Umbrae Europae [IC] (part 3) - Mist of Nycthemeron, A third installment of the Umbrae Europae Campaing (started elsewhere) Options

[Haywire]

#70

"I think we have a deal. Just for my information, what are those giant mushroom-like creatures? What do they eat? Are they reasonable?"

[Romain Pelisse]

The Professor smiles again, but this time, not out of cheer joy or excitement, but more to approve Waywalker line of thoughts.

"I can see, my little friend, that you already have noticed that the local creatures are not too much found of my guardians haven't you ? Or, rather to be exact, they found them annoying, which makes my guardians a bit nervous. I can see you know how to leverage such situation to your advantages. But you are right, to do so, you need to know and understand better the Kayeri. That is their names by the way."

The old looking Fae then stops, as to prepare to deliver a presentation.

"In the Court, we know the kayeri as ferocious protectors of the forests and the jungles, rarely willing to step foot outside of their birth-lands (which is not to say that they can’t be coaxed from their homes). For all of their reclusiveness, they are however happy to negotiate with outsiders, particularly if it involves woodland preservation. As the my sponsor has not plan to harm the site we are right now in, I believe they opted to accommodate her - but I don't think they got anything out of the deal. But I digress. Let's go back to the Kayeri themselves."

"The kayeri are most commonly found in the Court acting as either as bodyguards or as members of a private military. Eager to please, they’re remarkably pliant creatures, happy to conform to any order, or to adapt to any situation. Combined with their natural prowess, their facility for traveling through woodland areas with exceptional speed, they make ideal infantry. When not otherwise working for their employers, the kayeri are inevitably found gamboling in heavy vegetation. Eyewitnesses claim that these Fae can communicate with the plants themselves and have been seen accelerating their growth, or resculpting hedges into aesthetically pleasing shapes. What the kayeri actually say to the plant life, however, no one knows."

"Unlike some of the other Fae, the kayeri are anything but territorial, at least in regards to other members of their species. Travel is free between forests, and it’s not uncommon for entire families to share a single patch of green. Only outsiders are required to negotiate access. But do note that this interspecies friendliness isn’t entirely altruistic. The kayeri, to put it delicately, are uncannily ... virile creatures."

The idea of the mushrooms creatures having some kind of sexual intercourse does make Waywalker pause for an instant.

"I can see the idea is troubling you, but be aware that relationships are universally polyamorous, and frequently consisting of a single male with two primary females. All three frequently possess secondary partners and will also involve themselves in casual encounters. Any children born of these unions are taken into the protection of whatever partner group spawned them. However, custody isn’t set in stone. The kayeri will happily shepherd their young to whichever family proves most competent—or invested — at their care."

"As you have seen, those critters are quite large. Both female and male kayeri are exceptionally tall, standing 2.2 meters in height. Physically, they resemble muscular, bipedal rabbits, although their facial features betray a distinctively hominid cast. Their jaw structures are particularly interesting. Unlike the timid herbivores they are so often compared to, kayeris possess carnivore teeth, similar to those seen on a wolf. I can see with your reaction that you did get to see those tooth from up close..."

"As an added point of interest, their dentition not only suggests the ability to rip and tear but also an enormous aptitude for latching onto their quarry. It is worth noting that the kayeri may have a symbiotic relationship with their mushroom hats, which aren’t accessories, but actual fungi growing out of their skulls. Of course, it could simply be a part of their biology. It is not unusual to see the kayeri in a vegetable state, shedding fur and bone, to take on the appearance of giant mushrooms. In fact, some argue that this might be their preferred form."

"Whatever the truth, one thing is for sure: the kayeri are dangerous. Be aware of that, young man. Their diet is not bovine-exclusive as legend suggests, although they can devour an entire cow in minutes—flesh, hooves, and all. Fortunately, such rapacious behavior is not actually common among the kayeri. This is more/less all I know about those intriguing Fae. I do admire their strength and their obedience, but the lack the ambition and superiority that would led them to achieve any kind of 'grandiose' accomplishment..."

In the meantime on Earth...

