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galenbd
19:55:49 Thursday, 6 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie just shrugs at Kliko, "If they're connected to the system that controls the cameras, sure."
ntwi
19:57:02 Thursday, 6 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

"It sounds like we have a working plan then, just remember Bubba if it's too big of a group heading up with Morningstar scrub the mission and we'll go to the backup infiltration at night." Felix pauses before blinking a few times. "Now that we have a plan, when is the next question. Kliko, if you want another Dart gun, how long will it take to acquire? Otherwise are we looking at pulling this off tomorrow?"
galenbd
19:57:08 Thursday, 6 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie nods, "I think it's sound. Just need to gather together all the gear."
SneakyJoeKDB
"Sounds goods to mes. You knows where I can gets some of does mouth fizzy tablets?"
Kliko
19:57:48 Thursday, 6 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

"We definately be pulling this tomorrow after the afternoon service." Checks his time "So we got to get Jamie a climbing harness tomorrow morning and prep the fence with a wire cutter and some tie ribs tonight. I have decent autopicker with me which should allow us to open the gate using some preset configuration."

Looking around their little gathering

"I guess this is it, lets get some chow and get ready."
Kliko
23:09:54 Thursday, 6 April 2062 - Near the CotD Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

They were running late on their round, the temple guards that be. Corsair 'd deplyed his drones some 30 minutes ago and according to schedule they should make their round just about now. Kliko hated the waiting, perhaps not as wired up like most others in the bizz -he couldn't afford any more at the time- he knew full well it was the waiting that killed your nerves.

"We got company" Corsair came in over the comm-sys. 'Just ten more minutes' "Copy that Charlie"

Fifteen minutes later they were all set. 'Piece of cake' with the right tumbler-pin settings on Kliko's autopicker-device.
galenbd
20:00:27 Thursday, 6 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie jacks in and starts searching around for an outdoors store that carries a climbing harness in her size. She finds a store not too far away, but they close at 21:00. She borrows the car real quick and hurries right over. After spending a few minutes finding one her size, she buys it. She gets back in the car and drives around a little looking for anyone following her before she drives back to the safehouse.
Bastard
10:06:12 Friday, 7 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

Today is the day! The team gathers around the kitchen table staring at a notebook, going over the plan written upon its pages.

[ Spoiler ]






13:00:21 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Kitchen, Temple of the Children of the Dragon - UCAS Sector, Denver

Say what you will about Bubba, but he proved himself a hard worker and a valuable asset to the brethren of the Children of the Dragon. Today he worked harder than ever, skipping breaks, not sampling as much food, actually cleaning without letting his shoulders slump. He had mixed feelings, knowing today may be his last at the Temple. He wasn't quite sure if he was helping or betraying his fellow Children. Morningstar had a good message, especially for the metahuman outcasts such as Bubba himself, but if Morningstar was a traitor, then this was best. Maybe someone even better could lead!

For the first time, Bubba hoped everything went to plan, and he didn't get, or in the case of this mission, have, to bash anyone's skulls in. Normally that was the fun part of the mission! As he reflected, the giant let out a large sigh, knowing what had to be done.


13:20:12 Friday, 7 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

Corsair is at the wheel of the Gaz-Willys Nomad, which has now been dubbed as Charlie-1. Felix sits next to him, trying to relax and gather the energy that will be required for his part of the plan. Jamie sits behind him, checking her cyberdeck, more for ritual rather than function. It is always ready, but it is comforting to glide her fingers over the keys and ports, and to ensure all the data cables are packed in the bag, in good condition, and ready for use.

Kliko and Ludi finish loading up his Land Rover, or Kilo-1. Kliko folds the rear bench down, so the package can be stored more easily. He loops some nylon cord around the tie down rings on the floorboard. Ludi charges Felix's shotgun and places it under the first bench seat near the drivers side, so it can be easily obtained.

The vehicles were gassed up the previous night, so without further ado our team of shadowrunners began their mission, Corsair leading the way to the Rally Point, Kliko not too far behind.



