[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1715  Warehouse Exterior  Seattle


Phil nods and stays with Jill to brief her while the rest of you go get a look at the warehouse in the daylight.  Visual observation shows a large two story building in need of some repair.  The fenced outer yard has stacks of conduit on pallets.  Even at this time of day, you watch as two large flatbed trucks enter the yard through the security gate and get loaded up with several pallets apiece.  The trucks have "Avila Transport" stenciled on the doors.  The building itself seems to be an office in the front and an expansive storage facility in the rear.  Steve sends her drones out to watch the place, linking the feeds to your comlink.  One of the drones finds a broken window on the far side of the building and slides through it to get a good look at the interior.  The warehouse itself has two interior levels.  The upper floor has pallets of conduit of various sizes stacked in rows with wide lanes between the rows.  You watch as workmen using electric forklifts move two of the pallets to a central elevator that takes the pallets down to the ground floor, where other workmen pick them up with forklifts and take them out to a waiting truck.

Everything inside the large warehouse space seems normal until the drone is able to fly to the southwest corner, where things are definitely a bit different.  You see a fenced in area of about fifty feet by thirty feet with a small building inside the wire.  Two heavily armored men armed with shotguns and assault rifles guard the entrance through the fence and you see another two at the door to the small building.  Laughing dog does a quick astral check and tells you that there are no wards or guardian spirits in the area, to include the guarded building.

[Stuttrboy]

How quiet are these drones?  You think the guards would hear them if we tried to inspect the interior facility?

Can you tell if there are any people inside Dog?

[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1717  Warehouse Exterior  Seattle


Steve shakes her head. "No idea.  The Fly Spies should be relatively noiseless and they are running silent for matrix purposes, but there is still a chance that someone can spot them if they are doing regular sweeps.  I think that we should get a better look at that building inside the warehouse and would certainly do that by jumping into one of the drones, but it might be hard and we should come up with a plan to cover the chance I would be caught snooping about."

Dog nods.  "I get five people in the front office, three on the second level, eight on the main level outside the cage, the four in the cage but outside the building, and five inside the small building."

[Stuttrboy]

That's a small army, even if we assume only the people in the cage are armed.  We'll have to come back tonight for inside and I'll bring the big gun.  Try to get some close up shots of their faces if you have magnification on the drones, we'll see if the doc recognizes any of them.  These guys might be the mercs we are hunting

I place a call to Ivan I need some ammo.  Gel rounds or stick and shock for my alpha, you got any in stock?

[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1719  Warehouse Exterior  Seattle


Steve and LD both nod, although Steve frowns. "Not sure we need the big guns, do we?  Aren't we trying to stay low-profile in this?  A gun will just get us thinking we can stay and fight if things go wrong."

>>Whooo boy, Spokane.  It be too late to do that sort of business tonight as I got something else going down in thirty that will last a while.  Call me in the morning.<<

[Stuttrboy]

Late?!  What are you sixty?  It's 5PM.  lol, hit me when ya got some time my friend.

It's got a suppressor.  I just want to be sure to have the firepower we might need if this turns out to be the black hats.  In my experience it's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.  If it goes loud out primary goal will be escape.  I promise.

[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1720  Warehouse Exterior  Seattle


>>Never said it was late like that.  I said I have something on in a few that will keep me busy for the rest of the night.  You figure it out.<<

Steve nods and smiles.  "Got it.  Of course, you are right.  So, what for now?"

[Stuttrboy]

Ah, I get it.  I guess we can still be friends then.  Ride em cowboy.

Let's try to get a sense of their patrols, then head to the armor meet.  If we have some spare time I've been reading about hacking  on some message boards.  Unless there's something you'd prefer?

[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1722  Warehouse Exterior  Seattle


Steve nods.  "If they are running at four hour intervals, we could be waiting her a while.  I could leave a drone behind to keep watch so we can go off somewhere else?  And what is this about a hacker?  You looking to recruit?"

[Stuttrboy]

That should be fine.

No I'm just reading a bit about it.  Fascinating stuff really.  Just want to be able to guard my network mostly.

[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1725  Warehouse Exterior  Seattle


"Yeah, a good hacker is worth some heavy nuyen.  I know a couple of guys do pretty well at it...........way above what I can afford.  Course, they work for AAs and have to answer to the suits.  Not really my style."

Steve pauses.  "So where do we head to?"

[Stuttrboy]

Well we've got about 3 hours to kill before the armorer appointment.  So maybe catch a nap if we can or get some rest, before we come back here.  We may be up late.

[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1727  Warehouse Exterior  Seattle


Steve nods and puts her bike in gear.  "Nap it is.  My place or yours?"

Laughing Dog snickers. "I have seen too much of that sort of napping in my day.  I'm just going to peel off at the next corner.  I will send you a note to let you know where to pick me up on the way to the meet."

[Stuttrboy]

Aren't all three of us bikes?

That sort of nap isn't all that restful.  Spokane laugh.  We'll buzz you when we are done with the fitting.

[Mercy Merchant]

Wednesday  12 June 2075  1800  Steve's Apartment   Redmond Barrens  Seattle


Back at her apartment, Steve peels out of her outer riding gear and boots before going to lay down on the bed, motioning for you to join her.  Even dressed, she looks sexy as hell on that bed.  "It sounded like you were not too interested in sex just now."