--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0007- Dantie's Inferno--

"No Salish has no affiliation with them. From my information it's only wards a few spirits there nothing on any acitve magic support."

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0008 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Runner Chat-line>>
<<First, I am not a firearms expert. Now then, this J has some major mojo goin on. Hes an initiate, and he is a drake. He is masking his aura to boot. His proverbial dick is definitely not just hanging out on the table waiting for us to stomp on it. Theres a lot more to this than we think.>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0009 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

DD briefly glances over the results of her quick search. Nothing but a vague reference to UCAS & US Production Buildings and the production facility.

That will require more legwork, and more specific digging.

The Scientist's schedule has better results: 0700 to 1500 hours she is in the classroom. 1600 to 2359 she's at the production facility.

Maybe they'll snipe her on the way home...

DD delivers the data she got to the team network, then mulls the question over again. She's not too fond of wetwork, but as Jake said, it's part of shdaowrunning, and it would not be professional to drop the job for that. Besides, she'll not pull the trigger, just provide matrix cover.

Team Chat Channel:
<<Someone has to cover the 'it team, or we all might pay for it if it goes wrong. So, I can do that.>>

DD keeps her attention on Mr. Johnson while sending this message out, avoiding Charlie's eyes.

Private message to Jake and Charlie:
<<It's not as if this is not one run anyway, just with two objectives. Matrix cover is matrix cover.>>

DD's more talking to herself here.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

DD almost loses her composure at the latest news.

A Drake? Oh my god... that would be killer ratings in L.A.! If we could get him to shift...

DD stares at Mr. Johnson, seeing him in an all-new light. The thought that this most likely means a Dragon is involved doesn't cross her mind right now, curiosity and some paparazzi impulse overriding most of her impusles.

Chat Channel to Jake and Charlie:
<<A Drake! I never saw or met one! That would be a gold mine in L.A.>>

Team Chat channel:
<<Wouldn't they have hired us for an extraction if they wanted the woman alive? Seems they got a lot of nuyen, with a Drake acting as Johnson.>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<Coms (subvocal)> We could stab 'er in 'er bed. Quiet and elegant.

Etoile tilts her head at Johnson, then begins idly drumming her fingers on the desk.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Truth takes a moment from his digital search for information on Salish territory, where's he's been looking at routes to Bainbridge Island, and grumbling about the lone bridge on and off it.

"Someone have a boat, or are we bullshitting our way over the border? And, more importantly, are we taking the job so he'll give us the rest of the information we need?"

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Teamchat>>

What does he need cockroaches like us to squash a bug like her for then?

I like this less and less.

Never trust a Dragon, eh?

I want all of the funds to be immediately transferred to Ochir to hold them in escrow or I'm out.

So, is it to be an extraction or an elimination?

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Chat - All>>
<<His skill at masking is pretty good then, even knowing what he was all I can sense is a normal meta-human, not awakened at all.>>

<<Remember we want to do this at around the same time or the second one is going to get a lot harder.>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Chat All>>
<<Like I said, I notice things and put the pieces together. Hes pretty good, I'll give ya that. Hes also a very powerful as far as the mojo side of things. I mean... very.>>

<<If we can do an extraction, we buy a few hours before shes supposed to be in class while we can take care of the datasteal.>>

april 11,2070 Dante's Inferno 0015


"Thank you for an honest anser Mr.Johnson, and I am shure the rest of the team also thank you, I will take out the girl and would like two others to join me,one heavy back up and one suport I will do the wetwork.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Oh, right... that means there's probably a dragon involved...

DD briefly wonders what P2.0 rating a dragon would have in L.A., then waits for the Drake's answer to the question from Gecko.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Noowan>>

Dude, shut up.

The consensus would appear to be that the group would prefer to do an extraction or walk away if wetwork cannot be justified.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Etoile's head snaps around and she glares at Noowan.

<Coms> And who put 'im in charge? And why is 'e telling Monsieur Johnson 'is plan?

The muscles near her eye begin twitching again.

