[D20 Modern]Department 7 (IC)

[Felix1459]

Sensing Nick's sudden discomfort, Kara looks over at what he is doing and gives him a subtle nudge to catch his attention before he sends it. She shakes her head and whispers, "Got NVGs and more in the SUV." Then she speaks to the Chief again, "Chief Barlow, my apologies for the interruption. Please continue."

When Nick pulled his phone and texted he made it look like he was jotting something down and he didn't have to interrupt the Chief to do it. Also he has a privacy screen so Kara would not be able to read his screen.

Nick waits until the Chief finishes answering the questions and then stands, shakes the Chiefs hand and thanks him for his time. When they leave the office he informs Kara about the text he sent to Rodny and upon her informing Nick that they already had those he smiles and shrugs his shoulders as he whips out his phone and texts Nevermind, got it covered to Rodny and says "Oops. Guess I was distracted when you got those." He then goes to the SUV and informs Ming of the information they gathered.

 

[perrinmiller]

Also he has a privacy screen so Kara would not be able to read his screen.

<<OOC: OK, no worries. More importantly where's Rory in all of this. >>

Kara politely thanks the Chief for his time as well. Once outside and back in the privacy of the SUV she will suggest, "Let's recon down Road 12 and check out the intersection with Highway 37. We can look for a good spot to hold a BBQ for these orcs. Then we can find out how Rodny did on his shopping so we can finally decide on our plan."

Assuming agreement, the three in the SUV can complete the recon. The look for a good place to attract the orcs interest when the biker's approach, that they will not just speed on by, but also won't be an obviously suspicious trap. They will also note places to put the remote cameras for our own early warning system. When finished they can meet Rodny back at the motel in early afternoon.

[sblock=OOC] I think we are itching to get on with it, but we need some final info before we can have everyone meet back at the CP to vote on our plans for the evening. I think the answers can come as a result of the IC posts already submitted.
1. Recon of Road 12, we need to know if there is a good location to lure the orcs into crashing our baited BBQ.
2. Can we find the materials (Rodny's already shopping) and suitable location for Kara's clothes line trap to behead speeding bikers?[/sblock]

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Very well" says Ming sleepily as he starts the engine.

 

[Herobizkit]

<OOC: Rory is "off-screen" while Kara and Nick play out their investigation.>

Rory cheerfully went back to bed after breakfast and promptly slept in til mid-afternoon. After he woke, he pulled up an armchair and started to flip through the channels of what passed for cable. He had canvassed the "nightlife", and the "Feds" were busy pumping the local sheriff for information. He wasn't sure where Rodny was, but he was pretty sure that TV would be more interesting than research.

It's best to let the professionals handle this, he thought to himself as he got caught up on the latest MTV serial.

 

[VanorDM]

The country side heading east from town is basic rural America. A few hills, but mostly flat with farms of various types lining the road. About 3 miles east of town there's a small group of homes, perhaps 15 set off in some woods, but other then that it's all basically farmland.

Half a mile east of the intersection there's a area with a clump of woods on both sides of the road. Enough so that you could string a line across it. There isn't any roadside clearings for a BBQ, but plenty of pasture land, you could use if you spoke to one of the farmers and asked permission.

You could set up the BBQ perhaps a quarter mile east of the clump of trees.

Rodny has no real problem finding the stuff he was shopping for.

 

[ThWatcher]

Rodny adds some costume jewelry to the list, including some thick hoop earrings. He's trying to get things he thinks pirates might have liked.

Once Rodny has the items he went for, he heads back to join up with the group.

 

[perrinmiller]

While they are out there, they will ask the locals for permission to use the land for their potential ops.

Meeting back at the motel CP Kara suggests, "We should vote and decide on our plans. I think we are all agreed that we should plant the early warning cameras. Having surveyed the land out East of town which plans do you guys want to do?"

"Option A: We can set up the BBQ and poison the food. We run away when the orcs come, change clothes into tactical gear and go back and finish them off, either at the BBQ area or by tracking them back to their campsite."

"Option B: We use the clothes line cable across the road to take out as many as we can, then use the spike strips behind them to hamper escape. Then we try to cut them down while they are on the ground. For this I suggest we bullet proof the pickup truck to make a good protected, yet mobile place to shoot from. All survivors that get away, we hit with Rodny's trackers to finish them off later at their campsite."

"Option C: We try to ambush them in town while they are separated into two groups. We can hit one group to take them out and then head out East to use Option B on the second one when they are leaving town."

"I suggest we prepare Option B no matter what. If they don't fall for the BBQ, it's a fallback plan by itself or in combination with Option C."

She looks at the others each in turn for their votes.

 

[ThWatcher]

Rodny's reply and vote is, "Well, I was thinking about that on the drive back. I will vote against option 'C' because if we attack them in town, they're more likely to take it out on the town's people."

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Yes, my vote goes for plan A and plan B combined. We can wait on the truck to see if they hit the poisoned bait, if not, we'll have the wire and the rest set up. WE'll just need to drive there." says Ming.

 

[Herobizkit]

Rory stared out the window as the group discussed their options. He was still missing the band something fierce, and there were so many other things he'd rather be doing... but a paycheck was a paycheck. Rory felt more like an army soldier than an action hero, though. The military always sounded glamorous until you actually had to DO the job.

"If we're really going to do this," Rory said finally, "Option A seems the safest bet to me. B seems like yer real smack-hits-the-fan scenario. And C, well... C seems safer than B. So, A, C, B, in that order."