The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 376

Session Start: Sun Apr 21 19:14:35 2019
Session Ident: #TAW-Session376
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* DeathStar sets a bomb in Kalon's hands as the item
<DeathStar> Here have it
* kalonZombie disarms it
<DeathStar> Aw
<DeathStar> *puts a useless bomb as the item*
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<ChadWinters> That Kalon, always ruining your things
<kalonZombie> It's me. I'm the ruiner.
<DeathStar> Alright touch the item Jackie
<DeathStar> And we shall begin
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* Jackieness picks up DS and uses to poke the item with
<DeathStar> You lucky few are the only ones who get to see the important intro to this phase
<DeathStar> Feel honored
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 1
<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-639.5.15 - 3 days after the Prison Cube Incident
<DeathStar> Location: The Moon
<DeathStar> 6* After the incident at the Prison Cube, the group managed to limp back to the Moon where they have found, in their absent, the few members of their team have taken over a hidden facility on the Moon, an old military of Warren's new about that was off the grid and they have been reconstructing it to their needs (cont)
<DeathStar> 6* Hooking it up to the grid and other things, it seems to be running rather well, for a very, very old military base, a base back in the TAW4 days, and they due to it's age it luckily seems not to be connected to many of the modern military facilities. That or Warren has made sure it isn't. The shapeshifter Spirit is chained up in the corner and sulking and the next few days they have managed to get the place up and running for their needs - to deal with the shapeshifters and Ninth Circle members on Earth, as well as gaining what information they need before returning.
<DeathStar> *on the moon
<DeathStar> *before returning to Earth
<DeathStar> *Darien checks over the old computer systems* Everything seems to be in order
* ChadWinters scratches the back of his head. 1"Took a little bit of work but, I'd agree."
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "The equipment is dated, but solid."
<Xanatos`> 6* Kane rubs his face slowly, looking over a panel.
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<Xanatos`> <Kane> Maybe with time I could improve this tech. But for now we will have to make due.
<DeathStar> *X eyes it* What? This is the tech from my time.
<DeathStar> <X> It is superior to this new fangled tech
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<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Yeah I was using this like 4 months ago. It's great.
<ChadWinters> <Dias> It still breaks the same so....
<kalonZombie> <Ash> It's something all right.
<DeathStar> *Zephyr turns to eye Marcus, then Dias, deadpanned*
<DeathStar> *John carries out a huge computer systems and slams it down*
<DeathStar> *having been one of the ones helping set up the base*
<DeathStar> <John> Found another piece for you, Warren
<Xanatos`> <Kane> ....that is ancient.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Now that the rest of the team is here I think I trust them more than having you help me
* ChadWinters sighs a bit. 1"And now we're gonna have to repair that too."
<Seraphna> **Tabehta huffs** Careful with that Johnny.
<DeathStar> <John> *eyes Chad* You do know me and Warren were setting up the base while you all were captured up until 3 days ago
<DeathStar> *he seems rather lucid these past few days*
<ChadWinters> I noticed, yes.
<DeathStar> *John taps the machine* This thing is solid
<DeathStar> <John> They made them to last back in the day.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "what is it?"
<kalonZombie> <Ash> It looks like a really big paperweight.
<ChadWinters> 6Dias eyes it and taps it with his fist.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Back in the days of the old bases, you know the server rooms of the bases. The big machines
<Seraphna> **Tabetha smiles and just starts looking it over.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Well they are still rather big to this day... *He admits* But this is an older model
<Seraphna> **Angela sighs** Never was sure what we were holding in those big things.
<kalonZombie> <Ash> Vegetables and yogurt, it seems.
<kalonZombie> <Ash> It looks like a fridge is what I'm saying.
<DeathStar> <Warren> We can hook it up later. *he moves over to take a seat and boots up the massive computer. X and Zephyr step over and the shapeshifter spirit tries to spy and look as well*
<kalonZombie> 6*Ash moves over and steps in front of the spirit
<Xanatos`> <Kane> Storage and CPU to crunch massive numbers.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Okay, while you all were taken, besides setting up the base I had John also do some recon of the moon
<kalonZombie> <Ash> Back up
<DeathStar> *Spirit hangs her head*
<DeathStar> *Wyrd eyes the shapeshifter*
<ChadWinters> What did you find? 6He looks over at John
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Do we have a more secure place to hold the prisoner?"
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> I hope you found something to go fight, too long in the prison without fighting.
<Seraphna> **Truth peers over at Spirit, then Wyrd, then eyes the book she's pretending to read**
<ChadWinters> <Dias> That's because we didn't get to stay there long enough to set up the fight club
<DeathStar> <Warren> We been looking into some of the information you all found before being caught. *he brings up the information on the screen of a map of the moon* We know the Ninth Circle has inflitrated some of the Moon's political base
<DeathStar> <Warren> We suspect it's these three Senators here. *he brings up their names and profiles* And likely the people associating with them are shapeshifters. Either shapeshifters that are eager for a fight or dupes like the one we captured. I still haven't made heads or tails of the shapeshifters
<ChadWinters> It has been hard to figure out what their grand plan is.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "I feel that we'll be on a treadmill s long a we don't know what their objectives are."
