[SquirrelDude]

"So ka."

Slobbertooth nods, and begins disengaging the wireless functions of all of his equipment.

[Volker]

"I suggest we get outta here. I guess, 3^rd floor is our next target?"

[SgtBoomCloud]

Krestov gave a nod, hitting a few switches and disabling any wireless.  He even shut off his commlink, relying solely on the microtransceiver to communicate.  Just like dire straits training.  Minimal tech.  Perfect. Reaching out, the troll helped the Decker to her feet before heading to the door.

"Yes.  Second objective is locate source of distress call.  Torrent, you take point after clear?". Once a response was made, Krestov then readied his shield, leading with it as he pushed the server door open, the man serving as a living wall for the others in case there were guns aiming for them.

[Jack_Spade]

Beside the gruesome display from earlier nothing threatening was visible beyond the door. Still the red emergency lights shined their meager light. bnc's deck noted that the noise level had already fallen to a measurable 8. No sirens blared and whatever fighting was done within the base, for the moment it seemed to be silent war.
 

[Volker]

bnc checks her gun, then files in behind Slob.
"let's go, girls"

[Sabato Kuroi]

 Torrent nods, double checks his gear  and takes point again

Ten steps.

Sneaking: 15d6t5 4

(@GM I got Traceless Walk so anyone in the vicinity  has a -4 penalty to hear me)

[Jack_Spade]

Torrent moved back up the stairs, ignoring the closed doors of the machine room. Back on lvl. 1 the security doors to 133 and 127 were still closed. The stunned guard still lay as they there as they had left him. The elevator was still out of action, but the stair access was open. A careful look upstairs showed that here the intruders had encountered real resistance: Four facility guards with their overalls, helmets and SIG-6 weapons lay dead on the floor. They had been hit with stick'n shock but afterwards someone had cut their throats. The intruders apparently had also lost someone: One of the dead security guards had an implanted spur that was still wet with blood, of which a thick trail led to the rest rooms. Further down south more unconscious or dead people where visible - five researchers in total.

bnc counted the seconds until her deck was operational again: Just when they had reached lvl. 2 she could again see the multitude of icons, but since she had rebooted she no longer possessed a mark on Schmitt's device. A short search revealed that the Fairlight was no longer online or at least was running silent.
What she did find was the Erika Elite that had sent the wake up signal: It was still somewhere in the north of lvl. 3.

Very faint they could here Spanish voices calling to each other from further upstairs.

[Volker]

bnc quickly re-establishes a private network including an interactive map of the facility with the most important objectives and our symbols on it.
She enslaves their chummers' gear according to the plan they worked out over a month ago.

Fighting the urge to stare at the corpses, to puke again or just to sit down and cry, she presses forward.
"Are we going to fight our way through? I don't think we should attract attention. There are still the spirits.
"Slobbertooth, Torrent. You are both adepts. If you have any power which can wound spirits, this is a good time to tell."

[SquirrelDude]

Slobberooth draws a flashbang grenade out of his pocket.

"You only attract attention when they have time to call for backup. As for spirits, I have a gun. Sorry if I disappoint.

[SgtBoomCloud]

Krestov glanced over at Slobbertooth, then at the flashbang.  Giving a nod, he pulled out his Crusader, quickly swapping out the magazine for one of gel rounds.  "Between that and spray of bullets, may find hard time responding.  Plus, suppressing fire make you hit mark easier.  Objections?"

[Volker]

bnc checks the next couple of rooms for active icons and actively looks for hidden ones. Her primary objective is to block security alerts

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth drew his suppressed Ruger out of his holster, letting his acquired SMG hang at his side. He looked at Torrent. "I throw it on your signal."

[Jack_Spade]

Still looking through the periscope, Torrent kept watching the five intruders in front of the Elevator. They continued their muted yet hot discussion in Spanish. They had taken off their helmets and gesticulated around. Only one of them faced in his direction and that one was very agitated. On the floor in the middle of the group lay a female dwarf, bleeding from a head wound. Torrent was sure now, that the dwarf was still alive, but guessed that even a flash bang grenade could have very dire consequences for her health.

[Sabato Kuroi]

Torrent cursed his luck.A trickster without boundaries would make an excellent killer but a poor shadowrunner.He knew that from the moment he accepted Raven as his mentor.After a brief time of internal  conflict, he resigned.

No grenades.Sorry.But if I am the one  wasting  the advantage of surprise I should offer an alternative:let my try to fool them and take the prisoner away.If I fail you do it your way,go all in.The other option is to try and kill them as fast as we can, with precise shooting.Your choice.

[SquirrelDude]

Slobbertooth puts his flashbang grenade back into his jacket, but never loses his grin. "You said that those helmets don't have thermographic, right?" Th uber-tusker pulls out a smoke grenade and glances at Krestov. "We do."