..."

Raleigh Ray then snapped his head up in excitement as he remembered something and an idea occured to him. "Ya know, I just so happened to acquire a Wilk's 237 our last time out. I might be a able tweak it a bit with a few extra parts and make it into something like a mini JA-11with a more versatile optics package. How would that suit ya?"
Steelcreek grins widely. ”Sounds like I asked the right person, is what it sounds like. What do you need from me? I’m not as good at requisitions as the corporal, but I can find the odd piece of equipment here and there.”
Logan Wright wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:55 pm Wright couldn't help but overhear what Steelcreek and Colton were talking about and asks Steelcreek "Have you considered an under-barrel shotgun attachment to your primary weapon? It's similar in design to an under-barrel grenade launcher, what with being single shot and all, but fires shotgun rounds instead of grenade rounds. It's something to consider, and if I am not mistaken, the armory should have a couple of those, and if not, well, let's just see what shakes out of the tree, yeah?"
Jaren nods at Wright. ”Not a bad idea, Wright. I’ve got the shotgun handled, but that could end up being a decent backup plan if I ever need to swap it out.”
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Steelcreek wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:36 pm”Sounds like I asked the right person, is what it sounds like. What do you need from me? ...”
Raleigh Ray took a moment to consider his answer, stewing the thought over with a prolonged swig of his beer from its recycled soda can. In his mind's eye the original Wilkes pistol exploded into a hundred different piece, and hovered in the air as a cloud of functional parts. Various components slid in and out of place in different arrangements, and new parts took the place of others until finally the working draft became as clear as Mississippi mud-water.

"Okay, here's what I'll need. Two packs of sticky bubble gum; a T193X rate capacitor from an old garbage furnace; the barrel of a busted old AK-47, but not too rusty; a lock of your hair; sixteen 2mm quarter-inch screws, your choice of color, of course; the spring out of a ballpoint pen... no, three springs; a roll of plunber's tape; the ion generator from one of new fancy particle kitchen blenders... that will be the most expensive part; ... oh! And half a banana."

The master of improvisation reviewed the list of junk in his head a moment longer, and then gave satisfied nod. "The rest I can squirrel up, no problem."
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Raleigh Ray Colton wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:05 pm
Steelcreek wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:36 pm”Sounds like I asked the right person, is what it sounds like. What do you need from me? ...”
Raleigh Ray took a moment to consider his answer, stewing the thought over with a prolonged swig of his beer from its recycled soda can. In his mind's eye the original Wilkes pistol exploded into a hundred different piece, and hovered in the air as a cloud of functional parts. Various components slid in and out of place in different arrangements, and new parts took the place of others until finally the working draft became as clear as Mississippi mud-water.

"Okay, here's what I'll need. Two packs of sticky bubble gum; a T193X rate capacitor from an old garbage furnace; the barrel of a busted old AK-47, but not too rusty; a lock of your hair; sixteen 2mm quarter-inch screws, your choice of color, of course; the spring out of a ballpoint pen... no, three springs; a roll of plunber's tape; the ion generator from one of new fancy particle kitchen blenders... that will be the most expensive part; ... oh! And half a banana."

The master of improvisation reviewed the list of junk in his head a moment longer, and then gave satisfied nod. "The rest I can squirrel up, no problem."
Steelcreek runs his hand over his hairless head. "Ah, the hair might be a bit of an issue, but I think I can drum up the rest of that stuff, without issue... wait, particle kitchen blender? You're making that one up, right?"

Streetwise to Find the Stuff 7 (or 9 if he can stick to Psi-Stalkers)
Streetwise [dice:2hz6snez]45848:0[/dice:2hz6snez] includes Charismatic, -2 from Psi-Stalker and HJ bonus
Wild [dice:2hz6snez]45848:1[/dice:2hz6snez]
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Rec room
Afternoon
Round 0

Cassandra raised an eyebrow as Colton rattled off a bunch of...junk. She wasn’t sure what bubble gum and half a banana had to do with modifying a weapon. “Are you sure you don’t need Sgt. Winston’s cyber leg too?” she teased a little.
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Bouchard listens to the shop talk about modifying weapons. She knows few basics about fixing things too, but nothing on the level of Wright and Colton. Listening to Colton go on actually makes him sound smart, until he asks for some of Steelcreek's hair.

