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[Kedly]

White knight or no, I don't see the problem with trying to push the grey scale a little more white when possible. Vincent won't get in the way of the mission even if it has to be civilians, but he'd prefer to target criminals if possible

[Empiricist]

It's just a matter of risk I'd presume. Criminals have weapons and connections. People will notice them vanishing.

[Ozarck]

Dester's resigned to the darkness. Despair and all. He's lost most hope and just goes on. I think I already broke his personality.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

PW, I'm sorry I scared you off with tinker talk, I was just joking.

[Empiricist]

PW, I'm sorry I scared you off with tinker talk, I was just joking.

Just pay him $2.99 for another 10 minutes.

[DoctorMcTaalik]

I for one vote we buy a cheap, rainbow-splattered van, and hit up the local orphanages. They're probably over capacity as it is, and it's not like the kiddies have families to miss them.

[Empiricist]

That sounds pretty good actually. You could even set up a front for it and just do it indefinitely.

[DoctorMcTaalik]

Now, I just need to figure out how Gus, an ignorant, but not wholly immoral idiot, would propose this idea in-character.

Gus turns to Petra, and, with all the subtlety of a bulldozer, talks into her chest.

"Hey whatsitwomanfaceahjusmet, whaddyasay we toodle on up to the puddin' patch or somesuch and abduct us some children?" His eyes gloss over. "We could get a pretty van, with the flowers 'n' things. I bet we could a fit a lot of them squirts in the back, bein' so small an' the truck so big."

[Yoink]

As far as I can see the ARM is just a worse, less-benevolent version of the UWM in the first place.
I find it funny how people are volunteering to help put ARM in power and then complaining when things get "morally grey", as it were.
Doc McTaalik's idea seems pretty good.

[Ozarck]

I don't think we should put all our hopes on any one method / demographic. We have fifty thousand to get. We are building a sustainable human trafficking ring, not just wandering around on a pleasant Sunday afternoon looking for a few lost souls to eat.

We need to be flexible, adaptable, discreet, patient, and willing to cut our losses and move on when necessary, even going to ground if the heat is on and waiting it out. We need to be able to incite riots, create false viral outbreaks and "quarantine" areas, hire thugs, buy, steal, and invite people.

We need several identities for our groups and individuals, mobility, and ability to blend in. We need to talk the talk, schmooze with our marks, and be ready to fight, f@3k or flee our way out of trouble. We need to know our limits, and take only those risks necessary overall.

Does this mean not targeting the biggest gangs around, when a group of homeless would come in for a meal and a promise of shelter? Yes. Does it mean selling out our contacts and allies we make on the planet when the heat is on? Yes. Does it mean we hunker down, act like mice, and sneak around instead of living a "short, stupid lie full of grandiose gestures that often backfire hilariously?" Yes. I sold my pimp cane for the cause, dammit.

On an unrelated note, I have 229 pages to read for mission 8. Mission 6 was ~150, and mission 7 was ~110. One token? I'm crying here.

[DoctorMcTaalik]

Of course, we need to be able to adapt. Homeless shelters, orphanages, and low-income health clinics are probably the ideal fronts for this operation. We just need to pay off the right people, really.

[Xantalos]

Just don't piss off the Liam Neeson living on the planet. I guarantee there's one there.

[adwarf]

Of course, we need to be able to adapt. Homeless shelters, orphanages, and low-income health clinics are probably the ideal fronts for this operation. We just need to pay off the right people, really.

... Pay them off with what? I don't think money is going to be part of our issued gear.

[Empiricist]

You could try requesting funds from Steve.

[Yoink]

Clearly you need to quickly create your own criminal empire parallel to the one(s) already existing so that you can pay them off.