>>16354438
Hell yes!

Though I get out of work at 5 and then have a long commute.

I think the biggest problem is your scheduling: 4PM is too early for East Coast anons who are getting out of work or in the middle of their commute, but is also too late for Euro anons, for who this would be starting at 9PM for them.

>>16354608

Yeah, but short of the weekends this is the best time for me. I don't want to start the quest at 10 AM then have to leave for a couple hours at noon and not get back till 4. That would suck for you guys.

>>16354632
If so, then I suggest being very patient for players to trickle in, because it's going to be a trickle. You might as well post the housekeeping stuff (inventory, archives, current situation) and then wait. Most players probably won't be in front of their computers until 5:30 or 6.

SKILLS
Athletics [Basic]
Mechanics [Basic]
- [Maintenance]
Computers [Basic]
Survival [Basic]
- [Willpower]
Park Knowledge [Basic]
Dinosaur Knowledge [Basic]
First Aid [Basic]
Firearms [Basic]
- [Small Arms]

INVENTORY
- Yellow Level Security Card (Eric Watts)
- Orange Level Security Card (Daniel Ryan)
- Orange Level Security Card (Frank Porter)
- Maintenance PDA
- JP Maintenance Dept. Hard Hat (Floodhat)
- JP Maintenance Dept. Coveralls
- Chainmail
- Utility Belt
- Flashlight [Pwr: lllll]
- Walkie-Talkie [Pwr: lllll]
- Compressed Air Pistol x2
- Tranq Rifle
- x16 Tranquilizer Darts
- Toolbox
- 2 Rechargeable batteries (Flashlight/talkie compatible)
- Recharging station (Battery)
- .44 Magnum
- x19 .44 Magnum rounds (HP)
- M1911
- x24 rounds
- Jury-rigged Flamethrower (WD-40 and Lighter)
- Gas Mask
- Rocket Launcher (Explorer)
- x6 Missiles (HE)
- First Aid Kit
- x30 7.62 rounds (HP)
- x30 7.62 rounds (Incendiary)
- Taser
- Spanish/English Pocket Dictionary

You just saved Marshall from a horde of compys after he opened the way into the Aviary.

>>16354730
>- x30 7.62 rounds (HP)
>- x30 7.62 rounds (Incendiary)
What are we going to do about this ammo? Our AK-47 got confiscated already; I wonder if we can buy one and sneak it onto the island.

We need to set up a hidden armory for when things go to shit again.

Marshall's been dragged onto the boat, and we're on our way, right?

Let's make for where we parked the Explorer, and tie up the boat.
Then get everyone in the car and make for the helipad.

Holy sweet jebus, it's ECW! Let's do this!

You and Aidan get Marshall down below and set him on the sofa to sleep off the compy sedative. After that, you steer the boat back to the dock.

You hear the sound of screeching metal coming from the parking area.

>>16354986
Well let's go up topside and see what's up, of course.

>>16355012
Let's see what's up, with the tranq rifle drawn.

Thirding. No telling what's up there, we'd better get armed and ready.

You head up to the parking area with a tranq rifle at the ready. You see a raptor gnawing on the door of your Explorer, its eyes locked on Aidan's pet. There's broken glass all over the place, it looks like it broke all the windows while trying to get to Aidan's pet.

rolled 95 = 95

...Well, shit. Quick, take it down before it notices us.

You quickly take aim and fire. A tranq embeds itself in the raptor's neck and it keels over momentarily, completely knocked out.

Take a shot at the raptor

If it's scavenging then odds are others aren't around. If we can pop the bugger discretely then we can get the explorer without taking out the rest.

Kill the motor and drift ashore.

Tip toe to the explorer and hope the pet doesn't squak at us for the rescue

Alright... take a quick look to see if any others might be nearby before we give any kind of all-clear.

rolled 25 = 25

Scope the treeline for his mates.

You can't see any other raptors in the area.

Alright then. Call down to them.
"All clear, guys... at least I think... keep your eyes open and let's get out of here."

You call out to the ship, and Adrien and Aidan bring up Jacob, with a thoroughly drenched Marshall bringing up the back.

Aidan sees the car and remarks. "What the hell happened to the car?"

