Wire 2013/07/16(Tue)00:17 No. 524845 ID: 0eef61
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The guitar case is as much a tradition as it is a useful hiding place.

The latches stick, a little.

Wire 2013/07/16(Tue)00:18 No. 524846 ID: 0eef61
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Inside is his baby, in around a dozen pieces.

Wire 2013/07/16(Tue)00:19 No. 524847 ID: 0eef61
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It's been five years, but the assembly's still a silent little dream.

He's taken good care of her.

Wire 2013/07/16(Tue)00:20 No. 524848 ID: 0eef61
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The targeter winks on.

Hello, again, it seems to say.

"Hi," he says, gently.

Wire 2013/07/16(Tue)00:21 No. 524849 ID: 0eef61
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The harness is a little tighter than he remembered around the old midsection, but he clips it in and it feels very right.

Wire 2013/07/16(Tue)00:23 No. 524850 ID: 0eef61
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Agent 14-1 shoulders his sniper cannon, looks down at the besieged hab-block, and feels a distinct, sweet nostalgia.

"Good morning, Monica."

"Morning, 14-1."

"How about you call that friend of yours inside, and let him know his ticket out is boarding."

what do you see?

>>524850
That gun looks awesome. How does it work? Can you move from cover to cover with something like that?

I WANT ONE

>binary string
Translates to "what future could you hope for?"

>sniper cannon
Cool, what kind of ordinance does that fire?

Have you been briefed on the situation, here? We got one moldy and probably one brancher on their way out. Plus two civies they've been crashing with it would be nice if we didn't get killed.

...what're you shooting at?

Last report was that there were a bunch of snipers in the area and the primary extraction target was hiding in an apartment with civs.
Apparently the opposition was confused about who and what they found after taking prisoners (identities unconfirmed). Likely still active in the area because he has something they dearly want to recover.
Primary objective: Extract 73-6 (an experienced field agent) and his captured intelligence.
Secondary extraction target: Brancher agent, wounded leg.
Tertiary objective: Ensure survival with minimum material loss of collaborator ex-marine and civilian whose home they have hidden in.

Actually, that tertiary objective may need reworking, I should look up our established procedures for treatment of a civilian aid and a civilian aid that's ex-marine.

Wire 2013/07/17(Wed)00:40 No. 525015 ID: 0eef61
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"What have you brought us, Fourteen?" asks Monica.

"The H&K Strix Sniper Cannon, sweetheart. She fires eight 20x110 millimeter rounds a second. Punch clean through a main battle tank. I got AP, HE, and some incendiaries for flavor. These are for the fellas with cover outside the building and any vehicles they care to bring in to run counter-sniper. The shock coils and harness ensure zero recoil. So you know. It's for old fogies like me.

"For firing into the apartment building, I've brought canister dumdums, low-penetration to ensure minimal civilian casualties and maximal room-clearing goodness. Nice and subsonic. Punch a hole in you the size of a football."

"Jesus, 14-1."

"Not quite, sweetie. But close. The drawback is she's a bulky old dame, which reduces mobility in those untrained in her use. But I know her. And she knows me. We're a good team."
"You know your objectives?"
"I reviewed the file on the plane. That window I'm zeroing in on. Is that his room?"
"Correct."
"All right. Let's hitch this horse up and get it on the trail. Link me through to him. I wanna talk to this new wonder-agent you got yourself."

Wire 2013/07/17(Wed)00:42 No. 525017 ID: 0eef61
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It's around 10 in the morning.
Keisha Chalthoum is singing in the shower.
Sara Dalton is thawing some frozen waffles.

Operatives 73-6 and Penelope have spread their armory on the kitchen counter, and are taking stock.

"Okay, amigo." Penelope pops the magazine out of her pistol and slides it onto the table. "We got:

Your holdout snubnose, 20 rounds. That's yours.
A katana. Mine.
An electrified spike. Yours.
A shotgun turret.
One LMG, around 150 rounds."

"Maybe I'm just like my mothaaaaa," Keisha belts from the shower. Her voice is actually very nice. "She's never satisfiiiied! Why do we scream at each othaaa? This is what it sounds like... Unh! WHEN DOVES CRY. Doo doodoo doo; Doop dooo doo"

"That's making it hard to take this serious," says Penelope. "Where was I?"
"lmg."
"Right. That, and what else?
Two shotguns, one double-barrel sawed-off and one pump action. 20 shells for those two.
One submachine gun, and one 12-round semiauto. Those both take 9x19mm, and we got... sixty of those. How we divvying these up?"

73-6 ponders the situation. His snubnose and his spike he can carry easy. With his magnetic upgrade, he can comfortably carry three more weapons with ammo. The LMG would take up two of those slots because of its bulk. Penelope needs something to arm herself too. She insists her leg feels a lot better, but he still thinks she shouldn't go melee only.

He's in the middle of pondering when he hears a buzzing ring in his ear. Monica is calling.

The LMG proved to be ridiculously useful. The sawed-off will make godawful noise and isn't terribly helpful since there aren't any slugs to load it with and then launch into someone who's armored.

The silenced pump-action is a decent pick, all told.

Penelope should take the sub, the twelve semiauto, and all the ammo for both. Covers her issues.

Answer the call.

Take the silenced pump-action, The submac, and the semiauto.

Insist she take the LMG; a bum leg means shit when you can park yourself in a hallway and vomit death down it. Her armor also looks to be thicker than your jacket.

You on the other hand need to be mobile, and an LMG could weigh you down or be too much bulk to take in a tight space.

well your main thing is stealth so grab the silence shotgun and I'm having a hard time deciding weather or not we should take the LMG. I mean that thing is really good at making people stop living but at the same time we do prefer the stealth approach to most thing so I'm not sure if Penelope would be better at holding on to that little monster. So if no to the LMG I guess sub-machine gun and semi-auto just because we won't have to split ammo that way.

>quick point of clarity:

>>/questdis/73722

>>525024
still say he should grab that pump-action seeing as how he doesn't really have any real good close combat weapons other then the spike while useful is somewhat less effective if your enemy knows your coming at him... or is charging at you with some kind of melee weapon.

What classes of firearm is Penelope proficient in? Prioritize according to ability to employ skillfully.

>Penelope feels she should go melee only
Okay, I know you got that nice sword, and you get points for style, but we're outnumbered and surrounded. Practicality comes before style. You may need range at some point, and better to have it than not.

I guess we give Penelope the semiauto or the smg or a shotgun? Depends on what she's better with, and what's easier to carry or has a strap. She doesn't have magnitized skin, remember, and he suit is skintight. Limits how much she can carry easily.

What are we leaving the girls with? Are we taking the sentry turret? I might be useful, but it is currently covering their house. Although I don't know how much trouble that might get them in later, or if they can even safely take it down. And Keisha had one of the shotguns before.

>>525039
She said that she shouldN'T go melee only.

Wire 2013/07/17(Wed)12:48 No. 525078 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 takes the pump-action and the LMG.
"hey, monica." He clacks the mag in and locks it. "what's going down?"
"What's going down is we are getting you the fuck out of dodge," says Monica. "You heard of 14-1?"
"agent 14-1?"
"The same."
"all i know about him is that in our urban warfare training they kept using his sorties as examples."
"He's the only reconstituted asset to ever retire."
"moldies retire? there's a retirement package?"
"They don't and there isn't. But he did."
"how?"
"You can ask him, if you want. I'm patching you through now."

A new voice. Gravelly and with a pronounced twang to it.
"Morning, Agent. You ready to go home?"

Morning to you too, agent. Home would be nice. Certainly better than boxed in by hostiles.

I've got my stealth stuff, some looted guns, a hack on the building's security system, and a brancher unlucky enough to get stuck with me. What are you bringing to the party?

Retired, huh?

>Also
Make sure we've got those plans. And, if possible, that you've uploaded a copy to Monica.

Don't ask about retirement on this channel. You'll have to build your own retirement fund without the assistance of the agency. Ask what kind of equipment 14 is toting.

So you're my ticket out of here huh? So you got a plan or are we just going to wing this? Cause if we're making this up on the spot All I got to work with is an electric spike, stub noise revolver, an old pump action shotgun, and an LMG, Oh and a junky ninja stray I picked up along the way. Also an decent hacker but only if I have something to work with.

>>525078
"Yes Sir."
Also, ask him how he retired.

>>525078
"You can RETIRE?"

Wire 2013/07/17(Wed)14:24 No. 525093 ID: 0eef61
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"yes, sir."
"No sirs, kiddo. I'm same rank as you. Call me 14."
"okay."
"Or maybe Falcon. Still deciding if I want a code name for this one. Now I understand you got sharpshooters outside the building and multiple pockets of Fantomas on the inside. The snipers are no longer your problem, because you are no longer their problem. I am going to be their problem, because I am going to kill all of them over the next hour."

"thank you."

"My pleasure. Now while I am doing this, you have two issues to tackle. Monica tells me you have a Brancher in there with you who's more or less combat capable. I'd advise you to limit how much you trust her, but we can keep her useful.

