I suggest Crumble going first. He's the one with the social skills and we'd really like to recruite these guys... and at close range he might be able to tell if it's a clone or even Glean. Also if it does turn violent then Smite can (hopefully) make his move from surprise.

Alright, I'll be close enough to over hear and take these guys down if necessary

Rama will close to a distance enough to (attempt) to keep a calm on the situation but staying back and out of sight. He shifts his eufiber into commoner clothing with a hood and uses q-attune while Crumble approaches to (hopefully) tell if the other being is about to power up anything. Failing peaceful resolutions he will keep a gravity well in his hip pocket...

OK, I'm confused. Was it the 3rd guy who turned around and was surprised, or was it the nova?

The pronouns confused me as well.

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Did he actually say "John" or was it "Joe"?

Crumble ID'ed himself as "Joe" because as a matter of habit, and choice, or whatever, he consideres himself to be "Joe Crumb" at this age. This way if someone calls up and says "I'd like to speak to John" we know who to put on.


EDIT: Was that Teleport a ban breaking one or not?

he did call you as you introduced yourself, so Joe it is... that was a misdo on my part...sorry.

And yes, the port was Ban breaking as far as you can tell Crumble. There is a hint however of some 'colored' quantum about the use of power that hints to the user attempting to 'bribe' the Ban...

{{When I say coloered it is referrence to the fact that all enrgies emit a sort of color to QA and mega-perception. A trained eye could determine that one color of the quantum was being used for the initial power use and the differring color in quantum would be residual or unused and thus get gobbled up and then subsequently ignored by the Ban.}}

So, the wielder attempted to bribe the ban but only partly succeeded?

It is possible that this is the result of a failed attempt or only a partial success....

On a side note, everyone but Crumble drops out of Hyper-Time.

What is an Integrity Manshark heavy pistol?

The Integrity Manshark is a Heavy Pistol in line with the Ares Predator.

Integrity is the firearm manufacturer.
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What is the rest of the team doing right now?? sitting around, planning on making a warp to Crumble, etcc...

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Rama was suggesting going after Crumble now...he can open a warp for the party but within a few miles of the location...we would have to pin it down further when we got there.

Do you really want to move in on the HWW dealer now, without crumble or the possible backup of the other novas? Not sure how long they will stay put either with port capabilities like we have seen.

And if we do go in on the weapons dealer, could you please explain what the above meant? Did you want Rama or Richard on drag/left?

no comment.

"Alright, let us move in. We move in diamond formation and then spread. I will take point. Richard you have drag. Whisper you have right flank, and Richard I need you to pull the left.

Now when you are through look for cover and spread. "

And with that Smite will step through the corridor.
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Whisper's eyes unfocus slightly as she projects her awareness outward into the crowded streets again. She has some idea of what they're like this time, from the images from the nova's mind. And they'll be cautious, maybe a bit nervous that the nova hasn't shown yet. Waiting. Hiding.

She starts with the people near where the nova had been, and moves outward from there, sampling each person's surface thoughts and discarding them when they turned out to be wrong...
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Just so I am on...you are making a warp near Crumble and heading that way? Or are ya heading to the Hyper tech dealer?

Pardon me all, I have had Vertigo for 3 days...its not a fun thing to have....

I thought we were heading after the dealer. But I'm still wondering how I'm supposed to take up two spots in our formation by myself. The Force isn't that strong in me.

Yeah I was waiting for clarification from Smite before declaring. Sounds like weapons dealer to me too which is why he asked Whisper to give us some intel....go Whisper!

Yeah, we need to be a little more clear when posting, especially when multiple possiblities are possible. (Ie, go to Crumble or the dealer.)

Yeah, we need to be a little more clear when posting, especially when multiple possiblities are possible. (Ie, go to Crumble or the dealer.)
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Dealer first, we need to impound those weapons and their maker before the ban breaking gets us Lizard men and they destroy the atmosphere. After that we can retrieve Crumble. He can handle himself for a few moments and I'd don't want to sour his speach by showing up to early.

So that means we are just waiting on the results of Whisper's scan, right?

Just as an FYI to Whisper, Richard isn't planning to harm the dealer unless he makes a hostile move against us; he is hoping that we'll dispose of the weapons right here and now.

Crumble and Smite (AND ANY OF THE NEW ONES WITH MEGA INTEL) will note these as tell tale sign of a start of ban beacon. If similar powers to the one that offended it in the first place are cancelled and not used in the region (possibly up to 500 miles away) the beacon will fade in a matter of minutes.

For that matter, Eve and Chronos back at the base will get an alarm telling of the event as well.

OK, does that mean even cloaked powers can't be used right now? Or is warping out still an option as long as the Ban is bribed?

cloaked should work.....

meaning that cloaked spatial manipulating powers should be safe to use. ONly offending like-powers are at risk.

Mind you, since the Ban is looking, it might be sensible and prudent to refrain from using any Banned powers in the vacinity. However, I said 'Should' because all the best guess from the studies of the ban energies assume such facts from testing and close measure. The powers will always work when a Ban incursion is in effect but they might be more subjct to backlash from the Ban and such.

Crumble and those in the 'know' would consider it a safe bet to use another banned power in the vacinity if and only iff it was cloaked. Using a similar power as what formed the beacon would be asking for it.



In short, say the Ban is normally at 12 AP's of Awareness. Now because of it hearing the port by San, it is focusing here more intently, say at 24 AP's. It is aggreably twice as sensitive now as ever so it would be best to use the bribe in conjunction with your normal stealth.
Again however, this is all best guesses you are gambling your life on, potentially speaking.

So even though the Ban is "looking" (mental image of the All-Seeing Eye of Sauron) for teleports, it can't see all the other banned technology???

I got a phone call and never finished the thought there. You likely saw that didnt you Rama? I am tellin' you, you really ought to be a proof reader or something...very sharp you are..

shoud read:
In short, say the Ban is normally at 12 AP's of Awareness. Now because of it hearing the port by San, it is focusing here more intently, say at 24 AP's. It is aggreably twice as sensitive now as ever so it would be best to use the bribe in conjunction with your normal stealth.<!--coloro:#3333FF--><span style="color:#3333FF"><!--/coloro--> That means that even if you use a different Banned power it has a better chance of seeing you now; it has an even better chance of seeing you if you use the same offending power.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Again however, this is all best guesses you are gambling your life on, potentially speaking.

I don't know if Richard's Telekinesis power is Ban-breaking or not, but I'm also assuming that you can drop more than usual to make the cloak more effective; he'd happily up it by half if it means a better chance of getting away with it.

However, if the crate is light enough for him to carry it, then there's no need for TK at all.

The crate can be easily carried by someone with 4 or more AP's of strength.

Check me on this: Allison and Zeph are off somewhere on vacation?

Well in sorts, yes....but a working vacation. Zeph was called away to handle some things as only he can do and Allison decided to go with him.
Who called Zeph away yuo might ask? Asche via Pax Concordat.

is someone awaiting me to p[lace some input??

MAybe my thesaurus is not working in my head right now. To what are you referring to in the "flow" of weapons.

Arrg.

My Post => Botched.

I've edited it to make more sense and to reflect what I was thinking.

OK, on the subject of what to do next,

I think we should go after the source of the weapons.

Reasons:
1) San & Kinter would be useful when looking for that other nova, and they're