IC: Gang of Rebels Options

[JDragon]

2215: Inside O'Mally's Party Room

Hack'ed clears his throat, having only talked to the waitress to order some pasta and gumbo for dinner. He quickly scans the room and then begins to speak.

"Well since we are trying to be open here, you can call me Hack'ed since thats what everyone else seems too once they get to know me. Simply put I throw a few spells and chase off summoned creatures & spirts. I have never taken to summoning myself and my spells are geared more toward subdoing or incapacitating people. I also have a good understanding of the matrix from my former life."

When he's finshed Hack'ed leans back and takes a long drink from his large glass of water.

[ludomastro]

2228: Inside O'Mally's Party Room
Mordred steps into the room escorting a red headed woman. "Please take your seat," he says as he indicates a open chair. He then steps back out of the room.

2230: Inside O'Mally's Party Room
Two men walk into the room. The first is a short stout balding man dressed in tweed and black loafers, carrying a leather briefcase. He adjusts his glasses on his nose and nervously shifts back and forth. His eyes constantly searching the room with an expression of fear on his face.

The second man is tall and dressed in a blue suit. He has a bright smile and a face that shows he is alert. He says, "Hello everyone. My name is Darren O'Mally and this is Dr. Smith. Please treat him with the utmost respect. Wes, your instincts are good; however, you gave Dr. Smith quite a fright with your little picture." Turning to Jack he says, "Maggie sends her appologies that she won't be here tonight. If it helps, she spoke highly of you." Turning back to the group he states, "I will not be able to join you this evening; however, I trust that Dr. Smith will provide you with all the details of the potential employment opportunity that he is presenting. Also, for those of you that were able to enjoy some of the food, I trust that you were pleased." With that he smiles and walks out.

Dr. Smith, with more than a little trepidation explains, "I need your help. I work at the D-Day museum downtown. You may be aware that Saeder-Krupp is becoming a little more friendly with the CAS government than in the past. That all started a few years ago when ... " He stops, clears his throat, and begins again. "You did not come here for a history lesson." He seems a little more at ease now that he is talking. "I represent a group that would like to ensure that Saeder-Krupp does not bury our little museum. The local government does not seem to care about us and does not plan to move us when Saeder-Krupp takes over the block for that new monstrosity of a building. We will be regulated to the basement and will most likely be required to become corporate citizens if we wish to continue working for the museum. My colleagues and I are up in arms; however, that will do nothing for us. I need to get certain items out of the museum before the take over happens next week. I also need to get any information that can prove that Saeder-Krupp is planning on shutting us down in violation of the agreement with the local governments." As he stops to breath, he seems to fall back into the passive attitude that he had earlier. He looks around the room as if not sure what to expect next.

[last_of_the_grea...]

Jack listens as Darren explains the situation, thenturns his attention to Dr. Smith. Well, it appears my role in this is obvious. Infiltrate Saeder-fragging-Krupp and listen and look for intelligence. Maybe the real money jobs aren't really what I want after all.

"So, Dr. Smith, it appears you actually have two jobs for us. Smuggling and intelligence gathering. At two different sites no less. You realize, of course, that this divided attention will make our jobs most difficult and that the target is not one to be taken lightly. So, you realize I must ask this. Are you sure you can afford to pay us what this job is worth?" His voice is grim as he souts his monologue. A small time museum shouldn't be able to afford something like this.

[ Spoiler ]

Well, back to the Corporate Politics skill. I want to know what Saeder Krupp's interest in this museum's area is. 1,1,4,5,5,6. Not to bad with 3 hits. Also I want to know if I know where this museum gets its funding using my finances skill. Crap. No hits at all 1,2,3,4,4,4. I guess Jack never even heard of it. I would also like to make a current events roll on the CAS-Saeder-Krup "history lesson." 1,2,3,5,6,6. Hopefully Jack can put it all together in a solid package of information.

[Whizbang]

"Interesting. Figures that SK wouldn't care for a D-Day museum. Just what type of artifacts are you looking for us to retrieve? And what sort of corporate presence is in the area already?