<DeathStar> <Warren> These Senators are pretty powerful. The moon's leader might be one too. But that I do not know. If you want to know how the colonies work.
<Xanatos`> <Cole> I'm still trying to figure out why people live here.
<DeathStar> <Warren> The President. Dias here. *motions* Is President of all the colonies. In theory. The colony's leaders run them and are the main authority outside the President. Though there have been cases a colony has voted to ignore a President/Earth's ruling on something. It takes a lot of votes to do that. And Earth can push back with enough votes.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Each colony has a senate body as well. Much like Earth. So hence me not knowing if the Colony's leader is compromised.
<ChadWinters> 6Dias' head snaps up with pride as he begins pointing to himself. 1"That's me!"
<DeathStar> <X> ...
<Seraphna> **Angela facepalms**
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "...somehow."
<kalonZombie> <Ash> I didn't vote for him.
<DeathStar> <Warren> What we know about the shapeshifters so far. *he brings them up*
<ChadWinters> <Dias> My rogueish charm and good looks.
<DeathStar> <Warren> We know there are two types. The normal ones and the Hunters, according to Sabrina when you all met them. The Hunters are hard to identify and will kill others of their kind to maintain identity if needbe. This Spirit shapeshifter also said many of them were told lies that they were coming here to pretend to be heroes and play a part and that hints at there might be civilian shifters and leader shifters.
<kalonZombie> <Ash> Maybe the machines were broken or something.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Agreed?
<DeathStar> <Wyrd> Or she's al iar
<ChadWinters> It's a acceptable thesis.
<DeathStar> *Vesta paces about quietly, listening*
<Seraphna> **Truth shifts uncomforterably.**
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> As much as I want to go all in on assaulting bases and getting into big fights. We're going to have to place this smart, I'm thinking undercover missions to get intel and isolate shapeshifters. What do you all think?
<ChadWinters> <Dias> That sounds booooooring.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Finally, the only other fact we know about them is they made a pact with the Ninth Circle, in return for something. That they are only working here to help the Ninth Circle take over Earth. And many of us believe they will betray the Circle later or the Circle them later. And we know the shifters are doing the same on other planets for some reason.
<Seraphna> Angela> We've already seen what going in headlong does.
<DeathStar> <Warren> And that's catching us all up. What you do with the information is up to you
<DeathStar> *X peers at Marcus* Well we know the name of 3 of the Ninth Circles and their homes.
<ChadWinters> I don't see anything wrong with your plan, Marcus. But X has a point, it wouldn't hurt to try and grab one of them to find out more information on them
<DeathStar> <X> *she eyes the address of the members* <John> Oh yeah. Sunny will likely be here soon too. I saw signs of people arriving on the Moon. Lots of prisoners sneaking in like you snuck in
<Seraphna> Angela> The day just gets better and better.
<DeathStar> <Vesta> And we know Sunny is going after them too and she'll just cause chaos for all of us
* ChadWinters clicks his tongue. 1"So she managed to escape and with friends."
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "From what it sounds, Sunny does not seem to be a friend of the Ninth Circle or the shapeshifters.. so wwhat is her role in this?"
<DeathStar> <Warren> You said she was working with Asarar. Likely Asarar and her team are still on the Moon somewhere. Looking into the Circle.
<kalonZombie> <Ash> Wildcard.
<ChadWinters> That's a lot of players on this field. Each with their own agenda. I think we should hit one of the members while we can.
<Seraphna> Angela> We could reach out to them. I have a feeling if Asarar and her team were going to watch us, there's nothing we could do to stop it anyway.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Well, I will see if I can hire them before they leave.
<DeathStar> <X> I know one of them said something about after this mission going home
<DeathStar> <X> So if so you better hurry
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> They're expensive aren't they? Do we even have the funds to hire them?
<Seraphna> Angela> That would be to Kumen.
<DeathStar> <Warren> I'll sell them Chad
<DeathStar> <X> Okay. *Turns to Marcus* You're the leader. You want to get info on these senators?
<Seraphna> Angela> Are you sure? He might be the oldest person we have now.
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Yeah, that seems like a good first step.
* ChadWinters eyes Warren, then Angela. 1"I doubt I'm worth that much."
<Seraphna> Angela> When'd you get humble?
<DeathStar> <Warren> Eh, I'm sure they could use a surely butler
<DeathStar> *surly
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "From what I heard, they might prfer a maid over a butler."
<DeathStar> <X> *nods* I'll take a team to do some other things and we can meet up later.
<DeathStar> *X heads off. Spirit peers at them going and slumps*
<Xanatos`> <Cole> Other team, roll out! 6* He hops up and walks after her.
