[Day: Tursday, Dec. 22, 2081. Time: Ohhhh.... 2:00 p.m. we'll say.] [You meet back at the briefing room "later" to discuss your plans for breaking into Hector Cayil's factory.] [Session Start] ( brb! ) *** WeightofTaki is now known as Ten ( Back ) * Keiko is so about later. She is not looking at anyone, especially Luana. Her duck is floating just above her head, sitting on her favorite metal plate. [Roseli does not show up. She's busy with, uh....... something.] * Heinrick heads in with briefcase and papers. They're possibly important! He gives a brief nod to Keiko as he takes his seat around the rou--square table. * Luana is surfing the net on her computer, mostly looking at clothes. * Hotaru sits quitely with Ten standing on her lap. ( It's actually more rectangular. ) (Squares are rectangles too!) (You know what he means!) * Keiko doesn't nod at Heinrick, because she isn't looking at anyone. Just especially Luana. (So, before we get even more passive here... does anybody have a plan?) ( lol plan ) (Nope!) (Go to factory, find evil shit.) * Heinrick would be amused that Keiko would think he cares if he gets a response. That is, if he cared. * Heinrick instead unfolds some of the papers that he has and places them on the table. * Ten sniffs. "So, have any of you come up with a plan in the meantime?" * Heinrick looks around. "We are still short at least one guardian." He lets out a breath. "Honestly. It is as if they expect an old man like me to run this whole operation by itself. (Two guardians! Togo's sucking.) (Were you supposed to hit Jesse to wake him up?) ( >.> ) (He's not IC, he hasn't said anything, he's not here. :P) (That's my ruling and I'm sticking with it!) * Keiko glances over to Ten and replies, "We know we must go the factory, and be prepared for strong defenses. Also, he's betraying the Chancellor, so once we've got proof, we win." Small pause. "Have we gotten anything on the factory?" * Heinrick looks at Keiko for a moment. "Win what?" ( The game. ) ( Then I start MC5 ) * Keiko looks to Heinrick a moment, then, "The scenario. The mission. If the Chancellor finds out he's being betrayed, Cayil himself said that it'd all be over." He loses. We win. I see. * Luana closes her computer reluctantly. That's assuming that we want the Chancellor to win. *** Dicesuke (dice@ip72-213-61-8.om.om.cox.net) has joined channel #mc4 * Heinrick points to the papers. "But as for defenses, yes, it's looking like it. But that's what these are here for." (Things that Brett needs describe!) ( I was hoping beyond all odds that Jesse would show up first, buuuuut.... ) (I just tried to /msg poke him.) (I was hoping so too. ;_; Heinrick had a whole spiel planned!) [The Cayiltech Industries factory complex is located outside Bremen, a city somewhere in Germany. Damned if I'm going to go look it up. Heinrick has blueprints for the complex and buildings, and sattelite photos of the layout.] * Keiko finally thinks at Luana, ~He's not reakky a bad guy. You could do a lot worse.~ ( He's not reeky. He takes occasional showers! ) (Really, goddammit.) [The complex almost looks more like a prison. It's surrounded by a 20-ft. high electrical fence, and there's just one gate, with two guards stationed at all times.] ~I know.~ ~Do you mind if I ask... what were you doing in here earlier?~ [There's also a number of patrols. It looks like most of the outside patrols are done with bots.] * Keiko looks down at the table and thinks back, after a moment, ~Nothing, really. Thanked him for the chocolate.~ ~Oh, well... okay.~ [There's, ohhhh.... 9 major buildings in the complex. Yeah, that sounds good.] ( I'm done, I think ) (Oh Jesse, where are yoooou?) (/me really is not in the mood of planning this mission. He planned the last one, dammit!) ( Gimme architecture rolls. Fortifications spec, I guess. ) ( Sorry ) * Ten looks at them. "Do you have any further information on this facility, or shall I be required to demand it from their computers?" ( ._. ) *** JesseLman is now known as Togo (Hi there!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. [Togo wakes up from his nap.] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. ( Happyfun stomach issues. No biggie! =P ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. (I know my forts.) (Egh.) [You collectively realize that the majority of you suck at architecture.] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. ( yah, no ) ( See? ) (missed) (I didn't suck out!) (I rocked it.) (No one's an architecture specialist apparently.) ( Togo doesn't have the eye for it, alas ) (Hey, I only failed by 1.) * Keiko looks at the map a few moments, then her duck floats over and its beak points at a building. "That floor is the core. The basement is a... server farm." She says that a little awkwardly. (Er, that building) * Ten looks at Keiko. "Well, then we know the greatest concentration of information." * Heinrick nods. "Good eyes, Keiko. Now the issue is around getting past the guards..." He looks at Ten. "If most of the patrols are bots though, they would be ideal for creating a distraction." My ability to inspect the plans is somewhat limited. Any info on whether these are light or heavy bots? ( Note that you only have the sattlite photos of patrols, though. ) [The bots appear to be med-class bots. D'oh!] * Heinrick puts his hands together. "Ah, but of course, I haven't asked our newest guardian for input yet. Yes, I think that would be ideal." My range is limited to only a kilometer, but get my priestesss within that distance, and they will be mine. ( Which are basically bots too big to fit easily inside buildings, but not big enough (or heavily armed enough) to be military grade ) * Luana looks up, suddenly more interested. ( They're still more dangerous than the smaller security bots, though. ) [These bots class SD-069. All you need to know about them is they are armed with twin tasers and twin machineguns, and have heat panels that can be used defensively to prevent anyone from touching them.] ( Any other info you want, you've gotta hack for yourself :P ) (Heat panels. Hah.) ( Can we assume this has been said aloud so we can proceed, or does someone have to read it to Togo? =P ) ( Someone who knows mechanics should read it to him. He can't see the photos :P ) ( Ok. ) * Keiko looks over at the big Togo assessment! Oh boy Yes, a malfunctioning SD-069 will keep them quite distracted should there be any problems. (I would but I don't want to baby him!) (I mean, he's a guardian too!) ( Do more talking ) What class bot is that, and what are its armaments? Med-class, armed with duel tasers and machinee guns. They also have heat panels for anti-personal defence. ( Ned-class, armed with hidely-hos and diddly-dees ) * Togo nods. "Heat panels, along with the armor, would make melee pretty useless. If something goes wrong, I've got enough firepower to take out one, maybe two before I'd get ventilated." * Heinrick nods slightly. "As Ten said. Mostly geared to be lighter grade but still more dangerous than the standard security." Acidic compounds should still be fairly effective on them. But no sense in being unnecessarily uncautious. They shall serve me, you shall have nothing to fear from them. Which means there's definately something worth protecting, and that I'm gonna hafta stick to my quieter munitions while we're in there. * Keiko says, slowly, "It may be possible to be quiet... it will depend how many people they have watching out." How many is your max? Nine if I maintain my presance in this body. * Togo nods. "And Keiko? You can keep some people from noticing us?" * Keiko shakes her head slowly. "Not... quite." She exhales upwards, seeming slightly annoyed. "I can buy us time and make it easy to knock people out. That's it." Okay. Time is good, and knocked-out people are good. I have a shovel I can use. (That wasn't on the weaponry list!) It would be best to have people knocked out who do not recall it later. That is where Keiko comes in. Unfortunately, her range is limited... ( Sure it is. Under miscellaneous large blunt objects ) (...I suppose it is. Huh. Shovel!) How limited? ( Togo's shovel has a long and storied history. Ask him about it sometime! =P ) (It's got nothing on Herman's pipe!) (We tend not to ask silly questions like why is a grown man carrying a shovel.) * Keiko looks to Heinrick a moment, then back to Togo. "Farther than your shovel." * Luana thinks in an amused tone, ~What if he throws it?