<Coms> And we will /not/ kill 'er with magic unless she 's a mage 'erself.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Dancing Eyes bites his tongue so hard it starts bleeding, but he manages to maintain a straight face.

A drake, an agent of the Great Dragon. He has called me to this city, I knew it! I MUST succeed.

<<Teamchat>>

Such defenses are surely within our capabilities. Let us gather what supplies we need and move forward as quickly as possible. With such a short deadline, time is of the greatest importance.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010- Dante's Inferno--

As must as I love my deniable assets being able to think outside the box, I do need the project lead terminated. We already have all she knows her death is of more use to us.

OK, so I've been more than forth coming on what information I have. Are you in on the job or not?

(OoC: he did provide the address and information of the Project lead I'll post that over one the other thread.)

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010- Dante's Inferno--

"I believe the consensus is to accept your offer. 44,000 Nuyen up front, with the other 396,000 to be deposited in an escrow account with Ochir, upon completion he will authorize us to access the remaining funds, is that correct?" Charlie asks the room in general.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010- Dante's Inferno--

I'm in, provisional on there being no surprises. I'd like Ralph to get a good look at the girl before anybody ventilates her and I want Ochir holding the cash in case this turns out to be a double cross. I'll be much less annoyed about if I get paid.

Assuming I'm still alive to spend it.

Gecko nods his assent to Charlie.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle

"In understanding your need for a sense of security I'd be fine with Ochir holding the remaining amount."

Mr. Johnson reaching into his inside pocket and pulls out 11 gold certified credstick and slides them along the table to the center then reaching into a back pocket and pulls out a commlink and also slides it to the center of the table.

"Here is your 10%, and a commlink you can reach me on if you need anything further. Please call when your ready for the debrief meeting."

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle

"Understood, we will carry out the run within the next 48 hours, and make contact within 2 hours after that." Charlie says before reaching for the commlink, she lifts it up and hands it over into Jake's keeping.

"Does anyone have any other questions for Mr. Johnson before he leaves?"

<<All - Chat>>
<<Please keep track of anything you spend on group stuff for the run like renting a boat, or bribes, or whatever. When we get the final payout we reimburse that then split whats left after expenses evenly... is that acceptable?>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0009 - Truth's Home, Snohomish, Seattle

Lights flash as a second LEBD-1 completes its' preflight check sequence. After a few seconds, the rotors begin to turn, and it lifts off, headed southwest, into the night.



--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0010 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle

"Escrow sounds solid, provided he tells us exactly what this place is called."

april 11,2070 Dante's Inferno 0015

<<team chat>>

I know a lot of you dont like doing wetwork, it does not bother me in the least that is why I said I would do it, I am sorry if I ruffled any fethers but I knew he would not go for the extraction, now I need two backups one of them a driver, the other cover,please.I am ready to go to work.

april 11,2070 Dante's Inferno 0015

<<team chat>>
<<Both have to be done at the same time otherwise the security on the other is going to go up, and I don't doubt that with forewarning the UCAS military just might be able to put something into place that could stop 100 runners cold, let alone 6 or 7 of us. Please just relax for a bit...once the Johnson leaves, we can start planning out how we will do the data steal, once thats planned it will give you a timeline for when you should start your end of things.>>

<<I actually had a thought for getting to the island. We hire a smuggler, I'm sure between all of our contacts they can get us a smuggler in short order if the price is right. I think 4k is probably about right for one night's work, but I'll leave that to those with a bit more knowledge in such things. Since Dancing Eye's and I are both going to be on the data steal crew we can summon up some spirits to keep the boat magically hidden, and speed it up if neccessary. There shouldn't be anything alive that could catch a speed boat being sped up by Spirit.

<<Now, I'm not really skilled at binding spirits, but with a full 48 hours to complete the run I'm hoping that Dancing Eyes and Noowan could bind a spirit or two to send with us for some extra fire power if we need it, we are talikng the UCAS army after all, regardless of what the Johnson said. Having one or two spirits up our sleeves to call on without taxing ourselves could make things go a lot smoother.>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

DD nods. As she suspected, if the woman was any use to the Johnson alive, they'd have ordered her extraction. Just like in "Triple Cross".

