Akhain Gazhorn and Systar"In any case, I hope that my presence here will make your job easier, and also reduce friction between the two parties we represent." Hurid smiled, in a way as smooth as he could manage, before continuing. "Should you have anything to request of me, then please ask. Also take note that our... interests here do go beyond merely 'a job', so I will be ensuring that it is carried out with the utmost of efficiency... Not meaning to debase your skills, of course, merely letting you know that I have been instructed to assist you, to the best of my own abilities." At this point, Hurid would holster his weapon. "Now, if you would excuse me for avoiding your statement for so long, I will be leaving now. I'll stay in touch, however."
After leaving and finding his own place to stay, Akhain would contact Jinan. +Not meaning to be rude, or anything, but what exactly are my goals and limits on this assignment? I apologise if this was stated before, I seem to have a habit of forgetting important information...+
See what Hurid touched. Also see if there is any information on him available.
[4] - The two men part with not-too-kind words. Systar watches 'Hurid' walk to the elevator and down before stepping away from the door. For his part, the disguised hunter waits until he's safely out of reach outside before contacting Jinan. She takes some time to answer.
+Of course. Try to aid Systar in infiltrating Boka's manor in any way you can. Once inside, get inside his vault, with or without Systar. His data should be inside - send us a copy or bring it to us. If needed, you can eliminate Systar to get him out of the way. We cannot allow the files inside to fall into the wrong hands.+
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[5] Meanwhile, Systar studies his apartment for any signs of the intermediary tampering with his stuff. His computer has been used - this instantly raises alarms and Systar rushes to check what's been accessed last, [3] but the computer doesn't appear to save all the information about that. He can see Hurid has seen his fee from the comms terminal at the airport, but there's nothing to indicate who he was calling - though the Vantahin's grafts were related to the mission anyway - and stampeded through his email and job requests, but it's hard to tell if he's seen anything else.
[1] A quick search brings up various database profiles and reports related to Hurid yl Bassdrom. Systar can find nothing out of the usual in them. It looks like he's more of a paperpusher than anything else, but with considerable field experience, so hopefully if they have to work together he won't be totally useless. He was packing a lot of gear for this simple meeting. Perhaps he'd still expected trouble... interesting.
Hurid yl BassdromHP: 75/75
Equipment: NTT Inferno
(22/26), Thermal Blade (8/8), Snaplock Pistol
(8/8), Paragon Combat Rifle
(10/10)Funds: 0¤
Known Perks: MultiVision Ocular Modification,
Combat Stimulant PackageFaction: Free Republic
Target: None
SystarHP: 34/75
Equipment: Thermal Blade
(1/8), Aurora Revolver
(4/6), RUS9 Incendiary Grenade (1/1), Zuche 3 Cloaking Device (2/6)
Funds: 25,300¤
Known Perks: AugeanTech LightningBolt PackFaction: Bounty Hunter
Target: Consul Mona yl Vsiri (New Regime), Boka yl Vsiri (Crime Syndicate)
Gao reported the situation to the AI, then tried to sneak to one of the fighter ships. Maybe, if he was lucky, it had a self-destruct he could use to take out the hostiles in the area. Also, he made sure his shotgun was still equipped and fully loaded, just in case.
[5] - Gaosaron moves quietly over to the terminal and fires it up. He wonders for a moment how he's supposed to contact the AI but in a few moments the screen changes and text appears on the screen. A keyboard slides out - looks like the AI wants to maintain audio silence. Gao writes a quick summary of the situation and sets off down the stairs from the balcony overlooking the bay, keeping himself as low and silent as possibly. The first of the freighters conveniently masks his approach. Gao decides to see if he can use it somehow.
[3] He circles around the back of the freighter, looking for a way in. The cargo ramp is up and he can't find a way to open it - eventually, Gaosaron realizes he's just going to try the 'front doors' of the airlock, where the aliens can see him. [3] He tries to use stealth, sticking to the shadows and the crevices of the freighter hull as he moves, but it's in vain. The moment he sees the aliens, the construct sees him. Gao quickens his pace, hurrying towards the airlock, while the aliens attempt to make sense of the agitated construct.