~ * Keiko thinks back, ~Who the heck throws a shovel?~ ( That'd be me. I have a shovel launcher.) (This surprises me not.) ~I wouldn't be surprised. You should see the list of guns and grenades he has!~ * Togo smirks. "We talking 10 feet? 10 yards? Just wanna know before we go in." * Keiko thinks back, edging sullen, ~Then he shouldn't need a shovel.~ She replies to Togo with, "The first, I guess." (I thought it was the second.) (10m) (No, you're right. The second.) (Sorry. Fix fix!) (Too much d20 for my brain.) * Togo nods. "Okay. Depending on the situation, and how subtle we wanna be, I can lay down smoke to let you get close and guide you through it. Just an option to keep in mind." * Keiko 's plate of duck d'plushie floats around her head. I will. I would think they would notice the smoke. But it is an option. Keiko is used to smoke. If we could have the malfunctioning robot short circuit the fence as well... Of course, we are unsure what waits inside. That's where it gets interesting. If it does, we'll deal with it. I wish you the best of luck and give you my blessing, for what it's worth. * Keiko looks at Ten funny. "Your blessing?" she says a bit suspiciously. Aren't you going in with us, Ten? Well that's unusual. I've never had an official goddesses' blessing before. I presume it makes one feel all tingly. Of course I am, but there is no need for me to go inside. * Ten looks at Keiko. "I am a goddess. Simply one who is lacking in power. If I was complete, we woudn't even have to leave this base to gain the information we needed." * Togo turns to Heinrick. "Could just be your shampoo." Well... thank you for the blessing, then. * Heinrick smiles calmly at Togo. "Thank you, but I tend not to take showers this late in the day. It makes me feel even sweatier later." * Keiko sighs slightly, lets the duckplate settle on the table in front of her, then asks, "Now, or tonight?" Broad daylight is often not the best time for a covert operation. Unless you're dealing with vampires. Or certain types of computer users. I do not believe vampiric computer users are ones we intend to encounter. At least not yet. Is that even possible? * Keiko looks out the window again, petting the plush duck near her. "What isn't, now?" ( It's happened in MC3! ) True. I simply never concidered the possibility before. Most probably never would have considered the possibility of a Goddess of Machines either, and yet here we are. Ran into a group several years back. Call themselves Blood Type C++. * Ten nods. * Heinrick glances at Togo for a moment. "That's....awwwful." * Keiko rubs her finger over her collar a moment. ~She's not a goddess,~ she thinks at Luana, ignoring Togo's pun. Or not getting it. Whichever. * Luana says slowly, "Togo - I'd call you by your last name, sir, but I don't know it - carries nova grenades in case of vampires." (I think, therefore I am!) * Luana thinks, startled, ~She isn't?~ (*shakes her fist at Keiko.) It was awful. *turns to Luana* Quick study. * Keiko looks away from the window over her shoulder at Ten a moment, then, still seeming a bit put off, she thinks back, ~No. She's... difficult to explain.~ (Nucking Futs.) (Keiko still has some scruples.) (Awww.) (We'll cure you of them eventualy. Don't worry!) * Luana smiles at him. "Thank you, sir. I have most of it memorized." I have to say, though, I've never had an easier time with a nest of vampires than with that group. Hmm. Perhaps I *could* create a concoction with the chemical properties similar to the allium sativum family. It might prove useful. (brb, five minutes-ish) *** Signoff: Luana (Quit: Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com) ( I have to get up early tomorrow, so if you're done talking we should probably end :P ) (Uh, I think so. I'm not here enough to do any real work.) (And there's only so many arrogant moments you can have.) *** Luana (WD@24.152.198.19.res-cmts.eph.ptd.net) has joined channel #MC4 (re) ( re ) (Luana recovered from being shocked quickly!) (I am very proud.) ( Aight, then. ) (What was I shocked by?) [Session End]