"This is acceptable."

DD continues to study the drake, out of curiosity mostly, while the other runners make their decisions. The sheer novelty of seeing a drake - even if he looks like a modelling human - has pushed her lingering uneasy feeling over wetwork aside.

Team Chat Channel:
<<So, I assume we will split up the teams then, for the job, and do it tomorrow?>>

april 11,2070,Dante's Inferno 0015


<<team chat>>

Yes they must be done at the same time,and time is a great consern.as for fire power that is why I sugjested that the data team be the larger of the two and all I take on the hit team is a driver and real good shot at range to watch my back, as for sprits just what did you have in mind?

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Almost forgot to say it.

"Yeah. I'm in."

"Do we want to do this tonight or tomorrow night? Waiting until tomorrow gives us the luxury of trickling onto the island on the ferries over the course of the day, then going to ground there, and coming home with the tourists on Saturday. On the downside, it means we have to account for what ever our lab rat likes to do in her free time after her brutal hours are over. If we go tonight, we hustle to get over to the island, but she's way more likely to be home in bed and easy to find since she's got a lecture on campus in the morning. Or we do this tomorrow evening, when she's already at the site, so that we don't have to split up. In twenty-two minutes and....9 seconds, I'll be on station to support both ends if we decide to go forward right now."

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<All Chat>>
<<You make a good point about not waiting, and I agree wth it, but we also need time to do some legwork first like getting a smuggler with one of those speed boats, and summoning some spirits now so that we have time to recover from the strain before the run. I think we should plan to do it in 24 hours so tonight at midnight, or a bit after to give her time to get back home. If we run into problems with the legwork we can just postpone it to tomorrow night.>>

<<Noowan, as far as spirits, I was thinking we could use a bound water spirit. We'd use it to maintain concealment over the boat to make it really hard to pick up. Going in, we wouldn't need a spirit to speed the boat up, and on the way out, if its neccessary I can just summon a spirit, or use a spirit I've already summoned to boost the boats speed up. The reason we'd need a bound spirit to conceal the craft is that we'd want the craft concealed the entire time, not just while we are on the boat going to and from. I think an Earth Spirit or Fire spirit held in reserve as an ace up our sleeves wouldn't go amiss either.>>

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<<All Chat>>
<<I disagree on the kill team size. We need matrix support too for a number of reasons, i think we could do it with 4 unless the driver or second shooter will have hacker skills.>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<All Chat>>
<<I'm fine with going along to take a look at the lady before we do her in. I'm not much good on the matrix, or as a driver, but I'm ok with a gun if we run into trouble.>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Winston had been quite up till now, having said his piece he left negotations to those who were better at thinking and talking then he. When it was clear negotiations were finished he voiced acceptance of the job and continued to listen to the team chatter. Finally, he decided it was time to contribute.

<As the driver, I am far more comfortable with four people than five. I have a fast car- fast enough to outrun a Lonestar Pursuit car, but it only fits four comfortably. I can provide extra muscle on the hit if needed- I can kill a person at 50 meters with a paperclip.>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

"Since we need to trim the number of warm bodies on the scientist because of car seat room, I can handle your backup remotely from the island. With DD and I both supporting you remotely, you should have plenty of car space, and my gunships can disappear on their own."

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

"Since we need to trim the number of warm bodies on the scientist because of car seat room, I can handle your backup remotely from the island. With DD and I both supporting you remotely, you should have plenty of car space, and my gunships can disappear on their own."

<<"Then it sounds pretty settled, Noowan, Winston, and Etoile will handle the hit with remote back up from DD and Truth who'll stay with the boat to make sure we still have a ride off the island, they can also remotely suport the other group if we need it. Jake, Dancing Eyes, Tom, Ralp, Gecko, and I will head into the facility. Is that acceptable to everyone?">>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

That split sounds reasonable. I would prefer if the data-steal time were further sub-divided into an infiltration team and a support team.