* ChadWinters grunts a bit in response to Warren
<Seraphna> **Truth sighs and gets up, following**
<Seraphna> **Reese blinks a bit, setting down a bottle and heading after them**
<DeathStar> *Wyrd hops and moves off*
<ChadWinters> <Dias> I wanna punch something.....6He hangs his head, growing bored again
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "I'm sure we can find somethign for you to train with aorund here."
<DeathStar> *John lifts Dias up and suplexes him*
<DeathStar> <John> DODGE
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> ... Alright then. Head out everyone?
<Seraphna> Tabetha> *whispers* DId my pilot get rejuvenated again?
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> *whispers* They say the flame flickers brightest before it goes out
<ChadWinters> 6Dias is suplexed, his arms and his hands shifting to absorb the impact.
<DeathStar> *John nods* Not bad. Not bad
<DeathStar> <John> To be expected of my student
<Seraphna> *Tabetha pouts* That makes me sad.
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Yeah, let's get ready.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *walks in* "Are we actually doing something now?"
<kalonZombie> <Ash> I never get tired of watching Dias get hit.
<DeathStar> *Darien tests his exoskeleton* Lets go
<ChadWinters> <Dias> Hah. 6He lets out a jovial laugh at that as he flips on to his feet and he looks at Ash. 1"He didn't hit me."
<Seraphna> *Angela eyes the exoskeleton* I still think we should give it some red paint.
<DeathStar> *Darien grunts* Do what you want
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> 6* As they exit onto the moon and the stars are overhead, the moon looking a little bladerunnisher at night, they seen wanted pictures of the team all over. Chris and Sunny share the same image*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Bet that pisses her off
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Which one?
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Christine
<Seraphna> * Angela looks up from making a red line on Darien's exosuit*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Sunny is too insane to notice
<ChadWinters> Can't be helped. 6He notes.
<DeathStar> *John walks about freely, having no wanted poster right now*
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> Sweetie, are you also going to add lightning?
<Seraphna> Angela> Yes.
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> Good.
<DeathStar> *as they walk about the streets, Zephyr pulls up a coat to try to hide her face*
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Huh... something like this might actually get me more cred with my fanbase."
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Shame we don't have those masks that Kane had, I guess we had to abandon them when we ran off.
<ChadWinters> But all these wanted pictures is going to make it harder to move.
<Seraphna> * Angela is currently a red head with slightly darker skin on as a disguise*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Seriously?
<DeathStar> *each of them have price numbers on them. Chris and Sunny have higher numbers than the team right now*
<DeathStar> *perhaps because the Moon is their home turf*
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na has black hair and a hat to hide the rabbit tail
<Seraphna> *Tabetha wears a hoodie, having gone blonde for now*
<kalonZombie> *Eats, even
<kalonZombie> *EARS DAMMIT EARS
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus has big sunglasses and a hoodie on as he walks.
<DeathStar> *as they walk along the market streets, with the billboards and stuff flashing, a holographic woman leans over to tempt them into entering a club, shaking her body and going through Marcus*
* ChadWinters eyes the team and the prices. 1"If this turns into a pissing match..." 6He adjust his hat a bit.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> So how does it feel to be home? *as they begin to leave the market areas and enter the nomal streets, it begins to look more like Earth street wise with the noir look fading*
<ChadWinters> 6Dias walks along, munching on food.
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Woof, that was the most action I've got in a while.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Fffff... grats, Marcus. She wants you."
<Seraphna> **Angela makes a soft noise at that**
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> You could have more action and you know it. *she notes* It's because you're celibate right now
<Seraphna> Angela> Considering my sisters. Yeah.
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus smirks, amused at that but shrugs and can't argue.
<ChadWinters> <Dias> Nothing wrong with that. 6He gives a thumbs up to Marcus' penis
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> This place looks rad, I like all the lights.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "This got weird."
<ChadWinters> <Dias> I think it's been....6He taps his chin. 1"Atleast....30 years?" 6He tilts his head as if really trying to recall
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> It did.
<DeathStar> *as they near the rich people section they find cameras and other things set up*
<DeathStar> *it seems the Moon has a lot more camera systems than Earth*
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> Smile, we're on candid camera.
<ChadWinters> We've got security cameras. 6He notes to Marcus
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> You think that's something Kane can try to hack remotely or will you need to do it?
<DeathStar> <Warren on comms> Lemon has returned to the base from Geyze. She says Adeline is still unhappy at being left behind but is healthy
<ChadWinters> I imagine they're all on a closed private system.
<Seraphna> Angela> That's good...
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I imagine the colony has cameras all over but as we enter neighbors with fewer people we'll stand out more
<DeathStar> *she muses on Chris* Hard to imagine a person would want to live here
<ChadWinters> Well the ones for the homes. These are probably on the colony's system so Kane should have an easier time with these ones
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Let's see if we can find some alternate routes.
<DeathStar> <Darien> It also means that there is somewhere on the colony with all these cameras' recordings
<DeathStar> <Darien> Some mainframe. To keep note
<ChadWinters> Usually how it's done.
