[OverdrivePrime]

You're in your smaller board room with the GL team, prepping for Operation 1 before you head down to Colorado springs.

With you are 4 of your staffers, and your director, Hanna de Guere.

[KidDoppler]

"Okay," I say, clapping and rubbing my hands together. "Let's do this!"

I look around.

"Any ideas... how... we do this?"

[Nyoibo]

"I figured I was hired for other duties other than planing" I say "cause to tell you the truth, I don't have a clue"

[KidDoppler]

"Dude, you've got as much of an idea as the rest of us. Who here looks like they have any kind of experience with this stuff? We've all got our own ideas though, and if we put them together something decent may pop up. So, chip in. It can't hurt."

"I say we talk to people. Maybe that's very mundane of me. Maybe I should go swing from trees and sing stuff out of my throat. I don't know. But my instinct is to ask around."

I shrug.

[jade_firefly]

"... I... had hoped one of you knew. I don't even understand what we're supposed to be doing, let alone how to go about doing it.


Shit."

[Benevolance]

"Hanna wanted us to check out the Gungir facilities. Or, as Dopps says, we go talk to people. Someone obviously knew this device was being moved and how. Perhaps we can find a bit more about what the device does, who might want it, and how whoever took it knew when to take it."

[Nyoibo]

"Exactly how far can we go in questioning them?"

Looking at the director

"I mean there's ways of questioning and ways of questioning, there's polite questions, intimidation, mind games and down right nasty stuff."

[KidDoppler]

I chuckle.

"You can do the nasty stuff, Nyoibo.. I'll stay nice. But yeah, let's go in and check out the Gungir facilities."

[OverdrivePrime]

Hanna gives a dry smile and says, "Gugnir's our client. Let's try not to exercise any nasty stuff on their employees unless it's an employee they'd like to kick out on the street anyway."

[jade_firefly]

"So, then, we talk to people. Point me at someone and I'll talk to 'em. But don't ask me to decide who we talk to, or where, or what we do after, 'cos I've got noooo clue."

[OverdrivePrime]

Hanna smiles and muses aloud, "Eternal life and magic powers, and they've still got confidence issues. The shrinks must be rejoicing. "

She checks the clock and then asks you, "Okay, you're heading down to Colorado Springs in just under an hour. I imagine that you'll likely be staying for at least a day. Do you need any equipment? We'll get a place to stay set up for you guys."

[OverdrivePrime]

"I figure these are absolutely necessary," Hanna says. One of the staffers gives each of you a small walkie-talkie looking device that comes with a ear-to-jawbone input/output.

"This is the best we've got in secure communication. Variable channels, we bounce a satellite signal from a band on a public satellite we've purchased. You can whisper as low as 15 decibles and still be heard clearly by myself and your comrades. All you need to do is train it to your voice for about 5 minutes and it will isolate your voice in all but the most chaotic situations."

[KidDoppler]

I play with the new toy. "Cool," I say.

I look at Hanna: "I figure we'll need... some fluid cash should it be necessary. Maybe a hand-held recording device, if we need to look like we're from the press or something. A hand-held GPS thing would be helpful, too.. something with live updates on local street maps and whatnot. I'm sure you've got dozens of those just lying around. I don't want any kind of weapons or anything, but I bet some of the team would." I scrunch up my face, thinking. "I don't know what they wear in Colordao - maybe some appropriate clothes." I shrug, "I can't think of anything else off the top of my head. A comically large set of pants, to make kids laugh? Really, I'm spent."

[Benevolance]

"I guess that depends on how we want to play things when we get there? In my head, I envisioned us showing up and announcing that we were hired to conduct an inquest into security at the facility, and start pulling individuals aside to ask questions. If management hasn't informed the employees, we can call it a surprise performance review.

"We'll get management to tell us who worked on the project, the start dates of employees, if anyone didn't show up for work today...anything that might be flagged for a security risk."

"Best case scenario, someone spooks and tries to run. Worst case scenario, we start crossing off suspects. Right now I can think of several possibilities..."

I count off 'what-ifs' one-by one on my fingers.

"First, some or all of the drivers had opportunity to disable the GPS. Maybe one of them shanghai'ed the shipment. Second, someone close to the project may have tipped off an outside agency about the transfer. Third...well, I guess I've only got two so far."

Returning my gaze to Hanna: "I guess it wouldn't hurt to have some equipment to contact the other groups in case we find anything. I know Doppler has that...uh, cradle...going, but it wouldn't hurt to have more mundane means of communication that we all could use."

"As for interviews...Jade, you muddled with the heads of those soldiers at the facility before: any chance you could make someone tell us the truth or, like, read their mind or something? That would make this go a lot easier on us."

Edit: Yeah, great. Way to post what I asked for ahead of asking for it. Sheesh! Well, I'm not changing my post.

