Kill ourself

" So, we're agreed then?
Tell dispatch about the three raptors (though they should already know about them, we told them about the 2 dead ones last session, they told us to capture the 3rd one as they send a DRT to the Plant).
Grab the guns and all ammo, put them and the letter back in the duffel bag.
Wash the chainmail, and maybe put it on?
Finally do our job and replace the filter."

I believe this was the plan that you guys had?

>>14090842
sound good, have we found out what the dark spot in the water was?

>>14090842
yes

>>14090879

You guys think it was the shotgun the other worker had, but you don't know.

>>14090879
well lets poke it with a stick or somethng

"*static* Ugh, more dead dinos. The expenses keep racking up. Get the water filters replaced yet?"

You wash the dried blood off the chainmail, leaving it clean.
(A poster last thread asked about putting it under the coveralls. It might work, but the mail will still be jangling around.)

You grab a filter and take it to the room containing the pipeline. Inside is a pipe connected to the tanks in the other room. In the middle of the pipe is a section of 5 filters placed next to each other and locked into place by metal struts, with a crank wheel at either end of the filter section.

do we know if spinning the crank will shut off the water

>>14091388

From looking at the pipe, you figure that's what it does.

replace the filters contact dispatch and let them know its done

>>14091467

Make a mechanics check. d100.

rolled 33 = 33

>>14091540
We're doing stuff for people with things and we need a good number.

rolled 70 = 70

>>14091540

>>14091576

Going back to grab more filters, you return and get to work. You close off the water flow and unscrew the filters. All of them are very crimson. You replace the filters with the clean ones and anchor them into place. After making sure they're properly in place, you unblock the water. No leaks.

For replacing the water filters, you have gained the skill Mechanics [Maintenance].

"*static* Good work. Head back to the Maintenance HQ, got another job for you."

"will do boss," make sure letter is well hidden, head back to hq possibly hide the bag somewhere outside of hq we can easily get it back, without making it look obvious to any cameras around.

Are people still interested in this quest?

>>14091817
I am, I just also happen to be playing mount and blade so I end up checking the thread every ten to fifteen minutes

>>14091884
also, before we leave try to fish out the dark thing in th water. mabey we could use a bit of wire on a broom handel?

>>14091817
People are just getting back from work hold on

>>14091939

Ahh, the joy of being in high school.

>>14091706

As you walk out of the building, you see a DRT driving off with the tranqed raptor in tow, must've taken him away while you were busy. You climb into your Explorer and toss the duffelbag into the back seat.

You want to take the northern road again or take a different route?

>>14092024
take the northern road

Hold up a minute, WHY aren't we telling Dispatch about the letter? They didn't believe us before, and said they wouldn't without more evidence. Well now we HAVE hard evidence, irrefutable evidence. the head of security needs to see this.

Why are we keeping it to ourselves?

>>14092082

Wait, what if it's still blocked off by that wounded brachiosaur? We'll have to make another mechanics check to get around it.

>>14092117

Automotive [Basic] actually.

Better driving around that brach than driving through raptor territory with no windshield.

Besides, maybe the DRTs have moved it by now.

>>14092170

You've got a large hole in the passenger side windshield, and it's pretty cracked, but you still have a windshield.

>>14092188

How large we talkin' here? A foot across? bigger?

>>14092199

Foot, foot and a half.

>>14092103
The problem is that we don't want to explain how we found it in Ryan's duffel bag, because we don't want to give the bag, or the other goodies it contained, up.

I was thinking that when we search around the Maintenance Shed again, the letter 'turns up', and we radio it in then.

>>14092222
Any pieces of clear plastic or something that we can duct tape in place to cover up the hole?

>>14092249

Nothing you've got with you. Maintenance might have something.

>>14092273
Alright then. Let's get to Maintenance HQ.

>>14092249

I'd suggest part of the tarp, but I don't know if we have any tools that could cut it. Do we have an exacto-knife in our belt or tool box?

>>14092313

Cutting implements you have:
Hacksaw
Multitool w/ pocketknife
wirecutters

>>14092343
We should try to get a good knife and a pair of heavy-duty scissors when we can.

