Under your watch, your Maintenance crews started doing drills and target practice. As a result, they are much more organized and capable of defending themselves from dino attacks. Because of this, you have gained the department's complete loyalty.

In addition, due to interacting with your subordinates so much, you are now fluent in Spanish.

>>16388652
>fluent in Spanish
That's great, we can finally talk with the guys in our department without a translator.

Also, I'd like to talk with the DRT guys a bit, ask them about things that'll keep dinos away. Pass it off as us just looking out for our people, and wanting to pass on things to do if they're ever in a jam.
What we're really fishing for, is what kind of stuff will work on dinos. Like, tear gas grenades: will they work against a raptor? What about red-light flashlights: will the red-light be extra visible to dino vision or not. Pepper spray: can it be used to keep a dino away?

That'll lead to stuff that our Army surplus contact could supply us with. We're looking for mostly legal stuff right now. Things like tactical holsters for our dart guns, laser aiming modules and tactical flashlight attachments for pistols and rifles.

Most of the time, our workers won't need that stuff. But anytime they go into a predator dino area, they go in armed better than a DRT.

Okay, so it's been 3 months. I assume we got the parts we need to fix Geothermal, right? How's that coming along?

>>16388718

This and what is the situation with the fences, angry families and everything else that fucked up three months ago?

>fluent in Spanish

Bueno.

>>16388734
>angry families
Hah! That's right, did that father get buried under the InGen corporate lawyer team?
I assume that the fences are a never-ending job of fixing holes, but have the pens been mostly secured?

WHY ARE WE STILL HERE?

WHY DIDNT WE FUCKING QUIT AND GET THE FUCK OFF THIS ISLAND?

>>16388718

The parts came in a couple weeks after your foray into the raptor pen. Afterwards it was one month of concentrated maintenance work to get the geothermal plant up and running.

Are you going to keep the hydro plant operational?

>>16388703

The DRT crews are happy to answer your questions.
- Pepper spray and tear gas do work against raptors
- Red light is less visible than white light.


>>16388734

The fences are patched up completely, there are some minor holes due to compys, but your crews are working on re-laying fencing to a yard under the ground. That's still in progress though.

The father attempted to sue InGen, and you in particular, for physical and mental damage, but he was laughed out of court, especially after records of his bribery attempt were listened to.

>>16388755

You're under contract.

>>16388786
>but he was laughed out of court, especially after records of his bribery attempt were listened to.
We are buying a micro-tape recorder. And a mountain of spare batteries and tapes. And a clip-on mic that we can hide under our collar. We are to be prepared to record ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.
Also, tell our Maintenance guys about this. If a guest is giving them crap, make sure to record it all, discretely, and let us know. It can save their asses.

>>16388786
>Are you going to keep the hydro plant operational?
Bring it offline but ready to be activated within an hour. Given how delicate the wind turbines seem to be, we should keep the hydro plant ready to be turned on when needed. We will go to check on it every other week to make sure that it's in working condition and no problems crop up. Also, we can use it as one of our hidden weapon caches.

>>16388786

One last thing before we are buried in fluff:

What happened to those guys working undercover for Biosyn? Espically the guy that got his balls crushed.

>>16388859
I think the security guard was just an asshole.

Jason, Head of Security, is head. And so's the Head of Maintenance that was on the take.
Unless other Biosyn agents were found I think they were the only ones.

>>16388838
Oh, definitely this.

>>16388847

Are you referring to the old HoM and the HoS? They both got killed.

>>16388859

That guy was just a disgruntled worker you pissed off.

>>16388917

Alright, it's been a while since I read those threads.

Even though you took the old hydro plant offline, you still perform routine maintenance on it to keep it in working order.


(Are we ready to begin, or was there anything else?)

So our additional actions seem to be:
Buy surplus US Army flashlights with red-light lenses, some laser aiming modules and tactical flashlight rigs for the dart rifles, in small quantities, so that people will get used to us receiving surplus military supplies. That will make it easier to smuggle in disassembled weapons hidden amongst our shipments when we actually buy them.

Take the hydro plant offline, but keep it ready to be reactivated quickly. Personally inspect it every other week, as a cover for using it as our hidden weapons cache.

Buy a micro-tape recorder to record stupid guests incriminating themselves.

>>16388990
First and third actions from >>16389006
then we should be ready to go.

>>16389014

You contact Jacob's friend and he's willing to sell you everything except heavy weaponry. You have no problem buying the stuff you want and the shipment was received with the geothermal plant supplies.

In addition, you take advantage of the park's package system to get a microrecorder sent to you. It's a bit extra shipping/handling, but well worth it to get it so early.