[5] They finally spot Gao as well, but it's too late. He pulls himself up into the airlock, smashes the door activator, steps in and closes it behind him. Darkness falls, and a moment passes with Gao wondering if he just sentenced himself to a slow death - but then the scanner beeps green, reporting that his Guard Pass was accepted. The second door slides open as well.
Gao quickly checks that the freighter is empty before - hearing a pounding and something that sounds suspiciously like a laser at the airlock - heads into the cockpit to see what he can do. [3+1=4] The controls are very loosely locked, and the bounty hunter is fairly sure he could get them activated quickly enough. There's no self-destruction function as so, but Gao figures he could overload the ship reactor given enough time. Or, of course, crash the ship into the enemy and hope the labship wouldn't be wrecked beyond salvage. Or both - at the same time. [6] While the freighter itself doesn't carry weapons, it appears it was carrying highly volatile chemicals before being locked down. The containers are still in the cargo bay.
AlliesLeading the survivorsTarur RatrikHP: 75/75
Equipment: Flechette Shotgun
(9/10), RUS9 Incendiary Grenade (2/2), Thermal Blade (6/8)
Known Perks: AugeanTech FlexiSpeed Aid,
NovaCore Analytic-Reactive Augmentation,
FocusedFaction: Bounty Hunter
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Gaosaron el-Anaula Ra'VantahinHP: 44/75
Equipment: Widowmaker Shotgun
(4/7), Golgo Mechanical Blade, NTT Inferno
(26/26), RUS2 Accelerator Carbine
(11/14), Guard Security Pass, Low-Level Security Pass
Funds: 25,450¤
Known Perks: NovaCore Electronic ModificationFaction: Bounty Hunter
Target: None
Action: Get healed up, then head back home to get a goods nights sleep, and hopefully meet up with Kaviv in the morning to meet the shopkeeper for payment.
If successful, look for the next job.
>Go catch some Z's. If sleeping is proving impossible, either pop a couple of sleeping pills or comfort eat- whichever works!
>Meet 971 tomorrow.
[4] - The pair of bounty hunters say their goodbyes and head back home. After fishing the remaining bullets out of their bodies and poking experimently at their wounds, they lay down and sleep all the day's troubles away. Kaviv struggles with his conscience for a moment, but eventually he's just more tired than bothered and falls asleep.
The next morning, they return to the shopkeeper. He meets them with the same glum expression, but is happy enough to pay the promised 8000¤. He relaxes further as he handles the money.
'The neighbourhood feels safer already,' he says. 'My sister called. Larro's safe and sound... more or less. He was very impressed by your assault. So impressed he's quit the gangs forever, or so he says.'
They exchange the remaining formalities and get on their way, splitting the reward money between them.
Back at his apartment, 971, never resting, goes to check the jobs available for him.
Number one has been forwarded to 971 from his friends in the government.
An outer city police chief has requested help locating a serial killer on the loose on the outskirts. Tracking drones sent after him don't return or are otherwise stunned, and he continues to evade search patrols, sometimes committing his murders right beneath their gaze. Payment would have to be negotiated personally with the chief.
The second is the old one -
a Republican Guard recruiter wants 971 to go through a combat simulation, for a few vids and images for the new PR campaign. Showing the hero of the revolution in action and all that. His department is offering 5000¤. 971 has technically accepted this mission already, and there's a new message reminding him of it.
The third is a strange one. Try as he might, 971 can't figure out
the encrypted sender. He's requested to meet him or her at a park in the Old District to discuss a mission against the local branch of the Victory Corp merc outfit.