"On the upper floors, we got radio chatter suggesting they are mobilizing a larger kill-team to sweep the building. This won't be a two-man patrol. It'll be something bigger. At least a half-dozen people Someone needs to run intercept and keep them away from those civilians you're safeguarding.

"The other thing I need is on floor 13. There's a Fantomas-operated apartment there, with a package inside that you will need. It's a brown leather briefcase just inside a vent in the living room. I need that taken up to the roof, all right? Keep it quiet, and keep it clean, and you'll be out of here before lunch. I'll run as much support as I can from outside the building, but I can only fire through windows with the rounds I have unless the target is heavy enough to stop my AP rounds. I understand there's only been one civilian casualty on our side so far. That's good for an op like this. That's very good. Let's keep that number low."

"so an intercept and a retrieval?" 73-6 nods a thank-you at Sara, who hands him a waffle.

"Yessir. That's what I need from you. You know your resources better than I do. I leave it to you to distribute them. I'd suggest splitting up."

Penelope can handle the kill-squad; she's the one who has the combat drugs, in case things go south. 73 can do stealth, we know that, and if it's a safehouse there might be hacking we'd need done.

>>525099
i agree with that.
perhaps use the 'nade in a spot which won't hurt civilians to take care of the kill-team?

Waffles. <3

Well, we can probably do stealth better than Penelope can. We got the spike and hacking. Although the LMG isn't exactly quiet.

Should fill her in though. We got a sniper backup, and an extraction plan. There's a package that needs grabbing a few floors down, and a 6-man kill team that needs killing a few floors up. She good with the kill team?

>>525093
Intercept goes to Penelope, because the briefcase is important and we can't trust her THAT much. Oh, one point of concern- if we're gonna be shooting that LMG indoors we could punch through walls into the next apartments and catch civvies in the line of fire. So when firing the LMG, fire it towards the outside of the building. ...of note is that we won't need it against armored targets because we'll have AP round support. Maybe we should switch the LMG for the SMG.

How the hell did the briefcase get there, though? Do we have a man on the inside that stole it? Or were those the "plans" they were talking about and they wanted to kill 73 before trying to get them out of the building?

while we like stealth so lets go for the brief case. Also don't forget any other useful info you may have grabbed earlier as well. Might was well try and make this worth the resources put into this mission.

>>525093
"By the way, how did you retire?"

>>525118
>"By the way, how did you convince the Bureau paperpushers to give you a retirement?"
fixed

If she's going to be delaying the kill squad, she should really get the heavier weapons. She should get either the LMG and sawn-off or the SMG and pump-action. The first would be smarter, they'll probably have body armor.

Penelope's a close range specialist and she was originally sent here to hit an apartment. She might be better suited to the retrieval. Ask her how she'll be in hallways and such before we unilaterally send her off.

Also bear in mind our magnetism means we're especially well suited to carrying heavy weapons. The LMG might slow her down too much.

Wire 2013/07/17(Wed)21:53 No. 525183 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 explains the plan to Penelope.
"you think you can run intercept on those upper-floor guys? there could be some hallway fighting."
"I could do that," says Penelope. "Gimme the sawed-off and the sub. I'll find a good close-quarters spot to get em in."
"that means i'm on the retrieval." 73-6 grabs the pump-action to go along with the LMG and his snubnose.
"Look at us, all kitted out." Penelope grins as she pulls her helmet on. "We a couple badasses."
"i think that guy outside might be showing us up right now," says 73-6.
"Maybe showing you up. I got a ninja sword."

"Aww, you guys are leaving so soon?" asks Sara. "I'd say come visit some time, but I guess that's not a great idea, is it?"
"Don't get your asses killed out there." Keisha is out of the shower. "If they catch you and torture information bout us out of you I'm kicking your ass in the afterlife."
"Keeesh, jeez."
"Well, what, sugar? It could happen."
"I guess this is goodbye, then," says Sara. "Be safe, you guys."

Penelope: Goodbye hugs! Drag 73-6 into them whether he wants to or not.

>visit
Yeah, sorry. I don't get out much for unofficial visits, and an official visit would be a bad thing.

>goodbye
Thanks for everything. You two didn't have to help us professional murder types, but you really did.

So... wait, is the shotgun turret still on the counter? Did we leave that thing with a nice off switch? Otherwise it could be a problem for these two after the fighting is over. Also, we probably shouldn't leave the remaining semtex laying around, even if we spent the detonator already with our improvised grenade.

Wire 2013/07/17(Wed)22:38 No. 525190 ID: 0eef61
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"thanks for everything. you didn't have to help us but you certainly did. you still have the shotgun turret?"
"Yessir," says Sara. "We'll, uh, we'll throw a towel over it."
"it shouldn't be too hard to change the iff now that i've hacked it."
"You're taking the bomb thing, though, right?" asks Keisha
"yeaahh, figured i might take that off your hands."

"Ok, people, bring it in," says Penelope. "Group hug."
"Like hell," says Keisha. "Wait for me to put something on."
"No time," says Penelope, grabbing her and 73-6. "Hug it out."
"It was fun, Sev," Sara whispers in his ear. She sounds kind of sad. "Good luck out there, okay?"

Snag Sara's email/IM/whatever address on the way out

>>525190
hell, exchange contact info with all three.

Hey, the Bureau doesn't happen to have an opening for a medic, does it? Just curious.

ok ok, you still have the bad ass agent image to hold on to so don't let the hug drag on for to long. You got people to kill.

>>525192
Seconding.

>>525202
thirding

>>525195
seconding

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)00:43 No. 525205 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 has no civilian communication devices. He is disallowed their use in most cases.

He leaves the communicator program he set up on Keisha's computer there, as he goes.

It's not strictly allowed, and he's not sure why he did it. But he's kind of glad.


Outside, 14-1 sets his shoulders, locks in his target, and takes the first sniper's head neatly off.

The moment he fires his silent shot, he thumbs the detonator and a small flash charge pops off four stories above him and five hundred meters to the right.
That'll throw them off.

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)00:44 No. 525206 ID: 0eef61
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"how'd you sleep, monica?"
"A lot better, knowing we got 14 on our side. I ran handler for him a couple times near the end of his career when I was still in college. How about you?"
"not bad."
"You got the hots for that robot?"
"focus on the mission."

"Ok," says Monica. "I've got good news and bad news."

"bad news first."

"Room's guarded from the outside."

"good news?"

"These are nice-ish apartments in a shitty neighborhood. Two-story on the inside, taller and narrower than the upper floors. Plus: the door's soundproofed. If you're all right with leaving a mess in the hallway, you can end that guy out front quick and go in through the main door."

"any other entrances?"

"Yyyep. Through the floor on the room above. I'm reading they needed to do maintenance on the dividing floor/ceiling between Apartment 13-C and 14-C. Break through the floor in 14 and you've got an entrance they'll never see coming."
"civilians in there?"
"I don't know. Probably. You know how civvies are. They're like cockroaches with more formal complaint processes. They get everywhere."
"antisocial of you."
"You're the one shooting dudes, dude. My bus just got stuck in some nasty traffic this morning."

>>525206
If we used the LMG we'd put holes in the wall, right? THAT would reveal our presence. For a silent kill in that case we'd want to use either the shotgun or the snubnose. Is the snubnose accurate at this distance? We could just shoot him with that, if so. If not... would the shotgun be lethal at this distance? We could shoot him with that if so.

If neither of those are the case, then uh uhhh uhhhhhh try shooting him with the LMG. Maybe the oblique angle will keep it from penetrating the wall.

>>525206
So, did Monica only take this job as something to pay for school that just ended up sticking? What was her degree?

Hmm, Sev, I'm thinking a classic loud knock knock on the wall to lure the guy over would be good. Civs freaking out will not be good at all, they could have a shotgun preparing to defend their homes from you or thought about the off chance Famatoma's decide they'll kill cooperating civilians anyway. They outnumber the Famatoma's by hundreds in this building. So chancing the above floor for a better entrance feels like it should be right out.

When you start thinking cockroaches are harmless little buggers just looking for home and food and underestimate them, that's when they sneak into your soup and you chock on that some'bitch.

see if you can't lure the guy over, failing that move up to the floor above and see if you can't get in that way.

Press yourself up against the wall and knock. A gigantic question mark should appear above the guard's head, and he'll walk over to investigate. That's when the pick comes in handy.

I... do not think knocking on the wall will work. He'll probably alert his buddies and we'll be dealing with more than one guard.

I know. I have a brilliant plan that cannot fail.

Roll up your trousers and show a sexy leg.

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)13:33 No. 525306 ID: 0eef61
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"what'd you major in?"
"You're gonna laugh."
"i won't."
"Comparative and World Literature. With a minor in dance."
"not laughing."
"That's because you're sneaking around killing dudes."
"distract them for me with the dance of your people."
"Eat a dick."

Knocking on the wall is universal language for "come over here, so I can kill you."

73-6 coughs loudly, instead.
A cough and then a suspicious lack of any further sound is one of the most suspicious things you can hear.

The guard detaches himself from the wall and squints toward the doorway. "Hey. Hey, excuse me."