We did already fix the code so that it will not limit population totals to an upper limit of expected population totals, right?

RIGHT!?

If not, lets do that right fucking away.

>>16389052
Okay, I think we're ready for work.
And I think it's time we retired our signature floodhat and use an actual headlamp.

>>16389081

That's not your department.

You sit in your office in the Maintenance HQ, in front of you is one of your workers, by the name of Esteban Torres. He and his crew were out feeding the raptors their meal. He accidentally left a gate unlocked and a pack of raptors broke loose. Nobody was killed, but bones were broken and one face was badly mauled.

Your his superior, you decide what happens to him.

>>16389052
Sounds like we're ready to go. I dread to hear what Aidan's been doing with his little Raptor....

>>16389090

Then we should pass it along to Nedry, mang. ASAP.

>>16389112

Nedry was fired from the company on accusations of corporate espionage. Mr. Arnold is now in charge of the mainframe.

>>16389104
He spends the night in the Raptor cage, with only a rifle. BATTLE TO THE DEATH!

More seriously though, I'd say the cost to get the guy who's face was mauled reconstructive surgery comes out of his paycheck.

>>16389104

Wait, how is animal supervision not the maintenence departments job?

>>16389104
15 minutes in the "Time Out" cubicle. And no snack.

>>16389138
This

>>16389104
"Esteban. Look, I know accidents happen; we live and work on a park that's got man-eating dinosaurs everywhere. But that's exactly why we can't ever get sloppy. Because when one person gets sloppy, it puts his entire team at risk.
"I'm putting you on 90-day probation, since no one died."

>>16389178
I choose vote for this.

>>16389143

Most dinosaurs get fed using a computerized system, but it doesn't work so well for carnivores. It isn't needed enough to justify it's own department, so it got folded into Maintenance.

>>16389178
>>16389138

Which one?

>>16389178
I'll vote for this to break the tie.

And guys don't forget to vote + these threads on suptg, we need more people involved with this quest.

>>16389239
Both? I mean, being put on probation is reasonable for any kind of major fuckup. And it's true that Esteban is responsible for that other guy getting mauled in the face, so some kind of financial recompense to help out the guy seems fair.

Also, WOO CHAINMAIL! Fuck yeah, a pack of raptors attacked one of our teams and there were no fatalities! Normally they'd all be dino-chow. If anyone in our department doubted our need for chainmail, this should shut them up right-quick.

How have you been as a boss up to this point?

>>16389335

Lenient or strict, relaxed or uptight? That sort of thing.

>>16389335
I'd like to think that we're firm, but not a jackass. We actually give a damn about the people who work under us, which is why we've been getting chainmail and a medical thing together at the iguanadon inn. But this is a major thing and the guy needs to have some form of punishment.

>>16389476
I think we've been lenient about most things, except where it comes to safety.
A little late? Fine whatever, as long as everything on your docket is done by the end of your shift.
Paperwork a little late? Fuck, at least you actually DID the paperwork.
Carrying extra weapons or jury-rigging flamethrowers in the garage? Not a problem, didn't see anything.
But leaving gates unlocked, or not making sure that your dart gun is fully charged and loaded? We will fucking chew your ass out in front of everybody.

I'm going to get dinner, be back later.

Thats what I think he needs. A good public chewing out. Make sure he knows he FUCKED UP GOOD. Then, put him on a week of unpaid leave so he can think about what it's like NOT having a job. Make sure he knows any fuckups like this in the future, and not only he he liable to be killed by ravenous, bloodthirsty reptiles, he'll be fired post-mortem to boot.

Esteban knows better than to argue with you about this, he hangs his head and walks out, closing the door behind him.

Your radio chirps. Dispatch.

"*static* Porter, we've got a problem. Camera nodes are going offline around the perimeter of the island. I need you to investigate."

>>16389852
"Roger that Dispatch. I'll get a team together. Where's the nearest camera that's down, I'll start with that one."

Grab a team together, make sure we're outfitted for trouble, just in case another pack of raptors got loose again.

Though unrelated for the current problem here's something for later.

Let's get a chapel or a chaplain for our men it might increase moral a bit.

>>16389883

You walk out into the main barracks. A handful of Costa Rican workers are around, along with Emmanuel, Jacob, and Aidan.

>>16389934
>Emmanuel, Jacob, and Aidan.

Oh hey, that sounds like our team. Let's get them together and give them the scoop, then move out.

>>16389934
"Alright, Jacob, Aidan, we got a job.
"Emanuel, cameras along the island's perimeter are going down. Could just be compys, or the warranty on the cheap pieces of crap Management bought is expired. Anyway, keep an eye on things just in case."