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Merc resists levitate spell: 14d6t5 7

As Rex casts his spell, he realized that Waywalker has disappeared into the Mist for merely a few minutes and the situation has already escalated way more quickly than any runner would like. But still,
he fells ahead of the game. Despite his impressive strength, the merc could not resist the spell and is now dangling, above the ground. All the other ones are desperately looking for a target to shoot... When their partner reaches a level threatening high and their boss, the mage, does not makes a come back, the second in command orders them to stand down.

After the mercs put their weapons on the ground, the man in command removes his helmet and turns out to be a female. Some long, blond hair suddenly emerges from the armor - all surrounding a rather attractive face. The woman is in her early thirties and have a very stern expression - that even her blues eyes can not make soft.

"OK. You clearly have the upper end here. Our leader, and our magical support, appears to be out of commotion and you are dangling our captain in the air. Fine. What are your terms ?"

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Mage tries to break through a barrier (again): 14d6t5 5

Unrelated note - there is a clear time discrepency between your character. Waywalker has been in the Mist for over a hour and Rex is battling with the newcomers since a few minutes only. Don't worry about that for now (you can not do anything about that), I just wanted to point it out.

[Jack_Spade]

Rex was satisfied with this result
Again he set up an ARO to get her to reveal her commlink number.
Once contact was established he replied:
<<I do not wish to harm you, but your group is interfering with a very delicate international operation.

Why have you entered an area, clearly marked as dangerous? Who are you working for?

As for my terms: Simple, stand down. Don't move forward into the mist area. You are allowed to repair the wheel of your vehicle - the sooner you leave, the better.
Any aggressive act on your part will be answered with lethal force - that includes deceptions.
I'll inform you when you can resume your mission. If you comply I'll return your man and free your leader.>>

[Haywire]

#71

"Obviously you know more about them than I do. Do you think they could be...persuaded to attack the guards?"

[Romain Pelisse]

After hearing Rex's statement, the merc woman pauses for an instant, before bursting into a cynical laughter.

"... Because you are not, yourself a Shadowrunner sneaking beneath the security established by the Council of Brittany, aren't you ? Right. Let's cut the crap. You have no right to be here, and our operations is in fact sanctions by both the High Council and Brittany and even the Korrigans! I don't think you have remotely any kind of jurisdiction. But if it is the case, do not worry. We have notified the authority the minute we ran into contact with you, and reinforcement are on the way..."

In the meantime on the Seelie Court plane...

"Well, I'm not sure if I know a way to trigger such... unpleasantness between those parties, but I'm sure if there is a way, a resourceful creature like you will find it!"

As if this last statement was supposed to conclude their discussion, the Professor then turns his back on Waywalker and comes back to his desk to resume his work.

[Jack_Spade]

<<I can neither deny nor confirm those allegations. There is a slight chance that I was hired by the same people as you - especially considering the timing.

Bringing in your back up could escalate this situation - especially since I likely have your most capable spell caster imprisoned. I quickened the spell, so even in the unlikely case you and your back up should overpower me, he will remain in there until the connection to his body runs out and he dies - unless I help him.>>
'Hopefully none of those mercs realize they could just carry the mages body over to his prison and let him escape that way. And even more hopefully, Waywalker gets back soon so we can get out of here without fighting the local powers.'

Rex moved carefully in a circle, so he was closer again to the imprisoned mage and his - so far - frustrated attempts to escape. He felt odd for showing so much restraint. Beast was slavering for blood and still, he hadn't hurt any of these people - yet.

Just on the off chance that he had to content with a hacker out here, he rebooted his persona before he continued his message:

<<If you tell me what you are after, we might be able to come to a mutual beneficial arrangement.>>

[Haywire]

#72

"Well, I'll figure something out."
Holding the communication device, Waywalker used the window from where he did enter to exit the same way, hopefully unnoticed by the guards.

[ Spoiler ]

climbing the side (pilot walker): 9d6t5 3
sneaking around: 7d6t5 2
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[Romain Pelisse]

Listening to the Rex's declaration, the merc woman can not stop herself to laugh out loud.

"You really wants me to believe that you running some kind of legit operation here ? Well, OK, for the sake of it, I'll play along..."

With a soft movement of the end, the woman triggers the apparition of an ARO in front of her. It shows a rather complicated form - all in french of course, titled:

"Formulaire d'autorisation B342c de déploiment d'unité militaire ou paramilitaire par une organisation non gouvernemental, ni corporatiste"

However the title has been translated in English:

"Authorization form B342c for military or paramilitary unit from a non gouvernemental organisation, nor corporatiste."