She snorts out a laugh, looking the bald albino up and down, "Unless he's hit puberty hair might be hard to find." Then, to try and take some of the bite out of her comments she shirts at the psi-stalker, "I believe he is joking, but -t's hard to tell with him."
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Weapon in hand: C-40R Rail Gun (2d8+4 (AP: 6, MD), 75/150/300, ROF: 4)
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Bennies: 3
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Dina took the soda from Steelcreek, "Thanks." She sips at it slowly as everyone talks about stuff. "How exactly is he supposed to carry around a T193X rate capacitor, aren't those a bit big for a person?"
PFC Dina Perry - CS Ranger - TAG Specialist
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5; Strain: 0;
Weapons

CP-30 Laser Pistol
DMG: 2d6+1, AP 2
RANGE: 12/24/48
ROF: 3, 3RB
CM-940PR Precision Rifle
DMG: 2d8+5, AP 5
RANGE: 30/60/120
ROF: 1, Snapfire
MODS:
  • offset 2 points of range and/or darkness penalties
Venting
  • +1 to Shooting when using the aim action

CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun
DMG: 3d10+5 AP 15
RANGE: 125/250/500
ROF: 1
MODS:
  • offset 2 points of range and/or darkness penalties
  • double the benefits of the Aim action.

Note: SHOTS is current clip, AMMO is extra magazines.
CP-30 Laser Pistol SHOTS: 30/30 AMMO: 4/4
CM-940PR Precision Rifle SHOTS: 7/7 AMMO: 3/3
CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun SHOTS: 5/12 AMMO: 2/2
2 Fragmentation Grenades
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Vibro Knife
Toughness in Armor: 15(7)
Bennies: 0/3
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Solène Bouchard wrote: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:09 am Bouchard listens to the shop talk about modifying weapons. She knows few basics about fixing things too, but nothing on the level of Wright and Colton. Listening to Colton go on actually makes him sound smart, until he asks for some of Steelcreek's hair.

She snorts out a laugh, looking the bald albino up and down, "Unless he's hit puberty hair might be hard to find." Then, to try and take some of the bite out of her comments she shirts at the psi-stalker, "I believe he is joking, but -t's hard to tell with him."
Steelcreek lets out a chuckle, mostly because it's expected of him. Humans sure do make a big deal about body hair, and about puberty, weirdly. Must have to do with them being prey when they're young, maybe? It really is hard for him to tell where some of his companions' jokes and hangups come from.
Dina Perry wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:12 pm Dina took the soda from Steelcreek, "Thanks." She sips at it slowly as everyone talks about stuff. "How exactly is he supposed to carry around a T193X rate capacitor, aren't those a bit big for a person?"
Steelcreek responds, "I'll freely admit that I have no idea what that is. But if it is too big, I know a guy with a flatbed who owes me a favor; should be fine."
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Cassandra Maverick wrote: Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:20 am “Are you sure you don’t need Sgt. Winston’s cyber leg too?” she teased a little.
Raleigh Ray opened his mouth to give the new girl a snide, sarcastic reply, but then paused mid-gape as a list of the biopic leg's component parts scrolled past his mind's eye. "... Hmmmmm... You think you could get it? Could come in handy, even if not for this project. "
Solène Bouchard wrote: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:09 am She snorts out a laugh, looking the bald albino up and down, "Unless he's hit puberty hair might be hard to find."
The simple Ozark boy thought about that one for a second before responding. But instead of answering Bouchard, he turned back to Steelcreek. "You have nose hairs, don't you? We can pluck a bunch of those instead."
Dina Perry wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:12 pm "How exactly is he supposed to carry around a T193X rate capacitor, aren't those a bit big for a person?"
For that Colton had a quick dismissive answer. "No, no. I'll only really need the chipset and modulation heads. No need to use the whole thing."

With that all said, Raliegh Ray stood up, finished off his crotch beer, and began to leave. "Alright, you get me all that stuff, I'm goin` ta get started on my end right away!"

With an almost giddy expression, he was off, excited to get his hands wrist-deep into the guts of some contraption.
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Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness:15(6); Strain: 1;
Weapons: (* indicates which is presently In Hand)
* "Kay", C-18 Laser Pistol (Ammo: 1/1)
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Dina looks at Steelcreek, "I guess we need to find a old garbage furnace, need a hand looking for one?"
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Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5; Strain: 0;
Weapons

CP-30 Laser Pistol
DMG: 2d6+1, AP 2
RANGE: 12/24/48
ROF: 3, 3RB
CM-940PR Precision Rifle
DMG: 2d8+5, AP 5
RANGE: 30/60/120
ROF: 1, Snapfire
MODS:
  • offset 2 points of range and/or darkness penalties
Venting
  • +1 to Shooting when using the aim action

CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun
DMG: 3d10+5 AP 15
RANGE: 125/250/500
ROF: 1
MODS:
  • offset 2 points of range and/or darkness penalties
  • double the benefits of the Aim action.

