>>31781336
Oh boy, here we go.

>>31781336
Things we should probably do at some point of time:
-See what that weird error at the end of Versa's last transmission was.
-Check if there have been any developments regarding our missing wizard.
-

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You've spent the better part of the past day touring the shipyards where House Helios builds their eponymous Medium Cruiser design. While at first it may have seemed like the yards were being under utilised due to mass production of weapons still ramping up, that's proven to be false. What was supposed to be a small moon sharing the same orbit at the main yard is actually a hollow shell. Girders, holograms and a few sections that might have once been cut out of the original moon itself now disguise a production facility within turning asteroids into mobile fortresses.

The most affluential Houses in the Dominion are contributing to the project which will be used to fill the Super Heavy cruiser gap to fight the Neeran, and to counter the Terrans after the war.

"I guess buying more stock would fall under insider trading until information about the forts has been released to the public?" you ask as the shuttle returns to the dock you first entered through.

"Not at all." The tour guide assures you. "More funding for this project is always needed. The return on such an investment however could take a considerable length of time."

"How well would one of these vessel hold up to a Veckron Torpedo hit?" Asks an Admiral.

"We don't currently know. It's hoped that the density and thickness of the rock will reduce the effectiveness of such weapons."

The last area of the shipyard to visit on the tour is one of the R&D areas.
"Here you can see the engineers working on the next generation of ships in the Helios line. The new vessels will have increased sublight mobility and, we hope, a more compact main gun. This ship has already been in development for some time."

"How long until Houses can place orders for them?"
"We hope it will be within two years. Several Houses have attempted to place pre-orders."

>Is there anything else you wish to investigate at the shipyard?

>>31781336
FOR HOUSE AND DOMINION!

>>31782115
No. Do we have any idea how long it will take before that heavy cruiser gets moved to wherever we're moving to.

>>31782115
Did we take tourist pictures of the giant ship to show to the rest of the House with a gleeful smile?

Besides that there is nothing I can claim to want to investigate.

>>31782115
>Is there anything else you wish to investigate at the shipyard?

Is there a gift shop?
Can we take a photo of Sonia next to one of these cannons?
Ask about their experiences when it comes to defending shipyards.

>>31782218
>Do we have any idea how long it will take before that heavy cruiser gets moved to wherever we're moving to.
The Carrier that RSS is working on? No idea. Nikolov instituted radio silence to prevent anyone from giving away their position.

>>31782264
>Did we take tourist pictures of the giant ship to show to the rest of the House with a gleeful smile?
Have you? No, some anons seemed to be against that last week.
>31705127
>can I take pictures of it?
>dear god, don't say this.

>>31782269
>Can we take a photo of Sonia next to one of these cannons?
That you can do, since they're fairly well known.
When the shuttle gets back to the main yard you hire one of the locals to take the image since they'd know what things are allowed to be photographed.

You ask the guide if Helios has much experience when it comes to defending large shipyards like this one. Apparently it's only been attacked a handful of times since it's founding. The first two attacks were the most damaging, once in the Expeditionary Wars and another by the current Ruling House in the early Faction Wars. After that the number of siege cannons held in reserve were increased and all subsequent attacks on the yard were near suicide missions.

"Defending yards like these are always a pain in the behind." states Admiral Wallace. "There are ways to slip in a few ships through the defenses even if you spend ridiculous amounts of manpower and money to fully protect them. This yard is a good balance."

>We should attend a starfighter race.
It should be possible to stop off for one on the way back to House space. Do so?

>>31782668
>It should be possible to stop off for one on the way back to House space. Do so?
Nah

>>31782668
I don't have enough faith in Sonia's Starfighter abilitys to do such

>>31782668
I wouldn't mind watching one.

>>31782668
For watching? Yes
For racing ? No

>>31782668

Can we ask Admiral Wallace a bit about himself and possibly exchange contact information?

He is from the Ruling House, correct? Sounds like a good business contact for RSS and a good personal contact due to our actions during the Lat'tham debacle

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>>31783312
The Admiral has just come out of retirement and is currently doing high level requisitions work for the Ruling House. This is primarily because a number of groups needed convincing that the Ruling House was actually serious enough about acquiring certain equipment that they'd send a flag officer to get it.
"Convenient for me as it means I get to spend half my time on high class liners getting places. Ha!"

>Sounds like a good business contact for RSS and a good personal contact due to our actions during the Lat'tham debacle.
"Yes I overheard some of your little tirade at the check in. Good to see that some of the younger people from the smaller Houses are taking an active role in requisitions. It takes some time for people to realise just how much work goes into getting proper equipment for those on the front lines."

You ask him a bit about his career.
"Nothing tremendous. I took the long way up. Systems and operations officer, transferred to a Heavy cruiser at a good time. Knew when to report the right people and when to let things slide. That's the hard part for most people, that and timing.
I think I only actually commanded a fleet in two battles. Those were both cases of letting a temporary ally take the brunt of the damage, and knowing which of my subordinates were skilled enough to handle the situations I finally committed them to. I transferred to logistics command for ten years after that and retired."

The return flight to House Jerik-Dremine space is uneventful. Lorraine finds the small casino aboard and manages to lose a year's wages in ten minutes. She swears off gambling ever again.

You briefly catch a news article about Kal Matheson winning one of the big starfighter races and apparently a lower placed racer making all the way up into 3rd. It seems to have been quite an upset to a few of the Nobels on board.

>>31781336
FOR HOUSE AND DOMINION

I'm late edition

>>31782115
>Anything else you wish to investigate

Their industrial module setup. We should get an appreciation for these things for our own shipyard.

Also, see if they're willing to source any production component to us? Our Anchorage is just sitting there collecting dust, and we could put it to use building drive components if we acquired a contract for it.

TSTG, what happens when Veckron torpedoes are shot at a planet?

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>industrial module setup. We should get an appreciation for these things for our own shipyard.
The Helios yards are a long established facility. They don't use many of the same modules used in smaller stations intended to be redeployed. As a permanant fixed installation they can build parts manufacturing lines to better supply each slipway, or the drive section production lines.
They have fifty assembly lines each eight kilometers long just for constructing the sublight drive sections.

This pic really is a fairly good representation.

>Also, see if they're willing to source any production component to us?
If they set up production in South Reach they'll give you a call but no promises about awarding any contracts.
>Our Anchorage is just sitting there collecting dust
It's currently being used to construct a structural framework to stabilise a Heavy Carrier enough to make it possible for the ship to make an FTL jump. It's also supporting a large percentage of the RSS fleet on that same operation.

>and we could put it to use building drive components if we acquired a contract for it.
Certainly possible.
There's also nothing stopping you from using industrial modules on any of your stations for the same purpose.

>>31784497
A lot of bad things mostly. I don't believe any have been fired at planets yet by this point in time. While I don't like to put down hard figures for the higher end weapons I will say it would make the Tsar Bomba look like a firecracker.

On return to Dreminth you and Lorraine go your separate ways.
"Try not to lose too much more money placing bets." You advise her before heading home.