He walks about halfway down the hallway, then hesitates and stands where he is. "Come out of there. You shouldn't be here."

Close enough for shotgun range. Show him you should definitely be here.

what do you think would be better, the stub noise or the shotgun? take him out with the one you think would be best.

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)13:58 No. 525316 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 turns the corner with the shotgun in hand.

"Hey-" says the guard, sounding more dully surprised than actively hostile.

73-6 plugs him full in the chest. He's dead.

With a chunky metallic clack 73-6 has racked another shell into the chamber before the body hits the ground.

"guard outside down."
"Good kill. Proceed, Sev."

"Floor 43. No sign of the patrol yet," reports Penelope. "Can you hear me, Sev?"
"yes ma'am."
"Bueno. So hey, now that we're out of there: you got your optics on Sara, don't you?"
"why does everyone keep asking me that?"
"I heard you two little birds chattering last night for like two hours, amigo."
"you were listening?"
"Claro que si. It kept me up. Thin walls, my friend. Y'know it's cute, in a weird posthuman way. You were mad crushing, though."

>silent high caliber sniper rifle
>remote false muzzle flashes
Goddamn that's brilliant.

>Sara
Dunno how it works for you ninja druggy types, but they don't really give us zombies time off for socialization. I'll take what I can get.

>>525316
Sara was nice, sure, but oh my god, mission first please.

How is she tapping into our communications? Also, can Monica use the cameras to tell Penelope where the strike force is?

so we're currently on a mission to kill guys so we can all go home and you pick now of all times to bring this up? why you jealous or something? In reality though I really don't get to talk to people outside of work so it's nice to hear a fresh voice from time to time... and with a face like this it's hard to talk to anybody without them trying to put a bullet in me but then again over half the time I am trying to kill them.

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)14:32 No. 525329 ID: 0eef61
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"i don't know how the druggy ninjas do it but you don't get a lot of opportunities to socialize in the bureau. i take what i can get. now we gotta focus up."
"Yeah, but the robot, though?"
"why? jealous?"
Penelope laughs. "You can have her. I'll take the roomie. Did you see the ass on Keisha Chalthoum?"
"you were looking?"
"Why? Jealous? You might want to thump your gaydar a couple times, hombre. Did the crew cut and the gun fetish not give it away?"

73-6 listens at the door to 13-C. No audible voices, but he can hear a low buzz from the other side, punctuated by a regular click.

my guess is another turret. think you can hack through a closed door?

thought the haircut was for keeping the hair out of your eyes when you're cutting people up truth be told.

Either you have some guys on the other side of the door readying there weapons or another turret so unless you can find some way to hack it we may need to find another way in.

>gaydar
Bureau forgot to fix that, I guess. And I'm hardly an expert on hair. And I kind of expect everyone in this business to have a gun fetish.

>regular buzz and click
...like an oscillating fan? (Or could be an oscillating turret, I guess).

>>525329
Wait, I thought a gun fetish would indicate a chick is into dudes... there's a bidar going off but well, you know personal is personal. Besides, you have more of a sword fetish than a gun fetish, which I suppose is interchangeable. And the haircut is tactically sound, can't imagine how hot that helmet would be with long flowing hair.

I think that door's trapped with explosives for some reason.

>>525329
admit it and ask for advice.

don't forget to loot the body!

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)15:13 No. 525344 ID: 0eef61
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"i figured it was to keep the hair out of your eyes."
"Well, yeah. It does that too. But I've gotten it from both ends of the equation, and chicas do it better. No offense."

>>525339
The door guard had a semiautomatic rifle loaded with 20 rounds. If 73-6 wants it he'll have to either drop a weapon or take it along and risk clanking and decreased mobility.

In one of his pockets, there's a little black fob thing. An orange light on it winks on and off.

>>525344
Describe it to monica, see if she knows what it is. Maybe it's something he'd use to get through the door unharmed? Is there a button on it or something?

think you could ask Monica what it is cause the only thing popping to mind is a key for the door.

Forget the rifle.

...can we hack the fiddly thing?

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)16:16 No. 525367 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 holds the fob up to his eye.

"monica, what can you tell me about this thing?"

"It's emitting some kind of signal into the room. Through the door, so it's not a key, or anything. I don't know. It could be for IFF purposes if there's any automated defenses inside."

Probably IFF then. Press it down and get that door open. You'll have to switch to a one-handed weapon though. Depending on how far away the people in the next room are, that'll either be the spike or the snubnose. So have both ready to access quickly.

Either a Iff or a remote of some sort. If you do click it make sure to stand off to one side a bit when you open the door. Just in case.

I suggest using the body as a shield as a form of life insurance in case we're wrong about this little thing.

maybe a tracking device so they can keep track of each other? it would be moderately clever of them. in any case don't press the button, whatever it doses will probably draw attention.

pick up dead body and use it as a shield for when you open the door to try and fool the turret, then if you can get close to it and change it's IFF.

Can't we... hack it? Won't that tell us what it does? Or what it's connected to?

Wire 2013/07/18(Thu)17:51 No. 525402 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 cracks the fob open and has a look.

Looks like this creates a signal to enter the holder into a dead zone that will ensure an automated turret in the apartment won't open fire on them. Anyone who holds it won't get shot.

With his advanced hacking skills, 73-6 can:
+boost the signal to cover the entire apartment, rendering the turret basically inert
+signal the turret to start firing and dump all of its ammo into the air at nothing
+swap the signal so the turret fires only on people who ARE holding the fob, rather than people who aren't
+deactivate and preserve the turret, offering potential redeployment (depending on how the turret is set up)

73-6 remembers that 14-1 has requested this mission stay stealthy and he not be discovered by anyone.

+swap the signal so the turret fires only on people who ARE holding the fob, rather than people who aren't
Clear the room before we enter? Yes please.

If we want this to be clean and stealthy, we can't have the turret start firing right now. It will kill some people, but not all, and the survivors could hear the gunfire. Which means the alarm may be sounded.

Just hold on to the fob right now, so the turret doesn't shoot you. We can do something else with it later.

For now, sneak into the room.

>>525406
Hmm... yeah, I'll agree. Even deactivating the turret could cause suspicion.

leave it alone for now and lets just enter the room since the turret won't fire on us anyways now... anywhere you can hide the body by the way?

>>525402
make the turret inert. they may notice if the turret suddenly stops moving and spoil the element of surprise.

>>525402

Option #1 is convenient to say in the least, but baddies in different floors might find it suspicious when their turrets refuse to shoot on civilians. And when baddie buddies would call in to report building-wide inert turrets, everyone would become suspicious and a command would be given to track the source to our fob. Unless we left the fob Better idea*

Option #2 is both confusing and dangerous to anyone inside; depending on where the turret is pointing, it could hit guards and civilians alike. Any Fantomas that lives, will shortly alert higher-ups, something we definitely do not want.

Finally, for Option #3, it's entirely possible that there are others inside that room that are holding similar fobs. Option #3 only works if the turret is built to swing all the way around. I'm thinking that if the turret has a limited vision range, most of it is pointed at the door.

Option #4 works best because we get

*This could actually work. Imagine how many bad guys they would send to the fob's location, only to be shot down by everyone's favorite moldy. This could also provide a great distraction to divert a lot of Fantomas soldiers away from the rest of the building.

New possible plan: We use Option #1, then go inside and kill everyone, save civies. Then, we place the hacked fob and turret together, and make sure the turret is set up to shoot any Fantomas who try to enter. When the investigation team doesn't report in, more baddies will be sent down, providing us the perfect chance to shoot them as they come down or to get away.

Wire 2013/07/19(Fri)00:39 No. 525481 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 decides to take it easy, for now, and deactivates the turret inside the apartment. As long as he has the fob on him he can cause any of the other effects.

The front room looks for all the world like a civilian apartment but for the stubby sponson turret sitting on a high shelf, its barrel taking in the room on an orbit.

There's a sleek table monitor with the computer it's hooked up to squatting in a corner.

"i'm in the front room. possible exits, monica?"

"The door in front of you is the kitchen. Far right says 'Offices' on the blueprint. No idea what the Fantomas are using it for. Near right door is Balcony Access and storage. The stairs up are the sleeping quarters."

"14-1, where would this case be?"

"Couldn't tell you for sure, Sev-Three, but it's going to be hidden in a room where the head-honcho has residence and quick access to it. Could be offices, could be the bedroom. Could be you just find him and get its location out of him at gunpoint, or some other way.

Check the bedrooms first. If it's there you might be able to grab it and go without any further engagement.

>>525481
Hack into that monitor and find out. Should be easy to just comb their communications to get an idea of where the head honcho's room is.

bedroom seems isolated and if things go bad you could always turn the turret back on to gun people down in this room so why not start there?

Wire 2013/07/19(Fri)01:05 No. 525486 ID: 0eef61
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>>525484
There's no hack required on the table monitor. Someone's still logged in. It's a touch interface, nice tech. There's probably a good reason the guys calling the revolution shots down here really needed it and the enforcers further upstairs didn't.