>>16355482
"If I had to guess? Mama raptor came looking for your pet."

rolled 71 = 71

>>16355482

Point to the unconscious raptor and say "Sleeping beauty over here."

rolled 34 = 34

>>16355482
Swarmed by raptors, at least a dozen. I fought em off though. No big deal

Aidan looks at the raptor, then his eyes widen and his face goes pale. He glances at the car with a look of dread.

Adrien speaks up.

"Come on, drunkard, Jacob needs medical attention." Aidan opens the car door and they place Jacob into the seat gently. As they shut the door Aidan's pet jumps out and latches onto his chest. Aidan's face turns to one of relief and joy and he hugs the small lizard.

>>16355658
"Aidan... I understand your attachment, but maybe you should leave the little guy. I mean look what happened to the car."

>>16355658
"Aidan, think long and hard about what you're doing here.
"That thing has a mother." *point to the tranqed raptor* "And it has packmates. Those packmates won't stop coming at you until that thing is back with them, and they will KILL anything that gets in their way. Are you prepared to accept that danger? And to put every single person you come in contact with into the same danger?"

As much as I like the guy, Aidan represents a massive danger to the rest of the team, and the entire department, with that damn pet raptor of his. I don't think he quite understands that what he has there is going to be a dino-magnet for the raptors, or that it will eventually grow up into something that he CANNOT hide.

"Porter, that thing is not his mother. It has a penis. Plus, if it were it's mother, Squeak and her would've been long gone. This thing..(Aidan kicks the prone raptor)..was trying to kill Squeak. And this problem won't be a problem for much longer. We've rounded up most, if not all, of the loose raptors. After that, we'll be fine."

>>16355857
"Aidan, did you not pay attention to the fucking orientation? All of these fucking dinos are genetically sequenced to be female. But because of the fucking plasticity of the DNA they used to fill in the missing bits, under the right environmental pressures they can change gender.
"Mom or Dad, it doesn't make a difference. And what the fuck do you expect to do when Squeek there is the same size as an adult? How the fuck do you expect to hide something of that size? Or feed it enough meat, for that matter?
"You have not thought this fucking through! And it will get people killed!"

>>16355901

Aidan's accent is becoming more pronounced.

"Look, this island is huge, there's no way that they can cover all of it at once! And we already have food for them on island, goats! I can take maintenance shifts and steal one every so often! And finally, these things are intelligent, I can teach him to be less aggressive! Works in other animals! I should know, I grew up raising animals!"

>>16355901
(You're kind of metagaming here, dude)

Jurassic Quest? Don't mind if I do!

>>16355998
This really sucks guys but... if we can't convince him, we may have to tell dispatch...

"Fine, then it's this guy's dad or his packmate or whatever."

Approach, trying to be as reassuring as possible.

"Look. I realize I am an accommodating, cool boss and all... but you can't seriously expect to get away with stealing goats-- especially since you just told the current head of maintenance that you're going to do it. And I understand that you work with animals... so you must know this: It takes time to breed predatory animals for docility. Even if you do get him less aggressive he'll never be tame..."

"He's a park animal, so I'm just feeding him at a different time and place than normal. But fine, if that won't convince you, I'll pay for meat to be shipped in. I've got a large enough salary. And yes, normally it does take time, but these raptors are intelligent, surely they'll learn different behaviors if they're taught correctly."

>>16356296
I honestly don't know what to say about that. I say we sleep on it, wait until tomorrow to broach the subject again. For now, let's head to where dispatch was sending us.

>>16356296
"Alright. You think it can be taught to be safe, then you can try. But if because of you, someone dies, then there will be consequences. Don't fuck up, Aidan, or I WILL fuck you up."

Alright, let's get to the helipad so that Jacob can get medevacced to the mainland.

You decide to drop the subject and get into the jeep. Everyone follows suit and you drive up to the helipad. It takes longer than you thought, and those bumps can't be good for Jacob, but you get there without being attacked.

There is a helicopter on the helipad, with a woman in pilot's garb beside it. Arguing with her is the family from the inn. The father is doing the arguing. He seems to be waving money around.

>>16356450
Oh jeeze...

"Dispatch, we're at the helipad, what's the problem?"