13:53:48 Friday, 7 April 2062 - RALLY POINT 1 - Commerce City Baseball Fields - UCAS Sector, Denver

The two SUVs pull into the parking lot off of Monaco Street, and head west through the parking lot. They find an area close to the Holly Street exit and park side by side. They quickly go over the plan again, before Felix and Jamie move on with the mission.
Kliko
13:55:09 Friday, 7 April 2062 - RALLY POINT 1 - Commerce City Baseball Fields - UCAS Sector, Denver

The Sandler TMP's gun slide prodded into Kliko's side as it was fixed in place between his secure long coat and the urban camouflage full suit underneath. He felt safe, strapped in all the reasonable armor he'd usually wear in the field, the combat webbing, his security helmet within reach between his feet and the secure long coat to hide his loadout which could only mean one thing out on the streets. 'Trouble'

Ludmilla didn't fel thrilled about being under the wizzers spell. In the end it took the three of them quite some persuasiveness before she gave in, but even the best invisibility spell coudn't mask the odor of her cigarettes. The nicotine chewing gum helped some. Kliko very much appreciated the relaxing influence it exerted on the both of them. 'I should try these things at home one time'

As Charlie-1 set off in front of them, Kliko pushed Kilo-1 in behind...

Sometime later the scanner suddenly squeeked into life "Fraggin' cold! All clear outside, any coffee left in the canteen?, over."
galenbd
13:55:13 Friday, 7 April 2062 - RALLY POINT 1 - Commerce City Baseball Fields - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie had repacked her backpack 4 times in the past day and a half. She never did handle the waiting well. The files uploaded into her headware had also been over as many times. There were at least 3 exit plans defined and Jamie had built a VR layout of the roof to walk around in. She was as ready as she could be.

Jamie was tightening her kit when she heard the radio chatter. It made her smile. She triggered her radio in reply, There better be some set aside for me.
galenbd
13:59:32 Friday, 7 April 2062 - RALLY POINT 1 - Commerce City Baseball Fields - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie turns her radio down to the lowest level appropriate for close in work, then steps out of the Nomad and heads on down 58. It's the middle of the afternoon, so she tries not to look like a person on a mission. She looks around at various things as she moves along, trying to look like someone who belongs here. As she goes along, she works to keep Felix in sight, but not close by as well as looks around for anyone taking a significant interest in her or her shadow.
ntwi
10:15:12 Friday, 7 April 2062 - UCAS Safe House - UCAS Sector, Denver

Felix takes a deep breath of the Denver air and centers himself on the nature of the city around him as he calls upon the spirit of the city, bringing it forth to protect Jamie and himself. A humanoid form of swirling litter and ticket stubs appears before him and nods to him before returning to the astral for now. Barely breathing hard, Felix shifts his concentration to the overcast skies above and begins to call forth the spirit of the storms above. While the spirit of the stormy skies responds to his call, the energies of the spirit leave him with a headache. Felix leaves the storm spirit with a simple instruction to await his call on the astral before warming up with a soykaff and a quick nap to recover from the headache.

14:02:48 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Intersection of East 58th and Fairfax - UCAS Sector, Denver

Walking down 58th Ave, Felix pulls his beanie down over his ears and mutters curses about the cold under his breath. He takes a seat on a bus stop bench and pulls out his pocket secretary as he looks around on the astral. With a deep breath Felix begins manipulating the mana around Jamie, rendering him invisible to the naked eye. The spells energies flow smoothly through Felix and he turns his attention to the next spell. A few more words in spanish muttered under his breath and Jamie's invisible form is floating a few centimeters off the ground. The additional energy flow starts a headache building in Felix's head, but nothing a few asprin won't fix later.

Felix moves into the astral realm and calls forth the spirit of the sky he had summoned. A quick instruction on the astral leaves Felix to maneuver Jamie past the confused watchers and onto the Temple roof before dropping the spells once Jamie is in place.

A few more seconds of fiddling with his pocket secretary has Felix cursing at his notional boss and walking back down the street the way he came.
galenbd
14:14:15 Friday, 7 April 2062 - East 58th next to Cult of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie couldn't tell when the Invisibility was applied, but she sure could tell when the Levitation was applied. She could still move, but her center of balance did not. That was entirely under the control of the spell.