A set of unique MARKs are associated to the document,

With a nasty grin, the mercs goes on:

"Well.. I've shown you mine, now show me yours..."

Rex's is paying attention enough to know that the mercs are tensing up. They know their leader may have called Rex's bluff, and are ready to jump back into action if needed.

Before the mage can do anything, an alert rings in his head ! The trapped mage has stopped trying to simply destroy the astral barrier he is trapped in!

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Mage's initiative: 2d6+10 15
Mage attacks the astral barrier (first pass): 13d6t5 4 (with Charisma of 5 gives to 9DV)
Force 9 Astral Barrier resists 9DV: 18d6t5 4 (Force is reduced to 4)
Mage's attack the astral barrier (second pass): 13d6t5 4 (with Charisma of 5 gives 8DV)
Force 9 Astral Barrier resists 8DV: 18d6t5 4 (Force is reduced to 0)

@Jack_Spade: if you decide for an offensive action and wants to react as soon as the astral barrier is attacked, please roll a Surprise test. If successful, roll initiative, lose a pass (during which the first attacks occurs) and you have the remaining passes for the round, before the mage escape.

In the meantime on the Seelie Court plane ...

Waywalker climbs down as discreetly as possible the building's wall and reaches, unnoticed the ground. The two elves guards have resume their patrolling, in silence, around the building. Waywalker managed to cross the street, and hides behind a the remnant of a small wall before the two soldiers can spot him. Remains now to find a plan to distract them long enough for the Professor to do he whatever he needs to...

[Jack_Spade]

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Surprise Test:
Surprise Test: 18d6t5 4

Ini: 26+5d6 44
-10 for late start

Ini 34
54 m running movement per round
I'll hopefully engage the mage in Astral Combat before he can collapse the barrier:

Astral Combat: 10d6t5 6 [10d6t5=3, 5, 5, 2, 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4]


DV is 12S + Net Successes

'Well, shit, looks like I really have to hurt that guy before he does something that I'll regret.'

While he moved back to the mage prison as fast as he could, he send another message:

<<Well, that seems to be alright then. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Carry on.>>

It was in fact only a short distance - at least if you considered the speeds that a puma on magic steroids could reach. Still, he didn't want to kill the mage - which his dual natured claws could have achieved pretty easily. Instead he opted for slamming his will against the spirit of the mage before that could manage to destroy his prison.
'Damn it Waywalker, I really hope you can find the book and get out of this place again within the next few seconds, because after that I might have severely hurt agents of the French government.'

[Haywire]

#73

"I played it as a child, I was pretty good at Nascondino..."
Waywalker lokked for a stone and for an escape way. His plan was to play Hide-and-Seek with two Faeries.

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Basically my plan is to get their attention and get them to follow me, if possible to get them and not me in the mushroom territory.
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[Romain Pelisse]

"Carry on ? Are you f..."

The second in command of the group of mercs cannot finished her sentence before Rex, in his feline form, bolt almost right through and jump toward the invisible shape of the astral barrier he created to capture the mage. Behind him, it's chaos:

"They have a para-critter!"

"Shoot this it"

"Assume defense position"

Some of the mercs are vaguely shooting in his direction, but more to keep him away than trying to stop him. He reaches the barrier right when it disintegrate and jump to push the astrally projected mage to the ground. Completely surprised to see a dual creature jumping at him, the poor mage, who was finally free, is immediately knocked out.

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I waived the rolls and decided the mage would not see it coming, thus cannot dodge and his stunned.

Rex lands on the ground and simply keeps running away from the mercs, and his soon out of their line of fire. However, his sense allow him to hear the last order of the now, very pissed off woman:

"QG, on a été attaqué. Au moins un éveillé et apparament un para-créature. Nous avons besoin de renfort. Signalez l'incident au control de la bordure de la Brume, faites converger leur unité sur notre position."

The linguasoft used on Rex's commlink slowly translates the sentence to:

"HQ, we have encounter hostile on the premise. At least one awakened along with maybe a para-critter. We need back up. Notify the High Council and have Mist Border control and make them converges on our position."

