[Ryo]

Stix should be able to get that pretty easily. It's part of his special boon. Speaking of, I should probably post those in this thread.

Detective
Job Title: Special Operations Agent
Special: Bonded to Thorn

Thorn
Job Title: Special Operations Agent
Special: Bonded to Detective

Waffe
Job Title: Head of Engineering / Special Operations Agent
Special: Is the lead Engineer of Cygnus, and has unlimited access to the workshops, materials and facilities within Cygnus to work. Can delegate projects to his three assistants, allowing him to go into the field. You can choose the Loyalty of your three assistants. One of them is Super Competent (almost your equal in skills and attributes) and the other two are normal (Good, but not as good as you). You have a total pool of 9 free loyalty points to assign between them, so you could have one of them really like you while the other two hate you (6, 2, 1) have all three average (3,3,3) or any combination you want. They count as Contacts with Connection 4 and the Loyalty you assign them. Which one ends up being the Super Competent one will be randomly assigned after you pick their Loyalties.

Stix
Job Title: Lead Matrix Spider / Special Operations Agent
Special: Is the Lead Matrix Spider for the Cygnus Host, granting him Owner level marks for the entire facility from Levels B1 through B3, and the ability to launch IC in the host. Also has security clearance in various other Ares hosts, granting basic access to files that lowly shadowrunners would have to hack for, including Knight Errant's databases.

Skynet
Job Title: Rigging Spider / Special Operations Agent
Special: Is a Rigging Spider for Cygnus, granting him Owner level marks for the drones and vehicles in the facility, as well as access to the vehicles and drones in other Ares controlled areas.

[Ravensoracle]

I think it is safe to assume that Jordan provides me with your contact info after I ask, in which case Marcus will relay what he has found to the team. He has opted not to attempt hacking the cameras as they are Ares property and thus sacrosanct (to him). Well, mostly - if the information was critical such that seconds mattered he would, but since (from his knowledge of Ares and KE operations) he knows that the footage they have captured will still be available in the foreseeable future, and the investigation could wait an hour of so for proper channels to be used, he's not inclined to hack first and ask for forgiveness later.

Do you mind if we cover this IC since we just met? It gives us some RP direction.

[Malevolence]

Do you mind if we cover this IC since we just met? It gives us some RP direction.

Go for it - Ryo pretty much set it up that way.

[Ryo]

He kicks the link up to active so he can talk with Thorn without extra ears, "You got anything on our newest teammate? Think he's another handler for us lab monkies."

Just a reminder: with a Passive Link, you have a constant empathic transfer you have no control over, but with effort, can communicate telepathically. In other words, Emotion transfer is automatic, and with a Free Action, you can talk mentally.

With an Active Link, telepathic communication also becomes automatic, meaning you are communicating telepathically whether you want to or not. All your thoughts are instantly and automatically shared with Thorn. And as a Free Action, you can also share your senses, such as hearing, vision and what have you.

Also, last I checked, you guys never broke the Active Link after you started it, something I suspect you probably would want to do, since there are dangers associated with keeping the link Active constantly, and you get no privacy in your own head at all.

[Ravensoracle]

Thanks for the clarification.

[Malevolence]

I have to apologize for my math. Skynet is much taller than I had him listed. My description had him as "tall for a dwarf" but his 97cm placed him well below average. I have corrected it so that he is now taller than the 120cm dwarven average (at 137cm), giving him an extra foot plus of height. I didn't realize my error until Ryo had described him as just North of 3 feet in the IC.


Hey, if NASA can screw up imperial to metric, I should get a pass at least once...

[Ravensoracle]

Went back through to re-read the IC. Needing to get clarification on something. I was under the impression that Gunter called in KE to secure the scene. Now it looks like Skynt actually secured it as a Cygnus agent. I recommended the armor suits as a cover ID because I thought we'd have to deal with KE on scene and wanted to keep our identities hidden.

Am I missing something or is KE not going to the house now?

[Malevolence]

I'm pretty sure KE is still inbound, hence why I was ordered to stand down until you guys arrived. Cygnus involvement is need to know and KE does not need to know, so disguises are a good call. I couldn't find a post describing exactly what the disguise is - KE or Firewatch or whatever - but presumably whatever it is provides us unquestioned access.

[Ryo]

There's an earlier post in the OoC describing what the disguise is. You're actually dressed as Cygnus agents.

And yes, KE is inbound, and will likely be there by the time you arrive. It takes at least an hour for KE to show up to something in the Barrens. Elden was grabbed at 8:30 PM Seattle time, and you guys just landed in Seattle at 9:25 PM. It'll take you around 10-30 minutes to get on sight in Skynet's roadmaster, so you'll be arriving at the scene shortly after KE. To them, you'll be showing up crazy fast.

[Zweiblumen]

@Ryo: I'm still unsure of how you want me to deal with my KE contact.  Do you want me to change the concept, or just roll with it?

[Koshnek]

I'm a bit behind, wasn't home at all this weekend. I'll get a post up today or tomorrow!

[Ravensoracle]

The armor you are being given is similar in appearance to this, in black and red with a logo patch on the shoulder of a swan in flight.


Mechanically, it is an Ares Industrious armor with a helmet.

If you tried to ship your armor, it'd take a few days to get there. You're expected to finish this mission in less than 24 hours.

Just for ease of reference here is the pic of the armor fomr the previous post in OOC.

[Malevolence]

Ah, I missed the significance of the swan logo.


So, we are going around advertising the super secret Ares research base that doesn't officially exist? Should we be covering the logo first?

[Ryo]

@Ryo: I'm still unsure of how you want me to deal with my KE contact.  Do you want me to change the concept, or just roll with it?

His Loyalty could probably be lower, but you can just roll with him being super well connected. He just needs more info if you want his help, because shit happens in the barrens multiple times a day.

So, we are going around advertising the super secret Ares research base that doesn't officially exist? Should we be covering the logo first?

The swan insignia is a known unknown within Ares. Both myth and legend, it's included in the list of official seals and insignias given to all security forces within Ares, but has no label and no information, other than maximum security clearance. Nobody really knows what it means, just that it's Super Important and that if you ever saw someone wearing it, you don't want to get in their way. Before joining Cygnus, you had all heard rumors of the swan insignia during your time at Knight Errant and Firewatch. You probably never saw it in person until you ended up in the facility.

Basically, Cygnus does not officially exist, but Ares personnel are aware that 'something' exists, and they wear a Swan insignia.

The name Cygnus actually comes from the insignia, not the other way around. As mentioned, the Facility is not officially named Cygnus at all. That's a nickname that is used by personnel who get tired of calling it 'The Facility'.

[Malevolence]

Then the unmarked black van should be iconic - this sounds kind of Secret Three Letter Acronym.

Skynet will forward the feeds from the Kanmushi (including audio) and the Fly-Spys to the team. I'll get that up in a future IC but I want to give others a chance to get theirs up first. Or I might edit my previous post to add that detail.