In an ideal world one person with appropriate Matrix and Spirit cover can penetrate the facility and do the job while the rest remain on standby in case the faeces strikes the rotating blades.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<Coms (subvocal)> You all trust this Ochir with our money? We only just met 'im today... Splitting any expenses should be limited, it 's unfair to make everyone pay if one person 's trigger happy and needs to replace all 'is bullets.

Without even glancing at Johnson Etoile answers "Yes, I 'm in."

<Coms (subvocal)> A remote 'acker is fine. But this elf 's not in charge of the killing side. Not while 'e talks about 'is needs instead of our needs.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0016 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<I agree I don't want the elf leading, and I know I'm not fit to lead a rug, and I ain't comfortable with one of the remotes being leader. So looks like you are the leader of wetworks. Congrats, chummer.> Winston keeps a cool face, and is still drinking water pretty steady.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Etoile>>

I trust the Fixer more than I trust this lying slitch.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0015 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<All-Chat>>
<<I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant we'd split the expenses for major things that go toward the run, like the binding materials for spirits, if we were to buy a boat, expensive stuff specifically for the run. Does that make sense?>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0017 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

With a casual little flick of her hand Etoile reaches down and taps at her commlink.

<Gecko (subvocal)> I 'ad 'oped we could use a neutral banking service. Although that could be expensive.

She taps at it again, flicking back to group chat.

<Coms (subvocal)> That 's fine with me.

<<All-Chat>>
<<My Skill Set is far better used on the wetwork. After all that was my job in the millitary. Im not sure what i would add to the data team >>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0017 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

DD nods. That sounds like a sensible plan to her - and staying on the boat sounds safer than taking a shot.

Team Chat channel:
<<I should be able to handle remote matrix cover for the hit team or the data team from the ship, but if you're going into wireless-dead zones you'll need to set up relays.>>

Jake has listened carefully to what everyone has thrown in, he's learned better than to try to run the show with people who don't trust his skills yet.

He begins plotting out a mental checklist of what could get FUBAR...

Spirits...Charlie?
Mages...No clue...
Drones...No clue...
Mechs...No clue...
Soldiers...No clue...
Base Lockdown...No clue...
IC? Shit.

With DD helping the others, if she was going to give him backup, it'd be undependable. So he has to do the Matrix lifting alone. Fine...better than that team of 8 Awakened he did that job with.

<<Okay, steal team, I need to know who's got what when this whole thing goes sideways and anally-fixated. I've seen jobs go smooth, but it's rare, and I'd like to know who I need to shout at to get certain problems solved with the quickness. So far, I can think of spirits, mages, drones, mechs, soldiers, the base locking us in, and nasty IC. And if you don't know what I mean by 'mechs'...>>

Jake posts a video of a van-sized anthroform Mitsuhama killdrone he ran into on a Detroit run. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrmUBrT2p4

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0017 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<Hostile spirits and mages are my specialty, and I can probably handle any person I can lay eyes on. As for machinery, if the problem cannot be fixed with my boot, you will need someone else's services.>

<<All Chat>>
<<Tom, I was hoping you'd be in on the data steal because we'll need the bigger guns there the stealthier the better. I think that with a bit of back up from DD and possibly Truth we can get the wet work down with only a 3 man team so we'd have 6 for the harder job. Once they are done on that side Truth and DD can shift over to backing the rest of us up.

<<I have a sleep spell that can do for anyone but a mage and it works on an area, Spirits shouldn't be a problem either. Against spell casters I'd suggest a more physical approach, so either you, Tom, Ralph, or Gecko would need to just shoot them, preferably with some shot guns, or other big stuff. You'd have me and Dancing Eyes to do counterspelling on the 6 of us, more than adequate. I think between the two of us we should be able to deal with drones and mechs by spirits if not spells, though I'd prefer it if everyone were willing to contribute to it a bit. If we get locked in the base...I could throw all I have into summoning up a big old earth spirit to bust us out that'd pretty much laugh at anything they could throw at it, but it really is a last resort since it could put me in a bad way, a real bad way.>>

<I can go where needed, my stealth and B&E skills are good im aslo pretty dam good in a firefight I have a drum fed asult shotgun that will tear up close quarter pretty fast, So its up to the planners where I go . Ive always been a good solder and I dont let ego rule the day.