>>16356450
Get on the radio with Dispatch.
"Hey Dispatch, just to check: the chopper and pilot are to take the injured worker to a mainland hospital, right? Are there supposed to be any plans to take any of the guests off-island with this trip?"

>>16356518
This.

"*static* All guests are still in the Iguanadon Inn until we've accounted for all the animals that are a threat to their safety. We're not taking chances here. That copter is for Jason."

>>16356587
"Yeah, that's what I thought. Listen, one of the families is here, apparently trying to bribe the chopper pilot to take them off the island. You wanna send a security team to get them to the Iguanadon place?"

>>16356587
"Alright, Dispatch. Because you remember that family that tried to killed that one compy and tried to steal the other one? And then tried to bribe me to keep quiet about it? Looks like they're trying to buy their way off the island, waving money in the pilot's face. Wanna give her a squawk so that our esteemed guest rethinks his position and starts abiding by Park rules for once?
"...shit, Dispatch, it's bad when *I* say someone's breaking too many Park regulations."

>>16356624
Oh wait, they DID kill that one compy.
Take out the 'tried to kill' and change it to just 'killed'.

>>16356606

"*static*What? How the hell did they get there? Are you sure it's a guest?"

>>16356683
"Yep Dispatch, pretty damn sure. Don't know how they got here, though. I'll leave that to Security to figure out."

>>16356728
Seconding

"*static* Dammit, there's going to be hell to pay for this. Someone's taking bribes over there. Thanks for alerting me, Porter. I'll get a security team over there ASAP."

>>16356771
Alright. Back our Explorer off the path and into some bushes; I want to see this go down from a safe distance, and silently gloat.

Maybe we should approach, though. I mean Jacob's still hurt, he needs medical attention.

>>16356832
I think he can afford to wait until security clears out the family first. No need to rile them up.

>>16356832
We really should let Security get rid of the guests first. You know that there's just going to be more drama and idle threats from the father if we go out there now.
And while Jacob is hurt, he seems stable.
Which reminds me: we should check his bandages, make sure that he's stabilized for a chopper ride.

>>16356853
Fair enough. But I wish we could at least hear them get theirs.

You park the Explorer off to the side of the road and stay near the entrance while you wait. About five minutes pass when another vehicle pulls up and two people get out. It's Security. They head over to you.

"That's them?" He points to the family.

>>16356930
"Yep. Dad looked like he was (is?) throwing around money at the pilot, so far looks like it hasn't worked though."

>>16356930
"Yes, that's them. I'd say good riddance, but as you can see..."
Point back to Jacob.

>>16356930
"Yup, that's them."

Do Jacob's bandages look okay?

They thank you and head over to the family. The father sees them approach.

"Oh no! I'm not spending another second on this damn island! I spent good money on this vacation, and all I've seen from it is trouble! You and your damned dinosaurs can kiss my ass, we're out of here!" The officers keep walking, and the father throws a punch. The officer dodges and tases the father, who collapses into a twitching heap. The mother and daughters start crying. They get led off by one guard as the other hauls the father to his feet and follows.

"Damn you people! I'll sue your asses for this! This park will go bankrupt! Do you hear me?! BANKRU-" The car door is closed and the vehicle drives off.

>>16356970

Jacob's bandages look fine, if a bit bloody.

>>16357020
Alright, let's drive up and get Jacob loaded onto the helicopter. Once they lift off, radio to Dispatch.

"Alright Dispatch, the guests got picked up by Security and the heli has lifted off.
"Man, that father is dumber than I thought. He actually took a swing at one of the Security guys! Haha, this day is starting to pick up.
"Anyway, what do you need us to fix next, Dispatch?"

>>16357020
Deliver Jacob unto the chopper pilot.

>>16357020
"Well that was less amusing than I hoped for..."
Drive over and get Jacob loaded in.

You and Adrien carry Jacob to the chopper, and the pilot secures him into a stretcher.

"I'll get him to the hospital in no time, I radioed ahead, they're expecting him."

The pilot gets in her chopper. You back off and it lifts off, heading for the mainland.

>>16357167
Think fondly of when we last were on the mainland, then call dispatch. "Need anything else form us, or do we actually have some downtime?"