[Nikoli]

My, my, it's not everyday you're invited to thumb your nose at a dragon, a AAA mega corp and do something your dear old dad would like. You know you want this job, Rooster. Just try not to salivate as he's talking.
Need to play it cool, let the others talk first. Nobody likes a smart orc. No, they want us just slightly brighter than how they want their trolls. Just an ugly pet that you don't want to look at but instead intimidate the neighbors with.
Stop that! This teams different, they aren't your folks and they aren't your last crew. Just let them talk.

Rooster nods, taking in the questions and answers, intrigued by the thought of robbing a museum.

[Kiedo]

Ohh D-day, the Normandy Invasion, you know I love history Wes

Wes looked slightly puzzled at this "Dr. Smith", wondering why someone could spend so much time dwelling on things that happened over 125 years ago, sure it was a big part of history, but still...

"I've been to the museum, theres not much real stuff there, just some old weapons, and a plane. And I hope your not thinking of us trying to rescue that aircraft. Now, there could be other things in the backrooms that aren't on display."

Wes leans back in his chair, extending his feet out in front of him, "Well how much were you thinking of offering for your little job."

[ Spoiler ]

Etiquette, trying to make him feel a little more comfortable, and less nervous.
2, 5, 6, 1

2 hits

[ludomastro]

Dr. Smith smiles a little and seems to relax if only slightly. "While the plane would be wonderful, it is not in any condition to be moved, much less used. So, no, I don't think that the plane would be a good choice," he says laughing to himself. "No, those that I represent would like some backroom items removed. There are several items in storage crates that should be removed. They are labeled as 'Personnal Effects - SGT Johnson'. I believe that there are four boxes about the size of a large suitcase. These should be delivered unopened to the location I will provide after we complete our little talk. Also, I would like you to get a list of names of those who were in Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and a pistol used by PFC Jones during that battle. You must take nothing else AND no one must get hurt. This must be completed by this weekend."

"Since you believe that this two jobs should be separated, I will offer you five thousand for sucessful removal of the items. As you believe the Saeder-Krupp information is separate issue, I would like to propose ten thousand for that information. You may take up to ten days for that information."

With that he leans back into his chair and looks around the room.

[ Spoiler ]

It is Monday night.

[JDragon]

Hack'ed sits and listens closely as Dr. Smith outlines the jobs and the others ask questions.

Well this could be helpful, 15000 nuyen to split between us for a weeks work, not bad. At least it might get me out of that coffin motel for a while.

Once Dr. Smith appears to have stopped talking, Hack'ed speaks up, "One question, will the data grab also have the same restriction of no one getting hurt?"

[ludomastro]

Dr. Smith smiles a bit and says, "I don't mind if they get hurt, but please, no deaths, I can't have that on my conscience."

[Kiedo]

twenty-five hundred, not bad, it's not like either of those jobs should be that challenging, well maybe the SSaeder-Krupp part.

Wes gives a contrived amiable smile, thinking to himself, that tangling with dragons was worth much more than 2500 a head. He had scared the squatty little man earlier in the evening, but this time, it was charm, though he didn't think he had much in that department.

"So let me get this straight, you want us to extract, four large suitcase size boxes, a list of people, and a gun, without even hurting anyone, AND, get into Saeder-Krupp and find out they really plan to violate an agreement with the CAS government, with out killing anybody, all for 2,500 a head?"

Wes had a bad feeling the moment he saw the guy out front, and something just wasn't adding up. Give a group of six a small amount of cash to steal some things, but they can't take anything else or can't hurt anyone. He may know history but he doesn't know economics. You can't pay the cashier below minimum wage and expect them not to take something out of the till.

[ Spoiler ]

I want to judge his intentions.

Intuition (5) + Charisma (3)
6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 2, 2, 1

[Smilin_Jack]

Party Room 21:38

Wes gives a quick wink to Caz, "Good to see you again, Caz," as she sits down.

Caz acknowledgement to Wes, “Hey ya Wes. Nice to see a familiar face.”

Leaning back while listening to Wes’s spiel Caz thinks to herself, ”Frag, I knew I should of kept my gun on me. Both these guys are packin. Hopefully Darren doesn’t notice.”

