RE: In or Out of Character
I don't want to hold anyone else up, or distract from other threads (implying out)... but with so many people on vacation or whatever we might want to do it in. Start a new thread?

Basically Doc is trying to figure out if there were outside elements involved in her death, and get as much tactical info as possible.

Just so i know are we scrapping Nomikos or not?

no. this is a side plot that doc was involved in....nomikos is still the goal....hopefulyl allison will input soon ore one will step up to lead the nomikos plan...

Hey, don't look at me. Only my character is all-knowing.

I was gonna wait for Doc to pick his team and leave. After that we'll need a list of who's left and an idea of what they can do. In other words, a list of assets.

Then we'll just have to decide what actions the plan needs, and who's best suited to perform them.

Ok I posted sometihng for doc to reply to as to whether or not he goes and sees reaa and tonya. Allison and Rama, or simply Rama with the guidance and consulting of Allison can get onto the computers in the apartment.
It eont take but a few mintes for Rama to acclimate to the system and make it move faster that Allison might. And she would be able to see what are dead ends or not and shich ones are gonna cause trouble when he starts to hack or go places he should not.

If you mean to temporally edit Lily back into existence, then I thought I'd wait till after we're done here. Doc has a window of several months to operate so there doesn't seem to be a point in not taking everyone who wants to go....

Although realistically I think we're going to need Smite on this one. Oh, and Eve can't come. At least two of the orbs were there, and as she has the orbs and they can't be at two places at once, I've got no clue what would happen but it sounds bad.

{{Where are you heading, trying to pick up Joe? Are you gonna shadow him or catch-up to him?}}

Or he could just ask him where he's going.

Re: Hacking

What kind of penalties are we talking about?

May I remind you that Rama already has a cybernetic interface installed from Jack in the Greens technology.

Depending on what penalties we are talking about Rama can use his mega-Dice to cancel them out. With Allison's help he would still have a sizable dice pool. The extra speed could come in handy.

Right now option 2 seems the best compromise with enhanced speed and only minor penalties. Still it makes me wonder about the possibilities of system deckers being much faster, skilled and used to the system.

When Allison and Ache show him the system he will get the hang of it by writing a few programs. These will be automated or SI Bots that will hopefully give him an additional edge...warning programs, protection programs and stealth programs. Ideally from a mechanics standpoint this would give him an extended action bonus.

How does all that sound?

On a simple out of character level, I wouldn't mind trying the Raeke:
-Get a chance to connect with the other nova, and possible more of them (who I would be able to identify)
-Focus peoples attention away from the run itself.
-Splits any tail on the party, and if things go bad we can attempt an extraction.

However does it seem reasonable compared to the need to provide security and extraction immediately?

I'm honest not sure. What do you guys think?

Thanks for the reminder. Its not a perfect match, a wee bit of mods to the interface on the fly and you're in. Asche's systems have been modified as well so as to make it relatively "easy" for one to interface with provided the right gear. Which you have. This route provides the least penalties which I wont get into as their absurd, but with Allison and mega intell you still have a snowballs chance. :P


The only down side right now, as was mentioned by Doc, it exposes you as to what you are. You're also right in that it ties you up while there might be something your needed for.
On the other hand, it could be such a distraction, havina nova fight a nova, that it provides some needed cover.

So I just worked through the weekend (a rarity as I usually have Sunday off.) I am now off to the Hot Springs...I have been promising myself a vacation there for a year now and I am finally going! Yay! Will be back to post mid-week.

I am going to go ahead and arrange the distraction. I think its fair to assume that we will be making the most of it.

Frankly if the rest of them go to the other, I'd think that they could handle just about anything they'd come across and fair few things for which I would tip the balance. However there is a chance that someone saw my last fight and given the way my profile's been razing combined with my new "abberation" discrete watch is not going to be my strong suit.

So I play the fool, and provide the distraction

And on a purely out of character note it might provide some momentum.

Arr...I'm kind of at a loss as to what's going on. We seem to have stalled. Last I knew, I was...

(singsongs like Elan)

Provide provide provide...provide a bonus to Rama's hacking rolllllll...lala oh provide...

And then things sort of stopped happening.

Doc would like to page Smite to see if he'd like to be on hand for a walk through of Lily's murder, but I gather he's busy?

The Raeke will not happen for a few hours yet.

The Raeke will not happen for a few hours yet.
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Allison is helping with the hacking, right? Not with Joe.

Yes indeedy

Yes indeedy
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NNNGH!

It's such a pain having two separate logins!

It's not letting me log on as Whisper now. I've no idea why. I'm pretty sure I have the password right.

*scream*

I am also going to lookinto multiple ID's with one login...

(I think) I will have very limited net access for the next four days (till Monday).

still here..off and on.

Hacking is done after Rama and Allison and Whisper are successfully through Ta'hean.
Chronos and Smite are also returning from Eternytya.
Time elapsed is about 3 hours.
The Raeke is about to begin, or at least everyeon is beginning to gather in the main arena section. Smite will be expected to sit in a certain section to be called out and ready for his raeke when time is called.
Asche and Toya are still in the apartment, conversing with Kara.

Any questions, please post them here and I'll summarize answers...

Smite begins to mull over the area, trying to discover were a temporal manipulator could have acted and yet avoided notice. They would need to be close if Chronos was any indication of their ability, and temporal editing generally causes minor inconsistences in what might have gone on. Smite will examine the area and the scenario for the most like point of interference, the place were the most change could be managed with the least effort.

