[IP] Uncaring Stars Options

[Gilga]

"Mother bear would like you big guy." Anna says without context when Taurus raises. "I think that the papers would do the talking, the wiggle room is to pressure them a little bit if they decide to follow some slow procedure. The shorter we are there the better our chances. Let's just wig it. Never willingly entered a police station before, you know... they do not exactly provided me with any service. I'll keep my mouth shut unless I fear that you need some help.

[Volker]

bnc is happy to let the faces decide who's gonna talk. She did her part.

[Jack_Spade]

<<How about you discuss this during the ride. As I said, this car is on a timer.>>
Eliza interjected, maybe a tiny bit impatient.

[Thanee]

"утвердительный"

Nova nodded and took a seat in the car.

[Gilga]

Anna is already seating in the car, so she nods impatiently.

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy stayed in his suit, and started loading his gear into the car. There wasn't a reason for him to pack light so he loaded up his weapons and FBA into the car. He'd make a call on whether to wear armor into the site when it came to that.

"Anything yous guys want me to bring in with me for you? If I need to go in there and all, you'll probably need more than what you've snuck past security. "

[Crossbow]

"No, I'm good, if they take my Predator I am sure I will be able to find something suitable." Taurus tells him, getting in the limo.

[Thanee]

"Likewise. The goal is to get out, not shoot the place up."

[Volker]

While the others get in and talk, bnc sends forth her Munin drone to get a clear view of the place. She lets the dove-shaped intel drone perch somewhere where doves would usually sit around and where she's got a good view of the entrance.

[Jack_Spade]

May 16th, 2077, 13:30 Worms, Sternschutz Hospital

The drone recorded a relatively peaceful scene: Traffic was light around the city and the weather quite enjoyable: Smog was almost no issue today and whoever didn't have to stay inside to work, didn't feel the need to drive around. Consequently, there wasn't much activity around the hospital. A single VTOL sat stationary on the hospital roof.
In the time the limo took to arrive across the street, the Munin recorded two orderlies enjoying a smoke break outside the main entrance. The back entrance was reserved for emergency transport - but there was apparently none to be had at the moment. Three of four ambulances were parked outside, ready to head out. In contrast to that, there was only one police cruiser to be seen, indicating, that likely only a pair of officers was on location at the moment - in addition to the normal staff of the place.

Visitor parking was practically deserted - probably also due to the fact that at this time most of the potential visitors had to be working.

When the team eventually reached the entrance, they were greeted by a sensor gateway and a guard next to it.

[ Spoiler ]

Detecting: 8d6t5 1
If you want to conceal something, you have a good chance: Just roll your AGI+Palming test. 1+ Successes will get your gear in

Beyond the entrance, a small reception area with lounge furniture that had to have at least seen 20 years of use as well as a reception bar with a bored looking elf girl in Sternschutz uniform. Beside those two, no-one else is around.
Further on three heavy duty elevators and the stairwell wait, next to the large doors that lead further on to the actual treatment facilities.

Someone at some time has made an effort to lighten up the environment with AR enhancements of pastoral greenery, but over time the alignment has gone bad, making all that look out of focus and skewed, making it more convenient to filter those effects out.

Matrix reception is excellent, while the background is somewhat tinged with pain and suffering

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Noise: 0
Background count: 1

[Thanee]

"Pretty nice place you got here," Nova said, in a friendly, casual tone. "But you really should get that AR fixed."

[ Spoiler ]

Palming 3 hits

[Jack_Spade]

The guard nodded bored: "The repair has been requested, Maam." The unsaid part was clearly audible "repeatedly"

[Crossbow]

Taurus enters the building, notes the security person, but not much, and goes straight to the elf at the desk. "Excuse me, there was a dwarf brought in here last night, probably a John Doe. We need to see him."

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy relaxes in their ride, and does his best to not get bored waiting for an update. He lays out his gear while watching and listening to the team feeds. He spends his time picking ammo, and picking the best cars to blow up with some grenades as a distraction. He fumbles around on his commlink before creating a channel between him and the only other person on overwatch.

<@bnc>This place got cameras that overlook the parking? If I need to go in, I'd like to set up some car bombs to get the badges to look away from the heavily armed man entering their hospital.

>Also, when you broke into that host, did you happen to get a list of doctors or practices? It'll help me lie about seeing some doctor because my arm is fucked up if I can actually name someone who works here.>>

[Gilga]

Anna follows, and the team in all excited that she is in an actual police station, but the excitement vanishes when she realizes that the place is not a pleasant place to be. Anna feels the background count as a numb pain. Considerably weaker than the suffering that inflicted it, but unpleasant nonetheless. She imagines that it would get worse when they reach the rooms where they actually torture people. Trying to behave, and be professional, Anna spreads her counter spelling field to cover her friends and otherwise remains silent. She admires the scenery for a brief moment, dims it as boring, and then a assenses the guard and receptionist. She can tell a lot about a person just by sizing them, and if she needs to work her charm she'll have some information to work with.

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Assensing: 2#14d6t5 5 5
Anna has the astral bouncer mastery quality that grants her more information. She is namely interested in qualities positives + negative to get a glimpse of the personality of the guard/receptionist in case it is needed.

[Volker]

If she can, bnc shifts the Munin's position so that she can see what's happening through a window.