Now, as for the tarp; can we cut a section big enough to cover the hole, while still leaving enough to hide the rocket launcher?
If so, do it.
If not, then let's just go on our way.

>>14092231

I got a better idea. We take everything we WANT out of the duffel bag, and leave in any of the stuff we don't INCLUDING the letter. When we get to maintenance HQ we go to whoever is in charge of the security team we last saw there.

We show him the bag and the letter. I think we can trust those guys. Plus, THEY will know how to get the letter to the Chief of Security.

>>14092391

I don't think we can cut a heavy tarp with a hacksaw, wirecutters, OR a pocketknife.

>>14092391

Yeah, the tarp is plenty big for you to do that.

Okay. What all was in Ryan's duffel bag again?

We get back into the Explorer, and we lock the doors, just to be safe. We unfold a large enough flap of the tarp to cut a piece to cover the windshield hole, while leaving the rocket launcher hidden. Then we take out our pocket knife and see if it can cut the tarp's fabric. If it can, we cut out a large enough piece and tape it in place with some of the duct tape we brought.

>>14092541

Contents of duffelbag:
-Orange Level Access Card
-Chainmail
-.44 Magnum
- x24 .44 Magnum rounds (Hollow Point)
- Letter to Lewis Dodgson

It's tough going, but you manage to cut out some material to cover the hole and duct tape it up. You wrap up the rocket launcher in the rest of the tarp and leave put it in the passenger seat.

>>14092674

Damn. That's all stuff we want.

Okay, choice time. Do we give up some good loot in order to expose Ryan, or do we keep the loot and lose a potential chance to uncover what started this all?

>>14092789
Orange security card we can keep in our pants pocket, so that's fine.
The chainmail, I think we can hide either under the tarp with the rocket launcher or under the seat of the Explorer. Ditto for the shotgun.
Then we can hide the Magnum and the bullets in the glove compartment of the car.

The only problem is when we need to switch cars.

Do we want to go with this, or keep the letter until a better opportunity presents itself.

>>14092674

Ir Orange higher level then Yellow?

>>14092862

Yes, the only higher security level is Red.

Oh, just throwing this out there: shotgun shells will likely be easier to acquire, as they seem to be in most emergency weapons lockers on the island.
Magnum hollowpoints, probably not so much.
So if we have give something up, I'd rather lose the Magnum than anything else.

>>14092847

Except if we hand them Ryan's duffel bag, empty aside from the letter, isn't that going to seem a little odd?

Here's an idea. We still have Ryan's yellow access card, right? We put that in the bag and take the orange one. Hell, it's Ryan's card, isn't it? That'll seem natural. Then, we put the taserbow in the duffel bag, along with some of the batteries that go with it. We've got a magnum, a tranq pistol, and a shotgun, and the bow is kinda unwieldy. Plus, we have no bolts for the bow.

It'll be a little more convincing then just the bag and the letter. Everything else we do as you said.

>>14092922
Alright, that sounds like a reasonable compromise.
And if we get tasked to take down another big predator dino by Dispatch, we tell them to point us to the nearest weapons locker to pick up a new taserbow, since we left the last one back at the Desalination Plant.

I think this can work; let's do it.

>>14092969

Okay, so plan is we arraign the duffel bag as stated here: >>14092922

Then we travel to Maintenance HQ and do this: >>14092407

And let's take the North road back. It's still the furthest from the main troubles down in the animal enclosures, and with any luck a DRT will have moved the brachiosaur by now.

>>14093011

Addendum: When we find those security guys we ALSO give them the floppy disk we copied Ryan's emails onto.

Above all else, we make it clear the head of security HAS to see these things as soon as possible.

>>14093011
Agreed.
I don't want to risk the raptor pens with a broken windshield.

>>14093054
That's right. Even if all Management and Dispatch cares about is the bottom line, Muldoon at least has his head screwed on right and should take the necessary precautions.

Alright, you replace the items in the duffelbag, it seems believably full.

You stash the weapons and armor in the car and head out for the northern road.