>>31784695
>"Try not to lose too much more money placing bets." You advise her before heading home.

And if you do want to bet big, always bet on Red 21.

>>31784695
>"Try not to lose too much more money placing bets." You advise her before heading home.

We should probably point her in Mr. London's direction.
"If you want to do something exciting with your money, just start a company."

As a weapon based on subspace technology detonating within the gravity well of a planet might reduce the damage. Going off within an atmosphere would probably make things worse if nukes are any indication.


The construction work on the lodge to put in the trophy room is finished. Having all of the models made of scrap from captured ships and other items put in will take some time still, but the holographic projectors are all installed. They still need some programming as well, but it's looking good. The back wall is carved into the rock slightly, while the slightly curved window looks out on the flat patch in front. Everything is built to match the rest of the lodge perfectly.

You decide to get some sleep before dealing with what are probably a list of calls from people while you've been away.

Five hours later your alarm clock is going off, once again using a randomly selected starship warning sound. Dammit you reset that just before your sister and her friends came over...
"Bekka, I'm going to punch you."

[ ] "Alarm off"
[ ] Get up and rest it now
[ ] Other

>>31785134
[x] Other: Did we set our lodge's security to use this starship warning sound?

[x] Get up, get armed

>>31785176
Good idea, let's be very careful until we made sure it's actually our alarm clock going off.

>>31785134
Oh jus-

>>31785176
I hate you for jingleing my paranoia.
[x] Get up, get armed, prepare for a fight.

Maybe it's a Neeran infiltrator! Maybe it's a bounty hunter! Maybe it's that hacker dude!

>>31785134
>[x] "Alarm off"

>>31785134
Do we sleep with the Plasma Pistol under our pillow?

Anyway, I'll support the general consensus of 'be paranoid.'

>>31785176
>Did we set our lodge's security to use this starship warning sound?
No, you didn't set anything to use this sound.

Sitting up you tell the alarm to turn off then get up to see what exactly it's all about.
>You are now armed with a pulse pistol.

>>31785403
>Do we sleep with the Plasma Pistol under our pillow?
No, because it doesn't have a stun option should it accidentally go off near your head. If you guys want to change this by all means.

>>31785229
>>31785257
Checking the house system console you see that it has been set to randomise all the sound codes. Id is tagged twice with them having been changed by someone else. Both coincide with times your sister was out here. Looks like you get to visit someone this week.

Also the main door was opened by an unauthorized user for several seconds about a minute ago.

>Your orders?

>>31785526
>>Your orders?
Suit up. We should have some armour around, right?

>>31785526
Defcon one! Defcon one!

A hostile has broken into our base of operation and we are woefully underarmed. Stealthily make for the armory and the the mass driver rifle. Full PTSD mode. Or if people are against that, at lest get another of the big guns.

>>31785526
>unauthorized user

That means it ISNT our sister, I take it.

And our front door doesn't just open without a lock being picked/hacked/smashed?

Can we call up into orbit and have someone contact the police and/or see if any marines could are available?

We have a communicator to contact the groundskeeper?

Can we lock down our house systems and move to the nearest source of BIGGER GUNS? Access security footage for intruder?

What time of day/night is it?

>>31785526
We scan with our robo-arm firstly, and see what we can pick up.

>>31785639
oh, and is the camo system we took to the Helios facility nearby?

If so, equip and activate. Someone gets to have a very bad day.

>>31785526
Why do I get the creeping sensation that this is a visit from one of the hacker's compatriots? Grab the camo system first, then a weapon. We need to stun whoever crept in because we need info, not a husk.

>sdirpl russia
fackin KGB dun it

>>31785601
>>31785633
Your Recon armor is locked up down in the armory attached to the garage. You do have both your dress uniform and armored jumpsuit in your room. It would probably take as long to reach the armory as it would to put either clothing item on.

>>31785639
>That means it ISNT our sister, I take it.
No.

>And our front door doesn't just open without a lock being picked/hacked/smashed?
No.

>Can we call up into orbit and have someone contact the police and/or see if any marines could are available?
You pull out your com and request a small fire team to your location ASAP.
"Copy that. 15 minutes out."

>We have a communicator to contact the groundskeeper?
He is unresponsive.

>Can we lock down our house systems and move to the nearest source of BIGGER GUNS? Access security footage for intruder?
You attempt to lock the remaining doors. IR and optics near the main door are blinded. ...and the system just crashed due to an EMP.

>What time of day/night is it?
0330

>>31785670
>We scan with our robo-arm firstly
You turn on your HUD back on to see the readings from the arm sensors.
There are several EM signatures within the lodge. Some are from the power cells of your Pistols and other weapons, others are from hand held coms. There is a small room sized jamming field located near Mr Amello's quarters, it is moving slowly towards the back stairwell.

>>31785713
>oh, and is the camo system we took to the Helios facility nearby?
It's with your plasma pistol.

You could try to reach your Recon Suit by sneaking down the front stairs, outside the lodge and into the armory via the garage side door.
Head for the back stairwell to ambush the intruders.
Throw on your body armor before dealing with the intruders.
Or you could barricade yourself within your room until backup arrives.

>Your orders?

>>31786091
Throw on body armor, then head to the back stairwell.

>>31786091
Where is our plasma pistol and camo system? In this room with us?

Is the EM signature heading toward our location? Or is there something else up/down that stairwell?

Where is our mass driver rifle at?

How quickly can we don our body armor?

>>31786091
Throw on the body armor, then find a nice bush to hide in.

>>31786091
It's not good to stay in a fixed position like this when they most likely know where we are. I'd say we head for the Recon Armor and our Plasma pistol right this instant when they may not yet be aware of us being up and about.

On another note. If we survive this may I suggest we make some minor improvements to the lodge? I was thinking we dig down two levels and make additional rooms down there with a reinforced door or something sturdy as well as sentry guns with their own power source down there.

>>31786181
You know I do find it strange that it is not on our night stand at the very lest. Sonia is so darn attached to the thing.

>>31786181
samefag here

Do we have any stun grenades with us?

AOE 'fuck you' to intruders, short of someone wearing power armor. And IIRC, stun effects do work against even marine armor, to a degree.

Set stun grenade to repeat until empty, drop when signature should be reaching stair well...

>>31786181
>Where is our plasma pistol and camo system?
Armory. Securely locked up.
>Is the EM signature heading toward our location? Or is there something else up/down that stairwell?
You are on the upper floor, the EM signature is on the lower floor. They are headed towards one of the 2 stairwells in the building. It is possible they might go past it and into the garage instead. It is equally likely they'll come upstairs.
You can not tell with 100% certainty that they are headed towards you. Your gut says otherwise.

>Where is our mass driver rifle at?
Locked up in the armory. Hidden behind a false panel in the rifle rack.

>How quickly can we don our body armor?
See:
>>31786091
>It would probably take as long to reach the armory as it would to put either clothing item on.
You could likely do so before anyone reaches the door to your room. Probably.