73-6 does a quick search for "room" "my room" "my door", et cetera.

He finds a chat log from admin:TonyBlankenship to a BeachLvr0451, two weeks ago.

>i had a rly fun time 2day ;)
Me too
You wanna drop by later? aptmnt 13-C
>umm maybe
Too many sweaty military men in theer?
>lol yeah kinda
just say you're meeting w/ the boss, they'll leave you alone. i'll be in the office or my rm, 3rd door on left upstairs

Tony Blankenship: a man brought down by his own booty call.

>>525486
see what else you can find. make a copy for the guys at HQ maybe?

see if there is anything of value on that thing real quick then start with the bedroom and then check the office if the item you need isn't in the bedroom

Let's not waste any time here, we could get walked in on. To the bedrooms!

Don't we kind of have to search the whole apartment anyways? Even if we find the briefcase immediately, we have to make sure we kill everyone in here to prevent the alarm being raised, don't we?

>>525505
Avoiding Alarm (causing panic) is a secondary objective.
Evading Detection (being spotted) is a primary objective.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)01:07 No. 525713 ID: 0eef61
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14-1 readjusts position, locks the fourth sniper into his optics and flicks the gyros on, putting the cannon into a hands-free aimlock. He checks the wind readings, does a gentle readjust, and pulls the trigger.
The barrel snapslides back on its piston with a mechanical sigh like a stapler depressing and his target's chest implodes. 14-1's hand shoots out and bats the ejected shell up into an end-over-end tailspin to cool it down to manageable temperatures, then catches it before it hits the ground. Not even the tinkle of brass gives his position away.

He allows professional pride to stretch a smile across his face.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)01:07 No. 525714 ID: 0eef61
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"73-6, I'm in position to provide sniper support." 14-1's voice crackles into 73-6's ear as he pads up the stairs to the bedrooms. "Get them outside a window, and I'll bring them down quick and quiet."

"acknowledged, fourteen. thanks."

73-6 hides at the doorway to the bedroom hall. Two targets up here. One's leaning in the doorway of his room, talking to a bald guy in the hallway.

73-6's target room is at the end of the hall.

>>525714
listen in

>>525714
Wait for the conversation to end and the door to close, then see if 14-1 can eliminate the one remaining in the hallway.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)01:24 No. 525717 ID: 0eef61
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"got a shot for you to take. upper floor. on my mark."
"Upper floor? I see him. After their conversation?"
"yep."
"Rrroger dodger. Be there to catch."

"I don't know," says the balding one. "Some contractor. He works for guys like the Fantomas on the reg, dealing weapons and blowing shit up. I hear he's a real gearhead."
"Oh, yeah? Scavving rich bitches' dumpsters?"
"Yeah, he's big into the Black Stall thing. A major player in their VR servers."
"Well, good thing we can afford him."
"No doubt. I'm too old to figure that sort of shit out. You going anywhere to eat?"
"I'm probably just gonna nuke something. I've got groups to coordinate here. Dinner, maybe."
"All right. Take care."

The door closes.
"mark."
"Shot."
A split second after 14-1 says it the man's face evaporates. No sound but a wet, sucking thunk.
73-6 darts from cover and catches the swaying body before it drops, guiding it to a silent heap on the floor.

>>525717
hide the body. maybe throw it out the window? would someone notice that?

Check him for anything immediately useful. Then it's to the next room. It looks like it's open a crack, so be careful on the approach. Listen to see if anyone's in there, then slowly open the door with your gun ready.

if you don't think anyone would notice hurl that guy out the window there, then I guess check the room closest to the window... can you open this doors just a pinch so you can try and spy inside a bit before you go in?

Back up, stow the body in the turret room.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)11:44 No. 525783 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 stows the body downstairs, then returns to the hallway and cracks open the third door on the left.

The guy inside is stripping down a big, shiny handgun. The kind Monica calls "Raging Compensators". She's not talking about the muzzle brake.

He should be focused on the work. Slip up and spike him.

wait for him to finish taking the gun apart and then rush into the room and take him out with the spike or if you can finish opening the door without making noise you could just sneak up behind him. Also there's a door behind the dresser in the room.

Sneaky sneaky stabby stabby.

If you get him dead before he shouts or drops the gun or something, no one will notice. And with his gun in pieces, he's basically disarmed, unless he tries to hit you with it, I guess.

>>525783
Something black and circular on the shelf, not sure if it's a turret or not. Ask 14 where he got his rifle, and if it was love at first sights (dohoho).

14-1 has AP rounds, right? We really need to get some sort of targeting datalink to let him accurately punch right through to the building core. Yeah, there may be some collateral from anything in between him and the target, but being able to call in sniper support on someone hiding behind several walls? Priceless.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)13:53 No. 525838 ID: 0eef61
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When he dies he goes "Wark".

It's not a shout or anything. It's just sort of a little breathed exclamation.
Wark. Like a chicken. 73-6 bets he'd be glad no one saw him go.

>>525801
The black thing on the cabinet is a console of some kind hooked up to the TV.
That thing behind it isn't a door, but a low metal vent.

73-6 can request an AP shot at any time, but 14-1 could miss, and even if he doesn't the bullet could easily go through the whole building and grease some random civilian in their sleep. 73-6 has seen an AP round for a strix. Those things are as big as friggin' daggers.

>>525838
Close door, open vent, retrieve package.

call it in and investigate the vent. Might be where that briefcase is.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)14:10 No. 525847 ID: 0eef61
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"another corpse."
"Noted, Sev-Three."

73-6 checks the vent. Nothing there.

He looks down at the guy he just stabbed to death.
No way he's getting its location out of him.

>>525847
...

Welp. Check the cabinet under the TV. Then search the dude for notes or whatever. Then check the paper on the side of the TV. Then check under his table. Then check behind the TV.

After checking things, peek out into the hallway. Anyone there, or it clear?

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)15:35 No. 525875 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 pats down the dead Fantoma. Nothing on him.
The thing under the TV is another one of those cramped hab-block beds. Nothing under his table.

The thing on the side of the cabinet proves to be a shopping list.

"where is this thing?"
"Well there were never any guarantees it was gonna be in the stiff's bedroom, 73-6," says 14-1, evenly. "Anywhere else he could have put it?"

"Hold on. I can help," says Monica. "There's more vents the case could be at in, uh, the kitchen and the office."

Office first then the kitchen

Office next I think. Think you can cause the door to lock after you leave? Don't wanna give anyone easy access to your kills since we are doing this stealth-wise.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)15:59 No. 525882 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 locks the door behind him and heads back downstairs to get to the

awwww who are these two jokers?

They're sitting in the front room, chatting about something around the table.

Hopefully they won't have the urge to lift it up or anything, because there's a guy with his face blown off in the hollow underneath.

no way are we going to get by them without killing them. Make the turret kill them.

no way are we going to get by them without killing them. Make the turret kill them.

...yeah, I don't see another alternative here. We don't have a silenced weapon, and we can't stab two people that quickly or before anyone gets a shout off. We'll have to risk the gunshots being heard.

>>525896
That might draw the attention of other people in the apartment. It could still be the best way to kill them, just be aware of the downsides.

Also, what’s that white thing under the table? And didn’t you stash a dead body here?

>>525902
That's a corpse. Just switch on the gunturret. Our cover is so blown it's funny.

Well, there is one alternative. You could do the old "Look over there" routine by hacking the A/C to blow out a vent on the other side of the room, and then when they're looking stab both in the throat with the electro-spike.

But I like the gun turret plan better.

>>525905
I like the vent plan, if we can keep our cover just a bit longer the rest of the mission will be much easier.

Make the turret kill them, then switch it back, loot their identity fobs and put them on the table. With a little luck whoever comes investigate will think they were just really stupid. (Note: we have to kill them anyway; this provides a _chance_ of not blowing our cover)

>>525905
If this is feasible, it's worth a try.

>>525882
Turning the gun on will definitely alert the entire apartment, and we know there is at least one other person here. So don't do it.

Turn it OFF. They will notice, and go look at it. Then you spike one, and jam your snubnose in the other one's face. That's when you ask nicely where the case is.

Wire 2013/07/20(Sat)23:34 No. 525976 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 turns the turret off.

"What was that?"
"Hmm?"
"Turret just shut down."
"Oh, did it? Hold on. Sometimes it gets stuck, you just need to-"

The one sitting down stands and crosses to the turret, and the moment he comes close enough 73-6 springs round the corner and jams the spike into his ear, through his skull, and out the other side.

He levels his pistol between the eyes of the other one.
"move and you die."
"Wh"
"talk and you die."
"Is he dead?"
"he's dead. talk and you die."
73-6 pulls the spike bodily out of the Fantomas' skull. "case. where's the case?"
"What?"
"briefcase. it's in a vent."
"The, uh. The bugout bag?"
"the what?"

"That's what we're looking for," says 14-1. "Ask him where."

"i mean yes. bugout bag. where is it?"
"The, um, the, uh,"
"you're stalling. you die in three, two..."
"Office. It's in Tony's office. Fuck, man. Don't."

