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gilga

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« Reply #195 on: <02-27-15/1951:12> »



I'll be on the overwatch - I should be able to interfere with spirits and drones should social magic won't work for us. I can also be our get-away driver as I appear to be the only rigger in the team - I may also be our natural choice for a driver.

Finally, I can also augment your natural capabilities with magic - if you do not mind the astral signature of the spell. It worked well already for some of you during this run."

She takes a tiny microdrone disguised as a pin from her blouse.

I suggest that Inanna or one of the others will take this little one with you.
I have previously coded a small script for some footwork at the Cathedral - The script quickly turn off your commlink and activate the drone disguised as your commlink. Matrix people may miss the drone being a drone and overlook a commlink they already seen before. The downside is no commlink but I think it is worth the lower chance of detection - and if being stealthy is over you can also reactivate the commlink.
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« Reply #196 on: <02-27-15/2057:56> »


"I will stay outside the building.If needed, I will provide an escape route."

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« Reply #197 on: <02-27-15/2105:28> »


Her fox ears flicking a bit nervously.

Korean: This seems like a good idea but... I should probably wait with Sobato to aid any extractions... my appearance will draw a lot of attention, and we want to keep this low-profile.
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« Reply #198 on: <02-28-15/0719:42> »


His best poker face on, the man eyes Inanna carefully, as if sizing her up.

You and I have a lot in common, we just got hired by different sides. Naturally, even if my employers were willing to tell me what their endgame is, the less I know about those... monsters... the better.  You're wise to suspect these guys too; I've never met a mage I'd be willing to leave my back to. 

I'll level with you as far as I can.  What I do, I do well.  Maybe the best.  I'm no decker, and that's the only reason we're sitting here now.  I overstepped my boundaries and got caught. I'm no more interested in having to break out of prison than you are, so let's make a deal.  I can... guide you... to my employer, in exchange for you getting me out of here before the Temple elders get here.  These Awakened... they aren't like you and me.  Not totally of this world, you know what I mean?  They forget what it means to be metahuman; to show mercy.

Get me out of here however you can, and I can take you to the core of your investigation.

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« Reply #199 on: <02-28-15/0806:13> »
Flea kitted up and prepared for the infiltration, donning her chameleon suit under a set of vendingwear clothes and stashing her kit in its various pockets.
Heading back to the others, she checked in on the interrogation and touched base with the prep for the hit on the customs depot.
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« Reply #200 on: <02-28-15/1707:05> »


Yako starts tugging off her bike racing armor gloves and pops open the carry case on the back of her bike. She rummages around, taking out a change of cloths and her heavily modified armor jacket before heading into a restroom to change. When she comes back out she looks a typical Japanese Moe obsessed pastalgoth, sure the colors are bright and combined with her obvious fox features she stands out... but on the other hand 'shadowrunner' isn't the first thing that comes to mind.

Returning to her bike she rummages down into the hidden compartment and retrieves her Ares Predator V and its concealed quickdraw holster, a little time and work and the bright Japanese foxgirl looks completely unarmed. A few clips tucked away in hiding places later and Yako is ready for the run, tail twitching excitedly... in fact twitching rather a lot. A muscle spasm in her leg causes her to start cursing in Japanese as she has to track down a glitch in her reflex boosters, eventually having to shut the system down and reboot it again, looking embarrassed that this happened in front of everyone right before a run.
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« Reply #201 on: <03-04-15/0945:51> »
As the sun goes down, you watch the day shift lock up and drift away, one-by-one.  Like clockwork, the night patrol begins; a pair of human security guards and a doberman drone opposite them on the other side of the facility.  Astral viewing shows 3 spirits wandering the inside of the building as well as one Awakened figure sitting in an upstairs room.

A security guard sits in a booth, apparently watching some fighting competition on trid. 

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« Reply #202 on: <03-04-15/1124:35> »


Inanna watches the man's eyes carefully.  One thing he said seems completely true.  He's good at what he does.  But the best?  Doubtful.  Still, he doesn't seem to be buying what Inanna is selling.  She figures she'll try one last tack before she leaves the man to his fate with the temple personnel.

