Salted Wounds [IC], a Deep Black Sea game Options

[Thanee]

Nova just leaned back in her chair with a slightly annoyed look on her face by now.

<< You do not get the situation at all, do you? We came here, to his place, looking for information. So it is us who have to pay him, not the other way around. That job is our payment for what he is offering us. Will it help him? Of course, that's the fricking point. Luckily, he seems to be professional enough to not be too annoyed by the multiple insults thrown at him by Anna so far. But hey, what do I know? >>"

[Gilga]

Anna is unconcerned with the tone of the voice, he is a master negotiator and she is being respectful. Or was at least trying to be respectful.

She answers “First, you gave us this information because you want us to do a job. If you wanted to sell this information to the highest bidder, then you would have, and still can. Respect means that if we did not take the job we would not use the info.

Let's make our price a friendly one, less than we normally expect to get paid, as to make a good impression, and because you are going to help us find Bean Si and keep her safe. Which is also in your own interest, to get paid by her. Perhaps, 10k if we get the blueprints and another 10k for the man behind this operation? Also, if you really dig robbing the place for a profit perhaps you can take from our hands anything of value salvaged during the operation, at perhaps 20% of its market price? Does that sounds reasonable?”

[Jack_Spade]

"A counter offer: You raid the warehouse, bring me the info and the man. All other stuff you find there is yours, but I'll buy it off you for 40% market value. I'll throw in a few throwaway SINs for your troubles.
That's the final offer. Take it or leave. I've got enough other work to take care off."
The man replied.

[Volker]

"We accept, " bnc suddenly says. "and respect your offer. I'm glad we're on the same side as a professional and knowledgeable man as you are.
May I ask something more ... personal? How did you get to know ... Bean Si?"

[Gilga]

Anna smiles and nods in agreement, finding it difficult that the man is not actually in the room with them. Though, he could not be very far if the place really was a faradey cage. Or perhaps he could, as he had some ingenious solution to that as well.

>> I did my best guys, man is truly a gifted negotiator. The only mistake he made was to brag about finding bnc and expecting payment for it.

[Volker]

<@team<dont automatically confuse mistakes w/ honesty>>

[Gilga]

>>You are suddenly in a good mood friend, is it me or is Abdecker is kind of like the Wizard of Oz.

[Jack_Spade]

"The shadows of Austria are deep but not particularly wide. I used your sisters services a few times in the past and she in turn has kept her word to me every time. She was hoping against hope that you were still alive, so she got me to look for you. Unfortunately, you turned out to be quite illusive. There were a few rumors that you had taken up with a runner team that ran afoul of Aztech, but nothing sustantial.
Since she took up with Nacl, she's been working bigger and bigger projects. Her last run against MCT has ruffled quite a lot of feathers - especially since it turns out that they are experimenting quite heavily with my kind.
And as it seems, they made some headway, although I don't think they can bring it to market yet..."
The man replied.
"You'll find the coordinates and plans on this ARO" he nodded at an AR object that suddenly had appeared.
"Good luck. If you want to use the midnight delivery, you should better hurry now."

[Luckace]

"Before we leave: Can you tell us anything helpful about how the Crusaders see the...um, MCT-faction? Do they know that it was Rosenberg's experiments, that made Bean Si the way she is now?"

@team:
<< The raid m8 be a wiz opportunity to make the Crusaders hate the Harvesters as well.>>

[Thanee]

Nova made a copy of the data for herself and had a look at it, rummaging through the plans with the help of her AR gloves.

"Thank you! I am looking forward to where this will lead us... One thing, that might help getting inside... Do you know more about the delivery van? Is it always the same? Same driver? Or drivers? Those guys part of the network? Or external? Any information that might help us locate it before it arrives? If we want to strike tonight, and I guess we do, given our tight schedule here, there won't be much time to gather additional intel."


