Black ops cell one GAME ON

[Paulypalooza]

I created a room in Die-Gamers. room: Black ops cell one

[Origen]

Mouser's system can't work on that server. We're moving to the Roleplay Refugees.

[Salah_ad_Din]

Guys I just got in from another long day on the farm. It's been 15-18 hour days for a month now I even had to miss Church one Sunday.

I'm going to spend a few minutes with teh kids and crash.

Sorry I can't make the game. I think you should probably replace me with another player. I like the game but I have a lot of other things going on.

I haven't even played WOW. :D


Salah-ad-Din,
Jesus freak

[Origen]

No worries, Salah. You've got real life going on. If you need to take a break, go ahead. I'll send you an email in a couple of days, and we'll talk about it.

[BattleNymph]

Good luck Salah. I'll miss you there though.

[Origen]

My game was a little off tonight, guys, and I'm sorry for that. I usually try to be pretty well-prepared, and all of my notes and prep-work were fine. But I didn't handle the flow of the game as well as I normally try to. I'll be giving that some thought before next time, and hopefully it will move better then.

Your comments, as always, are appreciated.

[Mouser]

Steve didn't feel or see any compelling reason to go after this guy directly.

Some orders or direction in one way or another would have gone a long way toward motivating him to make a command decision.

As it is, the whole thing is turning out like a random encounter, which genre-wise means either Aefe and Mike are going to get away and THAT will motivate us to kill or capture the beast, or one (or both) will get eaten, and THAT will motivate us to kill or capture the beastie.

(and identify this as a Joss Whedon series, given their prominent display in the opening credits)

If there were any criticism of last night, and it was overall excellently run, that would be mine.

[BattleNymph]

Yeah. We need something to unify us. Mike, Aefe and Jimmy are all rather self-motivated. What's going to bring us together?

On the other hand, I really enjoyed the game as always!

[Mouser]

Yeah. We need something to unify us. Mike, Aefe and Jimmy are all rather self-motivated. What's going to bring us together?

On the other hand, I really enjoyed the game as always!

How about some more direct contact with a "controller" or superior of some sort?

Even the connection we made with each other required a "PC Halo" for it to be effective.

I'd like some motivation, please.

[BattleNymph]

And right now, where the game left off, I'd like a message spell please. :D



"HELP!"

[Paulypalooza]

Guys I just got in from another long day on the farm. It's been 15-18 hour days for a month now I even had to miss Church one Sunday.

I'm going to spend a few minutes with teh kids and crash.

Sorry I can't make the game. I think you should probably replace me with another player. I like the game but I have a lot of other things going on.

I haven't even played WOW. :D


Salah-ad-Din,
Jesus freak

If you do end up dropping out of the game you will be sorely missed, but real life always take precedent over a game.

[Origen]

Steve didn't feel or see any compelling reason to go after this guy directly. Some orders or direction in one way or another would have gone a long way toward motivating him to make a command decision. As it is, the whole thing is turning out like a random encounter, which genre-wise means either Aefe and Mike are going to get away and THAT will motivate us to kill or capture the beast, or one (or both) will get eaten, and THAT will motivate us to kill or capture the beastie. (and identify this as a Joss Whedon series, given their prominent display in the opening credits) If there were any criticism of last night, and it was overall excellently run, that would be mine.

No compelling reason to go after someone who is killing American soldiers?

What separates a special operator from the standard soldier is the ability to operate sometimes without orders. To identify a problem and deal with it. You've been marked, already. The four of you ended up, by "accident," at the same base at the same time in the same unit. That's hardly random.

I understand that I didn't handle the flow of action as well as I could have, last night, but "I go snuggle up in my bunk and go to sleep" isn't exactly meeting me halfway.

If you absolutely MUST know, the adventure is written in such a way that the workings of your command were designed to be revealed at the end of this adventure in a more direct fashion. For someone who's running a character intent on command and the ability to control a unit facing situations, your response was curious to say the least.

Yeah. We need something to unify us. Mike, Aefe and Jimmy are all rather self-motivated. What's going to bring us together?

What can I do to help? I understand that this was sort of a step back. I ran this adventure for the Cell 2 group before Kindergarten Art Show, and there experience had a smoother continuity.

[Mouser]

If you absolutely MUST know, the adventure is written in such a way that the workings of your command were designed to be revealed at the end of this adventure in a more direct fashion. For someone who's running a character intent on command and the ability to control a unit facing situations, your response was curious to say the least.


I made my observations and report and preparations.