I'd rather have a team that all speaks one language so we don't have to waste time with translations. And Emanuel knows the situation by now, so I think he can be trusted.
Let's pick up some spare camera nodes and wiring, then take an Explorer out. Suit up with chainmail, Jacob gets a tranq rifle with laser sight, Aidan and Porter with tranq pistols with laser sights.

>>16389983

Emmanuel is bilingual. Juan, the other worker you were paired with, didn't.

>>16389925
I'm approving this motion. Hundred times.
Most of the workers are certainly faithfull catholics. I'm sure that some spiritual help will make our personnel more efficient in the future.

>>16389989
Yeah, but I was thinking of having Emanuel stay behind at the Barracks in case we need to mobilize more of the Maintenance teams, in case this is a serious problem.

>>16390035

Oh, I see what you're saying now.

Alright. You load up an Explorer with extra cameras and wiring, along with protective gear. Which part of the island are you heading to?

North, South, East or West?

>>16390065
Did Dispatch say where the closest camera nodes are offline? I just want to go to the closest down camera node.

>>16390112

No, but you open up your PDA to display the locations. The nearest one is at the fork in the road past the golf course.

>>16390141
We go there then.

Also, where did they start going out? Where was the first one to go out? The second? is there any pattern?

>>16390179

The first couple to go out were on the Southern end, near the windmills. The rest followed from there.

The only pattern you can see is that they're concentrated around the island perimeter.

You drive out to the fork in the road. It's peaceful out. A nice change of pace from a few months ago. You reach the fork in the road. There seems to be a flock of compys bunched in a handful of groups at the intersection. Looks like they're eating something.

Shoo them away and have Aiden take a look, but stay frosty. It's quiet, too quiet.

You have Aidan approach the compys. He ends up having to nudge them away with a foot, with them chirping angrily at him as he picks up what they were eating.

He comes back with a confused look.

"It's a steak, boss."

Did I lose people or something?

>>16390490
not sure

Do we have any airtight containers with us?

If so, pack it up, stash it in the vehicle.
You never know when we may need a red herring.

>>16390539

Are you picking up just the one or all of them?

>>16390555
Carrying meat around with us might be a bad idea.

What else is there besides steak?
What sort of steak is it?
How much is there?

>>16390555
Just one should be good. Hmm, so someone's luring the Compys to certain places. Ominous.

>>16390577

You take a look, and its all steak. 10 of them.

What do you mean what sort is it?

>>16390560

We're walking meat.
Plus, I'm thinking that a sealed container won't cause much of a problem...

>>16390601
Beef Steak
Dino Steak
Person Steak

Can we identify the meat?
Surely someone on our team has knowledge of this.

It's not too important, though.
So, carry on at your leisure.

>>16390618

Beef.

So what are we doing?

>>16390665
Uh... I guess, take one of the steaks and continue on to the cameras? The fact that it's only the perimeter ones is a bit distressing.

You take a steak and put it in one of the containers lying around the back of the Explorer.

After that, you look around for the camera. It takes a little while to find, but you find the pole it's on top of.

>>16390735
Can we make out anything from ground level? If not, time to climb.

>>16390751

You notice that the wires near ground level are frayed and broken. They look chewed up.

>>16390757
Alright, get some of the spare stuff out of the Explorer and have Aidan and Jacob replace the wires.
We call in to Dispatch.
"Dispatch, this is Porter. I'm starting to fix the cameras now; looks like the compys have been chewing at them.
"Kind of weird though; did the Iguanadon Inn report a large amount of their steaks missing? Because I've got a big pile of what look to be prime T-bone steaks at here for no good reason."

Should we have Emanuel get another team working on fixing the cameras on the other side of the island to get this done faster?

we should radio this in to dispatch. best case scenario someone is feeding the compys worse case scenario someone is using the compys as a tool of sabotage by using meat to get them to gather at certain points. they love ripping up wires so putting a steak on a camera would be a good way to get it to go out within a few hours. or they are being used to slow down response time by having them gather in the rode.

"*static*..Steaks? What?"

>>16390853
"Yeah Dispatch. I don't know. Just a big pile of steaks. I'm just telling you what's out here."

Once this is fixed, move on to the next camera.

>>16390853
"Yeah, we found some compys eating them nearby. I don't wanna get ahead of myself, but considering how systematically the cameras are going out, and their locations, it could be that someone deliberately left the steaks out to lure the compys into nibbling through the wires.

rolled 17 = 17

"*static* Well, we're not missing any food. We'd have noticed. That's just....steaks??"

You have to replace the wire connecting the camera to the ground hub. Climbing up and replacing the connection is easy, digging the ground hub up and connecting it there takes a little more time. But you get the job done in about 10 minutes.