In an almost funny manner, the end of the communication coincide with a loud "bump". The mercs's leader has rejoined the ground, a bit abruptly.

[ Spoiler ]

I assume that between the running and all the actions, Rex will have not kept sustaining the spell. However, as you did not meant to kill anybody, I will rule that the fall will have knock him out, without any permanent harm.

As the groups mercs regroup and follows Rex's trail, now going back into the general direction of the village where Waywalker's disappeared, the mage has to think about what to do next, because clearly, the situation is not deescalating and Waywalker is not back yet...

In the meantime in the Seelie Court's plane...

If Rex is feeling like he is running out of time, Waywalker is certainly taking his time. He's been playing cat and mouse with the guards for what seems hours now. Making a little noise there to distract them, going on the other side of the mansion to then throw stone at them, and again disappeared into the bushes before they can spot him. His little game is clearly going on their nerves. He can heard them arguing in Sperethiel. Of course he can't figure what they say but he managed to recognized one word is familiar with "Tommyknocker". If he think he is one, his plan worked like a charm!

[ Spoiler ]

Also waving the rolls here. There is nothing difficult to do, just be patient.

Now, he fells it's time to move to the next step. Especially with the light declining. So Waywalker, still shaped like a little wood boy, not without remembering Pinoccio, suddenly appears in plain sight, just 30m away from the guards, and whistles! The two furious elves does not even take an instant to think and start running toward him immediately. Waywalker runs away also, but in direction of one of the meanest giant mushrooms he saw. But he better not catch up by them before...

[ Spoiler ]

So now please roll Running + Strength[Speed] (unless you see an other roll that make more sense)

[Jack_Spade]

Now that he was running and had blown his act, there was only one thing to do: Keep moving and drawing the mercenaries attention away from their own car.

Therefore, Rex changed his course to describe a curve, leading away from the hidden van, slowing down just enough so that the mercenaries could be able to follow him - or at least concentrate their attention in his direction. Once the cavalry arrived they would be in real trouble - he might even have to change his form again and leave his gear behind to escape scrutiny as a normal woodland creature.

Just to give the mercenaries another thing to think about he sent:
<<For your information, I just knocked out the spirit form of your mage. Unless you bring his unconscious body to the place where he manifested for you, his astral body and real body might stay separated for too long, which in turn will kill him. I'm sorry, but he didn't give me much choice when he insisted to break out. Ignore this warning at your own risk.>>

[Haywire]

#74

Waywalker's plan was working. "I hope I don't get caught in my own plan..." He thinked while running.

[ Spoiler ]

Running (Pilot Walker): 10d6t5 1
-->Post Edge: Running (Pilot Walker): 9d6t5 4
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[Romain Pelisse]

In the shadows, many runners argues for being ruthless. That enemy you left behind alive, might come back to kick in the ass. Some make it even a point to kill their opponent, claiming that "No good deed goes unpunished". Well, for Rex, his good deed got immediately rewarded. As he stops running briefly, to observe the mics behind him, he can already see that the group is splitting and two of them are now going toward the mage's body resting place. Only the angry merc woman and one of her soldier keeps running toward his position. He has been been quite faster than them, so Rex still have a head start, but they are now gaining on him...

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@Jack_Spade if you simply keep running, just roll that, and calculate how much distance you are doing by round. Right now, you have an head start of (roughly) 100m, if you get to 500m of distance between you and them, they will have lost you. Of course, feel free to do something else.

In the meantime in the Seelie Court plane...

Waywalker is running as fast as tiny body allows him too. He knows he can't be them on cheer speed, so he is also jumping on remnant of walls, going through broken windows and anything else he can find to make his pursuer life as hard as possible.

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Elves chasing Waywalker (one roll for two): 8d6t5 3

Despite being taller than him, at least in this context, and probably have more raw force than the little robotic body, the two elves are barely keeping up with him. Waywalker does not need to look back to know that because he often hears what he thinks are insult in Sperethiel a dozen of meters behind him.

He finally reaches the spot, or rather the large mushroom, he has been aiming since the beginning. He jumps behind a wall, just next to critter, while the two elfs arrived. Suddenly, the large critter turns to them, his mouth opens - clearly displeased by the disruption and the behavior of the two noise metahuman. The two elves pull out their sword and prepare to battle for their life.