>>525976
Ask him which office is Tony's. Then tell him alright, he cooperated, so he should turn around so you can tie him up and gag him. Then walk up and spike him. Fantomas don't get to live.

>>525977
Da Tovarische. Allow him the luxury of thinking he's going to live. Then kill him. He's a liability.

>>525977
this works well, don't forget to hide the bodies.

>>525979
what this guy said, let him go out thinking he won.

Wire 2013/07/21(Sun)11:10 No. 526025 ID: 0eef61
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"which office?"
"Closest to the right. His name's on the door. Please, man, I-"
"thank you for cooperating. turn around and put your hands behind your back."
"Are you gonna handcuff me or something?"

Wire 2013/07/21(Sun)11:11 No. 526026 ID: 0eef61
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"or something," says 73-6, as he wipes the spike clean.

>>525987
73-6 isn't sure where he could hide these guys. The table is already occupied.

The locked room upstairs? If we can get (hack?) back into it anyway. Alternatively, clear out another room upstairs and use it.

Yeah, we could put them in the bedroom we cleared, or we could just turn the turret back on with reversed IFF (making sure to not be in the room before when we do so, so that we can ditch the fob safely) to take out anyone else that shows up. Can't be many more fantomas in here, there are only three bedrooms and the one we were in had only one bed. If the other two have bunkbeds then there's 5 beds. We've seen 6 people here already counting the guard. There can't be many more here. Maybe we should ask the next guy how many people are in here, if there is a next guy.

Oh right, call the two corpses in.

>>526026
When in doubt, cram it in a vent.

>>526045
Bad place to hide bodies. Someone could smell it.

>>526026
Dump them in the locked closet with chickenman, then go to the office.

Okay let me clarify my position- dragging the corpses up the stairs is going to make noise and/or take fooooreeeever. I don't want to do it.

Wire 2013/07/21(Sun)13:35 No. 526095 ID: 0eef61
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"two more enemies down."
"You're really chewing them up in there."
"they could make it harder."

73-6 switches the turret back on, and (once he is safe inside the office hall) keys it to attack anyone with a fob on them.

Tony's office is just where whatsisface said it was. 73-6 makes sure there's no occupant then lets himself in.

Remember to ditch the fob.

Make sure the vent isn't boobytrapped then open it up. What the heck is that thing on the other door? Is that a computer on the desk? We could hack it a little if it won't take much time...

>>526095
nonono, if it fires you'll be found out.
can you set it to let you know if any fobs come into range instead?

>>526098
Considering if there is anyone to fire upon, the bodies will have been discovered, I think that's a fine tradeoff.

>>526098
wont it already let him know when the turret starts firing tho?

Wire 2013/07/21(Sun)17:45 No. 526198 ID: 0eef61
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There's a computer on the desk and a locked safe on the wall.

73-6 gingerly checks the vent for booby traps and finds nothing. He unscrews it, reaches inside, and pulls out a stippled, aluminum suitcase.

Mission accomplished. Time to leave.

call it in.

check for more loot.

have you been remembering to rob the bodies?

The Bureu might appreciate having their credit/checking account or other info to drain them to recuperate expenses, if that's how things are done.

Right. Got the bugout bag.

...we have to finish the sweep of the apartment though, right? If we leave anyone alive, they'll find the bodies, call it in, and this opp will be discovered prematurely.

Anything useful we can hack out of that computer?

>>526205
Yes, 73-6 should pull the hard drive from the computer after hacking for networked data.

>>526205
In the name of you, leave none alive.

Also, is there any wire or something? You can suspend them from the ceiling if their is. It's a fatal flaw in human perception: They don't look UP.

>>526198
Look in it! Also hack into the safe and open it, acquire contents.

>>526209
I just messed up there and their. I deserve no mercy.

Careful with the safe, could have a gun rigged to shoot in it or worse.

we could just arm the turret to gun down everyone and anyone after we leave. that should buy us time... also how's the junky ninja doing on her end?

Make sure it has what we need inside it. Nothing like showing up at base with a empty case.

>>526236
This. We don't want to extract someone's change of clothes and toothbrush from a besieged building.

>>526236
...that would require us asking what's supposed to be inside, first. We haven't been told.

>>526198
start with the computer, maybe the idiot saved the password to the safe in there. also look up plans, weapons, explosives, operatives, and just download the whole thing for hq while you mess with the safe.

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)00:04 No. 526272 ID: 0eef61
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>>526210
The safe is shut with a solid, analog lock. 73-6's hacking won't help him open it. His AP-loaded rifle might blow a hole through, but that would make a good amount of noise.

>>526258
The computer is hackable, but it'll take a couple of minutes to hack, and there's three corpses in the next room over. Should 73-6 attempt it anyway?

>>526235
The turret is currently armed.
73-6 hasn't heard from Penelope since their conversation in the hallway, around 5 minutes ago.

He flips open the metal lid on the case. Its contents are a handgun, 3 flares, a candy bar, and several fat rolls of cash.
"i've got the mission objective here. what exactly was i looking for?"
"What you are looking for is signal flares," says 14-1. "Rendezvous with your friend the ninja, take em up to the roof, plant two, and wait for the Fantomas to hand-deliver your ride out of here. Everything else in that case doesn't matter."
"Unless there's money," says Monica. "Bureau needs to take and recirculate that."
"Probably just flares and weapons in there," says 14-1. "Nothing the bureau needs." He lowers his voice. "Am I right, 73-6?"

Looks like it.

14 got a retirement from a normally impossible to retire from thing, i think if he is sure about something it is a good idea to agree with him.

Just looks like the flares you wanted and a candy bar. Also a handgun.

He's either testing you or covering for you. Until you know for sure which it is, answer in a way that does not confirm or deny the contents of the case.

Something like "Flares, got 'em." or "I'll know when I get to the roof; not gonna stick around to rummage through this junk here." or "Three bodies outside and nowhere to hide 'em, not the time."

>>526272
Well there's no cash in here, but there is a candy bar. Ask monica if she wants you to save it for her.

It sounds like them sounding the alarm at all would screw up our ride out of here. We may need to clear the whole apartment if we want to prevent that... except we don't really have time for that, as Penelope might get her ass killed before we're done.

Hmph. Drag the corpses into this office then turn the turret back to normal (putting the fob back in your pocket of course)

Then we jet.

>>526272
hide the bodies and come back for the computer.
also, 14 knows best.

>>526288
This, but do mention the candy bar and suggest that it will surely be vital to the Bureau.

Hold it ransom and threaten to eat it unless your demands are met.

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)14:19 No. 526334 ID: 0eef61
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"yep. flares accounted for." 73-6 palms the cash and slips it into his trenchcoat. "also a candy bar. you want me to save that for you, monica?"
"Is it Coda Crunch?"
"no, it's a mr. mord's."
"You can have it. I don't like dark chocolate."

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)14:19 No. 526335 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 drags the corpses into the office.

He's not sure what to do about those stains, but the turret's covering him, just in case.

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)14:20 No. 526336 ID: 0eef61
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And the computer is more than worth it.

73-6 logs on and an alert pops up immediately. Squad under attack. One assailant: Tribranch.

Tony's desktop is keyed into the entire building's communications network. This is going to be fun.

With his hacking ability, 73-6 can:
+broadcast a message to every Fantomas unit in the building
+crash the entire communications network
+send debilitating feedback into the earpieces of every Fantomas officer in the building
+leave the network untouched, but tap into all incoming and outgoing Fantomas communications
+update Tony's status

Update status: My fellow Fantomas, it's time I came out of the closet.

+leave the network untouched, but tap into all incoming and outgoing Fantomas communications
this is probably the best idea to help us advoid or ambush any patrols they'll setup.

Oh, I see now. If anyone discovers the bug out bag was jacked, the heli won't come. Or it'll come guns-a-blazing.

Could we use communication gear to check locations of Fantomas? Get the system to make sure there's no one else in this apartment for us to kill.

Can we send debilitating feedback just to the squad fighting Penelope? That would allow her to finish them quickly.

>>526338
Otherwise, this sounds good.

>money
Yeah... let's not disagree with the super-sniper who's done the impossible. That's not healthy. That said, we'll try and get the money back to the Bureau later.

>>526337
>>526338
the best of both worlds, we can add insult to injury and stay one step ahead of our enemies.

>>526336
ask penelope how she's doing. if she needs help right now do the feedback thing.
ask 14 what's the next step, you can send everyone away using a clever message, but we'd need to know away from what to think of something.
otherwise, tap into the network for now.

>>526337
Personally I prefer just "Status update: Wark."

>>526336
If we crash the communications, our escape route is completely assured no matter what. I think that's the best thing to do here, since we already have other feeds for the bureau to keep tabs on this place with, and someone is going to notice those stains (and get shot by the turret). But be sure to do the feedback thing first to help out Penelope.

Don't risk the update, it might prompt someone to come investigate or at least ask him wtf. Do tap the network. Don't do anything else. Stealth op, remember.

No humorous status updates. Childish pranks don't get you to retirement. Maaaybe an update that just says 'out'. Might help keep people from being suspcious of the bugout bag, providing nobody reports a body.