The plan was for me to become invisible as well. She looked around desperately worried that someone saw her just vanish. No one seems to be really looking closely thankfully. At least Felix chose his time reasonably. I would have liked some warning.

She slowly floated up the wall. She starts getting worried as she realizes she has no line to grab if the spell drops. I hate this. I think Felix and I need to practice this a bit.

Jamie was grateful when she was set back on her feet on the roof. She moved quickly out of view of the camera, not knowing if the Invisibility spell was still in effect. Jamie murmurs into the subvocal mic, On roof

Standing still, out of sight, she pulls up the photo of the roof and starts correlating it to what she now sees. Satisfied her intel is good, she gets down to biz.

Crouching down out of sight of the camera, she slowly works her way to the junction box she needs connect into. Reaching back to her pack, she loosens the cinch on the pouch holding her microtronics kit. She lays it out on the course asphault of the roof and starts working to get the casing on the junction box open.
Bastard
14:18:02 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie reached the door and found an old video camera, which had seen better days, probably over a half of a century ago. The derelict camera, impotently hanging from its post above the stairwell door, staring at the ground. Its plastic case cracked and separated at its seams from years of exposure to the harsh elements. Any lettering or design on it's surface has long since faded. The red light indicating either power or record lies dormant.

The data line protruding from the rear of the antique is a slender black rubbery cord, like the one on Jamie's grandfather's old tv when she was little. It runs not into a power box, but directly through a hole drilled into the brick, just above the door.

galenbd
14:18:17 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Well, I guess I could have saved myself the trouble. Jamie wraps up her kit back up keeping everything organized.
She quietly climbs up above the stairwell. She lays her kit out carefully, securing it against sliding off. She takes a couple of thin probes and starts working on disassembling the camera case.
Kliko
14:16:05 Friday, 7 April 2062 - East 58th next to Cult of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

"Copy that Juliet, the roof is yours."
Bastard
14:18:52 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

The plastic casing that houses the electronic innards of the camera has taken the worst the Denver environment has to offer. Jamie is able to easily remove the battered cover, as it is no longer even mechanically secured.

She looks for wires that are more familiar amongst the late 1900s technological dinosaur. There is not even a hard drive aboard the device.
galenbd
14:19:01 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Frag, what a mess. Jamie connects her multitool to the actual dataline trying to determine if it's actually got a charge. If this things not hooked into the actual security system, I'll have to find another way inside.

She triggers her comm, Kilo, this camera is archaic. It doesn't appear functional as a camera. I'm working on trying to make it a jackpoint, but I'm skeptical. I'm running tight on time and I may miss our schedule.
Kliko
14:19:07 Friday, 7 April 2062 - East 58th next to Cult of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

'Drek, assumptions are the mother of all major clusterfucks'
Looking at Ludmilla 'be cool chummer, show some fraggin adaptability.' he triggers his slotted comm-system:

"Copy that Juliet, can you rig alongside the camera at the back and try that one?
If you can't deck it disable it, so they can't find out on short notice and get the frag out of there."
Bastard
14:19:33 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie found the device had two lines, the old data line and then a simple power cord. She tapped the power line with her voltage tester, which the end lit up indicating there was electricity flowing through the wires.

She plugged her multi-tool into the rubber coated data line until it indicated it had hit conductive material. She is ready to jack in.

Blackness. Must be the slow data flow. Paraku doesn't manifest, instead the only thing in the echo of the darkness. Jamie's consciousness starts to spin with this strange disorientation, her head beginning to feel like it would float away.
galenbd
14:19:33 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie quickly jacks out trying to keep from blacking out.
Bastard
14:19:38 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie falls back into the real world, catches her breath, and scans the area for another avenue of attack. If I could hack the maglock...

She looks for the maglock on the door, while avoiding the electric eye. What the frag!? What kind of door doesn't have a lock, let alone a handle!?
galenbd
14:19:44 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Frustrated, Jamie starts putting the cover back on the camera. She subvocalizes, Kilo, this camera is unworkable. I'm moving toward the cameras on the backside.

