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Spindle wrote:Pffft.

Grimmie wrote:Hey, as long as it doesn't have a maglock, I can give it a "knock" too..

Dirk wrote:Let's try a more subtle approach...

Dirk wrote:Cutter and/or Eraser - do you want to loom over this fellow whilst we gently coax him into the realm of the awake? Might help to focus him.

Sleepy bloke wrote:Woooah! What the shit? Fuck!

Dirk wrote:Good day sir. Please don't be alarmed - we are SLA operatives investigating a recent shooting in your very own hallway. There's even a good chance that some other people forced their way into your apartment. So, tell me what you know...

Sleepy bloke wrote:Damn, I can see who you are. D'ya have to go sneaking into my place like that? Shit. Erm, yeah. Some big mean bastard made a less subtle entrance than you guys did. Last night? Or maybe the night before. Yeah, he came in, told me to stay back, then hung around for a bit all quiet. Then he yanked open my door and started shooting up the guys in the corridor. He looked pretty calm, like he knew what he was doing. Anyway, after the firing they were out there a fair while and I think they dragged the dead guys off.

Dirk wrote:Thank you for the information, and apologies for startling you - as you can imagine we're trying to be as cautious as possible.

Just a couple of other questions though. Did the man appear to make radio contact oranything with anyone, or did he just open the door and start shooting?

Also, was it the other SLA operatives they dragged out? From what I understand there was the body of a fellow Ebon left in the middle of the hallway - can't understand why they'd take the rest and leave her. Unless it was the bodies of their own men they were taking.

Sleepy bloke wrote:Erm, I don't remember any radios. Not sure. I didn't hear him say anything anyway. Yeah, the guys they dragged off were Ops I think. I didn't, like, go out and stare at them but they were armoured and weren't Shivers. Don't think they were on these guys' side. They left an Ebon did they? Maybe they didn't have time to drag him off or something.

I bet they figured trying to hawk a DeathSuit would gather some unwanted attention. Would anyone even buy a DeathSuit off the black market? What would you do with it?

Did the guy who broke in have any distinguishing features, like scars, unique clothing or armor, that sort of thing?

K'trr wrote:I am uncertain that reselling of the stolen equipment was their only goal, if that was indeed their goal at all. Why take the whole body, not just the guns and other assorted equipment? The only material gain would be the armour, which is likely heavily damaged and therefore of little value.

Taking a whole body for only its damaged armour seems unusual behaviour. I believe they may have had some reason to take the bodies themselves. Which raises the question: what can you achieve with humans and frothers that you cannot achieve with an Ebon?

It might have been faster just to take them out of the apartments than stripping them? They could have taken what gear was on Melody and then taken the others, gear and all. I could be wrong, killing ops for their gear is not in my sphere of knowledge.

Dirk wrote:I agree with Cutter - seems like an awfully well coordinated hit just to steal some gear. That said you're probably right about the DeathSuit. We form a close bond with them, and it would be pointless anyone else trying to use it.

Deej, can you use your computer magic to see if we can get a physical description of what the rest of the squad looked like?

Dirk wrote:Wait, Melody was the only female on the squad wasn't she? I don't know if that's relevant yet, but there's a half formed idea tingling in the back of my mind.

Grimmie wrote:Their attackers were faaabulous necrophiliacs? Dirk, concentrate on the job at hand, honestly..

Sleepy bloke wrote:Umm, they wore big coats and scarves over their faces. I think they had armour on too, I saw it when the guy pulled his gun out. Looked like Shiver armour.

Dirk wrote:I say we have a last look around then hit the area near the wall. Need to look to see if we recognise any of the young girls from the photographs and also if we can get any info from some of the wall Shivers.

Spindle, reckon you can do your thing and find out where wall Shivers go to drink and hang out? Be careful though, don't ask too many overt questions - the places round here are bound to be bristling with DarkNight as it is. Try asking the barman if he knows where you might be able to get your hands on cheap gun with minimum fuss.

The rest of us can look around. Due to her experience Phoebe can take point and let us know if she recognises anyone. Take Grimmie with you, that way the more obvious SLA employees amongst (i.e. me, Cutter, Deej and Eraser) can draw the attention away.