Friday, July 14, 2017

#82/83 Merctown Mayday

The group is still staying at the Gunman's Tavern.

Encounter 0
Players have to buy nights at the inn per http://3rdageofdragonwright.blogspot.com/2012/05/lifestyles-for-rifts-and-famous.html or they have to sleep in their cars.

Rent at the Gunmans for low quality is 10000cr/week for low or
Basic in room wired network access.
 social +5% - ambush -5% - regen +5%


20000cr / week for medium quality lifestyle rooms.
Computers: No legit access without Low Lifestyle.   Medium/High/Luxury Lifestyles give +5/10/15% bonus to computer skills due to the quality of the connection and systems used.

Access is still range limited, the distance to the nearest Matrix Operator 5miles linkup to the customer for Mid (wireless radio)
social +10% - ambush +5% - regen +10%

Just in time to rescue Tow Jam, the Players meet up with the tree druid Jean Marc.  Jean uses dowsing to lead them tow jam who has been cybersnatched and to a cyber shop of ill repute. This "chop shop" contains the remains of tow jam.  They aren't sure its a chopshop until they see a bucket of blood.
The group follows the dowser to get into the shop.
The sleezy cyberdoc denies knowing anything about the missing tow jam.
Players notice a barrel with human limbs likely from tow jam.
finally There is a fight, the doc jumps back, and his full conversion borg goes into combat.
The borg gets tossed ontop of the dr who is killed instantly under the ton of metal.
Then the borg flies away, escaping dragos attempts at chasing him.
The chopshop is mostly demolished, covering the underground complex underneath that held the bodies of the 3 rescued by the group who were still alive, and many more.

Tin Duhk playd by tow jams player gets Tow jam back to the goldenage weaponsmiths hq and drops him off to get rebuilt.

Caldor gets more radio/phone messages "why isnt Ack Bar Al - SHAFAR whackd yet?

(who has a merctown phone?  Tin dhuk does)

Drago gets a msg from greenskin leader asking what he is doing to aide the federation and claim his lordship.

Session ends with the group back at gun mans tavern waiting to see if towjam can be saved...

Group learns Freehold is barely holding back the CS in Tolkeen, and is asking for dragons to come fight to hold the dragon kingdom of Freehold.  Freehold has issued a decree it will grant a domain to any dragon who can hold against the cs.

group rescued the following npcs: towjam, little girl, 30k, 30k cr each to rescue at emergency clinic.
Group takes bodies to Marvels Mechanica after rescuing whos medicin for 90k total saved them.  Left truck and hoverbike at GAW office.

tow jam needs a new body his old one was cybersnatched...


Caldor remembers a mayday party at the Pit, caldor failed to get into the night crawler bar.
Scritch still wants caldor to do a job.
Drago gave the following items to to jean marc,
corrupted tree item 1/day armor of ithan staff
pearl of power
mystic powerarmor

Merctown patrols were inspecting the car of caldor, looking for him more, but the group kept him hidden.

#82 5/1/2017 #83?
XP
Drago the Great Horned Dragon Hatchling 
130930 +1500 survival skills 225 +100xp +100 ro +100 rp +75 skills +25 borg +100 takes safe to kings ransom pawn broker +100 good idea giving tree druid items
133255

Caldor the Kreeghor Bounty Hunter 
91226+1600 survival +25 borg +225 skills  +25 drives bubble car +200 rp +50 avoid mercs, is now wanted.
93351

Bluey the Dogpack Bioborg Linewalker host to Zee 
48775 +1700 survival+50 borg +125 skills +50 buys medium quality room for 20k +100 IDs bodies in chop shop +100 rp +200 rp -90k cr +3000xp saving 3 innocents with medical care
54000

Tin Duhk vet GAW agent +1500 survival +25 borg +100 skills +50 sleeps with truck +100 rp

Tow Jam  GAW agent 22015  +4000 survival  +200 rp
26215

Jean Marc 4th Level Millenium Tree Druid 6025 +3000 survival +100 borg +1000 locating and rescuing tow jam with dowsing +200 rp +200 rp +2000 rescuing 2 other people with dowsing
12525 needs 14801