Contract PhaseLossarnach Country Club
"According to some in New Monaco, 'the only thing in the Thiel system worth visiting,' the Lossarnach Country Club is a very unique place in the new worlds. It's part English riding school, part hunting lodge, and part golf course... all the kind of one-percenter outdoors activities you can't do on a glitterworld. Given Lossarnach's unique paleolithic megafauna and a rather flexible definition of 'equestria,' there's some interesting wildlife domestication efforts there as well."
-SamCongratulations on your studies of the Smilodon sabretooth cat in the Lossarnach Highlands. Many believed the Smilodon Populator was already extinct in the wild. Your discovery has electrified our membership at the fleeting opportunity for a such a legendary and unique quarry.
Lossarnach C.C. would like to commission Ocean's Ten, and only Ocean's Ten, to guide select members on a grand hunting expedition into the Lossarnach Highlands. Int Geo refuses to provide a precise location for the Smilodon Populator, so we're going right to the horse's mouth instead. Respected outdoorsmen of substantial means, our members will bring their own weapons, vehicles, supplies, and accommodations. We expect esteemed professionals such as yourself will have their own personal hardware and not require ours.
As an exclusive contract, we will not perform this expedition without your involvement. If you have a scheduling conflict this month, we'd be willing to reschedule again no later than next month.
Estimated Profit: 20k
Goodhaven Sheriff
"You may recall we helped create this frontier police force on Harad two months ago. From what we've seen, they're salt of the earth frontierfolk who've been very grateful for our assistance. Looks like we contacted them just in time to arrange an emergency contract. Emergency contracts require some pretty significant operational compromises, so I'll let Neil explain how that affects his work in the footnote."
-SamYou guys called just in time. A couple damn fools just tried to rob the Bank of Goodhaven on Main Street. It looks like they didn't know the safe is on a timer, and thought they could make the banker open it at gunpoint. A Deputy spotted them, and now we're in a standoff with probably a handful of hostages inside. We've got a cordon set, and we really could use an expert advisor to get us through this safely. Your man will have full command of all of my men. The full posse is rallying on scene, so you'll probably have a least a dozen guns at your disposal by the time you get here.
(Ops Chief: As you can tell, emergency contracts are urgent situations where we immediately deploy with minimal prep time. There's no time to frak around with research and rehearsals when some bandito has folks at gunpoint. Also, because your team is dispatching immediately, they won't be available for specialist training or familiarization on new hardware. On the upside, emergency contracts are relatively short and straightforward, as opposed to the weeklong multi-stage operations we usually get hired for.)
Estimated Profit: 10k
Amnesty Interstellar
"Non-profit investigative journalists committed to Old World values such as human rights, we investigated Flossmore PCF for them last month. Looks like they're going to use that ELSA69 invitation code after all."
-SamDespite the astronomical cost, we have decided an immediate and complete investigation of Flossmore PCF's erotic services endeavor is worth our entire investigative budget for the year. After paying the entire ELSA69 reservation upfront, booking confirmed that it's an all-inclusive adults only luxury resort on Lossarnach that features extensive erotic services in a unique setting. It wasn't cheap, and all we could manage was a single reservation for three nights on the all-inclusive resort. A chauffeur from the space port is included with the reservation, and we're assuming the construction site you reported is the physical location of the resort.
In terms of news, if we really want the public to care, we need to identify specific prisoners. HD facial photography seems like the obvious solution, but we'll try to cross-reference any other data you find with our records. Full true names would be a priority, but other info like place of capture, circumstances of capture, home of record, or next-of-kin are great identifiers to work with.
We admittedly have no idea what security will be like in the resort, however it is a safe assumption it will be drastically more relaxed than a prison visit. Forcing luxury vacation-goers to undergo invasive and pervasive security checks seems like a terrible business model. Presumably, vacation-goers are allowed to retain their smartphones with minimal restrictions.
Estimated Profit: 20k
Interstellar Geographic Society
"Another non-profit organization, our last work with them was a tremendously successful wilderness expedition to photograph Smilodon sabretooth tigers in the forested highlands of Lossarnach. I'll check this contract with Neil, but I think it might be impossible for us to execute."
-SamAttention explorers, the terraforming of Lossarnach populated not only the lands, but the seas as well. While most are familiar with the terrestial paleolithic megafauna, the Founders seeded plesiosauria as well. A deep sea apex predator, they are rarely seen and we would value any photography of them. A bonus would be paid for fresh specimens for dissection and taxidermy.
Estimated Profit: Unknown (likely unfeasible)
Tyrell Dynamics
"A cutting edge tech company, we applied for one of their contracts two months ago and we were dismissed for a weak bid. At the time, they were looking for some AMR-destined product shipments that went missing on Anghabar."