<<I don't expect you to know the long game.  I certainly don't know it for "my" side either.  But you must understand that I can't follow you to some imaginary payday.  What guarantee do I have that your employers won't simply geek me once I've left the protection of the temple.  I need some good faith information, like who it is that you're working for, and more importantly, what's it pay?>>

When a number is thrown back at her, Inanna figures that if she were a coy meta making a con, she'd probably accept the offer.  Instead, she tries to bargain, giving a counter offer 20% higher.  If we're getting into the number game, maybe he'll think I'm ready to move on this, she reasons.
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« Reply #203 on: <03-06-15/0949:07> »


The man's eyebrows perk up.

>>"Who I'm working for?  I'd have thought that should be obvious.  The Sisters.  As for what they pay me, it isn't as cut and dry as that.  There is a nominal amount of nuyen, of course, "services rendered" and all that cover jazz, but holding a group like that in even a minor debt is a good position to be in.  I deal in contacts and information.  For someone like me, an influential religious group owing you a favor can be a very significant payout, provided one is patient.



Those of you pulling up to the customs office in disguise are greeted by a disinterested and distracted security guard.  He robotically asks you what your business is and for your papers.  He glances briefly at the papers, then at you, and without a word, retracts the road spikes and lowers the waist high steel bars blocking your access. 

He speaks, yet his eyes never leave the trid.

"Please pull around to the delivery entrance.  Someone will be there with you shortly to process and check out your package.  Please have your papers and payment ready when they arrive.  Please move on through."

You pass on through to the back of the facility, guided by an AR display in the windshield.  You sit about 10 minutes before a steel door squeals on its hinges and you are confronted by a small fat human man wearing a pair of oversized goggles and a gray jumpsuit.  He sports a porcelain datajack on his right temple along with a blatantly cybered left arm.  To his left stands a tall, heavily muscled human man in a black, ill-fitting suit and to his right is an oversized troll wearing a battered suit of body armor.  Both are packing Ares brand pistols at their waists. 

The man requests your papers and briefly scans them.  He waits a little under a minute before finally speaking.

"OK, looks like you're finally all paid up. Thank God, this thing has been giving me the creeps since it got here.  I'll have the delivery drones load it up for you; I just need to scan your SINs."

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« Reply #204 on: <03-06-15/0958:46> »

Before the operation starts IT contacts Godless -giving him heads up with a list of SIN's
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« Reply #205 on: <03-06-15/1231:13> »




Pausing a beat for IT to work her magic, James mentally triggers his commlink to allow the man access to his SIN for verification.
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« Reply #206 on: <03-06-15/1307:15> »


Then right before the scan she recieves the signal from James and sends godless a simple message <<NOW>>

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« Reply #207 on: <03-08-15/1113:48> »


A few tense moments pass as you await confirmation of your SINs.  Finally, whatever Godless did, it seems to have worked.

"Alright, looks like payment was made.  Sorry for the holdup, you know how it is shipping magical cargo.  The loading drone is on its way now, please back into the loading dock."

Five minutes later the cargo is loaded and secure in your van.  A message from Godless:

>> Not gonna be long before they figure out that confirmation was just a spoof.  Get out ASAP.

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« Reply #208 on: <03-08-15/1245:16> »

IT quickly cast her intuition magic - once the drone finish loading the van. She sends a DNI message.
<< we need to leave NOW! buckle up>> after everyone is ready - she do as godless suggested -  GTFO -  starting autopilot regularly - but once after 100 meters or so she  gives the team a polite warning:
'you better hold something... I am a fast driver... Goodnight friends'

She then quickly plugs the car into her control rig -  he body becomes numb and the car starts accelerating rapidly. Her face seems completely peaceful.  Few seconds later she sends a matrix message
<< anyone has an idea what we picked up? just look but do not touch - I do not want the darn thing exploding... *again*>> the last word was not planned - but since it is a direct neural interface it got sent anyway.   If you are listening with a DNI you could feel the horror in that word.

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« Reply #209 on: <03-08-15/1651:27> »


Yako visibly shudders at the tail end of the message.

Yako >> IT: Sounds like something nasty happened, I know the feeling. I'll take a look at it in the astral.

Yako tries to calm her nervous fidgeting enough to relaxing, closing her eyes to relax her mind enough to open herself to the Astral, taking the time to examine the box and hopefully contents as well.
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