>>31786237
>Sonia is so darn attached to the thing.
You do make a good point. Do you want a safe for it installed in the bedroom? There is always a chance of Bekka (or guests) gaining access to rooms within the lodge.
No you can't retcon that you've already done so.

>>31786317
You have a set of unmarked stun grenades secured from the black market for use on missions while at home. They can not be traced back to you. They are hidden within the carrying case for your armor.

>>31786421
>*Unfortunately* They are hidden within the carrying case for your armor.

>>31786421
>set of stun grenades
>in our recon armor case
>in the armory

Well that is useless. Don our armor, then. By the time we put on our recon armor, our visitor is going to either bug out and escape into the forest or will have come down to find us.

>>31786421
Yes please mister. And I wouldn't want it retconed! This is an interesting challenge, Sonia all alone and only with a pistol. Kinda like that one time when we went to a ball and we meet a nice Royal Guard dude.

Also I am still for bailing from our room without any armor and just in our camouflaged underwear and the pistol.

>>31786522
Oh they are not escaping, no no no. If they want to mess with a war veteran in her prime then they'll get to play!

I wonder if it's a Terran black ops?

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For those of you who for any reason might be using Internet Explorer "antivirus firms and the U.S. government advise switching to alternate products." due to a flaw in the program which may or may not be related to the Heartbleed virus thing.

3 for getting dressed, 1 for running for it.

With little time to spare you throw on your armored jumpsuit and begin to follow it with the dress uniform. No reason not to get as much extra protection as possible.

The arm sensor shows the signal approaching the door and a second later someone tries to manually open it. Using sonar you can catch voices from the other side.

"Door's locked." One of the intruders whispers.
"EMP musta done it. No don't force it! Easy, you'd just wake someone up."
"Told you we shoulda bought grenades."
"Shut it."
There's a brief pause as they attempt to break the lock.
"Got it. Aright, on three."

>Where do you wish to position yourself? / Your orders?

>>31787519
Don't suppose we can jump out of that skylight?
If not cover behind the bed should do, it is larger than the sofa and should confuse them more as to our exact position behind it. But yeah, skylight is still my first option.

Anyways, should we remain inside we wait until they open the door and star moving into the room befor we rain down hell on them to get as many as we can and hopefully case them to retreat.

ETA of that fireteam?

>>31787519
Yeah, wouldn't want any non-US agency to have access to my computer...

>>Where do you wish to position yourself? / Your orders?
Leave through the window.

>>31787519
>For those of you who for any reason might be using Internet Explorer "antivirus firms and the U.S. government advise switching to alternate products." due to a flaw in the program which may or may not be related to the Heartbleed virus thing.
anyone still using IE probably won't notice the warnings.

>>31787519
Sounds like there's two of them.

I don't fancy our odds.
Out the window/skylight in that case, if we can reach it.

If not, let's hide in that cupboard on the south wall near the sofa.

Who the hell are these bastards anyway? Fucking ruining our time off.

>>31787519
Gun them down as they enter
>>31787687
>>31787684
>>31787932
Guys, its literally seconds if that from them entering.

>>31787519
Shoot them as they enter. the time for running for it has long past.

>>31787519
Seems like we need to shoot them We won't be able to get far enough fast enough.

>>31787945
Yeah, good point. We should hide behind the sofa and wait for them to enter before we start shooting.

>>31787684
>>31787687
I regret not mentioning the skylight earlier. It's up a few feet higher than a normal window and the drop is about 5 meters or 16.4 feet to the concrete pad outside the garage. I actually thought it was a much longer drop.

>>31787945
>Guys, its literally seconds if that from them entering.
This, unfortunately.

>>31787932
>If not, let's hide in that cupboard on the south wall near the sofa.

>>31787945
>>31788063
>>31788092
>>31788096
>We should hide behind the sofa and wait for them to enter before we start shooting.

Hide behind the sofa or in/behind the cupboard?

Roll 1d20

Rolled 1

>>31788131
>Hide behind the sofa or in/behind the cupboard?
Sofa.

Rolled 18

>>31788131
Sofa

Rolled 11

>>31788131
Behind the bed. It gives us a better covered run to the window if we gotta bolt compared to running in the complete open across the open door's firing zone by the sofa.

Rolled 13

>>31788131
Sofa

>>31788157
SHAMEFUR DISPRAY. SO MUCH SHAMEFUR.

>>31788131
And switch the gun to its stun setting, please. I'm interested to find out if somebody hired these guys.

>>31788157
>>31788199
>>31788310
Are we shooting to stun or kill?

>>31788423
I'm thinking kill. These guys scream deniable muscle to me.

>>31788423
Stun. If the gun is effective against targets using military grade armor on that setting, it should be enough to take these guys down.

>>31788423
Kill.

These guys seem professional, and are armed quite well. We can't afford to pull a half punch and let them get off a shot.

>>31788423
Stun because I want to interrogate some fools.

>>31788423
>[x] Stun
I would prefer to avoid killing stuff while Sonia's at home.

>>31788423
>[X] Stun

The door swings open, quitly but still relatively quickly. You get the distinct impression that these guys may have done this sort of thing before.

Your three shot burst knocks out the first of them to enter the room causing him to fall backwards. The second person catches him and pulls him back out the door and out of the way. Your subsequent shots are all absorbed by the first's limp body.

The barrel of a pistol sticks out around the door frame near the top of the door and fires off several shots striking the sofa. While you're taking cover your sonar picks up one of them moving across to take cover on the other side of the hallway.

You can smell smoke. Probably from where the sofa was hit.

"Give it up!" Shouts one of the people you heard whispering before.
"We have you surrounded." Adds another from slightly farther down the hall.

"Come out peaceably and all this'll require is a ransom not a body bag."

>What say?

>>31788955
"Counter-offer."

"Give up or I'll kill you all."

>>31788955
"Marine Strike team is less than five minutes out, with power armor. Throw down your weapons and surrender and I'll consider turning you over to the proper authorities. I don't give Neeran this chance."

>>31788955
Keep them talking for as long as possible. draw it out. How long has it been since the Marine team gets here?
>>31789053
>>31789082
string them along

>>31788955
You fuckers are out of your league! I've killed dozens of Neeran three times your size that shot monoblades and plasma!

Is it possible to shoot out the skylight and jump out of it? We need to even the playing field with a heavier weapon/camo cloak.

>>31788955
>What say?

"Yeah, right. As if I would believe that after somebody has been sending death threats to the other officers in my wing and me for the last two months. Just give me one good reason why I should believe you."

Maybe that will buy us some time. How long until our support gets here?

>grenades
Are those with our power armor, or with the armor we're wearing?

>>31788955
"Thanks for letting me know I can switch from stun to kill."

>>31789101
No.
>>31789124
Agreed

>>31789101
>>31789152
I think we should not antagonise these guys. The more time we buy, the better. If they get angry, they'll do stupid stuff. And even people doing stupid stuff are incredibly dangerous when they're armed, have the numerical advantage, and there's nowhere to retreat for you.