>>16390931

"*static* That's possible, but I don't think so."

>>16390942
Okay, let's go to the next camera.
If there's another pile of steaks, we radio Dispatch and tell him something funny is going on, and maybe Biosyn wants to raise the stakes a little with some more direct action.

Also, use our PDA to have another work team begin repairing the cameras on the other side of the island.

>>16390975
Definitely this. It'll take forever for us to mend all the wires on our own. Let's call in another repair team or two to start with the cameras on the other side of the island and work their way towards us.

Alright, your PDA logs 25 work orders around the perimeter of the island, 2 of which were not there when you left.

The next one is up the road north a ways.

Can we find out what the camera's were recording prior to their failure?
Radio the surveillance guys, maybe get a step closer to solving this mystery.

>>16390942
Ask Emmanuel to check the food store proper, I don't trust the logs, nor anyone outside of my team.

>>16391038

Dispatch has access to the cameras, you can ask him.

>>16391062

"Alright, I'll go check the kitchens at the Inn, and Les Gigantes."

>>16391100
"Hey Dispatch, did the cameras catch anything before they went down?"

Radio in while moving to the next camera.

It seems to me we might want to have another team or two do this. If we have more teams working we can get all the cameras up quicker.

>>16391100
"Emmanuel? Don't forget to take a weapon with you"

rolled 77 = 77

>>16391100

"*static* That's a lot of cameras to look over, you got a specific one in mind?"

You hit the next camera, and find the same problem. Wires look gnawed on.

>>16391137
How many teams are you sending?

>>16391169
"Check the two that went out most recently."

I'd say two teams apart from us, if available. Let them know to radio in if they see anything unusual and to be prepared for the worst case scenario.

As an incidental question what's up with Marshall?

>>16391169
"What about the camera that most recently went down?"

>>16391169
Send seven teams. We'll have two of them each take a cardinal point of the island and head off around the perimeter of the island so that they meet up in the gaps between each point.

The seventh, we send to our location and they work away from us in the opposite direction. This way we can get things done quickly and then tackle the root of the problem.

>>16391205

He's leading the group that is replacing fencing so it goes about a yard deep.

Adrien is performing maintenance at the old hydro plant.

In addition, after fixing this camera, you notice footprints on the ground.

>>16391246
Human or dino footprints? If Human, track them.

>>16391262

Human.

Roll Survival.

>>16391262
If we're tracking them, radio an eighth team to do our job for us because we get distracted easily.

>>16391266
Righto.

rolled 55 = 55

Oh, that's never a good sign.

rolled 48 = 48

>>16391290
Oops.

You radio some teams to get started on the cameras, and they head out. Your team follows the tracks, they appear to head back to the road fork, but you lose the trail in a small creek.

"*static* The most recent camera doesn't show anything unusual, it just cuts out after viewing a stretch of empty road.

rolled 13 = 13

>>16391266
Survival check.

>>16391394
Alright, we don't have enough proof to do anything. Keep fixing the cameras; we're bound to find more evidence of sabotage.

Let's set up some cameras to watch the cameras, namely the one nearest the footprints. In case this occurs again.

You continue fixing cameras along the road, and are frequently finding sets of prints. They seem to be following the road away from the fork in the road.

While you're driving along, you notice someone staggering down along the road.

>>16391507
Call out to them but don't approach them until
we've gotten a closer look. (get a closer look)

Get one of the team to radio dispatch for a
standby on emergency first aid.

>>16391570
Second.
Aidan can call it in, Jacob gets a bead on the guy with the tranq rifle. We call out to the guy and try to get a closer look.

You call out to the guy, who ends up not being a guy. The woman walks up to you, a bottle of whiskey in her hand.

"эй человек, как оно висит?"

>>16391655
Oh boy.
"Hi. Do you speak English? Hablamos Espanol?"

>>16391680
>>Hablamos
Make that Hablas, I think?

I'm guessing she's unsatisfied with her whiskey and
wants a more sterotypical Russian drink. Tranc her
and bag her, let's figure this out back at HQ.

I'm getting off for the night, everyone. Hope you had fun. Sorry to cut it here, but I need to shower and get ready for bed.

>>16391695
We're supposed to be fluent.
I'm guessing this works akin to the TARDIS and everything we say comes out in flawless Spanish or English, depending on the context.

>>16391729

Also, next game will be Saturday at 1 PM.

>>16391750
Yeah, that's how it works.

>>16391768
Alright then.
At any rate I think we all agree that first order of business, if she can't understand us, is to find someone who can understand her.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16388621/

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