As Wes finishes his speech Caz says, “No idea why we’re here Wes, I’m sure we’ll find out why shortly though.” Smiling she continues, “As Wes said, we might learn something from what our specialties are. I’m ex-army and have a fairly decent record doing covert ops. If we need inside a place, be it loudly or silently, I’m your gal.”


2230: Inside O'Mally's Party Room

Watching Darren leave after introducing Dr. Smith, Caz focuses her attention on the suit.

Listening to the suit drone on Caz thinks, ”SK… that’s that damn corp with a fraggin’ Dragon. This job promisies to be all sorts of interesting.”

Smiling to herself as she realizes this might be more up her alley than she first thought she shoots an AR message to Wes, “If Dr. Smith works at the museum, and wants this done by this weekend – we need to hit him up for info on the building plans and what knowledge he has of the security systems. I can verify the system info if I can get on-site before we hit the place.”

When the suit mention’s the Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Caz thinks, “Why in the world are these guys interested in old military intelligence and items? She struggles to remember what she knows of the D-Day invasion and why this info and knowledge would be so important to Dr. Smith.

[ Spoiler ]

Knowledge Check:
Logic[3] + Military[3] = 1 2 4 5 5

[Kiedo]

Wes former false smile fades into a genuine on recieving the message from Caz. In the little time between his question to the Johnson, and the time he answered, Wes sends back the following message.

"I was just thinking the same thing. And if I'm right about the big guy sitting to my right, I think his name is Rooster? he and I should be able to get you in if we can't just go to the museum as 'patrons'."

[Whizbang]

"Don't think I've been to your museum before. Are you still keeping business hours? And what sort of staff do you keep during the day and the night?" Zelda asked. She figured that there were others here that were better at breaking and entering than she was, but those questions still needed to be asked. When they got to the second part of the mission, then she would have her time to shine.

[last_of_the_grea...]

"Come now, doctor, surely you do not believe we will accept such a small amount for the risk we are taking. On the surface it might seem that it is a simple snatch mission and an intelligence gathering mission, neither of which should we need to engage the enemy. However, dragons have long memories and hold grudges. Perhaps you should try a new opening offer and we'll go from there. Let us start with your lowball offering being at least double what you are offering now, then we can negotiate."

[ Spoiler ]

Okay, I will spend a point of edge on my negotiation roll. That gives me 15 dice. I got 13 hits, thanks to several 6's. It may seem like a waste of edge, but it's all about making money, so in character Jack wants more money! Edge is his tool. I will also make an etiquette roll. I got 3 hits on it.

[JDragon]

hmmm, he has a good point. Guess I should just keep my big mouth shut while he works and see what happens.

After Dr. Smith answers his question Hack'ed leans back, nods and says, "Thanks"

[ludomastro]

Dr. Smith seems a little taken aback by the apparent annomosity at his offer for the work; however, he sits back in his seat and pauses for several moments. "Well, now. I suppose that you make a good point about the potential difficulty of getting data out of Saeder-Krupp's offices downtown. I'll revise the offer to twenty-one thousand total. That makes it seven for the museum and fourteen for the Saeder-Krupp work. If my math is good that would be thirty-five hundred for each of you. I can't go higher than that without approval of my backers."

[JDragon]

Damn, this getting better by the minute. Well I know I'm in, but I'll just wait and see what else these guys can come up with.

Hack'ed nods slightly in Jack's direction as Dr. Smith explains that he will increase the pay.

[Kiedo]

Well he seems on the level, as zeolous about history as the next musuem currator.

Wes again pulls up a message dialog, and sends a message to the entire group.

Dragons, datasteals, and B&E, it seems like he's lowballing us, even at 21k, but what do you guys think?
-Wes

[Nikoli]

Reply to all:
Definitely sounds like a lowball, but petty theivery usually does warrant a low price. We also need to know what kind of robbery, too clean and it will look suspisciously like it was arranged, too messy and it will definitely look arranged. Gotta be just the right amount of mess and clutter created, gotta make it look like a random crime, not a contracted miracle. But that's his choice in the long run.

[last_of_the_grea...]