>>31789124
This has my support. Let's string them along till our marines get here.

>>31789305
True but if they found our bunker, broke in without triggering the alarm, and brought a minimum of three people to bag and grab us, they have to have done their homework on us.

Better to make them more apprehensive than hope that they monologue for another ten minutes when they already have superior numbers. If they're scared we have more leverage to make them want to bail since they've lost the element of surprise and we're presumably going to tell them hat a strikeforce is already inbound. Add on that the area is under surveillance so there is no use running even if they grab us.

Nothing but spec ops would run after hearing that because mercs gotta live to get paid.

>>31789529
>bunker
I think they haven't found it, tbh.

>>31789592
To expand on that, if we are in our bunker, then I think we should sue the guy who put in a skylight.

>>31789592
Apologies, thought I replaced that with lodge before I posted.

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>grenades
With your power armor.

>Marines. How long?
>How long until our support gets here?
They're ten minutes out.

"Yeah, right. As if I would believe that after somebody has been sending death threats to the other officers in my wing, and me for the last two months. Just give me one good reason why I should believe you."

Leaning out around the sofa at floor level you fire the second you see movement from the doorway. Pulling back you get ready to fire from a different location.

"Quit the tough act and throw down the gun. Some metal trinkets you paid someone to put on yer chest don't mean you can slug it out with the likes of us." Your sonar picks up him cursing; "Sledge, hurry and wake up already."

In an effort to string things along you keep trying to bluff them.
"Marine Strike team is less than five minutes out, with power armor. Throw down your weapons and surrender and I'll consider turning you over to the proper authorities. I don't give Neeran this chance."

"Well thanks for the warning." He then shouts to the other one. "Cover me!"

No one sticks their head or limbs out that you can see but more weapons fire does flash through the door. A dozen energy weapon pulses hit the blankets strewn around the end of your bed causing them to catch fire. The flames begin to spread at a frankly alarming rate.

"Activate fire suppression." Oh right, the computer was EMP'd. Shit, would that mean the water pumps are out too?

>Is it possible to shoot out the skylight and jump out of it?
Possible? Yes, but you'd be exposing yourself to weapons fire.

>Your orders?

>>31789975
>>Your orders?
Shove sofa towards bed, hurl blankets at the door. Hope they'll be busy with the flames, escape through skylight.

What kind of weapons are they using, btw. And how many hits can our armour take from them?

>>31789975

Are we still getting reliable sensor hits from BOTH? Can we ping the room for someone with active camo?

>>31789975
Continue to return fire. We're in an armored jumpsuit rated for space work, so who gives a fuck about a fabric fire? Our jumpsuit is undoubtedly rated for far higher temperatures than that and we are breathing a separate air supply so all the smoke will do is make it harder to see. keep them pinned down until the smoke obscures their vision, then leave through the window.

>>31789975
How resistant is the wall to military grade weapons fire.

>>31789975
PICK UP THE BED
AND USE IT AS A SHIELD
Just to cover whatever the anons vote to do.

Rolled 3

>>31790050
>What kind of weapons are they using, btw.
Pulse pistols it looks like.
>And how many hits can our armour take from them?
The jumpsuit will ablate to stop 1 direct hit at the point of impact if set on kill. Your dress uniform shirt will help.
If set on stun you'll get a hefty jolt from 1 shot but it shouldn't be able to knock you out. Additional hits would be increasingly problematic without time to recover.

>>31790077
You're getting one from the guy that was shooting last and a contact where that EM field is still coming from.

>>31790138
It's rated for vacuum but does not have a full temperature control system like a suit of Marines armor would.
>and we are breathing a separate air supply
About that. You're on the planet's surface and not in space so...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HG_Hx-0ulQ#t=10s

>>31790243
>How resistant is the wall to military grade weapons fire.
You might be able to shoot a hole through it large enough for you in a minute or so provided you don't run out of ammo. Lets see how many extra power cells you've got!

>>31790050
>Shove sofa towards bed, hurl blankets at the door. Hope they'll be busy with the flames, escape through skylight.
>>31790247
>PICK UP THE BED
>AND USE IT AS A SHIELD

Use the superior strength of your replacement arm to throw the bed at the doorway?

>>31790460
>Use the superior strength of your replacement arm to throw the bed at the doorway?

YES, PLEASE!

>>31790460
HELL YEAH!

ROBO ARM ALL THE WAY!

>>31790460
>Throw bed

Hell yeah.

>>31790516
>>31790653
>>31790662
Roll 2d100

Rolled 89, 45 = 134

>>31790717
Rollin thunder

>>31790717

Rolled 61

>>31790717
>Roll 2d100

1

Rolled 92, 8 = 100

>>31790762

Rolled 88, 26 = 114

>>31790717

Bonus points if we crush one

Rolled 77

>>31790778
2

>>31790759
>>31790778
>>31790790
>>31790803

>92, 77

Sonia is brilliant when it comes to throwing furniture, and pretty good when it comes to escaping through windows. At least that's how I'd interpret these rolls.

You know I was thinking...that one person recomended guard post locations for our property.

After this I think it is the perfect time to look into that. I want guards at our property 24/7, our special safe installed, and we might also want to look into getting bodyguards to protect our family as well.

>>31790953
Every hallway must have ceiling mounted sentry turrets with military grade EMP shielding.

This is non-negotiable.

>>31790991
And when that turret is knocked out or fails to respond, it triggers a mechanical stun grenade trap at the most likely point of ingress used to knock it out.

>>31790953
I think RSS should definitely expand into providing security services by creating a subsidiary company.

The incident outside our Social Club and now this break-in, I'm actually worried. Not only do we need a more permanent security force here at our lodge and for our family, but I think that we need better protection at all of our properties, clubhouses and RSS assets as well.

>>31790953
Also, ballistic windows all around the lodge to prevent enemy tact insertions (with analog explosive bolts to dislodge our bedroom window), and some type of collapsing shielded ballistic gun mount facing our bedroom door.

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>>31790991
What could go wrong?

>>31791058
That is a pretty great idea and people thought it was crazy before but I advocate that we have a small shield Generator installed at our house.

HOUSE RIGGED WITH LIVE GRENADES AND SAWN-OFF SHOTGUNS

PANIC MODE WITH DURASTEEL SLIDING WINDOW SHUTTERS AND TITANIUM REINFORCED FOUNDATIONS

PREMIUM SECURITY.

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Switching the pistol to your left hand is no problem as is putting down a steady stream of covering fire through the doorway. You're a bit more nervous about unbalancing or exposing yourself to return fire by dragging the sofa along with you. Once close enough you let go and rush past the flames that now engulf the lower half of the bed. Face burning from the heat, lungs and eyes rebelling from the smoke it's all too easy to get back down to floor level.

Next up you disengage the safety limiters on your right arm, grab hold of the far end of frame and lift, hurling the bed towards the doorway as hard as you possibly can. The frame breaks from the hit scattering flames everywhere.

