I completely agree with perusing the fleeing bandits for the reasons outlined above.

Ta,

Andy

Rolls did not turn out in your favor. The pursuit is not going well. You can continue the search/chase, if you wish, but subsequent rolls will be at progressively higher difficulty rolls. A catastrophic failure could potentially result in blue-on-blue. I'm not trying to discourage you, though.

I have not rolled yet for the drone search. Those rolls won't be more difficult, unless circumstances change (like it starts getting dark or something like that). If/when you do start actively looking for Raven 1, I'll need to know what human resources you're devoting to the search.

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How big is the mound? Adult human grave sized? Or larger / smaller?

In reply to Mike Carswell (msg # 159):

It looks to be about 8' by 6'. I was going to specify but got distracted. There's also a disassembled AR-15 on the breakfast table inside.

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Rae, before Mike replies to Saul are there any wounded marauders still visible in the vicinity or are they all now dead?

In reply to Mike Carswell (msg # 161):

They all appear dead.

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 Is it worth using the bikers as a continuing perusing force?  The risk of a blue on blue seems higher than the advantage of detecting an ambush.  Maybe we can re-deploy to the northwest somewhere in hopes of cutting them off.

I'm thinking the same thing.  Faster-than-foot movement is one reason we brought our bikers.

Lauren's thinking is to pack the SUV and the JLTV with the active 'combat' PC's (Carissa, Clark, Carterby) plus Scott (if Teg wants to), Mike (if he's not needed at the house) and some of the Jerome Militia / PLA NPC's and send them to beef up the bikers while the rest of the Jerome Militia / PLA NPC's secure the house.

I'm primarily trying to make sure that no active PC's end up hanging around at the house unnecessarily.

In reply to Lauren Cao (msg # 165):

Just as a thought, Clark is a highly capable tracker (a lot better at that than shooting). It may be more worthwhile to keep him on the ground either leading a chase team, or going after Campbell.

In reply to Abernathy 'Abbie' Clark (msg # 166):

Yeah, go for it, if you want to suggest that IC Lauren will gladly sign off on it.

Will do when the turn advances and Cao is in the building (assuming we've cleared it of hostiles that is :)).

Tried to set y'all up to take next steps. Didn't include Guillory as he hasn't had a chance to acknowledge Cao's instructions, or offer his two cents regarding.

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Thanks Rae!

Sorry for my lack of posting - be snowed with work this week but we catch up over the weekend hopefully. Please NPC as necessary.

Apologies for this.

Andy

I advanced things a bit so y'all can coordinate your next moves IC and/or OOC. Abbie hasn't left yet, since he hasn't had a chance to reply to Cao.

Since dialogue can slow things down, if y'all want to post a list of questions you'd like your PCs to ask Brienne, I can post the results as an IC conversation. Some puppeting of your PC will probably be necessary, so I'll hold off until I get your OK.

You've killed 5/9 bandits, including their leader.

Any questions for me, as always, feel free to ask.

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This message was last edited by the GM at 20:12, Sun 26 Jan 2020.

I'll get some ideas up tomorrow since we're having guests over in about fifteen minutes.  To set the stage though, Saul will probably run lead on the "interrogation" of Brienne.  His BS detector is tingling although years of police work will allow him to be compassionate all the same.

Saul will attempt to set the stage for interviewing Brienne.  He'll place Xandra in the room with him, Car too if she's not already moving out on the chase.  Brienne will first be offered food and water and a blanket for cover or other clothes if she has any. He'll introduce himself and the law enforcement mission of Sierra team.  He'll be soft and compassionate, running on the theory that Brienne has been raped, but not project that on to her.  He'll let her talk about that. Then he'll start with the easy stuff:

1)  What is your full name? Age, etc...

2)  Where are you from around here, what happened to your family?

3)  How did you come to be "captured" from Reeves?

4)  How long have you been with Reeves?  How many other houses/families/folks do you know about that their party has hit?

5)  Do you know about anywhere they could be running?

6)  Do you have any charges you would like to file against any possible survivors of Reeves crew?

Saul would be watching for any sign that Brienne is not who she is presenting herself as.  For instance, if she might have locked herself to the bed to avoid being shot by Sierra.  When he finishes the line of questioning, he'll go through it again, slowly, looking for inconsistencies in the story.  Cop stuff.

I can set the scene in a post tomorrow if you wish.

Is Saul going to tell Xandra what the plan is?  She's not real savvy in the ways of cops... from this side of the interrogation table, anyway.

In reply to Xandra Murray (msg # 175):

For sure.  She just has to sit there and look supportive anyway.

Okay, just checking.  She'll play along and make sure her weapons aren't easily grabbable.

Working on turn. Realize Teg is going to be AFK for a bit, so once it's up, there's no big rush. Just want to keep things moving as much as possible.

Do y'all want to issue orders to CVMC Squad 1. They've been waiting with the truck/trailer well east of the battlefield throughout the fight. It's totally fine if you want them to stay put- I just figure that you might have forgotten about them.

https://drive.google.com/open?...ZAW3&usp=sharing

Also, Watkins hasn't been tasked.

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This message was last edited by the GM at 18:35, Sat 01 Feb 2020.

Let’s have Watkins stay at the farmhouse for security/law enforcement support.

At this point I feel like Squad 1 are adding more value staying put and providing security for the truck.

I’m going on my third day stuck in bed with the yuck.  If I’m not posting, this is why.  Please feel free to advance/puppet as necessary.

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