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[fistandantilus4....]

The leperchaun shrugs.
Cover's for you gents to agree on. That's assumin' yur goin' ta be rubbin' with the society types. My Gentleman would prefer that you begin with, let's say, 'other avenues' first. If it comes to "interviews", you might find things a bit more difficult here in England than in the States. I'll be 'round to help avoid society pitfalls like that if you have a need.

If you all are looking for transport through my self, I can arrange to have you showing as propered credentialed types for a while. Keep in mind that hardware will have to be kept to a min unless absolutely necessary.

[Redjack]

<<@Team [Nix] Tourists might work. Insurance investigators might provide some cover for our activities and questions. Escape mental patients would probably closer resemble us.... Ideas???>>

Back in his meat body, the team's mage frowns. I guess that's why we make the big money... These things are never easy.

"There will, of course, need to be introductions made to underworld elements. And being outsiders, we'll need to grease those connections -but I get ahead of myself. Let's start with the details about the disappearance. What information do you have? Beyond methods, what are the suspected motives for the disappearance?" The wheels were beginning to turn, but this time Nix was hoping to be a little less of a fish out of water than it sounded like they would be.

[Mickle5125]

<<@Team [Dingo] Hmm? Oh, I'm from Dublin originally, but spent a fair amount of time in the UK as well. If you lads wanna tourist it up, feel free. I can be your local guide.>>

Dingo hums "Danny Boy" to himself in the meat world as he continues learning what he can about his new employers from their icons.

[ Spoiler ]

I'm not able to find information in BBB about analyze operations, so I'm going to assume the dicepool's the same as matrix perception.

Analyze operation on client icons (2 rounds each icon): 4, 6 UMSman, 3, 4 Leprechaun.

[Redjack]

<<@Team [Nix] That simplifies things. You have any connections in the UK?>>

[Mickle5125]

<<@Team [Dingo] Well, I'll have to look and see who's still alive, but there should be somebody... at least a friend of a friend or somethin...>>

[fistandantilus4....]

The leperchaun sets his drink aside, leaning forward, his danling feet coming together as he gets to more serious business.

The missing persons can't be found by my client here through the tools he's got at hand. That's where you lot come in. Magical tracking is beyond his ability, so that'd be a good place ta' start. There was no warning or ransom given, so we suspect foul play. This is a person with society ties, and a rather secretive nature, so the Who's could quite frankly be just about anyone. As far as I can tell though from the interviews I have conducted with my client, there's no OOO involved here. Let that set your minds at ease at least. The O's are all uppity lately, and no one really wants any trouble with them.

Part of the problem is that the missing person has some awakened ...ermmm.... pets, on his grounds, so the house is a bit hard to get to, without callin' Parashield that is.

The leperchaun shrugs, not to concerned at least by appearances.

[Redjack]

The dragon shifts his weight in the chair, casually. Mentally reviewing Caliph's questions, he felt he'd reviewed them all indirectly except the when. Get to that one in a moment.

"That wraps considerable more detail around the run." Nix found himself wishing that he was taking this meet in the meat. "I guess that brings us to a few of the final details before cut a deal and you give us the actual dossier. What are the travel arrangements and what is the compensation package?"

[rob]

Caliph - Splitting his brain between driving a loop between I-5 and I-90 and listening in on the meet.

PAN-to-PAN, again:
<<@Nix (Caliph) - that kind of heat on the turf at the objective means I'll have to come in with some more hardware than they'll be happy with on a civilian airliner. I'll need him to link me up with a firearms guy in town or a an importing agency for hardware.>>

[fistandantilus4....]

The UMS icon shifts a little uncomfortably in the background while the leperchaun goes on.

Hey we're all on the same side here mates. I've worked your side of the table before. I get the kinds of concerns you're probably mulling over.

I've got two ways in for ya'. One is decidely quicker, but it requires you travel light. The other requires a little more out of the way travel, and coming in by ship part of the way. But you get to bring what you want. That route's also naturally more expensive, and is decidedly more expensive.

Now, my client has told me that money is a secondary concern to family. "Can't put a price on a life" and all that. Luckily, he managed. Sixty thousand in nuyen for each of you. I even talked in a bonus for you, an nice fat 40% incentive pack, if you can find your man in the first week. I've heard good things about your speed. The bonus goes down 15% each week. You get half up front, which you can use for your transport, or take my Quick Way for a small fee. Or the slower way for a larger fee. Up to you.