Next up, escape. The window was beginning to warp stuck from the heat. Six full power pistol shots followed by a cybernetic fist prove enough to break the shatter resistant glass. Glancing over your shoulder confirms that the doorway is still blocked and the fire showing no signs of stopping so you get to work knocking away the glass shards.

Climbing through the opening is a bit awkward but you get through and are faced with hanging down from the sloped roof. Glancing around there's no sign of anyone else around save for an aerocar partially obscured by a tree.
"This is going to hurt."
Letting go you slide down the slope of the roof, partially catching and tearing out the eavestrough on the way down and hit hard on the concrete pad. Rolling to the side with the impact is partially successful but it still hurts. A couple of bones might have been broken were it not for that upgrade.

Resetting the arm safeties and putting the pistol back into stun you limp into the garage, manually unlocking the door on the way.

What is your top priority?
[ ] Recon armor
[ ] Plasma pistol
[ ] Camo
[ ] Other

>>31791679
Recon armor.

Shooting through three walls, a car, and a rock is great with a plasma pistol, but most of all, not being seen by some average goons means we won't be shot.

>>31791679
>[ ] Recon armor

>>31791679
how long does the recon armor take to put on?

>>31791679
>[x] Recon armor

Eta on our marines?

>>31791769
About a minute.

>>31791771
>Eta on our marines?
Five minutes, they're now entering the upper atmosphere.

>>31791847
>About a minute.

In that case, make sure to lock the door behind us.

>>31791679
[x] Phase Rifle
[x] Camo

Recon armor likely takes TIME to get on, and if we could grab the rifle and camo quickly, we'll be able to conduct an ambush.

Stun grenade should be a third priority, since our arm sensor will allow us to throw it when they're out of LOS

Recon Armor is a trap choice, unless we jump in that shit in seconds.

>>31791679
[X] Recon armor
[X] Plasma pistol
[X] HF blade

Hello weapons my old friends...i'm come to use you yet again...on some people I caught sneaking...trying to capture me while I was sleeping.

>>31791679
Camo. We're already armored enough and the camo takes seconds to activate. Stun grenades as well.

This entire episode is going to up our PTSD and paranoia by like 100%. We can't even be safe in our own relatively secret lodge - on our property - on the dam House Homeworld?!

>>31792162
That we posted no guards on and no defenses other than a single groundskeeper and an armory. Those cannabis growers may have even been payed to snoop on the property for ingress routes on the sly.

Its frankly surprising this didn't happen on our last trip back here with that big juicy bounty on us.

>>31791847
>Five minutes, they're now entering the upper atmosphere.

Contact our marines, tell them what has happened so far, and ask them to set their rifles to stun.

These guys are no threat to anybody.

Majority vote for armor.

>>31791874
Better to lock the door.

With the power and systems overloaded there's one way to be sure to buy time. A trio of pistol shots heats up the metal door frame enough that it should be hard to open, this buys you plenty of time to get the crate open and suit up.

It seems like a short minute but you're soon suited up and armed. Camo active. Pulse pistol, extra ammo and stun grenades.

Good enough.

A swipe with the HF blade cuts through the damaged sections of the door and you're let loose.
Marine ETA: around 4 minutes give or take.
>>31792319
Update sent.


The intruders were upstairs when you threw the bed at the doorway and you saw where their car was parked outside. There is the slight problem of the house being on fire, suppression systems being offline and you still don't know the status of Mr Amello.

>Your orders?

>>31792354
>you still don't know the status of Mr Amello.

Damn, we need to find him. See if our scanners can find something. Where does he usually sleep?

Also, if we come across the hovercar, and we can make sure nobody's in it, blast that thing with our plasma pistol.

>>31792354
Utter a quick prayer of thanks for Gieco's homeowners insurance. You know the talking Gecko will come through for you.

>>31792354
We should probably call the fire brigade.

>>31792354
>Car

Is it still there?

If so, we break it.

If they're making a break in the car, send heading to marines. They should be able to identify the likely route out. (or we'd know)

We head for Mr Amello after checking/damaging the car.

>>31792502
Seconding breaking the AeroCar.

Can't let these fuckers escape.

Then we hunt them down.

Should probably call for the fire brigade too.

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>>31792434
>Where does he usually sleep?
His quarters are closer to the trophy room.

>See if our scanners can find something.
There are what could be life signs coming from that part of the House.
The EM field you detected surrounding one of the intruders is outside the building and moving away.

>>31792473
>>31792603
>call the fire brigade.
You send a message to the emergency services.
"This is Knight Sonia Reynard, I need a VTOL capable fire suppression team at the following coordinates as soon as possible."

>>31792434
>blast that thing with our plasma pistol.
Unavailable, still locked up.

So car first then Amello?

>>31792978
yup.

>>31792978
>So car first then Amello?
Nope, Amello first, then car. A military shuttle should easily be enough to chase the car down if these guys try to escale, while we can probably not do much about a charred Mr Amello.

>>31792978
Are aerocars resistant to being repeatedly shot by phase pistols and/or stun grenades?

How far away is that car, running in power armor? Could we reasonably disable it using the kill-mode phase pistol?

And Mr Amello is on the first floor of the building, correct?

>>31792978
Shoot the car to pieces.

If these guys are here to steal something like an identification chip, letting them get to the car would let them drop off anything they take.

Send the marines after the car. Anything that can make it out of atmosphere can chase an aerocar.

We're power armored with a possibly wounded ally inside a burning, smoke filled house.

Priorities people.

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>>31793114
>Are aerocars resistant to being repeatedly shot by phase pistols
Somewhat, or the explosive bits like the engine are. The engines themselves are taken from starfighters.
>and/or stun grenades?
I'm not sure how effective a stun grenade would be against one really. It might screw with their repulsors a bit for a second or two.

>How far away is that car, running in power armor?
30-40 seconds at your current capability.
>Could we reasonably disable it using the kill-mode phase pistol?
It would take multiple shots to the engine to be certain and only the aft part of the car is exposed. From your current location you'd need to shoot through some of the body to get a reasonable hit on the engine.

>And Mr Amello is on the first floor of the building, correct?
Yes.

>>31793435

30-40 seconds and what? 30-40 more to drive our HF into important bits?

Barring a trail of gasoline or some other accelerant, the fire shouldn't be able to spread too quickly down.

Take out the car, stun grenade our FRIENDS if we end up intercepting them.

Laugh like a crazy woman if we end up tossing a stun grenade into their aerocar as they attempt to load their stunned buddy.

>>31793435
Is the shuttle the marines are being transported on armed? If it has anything it ought to be able to disable a standard aerocar.

If not put enough fire into the engine to disable it then send the coordinates to the marines and go search for Mr. Amello.

>>31793576
>30-40 seconds and what?
To reach the vehicle. By that point you could take the more direct route of cutting the control systems out of the cabin with your HF-blade in between 10 and 30 seconds.

Currently:
1-2 votes intercept car/intruders
1-2 votes shoot car
2 votes send marines/help Amello first


You rush into the house and to Amello's quarters. It looks like they stunned him while he was attempting to get his rifle loaded. He's alive though smoke is pooling in the open space up above the main hall and the fire is spreading out from your bedroom.