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)19:24 No. 526399 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 taps into comms and sends a handy blast of feedback the way of the patrol defending against Penelope.

One quick status update later he's at the door, ready to leave the apartment, barring any unfinished business.

Penelope is still not responding. 73-6 can meet her face to face on the way up.

...I hope she's not dead. Ask Monica if there's anything showing up on the feeds.

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)19:51 No. 526404 ID: 0eef61
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"monica, you getting anything on the feeds for penelope? is she okay?"

"Define 'okay'. Because physically she's just fine, but I don't know if anyone who could do what she is doing to other people is strictly 'okay'."

"she stimmed?"

"I believe she is. Uhh, I got sound. listen in."

"The meat supercomputer is draining," sings Penelope. Something wet tears. "Organic grape nut diodes dropping off the vine to infinite, razor space. Come here, hombre. Don't run. Hey. HEY. GET THE FUCK OVER HERE."

Someone is screaming. Penelope is laughing. "We're networked! Can you feel it? Gristle cable jacks! Skinputty semiconductors! Electric wifi up your spine! I'm boosting your signal! I'M LETTING IT OUT!"

"Sssso that's Penelope," says Monica.

>>526404
Deep, man.

Let's uh, head up, but maybe wait for her to cool down before meeting up with her?

cute

we may wanna hold off on meeting up with her for a bit

Lock the door behind you, to stop any civies from walking in, and to keep unauthorized Fantomas from checking on that apartment. Any authorized ones will have key, and a fob, and get pasted.

>Penelope
She gets poetic when she's high, huh.

Lemme know when she starts to come down. I'll start my way up, but I don't think I want to stick my head out when she's completely nuts.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. You're not done here yet. You've gotta hide that you were here as good as you can. It'd going to be a long, long climb up to the roof from the 13th floor, and that's ample time for some random Fantomas to come through here and see the tell-tale signs of your handiwork. You've got some cleanup to do before leaving.

First thing, drag that guard's corpse in from the hall and stick it in the office. Grab the rug from the office to drag it on if it would otherwise leave a bloody trail.

Second, empty the contents of the bugout case into your pockets and put the case back exactly where you found it. This way a cursory check if it's there won't give away that you took it. You're done in the office, so set the door lock and close it.

Third, head into the kitchen or a bathroom and grab a couple towels or some clothes. Wet one down and fold it over in quarters two or three times, keeping the others dry. Head into the living room, move the chair over so it covers most of the blood next to it, then wipe what's exposed up with the wet cloth. Flip it over when it's bloody, then fold it over when it's bloody again, and keep doing that until you're done. Do the same for what's visible in front of the office door. Wipe the damp spots up with the dry cloth. Stuff all of the bloodied cloths under the holo-table when you're finished.

Set the apartment door lock as you leave, and the turret back to normal operation.

>>526412
I don't think we need to move the corpse from out in the hall. The simple fact that the guard isn't there will tip someone off if they go outside. Putting the case back but keeping the contents is a good idea though.

One of the blood stains looks like it could be hidden under a chair, won't even need to clean it. If we're that interested in keeping our presence under wraps we could... kill everyone here?

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)20:33 No. 526414 ID: 0eef61
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"i'll just, uh, just clean up a little here while i wait for her to come down a little."

"That might be a good idea."

>>526412
73-6 pockets the flares and the gun, then replaces the case. He pulls the guard outside into the door and sticks him in the office. Then he retrieves some towels from the kitchen and gets to work on the bloodstains.

He's really putting his back into when the turret chatters percussively behind him.
It plugs the descending Fantoma twice in the chest. He stumbles backward, hits the wall, and slides down it.

Oh, riiiight. That guy was there.

Make a joke about how people usually get pretty irate when their Wi-Fi is down or has a shitty signal, because you know it is entirely 100% true.

She's just venting.

Goddamn it guys, I knew we should have swept the whole apartment. If there's anyone else still alive in here, they heard those shots and they're going to call them in.

...could we hack all comm gear in the apartment dead real fast? Then double check there are no more survivors.

>>526414
Yes. That guy was there. Which is why I didn't want to spend a huge amount of time cleaning up, and wanted to shut down all communications so it wouldn't MATTER if someone happened upon the bloodstains and bodies.

I hope that was the last guy here. If not we may have to rush around and make sure the apartment is empty now. Upstairs first, because someone coming down those stairs will see the corpse before getting shot, but the turret has a clean view of the other doors so anyone opening them will get blasted.

alright quick sweep of apartment to make sure no one else is here then throw dead guy into some room and lock the door, use the towel to stop him from bleeding out even more then just through a blanket on the blood smear on the floor and lets get out of here.

we've tapped there comms, we will know if anyone heard that.

>>526414
sweep the place. be aware that someone might have heard the shots.

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)22:57 No. 526444 ID: 0eef61
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The only thing on the comms right now is some controller somewhere repeatedly trying to raise the upper level kill-team.
"Guys? Guys? Come on. Call in. Danson?"

73-6 checks the rest of the apartment. Looks like it's been cleared out.

He spends a round on the safe, and finds a modular silencer in it. These little beauties screw on, resize, and fit anything .45 or under. It'd fit on his snubnose or his MG, being obviously more effective at repressing sound on the former.

Last one alive, shut the lights and lock the door.

Wire 2013/07/22(Mon)22:57 No. 526445 ID: 0eef61
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He finds Penelope on the fourty-fifth floor, in a hallway that's been turned impromptu slaughterhouse.
Dead Fantomas and parts of dead Fantomas everywhere.

She's curled up in a crouch on the other end of the hallway, rocking back and forth, leaning on her sword to steady the trembling. "Yeah," she says, waving twitchily at 73-6. "Yeah. Yes. Yeah, we are. We are. We are. Pardon the, hmmmmmmmm! The carpet. The mess. Is it taste like pop rocks in here or is that just my tongue, hombre? Have you ever had pop rocks? Haaahhh. Do you have a tongue, even? We are. We are." The stims should be washing out any second now. She's riding out the comedown.

>>526445
Well while we're waiting there are all these bodies to search.

Oh, call in that last corpse that got made by the turret and put the silencer on the snubnose. That shit's gonna be niiiiice.

Back off slowly, just back off slowly. Just get out of site, just nearby so you can hear the comedown.

I don't think any movement is a good idea right now. Just stand there and wait for her to calm down, then loot the bodies and head on up to the roof.

Also ask 14 how he's doing with the snipers around here, don't want to get to the roof only to have that one stray sniper take your head off now do we?

As for the silencer, put it on the stub-nose.

Wire 2013/07/23(Tue)00:15 No. 526452 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 backs away and waits. He nervously screws the silencer onto his snubnose.

Eventually Penelope straightens up and stretches out her spine. She reaches down and picks up her helmet, discarded beside her.

"No puedo respirar con mi cabeza en este puto casco." She turns around. Her eyes have normalized. "Sorry about that. I, uh." She waves her sword at the carnage. "Got that kill-team for ya."

Couldn't have done it better myself.

>>526452
Good job. We've got our exit strategy secured.

See if these guys have anything interesting on them. Any new types of guns? Or silenced weapons?

>>526452
Great, tell us how exactly to you know, avoid getting friendly killed by you if you have to drug up in our vicinity?

Also, where'd you get the drugs, didn't you run out back in the apartment yesterday, which is why our help was useful? Or does your suit-helmet thing automatically restock overtime?

ask what kind of 'meds' she has because holy shit.

also say you found a way out of here and then check with 14-1 to see if he's done sniper hunting.

And as always check bodies for anything good.

>>526452
Never change, pen.

You know what I realize? Maybe we should wear disguises for when we do the whole "tricking Famatoma's into giving us a ride on their own helicopter."

There's plenty of spare helmets and uniforms. I mean, honestly, the only thing that makes a person a Famatoma is skin and stylish orange napkins or a orange glass helmets. Maybe there are no lady Famatoma's since I have no idea about their recruiting policies but whatever. She's got a crew cut and if she wears bulky clothes over her leotard no one can tell the difference.

Just tell 14 what you look like so he doesn't snipe you, maybe paint stylish indicators on your headgear like an Ace of Spades.

>>526466
they might know eachother or have code words.

Nice work. Lost your helmet, though.

We got an exit plan. Gonna call down the Fantomas' own get out dodge helicopter and hijack it.

>>526470
If they need code words, they need to be close enough to get them. If they're close enough to get code words, they're close enough to shoot.

Wire 2013/07/23(Tue)16:54 No. 526633 ID: 0eef61
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"couldn't have done it better myself." 73-6 picks his way over the bodies to Penelope. "i got us our ticket out. flares to signal a fantomas transport."

"That's clever," says Penelope. "Uhh, what are you doing?"

73-6 is pulling the robe of a Fantomas footsoldier on. "i figured we could use disguises." He pokes his head out the top. "why? you think we should have some way to warn 14-1?"

"No, I think he'll be fine." Penelope picks out her own robe and slips into it. "He can just not shoot at the ones who aren't covered in blood."