This post has been edited by Benevolance: 05 November 2007 - 04:39 PM

[jade_firefly]

"Sweet!" I take the mic-toy, then realize it's not designed for bunny ears. Reluctantly I push 'em back and make them go away, then pop the earpiece in.

Wrinkling my nose, I think over Lance's question. "I don't... think I can make that happen, no. I might be able to be more specific about it, though. I'm pretty sure the idea behind it is a sort of acid-trip-sans-acid. Hallucinations and the like, you know? I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I suppose it's possible to create a specific hallucination, but I've never tried it. Could that be useful?"

[Nyoibo]

"Yeah it's useful, you're coming to all the parties" I say with a grin "actually it could be useful to confuse the person we're questioning, might make them give away information they might not otherwise divulge."

Taking the earpiece I exclaim like a kid "Ooh, toys! What else do we get?"

Getting more serious though "I'd prefer to be armed for this, just in case, I'm assuming you can get me a permit of some description? As a foreigner I technically shouldn't own a gun."

[OverdrivePrime]

"We're working on documentation to show that you've been a naturalized citizen for fifteen years, Mark. In the mean time, I suggest not getting caught."


Guns are available. Civilian versions of police issue equipment.

Body armor is availiable - there choose from either bullet-resistant concealable Kevlar vests (Armor 2, protects torso and waist)
or a snug, form-fitting undersuit of flexible impact armor similar to that worn by Olympic skiers. (Armor 1, protects full body except hands, feet, neck and head).

The vest can be easily concealed under a light jacket or sweater. The snug armor undies can be concealed under any set of long pants and long sleeve shirt.

[OverdrivePrime]

Also, there's a standard Global Logistics kit that they've put together
1 Leatherman multi tool
1 small first aid kit
50 feet of high-strength lightweight rope
Lightweight climber's harness w/ gloves and shoe-clips
2 mini cameras with remote feed (300 ft transmission range)
1 small viewer for remote cameras (PSP sized)
1 small roll duct tape
1 small roll electrical tape.

[jade_firefly]

"I'm not so sure confusion will work well to gain information, but someone who's really determined to withhold it isn't going to be too frightened by... well, me." I shrug. "But man, if you're already tired, threatened and scared and now you're seeing things out of the corner of your eyes? Might be helpful."

I peruse the armor selections and pick a full-body set, then see if I can find an out-of-the-way corner to change in.


((ooc: Hey, ODP? If there's, like, a zero percent chance that I can do what I'm talking about, now would be a great time to know. :D Otherwise, it sounds like fun! ))

[OverdrivePrime]

Jade - you can change in the women's locker room. There's a gym here. No pool though. That's in the budget for the five year plan.


Also you can do what you're talking about. It'll be slightly more difficult than the standard application of your chaos serenade.

[KidDoppler]

"Let me... uh... try that body suit thing on," I say. When I have one, I'm going to go to the men's room, go into a stall, put on the armor, and then change into a monkey. How does such a transformation affect the armor? If everything's okay (I don't bifurcate, or anything), I'll re-humanate, suit up and head out with a smile.

[OverdrivePrime]

The body suit, snug that it is, stretches and tries to conform to your changing shape and rapidly decreasing mass. As you complete your shape change into bonobo form, you wind up with a lot of material hanging off your feet and hands, while the torso is all wrinkly around you. As you struggle to free yourself from the floppy suit, you notice that your underwear and socks have been absorbed into your body in the transformation. You then remember that they'll reappear when you're not in full himsati form.

Then you remember something from your training - apparently shapeshifting materials is dependent on identity. You think that if the suit was something that you truly considered *yours*, then it would shift with you. However, you could invest a point of immaculum into the armor suit and it will stay with you in all your transformations.

[KidDoppler]

I scratch my monkey chin, then morph back into human form. I get dressed - without the body suit - and bring it back to our little room thing. "Sorry, that just feels weird," I say, handing the suit back. "I think I'll stick with a kevlar vest. Hopefully I won't get shot at or anything, but... we'll see."

[chai-ta]

(OOC - wakes from coma.... started a new job and kinda lost track of time, sorry)

"I noticed that we all seem to be focused on getting the truck and Merlin device back. That's good and all, but wasn't one of the objectives to make sure that no one knows that the device exists - or that the truck disappeared?

Maybe one or two of us should focus on planting a few stories around town to cover the tracks of the 3 teams moving into town and acting like special ops. Something like holding open auditions for a new movie, mentioning teams are scouting areas, general noise to hide any odd behaviors that we may introduce.

Hell just flying into the airport before it opens is going to cause a lot of talk. Living in San Jose, you wouldn't believe how vocal the residents are when a plane flies in early or too low to the ground waking everyone up. It's like the first story on the 10 oclock news. We'd gain attention just by showing up, something we should be avoiding.