Hefting the older man as carefully as you can with your suit, you head back into the garage, close the door behind you and set him down near the first aid station. He should be fine for a moment.

Running outside you see the edge of the hatch on the aerocar opening. By the time you've made it across the clearing in front of the lodge the vehicle powers up and lifts off.

"Fucker!" You fire off your phase pistol into it's aft end but only hit it twice thanks to the tree covering it once the craft begins to move. Staying low it heads down into the stream valleys nearby.
"Reynard to marines, assailants just took off in an aerocar, headed west-northwest."
"Copy that sir. We're still decelerating but should be able to attempt intercept soon."

>>31793768
>Is the shuttle the marines are being transported on armed?
Yes. Their pulse lasers should be low powered enough to disable the vehicle without destroying it.

Roll 2d100 for pursuit and fire fighting.

Rolled 96, 20 = 116

>>31794132
Fuckers

Rolled 46

>>31794132
>Roll 2d100 for pursuit and fire fighting.

1

Rolled 20

>>31794190
2

Rolled 51, 9 = 60

>>31794132

>96, 20

Welp, there goes our lodge.

>96, 20

Can we keep these guys in a torture chamber because I think they just burnt down our fucking house.

Looks like we shot it down for sure!

With no survivors.

>Lodge burn

Please tell me we didn't lose any important stuff.

>>31794253
Olympus has Fallen style interrogation?

"Ok, I'm going to interrogate you."

[kill one of them purposely]

"Guess I'm a bit rusty."

>>31794499

Considering how much we spent on the place, I'd expect the walls to be treated with future chemicals to make them less flamable, the safes to be flame resistant, and the door to the bunker should be closed anyway.

It's probably still going to be a lot of property damage, but at some points the pipes for the sprinkler system will burst from the heat, and that should at least give the fire brigade some additional time to arrive.

With the power armor, we should also be able to secure more than a few items, maybe even try to reboot the computer system.

"Good news sir, we got them!"
"Dead or alive?"
"Alive. We used the recovery tractor beams to snag them once they get into the open. They were trying to pass themselves off as a normal ground level repulsor car."

"Good work, now get back here ASAP my lodge is on fire and I can't get an ETA on the fire crews."

It turns out that the understaffing problem the emergency services in the region are suffering isn't limited to police. It takes time for the volunteer fire department to mobilise and get out to the area. Meanwhile you make sure Amello is looked after with the medkit properly before grabbing a hand extinguisher.

Oh shit. The Fire spread through the open room a bit faster than you expected it would. The trophy room is easy to lock down and isolate but everything else not in the bunker is going to be a problem.

One of the Marine technicians rush inside in full armor once they land to try and help you get the extinguishers working but it looks like the power feeds to all the water pumps were screwed over by the little EMP. The open kitchen area has a chemical extinguisher system present which you're able to manually trigger. Soon most of the lower level is covered in white powder helping to contain the damage.

Fire crews do eventually arrive and put out the remainder by which point you've evacuated outside.

Damage estimates are heavy. While the structure is still stable enough that it did not collapse much of the wood sections did take heat or fire damage. The roof and upper level will need to be replaced entirely.

How do you plan to interrogate your prisoners? Do you wish to formally charge them or deal with them off the record?
Keep in mind that the Marines who responded are all loyal to you.

>>31794829
Separate all of them. Each interrogated and their stories cross checked. Use prisoner's delema tactics.

>>31794829
Firstly we put them in the bunker, tied up and strapped to chairs.

Then we start shouting at them, asking who sent them. Of course, they're just petty criminals, but this will just scare them shitless.

Then after that, we make them play Russian roulette with that Colt Single Action Army Revolver we found last thread.

>>31794829
Do any of the marines know any good torture techniques?
Also, drug them with tranquilisers/drugs to keep them confused and in a dreamy state.

>>31794829

Deal with them off the record.

Secure their weapons and gear for later use...

Ask them nicely to tell us who planned this, where to find them, and where they were supposed to take us.

While we're at it, we can probably get some fun information out of them like where they stash money, weapons and gear... safe houses to turn over to House Intel, and maybe one of them will have a boss we can pay a visit to in Recon Armor.

>>31794993
oh, and when they don't answer our polite questions...

we heat a knife and see how they like the feeling of it being tapped against their flesh.

Shouldn't take more than one application to get information.

Oh, and we should ensure that their deaths send a message.

>>31795127
If we want to get painful with knives, we could get one of those Neeran monofilament blades and just sort of stab them in non critical locations snd leave the blade in there to dissolve in their bloodstream.

>>31795333
nah. We want to assault multiple senses. Pain for one, but they all smell burning flesh and hear his screams as an invisible assailant asks them questions.

Three idiots don't do this alone. They've got a boss and people that protect them, and we're not letting our little sister or brother be the next target.

>>31794829
>Do you wish to formally charge them or deal with them off the record?

Let's do this by the book.

If people want to do the interrogation thing, >>31794905
has my vote.

Also, letting /tg/ do torture suggestions is the only thing than letting /tg/ play out lesbian sex. I would recommend staying clear of it. Most of the posts above should give you the idea.

>>31795588

... the only thing creepier than...

>>31795127
>>31795416

samefag

We could also go the Punisher movie route, hang them all upside down, blindfolded, and talk about how we found out that fusion weapon burns feel cold instead of hot due to the nerves cooking, all the while playing with a welding torch. Talk about how you really only hear and smell the burning flesh...

and then we roast a steak and stick one of them with a frozen Popsicle stick in the back.

Of course, we'd have to kill them still for the message bit, but its more in-character with Sonia, I guess.

Despite a through search of the area using the shuttle only two intruders are found and evidence recovered from their vehicle shows that only two of them arrived at the property. The one you stunned was carrying a gauntlet with a

>>31794937
>make them play Russian roulette with that Colt Single Action Army Revolver
Which was in South Reach. Though it you had wanted it shipped here the whole time it could arrive in another week I suppose.

>>31795588
>>31795655
I am painfully aware of where this has the potential to go.

>>31794991
>Do any of the marines know any good torture techniques?
"That depends on what you're after sir. Are you doing it for the information or for... yourself?"

>>31795763
>"That depends on what you're after sir. Are you doing it for the information or for... yourself?"
Maaaaaaaybeeeeeee, I just want to know whose idea this was so they on the chance they are let go because they have friends, or friend that kill them for failing a kidnapping and we are out a lead. ALSO, can we we should see how far we can we can stretch out the attacking an officer during war time and threatening them with immediate execution.

>>31795763
>[x] information

Sonia wouldn't torture people at the front either. Let's not go out of our way to earn those PTSD points. Think of what Mom would say if she found out.
>Mom_disapproves.jpg

By the way, considering they've attacked a knight on her land, are they under Sonia's jurisdiction if she insists on it?

>>31795763
Information.

Everything from who they are,who they work, where they were going to go after this.