Backers? We don't need no stinking backers! Heh. What movie was that from? An old flat screen flick I believe. Oh, if only I could read minds! I would love to know who these backers are. Jack was hoping for more, but it made sense that this museum curator would have limited funds. Besides, it was far more than the usual 100 nuyen run he'd always taken before.

"Well, 21000 nuyen does seem a little closer to what I had in mind. Perhaps your backers would allow a bonus for early delivery or how quiet the run is for instance. I also must insist on half up front. Standard practice, you know."

Jack opens his commlink windows to see what messages were sent.

Well, let us keep in mind that we do not know Dr. Smith's ultimate goal. The involvement of the dragon may be incedental. If he balks at paying our up front demand then we know there is a problem and that he probably expects us to end up "unpayable."

[JDragon]

Seeing the messages come in to his AR, Hack'ed mentally responds to all.

I agree with the need for half up front. I'm in at the given rate, but will do my share to earn what ever you can negoitate. But for the negoations I should just keep my mouth shut.
Hack'ed

[ludomastro]

Dr. Smith looks around the room and nods to himself. "I see that you are discussing among yourselves. Please take your time and let me know what you think. Concerning the half up front ... I can give you ten thousand up front. I will have to contact my backers if you insist on a bonus."

[Smilin_Jack]

Message to all: "Half up-front definately. The rate isn't the greatest, but I suppose it will have to do for now. Wes did bring up a good point - if its misdirection they want, we need to see how willing they are to part with some of the other items in the museum. If the goal to just keep these specific items out of S-K's hands, they shouldn't mind too much if something else goes missing."

Message to Jack: "Jack, since you seem to be the one handling negotiations - feel him out on providing us the floorplans and security specs on the museum."

[Kiedo]

Wes sits up in his chair, takes a deep breath and looks around the room, he wasn't a smoker but he sure wanted a cigarette right now. He just couldn't get over this odd feeling, the Johnson looked alright, but there was something else.

Maybe it's because you haven't done any "running" in a while and your nervous.

"No that couldn't be it," he mumbled.

Well he seems on the up and up to me, just your everyday wage slave.

"That's exactly the point, he's clean, too clean," Wes[/i] said trying very hard to be quiet.

Well as the old adage goes, follow the money.

[b]Wes nods to himself and brings up an AR view of the room. He sees all of his fellow runners, and begins to search for 'Mr. Smith'.

After he does this he props himself up so he won't slump over, and drops into full VR.

Before begining his searches he sends a message to the team.

I'm going full VR to see if I can find anything on Mr. Smith, message me if something happens before I'm back.

[ Spoiler ]

I'd like to perform a few matrix searches.

First off I'd like to locate his commlink, that's a free action if he's active or passive, and I don't have Electronic warfare or Scan so I can't roll a test for it.

I'd like to do a search for a list of D-day museum employees, then cross refrence it with Mr. Smith.

Data Search (3) + Browse (6) + Hot Sim (2) Extended test
IP#1: 6, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1
IP#2: 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1
IP#3: 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1

14 hits (if I need more let me know)

Cross refrence check.

Data Search (3) + Browse (6) + Hot Sim (2) Extended test
IN#1: 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1
IN#2: 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1
IN#3: 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2

8 hits (again if more needed tell me)

If that fails I want to take a picture of his face, with my cybereyes, then do a search for matching pictures on net matrix.

Datasearch (3) + Browse (6) + Hot Sim (2)
IN1: 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1
IN2: 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1
IN3: 6, 6, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1
IN4: 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1
IN5: 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2
IN6: 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1

25 Hits

[last_of_the_grea...]

"I must say this fee assumes there will be some amount of support. Floor plans to the museum, security procedures and personell, perhaps false uniforms if needed, those kinds of things. I suggest you give your backers a call and see about that bonus plan. Also, how will you want these two runs performed? I assume you want both done quietly."

[ Spoiler ]

I want to see if I know who backs Dr. Smith and/or the museum. Building on the roll I made before I'll make a finance roll and a corporate politics roll, in that order. I also want to know if Darren or Maggie are connected to him. 2 hits on finances and 2 hits on corporate politics.