"oh. right." 73-6 looks around. He doesn't see any robes that are free of gore. And on white clothes, the blood stands out a little stark.

"I like how they fit, though," says Penelope, consolingly. "Got any bleach?"

>>526633
Sigh. I guess we can just go up there, set off the flares, then get out of sight and hope they land anyway?

we are horribly wounded, is why we need the evac. duh.

The Kill Squad probably has different evac protocol then the guys who were living here given that they don't have flares. The guys living here weren't wearing uniforms. Ergo, using kill squad uniforms with evac protocol for the guys living here may seem suspicious.

Actually, what's the plan in the air? Can either of you fly a heli? Or are we just holding the pilot at gunpoint and hoping they're not willing to die for the cause?

just say we where wounded and needed evac, if we don't look high enough up to call for evac just tell whoever is picking us up that we put on some grunt cloths so we wouldn't have a giant sign screaming "I'm important, please kill me"

That is only if they bring it up, and since we're still tapped into the enemy comms we should get a heads up if things start going pear shaped.

Wire 2013/07/23(Tue)22:20 No. 526758 ID: 0eef61
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"14-1, we're coming out on the roof in fantomas gear. it's bloodstained."
73-6 opens the door and steps out onto the roof. The wind whips at the tails on his trenchcoat.

It's a long way down.

"I see you. Wave for me, please."
73-6 puts up a hand. Looking up at it helps to tame his churning sense of vertigo. Penelope walks past him. "Is it safe for us to be up here with all the snipers?"
"how many snipers are left, 14-1?"

"Goose-egg." 73-6 hears the satisfied sound of metal being slid back. "Last one bade farewell to his sternum fifteen seconds ago. The skies are ours. Now the ground is another story, kiddo, so let's see about getting you in the saddle of a gunship. You go ahead and plant that flare anywhere, but be ready. There'll be a team on that transport coming in to help the evacuees on. I pop the driver, then you two and I clear the roof. How's that sound?"

>>526758
Sounds good.

Lets plant that flare.

>>526758
Sounds simple.

...where the hell's it gonna land? There's no room here. If it doesn't land then killing the driver is gonna crash it.

>>526760
above the door :V

shoot flare and get ready to leave this joint. We do know how to drive this thing right? If not lets hope we can hack it or just learn as we go I guess.

> I pop the driver
...wait, then who's flying this thing out of here?

Does Sev or Penelope know how to fly a copter? Seems like an important thing to consider.

Wire 2013/07/23(Tue)23:08 No. 526769 ID: 0eef61
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"can you fly these things?" 73-6 asks Penelope.
"Yeah. Can you?"
"of course. they programmed that into my brain when i rolled off the assembly line."

73-6 strikes the flare and tosses it onto the ledge above. It hisses and lets off a bright orange light and a good amount of smoke.

"That'll do it," says 14-1. "Now you best prepare to grease some Fantomas. You tuned into the comms?"
"yes."
"Have a listen. See what their gameplan is now."

73-6 tunes into the communications network he piggybacked.
"Tactical, eyes on a rooftop flare. Is the procedure as normal during a lockdown?"
"Roger, Spotter. We had a squad, ran into an agent on an upper floor. That could be the wounded requesting an airlift. You have permission to dispatch Siren."
"Copy, Tactical."

"they're on the way." 73-6 slots his ammo and looks back at Penelope.
She's leaning on an AC unit. "Then we gotta get ready to ice some thugs. What's the call for prep, coach?"

Nothing that could damage the copter. SO lighter slugs and close range weapons only.

put up the act of wounded solders trying to get a pickup right up until 14-1 blows the pilot's brain out, then wast them a quick as you two can and then ride that bird to freedom.

Dispatching 'Siren'..

That doesn't sound good.

Could be something super-badass intended to back-up the Fantoma squad (in which case, why didn't they send it in first?) Or it could be something intended to 'leave no witnesses', including friendlies.

Any way to get more info on this 'Siren' or the Fantoma's 'Lockdown Protocols'?

>>526799
It's the helicopter's callsign. They're coming to provide medevac. Pay attention.

What I want to know is what the hell kind of resources ceiling and C&C the Fantoma whatever has.

My understanding of asymmetrical warfare suggests that your guerrilla warfare is primarily a socio-economic thing: Your force engages in low-intensity action to slowly weaken the authority's command over an area, bankrupt them on over-spending for security and trick them into alienating themselves against the populace through collateral damage and efforts to find your guerrillas. Above all else they should be HIDING.
These people are acting as though they have territorial control over the area like they are the government! Guerrillas would not have centralized communications and C&C, and would think twice about sacrificing this number of people to ineffectively chase a couple field-grunts, surely their ranks aren't in the six digits or more are they? I would expect the only sort of medical air evac they could get would be civilian airlift-ambulances staffed by sympathizers, but so much of what we've seen here suggests that this organization has graduated from guerrilla organization to effective shadow-government that displaces (or substitutes for) the real government in a surprisingly large territory.

>>526773
This seems about right. Keep up the act, get the enemies out in the open, then take them all out before they can react. We can use the LMG safely if we get a good firing angle. Like, if the copter lands on that upper platform, the enemy team will have to come over to the ledge to "help" us up. Then we can fire the LMG and the firing angle will go above the copter, not hit it.

>>526801
Ah..

Woops. ^.^

>>526804
yet the locals don't consider them a government. its likely that they are allowed to operate fairly openly in the slums, so when push comes to shove the government knows where they are. or this is a large gorilla force, that is for some reason willing to spend allot of resources on something in that building.

When whats-his-face rolled up in Kiesha's apartment he seemed to be operating as if he assumed he was in authority, like he was some sort of super neighborhood watchmen or something (The Fantomas may actually believe themselves to be something like this), Kiesha actually mentioned Warrants at one point.

It seems more like the gangs are the de facto government around here, and the agencies like 73-6's and Penelope's are more like the guerrillas. Except, instead of a few soldiers who are hiding and sneaking, you have one or two soldiers who are extremely effective but very expensive. 73-6 is essentially an assassin invading a police station, except that, probably because of overcrowding issues, they're sharing the building with a bunch of residences. Everything we've seen so far has been inside of one building. With people packed so tight in there, it's possible the population here is in the thousands. You even have a wealthy district, a middle-class district, and slums--it's like each hab-block is a city unto itself.

Wire 2013/07/24(Wed)22:31 No. 527205 ID: 0eef61
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It's two minutes before 73-6 hears the chopping wail of the flyer coming in. He flattens himself against the wall beneath the landing pad and waves Penelope down beneath the A/C.

He checks his weapons. His rifle is Armor-Penetrating, but his shotgun and snubnose won't pierce the gunship's armor.

Wire 2013/07/24(Wed)22:32 No. 527206 ID: 0eef61
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With a hydraulic hiss the flyer touches down on the landing pad. Two men leap from the hatch and run across the roof.

"Flare?" The one in front yells to be heard over the flanged roar of the skyfoils. "Who popped the flare? Are you wounded? Is anyone down there?"
He hasn't seen the agents yet.

"I have the shot on the pilot," says 14-1. "Say when, brother."

At the moment we really only have sight on one of them. So if we just open fire we will only get the guy leaning out. Unless the angle is better from behind the AC. Not sure from up here.

If our voice does not give us away we could call out and say we have two wounded to pickup and that we ran into a agent in one of the upper halls.

Say we got him but are bleeding pretty badly and are not sure if we can get up the ledge without help. Then once we have both of them in our sights we blow them away while 14 hits the pilot.

"when"

as soon as they turn to see what happened wast them with your new silencer (don't want to risk destroying your ride now) and once these 2 clowns are down lets ride our little horse into the sunset.

Penelope, stand up and shoot the guy behind him. 73-6, turn around, aim upward, and waste the guy above you before he can get a bead on Penelope.

>>527206
Let's see... if we shoot up at a sharp angle through that little lip, the LMG should kill the guy without damaging the copter.

Wire 2013/07/25(Thu)00:31 No. 527238 ID: 0eef61
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"down here," says 73-6.

The Fantoma at the guard rail pokes his head over. 73-6 takes a step back and promptly blows his brains into the air.

"now!"

The window to the flyer shudders and criss-cross fractures as 14-1's Strix fires a round from somewhere in the surrounding buildings and ends the pilot's life.

Penelope sweeps up from the A/C on full auto. The soldier behind 73-6's target hits the deck.

From the darkness of the gunship's open deployment door, someone screams. A burst of MG fire erupts from the doorway, shattering the guardrail's frosted glass.

None of it hits either agent.

>>527238
Circle around to the left, try to pop up and finish Pen's target. Penelope should see if she can provide covering fire, by shooting back at the guy that's left in the chopper.

Ask 14 if he can see how many are left in the chopper. Just one? Does he have a firing angle?

have Penelope take her helmet off and put it on the end of her gun and then wave it around near the ledge on the right. Then when the guy start shooting at it pop up from the left and end him.

Ask 14 if he has a shot at the door-gunner, and if so if he would kindly dispatch same.