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Oooo, we should get access to that.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "We'll stand out more all in a group like this."
<DeathStar> <Darien> We have to imagine a shifter or Circle member is in control of it. Else Chis or Sunny's dad's murder might have been solved long ago. *he pauses, musing on that* Hm
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> You just have an idea?
<Seraphna> Angela> In the central parts of the colony we'll stand out more splitting up, travelling in groups is rather normal.
<ChadWinters> This it was that simple? 6He eyes Darien
<ChadWinters> *think*
<DeathStar> <Darien> Just we might want to keep in mind that a Ninth Circle or someone who works for them might be in charge of the mainframe. I wonder how many mainframes there are for a colony this size
<DeathStar> <Darien> One, two, more?
<ChadWinters> It'd be the first place I'd try to install someone in to. 6He pulls out his datapad, eyeing the size of the city. 1"I'd say two to four.
<Xanatos`> <Kane on Comm> The proper method is to set up multiple children nodes that all communicate and offload the data to a storage facility.
<DeathStar> <Warren on comm> I'll try to locate the facility
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> At the very least if we could put like a 'tap' on one of those children nodes that may at least get us live feed access.
<DeathStar> *Zephyr walks along the streets, peering about and pausing at the street*
<ChadWinters> It should be possible to do that if given enough time
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus pauses as she does, looking at her curiously before glancing around.
<DeathStar> *Zephyr waits for the traffic light it seems*
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "So what about those of us who are less techy?"
<DeathStar> *trying to act normal for cameras*
<DeathStar> <Warren on comm> I'm just worried if we tap into any nodes how long before we're discovered but it is an idea. We could see feeds before they're tampered with
<ChadWinters> Something we could set up for when we want to make a big move.
<Xanatos`> <Kane on Comm> It would take one engineer doing routine maintenance to find something like that. 6* He admits.
<ChadWinters> 6Dias stops beside Zephyr, a bored look on his face again. 1"Walking is so sloooooow."
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> You could run and see how long before we're noticed
<DeathStar> *as they near the rich sector, the camera feeds double*
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> We need to get a vehicle, but stealing is risky and buying legit is also risky, too much paperwork.
<ChadWinters> And if we hid it properly, they may not find it.
<DeathStar> <X on comm> I miss my vehicle...
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus sighs slightly at the double amount of cameras, keeping his head down.
<ChadWinters> <Dias> That would only create a headache for everyone who's slower and squishy.
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> *X leaps rooftop to rooftop*
<DeathStar> *Vesta floats and lands behind her*
<Seraphna> * Truth follows with ease, Reese grunting but keeping up to some extent, thanking his Dragoon DNA.*
<DeathStar> *X looks about, her eyes glowing with a purple glow* Hm hm hm
<Xanatos`> 6* Cole lands with a slight thud, being bulky with his armor.
<Xanatos`> <Cole> So we're going to do all the real work while they walk around trying to talk to politicians?
<DeathStar> *X props her foot on the side of a roof. They are nearing the end of the city, with vast expanses of the moon in the distance*
<DeathStar> <X> I was going to check on the prisoners and grab one but the camera thing is a problem
<Xanatos`> <Cole> I wonder how well they're protected to electric overload.
<DeathStar> <Wyrd> ... *She floats and lands*
<DeathStar> <X> We do not really want to cause too much alarm. But ...*she checks the datapad of the moon's map* Alright. Between you and me, Cole, we might can get pretty deep below. I think this is a safe place. If I'm wrong we'll all die
<DeathStar> <X> Here we go
<Xanatos`> <Cole> We had a good run.
<DeathStar> <Wyrd> I am not liking the sound of this. <Vesta> ... Grandpa will be pissed
<Seraphna> Truth> *looks down*
<DeathStar> *X opens a ripple and puts her hand in, not jumping* Rock. What? You think I'm going to blind jump us?
<DeathStar> *X pulls her hand out* I was joking. *she opens another one*
<DeathStar> *uses an ability to restore a ripple*
<DeathStar> <X> Trying again
<DeathStar> *opens and thrusts her hand in another spot* Rock...
<DeathStar> *pulls it out and restores* And trying here... *she opens it and thrusts her hand through* Clear
<DeathStar> *She leaps in blindly*
<DeathStar> <Vesta> I thought she just said..
<Xanatos`> <Cole> You get used to it. 6* He hops in.
<DeathStar> *Wyrd leaps in*
<Seraphna> *Truth and Reese hop in*
<DeathStar> *they appear insider an underground area. Not really a sewer, but definitely built perhaps beneath buildings to connect to places like such long ago*
<DeathStar> *X peers about* Cole can you feel any electicity anywhere underground
<Xanatos`> <Cole> One sec. 6* He closes his eyes and feels out.
<DeathStar> *Cole does better than X and there is something further north*
<Xanatos`> <Cole> I'm feeling something north...ish.
<Seraphna> Reese> Cole the Compass.