You reach the place where the brachiosaur was to find it's still there, along with a bunch of vehicles. A bunch of workers are in the middle of hoisting it onto a flatbed for transport, the road is impassable.

>>14093093
Ask one of the workers how long he thinks it'll take for them to finish. Chill out for the amount of time it'll take for them to finish moving the dino.

>>14093123

" 'E's a big'un alright. Don' know how long is gonna take, maybe 'bout 30 minutes?"

>>14093137

Are there any armed DRT guys with the workers?

>>14093137
Eh, 30 minutes doesn't sound too bad. Let's just wait.

>>14093161

Yeah, eight of them.

>>14093192

Okay, good. Then we wait. With the Rex incapacitated, it'd take a big pack of raptors to bring these guys down.

While we wait, we switch on the radio and listen to the general chatter of the Maintenance crew channel.

As you wait, you tune into the Maintenance Channel. From what you're hearing, it sounds like there are breaches all over the island. Complaints of power loss are everywhere. A repair team is getting ready at the Maintenance HQ to take a look at the wind turbines, which stop sending out power."

It takes a bit longer than expected, around forty minutes, but they get the brachie onto a flatbed and moved out. The road is clear.

"*static* Porter, where are you? You're needed at the Maintenance HQ."

>>14093428
"Dispatch, this is Porter. I'm on my way. Had some trouble navigating the road.
"Maintenance channel says that there are power problems all over the place. Want me to check out the northern hydroelectric plant on the way?"

>>14093428
"Delayed a bit, couldn't bypass the brachiosaur recovery team. I should arrive shortly."

>>14093452
>>14093465

Combine these two.

"*static* Alright, get there quick. The hydroelectric plant is fine, it's the wind turbines that are the trouble. You're going to be leading a repair team to go fix the damn things. Again."

>>14093602
>You're going to be leading a repair team to go fix the damn things. Again.
"GODDAMNIT! I just fixed those damn things! Dispatch, I swear, if those fucking compys chewed through the main power conduits again, I am going to have a barbecue with some roasted compy tonight!"

>>14093602

"You know Dispatch, any time you want to come out here and try to do repairs in between dodging dilophasaur spit and tranqing raptors, it's okay with me."

>>14093709
No, damnit! Stop antagonizing Dispatch, even if he's an asshole that needs to get fed to the raptors!

>>14093745

Some mild insubordination is fine, so long as we don't reveal how flagrantly we sometimes skirt the rules. I don't think that comment really crosses the line.

We can't be TOTAL pussies, after all.

"Roger, dispatch."
Let's make conversation with some of the DRTs, see how recovery is coming along overall.

>>14093810

They left with the flatbed. You're alone on the road.

>>14093709
thhis has my support

>>14093842

Then we drive on. What time of day is it in the game by this point?

Well in that case let's get going to HQ and pick up our repair team.

>>14093842
Just get going, not too fast, and tell Dispatch that we're on the way.

>>14093869

Don't forget, we're gonna check in with the Security team there first. We have a little package for them, with instructions.

>>14093868

It's around 3 PM.

Go to whichever is closer, Maintenance HQ or Wind Turbines.

Make sure at least one gun is loaded and accessible.

Perhaps use some tape and tarp to make a simple holster for the .44 that will conceal it in our clothing, while covering the trigger for safety, and still letting us access it quickly.

>>14093709
>>14093869
>>14093906

This is the plan?

>>14093943
I think we're supposed to go to HQ first to get a team to help us out.

>>14093948
That seems to be consensus. Remember that when we get there we want to talk to security about the bag.

>>14093948

Yes.

Alright, you head back to the Maintenance HQ, which seems to be a lot more crowded then it was last time you were here. Heading inside, you approach the security guard at the computer. What do you say to him?

>>14094023
"Hey, guy, I found this thing when I was at the Desal Plant. I think you need to take a look at this.
"I didn't want it to go out over an unsecured channel."

Show him the duffel bag, and the letter.

>>14094067
This. Also possibly mention the emails? Dispatch might not have told them about it.

"You want me to pass it on to the Head of Security?"

>>14094205
"When can you get it to him? If it's gonna be a while, we should probably stow it somewhere and count on at least one of us not getting eaten until we can."

