Freedom derails the Freedom trail: La' Resistance Cannon team KIA'd!!!

[TheTSKoala]

So, I gave my players a little too much freedom than they could handle.  ...whoops.  In charge of saving the world AND building a resistance AND getting their own lives under their belt proved to be too many options.  However, they went out in a blaze of glory.. and spawned an entry point for their next team...

The objective they had set forward was to take out the French Lady who tricked them into blowing up Toronto. Problem is.. she's level 15 Special NPCs with enough minions to make the 3rd Armor Cavalry look like a rookie tank battalion.  ...and they're level 6 with almost no back-up.

They found out where she worked, found out the security measures, planned an entry and egress situation.  All the while, I'm flashing "danger danger" with the various intel they get.  Her building had auto turrets if Security alarms are triggered.  Boomers at security checkpoints.  SWAT team-esque officers patrolling the upper floors.  Two MWPs (Mobile Weapon Platforms) on the roof ready for launch.  But, they believe they can sneak in and get out in the chaos.

So... they get in with a forged ID which allows them the first 2 floors of a 75 floor building.  They sneak upstairs, unfortunately, however, they trip the alarms on the floor they need.  Gun battle breaks out.  Guards are streaming up the stairs at them, down the stairs towards them and boomers are throwing rocket grenades in their general direction.  The solider is cutting people down with his M60, though the ammo situation is getting bleak.  The con-artist is trying to piss the Boomer off with his pistol and taunts.  The Infiltrator, seeing things as bleak, takes their Merry Christmas! package and makes her way tumbling through the chaos. 

Con-artist takes a rocket grenade to the chest... dropping him.  Wheelman hears the commotion in their mics.. and crashes the Pick Up into front gate, trying to get some of the security downstairs and off them.  My solider, in the same round, takes a 3 round burst to the chest, putting him into the bleeding out levels.  The snoop gets subdued by a rush of security agents... and just as the Infiltrator is about to get torn apart by a SMAC (Shoulder-Mounted Artillery Cannon) shell that rolled a critical for her... she arms the Merry Christmas! package.  The wheelman starts shooting like a mad man.  MP5 in one hand, the La' Resistance Cannon in the other. He's making the lobby look like swiss cheese...

"The shrapnel rips through your torso like a warm knife into churned butter.  The rush of metallic fluid floods your mouth and taste buds.  Everything moves slowly... your breath.. the bullets around you.  Then.. all you see is a blinding light.  The 3 pounds of C4 that was bundled with a yard of Sym-cord detonates as your life goes dim.  The walls around you stretch and break under the pressure, sending bodies, gore and construction matter strewn about.  Sadly, that's the last thing the wheelman hears.  The 63rd floor raining down around him as a MWP hovers behind him... he can almost see the pilots sadistic grin.  The 30mm Chain cannon rips through everything in its path.  ..you will never know the outcome of what you've done.. but.. maybe.. just maybe... future generations will."

[nfactor13]

We used to call those OJMs.. Oh, Jesus Maneuvers.  Either amazing victory or colossal defeat.. all depending on how much the element of surprise gave a greater benefit than the sheer stupidity of the plan itself.  Kudos to being fully committed.  Hopefully their reincarnated characters will learn something, karmically or however.

[TheTSKoala]

Yeah.  Their GC will learn too.  And they've advanced the story enough where they won't be playing through the same "Ho-Hum".  Next team will have an organization they run with... and focus more on missions and less on creating an agency.

[Bill Whitmore]

If you guys had fun trying to create an agency, there's no reason not to try again.

I've said it before, but it  bears repeating.

It is better to have fun and die, than never to have fun at all.

[TheTSKoala]

Building an Agency was fun, but it proved to be a little too much with the entire "Save the World" too.  So, I'll give them a Build an Agency campaign in a normal word, and give them an agency when they try to save the world.

[VisualStatic]

Wait a minute... the X-mas package was only 3 pounds of C4???   

Granted they were only lvl 6, but 3 pounds is a satchel charge isn't it??

Other then that, sounds like a few similar SR runs I've been on in the past.  Sometimes you just need to toss caution to the wind, have fun and die trying.

[Krensky]

Sounds a lot like the example adventure in CP2020.  Except that Silverhand's crew survived.  Even including failing the primary mission goal.

[TheTSKoala]

Wait a minute... the X-mas package was only 3 pounds of C4???   

Granted they were only lvl 6, but 3 pounds is a satchel charge isn't it??

Other then that, sounds like a few similar SR runs I've been on in the past.  Sometimes you just need to toss caution to the wind, have fun and die trying.

Standard Satchel charge is between 10 and 20 pounds.  At that weight, the effect of the explosion would collapse the floor, and probably the building. 

[foproy]

my plan would have involved a tractor trailer rig full of anfo jerry riggging the steering wheel locked, a brick on the gas petal, and letting newton sort the rest out.

[Maldroth]

well another option they could have tried was to fake their deaths to take the heat off and try to dig further information on the lady and try to publically smear her.

[VisualStatic]

Wait a minute... the X-mas package was only 3 pounds of C4???   

Granted they were only lvl 6, but 3 pounds is a satchel charge isn't it??

Other then that, sounds like a few similar SR runs I've been on in the past.  Sometimes you just need to toss caution to the wind, have fun and die trying.

Standard Satchel charge is between 10 and 20 pounds.  At that weight, the effect of the explosion would collapse the floor, and probably the building. 

Exactly...  If I'm going out.. I'm taking a building with..   

[Antilles]

An awesome end to an awesome career . Here's to hoping the replacements will have just as epic adventures.