You'd likely need an upgrade as the ones you were using were pretty short range, only 1~2km depending on the environment. Something with a 8km/5mile range would probably suit your needs most of the time.

If you guys want to use them regularly you'll need to spend equipment points on them though; it'll be 1 equipment point for the comm-links and make a Wealth Check vs a TN of 10. Your base Wealth bonus is +8 unless you took a feat to give you a bonus, or a hindrance to give you a penalty.

Umm, where did I find my equipment points again?

Your remaining equipment points are not readily visible on your character sheet; only the equipment you have and that you have two feats of Equipment which gives you 10 points.

Turns out you already have 10 points of equipment, so you'd need to give up something to get the communicator, or spend 1 character point to get 5 more equipment points.

You currently have a Multi-tool, Survival Kit and Basic Toolkit, each of which are 1ep, so you "sold" one of those you could get the communicator. Given what you guys have done in the past you could probably get rid of the basic tool kit and it would not impact you much.

Yes, I didn't even realize those things cost equipment points. Yes, seems like a good trade while we are here.

For those listening bugs:
Know: Tech  = 19
Craft: Electronics = 26 (rolled a 20!)

Did you wan the 2km range or 8km range bug? You can make either with those rolls. For the 2km since you did so well with the rolls it will take less time to design and make them. For the 8km the design time will remain standard, but your crafting time will be noticeably less due to the roll.

I was going to go for the 8km, as I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with them yet.

Ok, with the rolls you go you can design and create one in 14 hours, and each additional one will take you another 10 hours.

Is Yuu doing anything in regards to seeing if his house is still under guard?

I think Yuu would try to pull the same trick as he did last time. Wait in a nearby location and when he sees a parent, send a message. Just because it looks like the house is no longer under guard, doesn't mean it's safe yet. Hopefully it is, but Yuu just wants to be careful.

Also is the meeting with Lady Shan Ziyi something we can jump into right away, or is this a few days away?
This message was last edited by the player at 08:32, Wed 24 Oct 2018.

Depends if Yuu wanted to check on his house first or not.

Sorry, I was MIA in Canada for a few days and then had a sinus cold. Anyway, let's say Yuu went to check on his parents before the meeting with his royal cousin. It makes more sense temporally, and most likely will have an impact on what transpires in the meeting.

To that end, what is the plan for Yuu to check on his parents? Is he going solo, or with others? I know he's starting with a cautious approach like last time.

All good man, I'm hardly an example of rapid response myself.

Yuu is going to adjust his plan, wait down a road outside his house... but follow when his parents, either one or both, leave, and try to catch up with them. I'll try solo, others can catch up on what they need to, as it may be a long stake out. We can use the walkie talkies if there's a problem.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:47, Thu 01 Nov 2018.

So the question is how is Yuu going to approach his mother. Given what has happened everyone is probably on edge, so a jumping out of the bushes surprise may not be the best move in this case.

The note says: If home safe, turn right.

So Yuu is going home. What are Zelpuz and Vanyra doing, anything of note?

Where in the timeline are we? We seem to have jumped a bit. Well, I guess since Zelpuz' attempted observations didn't result in much, it doesn't matter too much.
I guess we'll drop by Yuu's place later that afternoon to check up on things. If everything is going well, the city is back to normal and nothing else seems out of the ordinary, it might be time to head back to the Order's headquarters somewhere.

Yeah, essentially we're at the tail end of that week of surveillance and investigation that Zelpuz and Vanyra did. So you would have seen those two guys enter the Chapter House a few days back. It's a couple of days before the meeting Yuu has with a member of the royal family.

Basically we'll just state everything you guys have done over the last little while has come to a close.

Brett, I figure Yuu and his father explained everything that was pertinent to the last few weeks, but is there anything in particular you want to know? You can just list it out in OCC if you want, as it was probably discussed in the exchange.

Once that is cleared up we'll jump to when Zelpuz comes over in the afternoon.

I assume Zelpuz will come with Vanyra, unless she has other plans.

No other plans, no.

I just IC'd a couple added bits. I think he'll also inquire about the explosion and if connections were found. And also why was there a new unit for border control?

And did any changes take place politically? Were there any 'winners'?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:51, Thu 22 Nov 2018.

Yuu's father doesn't know much about the explosion, certainly less than Yuu knows. While under house arrest they were pretty much closed off from outside news. Likewise he has only just learned of the new border security force. certainly the Reforgers are the obvious winners from the standpoint of internal politics; they removed a few of the more 'radical' Novian politicians from the scene and implemented some policies that would have been difficult to get through under 'normal' circumstances. It is too early to tell who the true victors are though. As he mentioned in IC Yuu's father feels that the entire situation was a too aggressive for the Novians, especially the Shen Zue given their situation; normally these business groups like to play it safe and for the long game.

For the afternoon meeting I imagine you'll just be sharing info that you've learned, and discussing what's next. Here's a breakdown of some major items that are still open:
1) The local chapter of the Order likely is aware that Zelpuz had been in contact with Lasrane and may be seeking him.

2) Lasrane has disappeared. Fleeing from the Order. His whereabouts are unknown.

3) The Order has been relatively quiet since they've returned, though they did have a pair of non-Mepsah guests that brought some sort of gift in the last week.

4) Ossylia has returned to relative normality in daily operations.

5) Whoever had their chlornetherium destroyed in the warehouse explosion has not come forward to claim it's loss or attempt to re-order more, according to the government records. This would be highly suspect if it was legally imported or obtained.

6) The Novians, a local political group of free market expansionists, which has support from the Shen Zue, has suffered some political fallout from all this. Some of its members have been arrests in collaboration with the illegal chlornetherium. You guys are not familiar with the details of these connections, but you were able to previously link the chlornetherium that Lasrane and the Blood Runners had taken to the Shen Zue.

Yes, and we still don't know when the meteor will hit the city...

Many unanswered questions, and all leads seem to be dried up. Other than continuing to look for Lasrane or watching the Order, we could try to investigate the Shen Zue more, try to find another trace of the blood runners, or figure out who could produce so much chlornetherium, although I assume the city officials have already tried to figure that out and they had more resources.

Any other ideas?

With things normalising, I'd say we hit the Freelancer board for adventures to pull us onto.
Unless we had personal reasons to chase any of these threads..? The Order thing may be interesting, but not sure how committed Zelpuz would be to digging into it. I'll go where the action is though, even if Yuu would need reluctant dragging. You guys have been dragged around enough by a pimply teenager, may be time to follow you guys for a change.