>>527238
It sounds to me like the gunner has lost it and is flailing around shooting everything. 14 may not have a clear shot on him, so it's probably best to just pop him a couple times yourself when he's flailing away from you.

I can't tell if this is a military vehicle or an ambulance, because the tactics used to take out the guy spraying from the vehicle changes depending on whether that's a mounted .50 cal with a chain or an assault rifle with a clip that's already half-empty.
However, this is close combat, and standard infantry doctrine when in this situation is, "When in doubt grenade it out." Since we don't dare to use one we get to change position now to avoid the grenade that's about to sail in our direction: Go left towards the rail and pop up with a cross-shot?

I need a damn threat assessment.

Wire 2013/07/25(Thu)19:53 No. 527512 ID: 4652c9
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73-6 circles round to the other end of the roof to see if he can get a shot off, but the balcony blocks his way.

Penelope pulls her helmet off and shakes the sweat from her eyes. She tucks it under one arm. "Distraction?"
"you got a grenade?"
"No. You?"
73-6 shakes his head.

"14-1, you have a shot?"
"He's too far inside the vehicle. I can shoot for the muzzle flash, if you're willing to risk a hole knocked in your ride."
"would it damage anything?"
"There's a lower stabilizer could get taken out."
"is this an emplacement? can you see?"
"Yessir. Looks like a door gun on a swivel. And- hold on. I think there's a fourth person moving in there."

>>527512
Pop up with the shotgun and just fire a snap shot. We just need to stop the guy from firing, and once that happens Penelope can pop up for some better shots with the rifle. Err, don't forget about that guy Penelope shot that might not be dead.

Oh, and when popping up to shoot, both agents should be sure to do so when the gun isn't firing in their direction.

Wire 2013/07/25(Thu)20:48 No. 527543 ID: 4652c9
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Penelope puts her finger to her lips and her helmet on her rifle. She brings it up on the other side of the ledge.

As the door gunner lets fly at the movement 73-6 leaps onto the left generator's ledge.
The guy Penelope shot earlier points an autopistol at him, but 73-6 is ready, and 73-6 is quick.

The shotgun shell punches straight through the wounded man's helmet, carrying his mind out the other side with it.

Before the door gunner can turn around, 73-6 has racked the next round and triggered it into his chest. He staggers backward and slumps against the carrier's back wall. The other Fantoma in the doorway dives behind cover.

>>527543
He can't stay behind cover from both angles. It's Penelope's turn to get a kill, I expect.

This situation calls for suppressive fire while our ally closes to a better angle in conventional tactics, dangit. Can we do that credibly with either the shotgun or the snubnose? I'd imagine their rates of fire are a bit too low, and with the silencer the snubnose might not make enough noise either (unless you can get those bullets close enough that the impacts are making good sound).
A flashbang would be pretty good too, even better if you could place it right but never count on being that lucky (unless it's skill instead of luck).

lay down some cover fire for Penelope and have her flank the guy... or just sword him if she thinks she could do that without getting shot.

Hey wait, better idea than failing to scare him with inadequate cover fire maybe:
What does it take for you to hack the helicopter? If that's a no-go can you maybe circle to the hole in the windshield and get a better angle to shoot with your pistol?

Wire 2013/07/25(Thu)21:49 No. 527583 ID: 4652c9
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73-6 fires the shotgun until it's dry and then swaps to the snubnose to cover Penelope's approach.

The moment his snub goes click, the Fantoma rolls from cover directly into a cone of buckshot from Penelope's sawed-off.
His midsection bursts and Penelope leaps into the doorway, sword and remaining barrel at the ready.

"Clear," she calls. "I think we clear, Sev."

>>527583
Drop the shotgun, then get up there and get a new gun from the fallen. Do not be unarmed around Penelope.

Oh, and reload the snubnose.

double check with 14 to make sure he has no movement on his end either. also keep your weapons ready, you're not safe till you're back home.

Right, do a quick sweep of the chopper... then lets get outta here.

You don't know you're clear yet. Reload, sweep the chopper. If your comms let you talk to 14-1 without Penelope hearing, tell him to keep his gun on her just in case.

Carefully sweep the chopper and make sure none of the ones you downed will be getting up. Then lets get the fuck out of here.

Check if 14 sees any movement, and then you move forward for the final sweep while penny covers you.

Wire 2013/07/25(Thu)22:43 No. 527606 ID: 4652c9
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"any movement, 14-1?"
"Negatory from here, brother. Ride that chariot on home."

73-6 drops the shotgun, picks up a rifle, and refills his snubnose.

He and Penelope comb the flyer. It's been parked long enough that the engines have switched to low-take. It's eerily quiet after the explosive gunfight. Nothing but the keyed-down thrum of the airfoils and the tinny echo of the two agents' feet.

They reach the cockpit.

The remains of the pilot are in the remains of the seat.

"Your eye in the sky don't fuck around," says Penelope.

>>527606
Hot damn, were can I get one?

>>527606
He certainly does not. Shove that body out of the way and call in all your kills, then ask where we're flying this.

well push him off the seat and lets fly this baby home.

thank 14 for his help and tell him to enjoy retirement and as for Penelope, where does she want us to drop her off.

Nope. He don't.

Push the body to the side, and start doing pre-flight checks. Make sure we're not picking up anything on those tapped communications, and that 14 doesn't see anything, and then we can get out of here.

Is 14 getting out another way, or are we picking him up on the way out? And where are we flying this bird? We'll part ways with Penny at some point too, not sure where she gets off.

Um, ask 14 if if he would like to meet up. You know, for that "candy bar". And where Penelope where she would like to be dropped off.
Seriously don't mention even the candy bar lie on the radio, he should know what we're talking about. I'm guessing we're supposed to give it to him from what he subtly implied on the radio.

Wait, what's stopping Famatoma's from RPGing us down or at least following us if we don't respond properly? We're a big damn helicopter in the sky! We can't hide that easily! Famatoma's aren't dogs, they can look up! And so can dogs!

Ooh ooh maybe we can ask 14 how he retired, now!

>>527606
throw him out, let penelope pilot. mainly so you can make a pilot pen joke.
change cloths back while mid air and discuss your next stop with people. don't forget to thank 14 and ask if he wants a ride.

Wire 2013/07/26(Fri)00:04 No. 527635 ID: 4652c9
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"he most certainly do not."
73-6 pushes the body to the floor and takes a seat.
"we're ready to fly. where do i drop you off, amigo?"

>>527631
Yes, let's do that.

>>527625
Moving aircraft are really hard to hit with unguided munitions, and I'm sure we have countermeasures for guided ones.

Wire 2013/07/26(Fri)00:04 No. 527637 ID: 4652c9
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"Put your hands on your head and turn around very slowly," says Penelope.

"oh."

"I'm sorry, Sev-three." Penelope's voice is strained. "Mierda. I'm really sorry. You're a hell of an operative and you coulda killed me a hundred times over. I don't wanna do this."
"i can't say i'd like that either."
"It ain't me. It's executive shit. I just got orders two minutes ago, amigo. From the top. TriBranch doesn't want you getting out of this one."



"I have the shot, 73-6." 14-1's voice is deadbolt calm. "She's overestimated the armor on that thing. She moves at all back I've lost it, but I have the shot."

Could/would the bureau take her in? If no, kill her.

>>527637
You know I am kinda getting a bit sick of the corporation's shit. You sure you are gonna go through with killing a friend, pen?

Is it possible for her to move into a position where she's got a shot on us but 14 doesn't have a shot on her? Because if it isn't we can use the threat of 14 to force her leave peacefully.

Actually, even if she could take us out, is it possible for her to take off or leave the helicopter without 14 having a shot on her? That threat may also work.

huh, truth be told I thought she would have waited until we where in the air or alternatively this would have gone down on a future mission when our paths crossed again.

ask her a question, what did you do that made it so Penelope's bosses saw fit for her to blow your brains out. Then ask her if she's going to go through with it. If she says she is going to go through with it... well, then I guess we ask 14 for one more favor.

Don't move. You have one shot at this.

Seriously? Your guys didn't even have a way to get you out, and you're gonna off me for them?

How about you just fail? You're injured, I'm not, I get the jump on you and don't finish you off because I'm a sentimental idiot who didn't kill you in the first place. You probably still get in trouble, but you get plausible deniability.

...if she doesn't go for it, 14's gonna have to shoot her.

>>527640
Actually, modify it for this
I am pretty sure the corporation we work for would be esctatic to be able to study a few of the performance enhancers tribranch cooked up, maybe even enough to sway pen's opinion a bit on this.

Well shit.

Shoot her.

We pulled shit for her against our best interests. If she turns around after all that and pulls this on us, she is no friend of ours.

>>527637
man, this is exactly why i wanted pen to pilot.

you know, this might be a good time for you to retire, yourself. you've got a chopper and some money. as long as 14 won't use that gun on both of you you can make an escape.

We knew this was gonna happen from the beginning, right? The way I see it, we got off easy. I was worried she was gonna pull this shit in front of our new friends. And hey, guess what? No more bro-code keeping you off Keisha now!

No hesitation, Sev. Take the shot.