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[IC] Test Run (Seattle Gauntlet, part II)

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« Reply #15 on: <12-02-13/0517:55> »
With Matt’s consent already given, Tweety took the others’ lack of objection the same. ”OK, as it seems most questions are taken care of, I’ll give you the last details. Said warehouse is in the Tacoma docks, address is on this file I’m just transferring to you, as well as the exact storage identifier for the goods you have to take. Oh, and as you have not been into this biz for long: it usually is not wise to take anything more than what is requested. It might create a diversion if there is an investigation but you never know who’s stuff you took, or how important that was for him. And I don’t want to find out that some syndicate or other is on my heels.
“Oh, and for deadlines, I’m not in a hurry getting the canisters to the one ordering it, so take your time. Still, I’d like to see some results in, say, four days at most. Don’t forget to holler me if you need a hacker.”


It was obvious he considered this a done deal. Still, he didn’t close the opportunity for more questions, but there was no more information he intended to give you on his own. He expected this should be enough for a resourceful team to go on with.
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« Reply #16 on: <12-02-13/0754:33> »
yeah sounds good. Let's scout it out tonight and see if we're gonna need the hacker. I'll guess at yes, I'm sure they'll have some cameras dotted about at least.
Matt checks his AR feed for the time, sussing out how long they had to get over there.
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« Reply #17 on: <12-02-13/0809:56> »
"Sounds like a plan," Jade said as she moved out of Tweety's office, "and maybe also some sort of surveillance during the day.  It might identify things that are not in use at night, like what steps people have to take to go inside.  That's easier to see if there are a number of people go in in a short time."
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« Reply #18 on: <12-02-13/1411:17> »
Matt nodded at Miko's addendum and looked over the table at Tweety;
"Just want to clarify before we head off, if we call in the hacker, is that adding to our tab?"
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« Reply #19 on: <12-02-13/1521:52> »
Tweety took a deep breath. "I'm glad you seem to pay attention to every little detail. As i said, i will provide the services of a hacker if necessary. Not lend, or rent, or somesuch. Yeah, i understand why the question, not too many occasions doing biz with me yet, but i make a clear distinction between those things.
"So, no, no charges this time for that."
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« Reply #20 on: <12-02-13/1542:48> »
Leroy made a mental note to keep an eye out for any evidence he might come across that could tell Tweety where his contact has gone off to.
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« Reply #21 on: <12-02-13/1554:18> »
I know, I'm sorry mate, just wanna get this right you know. In that case I think we're good to go do some scouting.
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« Reply #22 on: <12-04-13/0428:04> »
Matt bade Tweety farewell and went through the usual rigmarole of retrieving his personal gear from the lockboxes and headed back to the car.
He opened the file Tweety sent him and checked the location out on his commlink's GPS, looking for nearby parking or suitable places to launch a drone from.
Turning round in the driver's seat to face the guys;
So what do you think guys? I was hoping to get somewhere nearby today and get the lay of the land with a drone or two, check it out from the air, find out what the security is like.
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« Reply #23 on: <12-04-13/0602:41> »
"Sounds like a good plan," Jade said.  She had also opened the file and checked the location on her Seattle mapsoft.  During her initiation training a the security firm she worked until a few weeks ago, they had said her that when doing work that involved moving with someone who they needed to protect, to make sure that she had multiple ways in her mind to get from point A to B, so if something went wrong she could change roads without having to check the maps.
"Like I said, I want to do surveillance for some time before we move in."


checking maps:
intuition 4 - defaulting 1 + mapsoft 2 =5 (5d6.hits(5)=3)

in case the rating of the mapsoft is somehow important (I have a rating 6)
4 extra dice for mapsoft rating (4d6.hits(5)=1)

« Last Edit: <12-05-13/0131:08> by farothel »
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« Reply #24 on: <12-04-13/0759:26> »
14:52
”Give me a call when you have something,” Tweety said as a goodbye. With that, the door opened and Jim escorted you back to the garage. Once you were down there and in possession of the things you might have had to hand over, he told you that you had another 30 minutes to discuss things there if you wanted to, then he left you on your own and closed the door leading to the corridor behind him.

--Matt--
That part of the Tacoma docks was warehouse upon warehouse. The map showed a few diners and a warehouse-store for construction material in the vicinity that might provide parking place for an hour or so, without standing out.

--all--
[spoiler=tests]Anyone checking routes in/out may roll an INT + Navigation and/or an INT + Seattle Area Knowledge test. If you don’t want to roll, you can ask someone else to do the checking instead of you. Appropriate mapsoft provides a +2 bonus to either test.[/spoiler]
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« Reply #25 on: <12-04-13/1605:24> »
Matt sat staring at the GPS for a place to park, thinking the diners might be the best option. He'd need a small stretch of flat, hard ground to get the optic-x into the air from, perhaps some of the warehousing would be empty or quiet enough to risk a launch from a side street or car park of a vacant lot. He'd have to make that judgement when they got there, otherwise he'd have to skip on the better sensor suite and hand launch his fly-spy instead.

Matt had a think about the best ways in and out of the docks area, if things when to shit, he'd need a way in and out, quickly.
int+seattle area knowledge (6d6.hits(5)=1)
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« Reply #26 on: <12-05-13/0230:25> »
"I might be able to astrally project to check out the area as well, but I'd need someone to watch my body." Joel informed the team as he tried to remember what  little he knew of the routes to the dock. It'd be good to have an idea of where various issues could come from.

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« Reply #27 on: <12-05-13/0613:20> »
There was really not much to know about that area of the docks. You downloaded the latest traffic reports, indicating a few places where there were roadblocks due to construction work, and containing density curves of the day for major roads. Miko also found a recent KE warning given out for the general area, cautioning that the go-gang Spikes frequent it mainly in the evening but at irregular hours. Matt found that one of the diners was at a less-frequented area, where it would be easier to find a stretch of road out of sight, to launch the Optic-X.

The exact address, according to fresh info on the maps, is used by a company named Breznik Forwarding Ltd. It is on one of the smaller roads of the area, but not far from the main roads, so you could quickly get to a place where you could mix into traffic.
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« Reply #28 on: <12-05-13/1025:50> »
Hmm, Breznik forwarding. We've got a name at least.
Matt pulls up an AR terminal;
//<<Browse v.6.0>> Term: Breznik Forwarding ltd.
Location: Tacoma docks, Seattle
Desired: Recent news, security, crime, layout//

data search 2, browse 6 (8d6.hits(5)=2)
data search on the firm, 2 hits.

He mentally enters the data into his browse program and starts hitting the Trix for relevant info. He didn't really know what it was he was looking for, but it never hurt to check things out.
While that ran, he pulled up a second terminal, dropping Danny boy a line;
//To: Danny boy//<<Hey man, hows it going? You see the race result last night? Tweety got us hooked up with some work and just wanted to check if you knew anyone working down the Tacoma docks?//
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« Reply #29 on: <12-05-13/2252:16> »
"Yo, I kbow ya'll wanna recon and shit, but if we get the chance to go in tonight lets do it. We wouldn't want Mr. Johnson's package disapearing because we waited too long."
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