Jamie packs up her kit and tucks it into her pocket. She steps gingerly down onto the roof top. She looks back at the place she left checking to be sure it looks identical. She heads off to the back side. She moves slowly over to the edge of the roof and looks down at the cameras and the street below.
Bastard
14:20:10 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie finds the black half dome against the south east corner of the building, overlooking the alleyway. It is within arms length.
galenbd
14:20:10 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie checks her Math SPU for the time and curses. Taking a deep breath, she pulls some tape out of her kit. The camera is most likely facing down. Let's not warn them by letting the cover fall away. She tapes the bubble in place around it's upper edges.

She looks at the top of the camera and takes out the tools she will need to open it up. She checks carefully to insure the casing is not alarmed before she starts taking the case apart.
Bastard
14:20:31 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie's check reveals no security devices protecting the cover, and the only thing holding the cover in place are four screws in a plastic ring surrounding it. The top two are easy to reach, the bottom two may require some creative thinking.
galenbd
14:20:33 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie looks over the camera. She takes a few long strips of tape and folds the center in half. She wraps one end of the tape around the supporting pipe and the other she tapes to a section of the camera.

Jamie unscrews the top two screws first. She clenches the screwdriver bit in an adjustable wrench. She tapes the rigged tool together to prevent dropping them. Slowly she works the screws out, a half turn at a time. As the camera comes apart, she uses tape to keep the camera pieces together and in particular keeping the bubble from moving in front of the camera.

galenbd
14:20:45 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Having exposed the electronics of the camera, Jamie starts securing the housing to the internal electronics with tape. She slowly and carefully starts removing tape on the outside so it will looks the same when she puts it back together. She identifies the dataline she needs to tap. Once she knows what needs to be done to install the tap, she starts a mental checklist of steps that would install the tap, then close up the housing. She puts away any tools not needed for this explicit task. She takes out her Predator III and installs her silencer. Then she chambers the first round.

Jamie triggers her headset comm. Kilo, I'm ready to install the tap. We're running a little tight on time. I was intending to install the tap and reclose the camera housing, then hide in case they investigate the dataline disconnect. We have a little time buffer once Kilo, Lima and Foxtrot are inside. Care to cut into that a little before you start your movement?
Kliko
14:20:51 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

"Copy that Juliet, we'll manage or abort."
galenbd
14:20:51 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie detached the dataline and inserted her dataline tap. Once it was in, she ran a quick diagnostic to confirm it had a signal, then she reconnected the dataline to the camera. Working quickly through her checklist, she put the camera housing back together, collecting the tape she had put on the outside to hold it together.

Before she packed up her toolkit, Jamie looked at the repaired camera housing and compared it to her mental picture before she started working on it. Satisfied, she packed her toolkit away, picked up her gun and moved to a position behind a HVAC inlet. She pulled on her shock gloves and set a timer in her Math SPU for 15 minutes. Then she settled down to wait.
ntwi
14:12:51 Friday, 7 April 2062 - 58th Avenue, one block east of the Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Felix walks further down the block to the bus stop. Sitting down on the bench, he pulls out his pocket sec and starts playing "Angry Birds 17" while he waits for the plan to develop.
Bastard
14:21:08 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie's hand squeezes in between the the camera mount base and the case. She feels around for a jack point or a loose dataline. She finds the dataline pulls what little slack there is and carefully taps in. Once the line is secure she preforms a quick diagnostic. The diagnostic checks out, the line is connected to the matrix, she is ready.

She put everything back together, and contacted the team.

"Juliet ready."

Now the hard part. She waited.
Kliko
15:07:08 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie's hot decker ass was starting to freeze over. At least her time inside the temples camera system wasn't to bad, but outside the occasional snow flurries were starting to take their toll on the petit womans body.

Meantime Kliko and Ludmilla waited in the the comfortably heated interior of Kliko's SUV. For this particular occasion in a white color scheme supplement by a cheap rip-off the temples main groceries supply store logo on the sides. It was about time to make their move.

Awaiting Corsair's all clear the SUV rolled up the temples northern gate and Kliko entered Denvers freezing temperature to open up the the roller gate.
Kliko
15:10:36 Friday, 7 April 2062 - 58 Ave entrance, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

The roller gate creaked stubbornly as Kliko put his weight into it. 'Drek, it is cold-outside', Kliko could feel the cold of the Denver spring through his thermo's, camo-suit and secure long coat. Closing the gate behind the SUV he took carefull notice not to close the padlock, but have it appear in place and closed as good as possible 'Piece of cake'.