I know who the bad guy is, but I had no authorization to go hunting DIs.

Yet.

I am NOT a spec ops soldier. Yet.

I am a 2nd level rookie who has an aversion to cell bars. I thought I had prepared my team to handle the situation when it came up, but I didn't expect them to go out and try to handle everything as individuals. My expectation was that they'd want to discuss a team approach before going off half-cocked to try and take on a "Thing" on their own.

Nobody told anybody what they were doing. They just took off, so I made the assumption that they were going to lay low until we could come up with a coherent plan.

As a wet-behind-the-ears potential squad leader, probably not the best choice of actions, but assuming everyone is gonna sit tight and wait for instructions was an honest rookie mistake.

As it was, once I had arranged for their weapons, I should have had a coherent plan. What surprised me most was Aefe's reaction, as she was the one who pointed out that we didn't know if our job was to hunt it and kill it or capture it for trial. It made sense to wait for instructions.

[Origen]

I made my observations and report and preparations. I know who the bad guy is, but I had no authorization to go hunting DIs. Yet. I am NOT a spec ops soldier. Yet. I am a 2nd level rookie who has an aversion to cell bars. I thought I had prepared my team to handle the situation when it came up, but I didn't expect them to go out and try to handle everything as individuals. My expectation was that they'd want to discuss a team approach before going off half-cocked to try and take on a "Thing" on their own. Nobody told anybody what they were doing. They just took off, so I made the assumption that they were going to lay low until we could come up with a coherent plan.

US Army recruits are being murdered. There aren't to be any cell bars for the people who deal with that. Granted, if you walk up with an M-16, unprovoked, and double-tap your drill sergeant in the chest, that's probably not going to go over very well.

You are being recruited. Your character is smart enough to figure that out. You've seen some crazy things, even as a rookie. But what will eventually separate you, besides other qualities, is the ability to operate behind enemy lines without direction or contact.

Your friends are also rookies. Of course they are going to go off half-cocked. Your character, based upon how you've built him, should take control instead of making the classic young officer mistake and sitting by the radio waiting for a transmission.

As a wet-behind-the-ears potential squad leader, probably not the best choice of actions, but assuming everyone is gonna sit tight and wait for instructions was an honest rookie mistake. As it was, once I had arranged for their weapons, I should have had a coherent plan. What surprised me most was Aefe's reaction, as she was the one who pointed out that we didn't know if our job was to hunt it and kill it or capture it for trial. It made sense to wait for instructions.

Sure. I'm not even saying it was a mistake. I'm simply saying I knew I wasn't completely "on" last night, and asking what I can do to push the story forward.

[BattleNymph]

As it was, once I had arranged for their weapons, I should have had a coherent plan. What surprised me most was Aefe's reaction, as she was the one who pointed out that we didn't know if our job was to hunt it and kill it or capture it for trial. It made sense to wait for instructions.


Aefe wasn't going to try and kill it. Aefe was doing reconnaisance. But in order to verify what it is, she has to see it in action. She had no plans to engage it unless it attacked her. She's a contractor, not military. She wouldn't even think of waiting for orders from you guys.

[Mouser]

Your friends are also rookies. Of course they are going to go off half-cocked. Your character, based upon how you've built him, should take control instead of making the classic young officer mistake and sitting by the radio waiting for a transmission.

It's exactly what he's doing, but I can fix that...

*ahem*

Steve arrived back at barracks and surveyed his area. Dust free from the cleaning he had given it that morning. Good. He bounced a quarter on the bunk. Good. Shoes shined. Good. Everything in order. Good.

He looked around the barracks to see where the other members of his team were, to see if they needed any help. Seeing none of them, he wondered where they were. He needed to talk with them and let them know his plans if the Sergeant should begin a change in the middle of a parade formation or something. He had lots of contingency plans, and he was eager to share them.

There was that word again. Contingency. He felt as if he should be doing something but that girl Aefe had been right. They didn't know what to do.

He put his hands on his hips in frustration. Where WERE those guys? Just as he had that thought, Jimmy walked in the barracks. Jimmy was a challenge. He just didn't know when to shut up. As a soldier, though, he was reliable. Older, sure, but fit enough, he supposed.

Steve walked over to Jimmy and asked in a dead whisper, "Do you know where everyone went?"

Jimmy surprised Steve by simply answering the question without any smartass remarks. "I saw the girl tailing Sgt. Furtado and Mike said he was going for a walk in the woods to clear his head."

