Session 18

Session 18  was, as expected, a political session.  Simon's wounds were healed at the expense of four Edge points, and Cho returned from the Chicago bombing without Shin.  Predictably, the rest of the party was quite upset.  Alex finally let go and yelled at Cho about his attitude problems, and in the process went a long way toward repairing the rift between the ComStar group and the civilians.  Cho went off to live in the mountains, since he was afraid the license he used to rent the truck used in the bombing might be traced back to him, but he is staying in intermittent contact with the party.

We spent about half of this session handling a lot of roleplaying elements.  After failing three Career rolls in a row and then botching the fourth, Anthony decided that Simon was fired in June of 3075.  Around this time, Simon has a psychotic break under the pressure he's been exposed to for now over seven years.  He took a compulsion that made it harder for him to deal with the "regular" world, and used that modifier as he searched for a new job.  He finally found a new position in November.

Alex and Clark spent much of the time trying to help Simon, although Simon didn't seem terribly interested in their aid.  Alex took the time to mothball Shin's power armor (he didn't have it when he died), and stored it with the Warhammer.

Cho went into the mountains and began connecting with other resistance groups, primarily the northern California cell they worked with during the mission to the old HPG station in Fresno.  Primarily they did recon and information gathering of WoB deployment and patrols, for future use in an invasion.

Overall, this session provided an interesting break and a chance to catch up on paperwork for the group.  It was generally well-received, but I think only because we've had so much action of late -- giving the players a chance to explore their interpersonal relationship was important here, and I think went over very well.