-SamTyrell Dynamics is seeking a discreet surveillance team to reconnoiter and surveil a warehouse facility identified as illegally possessing our products.
For several months, our shipments to AMR facilities have gone missing. Further investigation has revealed an organized criminal conspiracy to divert and process these shipments for sale on the black market. We have identified a warehouse complex likely being used as 'chop shop' for these stolen shipments. While normally we would coordinate with local AMR security forces or immediately prosecute this target with in-house assets, recent events on Anghabar prevent us from freely doing so. Thus, we require a deniable third party to resolve this matter. Appropriate technology will be provided to this third party for the duration of the contract, to enable real-time communication with Tyrell Dynamics personnel.
This third party should:
1. Confirm the location of the warehouse.
2. Confirm the presence of stolen Tyrell Dynamics product.
3. Identify any additional perpetrators or accomplices, such as suppliers or buyers.
4. Identify any security countermeasures.
5. Identify any armed personnel and their weapon systems.
6. Maintain real-time communications with Tyrell Dynamics personnel using appropriate technology.
7. Fully brief Tyrell Dynamics personnel in field conditions.
8. Continue real-time surveillance support during target prosecution if necessary.
9. Avoid conflict with local AMR security.
Although AMR has been largely cleared of wrongdoing in this conspiracy, the various AMR security apparati have not been informed of this operation for OPSEC and legal purposes. Tyrell Dynamics values rule of law, and would find the loss of life of any law enforcement personnel a sincerely regrettable incident.
Estimated Profit: 50k
Slavic Vor
"One of two leading interstellar organized crime syndicates, the Slavic Vor is highly decentralized alliance of mostly Russian-heritage mobsters. Supposedly looser in hierarchy and morals than their rival peers, Casa Nuova. Seem to find violent solutions to most problems."
-SamSo just because you're in a warzone, you think you can stop paying us? No, not you of course, the mark.
There's an auto shop on Anghabar, not the best, but he's got a hook-up with AMR Logistics Branch that smuggles fossil fuels to him. The shop stashes tanks of fuel in an attached service bay which he then flips on the black market. With the strikes and all, he's making a killing on fuel and decided he doesn't need our protection anymore.
We need you to make him reconsider this. A nice little explosion would make the point don't you think? Also give neighboring businesses something to think about? Us Vor provide a valuable service, and it's best everyone thinks about it, no?
But dead men don't think, and more importantly don't pay. Rob him, scare him, beat him, but don't kill him. As long as he becomes a paying customer again, anything you rob you can keep as a bonus.
Estimated Profit: 30k
"So I've spoken with Neil about what he thinks we can handle this month. We're minus MacGuyver, Hunt, and Salt, for seven unrestricted operators total. I never thought I'd say this after last month, but after talking it over with Neil, I think we can do four missions this month. Goodhaven and Amnesty are low-risk solo contracts, where additional personnel seems either more difficult and/or wasteful. The Country Club is also fairly low risk, and two personnel seems appropriate. With three personnel left, that leaves room for one more. Neil asked me 'if he looked like Captain Ahab' and said he has no idea where he'd get an open water whaling ship or how to sail it for the Int Geo contract. It's a choice between Tyrell Dynamics and the Slavic Vor then. The fuel demolition practically has Redbrick's name on it, but the warehouse surveillance looks safer and has a higher base pay. However, if Tyrell doesn't like our bid again, we're going to be coming in light this month. I ultimately tossed a coin and Tyrell Dynamics won."
Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C. C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics)"Dear Lossarnach Country Club,
Ocean PMC will happily guide the most elite big game hunters in the 'verse to the Smildon Populator. Our two guides are esteemed wilderness experts intimately familiar with both Smilodons and the Lossarnach Highlands."
"Dear Goodhaven Sheriff,
A friend in need is a friend in deed. We are immediately dispatching a skilled negotiator who's also not afraid of tactical solutions to resolve this situation."
"Dear Amnesty Interstellar,
The institutionalized human rights violations we discovered at Flossmore PCF were beyond anything we anticipated. A male undercover investigator with a hidden videocamera will bring these atrocities to the light of the public."
"Dear Tyrell Dynamics,
Ocean PMC is glad your investigation into your missing shipments on Anghabar has gone so well. Our three man intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) team will be equipped with FLIR thermal optics to provide full 24 hour coverage of your target facility."
(1) Sam's Pitch (Lossarnach C.C., Goodhaven Sheriff, Amnesty Interstellar, Tyrell Dynamics): Sam