>>14094205
"Yeah man, he'll know what to do with it. If I read that letter right, the raptor pen was intentionally compromised. There were six raptors, and three of them were accounted for at the Desalination Plant. You know if the other three are secured?"

"Couldn't tell you, man. Hell, the dino tracker is having trouble as it is, it's picking up more dinosaurs than it should. The park had 15 raptors, the program counts 24. The system is still buggy. I'll drive this down to the Head of Security, he's gonna want to take care of it."

>>14094304
Ask:what if its not a glitch?

>>14094304
"Call me paranoid, but what if it's not a glitch? This place was constructed very secretly. It's possible that the programmers didn't know exactly what they were supposed to be counting."

>>14094304
"Hey, be careful out there, man. What if Ryan wasn't the only spy? What if those extra raptors aren't a glitch, and someone's trying to cause the park to get shut down?
"InGen hasn't made a lot of friends out there, but it's got a shit-ton of enemies."

"If the egghead geneticists up at the Visitor's Center say the dinos can't breed, I believe them. Since they make sure they keep track of every dino they grow, they know how many we have. It's a glitch."

He gets up from the computer and takes the duffelbag from you, then turns and heads into the motor pool.

"*static* Porter, where did you get a rocket launcher for the Rex? And more importantly, why do you have it?"

Note: We should check the car's battery before we leave Maintenance HQ. The trip to and from the desal plant was a long one.

>>14094491
"...Found it in the explorer. Maybe Ryan was planning on taking it with him if he encountered trouble on his way out."

>>14094491
look supprised, try to pretend that we didnt know it was there

>>14094491
>"*static* Porter, where did you get a rocket launcher for the Rex? And more importantly, why do you have it?"
.....Fuck.
"Uh, what, Dispatch? What are you talking about?"

Oh man, if they found the rocket launcher, they might have found everything else.

>>14094544

They're talking to you over the radio, looking surprised won't accomplish much.

>>14094562
"If you're talking about the one in the Explorer, I didn't put it there. Figured I shouldn't fuck with it after I realized what it was."

>>14094576
replace look with act

>>14094562

Hold up, we can talk our way out of this. Say we found an abandoned DRV during our trip. Looked like something big had hit it. We borrowed the launcher to be safe, but we haven't used it. the DRTs can have it back if they want.

If they call us on the other guns, same story. I doubt they're gonna send someone else out there just to double check our story.

"*static* Alright, leave it at the HQ, Security will take it. Now get going."

Let's do what they say, thanking god we're not busted with the real guns yet.

>>14094648
Alright, leave behind the rocket launcher.
As long as we keep the chainmail, the shotgun, and the magnum, we should be okay.

It only fires t-rex sized tranq rockets anyway.

I want to know how they figured out we had it. Somebody was snooping around our car. Who?

Let's get down there real quick and see if we can find anybody hanging around the Explorer.

>>14094709
We got it out when we found the rex, but didn't use it.

>>14094709

You head out to your Explorer, three people are sitting in there already, presumably the repair team. The one in the front seat catches your eye and gives you a smug grin.

>>14094728
>The one in the front seat catches your eye and gives you a smug grin.
Okay, that guy? When the raptors come after us, we leave him behind. Let's see his precious Dispatch save him then.

"Afternoon, gentlemen. Let's get moving."

>>14094728

Flip him off, go looking for the team we're supposed to lead.

>>14094746

That's them in the car. He's part of it.

>>14094746
I think that is the team, dude. Before we head out let's check the battery on the explorer.

>>14094746
You....are really bad at reading comprehension, aren't you?

>>14094770
Seconding. We want to make sure that we have a sufficient charge, or can swap out the battery if it's not.
Also make sure that everyone's got their tools, too.

>>14094760

Right. He and the Dispatch guy are officially on our Shitlist. Make a note of his nametag.

Also, as soon as we get a chance, double check that they didn't find our other guns.

>>14094800
Yeah. Double-check everything, and insist that the team does as well. This is no time to be caught unprepared- this team needs tools, more tools, flashlights, tranq guns, first aid kits, and snacks.