Note: SHOTS is current clip, AMMO is extra magazines.
CP-30 Laser Pistol SHOTS: 30/30 AMMO: 4/4
CM-940PR Precision Rifle SHOTS: 7/7 AMMO: 3/3
CM-RG-15X Manpack Electromagnetic Rail Gun SHOTS: 5/12 AMMO: 2/2
2 Fragmentation Grenades
2 Smoke Grenades
Vibro Knife
Toughness in Armor: 15(7)
Bennies: 0/3
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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WIP

Raliegh Ray made his way to the motor pool and went to the southwest corner where they put all the lost cause vehicles. During the shift change it was the best place on the entire base to scrape up some good stuff. Sometimes it was only a mediocre find, like the time he found a pack unopened chewing gum in a flavor that had been discontinued for sixteen years. This time, he was looking for something less random.
Scrounger -- 5
Scrounger edge roll to find components:
Streetwise (unskilled attempt): [dice:2jchf8lp]48139:0[/dice:2jchf8lp]
Wild Die: [dice:2jchf8lp]48139:1[/dice:2jchf8lp]
Extra Effort (-1 benny): [dice:2jchf8lp]48139:2[/dice:2jchf8lp]
Though it took all the time his window of opportunity granted him, the Ozark boy was successful.

Armed with his bag full of garbage, Raliegh Ray withdrew the Wilks 237 he salvaged from its super secret hiding place. After clearing off a spot on the table in his dormatory, he got straight to work.
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C-11 Multi-Purpose Energy Rifle
[list][*]Range: 30/60/120
[*]Damage: 3d6, AP 2
[*]RoF: 1
[*]Shots: 60
[*]Weight: 7 lbs
[*]Notes: Integrated scope with night vision and laser targeting (offset two points of Range and/or Darkness penalties). Can shoot in MD mode (10 shots, Snapfire), Can shoot in Ion Blaster Mode[list][*]Range: 12/24/48 
[*]Damage: 1–3d6+1, AP —
[*]RoF: 1[/list]
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Tinkerer upgrades:
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  • Major: Overcharge (reskin of semi-auto): [dice:2jchf8lp]1d8+2-4[/dice:2jchf8lp]
  • Major: Artillery Spotter Scope: [dice:2jchf8lp]1d8+2-4[/dice:2jchf8lp]
  • Major: Sniper Spotter Scope: [dice:2jchf8lp]1d8+2-4[/dice:2jchf8lp]
  • Minor: AP 2: [dice:2jchf8lp]1d8+2-2[/dice:2jchf8lp]
  • Minor: Bipod for +1 Shooting: [dice:2jchf8lp]1d8+2-2[/dice:2jchf8lp]
*OOC Note: That's weird! I entered the die roller formulas as 1d8+2 indicating his Repair skill, with a -2 or -4 penalty depending if it was a Minor or Major upgrade, yet the finished result is showing d6 dice, all five with the exact same result. Did I break the thing?
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Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness:15(6); Strain: 1;
Weapons: (* indicates which is presently In Hand)
* "Kay", C-18 Laser Pistol (Ammo: 1/1)
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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Rec room
Afternoon
Round 0

Cassandra opened her mouth and gaped a bit when Colton actually wanted Sgt. Winston’s leg.

“Well, Sergeant Winston is kind of attached to his leg,” she said with a laugh. “But I can ask him.”
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Re: Open RP: Barracks, Mess Hall, and/or Rec Hall

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While not as technically inclined as others in the unit, Boucahrd had fixed her fair share of broken dine mining vehicles and tools. Granted it was normally with duct tape and a swift kick, but hey the classics work. She lends a hand stripping down old junk into parts for Colton to use in his contraption.
Repair 5
Repair [dice:24udk8gj]48472:0[/dice:24udk8gj]
Ace [dice:24udk8gj]48472:2[/dice:24udk8gj]
Wild [dice:24udk8gj]48472:1[/dice:24udk8gj]
Each time she strips down a machine she clears the parts and hands them over to whoever needs them next, "You better handle the next part. Taking things apart is easier then putting them together."
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Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 7; Strain: 0;
Weapon in hand: C-40R Rail Gun (2d8+4 (AP: 6, MD), 75/150/300, ROF: 4)
Ammo: 50/50
Bennies: 3
Toughness in Flight Suit: 8 / Toughness in Power Armor: 20 (10)/ Toughness in CA-4 Body Armor: 16 (7)
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