<DeathStar> *X restores her last one and ripples them north and they appear in a tight space, with barely any room. *
<Xanatos`> <Cole> Cole the claustrophobic...
<DeathStar> *There is a maintanince shaft going up but it looks locked with high security and there is some sort of electric device that is hooked into the city's grid*
<DeathStar> *the room seems to be insulated but there is electric currents all about them*
<DeathStar> <Vesta> ... this feels dangerous
<DeathStar> *Wyrd frowns, not liking tight spaces since being imprisoned*
<DeathStar> <X> Cole can you follow these currents to their source?
<Xanatos`> <Cole> As long as they go in one direction, yeah. 6* He begins to do so
<DeathStar> *X turns to the others* If this is one of those nodes, we might be able to deal with the camera problem. So be ready
<DeathStar> *Cole is able to do so, but it is quite the distance and he's the only one left with teleports. It's miles away*
<Xanatos`> <Cole> I'm going to have to teleport us, it'll take too long. Now...your teeth is going to tingle after this.
<DeathStar> <X> ... Alright everyone. Here we go
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> *Zephyr eyes the address of the first senator, who lives on a hill*
<DeathStar> *it is a gated mansion with cameras and guards patrol*
<ChadWinters> So how do you want to go about this, Marcus?
<DeathStar> <Darien> Paranoid much?
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Wow I wasn't expecting this at all.
<DeathStar> *Zephyr muses* I wonder..
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Disable the guards, punch the cameras. Or flip that?
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> You say that Darien but technically Angela has a bodyguard on her at all times.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "What about this weren't you expecting?"
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Christine was a cop on the Moon right?
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Yeah.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> You think her police station has files on people on people. Might be a good idea to later try to sneak in and steal whatever files on the computers they have
<DeathStar> <Darien> Yes. Wanted fugitives
<DeathStar> <Darien> Break into a police station
<DeathStar> <Darien> "We're just borrowing your files"
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "On the other hand... they totally wouldn't expect it."
<ChadWinters> We should atleast finish scouting it out and wait til dark and make our move.
<Seraphna> Angela> I recall breaking you out of jail once or twice, Darien. **she grins**
<DeathStar> *Darien glances at the starry sky*
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Yeah scout it out, figure out the patrol patterns, maybe get access to those cameras.
<DeathStar> <Darien> It is night right now. The "Day" screens aren't up
<DeathStar> <Darien> Well this area is terraformed up. Paradoned
* ChadWinters glances about at the place, looking it over the best he can to get a better idea where security is, where the cameras are.
<DeathStar> *Darien uses his exo hand to whap Angela's ass*
<DeathStar> *John muses* I could pretend to be a pizza man
<DeathStar> <John> And offer them pizza!
<Seraphna> * Angela squeaks*
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> And when they're beating John's ass we can sneak in.
<ChadWinters> <Dias> I could pretend to be the fake Dias while being the real Dias.
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> Excuse me, only I can slap my wife's ass, thank you.
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> And... that's... not a terrible idea.
<DeathStar> *they seem to keep two guards at the front door at all times; probably the back door. They circle around the building every 40 seconds*
<DeathStar> *sometimes that is not a perfect thing - some stop and talk, or look at something*
<ChadWinters> Hmmm.
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> This is not going to be easy/
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> We need a diversion.
<DeathStar> *there seems to be two sets of guards doing the circle*
<ChadWinters> I'm thinking there's at least 8 guards outside.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> We could hope for when one set slows and talks to another, breaking the pattern a bit
<Seraphna> Angela> Have Dias pretend to be a pizza man and get in a brawl while we sneak in? I'm not much of a hacker these days.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "A pizza man that looks like the president?"
<Seraphna> Angela> We have a grump that looks like Cran already.
* ChadWinters pulls out his datapad, typing on it a bit to see if he can find and possibly access the guards communications
<DeathStar> *John looks over Chad's shoulder* Whatcha doing? Huh? Huh?
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus looks to see if there's a way he can get one of Kane's devices onto a camera so he can take over the system.
<DeathStar> *Chad gets pure luck and hacks into the communications of this senator's group of guards - it likely will not work on other comms*
<ChadWinters> Hmmm. If we want, we could have someone tell them to check on something. That could be our window in.
<DeathStar> *he could throw it onto the cameras at the gate probably, but another camera might notice it*
<ChadWinters> But I atleast have ears on them for now.
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Man these cameras are covered really well.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> There
<DeathStar> 's a chance they might not if you want to risk it
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> If I fail, we go in blasting, get the info, and then run away. Right?
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> I can do blasting.
* ChadWinters taps his ear, syncing it up with the guards systems so he can hear only.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "what if its not actually a Shapeshifter though?"
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus thumbs up, then holds Kane's device in his hand before trying to chuck it at the camera.
<ChadWinters> It's not a shapeshifter we're after. It's a Ninth Circle member.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Shows me to skip the briefing..."