<< If we could manage to hijack that van, that would make getting in really easy, don't you think? >>

[Jack_Spade]

"The Crusaders appear to be a kind of junky-grass-roots movement. I hope to learn from your raid who is behind it. The unencrypted data on the servers should reveal as much. As far as I know, the street level people are not aware of Rosenberg directly, but whoever is behind this must know something - why else would they target Bean Si specifically? It's not exactly common knowledge that she stole a prototype, or rather was infected with a prototype.
I only found out about it when she came to me."
He replied to Wraith.
To Nova he said: "It's always the same type: A white GMC Bulldog Stepvan. They arrive complete wifi dark. I wasn't able to trace them yet, since they get pretty directly on the Autobahn and get out of range of my flyspies.
In any case, they must be delivering raw materials for the production and take back product. Infrared data only confirms that there are two people inside the van."

[Gilga]

Anna replies "Nice doing business with you."
She texts >> Nova it depends, let's backtrack from the end, how do we find out who is responsible for the operation? Interrogation? Documents? Are we talking B&E or raiding and taking control of the place?

[Volker]

bnc raises, all hunched up in her hoodie. She was thrilled by the progress they were making, but despite that, the man deeply bothers her. She's looking forward to leaving the Dandeleon.
"You do not perchance know by which means the drivers are identified, and at what point - before or after they pass the gate, that is. You mentioned flyspies. Would you care to share their recordings with me?"

[SquirrelDude]

"As long as we stay away from the kennel, I should be able to get in without making too much noise. Not getting seen will obviously be a larger problem."

[Jack_Spade]

"Sure, I'll send you a best off. But I doubt you'll find anything more - I only started surveilling them two days ago. I assume they recognize the number plate."

A moment later, bnc had the two recordings, confirming the decker's words: The GMC showed no matrix identification and the number plate was visibly different:
On Sunday it read: L-610 ST, on Monday it read L-420 MD

The recordings showed also half-spheres on each wall of the building, which likely contained a sensor suite each to monitor the entrances.

Abdecker continued:
"In my opinion, your best bet is to hijack the GMC before it arrives. They aren't online, so no-one wonders if they aren't answering calls. After that, you have your choice of methods to subdue people quickly. I could sell you some nice stun grenades."

[Thanee]

"That is exactly what I am thinking. We should manage to catch them on their way in, like, after they leave the Autobahn. It should be fairly easy to determine, where they will get off, so finding a spot they would pass on their way should be doable," Nova pondered. "The bigger question is, how do we stop them without damaging the van? It cannot be hacked. That is probably a task for the mages. And wifi off or not, we should bring a jammer, just in case they go online, once they notice something is up."

[Volker]

"Right. Like Mr. Abdecker said, it's about time we get moving. If anyone needs those stun grenades, please be quick about it. You don't have, perchance, a set of GMC Bulldog wheels here on the ship?"

[Gilga]

Anna chimed "Perhaps we can simply block their path... Or more subtle, if we can establish a line of sight - we can convince the driver that he must take a piss. Do you know if the van has astral security? "

[Jack_Spade]

"They have run flat tires. But if you want to stop the van, I can give you something special: Zapper Rounds. They do Matrix damage only. You'll have to replace the engine chips, but that should be less trouble than replacing four wheels that ran over a razor chain.
For you 11€ per bullet. I've got them for assault rifles and shot guns."
Abdecker added helpfully.

[Thanee]

"Those bullets definitely sound useful. I will take twenty for my shotgun, please," Nova replied to the decker's offer.

[Gilga]

Anna asks "How much for the stun grenades?"

[Volker]

"They have run flat tires. But if you want to stop the van, I can give you something special: Zapper Rounds. They do Matrix damage only. You'll have to replace the engine chips, but that should be less trouble than replacing four wheels that ran over a razor chain.
For you 11€ per bullet. I've got them for assault rifles and shot guns."
Abdecker added helpfully.

"And you happen, per chance, to have a fitting engine chip with you, right?"

[Jack_Spade]

"Just standard chips like you can find them in any electronics kit.
3 Stungrenades for 240€ and 20 shells for 220. Go to Schorsch before you go out. He'll give them to you."

The decker replied.

[Luckace]

"I take it Schorsch is also the one we'll contact once we have your delivery?", Wraith asked Abdecker.


@team:
<<Guess that's it? Let's get our wish list then.>>

[Thanee]

"Thanks! We'll see you later," Nova said as she left the room and headed back to the bar to buy herself some new bullets.