The leperchaun sits back, giving the crew some time to thing.

[Mickle5125]

<<@team(Dingo) - Dingo likes what Dingo hears. I will need to pick up some special ammo if the client wants his pets to be alive at the end of this, but nothin so far sounds too troublesome. Find out if the bonus time limit starts countin upon acceptance of the job or if it waits for us to reach the UK.>>

[Redjack]

The dragon nods. "I assume personal effects of the gentlemen and his last known location will be accessible to us? Also, I'd like to propose a third travel option: We travel your light/fast route and you take care of shipping a few items for us. We will need access to a few weapons once we get local. We can start the clock once we are on the ground."

The dragon reaches up, running the backside of a claw across his scaly cheek. "The pay and bonus both sound acceptable. This job will however generate some unusual expenses." He tilts his head slightly as he looks at the leprechaun. "And will undoubtedly make a new enemy or two. An enemy with the resources to make someone from the upper crust disappear. Once we begin getting close, they will intercede with attempts to remove us from play. Dealing with that will require expensive options."

He levels his head out, leans in and smiles, "I think we are very close to an accord, however."

<<@Team [Nix] Sound good? We'll just build in the clock starting on arrival, get some local gear quick and ship in whatever you guys need. Also, get your lists together. I personally don't need any gear, but I want a safe-house, trasnportation and to make contact with an extraction team. The latter might be located through our existing connections though.>>

[rob]

Caliph - Splitting his brain between driving a loop between I-5 and I-90 and listening in on the meet.

PAN-to-PAN, again:
<<@Nix (Caliph) - forward this one on. I got shit for existing connections in the region. Maybe Raul knows someone. Seems like I shouldn't bring my truck; so a rent-a-car will have to work. We got two functions for extraction - we need a team just in case for extracting the target, and we need a team just-in-case if we need to go. The second function should be our own contacts. They can overlap, depending on money. I'll need my big guns shipped, but that's it. Concur with safehouse. I'll need two throwaway cover IDs with entrance or native visas. Seems like the bonus package should take into account whether or not we go by the quick route and wait for follow on gear. Maybe a 50% bonus or a 40% bonus degraded by 10% per week.>>

[Mickle5125]

<<@Team [Dingo]A couple flyspies, a couple knives, a pistol or two, and a pile of less-than-legal cyberware on my end. I can probably pass off the cyber as being necessary for a neurodisease with the help of a couple bribes, but I just thought I'd throw that info out there...>>

[Redjack]

He pauses as the additional information come in from the team, sitting back upright.
<<@Team [Nix] I'm working the angle to make up the difference directly in expenses. We know this is gonna be expensive. If we can walk away with 60k + the bonus, that will be good. The expenses are an unknown variable. If he agrees with that, at least in principle, then we can directly cover the expenses. I'm hesitant to argue each point of the contract and think we'll have better luck focusing on the known hole. Anther 10% on the bonus would only be 6k each; Expenses could easily engulf that. So I'll work the safehouse, transportation, identities and an extraction team all through the expenses - unless you guys have an issue with that plan?>>

He then adds in his conversation with the leprechaun, "Safe house, transportation and multiple identities. Given the nature of this kind of work and the threat level of the opposition, our S.O.P. is also to have an extraction team on retainer. They aren't always needed, but sometimes those who performed the extraction swing a big hammer to end any investigations or to oppose a counter-extraction."

[fistandantilus4....]

The leperchaun listens through Nix's list of issues, while UMSMan still observes, seeming less agitated at the moment.

We can get on common ground on a few of your items no doubt. The leperchaun smiles as he takes another drink. A safe place to doff your cap I can arrange, although there will be cost. You'll get a good rate though, no doubt. I know someone that does a more than decent job with identities as well, providing the required information is available. I'm willing to provide you one set of credentials that will get you in country, and will likely last the duration, long as you don't get to hairy with them. Idents besides that, I can put you in touch with the right people that know the system well. Believe me, you'll want a local handling these things.

As for back up, well, to be frank, I came to you gents first because I heard you were top notch. My employer isn't looking to pay a second team on top of the first. I can put you in contact with some good Heavys on this side, but the cred will have to come from your end.