<DeathStar> *it lands on the camera; the two questions are now was it noticed by the camera people in the mainframe and the people in the house. Well that was two roll things. The former I can't tell you but the latter...*
<DeathStar> *nothing happens for the first few seconds when suddenly the guards begin to touch their comms*
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Ruh roh.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "And we've been made."
<ChadWinters> Shh. I'm trying to listen.
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus motions to Dias to get ready.
<ChadWinters> 6Dias seems to be holding his relaxed/bored look.
<DeathStar> <Guard 1> There is something on our cameras, go investigate. Also the mainframe is telling us we have intruders and that you might have intruders outside as well. Protect me at all costs
<ChadWinters> We've been made.
<DeathStar> *not me but the lord
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "...I just said that."
<DeathStar> *the guards lift their weapons and begin to move out*
<Seraphna> Angela> So... we skedaddle?
<DeathStar> *searching the area and two head for the gate*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Someone's at the mainframe?
<ChadWinters> Seem's the other team might have gotten caught or noticed.
<ChadWinters> Someone is. Either the others, or Sunny's group.
<DeathStar> <Darien> Only two are heading for the gate right now
<DeathStar> <Darien> So they are not positive where we are
<DeathStar> <Darien> But that is going to change in a few moments
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "If its Sunny, then there will be fireworks."
<Seraphna> Tabetha> So do we take them out?
<DeathStar> *Darien prepares his weapons*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr does as well*
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> I need silenced ranged options on these guards,
<ChadWinters> Soon as you make your move on them, they'll all know. So be prepared to move.
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> When this kicks off, Darien and Chad focus on getting to the main guy. Everyone else is on clean up duty.
* ChadWinters flicks Ebony to stun and rests his hand in his front pocket.
<DeathStar> *Darien nods, then lifts Mi'Na up suddenly with his exo-arm*
<DeathStar> *Then throws her over the gate*
<Seraphna> **Angela rubs her face, forming her armor and weapons**
<DeathStar> *then lifts Angela and throws her. As the gate opens, the two land behind the two opening them*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr fires her buster, hitting the one on the left*
<Seraphna> **Angela brings the pommel of her sword down on the back of one's head to knock him out quietly**
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na blinks, but lands gracefully, moving to knock out the one she's behind with her bunny-fu
<DeathStar> *Zephyr moves in and looks about. So far no one has noticed*
<ChadWinters> <Dias> I sense combat. 6He moves in with Zephyr.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> *whisper* ...
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus moves in, adjusting his gloves as he advances towards the entrance, slinking stealthily
<DeathStar> *the two guards at the front door remain, with 2 at the left checking the wall and 2 checking the right wall*
<DeathStar> *Darien picks up angela and Mi'na and throws them at the balcony*
<Seraphna> **Angela moves the guards into the bushes**
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na lands gracefully again, mumbling
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus pauses and wolf leaps to land and try to crack together the heads of the guards onthe left.
<Seraphna> *Angela makes a face and instead flies to the balcony, landing**
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> I wish he'd warn us.
<DeathStar> *Zephyr a moment later lands beside the two*
* ChadWinters moves with the group. 1"We need to move in quick. The two patrols should be coming around.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Oof
<Seraphna> * Tabetha holds out a hand to the right and tries to force the other two to fall asleep**
<DeathStar> *John rushes in on the right and punches one in the head, nknocking them out*
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *slips in with the others*
<ChadWinters> 6Dias steps past Zephyr and lanches with John, cracking the other one' in the head
<DeathStar> *Darien rushes the front steps and tries to bear hug the two men with his exoskeleton*
<Xanatos`> 6* Kane works on trying to hack the camera system, for the experience to learn how their systems are coded.
<DeathStar> *each of the men hit are knocked out by the team. Zephyr pulls herself up onto the balcony*
<DeathStar> *the cameras show a man pacing inside with 5 guards with high powered weapons*
<DeathStar> *that can punch through armor/shields easily*
* ChadWinters glances up at Zephyr. 1"Hand?"
<DeathStar> *the man is wearing a robe and looks pudgy, wearing a necklace*
<Xanatos`> <Kane on Comm> 5 men guarding the leader, very powerful weapons. Be careful.
<Seraphna> **Tabetha uses TK to propel herself up and land with the others**
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> *waves her hand, good and steps up to the balcony door, aiming at and eyes Hi and Angela* Ready?
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *starts climbing up*
<ChadWinters> 6Dias gives John a thumbs up and then crouches and leaps upwards to a window sill and grabs on, staying just below the window
<DeathStar> *Darien drops the two men*
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus walks up and nods to Darien, then leaps to climb up to the balcony.
<DeathStar> *Zephyr then fires through the glass and hits a guard
<DeathStar> *and dashes through it and tackles another*
* ChadWinters makes a face and and he grunts finding a way to climb up albeit slower.