Finally the SUV rolled up at the temple's back storage area, parking it with the back in front of the northern most roller doors and loading ramp.

"Kilo-one in position, Foxtrot, copy you are ready to proceed."

-CONTINUED-
galenbd
14:35:08 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rooftop, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Jamie's Math SPU ticks off 15 minutes and alarmed in her mind. She shut it off with a thought. No one had come through that door. Kilo, it's time. She looked around the rooftop as she jandered back over to the camera she had set up as a remote device tap. She unfolded her kit again and removed the housing from the camera again. She inserted the jack cable and laid it out across the rooftop to the location she would be sitting.

She laid her pack down beside her and packed her toolkit away. She sat down and organized her area. Deck still in the pack. Cables running in and out of it. If I have to cut them, I'll still have the most expensive part. She settled into a relaxed posture, then put the gun 3 inches in front of where her right hand would lie. The cyber safety would keep it inert until she grabbed it.

Settled, she fitted the induction adapter to her temple. Her deck internal environment materialized around her. At a mental command , she opened a portal through the dataline tap. Paraku configured streams of mist to look like diagnostic requests to the moronic camera she was abusing. All set, Paraku spoke over her shoulder. Kilo, logging in. Without delay, she blew the wisps into the portal, following it through.
ntwi
14:41:08 Friday, 7 April 2062 - 58th Avenue - UCAS Sector, Denver

The cold Denver air helped clear Felix's head, and when Ludi pulled up in front Felix quickly hopped into the rear passenger seat without a word.


14:50:13 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Back Parking Lot, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver
Once Kliko had climbed back into the SUV in the parking lot, Felix began to explain to Kliko and Ludimilla what to expect. "At first you will go invisible to yourself and each other, but after a few seconds, I will manipulate my power and mana to a defensive nature around you, protecting you from other spells and giving you more ability to see through the spell. With any luck you will be just able to see each other, if not coordination will be trickier." With that, Felix begins manipulating the mana around Kliko and he fades from view. The mana warps furiously around Felix before he reasserts his control and settles the mana around him.

With a forceful exhale, Felix turns his attention to Ludmilla and begins to manipulate the mana to hide her from sight. The energies settle around her with far less resistance, though Felix is once again grateful for the implants in his body.

The spellcasting complete, Felix concentrates his energy on the defensive and smiles as Ludi and the Kliko barely become visible on the physical plane to his sight. "Allright, can you see each other now?"
SneakyJoeKDB
14:30:36 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Kitchen, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Bubba sniffed the aroma of the properly seasoned onion soup. 'That soup smells so nice before mes all dey had was sandmiches' Bubba was proud of his chef work. He worked hard in the kitchen and proudly served the temple staff and the needy folk that came and went. He felt a pit in his stomach and chest as he knew today would be his last day. So he took extra care and made his special onion soup to go along with the normal sandwiches. His soup was well received especially on such a cold snowy day.

He sweated profusely as the heat from the stoves and ovens raised his large body's temperature. Fortunately he had enough sense to wear a head band to soak the sweat so it didn't drip into the food. The good news was his hard sweaty work was his opportunity to take a break for some cool fresh air.

14:41:21 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Kitchen, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

"I am steppings outsides, needs mes some fresh air and da kitchen is toos hots."

Bubba rolled open the Warehouse back door and stepped into the chilly air. He took a deep breath and let the cool air fill his lungs. 'Ah dats nice.' He stepped back into the kitchen, grabbed a chair, and then placed the chair on the dock just in front of the roller door. Sitting down in the chair he sprawled his legs out and interlocked his fingers behind his head.

"Dis is worth a hard days works Joe!"

Bubba waited and scanned the back area with his thermo vision wondering if he would detect his comrade's approach.
galenbd
14:36:13 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Children of the Dragon Security Host

The system let her in with barely a glance. Quickly, Paraku spun filaments out looking for the Accounts subsystem. Finding that easily, she pulled one account into her palm filling it up with green mist. Paraku proceeded to adjust this account data to match those she was accessing the host with, turning it slowly blue to match her icon.