Every piece of relevant information.
After we have everything we need...it looks like a terrible accident happened to them and they didn't survive the fire.

>>31796041
MEH that means we have to clean them out of our house, we can probably shoot them out here and claim self defense and the local PD probably won't do anything. but if they had an EMP field generator thing, they may want to interrogate them and see if they are connected to any other unsolved cases

>>31796111
True, well hopefully the "interrogation" can help shed light on such a thing.

Before we do anything drastic to these guys, we should find out who they are.

>>31795964
>By the way, considering they've attacked a knight on her land, are they under Sonia's jurisdiction if she insists on it?
If it was in the process of their attack or violently resisting capture you could have easily done so. Though you still would have had to fill out plenty of reports. As they surrendered (when their vehicle was lock onto but still) and were thus captured they would have to be tried and sentenced. Given that they'll likely be charged with attempted murder you could ask for the judge to give them the death penalty or even to have them implanted with slave chips. Otherwise they'll spend many decades imprisoned.

>>31796111
>but if they had an EMP field generator thing, [the local PD] may want to interrogate them and see if they are connected to any other unsolved cases

Something you may wish to consider before doing this
>>31794993
>Secure their weapons and gear for later use...


>>31795763
>The one you stunned was carrying a gauntlet with a
built in hacking device and portable ECM scrambler. Going by the name of Sledge he seems to be the brains of the operation such as it is. If that's the case his partner nicknamed "Slag" is closer to being the brawn, though most mercs you know could probably drop him unarmed. Then again appearances can be deceiving.

At the very least separating them is a good first step. Having that lower level to the bunker is handy.
You start with the seemingly more talkative of the two from before. The Marines have ID'd him as one Mikha'el Ruzsa. Juvenile arrest records show him written up for minor drug trafficking.

"Who sent you?"
Looking around the thug tries to find hidden com systems where your voice could be coming from. Turning off your camo you ask him again.

"Oh shit! Look we didn't do nothing to get any spec ops' panties in a bunch I swear!"
"And yet you broke into my house and burned it to the ground."

"Oh, we are so screwed."

You ask a third time.

"T-this guy. A guy we know. He buys stuff from us, most of the time. Said if we couldn't make the shipment we needed to make amends. Big ones. But he'd pay out serious money for a change."
"How much?"
"Six figure."
"Who planned this, what's his name?"
"We don't know, just like he doesn't know our names. Or didn't until the other day."
"What changed?"
"You probably? Somebody called in a removal crew and torched our grow op. The cops busted four of our guys."

Funny. It's a good thing you didn't take Bekka and her friends out there.

"Where were you supposed to take me once I'd been caught?"
"Up to one of the automated storage depots up north. Put the rich bitch in a container -the other guy's words not mine!- drive out to particular drop box, pick up the day's disposable com number and call in what container we put you in. Two days later we're to get our pay just like usual, just more of it."
"Is there a time you normally make your phone call?"

"10 AM usually."
It's currently 0900 hours.

>Keep asking questions or do something else?
I'll write out answers to a few more of the questions to the guy in the morning.

>>31797065
What about the third guy?

>>31797065
Can we make it to "Drop-box" in time? I think it's time to find the man behind all of this. If these three help us we just might lean toward something that isn't the death sentence.

>>31797230
A good question.

>>31797065
Rich bitch? Oh hell naw.

>>31797230
Well he was in the building when it started burning. Maybe he is a bit crispy right about now?

Anyways once we've drained them of anything useful my vote is to give them over to the House and demand their execution. And attack on us is an attack on the House itself, unacceptable in my book. As for the drop box, don't suppose we could call in more Marines and go there to bust some skulls? No one calls Sonia bitch.

Annnnd that it's for me for the rest of this thread, now I'm going camping.

>>31797065
Get enough of a voiceprint of "Slag" that we can make a communicator so that we can go to the drop site and impersonate the thugs and grab the next fish up in the crime pond. Bring the Marines as well as the Recon armor and the plasma pistol.

probably ought to give the police a heads up at least as well before we go galivanting around on a counter-op in their back yard.

Its Sonia clobberin time!

>>31798501
If questioned about the muscle doing the talking, explain that "Sledge caught a stun round to the throat and is no place to be talking right now.

>blytoa how
yes captcha keep it up

Bump.

>>31797065

Who decided to grow on our land?

Who runs the grow op, and are there any more people related to it?

How far are you willing to cooperate to ensure you actually get arrested by an authority you didn't just attempt to kill or kidnap?

>>31797034
>"Oh, we are so screwed."
"Yeah, shame you picked a target that actually earned those metal trinkets."

>give them over to the House and demand their execution.
Well, it's not like they actually did kill Sonia, or the groundskeeper, plus they fully cooperated. I say just hand them over nonchalantly, as if catching would-be kidnappers is routine for us and recommend burglary/arson charges. After all, they did set fire to our house. Personally, I'm fine with whatever sentence the House passes.

Sonia gets shot at for a living, I'm not going to sweat a kidnapping attempt.

>Well he was in the building when it started burning. Maybe he is a bit crispy right about now?

I don't think so, otherwise our sensors should have picked up his signature when we went in to get Mr Amello.

>>31797065
>Keep asking questions or do something else?
Ask how far away these storage depots are from our current location.

>>31797065
Did they actually know who they were trying to kidnap or

>>31800863
>Well, it's not like they actually did kill Sonia, or the groundskeeper, plus they fully cooperated.

If people feel like we need to get back at them, how about we have our marines take them somewhere in the woods, hand them a pair of shovels, and tell them to start digging.

We let them stage a mock execution and then hand these guys off to the proper authorities. Although we might want to call our lawyers before actually doing that.

>>31800863
>>31800927

At the very least, we should be having these two idiots turned over to House Intel and thrown at a suicide mission with slave chips.

If acted upon quickly enough, these two could allow Sonia or Intel to catch a bigger fish.

>>31800974
>If acted upon quickly enough, these two could allow Sonia or Intel to catch a bigger fish.
Right, we should book it out to the drop box if we can make the call in time. That way, we can set up a container full of marines to catch whomever set up this amateurish shitshow.

We've already got all the useful information we could possibly need out of these guys, and there's no reason to be completely vindictive. They're just sloppy incompetent mercs who were looking for a big payday.

Now, if they had done anything to Sonia's family, I'd advocate going full Punisher on them.

>>31801013
They aren't even mercs. They're drug growers playing at kidnapping.

When your target is too hard, you find weaker positions to strike to weaken the target enough to strike. Sonia should know this, and that the weaker positions for kidnapping are her brother, sister and mother.

We should ensure that these two idiots are made example of, and that we do the same to the next group as well, so people say 'fuck that' when it comes to touching anyone in our family.

>>31801053
>so people say 'fuck that' when it comes to touching anyone in our family.
Honestly, being ruthless and bloodthirsty isn't going to be an incentive not to mess with Sonia. If anything, it'd encourage revenge hits. An ounce of mercy goes a long way. How about we recommend the burglary/arson charges, let the mercs know we recommended such charges, and suggest what'll happen to them the next time they try to mess with a Reynard?