Grumbling, you take out the rocket launcher and ammo case, drawing a faint chuckle from your friend in the front passenger seat. You leave it with security and look at the battery charge for the Explorer, there isn't much left.

>>14094822
Is there a fully charged battery we can swap out for this one?

>>14094822

If we get a moment, we point meaningfully at him and say "You watch your ass."

Then we get on with our work.

>>14094822
Switch out battery for Jeep (if we are by the battery charger station, if we've got the range to make it to the battery charger station, otherwise get a different car), make smug fucker ride in back.

>>14094857

Yeah, charging racks have a bunch of full batteries.
Make a Mechanics check. d100.

>>14094821

The team each have toolkits and tranq guns. In addition, they have heavy duty power cable, like the kind you soldered.

>>14094812

His name is Emanuel Costana.

>>14094883
Problem with that is that we'd have to leave all of our hidden gear behind, like the chainmail, shotgun, and Magnum. do you really want to do that?

>>14094822
"What's so funny,chum? I've seen men die today. Until we re-establish control, survival needs to trump protocol."
Then we check to see if we can get a fresh battery for the car.

rolled 91 = 91

>>14094900
Mechanics roll to swap the battery.
Let's get the other to help, too.

rolled 81 = 81

>>14094900

>>14094909
If he's a brown-noser he'll report that we said that.

>>14094908
Why do we even have that chainmail if we're not wearing it? It won't do us any good in the trunk.

>>14094918

You replaced the battery with your eyes closed.

rolled 61 = 61

This: >>14094861


Over this:>>14094909

>>14094929
It's for next time we get sent into someplace we don't think is secure. At least 3 raptors are confirmed to be loose.

rolled 97 = 97

>>14094929
>If he's a brown-noser he'll report that we said that.

That's why I prefer the "Watch your ass" line. Because we COULD always say that we simple meant he needs to be careful out there. You know. Friendly-like.

You know, I really hope that security guy we gave that letter to doesn't get trampled or eaten en route.

>>14095013
Way to jinx it.

>>14094959

He seems to have mixed feelings of confusion and suspicion when you do this to him.

You guys ready to head out or is there more stuff for you to do?

Let's go for it.

>>14095077
Get something more sturdy to patch that hole in our windshield.
Then we can go.

We should give them a little pep talk before we head out.

"Alright guys, here's how it is. Things aren't great out there, and it's our job to keep them from getting worse. Last time I was out by the windmills I had to tranq a dilophosaur. With any lucky, the DRTs got him, or he woke up and wandered off.

That said, there's a lot of dangerous animals still on the loose, though thank Christ they should have the Rex secured by now. Stick together, keep your eyes peeled. One or two of these darts will take a a dino as big as a dilo down for hours, but err on the side of caution. If you have to tranq one of the critters, put an extra dart in it just to be safe.

This should be a straightforward repair job, but let's not take anything for granted. Let's do our jobs, do them well, and try to get back here before dark. Any questions?"

>>14095127
The longer there's a power deficit, the larger the window for more breakouts to occur.

I think this might be a good place to cut it for tonight, rather than in the middle of the quest. Night folks, see you tomorrow.

>>14095187
Okay, you have a point.
I guess the tarp will have to do.

Okay, session's been archived. Don't forget to vote!

>>14095271

Archived where? suptg?

>>14095271

Thanks. But Muldoon is the Game Warden, not Head of Security.

>>14095289
Really? I thought those two offices were the same.

>>14095289
Well, as the Game Warden, shouldn't Muldoon be warned that some more of the raptors might have gotten out?

>>14095327

No, Head of Security supervises humans. Game Warden supervises dinos. The only reason Security is helping with the dinos is because the problem is so widespread.

>>14095338

That would be the obvious thing to do, yes.

>>14095338
>>14095360

Yeah, but Security should know about the conspiracy to release those dinos. We can't be sure Ryan was acting alone.

Assuming that letter makes it to the head of security safely, HOPEFULLY he'll inform Muldoon of the problem as well.

Besides, the security guys seem trustworthy, and were readily available.