Paraku fed the new account into the host, then went looking for the camera feed. As a primary function of the host, they were easy to find, appearing as row of trideo displays.

Paraku looked through them finding the one that would show Kilo and Ludi. Paraku pulled a copy of the feed, duplicating it in mist form next to the live feed. She slowly diverted the live feed so it would input her mist form over and over again.

Looking over her shoulder, she spoke, Kilo, I have the cameras. Your insertion is hidden.

Looking back at the camera feeds, Paraku tries to determine if anyone is heading for the roof to investigate the outage.
galenbd
14:36:14 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Children of the Dragon Security Host

When Paraku's video feed overlay dissipates with a pop, she realizes the camera's are not hidden. Quickly, she produces another image overlay and ties it in again.
galenbd
14:36:25 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Children of the Dragon Security Host

Having confirmed the cameras have been handled, Paraku starts looking around for the elevator controls. She sends wisps through the system. One anchors and Paraku follows it along to the elevator interface. She looks at it for a few moments getting familiar with it's layout.

When the elevator is idle, Paraku mirrors the current status and anchors it into the reporting channel that leads back to the main switchboard. Then she explores what control she has over it, making sure to lock the doors shut and reopening them.

She cleans up it's local maintenance log, then detaches her overlay and allows it's current status to be displayed.
Kliko
15:10:36 Friday, 7 April 2062 - 58 Ave entrance, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

The roller gate creaked stubbornly as Kliko put his weight into it. 'Drek, it is cold-outside', Kliko could feel the cold of the Denver spring through his thermo's, camo-suit and secure long coat. Kitted like your average para-military underneath the long coat he felt happy enough. The run was finally coming together after the last two days of planning, organizing and gathering equipment.

Meantime Ludmilla rolled up in Kilo-1, Kliko's designated SUV which brought part of the crew here all the way from the teams familiar stomping grounds around the Bay area. 'Good thing she packs more armor than the tres chic version.'

Closing the gate behind the SUV he took carefull notice not to close the padlock, but have it appear in place and closed as good as possible. In case things went terribly wrong he could always run it through the fence. 'fingers crossed'.

"Kilo-one in position, Juliet , Foxtrot, copy you are ready to proceed."

galenbd
15:10:36 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Children of the Dragon Security Host

Paraku hears Kliko's broadcast from behind her head. She turns over her shoulder and speaks, Juliet, Ready.
Bastard
15:10:40 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Rally Point

Corsair interrupts, "Charlie, and overheads ready."
Mister Juan
15:10:40 Friday, 7 April 2062 - 58 Ave entrance, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

By now, Ludi had chewed through two entire pack of nicotine gum, and was well on her way to her third. She had also, inadvertantly, almost chewed through her cheeks. Every now and then, she'd curse in her mother tongue and hiss as she bit herself accidently.

Brushing off condensation from the driver's window, she peered outside briefly expecting to catch sight of Kliko. Knowing that he was invisible didn't stop her from doing so, especially with the thin veil of trust she granted Felix and his abilities.

As the gate swung open, apparently on its own, she rubbed her hand with glee, like a little girl on christmas' eve. All the planning and waiting was now about to pay. The apprehension and fear she had felt earlier were still there, but had fadded in the background. She was now running on pure adrenaline; moving with the thrill of danger. She licked her lips a few times, dropped the SUV into gear and crawled forward.

She hated not being able to tell where Kliko was. She knew he was out there, somewhere, and would probably get out of the way if she was about to squash him over... but it didn't put her at ease anyway. A few seconds later, she had turned the SUV around, it's front pointed towards the gate. If things went south, at least, they would just be able to drive off without too much trouble.

For the thousand time, Ludi unhosltered the dart pistol from her tigh holster, made sure it was loaded and had full pressure. Altought she had originally been trained to handle non-smartlinked weapons, not being constantly linked also annoyed her. After doing a quick check on the TMP slung across her body, over the thick black sweater she had gotten at a local store, she pulled down the ski mask she had kept rolled over her head.