"Excuse me?" Steve was incredulous. "Went for a what? Without orders? Why would she...?" Then he made a decision. Without orders. Without guidance. It went against everything he had been taught as a soldier...

As a soldier.

If he wanted to be an officer, a leader of men, he would have to actually lead, wouldn't he?

[Ending 1]
Deciding on his new course of action, he ran over to his bunk and picked up his newly cleaned and polished M-16. As he hustled out the door, he motioned to Jimmy. "We need to see if they're okay. Grab your rifle. Follow me."

Jimmy shrugged, as if to say, "Beats sticking around here." picked up his rifle and followed Steve, both of them carrying their M-16s at port arms, as though going for an assigned run around the parade grounds.

After they left sight of the barracks, they both paused for a second to load their clips with ten rounds each. The rounds retrieved from Steve's pockets and socks. Pulling on their charging sticks, they broke into a loping run, churning up the distance between themselves and the woods. Running toward where Jimmy remembered seeing Mike leave the road.

Toward the woods.

[Ending 2]
Deciding on his new course of action, he ran over to his bunk and grabbed an extra bath towel. As he hustled out the door, he motioned to Jimmy. "We need to see if they're okay. Follow me."

Jimmy shrugged, as if to say, "Beats sticking around here." and followed him.

As they left the barracks, they both broke into a run, stopping briefly at the garage for Steve to pick up the loaded shotgun and wrap it in the towel before running toward where Jimmy remembered seeing Mike leave the road.

Toward the woods.

[BattleNymph]

Of the two endings I like the first one better. :)

[Mouser]

Of the two endings I like the first one better. :)

Me too.

(fillerdiller)

[Origen]

The only question I have is this:

I don't think they actually let you carry your M-16 back to your barracks. I think you have to check it out.

Anyone? Real life military?

[Mouser]

The only question I have is this:

I don't think they actually let you carry your M-16 back to your barracks. I think you have to check it out.

Anyone? Real life military?

The USMC encourages close connection with the rifle.

The IDF assigns a rifle to each soldier. G-d help you if you don't have it on you at all times.

Dunno about the US Army.

[Salah_ad_Din]

There is normally no access during Basic Training unless you are under the eye of a Drill Sergeant. You are marched to the armory where you check out your weapon. You return it at the end of the training day.

The only time I had my M-16 (no rounds) was one night when we did training on guard duty. We checked it out, pulled the shift, and checked it back in at the armory. While I was walking around the motor pool I was not under direct supervision, only I and another recruit were there.

If either of us had somehow managed to sneak a few rounds from the range, we could have shot something. But lockers are inspected daily, and ammo and brass are counted at the range. Getting live ammo out of the system is not impossible, but very difficult.

Salah-ad-Din,
Jesus freak

[Mouser]

Okay!!

Shotgun it is!!

<cachuk-shuk>


:D

[BattleNymph]

Okay!!

Shotgun it is!!

<cachuk-shuk>


:D

You guys owe me for the guns and ammo... like a rescue or something I'm thinkin'... :D

[Paulypalooza]

there is nothing Jimmy would love more than to inflict a little payback on Furtado but seeing as he didn't know anything about the encounter I really had no choice but to stay put.

I couldn't just say "you know what? I think I'm going go see if Sgt Furtado has transformed into something out of a B movie and is chasing Mike through the forest. I mean if he is he could probably use my help"

[BattleNymph]

there is nothing Jimmy would love more than to inflict a little payback on Furtado but seeing as he didn't know anything about the encounter I really had no choice but to stay put.

I couldn't just say "you know what? I think I'm going go see if Sgt Furtado has transformed into something out of a B movie and is chasing Mike through the forest. I mean if he is he could probably use my help"

*sends psychic emanations to Jimmy telling him Mike needs help*


Oooommmmm

[Mouser]

there is nothing Jimmy would love more than to inflict a little payback on Furtado but seeing as he didn't know anything about the encounter I really had no choice but to stay put.

Did you read what I wrote above?

Any comments?

Did I get Jimmy's character right?

[Paulypalooza]

Did you read what I wrote above?

Any comments?

Did I get Jimmy's character right?

Sorry I hadn't gotten back to you sooner on this but I guess better late than never.

Jimmy was an important and respected man in his circle on the streets. He was the one calling all the shots with his associates Then somebody double-crossed him and set him up for a fall. Now he is being treated like dirt here in camp. That is why he is so hostile towards Furtado and everything else for that matter. Show him a little respect and treat him like a man instead of like a number and you will get a lot better response from him.