>>16357167
Radio Dispatch.
"Alright, Dispatch, what needs to get fixed now? You made it sound important last night."

>>16357203

"*static*Well, I've got nothing for you now. Head to the Maintenance barracks and get to work."

>>16357325

(I'm doing a time skip of about 3 months. You'll have a chance to enact those policies that you wanted as well as anything else you remember.)

So, what did you want to do?

>>16357445
Oh wow. Big timeskip. Okay, I believe we wanted to make chainmail standard, for security and maintenance at least, and to ensure that all compy fencing extends underground by at least a couple of feet.

>>16357325
>>16357445

I'm a new-ish player, but it seems like Dispatch has been a bit of a dick. Can we end up as head of security? If not, can we arm the maintenance folk better? If not, can we work with the maintenance workers and security DinoResponseTeams to improve their marksmanship? Institute a marksmanship program? How about mesh armor?

What am I missing, folks?

>>16357508
Dispatch is a major dick. I know I for one think we should be getting them a gift certificate to a course on learning empathy. As for your suggestions, they really don't want people armed with anything other than tranque weapons because the dinos are worth so much. Then again, now that they're breeding, we might be able to persuade them to allow weapons more freely.

Ideally, I would like to have a plan of what you want to focus on for each of the months.

>>16357564

Actually, that does beg the question as to whether we will have our "insurance" policy done by then. And by insurance policy, I mean massive pile of lethal weapons hidden at safe points scattered throughout the island.

>>16357634

Did you guys decide to do this?

Also, since we've basically ended the quest for tonight, I have a question.

Did we want to continue doing these semi-daily starting at 4 PM? Or I could do them weekly on Saturdays. I'd be able to start much earlier and go much longer.

How about this?

Month 1: Start basic target practice for all security/maintenance personnel. Establish a monthly competition with some sort of prize to encourage people to give a damn. We can bill it as a team building activity. Place order for chain mail/ start paperwork for chain mail. Argue that the cost is justified by the lack of people dying and their families suing for wrongful death. Also, get a damn doctor here. The mainland is not always an option, and we can't afford either guests or staff dying because the chopper was stopped.

Month 2: Use results from month 1 to ID exceptional marksmen. Work on getting them fast tracked to the field. Start doing simulated field ops with existing personnel/potential new recruits. Plan for contingencies and establish chains of command if people injured/incapacitated. Continue bitching about chain mail, because lord know they probably are still sitting on the paper work. Continue bitching about lack of doctor.

Month 3: Take best of the best from previous two months and offer them a spot on our team. Ideally we get people with specializations variety given the larger starting pool. Pray the supply chain gods have smiled upon us and brought us half of the chain mail we ordered. Also, continue bitching about getting a doctor.

>>16357668

I don't know if this was decided, really. It was just mentioned earlier as a possibility. The actual logistics of smuggling in arms seems like it is just asking for trouble. Plus, everything will have to be out of pocket. I do like the idea of having emergency lethal force lockers scattered throughout the park. It will be hard to sell/pull off though. Those guns aren't going to magically spawn on their own.

>>16357785

Well, the Emergency Bunker where Dispatch is located has what you're talking about, just concentrated in one place.

>>16357733
I like this. Definitely this.

>>16357716
Semi daily works for me.

Also, this can get archived now.

Also, the next game will be on Wednesday 4PM. I want to have Tuesday free so I can study for a pair of exams.

>>16357873
>>16357917
You got it, chief. What say we come to a final decision on our new policies next thread, just to make sure there's time to talk it over.

>>16357973

That was my rationale, perhaps even a carryover of the discussion into the next session, to make sure more people weigh in.

>>16357790

I know we have one, I just have concerns about getting into it. The real issue is I don't know where to put the others. Inside the park is just a bad idea since you would have to stock/maintain it, but that would probably be useful in case we get trapped in there. Really what we need are some emergency/non-volatile means of killing things quickly that are scattered in the field in case of emergencies. Problem is I don't really know anything that packs enough of a punch without needing to be babied somewhat. Gunpowder degrades and chemicals will breakdown into components. I am open to suggestions on this one.

Done.
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