Hidden behind a piece of ruins, Waywalker uses the "device" the Professor gave him to inform him. His voice coming out of the "device" is covered by the noise of the battle, so Waywalker can barely hear him:


"Ah, so 'the coast is clear', perfect, perfect... Then, just keep this device I gave you. When you will be back on your world, it will tell you were to go. Well, as you say on your world: 'See you on the other side', I guess"

[Haywire]

#75

Waywalker was pretty pleased with the results of his plan. "Will the device work across the wall?" he asked the Professor.
Leaving the two guards battling with the giant mushrooms, he tried to remember the direction of the exit of this weird place and looked upon returning to his meatbody.

[ Spoiler ]

sneaking around: 7d6t5 2
Navigation: 11d6t5 3
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[Jack_Spade]

Rex had no intention of getting caught - or get into short range of any of the mercenaries weapons. So he sped along through the woods, ahead of his pursuers. 'I need to learn some non-lethal spells to deal with such situations. I probably should have just killed them all with a surprise attack. But I don't have one of those spells either. Damn, I'm just not prepared for stuff like this.'
Time to lose them. With his powerful legs he began to sprint in earnest, eating ground at record speed - especially since he asked the Kami to use his movement power on their shared body.

For a moment everything began to blur as he propelled himself forward at such an immense speed, that he had to relinquish control over his body to the Kami, so he wouldn't impact against a tree.

[ Spoiler ]

F9 Spirit uses Movement on our shared body: AGI 11 * Run Modifier 6 (Great Cat) * Movement Power 9= 486 m/turn
Sprint Check: Running: 10d6t5 5
+4m*9*5= +180m

= 666m in one turn with one sprint action - I'm as quick as the devil (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

(for reference, that's 333m/s - I'm close to breaking the sound barrier)

[Romain Pelisse]

As Waywalker maneuvers away from the guards fighting with the giant mushroom, he hears a crackling, mysterious reply from the Professor:

"Oh, don't worry, little fellow, it will perfectly fine for the purpose at hands. Farewell!"

The rigger is not sure what the strange Fae means by that but the line goes immediately dead after this last answers. Clearly the Professor has no intention of indulging me with more information. On the brigh side, he soon sees the weird Mist reappears in the woods surrounding him.

It is rather complex to navigate through the dense fog, especially as it grows thicker and thicker, as he goes on. Fortunately for him, Waywalker is pretty ground at navigation and he feels confident he is back on the proper track. And he needs this confidence, because soon, the trees around him disappears, to replace by just opaque, white smog. After a while, it even seems to him that the ground itself is no longer the consistent with the one of a forest. At this point Waywalker has, despite its best effort, completely lost his bearing. He is just going forward still hoping to be on the right direction.

In truth, he probably only spends a few instants in this "lost in time and space" feeling, but for him, it feels like an eternity. But suddenly, he left stumble upon a rock. And he immediately feels, moving his foot, how mechanical and metallic his foot now feels. Raising his head to see in front of him, his all AR environment suddenly reappears, with all the messages from Rex, his position in relation of their vehicle and the time that has past since he "went to the other side".

It's quite a shock form him to realize that barely minutes have past since he left his world. He feels like he spent almost a day in the strange village, dodging improbable mushrooms and having tea with weird faes. He is also understand quickly how much their position have become complicated since he disappears! They are some sort of mercs searching the area for Rex, and clearly, more are coming...

To make matter worse, Waywalker did not reappeared exactly where he left and his new position puts the mercs between him and Rex (and their vehicle). Normally could just dump the walker drone, but his robotic hands still holds the weird device from the Seelie plane, which now just became a good old fashion takie-walkie from the WW2.

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@Jack_Spade with the speed you've reach you can basically end up pretty much wherever you want on the board (next to your vehicle, next to Waywalker's drone, next to any group of mercs, next to their now damaged van...Just let us know where you want to be!

[Jack_Spade]

Rex stopped about a kilometer away. He had to sneeze pretty hard to get all the dust and small bugs out of his face. Once again he was thankful for the doggy goggles he wore. This was the part that those super hero comics left out: How dirty super speed got you.

