In reply to Saul Noble (msg # 181):

Dude, that sucks. Feel better soon.

@All: I'll be posting a turn this weekend. Thanks for your active participation and patience.

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Andy said he'd be posting IC soon, so I'm going to hold off until tomorrow post the next turn. FYI, Jeffe's availability is probably going to be somewhat reduced for the foreseeable future.

I want to keep things moving forward, but RL is kicking a lot of our asses right now, and I want to be sensitive and accommodating to that.

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In reply to Good Ol' Rae (msg # 183):

Apologies for my absence.

From looking on the map is the note on Pony Express correct? It has Watkins listed as being with the vehicle (with a question mark against her name) but I think that it's unoccupied.

Ta,

Andy

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There's a Militia squad with the truck. It was discussed a couple of posts ago.

In reply to Lauren Cao (msg # 185):

Thanks. I don't believe that Nash knows that IC. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Ta,

Andy

In reply to Nashoba 'Nash' Carterby (msg # 186):

Lauren’s briefings tend to be fairly thorough. Admittedly it happened off camera but I don’t think she would have overlooked briefing the disposition of the various elements.

In reply to Lauren Cao (msg # 187):

Ok, I'll amend my IC post accordingly.

Ta,

Andy

In reply to Nashoba 'Nash' Carterby (msg # 188):

I've already posted.

@Rae, I'm taking your question here to be confirmation that there's a way of communicating directly with Squad 1 (and issuing orders accordingly).

In reply to Lauren Cao (msg # 189):

OK - no worries.

Correct.

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I’m a little unclear as to who knows what about the situation with Brienne. Based on ic interactions, as far as I’m aware the only two people that know that something might be amiss are Saul and Xandra but I don’t know if there’s been an assumption that more was discussed off camera before the interrogation started? (Watkins reaction would imply that’s the case)

Also, is Watkins assumed to have returned from the garage (where Cao sent her) and reported on what she found in the garage before securing the prisoner? (In the absence of anything to the contrary in the turn post I presumed she was still in the garage).

Sorry, but I really am pretty confused at the moment as to who knows what (and where Watkins is) and I don’t think Cao knows that Brienne is anything but a victim.

Sorry if I added confusion there.  I assumed Watkins had returned from the garage and reported what she had found there. I also assumed that word was leaking out among the folks that Brienne wasn’t all she claimed to be.  I can work on ret-conning that post if need be.

In reply to Saul Noble (msg # 194):

I don't think there's any need to retcon anything (I thought Saul's post was a really good one), I just really wasn't sure what was going on (maybe I missed the clues but I didn't even really get what set the alarm bells ringing about Brienne in the first place) and didn't want to make assumptions without some clarification in case they turned out to be wrong assumptions.

I can riff off where we're at.

Rae,

Who has keys for Pony Express please?

Thanks,

Andy

In reply to Nashoba 'Nash' Carterby (msg # 196):

They were left in the ignition so that the bikers could move the truck, if need be.

@Dave: I think Watkins was present for part of the interrogation, so she knows Brienne's initial ruse was B.S.

I don't know how Keys sussed it, but Saul nailed his Interrogation check and his suspicions were confirmed. If he'd failed the check, y'all might still think Brienne was an innocent victim.

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This paragraph raised my suspicions:



And then a lucky roll.

I'm glad the clue was not too obvious, not too subtle. Well played, regardless.

@All: I'm not impatient, but I need a couple of decisions/posts to be made before I can roll/write up the next turn.

@Nash & Abbie: Are you going to call Cao to ask her to order CVMC to bring Pony Express to the farmhouse, or tell them to yourselves? Are you going to continue to track Clark through the brush, or move to the road to make time?

@Scott, Carissa, & Carswell: Are you going to try to track/pursue the bandits on foot? If not, what's your play? FYI, y'all spotted two crossing the right-of-way, but that doesn't necessarily mean the survivors have split up.

Thanks, guys.

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Abbie would prefer to have the truck brought up to the house and track Campbell through the brush. At the same time, Nash has rank and I'm honestly fine with either.

I'm happy to defer to Teg / Keys but personally I don't think a foot pursuit is practical at the moment given the distance involved.


I don't see much option other than to continue a vehicular pursuit until we're closer. Maybe Scott can get on the PA and tell them if they give up they won't be killed. If they stop we can grab them, if they don't we can close the range and open fire from the SUV? (Or at least those on one side can)

At this point I figure we close distance with our two rigs (without waiting for Razorback to catch up) and see what we can see.  Ask for surrender and shoot targets we can make out.  Trees look pretty thick though...

We keep the pressure on and maybe we flush to the CVMC boys.

Yeah, Dave and Keys and I are all on the same page here.  I'd like to be able to go after them but Scott is experienced enough to perceive most of the liabilities with bailing out.

@Rae - is this access road wide and stable enough to support Razorback, and is there a place at which it can turn around so it won't have to reverse the whole way to get back out to the paved road?  I intend to take my cohorts' advice to close the distance with Bourbon Street but I don't want to order Razorback to come in closer if it's likely to roll over, bog down, or otherwise cork us in.

In reply to Scott Guillory (msg # 203):

It'd take a CE or GEO check to tell with any certainty, but it looks to Scott et al like RB can handle it. Skillins WVD might also come into play, depending. As with everything, it's a calculated risk, but one that, at present, doesn't seem too dicey.

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Decision?

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Sorry, was waiting for IC input.

I'm still not real keen on taking Bourbon Street offroad down the power line cut.  Is there a maintenance access track, and how wet is the ground?  I'm trying to assess risks via text that Scott would be able to eyeball.  :/