I Googled the Inquisitors to see if I could learn more about them and there's not much out there. The other gangs of CP2077 have really well-established aesthetics. What do y'all imagine the Inquisitors' look is? Militant Amish? Spanish inquisition (robes and broad-brimmed hats)? Other?

Also, how do they make money? They hate cyber, but are they moralistic otherwise? I'm guessing not but maybe you guys know more than I do.

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CPRed makes them kind of a joke.  The gang section takes about how dangerous they are, then the encounter tables have them screaming stuff like “death to the chrome demon!” as they attack with swords.  I figure protection rackets and selling body parts of the people they “liberate” from cybernetic slavery.  Which means they have to be pretty proficient at taking down folks with serious chrome.  Otherwise, doormats.

General appearance of priestly inspired garb sporting patches of loosely based religious symbols.  Armor with priest collars, lots of crucifixes, and a lot of bad attitude.  They can’t be dumb. They just can’t be and expect to survive.

Just taking the temperature here:

Everybody okay so far?
Seriously, no pressure and no hard feelings if you would prefer not to continue.  I’ll run Rae alone if need be.  I’m having fun, but I understand if you’re not feeling it.  Or just don’t have bandwidth.

Mea culpa.  I forgot Rae had posted and I was waiting for him to post because I'd previously suggested that Takanori take the lead on the investigation.

In reply to M. Lowell (msg # 143):

No problem. Y'all know my activity profile pretty well by now. If I haven't posted within 48 hours of the last post- without forewarning- send the cavalry 'cause something's wrong. ;)

I'll hold off on replying to Whisper until Spartan has had a chance to post.

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This message was last edited by the player at 23:10, Sun 10 Jan 2021.

Sorry for the delay, when my DCMship ended we were also crashing on a Cabinet level visit.  But that got scrubbed for what must be obvious reasons...

In any event, this is exactly the kind of role in the party I see for Cruz - holding down the fort, keeping the car running, being the guy hanging back with the shotgun.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:00, Mon 11 Jan 2021.

Ah yes, what is CP without prostitution...

LOL, Anders. Brilliant.

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Rae, it's still your show.  You want Whisper to assist or stand back?

In reply to M. Lowell (msg # 148):

Let's see if Father Leo responds to reason. If Kenji ends up having to throat punch him, consider the act an unspoken request for immediate assistance.

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Roger that.

Edit:  I'm also going to give Cruz the option to update Kenji with some of the new data prior to responding for the Inquisitors.  It's a little loosey/goosey with time, but it should help keep us moving.

To save some back and forth on Viceroy's data dump, she will be able to provide a back track of the smoker to a warehouse with no feeds.  The van returned to the same warehouse, but no visuals exist for the crew entering or exiting the building.  Her best guess would be that the site is used specifically to throw off electronic pursuit.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:16, Mon 18 Jan 2021.

Kenji said quite a lot on my last IC so for flow and continuity's sake, Father Leo should probably say something before Kenji speaks again.

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Cool, I'll get something up during mid-morning my time inshallah... ;)

In reply to K. Takanori (msg # 152):

I’ll get it put up

In reply to Data Source (msg # 154):

Thanks. Wasn't trying to rush you- just wasn't quite picking up what you were laying down in OOC #151.

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No worries!  Hopefully all of that makes sense!

Who has the best stealth?  :)

Looks like Kenji at +14.

Martin has a disposable cell phone, too, which he will donate to the cause (expenses!) for tagging the second van.

Let me know your game plan and I’ll start generating the post.

Whisper and Kenji will crouch for stealth, then start putting Maelstrom goons in sleeper holds and stashing them in dumpsters.  Lube will hack the cameras.

Ooh fun.  Does he have the Suicide hack?  That works way better than it should.

In reply to M. Lowell (msg # 160):

Ha ha.

There're two goons near the vans. There're also civies around. I don't have anything more creative than mingle in with the crowd and wait for a window to apply the makeshift trackers. Or one us distracts the goons somehow (chit-chat, finder bender, drive-by, ?), while the other two (of us) apply the trackers.

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This message was last edited by the player at 21:25, Sat 23 Jan 2021.

Are we rolling with Whisper and Kenji placing devices and Cruz creating a diversion?

That works for me.  I think Cruz has both the lowest stealth capability and the best toolkit for creating a diversion.