After reaching their billet and performing the paranoid-fuelled inspection one would expect from a group of post-apocalyptic survivors, it is time to take stock of what condition we are in.
First of all, the injuries (not including Mitchell being dead). We have the following injuries:
- Mashall - Uninjured
- Logan - Abdomen (Slight), Right Leg (Scratch), Left Leg (Critical)
- Griffin - Right Leg (Slight)
- Harris - Head (Slight)
- Potato - Head (Scratch), Abdomen (Scratch), Right Arm (Scratch), Left Arm (Slight), Right Leg (Scratch), Left Leg (Slight)
- Robinson - Head (Serious)
- Macron - Uninjured
- Klasha - Head (Slight), Chest (Scratch), Abdomen (Scratch), Right Arm (Scratch), Left Arm (Scratch), Right Leg (Slight), Left Leg (Scratch)
All of the injured have previously received medical care and the Scratch wounds will not be a problem, as they will heal within 24 hours. The most recent wounds are those taken by Logan, Potato and Klasha. The rest were sustained during the battle with the primitives and have been healing since then. Robinson's head wound was infected and has been slower to heal but he is well on the way to being his old self.
Normally, first aid wound reduce a critical wound to a serious wound but since Logan was pretty much treating himself, it will have to heal naturally from the critical stage. An alternative would be to have surgery performed on the wound. This would require a doctor but the question remains, is there a doctor present?
[GME: Does B Troop have a doctor? - Chaos Rank 5 – 50/50 - 43% - Yes]
So, there is a doctor. The group wants the doctor to operate on Logan. The doc is probably want to have something for his time. As the group has medical supplies, the can use that to pay for part of the costs. So, we can assume that the doctor will ask for 5 RTs for his services. Maybe Klasha can talk him down.
[Convince the doctor to lower the costs of the surgery – Asset Level 8 – Difficult (x1) – Target Number 8 – Roll(s): 20] - Catastrophic failure. Not only does he say no, he is really upset by it.
Maybe doc doesn't want to continue to discuss the surgery.
[GME: Will the doc refuse to operate on Logan? - Chaos Rank 5 – Somewhat Likely - 65% - No]
We got lucky on that one. Still, we need to pay for the operation. The asking price of 5 RTs ($100) is going to have to be matched. Luckily we have some stuff to trade. One of the items would be a PM Makerov ($150) with three magazines ($8 total). As the doctor is really insulted by the whole discussion, we are going to consider him Moderately greedy (-10% modifier to the "buying" price). He is willing to take the pistol at (3+2)*10% = 50% - 10% (moderately greedy) = 40% of its value or $63.
Next up, a set of Thermal Fatigues ($100). Doc is willing to give us (6+2)*10%= 80% - 10% (moderately greedy) = 70% of its value or $70. This is a total of $133, so we can assume that doc will provide the whole blood and the group will provide the total anesthetic. The deal being made, Logan goes under the knife.
"Since I was one of the ones with only a natural number of holes in my body, I got elected to watch over the proceedings. No one is left anyone alone anymore when something like this went down. American or not, the doc was getting watched and I was doing the watching, Logan got the anesthetic and his eyes fluttered a bit before he went under. I kept my hand on my pistol the whole time"
The doc has an asset level of 13. The total anesthetic will give the doc a bonus of +3 and +2 for the whole blood, for a total of +5 to the asset level, making his asset level effectively 18. The task itself is Formidable (x1/2).
[Perform surgery on Logan – Asset Level 18 – Formidable (x1/2) – Target Number 9 – Roll(s): 13] - Failure.
"The doc did what he could but the damage to Logan's head was severe and some time had passed since he was wounded. That was valuable time he would have needed but it was gone now. No use discussing it now."
The surgery was unsuccessful and Logan will have to heal naturally.
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