Also, having flown through Colorado Springs a couple of times - it may be small city, but the security there is one of the worse in the nation. No way we'd fly in and not get noticed through the main airport, especially before the airport opens."

Steps of the soapbox and tries to find a nice glass of Chianti and plate of fava beans. mmmmm fava beans.

[OverdrivePrime]

Luckily, you guys will be getting into Colorado Springs after 6:30, thanks to dropping off the other guys a little earlier.

Sara and Mador (Barak) from Logistics Master Planning will be joining you, getting dropped of in Cheyenne around 7:20. Mador is dressed up like a bodyguard. Sara is dressed up like a Air Force Wife / Soccer Momma.

[Nyoibo]

I'll wear the undersuit armour, with a suit, I'm going for the FBI but better paid look, so instead of their $100 dollar suit I'll be in a $1000 suit, and I make it look good. I'll also take a Glock 17, same as last time in a shoulder holster and 2 spare clips (I take care to pick the right holster so it doesn't ruin the line of my suit :limp: )

"So, are we ready to go play investigator? I've watched lots of crime TV, I know how it's done" I say with a grin.

[KidDoppler]

"Fuck yeah, I can play cop no problem. All we need is a dude with a mullet without his shirt on." I start humming the theme to Cops.

[Nyoibo]

"Bad boys bad boys
Watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
when they come for you
Bad boys, bad boys
Watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do
when they come for you

When you were eight
And you had bad traits
You go to school and you learn the golden rule
So why are you acting like a bloody fool
If you get hot you must get cool

Bad boys, bad boys
Watcha gonna do whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
Bad boys, bad boys
Watcha gonna do whatcha gonna do
When they come for you"

:D

[jade_firefly]

".... Can I get assigned to a different team, please?"

[chai-ta]

"Sure (forgets name, sorry I'm stupid like that) Jade. I have this blue pill that " looks at bunny ears "ummm... sorry it looks like you already went down the rabbit hole pretty far.

Anyways what could possibly go wrong?"

[KidDoppler]

I stop singing.

"Yeah, if things go wrong, then things go wrong. None of us, really, have experience in this. But we'll play it by ear, okay?"

"So, what's our plan, and how should we split up responsibilities? I'm flexible doing.. whatever you guys want."

[chai-ta]

"Looks like we have 2 tasks, look around Gugnir's for clues and interview the people. I suggest we break up into 2 teams, the first looks around the building and through email, logs for any signs of communication internally or externally about the movement of the equipment. The second group starts by talking to the people in charge of the project and expand the questions as needed. Surely we can pass this off as a routine investigation of process - being government they're used to audits of this type."

"I'm pretty good at looking into computers, so I would want to get to a terminal and start looking for email traces and such. Jade, could you help go through video surviellence of the loading process and the start of the trip, look for anything strange with the loading procedure - like an extra box, or someone double checking an area for no reason.

It looks like Nyoibo would be well suited for interviewing the workers and low level management. I think monkey boy might be good at verbally trapping people with his lawyerer skills, and maybe seeing any lies that they tell. It seems to be a skill all TV lawyers have anyways.

Hopefully another team is tracking the route the truck took and doing a quick surviellance of the parts where the truck slowed down to see if there is any strange in the area. If not we could make our way up to Denver following the trucks path for ourselves. If we get there around dinner time I know a great restaurant, gotta look nice though."

Looking at Hanna, "It would be helpful if we could pull off that we are working for an audit team. Any chance we could get some IDs for an audit company like KPMG, or whichever company Gugnir uses? It'll help avoid suspicion while we're wandering around. And as much as I hate it, I think we'll need business dress to fit in."

Looks back at the others. "Sound like a plan? I'm open to other theories on how to handle it."

[KidDoppler]

"Sounds like a great plan. Especially the part about leaving Lance behind." I grin. "Just kidding. He should decide whether his skills would put him more into technical investigation or interpersonal investigation."

"Also, I'm ready to go rock some TV monkey lawyer logic."

[Benevolance]

I return the grin. "Chai-ta can buy me dinner by way of apology while he and I go over the company logs. I've got experience auditing records. We could have a lot of correspondence to go over and two of us working on that will speed things up considerably."

This post has been edited by Benevolance: 13 November 2007 - 05:04 PM

[chai-ta]

Going over to a computer... Uber food of holy goodness.
"Well start picking out the menu. We'll be dressed - we should at least enjoy the night."

[jade_firefly]

"Video surveillance, hai!" I sit up straight, flashing a peace-sign. "Point me at a video, I'll surveille it!"

I grin to show I'm kidding.

[Nyoibo]

"And she's the one wanting out"

[OverdrivePrime]

Hanna is highly satisfied with the plan, and makes sure that you guys get IDs and clothing that passes modest inspection.

And then you're off! Zoom!


(larger update to follow. Bad week at work with bad weekend coming up.)