I can handel Up close or far away so put me where im needed. precision is a thing of beuty but theres something to be said about filling a small space with a large amount of lead or ex rounds..>
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--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0019 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<Coms (subvocal)> I do not mind leading the kill team, if no-one objects? We will need more details before we decide where we 'it 'er. 'ome would be best. It limits your steal window, but we can disguise it as a robbery.

Etoile pauses, checking around for signs that someone objects.

<Coms (subvocal)> If someone can find out 'er schedule and any implants she 'as it would help us. Also the layout of 'er office, home and if she owns a vehicle. I could also use a bigger gun, for if we run into the police, so if anyone could get one quickly it would be welcome.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0019 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Team Chat Channel:
<<I will look into her schedule some more, but from the info I gave you it seems she will work untill midnight in the facility.>>

DD conducts another matrix search for the schedule of the target scientist.

<<Chat All>>
<<I would think if you offer enough money you could get a big gun pretty quick, but I'm not sure how good of one it would be. I would put a call out now though to Ochir or another fixer if you know any to give them every possible minute to look for one.>>

<<I think that they might go on alert whenever she dies, but I definitely think your right that we should carry out both phases after she is home, that way we wont have to waste time trying to track her down at the facility like we would if she was still there. With any luck it would be hours until she is found, though someone like her is pretty liable to have a Doc Wagon contract.>>

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0019 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

Etoile nods at Charlie, then begins typing out a message on her commlink. Her fingers move with remarkable speed and grace, far faster than could be managed with some kind of augmentation or spells.



<Coms (subvocal)> I shall ask around. I was going to suggest we drug 'er and finish 'er off when you're ready, but she could have a bioscanner of some kind. Which means a jammer might trigger alarms too.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0019 - Brier, Downtown, Seattle--

A small, night-sky black helicopter banks slightly to the left and dives a few feet as it continues its' flight through the Seattle skies.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0019 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

"Anything on how she commutes to the facility would help a lot as well. Hell, she should be leaving right around now. We've got her commcode, so unless anyone objects, I'd like to get going with tracking her right now. I've got a weapons platform inbound now that'll fly over her neighborhood in about ten minutes. Five minutes after that, it'll be flying low enough that I can give it new orders and start really snooping."

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0019 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

<<Teamchat>>

I agree it would be safer to capture her and hold on to her until the data-steal is done. DD would need to keep any trackers and bio-monitors spoofed until after the data team has successfully exfil-ed.

As to relays I have that covered. I can string a discrete Laser relay system about 5 miles into the most secure areas no sweat. I also have tools for detecting a Telematics infrastructure that would let you neutralize it long before it would spot our comms.

Skills? My personal best time for an undetected ascent of the Space Needle is one minute nine seconds and unassisted descent is 40 seconds dead. There is nowhere that is connected to the ground I can't get to if I've got a Hacker to open the locks for me.

As to violence, I prefer not to kill anyone that doesn't need to be killed, but if I can reach it, it's dead, endof. I also pack a custom Ingram that is loaded with gel or capsule rounds with Narcoject or Pepper Punch for distance work.

--Friday April 11th, 2070 at 0019 - Dante's Inferno, Seattle--

DD frowns a little.

Kidnapping? And holding her, then killing her? That's cold - and complicated. Everyone knows kidnapped victims are likely to be saved...

She doesn't really want to pass too much time watching a doomed woman, much less being so close to her to spoof the tags and beacons and commlinks.

Team Chat Channel
<<Far be it from me to oppose an exciting ploy that would garner a 'ip audience rating, but I think this time it would be better to get in position, then do the deed once the data steal is done. Kidnapping is too much of a risk, in my 'onest opinion, for too less gain.>>

Why can't they just snipe her through the window, or blow her up, like in "New Age Golgo"?