She welcomed the cold wind as it started to bite at her exposed skin. Years ago, it would have made her eyes water. She thought the words, and they simply flew through the link cord behind her left ear, going from her implanted transducer to radio clipped to her belt.

Lima ready.”
Kliko
15:10:52 Friday, 7 April 2062 - 58 Ave entrance, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

The Sony CB600 Cyberscope.... or Snake was a handy little tool. Wrapped around Kliko's left forearm and slotted in a datajack it provided fast forward recce: peeking underneath doors, around corners and over walls. Now it was displaying the temples storage back area in Kliko's image link right top corner.

"All clear Lima, lets go." Ludmilla wasted no time rolling underneath the rollerdoor as Kliko pulled it up some 2 feet, following up right behind her.
ntwi
14:55:02 Friday, 7 April 2062 - 58 Ave entrance, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

After watching Kliko and Ludi slip into the back of the temple, Felix checks the scanner one last time for anyone making rounds around the outside. Felix happily clears and safes the shotgun, leaving it secured and out of site beneath the seat, with the ammo under the passenger seat. With the "All Clear" from Corsair he quietly slips out of the SUV and slips out through the vehicle gate, being careful to leave the padlock unlatched but appearing closed.

With a deep breath of the cold and thin Denver air, Felix turns and walks down the sidewalk, around the corner and to the front doors to the Temple, ensure that his masking is firmly in place. Walking in the front doors, Felix has the greeter point him to the bathroom. A quick glance around the room on the astral is enough to determine that there is nothing on the astral in the bathroom. Locking the door behind him, Felix reaches out mentally and calls forth a manifestation of the spiritual energies here, asking of it to conceal his friends and bring confusion to those who try and harm them. The energies come forth smoothly, with the spirit nodding to Felix before moving on the Astral plane to Kliko and Ludi. With that complete, Felix makes use of the facilities before washing his hands and exiting the bathroom.

14:58:02 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver
Finding a open spot near the back, Felix settles in to listen to the sermon from Morningstar.
SneakyJoeKDB

14:57:23 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Back Dock, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Bubba looked at his watch. 'Three minutes until da sermons. I dont sees Klikos, better leaves the door unlockeds'

Bubba pulled his chair into the warehouse then slowly lowered the roller door and walked back to the kitchen with his chair while leaving the door unlocked. After putting the chair back he made his way to the sermon grabbing a seat in the far back.

Bastard
15:06:49 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Worship Hall, Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Bubba looked at his watch again. Anxious for the sermon to start, agitated that members were not already seated and ready when the start time was clearly 1500. This aggravated him on two different levels. How could these people be so disrespectful to the crowd wanting to hear the sermon, and to the clergy members as well. Not only that, but Bubba was not sure how these lollygaggers were effecting his team's timeline. Though aware of both points and their contradiction, he did not see the hypocrisy. In fact, Bubba fully believes that Morningstar could be a traitor and this is for the best.

At this time Felix was making his way to a pew in the back of the room, where he spotted the big troll. He found a spot not too far away from his teammate, where he surveyed the room both physically and astrally. As always it was a hotbed for astral activity.

Ludi and Kliko moved into position shortly after, and got as comfortable as possible while the awaited their target. They checked their equipment again, making sure everything was in position.

Jamie watched over them via the matrix security cams. So far so good...
Bastard
15:12:12 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

Morningstar's sermon so far has been on peace between different people, and being a good Samaritan. Treating others with kindness and fellowship, on all walks of life is the only way to turn our civilization back in the right direction. Through Ghostwalker we will all be saved, humans and metahumans alike, the sick and the poor will be healed and fed, and all in all, everything will be a wondrous place.

"Rovers heading to your location Kilo-Lima. About 20 seconds, probably the north door," Jamie's voice is delivered smooth but hurried over the comm system.
Kliko
15:12:18 Friday, 7 April 2062 - Children of the Dragon Temple - UCAS Sector, Denver

"Copy that Juliet, Staircase it is"


Ludmilla and Kliko looked silently at each other before moving through the storage area. Kliko slipped his cybersnake underneath the staircase door, projecting the little camera's view on his image link, checking if the staircase was deserted before making their final push.

Fifteen seconds later they found themselves hiding at the staircases bottom.
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