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We will assume that SMite gives one or two likely areas where the Sword of Stealth might be used from. At first is is a long list of 5-8 locations but he narrows it down to the 2 most likely.

Reaa and Tonya both say that they are relatively certain that the Sword of Stealth was not there. They explain that is was jut months earlier that Lathan had locked it up tight in the Rathien vaults on planet Rathien Prime. As far as they both know, its still there.

Smite begins to mull over the area, trying to discover were a temporal manipulator could have acted and yet avoided notice. They would need to be close if Chronos was any indication of their ability, and temporal editing generally causes minor inconsistences in what might have gone on. Smite will examine the area and the scenario for the most like point of interference, the place were the most change could be managed with the least effort.

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Joe fixes the places where it might be in his mind and surpresses a smirk when Reaa and Tonya say it's unlikely. If they're right then all the temporal manipulators will be on the same side, and that would make everything so much easier. This has been a very worth while meeting... the chances of success increased between 5 and 15 percent, and that increase was taken by subtracting from the chances of dramatic failure.

(After returning)

<strike>Joe gives Reaa and Tonya his sincere thanks and tells them they'll know what he finds out. Then he takes his wrapped assassin's weapon back to where he left Allison.</strike>
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In any encounter down the road with the 'climax" of this particular event (discovering the killer, etc), SMite and Chronos will be given "bonus dice" in coming to a favorable end result.

Positioning for the Arena encounter

As far as I can tell, all are present in the StarHaven Arena in the Noble section reserved for House Rathien and friends. ABout 20 seats are open. Toya and Reaa are in the section as well as Smite, Rama. Allison, Chronos, and Whisper.

Please let me now otherwise here and/or post a short narrative describinbg your arrival and surroundings.

Kara and Asche are not here. Asche can be seen some sections over in what might be called "cheap seats" standing at a rail casting an observing look over the filling arena. Kara is nowhere to be seen.

My mental impression of this is we're in a "company" box seat at a football stadium.

And Smite is fighting, right? Why is he with us?

Smite is registered to fight but has not been called yet. They asked him to take his seat and he will be called when its time.


ON a side note, anyone at the beginning of a Raeke, can volunteer as a defender or agressor. Say Chronos suddenly got a wild hair in his side and wanted to Raeke for control of all technology advancements on his planet, he simply has to stand up and shout that he demands a Raeke. After that, anyone else can shout out that they want to fight for him or against him. Same goes with any Raeke. There is always given a pause for anyone to jump in.

So if a Raeke is going bad, and someone I like is losing, I can jump in and help them?



Glean is shadowing Allison. So once she makes it know and confirms where she is, I too will post where I am/what I am doing.

Wait a moment, assume for the moment that Doc does this and no one cares enough about some backwater planet to stop him.

1) Does he just win?

2) What does he win? How is this enforced?

No. It is seemingly impossible for anything to interfer with a contest once it has started. Anyone can join in the contest before it starts, regardless of their relationships.


Wait a moment, assume for the moment that Doc does this and no one cares enough about some backwater planet to stop him.

1) Does he just win?

2) What does he win? How is this enforced?

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He would not simply win. The 'judge of the Raeke' (Starhaven itself or what all call 'the Raeke Matrix') will declare a champion to defend status quo. Chronos would have to do some form of contest to win, be it combat or some other form of protagonist.
If he wins, well in the instance above , were he to control all technology on a planet it would be made so. OOC, he and I would decide beforehand what 'control' was. It might be that the planet cannot make certain advancements unless Chronos first approves it. He might be made a sort of Primal over the influence of technology.

What empowers this or makes his win a reality? Starhaven does by channelling energy in some manner. The answer to this question has largely been a mystery to all and no definate answer is definate. However, this visit of Nova's has exposed some new truths in that StarHaven is sentient and perhaps even biologic. Whisper and Allison were discoverers of that.

No. It is seemingly impossible for anything to interfer with a contest once it has started. Anyone can join in the contest before it starts, regardless of their relationships.


Wait a moment, assume for the moment that Doc does this and no one cares enough about some backwater planet to stop him.

1) Does he just win?

2) What does he win? How is this enforced?

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He would not simply win. The 'judge of the Raeke' (Starhaven itself or what all call 'the Raeke Matrix') will declare a champion to defend status quo. Chronos would have to do some form of contest to win, be it combat or some other form of protagonist.
If he wins, well in the instance above , were he to control all technology on a planet it would be made so. OOC, he and I would decide beforehand what 'control' was. It might be that the planet cannot make certain advancements unless Chronos first approves it. He might be made a sort of Primal over the influence of technology.

What empowers this or makes his win a reality? Starhaven does by channelling energy in some manner. The answer to this question has largely been a mystery to all and no definate answer is definate. However, this visit of Nova's has exposed some new truths in that StarHaven is sentient and perhaps even biologic. Whisper and Allison were discoverers of that.
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Arr...Whisper felt Starhaven's mind, if in a weird sort of way. Allison could sense its Name...or what she thinks is its name.

Glean, Allison was with Rama, helping him hack while Chronos did his thing. Once Chronos returned, I believe we all went to the Raeke arena to watch Smite.

So that's where she was, and is.

OMG!!!! Seriously Primal stuff.

have a page or so of catching up to do. Then will I post.