As for equipment, that fast trans I can have for you within two days, once I get your bios. If you'd like to handle it outside, that's fine. I can arrange to have your heavier .... essentials delivered the "long way." There will be a cost of course. There always is. But I assure you, I'll get it "at cost", as they say.

Lucky sits back, taking another long pull on his mug while watching the assembled icons.

[Mickle5125]

Dingo fires off a message to his fixer, hoping that he would get a response back quickly so that they would have a decent estimate for comparison purposes.

<<@Halcyon [Dingo] Oi, Hal, mate! How much would it cost for you to send me and a couple mates to London quiet-like?>>

That out of the way, he focuses back on Lucky and listens to him for a while before sending off another message.


<<@Team [Dingo] I might be able to arrange an extraction team that I trust, if you guys don't mind working with the shadier side o' the UK...>>

[fistandantilus4....]

Thanks to the wonders of an interconneted digital world, the reply is almost immediate.
@Dingo[Hal] Well now that depends. Lots can go into that. Whether the ID's are legit, or need to be produced, and the qualities of each, what kind of equipment is going to be involved, like cyber or restricted tech,and how fast you wanted to get there.

Sub Orbital tickets are near a grand a piece right now. They're fast, but not exactly quiet, unless you and mates are squeeky clean and can slide in under the radar. Otherwise you're goin' in by boat. It slows you down and means other considerations like paying a good smuggler, and you still need to change continents at some point. Lots of variables there mate. Need more specifics.

[Mickle5125]

<<@Hal [Dingo] - Assuming that everyone's as cybered as I am, IDs are provided and sufficiently legit, and we're carryin... oh... heavy end of an average seek-and-destroy mission, what would be a decent estimate? Doesn't have to be accurate (I know I'm not givin ye enough details). I'm just lookin for a ballpark estimate. Preferably avoiding the private suborbital...>>

[fistandantilus4....]

@Dingo[Hal] Flight it's self, through the right channels, something more on the discretion side, less on the comfort, flight it's self would be around 6-700. IDs are gonna be the trick, especially with crossing over into the UK. You'll either want a one shot burner, which would be around 3K each, or something that can hold up better, which could be twice that or more with any amount of ware or hardware being authorized.

[Mickle5125]

<<@hal [Dingo] - Thanks, mate! I'll be in contact with a shoppin' list shortly, I imagine.>>

<<@team[Dingo] - Lads, if we go through my channels, the flight's gonna be about 6-700ish and IDs are gonna be 3-6+k. Just for price comparison purposes, o' course.>>

[rob]

Caliph - Splitting his brain between driving a loop between I-5 and I-90 and listening in on the meet.

PAN-to-PAN, again:
<<@Nix (Caliph) - I'm good. I'll leave you to maximizing our profits. I don't think we're gonna get much more info until we make our decision. Need to get contact info for this Dingo kid, see what he's about.>>

[Redjack]

The dragon shifts. Now time to meet in the middle.

"Valid points. Let's meet in the middle." He realizes he just said what he thought, but continues anyway. "The pay is a reasonable fee for the job, but the expenses have too many 'good rate' attached to them rather than 'got you covered'. Here is what I propose: We'll leave the pay as is, you cover the safe house. We'll take care of our travel, you get our gear there. We'll take care of local transportation and you take care of the safe house. We'll take care of local physical support and you provide the IDs to get us in country. Once you agree, we'll get ourselves to the island, find the missing gentleman, make you look like a hero and disappear back across the big pond. So... Do we have a deal?"

[fistandantilus4....]

The leperchaun seems to think it over for a moment, toying with his trim beard idly.

Roll Negotiation +1 Modifier (Roleplaying)

[Redjack]

Charisma(5) + Negotiation(1) + Bargain(2) + Bonus(1) = [3,3,6,2,4,3,6,2,2] = 2 hits
Edge (Re-roll failures) = [1,3,5,5,3,5,5] = 4 hits
6 total hits; (Cumulative: 2 edge spent)

[fistandantilus4....]

Opposed Negotiation = HITS:6


The leperchaun shakes his head slightly.
I can make some arrangements for a few things, but the shipment of goods is going to cost. IDs are pricey, but I can make arrangements. Moving equipment though is going to require cred out of pocket. Now I might be able to get you a better rate though. Working boys, you and I, we need to watch each other's backs, am I right? The leperchaun gives Nyx a wink.

Do we have an accord then?