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Frank wrote:Nik, Target just took a dive into the side alley. I'll watch a bit longer and then head back to you.

Frank takes a very quick look at the message but leaves it alone, concentrating on the events in front of him.

I'll set my flyer to keep its distance from the drones the facility pumped out, but still try and follow Xa.
I'll also check the message while Frank pulls his pants up and gets his ass back into my truck of wonder.

Nikolai wrote:Da, I will trail target. Move fast, they are on alert.

Frank wrote:On my way soonest.

Frank sets off at a steady pace to Niks van as soon as Xa is out of sight.

N-zo wrote:Guys, we are up against some very paranoid people here, I got dumped at the slightest hint of a hack, got some bits, but not much of use

Is chopper back at work or gliding across rooftops stalking the skinny ork?

And is Leland still zooming around in the aether following the other dude?

Assuming I notice the big hubbub at the warehouse, I'll do an assense of the warehouse and of Xa.

for the warehouse: 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 1, 1, 4: 1 hit.
for Xa: 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 3, 5: 1 hit.

damnit.

I knew I should have put in a special cheat command in my dice roller...

deject wrote:Assuming I notice the big hubbub at the warehouse, I'll do an assense of the warehouse and of Xa.

for the warehouse: 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 1, 1, 4: 1 hit.
for Xa: 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 3, 5: 1 hit.

damnit. I knew I should have put in a special cheat command in my dice roller...

You spot Xa, but you don't get much info off him. He seems reasonably calm, but alert.

As for the warehouse, you don't spot anything particularly interesting. Except that one of the spirits is staring right at you.

Grimmie wrote:I'll also check the message while Frank pulls his pants up and gets his ass back into my truck of wonder.

The message from Dae is fairly to the point:

Code: Select all

Provide situation report immediately.

I'll give her brief bullets of what's happened so far, to save some time.
We might be required to act on what's going on immediately.

Moments after the message goes through, she calls you. I'll presume you answer

Dae wrote:Xa is a cop? And he's at the KondOrchid depot? Kill him. Kill him before he can report anything, and dispose of the body. I don't care how, just make sure he is dead. Don't forget to check the body, he may have recording equipment that will need dealing with. Succeed, and there will be an extra 10k waiting for you.

Nikolai wrote:DA! Pig's head on spike, I get it. Consider done.
Though, is more use to you alive maybe? Worth more to us too?

Poot! Second LEBD leaps out of the drone launcher and swings around.
Both will be tracking Xa, I'll have the nearest one get nearer.

While I'm waiting for a reply I'll send text messages to the team letting them know Xa is a marked man, and has loot for us to pick up.

I'll make for the safe house to reconfigure.

N-zo fires up the bike and hightails it to Niks position

Chopper wrote:Right, who's next? You. Two beers? Coming u...hang on. Oh well, looks like me shift is over - got to run. Fuck me? No fuck you buddy!

Chopper heads over after punching a bar patron square in the nose.

Since the spirit was obviously staring at me, I think some tracks hiding to cover up myself is prudent. Do I have to do that from meatspace?

Christmas break over, lets get this started up again!

Deject: No, doesn't need to be done from meatspace. Also, as you haven't done any spells or summoned anything, there's not a lot to clean up, so it only takes you a couple of seconds.

Xa is almost to his wheels (or wheel, rather).

Frank heads back to Nik's van.

No further reply from Dae?
Can I see what sort of drones are trailing after Xa?

Grimmie wrote:No further reply from Dae?
Can I see what sort of drones are trailing after Xa?

Oh, sorry, didn't see the followup question. Its a no, she definitely wants him dead, and his body vanished.

As for the drones, they seem to be more bothered with securing the depot. For all the activity on site, nothing is venturing outside. They are playing the extraterritoriality card: they can do what they like on their property, but once they cross the gate they have to answer to Lone Star if there are any "incidents". From the way the drones are going over the site in a search pattern, its possible they don't even know Xa was there.

Unless anyone has any objections, I'll fill Xa with bullets.

If its deadmeat time, go for it

how long would it take me to get to Nik?

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