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Subject 971HP: 75/75
Equipment: Golgo HMG
(14/22)[/acronym], Widowmaker Shotgun
(7/7), Thermal Blade (5/8), Aurora Revolver w/ Analytic-Reactive Targeting System
(3/6)Funds: 10250¤
Known Perks: AugeanTech FlexiSpeed AidFaction: Bounty Hunter
Target: None
Kaviv OtoliHP: 75/75
Equipment: Snaplock Pistol
(8/8), Frag Grenades (4/5), First Aid Packs (6/6), Widowmaker Shotgun
(6/7)Funds: 9000¤
Known Perks: Navigator Uplink PackageFaction: Bounty Hunter
Target: None
The Crunch of Bones! Oh how the Scorekeeper enjoys this. Baruc dashes in and attempts to hit him with a double handed blow to the temple in a attempt to break some more facial bones
[3] - Barauc grins, feeling the approval of the crowd through their roars reveberating through his body. His opponent seems to realize he's outmatched, his posture dropping visibly. Barauc almost feels sorry for him before springing into attack.
[Dodge:3-1=2] He leaps inside the man's defense with a light step and brings his hands together for a [Damage:1] rapid blow at his opponent's temple. This stumbles right, [6+1=6] going for a hasty return blow that [Dodge:6] Barauc dodges with ease. He steps back to [5+1=6][Dodge:4] counter a kick from the pit fighter, letting it pass under his arm before snapping it shut. The heavy pit fighter struggles in his hold for a moment [4] before Barauc [Dodge:4-1=3] throws, sending him sprawling back down. The pit fighter moans in pain, [Damage:2-2=0] but more from his earlier wounds than this.
[5] The crowd-noise grows and grows, but suddenly Barauc can make out a distinct chant in it.
Kill! Kill! Kill! it goes, and there's a clatter of metal as a weapon is thrown into the ring by the audience. [1] It lands straight before his opponent, [6] a simple combat knife - but anything is better than your fists.
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EnemiesSina Detauny HP: 6/15
Equipment: None
Known Perks: Hardened FighterFaction: Unknown
Barauc Na'ShalHP: 35/75
Equipment: Zuche 4 Railgun
(1/1), Zuche 3 Cloaking Device (6/6), Aurora Revolver
(6/6), RUS2 Accelerator Carbine
(14/14)Funds: 4500¤
Known Perks: Focus Improvement PackageFaction: Bounty Hunter
Target: Judge Tegarr (New Regime)
Loria knelt down next to the pale, little alien and took his head in her hands. Listen to me. If there's trouble in there you need to tell us, and you need to tell us now, because we're the only ones who can possibly help you. Her face hardened and her voice took on an intimidating tone. But if this is just a case of your boss trying to wave us off because he's too busy to meet with us, or he's banging a two-bit hooker... Well, let's just say that by letting me know in advance you'll save yourself a ton of pain.
Intimidate the alien in to giving us more information on why he's scared, and what's going on in the building that they so desperately want to keep us away.
[4] - Loria puts her palm under the alien's jaw, drawing him to eye-level with her. She puts enough steel into her voice to fell an army.
'Bu.. buh... you can't say things like that!' the alien exclaims, whimpering. Tears well in his eyes and his voice breaks. 'Mr. Tresun isn't... Mr. Tresun...'
'Mr. Tresun is
dead!' he finally shouts, as dramatically as he can. With Loria momentarily stunned, he turns around and tries to make a run for it, [5] but Téodosio grabs him and pulls him back in.
'Dead?' he asks. 'How? What happened?
'Let me... I don't know! One minute he was fine and the other... b...boom. Mr. Gray s..said it was the augment overloading.'
[1] Another head peers out from the office, a human with a military look. He reaches inside his coat without a word when he sees Téodosio keeping hold of the secretary.
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LoriaHP: 35/75
Equipment: Miniaturized Pistol
(5/5), Sharp Knives (2/2)
Funds: 4300¤
Known Perks: Navigator Uplink PackageFaction: Bounty Hunter
Target: Mille Roskank, Anthony
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