Suddenly there was a ping - "Messages delivered". 'That was quick, although maybe not quick enough.'
He composed a message to Waywalker:
<<Welcome back. We need to get out of here asap. Some state sponsored mercenaries were headed towards the village too and I had to entertain them a bit so they wouldn't meet with your drone. I'm sending you the position where I last saw them. If you want I can organize another distraction, so you can slip past them and back to your car. Or you just abandon the drone and I meet up with you on the road.>>

[Haywire]

#77

Waywalker was pretty sure of his skill in navigating a path, but the passage from the Faerie plane to the Sixth World felt like an eternity.
As soon as he was again jumped in the drone, the metallic one this time, he saw their situation being considerably worse than when he left.
"I know it looks bad, but I have a plan... Could you tag me the leader? I must wait for an information before I can dump the drone safely here, and we cannot leave or the range would get in our way. I'll try to confuse their communication to buy us some time."
The he instructed the Pilot to stay still and send any sensor info to the RCC and from there to him. After that, he jumped out of the drone to go in VR.

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Drone understanding: 8d6t5 2
Initiative: 5d6+12 34
First action: Jump out
Second action: Matrix perception to find the merc leader persona: matrix perception: 18d6t5 6 (limit 7)
Third action: Hack on the fly for a MARK on persona with agent teamwork:
- agent teamwork: 12d6t5 7
hacking: 21d6t5 12
With the MARK, fourth action: Spoof command (tell the commlink to send the massage to their superior that was a false alarm): spoof command: 17d6t5 6
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[Jack_Spade]

<<Sending you their last known positions. Give me a ping where I can find your drone, I'll make sure that no-one gets to close to it.>>

Rex moved back in a wide arc toward the drone, but didn't use his full speed as that would leave some pretty clear tracks behind.

[Romain Pelisse]

[ Spoiler ]

Waving the crunch regarding hacking given the number of hits you got, it's unlikely the commlink can resist.

Just to be clear, because Jack_Spade keep saying those mercs are governmental agent. They are not. They are independent contractor, sent by an organization with the approval of the High Council of Brittany. To make it clear, they probably works for something like the Draco Foundation, the DMIR, and so on... So a powerful organization but not a corporation.

The rigger had no issue hacking into the merc's leader and make it send the message. However, it's likely that HQ, whatever that is, will follow up, but this may have bought them a couple of much needed minutes. The walker, with the precious talkie-walkies is still a couple of kilometer way from their vehicle, with the remaining mercs more and less in between. Rex catches up with it very easily. As Waywalker as left it, the little drone is on standby, looking a bit dead. The WW2 communication device firmly hold in its hands.

[Jack_Spade]

<<I'm close to your drone, if you want I can bring that device back to you real quick. But whatever we do, we should not stay here for much longer. If the mercs are clever they will be applying a stim patch to the mage. When he is awake again a serious conflict will be unavoidable.>>
Rex replied.

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Yeah, I probably should have written state sanctioned instead of sponsored.
In any case they have an official permission to be here while we do not

[Haywire]

#78

Waywalker took a moment to assess the situation. He smiled looking at the responses from HQ.
"I caused a mess with their communication, buying us some time. Technically I can leave the drone here and we can leave and stay in a range of 20-30 Km without problems for the connection, but I fear that the mercs could find it. What do you think?"

[Jack_Spade]

<<I can camouflage the drone and have the Kami conceal it. As a drone it shouldn't be picked up by magic senses. The only thing threatening would be someone finding it through the matrix.
Tell your drone to lie flat in that little ditch. I'll conceal it with vegetation, leaving that antenna thingy poking out. That done, we should both get out of here asap.>>
Rex replied and began to cast his telekinetic fine control spell to collect some vegetation to conceal the small drone

[Haywire]

#79

"Good call chummer. As soon as you finish to cover it we can go away with the van and ditch the drone. I'll wait jumped in my van, ready at a moment's notice."
Waywalker jumped in the drone to finely control its movements, the went back into the van, waiting for Rex and looking for the reinforces of the mercs through the sensors.

[ Spoiler ]

electronic warfare: 21d6t5 5
agent teamwork (deck): 12d6t5 4
matrix perception: 22d6t5 8
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