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na nods, wondering where Zephyr is seeing Hi
<Seraphna> **Angela rushes in and tackles one, slashing out at him**
<kalonZombie> 6*Then rushes in and tackles the other
<ChadWinters> 6Dias pulls himself up and then leaps through the window, shattering it and coming in at the guards from the opposite side.
<Seraphna> **Tabetha uses TK Goddess to lift another one up and squish him to unconcioustown**
<DeathStar> *the guards are taken down one bty one. John leaps up and lands. The Circle member rushes for a button on hsi desk*
<DeathStar> <Man> No no no no
<DeathStar> *he reaches to slap it*
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 2
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus leaps in after Dias, and pulls off his show to throw it at the man
<ChadWinters> 6Dias blurs and punches him in the gut
<Xanatos`> (shoe)
<DeathStar> *the man is hit by both of them and falls over. Two guards bust in and John grabs the desk and throws it at them*
<DeathStar> *The holds his arm, having wrenched it out of socket*
<DeathStar> <John> ARGH. What was that made of
<ChadWinters> <Dias> Hoo boy I haven't gotten to move that fast in awhile.
<DeathStar> *Zephyr pulls glass out of herself*
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Heavy? 6* He curiosuly moves over to check the desk, looking lopsided without his shoe.
<DeathStar> *John slams his arm into the wall*
<DeathStar> *It seems to be a metallic desk made to look wood*
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *shifts into Noire and goes to make sure the guys John hit with the desk are down-down*
* ChadWinters makes his way way on to the balcony finally and steps inside, looking around for any computers/terminals
<DeathStar> *They seem to be pinned*
<DeathStar> *downstairs Darien is dealing with 4 guards*
<Xanatos`> 6* Marcus punches to knock the two out, then tries to lift up the desk.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Oh look... two stuffed turkeys under a desk... and I'm hungry..."
<Seraphna> **Angela helps Marcus with her swol strength score**
<ChadWinters> 6Dias glances down a bit then leaps up, increases his mass and drops through the floor to land by the 4 Darien are dealing with
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And why can't I ever play with my food, Marcus, hmmm?"
<DeathStar> *the desk seems to have had a device inside - a gear suit the guy could have worn to power up designed for only his signature*
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> Because these aren't evil dickheads. Just dudes doing their jobs.
<DeathStar> *the two men are thankfully knocked out while Dias lands on 2 of the guys*
<DeathStar> *Darien then punches the third. The fourth guy lifts his weapon, firing at Dias' head*
<ChadWinters> 6Dias ducks and twists, throwing a heavy kick for his side
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well, we got the guy and his toy."
<DeathStar> *Zephyr lifts the Ninth Circle member up* Well we got our prize. *As Dias knocks otu the guy* <Zephyr> Maybe Kane can reprogram it one day
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> *X looks around as they move about the mainframe facility*
<DeathStar> *it seems to be filled with machines to store data, looking massive. And goes down deep. Likely older data is saved onto smaller data crystals but as it is being recorded this machines do it. Perhaps it is osmething like the base they are on and this is old tech being used*
<Xanatos`> 6* Cole creeps along, looking for enemies or some sort of enemy
<Xanatos`> <Cole> This place is so massive.
<DeathStar> *they soon come across an area with a lot of monitors*
<DeathStar> <Wyrd> ... *she eyes the dozens of monitors with data of areas all over the moon*
<Xanatos`> <Cole> Oohhhh. 6* He looks around, eyes wide as he tries to process what he's seeing.
<DeathStar> *labels show what place is being recorded*
<DeathStar> *Vesta jerks as she hears someone shifting behind them*
<DeathStar> *a man stands there, wearing a worker's uniform, holding a bat, but when he sees them armed to the teeth he drops it* D-don't hurt me
<Seraphna> Truth> Oh my...
<DeathStar> <Wyrd> ...
<Seraphna> Truth> Turn around.
<Seraphna> Truth> I promise you will live.
<DeathStar> *Vesta grabs the man by the cuff of the neck* He's the guy that runs this?
<DeathStar> <Vesta> Or at least run of the employees?
<Seraphna> *Truth blinks* Oh well.
<Xanatos`> 6* Cole perks up at the voice and glances away from the monitors.
<DeathStar> <Man> Well.. uh... we're trained to run it. Y-Yes.
<Xanatos`> <Cole> How many people work here?
<DeathStar> <Man> Uh. Just one person a shift.
<Xanatos`> <Cole> SO if my math serves me right...3 people?
<DeathStar> <Man> The system is mostly automated. A light blinks red if something happens. *he taps a screen with a light* It's pretty sophisticated. Murder. A person put into the system for something
<DeathStar> <Man> It'll blink when they are seen
<Xanatos`> <Cole> And who gets that info?
<DeathStar> <Man> Oh and my boss. *he points up at the top where an office an be seen - that oversees the entire room and likely noticed them already
<DeathStar> <X> ...
<Xanatos`> <Cole> ....you didn't lead with that? Cold.