<@Sharkboy<yup. u want me 2 neutralize em right now?>>
Biting down a remark, she instead keeps neutral. <@Sharkboy<nope din't stumble upon a staff list. i wz specificly searchn 4 their task mngmnt. gimme a tic>>

bnc sends the agent off to craft a list of all SINs posted by commlinks within the building, sorted by profession, then by age. When the list is finished, she sends it to Skarkboy.

<@Sharkboy<can u work with that? its got only docs who're present. if u need off duties as well i need 2 dig>>

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Watchdog: 24d6t5 8
Opposed roll: 15d6t5 6
OS: 6

bnc starts a Fly on the Wall program, then places a MARK on the Sternschutz host but doesn't enter it.

[SquirrelDude]

<@bnc> That'll do. I just need to find the ones who do orthopedic stuff for my dislocated shoulder.>>

Sharkboy looked scrolled through the list. Not that I really have any idea how to do that.

[Jack_Spade]

Anna noticed two more watchers floating through the hall, vanishing through the wall and reappearing a few seconds later, likely having made a circle through the ground floor.
The guard had obviously seen a thing or two in his life: He was a recovering alcoholic, had a slight case of PTSD, but was also pretty quick on the draw and an expert shooter.
The girl was lightly augmented - mainly with nanoware to enhance her looks, but she also had some bioware in her brain. Likely unbeknownst to her, she had an affinity for water elementals, despite not being magically active. Beside that she had an amazing memory and impecable timing, which probably made her a good muscician too. Her aura also looked incredibly bored.

Making a listing of all non-silent commlinks in 100m radius, bnc counted a total of 104. They didn't scream out their SIN, but she was able to identify 15 of the kind that police officers used on duty. 28 had a medical authorization, making them staff or doctors' gear.
Than she had the idea to just check the appointment software on the facility's open matrix site. The only publicly available MD on this day was Frank Meyer, who would see walk in patients.

Taurus received a bored stare: "I'm sorry, you'll have to be more specific than that. Here, fill this out and I'll see what I can do for you."
An ARO appeared before Taurus with a lot of questions, some of them quite intrusive.

[ Spoiler ]

Make a social roll to get through the red tape:
Etiquette, Con or Intimidation

They have different Thresholds, so choose wisely (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Crossbow]

Taurus waved off the form as the nuisance it was and spoke again. "Did you have a rash of unconscious or dead dwarves last night? Maybe there was a mine collapse I hadn't heard of? The person in question is a corporate citizen, we are here to retrieve him. Authorization should already be readily available in your system."

[Gilga]

Anna decides to ask nicely and tries to be polite, and friendlier. "He means, please. A lot of pressure from management, but we should not forget our manners. I mean, what are we? pausing to breath she adds "Surely you remember if you received our dwarf person. If he is not here then we must find him rather than fill forms. Time is of the essence and people are very worried about him.

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Etiquette: 15d6t5 4 It feels like an etiquette test, from Crossbow's post.
Anna can roll to help (or take the lead as you wish).

Edit forgot about -1 from BGC. (Wasn't sure if social clothes apply with a disguise so did not include them result should not change.

[Jack_Spade]

The elf is taken aback for a moment, but dutifully looks into her AR terminal.
"Oh, indeed. Sorry, I hadn't noticed that there was an extradition order here. Please step over here for SIN verification."

The SIN-Reader is one of the more elaborate variants which draws blood and scans biometrics. A few tense seconds go by where you are left to wonder if bnc did actually do her job as well as she claimed, but then the light turns green and the elf nodds.
"Alright. I'm sorry to say, but your citizen is still in intensive care. If you want to take him with you, you'll have to sign a release form."
She pushed another ARO towards you, this time a very long document with legaleze and only a field for a signature to fill in.

"Officer Hagen will be down shortly to take you up to him."

[Gilga]

Anna is a bit worried during the biometrics but figures that it can be explained as fear of needles as well. Test passed, she grins and thank the elf again.
That was some impressive work from bnc, the woman is clearly gifted. She notes to herself.

[Thanee]

"So, he is alive," Nova concluded. Intensive care definitely sounded better than the morgue.

"We had no idea about his condition, when the report of the accident came in, so that's a relief to hear. We did bring a Valkyrie Module, but is he transportable? I mean, apart from what that legal stuff says? Can we have a copy of your medical records about him, so we can give him the best possible care? He deserves it. We really appreciate that you kept him alive. Thank you!"

[Crossbow]

Taurus will sign the form, then cross his arms across his chest and look stern as he waits for the officer.

[Jack_Spade]

The girl shrugged at Nova: "See for yourself - it's your citizen after all. I don't have that information available on my terminal. Just where he is."

It took another two ackward minutes for the officer to arrive. Hagen was - for lack of a better word - barrelesque. An ork with no neck, thick arms thick legs and just a massive torso in between. It didn't look like he was fat - far from it, but his muscle tone was that of an ox, not of a cheetah. His greying full beard hid the tusks protruding from both his upper and lower lip well. On his belt he wore a Ruger Super Warhawk and a baton that looked more like a broken off oar.

Despite all that he appeared quite cheerful as he greeted the group:
"Collecting the fried short? Come with me."
He leads you to the nearest elevator and uses a keyfob to get it open and moving.
While he leads you to your destination he asks: "Say, I was there when we collected him - what the hell was going on at this place? Looked like the whole bunker collapsed."