<DeathStar> <Man> The governor. And the senators if they want it
<DeathStar> *at that moment the room shkes with an explosion*
<DeathStar> *X and Vesta fall over*
<Xanatos`> 6* Cole urks, stumbling
<DeathStar> *Zayne steps in with a few prisoners and she looks around*
<Seraphna> **Truth falls over and blinks, Reese blinks and steadies himself on a console**
<Seraphna> Reese> Well... I have a feeling for once our interests cross.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... Mistress Sunny says to find the originals here. And to find the Ninth member here
<Xanatos`> <Cole> ....bad bad. This is bad. 6* He forms his katars.
<DeathStar> *she points and the men move forward. Zayne moves to touch the system, reciting some spell as it enters the system*
<DeathStar> *the man scampers off*
<DeathStar> *Zayne turns to eye the group as X and Wyrd rise. Vesta rolls onto her side*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... It is all of you. Again.
<Seraphna> * Truth rises slowly and blinks* Originals...?
<Xanatos`> <Cole> Ehyooo. We fightin?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Mistress said that even if they tamper with the video files there is a chance the original files are here. She wants them
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Why? Do you want to die?
<Seraphna> Truth> Oh... well I don't think we need them?
<Xanatos`> <Cole> Oh we want them too. We could share.
<Seraphna> Reese> Just make bloody copies.
<DeathStar> *Zayne pauses then forms a magic spell*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Sunny. Do you want to share with these poor fools?
<DeathStar> *it seems to be a communication spell*
<Xanatos`> 6* Cole seems to be confused, not really knowing how magic works.
<Seraphna> Reese> I'll teach you my special recipe for C4 Gumbo?
<Sara> * Sunny's reply comes in a bubbly voice. "I don't guess it makes a difference. As long as WE get what WE came for, Zaynie-poo!"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Understood. You can have a copy then
<Xanatos`> 6* Cole thumbs up
<DeathStar> *at that moment the man they were talking to - the worker, leaps in a strange suit that seems to have strnage symbols that power it and Zayne flies back, barely avoiding it*
<DeathStar> *he begins to run off* <Zayne> I told you fools to grab the ninth member
<DeathStar> *the prisoners drop the boss man from the office and chase after the man*
<Xanatos`> <Cole> WAIT, it was him? 6* He look sat the others, confused.
<DeathStar> <X> ... I-I...
<DeathStar> <X> *she looks a little mad and confused*
<DeathStar> <X> It was an office worker?
<DeathStar> <Wyrd> ... hm.
<Seraphna> **Truth frowns and tries to form a sword in the man's suit's leg joint has he runs**
<Xanatos`> 6* Cole sighs and moves to get the data at least.
<Seraphna> Truth> You lied. That is bad.,
<DeathStar> *one prisoner brings the files and Zayne does a spell to copy them, handing a box of data crystals to Cole. The man trips as the prisoners leap and tie him up*
<Xanatos`> 6* Or Cole pauses and takes that with a nod.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I would put your own spying devices on the mainframe like I did
<DeathStar> <Zayne> If you wish to be in the know how
<Xanatos`> <Cole> Yep, will do. Thanks.
<DeathStar> *Zayne nods to Truth and they leave with the prisoner and the data crystals*
<DeathStar> <X> You do realize they got away with a Ninth Circle member who knows all about how the mainframe works. And years worth of videos
<DeathStar> <X> And they can now spy on the cameras of the moon
<DeathStar> *X taps her comm, asking Warren how to put a device on the mainframe to hack into it without being noticed*
<Seraphna> Truth> We also have the video and the cameras are now only in an enemy faction's hand that we know will eventually align with our own, right?
<Xanatos`> <Cole> We also got the data, but yeah them getting the 9th member is not good.
<DeathStar> <X> We need to get out of here before more people come.
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> *the team ties up the Ninth Member next to Spirit and go over what they both accomplished*
<DeathStar> <Darien> Well we got this exoskeleton but it's tied to his DNA. Kane, can you override it eventually?
<DeathStar> *Gear thing
<ChadWinters> 6Dias spends his time telling X everything he did.
<DeathStar> *X slumps* And Sunny has everything we had so it seems she's definitely after them.
<DeathStar> <Warren> So a wash on both sides
<DeathStar> *X makes face that Dias did better than her*
<Seraphna> Truth> I might be able to rework the skeleton.
<ChadWinters> We got our member though. You got data and I hope access to the mainframe.
<Xanatos`> <Kane> It'll take time, but I believe so.
<DeathStar> <X> We did
<Jackieness> <Noire> "So what's our next move?"
<ChadWinters> Then I'd consider it a win.
<Xanatos`> <Cole> We have a lot of stuff to dig through./
<DeathStar> <Warren> Two more membership Circle leaders out there
<DeathStar> <Warren> And we need to question this guy
* ChadWinters glances over at the Ninth Member. 1"Agreed."
<Xanatos`> <Marcus> It's progress. Not the best progress though.
<DeathStar> <Warren> So I say we got work to do and we need to race Sunny to do it
<DeathStar> -END-
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