Best way to secure the family, though, would be to move them out of their apartment and onto a secure estate protected by men-at-arms. We ARE technically nobility now. That's how they live, and they live that way for a reason.

>>31797311
>Can we make it to "Drop-box" in time?
Just barely. You have the marines prep the shuttle for quick dust off.

>Get enough of a voiceprint of "Slag" that we can make a communicator so that we can go to the drop site and impersonate the thugs and grab the next fish up in the crime pond.
One of the Marine technicians downloads a program for this and begins setting it up.

"Did you actually know who you were trying to kidnap?"
"We were told that it was some rich noble that had gone off to war, that's why we set up the grow op there, nobody was around. Kidnapping was just supposed to be a quick snatch and grab. Disable the building systems and take everyone by surprise and we get a good sized ransom from the family. Nobody said anything about no special ops!"

"Who decided to grow on my land?"
"One of the other guys that got arrested. He said that since he had a medical condition we could only be brought up on minor charges."

You ask for some fun information next like where they stash money, weapons and gear, safe houses, maybe even their boss if they have one other than their contact.

"I'm not telling you where our money is!"
You draw your HF blade.
"By which I mean I wouldn't mind knowing if we could work out some kinda ekwable trade?"
"You mean equitable."
"That's what I said."

"What about the third guy? If he was still in the House he might be a bit crispy right about now, what with it burned down and everything."
"Oh man."
"Yeah, shame you picked a target that actually earned those metal trinkets. So where is he?"

"You want really want him? Fine." He looks off to the side towards one corner of the bunker.

"Over here." Whispers a voice a half dozen meters to your left.

>Your orders?

>>31801429

Is this a 'wounded' whisper?

if not, Sensor burst, activate camo, capture

>>31801429
I guess the other players won't agree, but I do feel kinda sorry for these guys. They somewhat remind me of Mike, just that things didn't go as well for them at some point as they did for him.

They're young, poor, and seemingly not too bright. An unfortunate combination.

I would suggest we see if the cloaked guy needs medical attention, and then suggest a deal that ends with them serving a moderate sentence and being banned from the house worlds afterwards. Maybe a new identity too if the people we're going after prove to be influental.

Of course, they'll have to convince Mr Amello that they deserve leniency, too.

>>31801429
Stun pistol.

You burnt down my lodge you apes!

>>31801579
showing mercy to a bunch of idiots that attempted to kidnap a Knight Captain of the House is going to get us into shit with every noble in the House.

The moment you even let the idea slip into the minds of the masses that they can attempt to kidnap and ransom and not be punished severely for it, the more people are going to attempt it.

Unless the House has a policy of appearing weak in how it handles attempted assassinations/kidnappings of nobles, mercy for these guys is inexcusable.

>>31801646
>Unless the House has a policy of appearing weak
People who are afraid of appearing weak are normally weak. Whatever happened to Sonia's nerve of steel? Because they're a bunch of incompetent idiots is exactly why we should show mercy. Their word of mouth on how "nobody should mess with Knight Captain Reynard" will achieve what you're looking to accomplish, without causing Sonia to look like a bloodthirsty lunatic.

Plus, burglary and arson of a nobles estate isn't exactly going to carry a light sentence in the first place. Remember, we're upper class. I'd be willing to guess that they'll face several years of hard labor, or worse, just for those two charges.

>>31801474
>>31801633
You quickly ping the room with your arm sensor at full power then activate your camo, changing locations the moment you're no longer visible. Weapon at the ready you put your back up against one of the walls while keeping an eye out.
"All Marines, possible Holo camo user on the premises. Stand by with stun grenade-"

"Hahaha!" laughts Ruzsa. "Made you go invisible you're so scared! I can't believe you fell for tha even with your fancy suit on."

Doing a playback of the sensor and sonar recordings you attempt to trace the sound waves for the voice you heard. They were reflected off the wall it looks like, the source should be right where the tied up thug is sitting.

>What say?

>>31801749
>What say?

"Are you completely retarded? You're tied up in somebody's basement after burning down their house, shooting at them, injuring one of their employees, and trying to kidnap them and you're joking around? "

>>31801749
>>What say?
You broke into my house, stunned my groundskeeper, shot up my bedroom, and now you're trying to play pranks on me? Are you TRYING to get shoved out an airlock? At this point, I'd be willing to fly you up into orbit just you can see what the stars look like without a helmet. You're lucky you tried to pull this stunt on me now, and not immediately after returning from the front. Maybe next time I head out to fight the Neeran, I'll strap you to my hull as a warning for the other idiots out there.

>>31801749

Does he still have his gauntlet on?

"Fear and caution are not the same. If you'd known the difference, perhaps you wouldn't be in the position you're in."

Strip him of his gear and clothes, gag and bind him, and do the same with his friend. And ensure they're not partially mechanical like we are with our sensors.

Let's go visit that little drop location, and possibly call in someone to evac our groundsman to get a full medical checkup. Possibly while another group of marines secures the area?

>>31801749
So what will it be? The airlock or the firing squad?

>>31801819
>>31801882
>>31801899
>>31801913
"Hey, you asked me where the third guy was. If I'd just told ya would you really have believed me?"

>>31801899
>Does he still have his gauntlet on?
The other guy had it and he is not currently wearing it. One of the marines is trying to see what data they can get off of it.

>>31801899
>Let's go visit that little drop location, and possibly call in someone to evac our groundsman to get a full medical checkup. Possibly while another group of marines secures the area?
Everyone okay with this? Any additional orders before setting out?

>>31802014
>"Hey, you asked me where the third guy was. If I'd just told ya would you really have believed me?"

"Sure. In your position I'd try to make the person who I'm talking to like me as much as possible."

>Everyone okay with this? Any additional orders before setting out?

We should probably ask if the last guy had any kind of communication device on him. It would be pretty useless to prepare a trap if he's already called his friends and told them the kidnapping went sour.

The marines secured their communication devices once captured.
"Have they made any calls?" You ask after heading back upstairs.

"There's one tagged around midnight local time then it looks like they turns their coms off."
"Probably so that it wouldn't make extra noise and wake someone up." Points out one of the others.

Climbing aboard the shuttle with a five man squad you tell the others to call in more support to watch the area. A minute later the shuttle is goes sub-orbital to get enough speed to make the target in time.
"Is that voice program ready?"
"Yes sir. It should pass cursory inspection."
"Good job." Hopefully it works properly.

A few more minutes is enough time to descend through the thicker layers of atmosphere and decelerate enough to come in for a landing without setting everything nearby on fire.

"Is that it?" Asks the pilot, uploading an image of a mailbox just on the edges of a small town.

"Should be it."

Hopping out it's a simple matter to look up which one is used by the two would be kidnappers. A few keys also taken from them eventually prove to be a match and opens one of the boxes. Inside is a scrap of paper with the a number etched into it.

"Com number secure."

It's coming up to 1000 hours shortly.
With the voice modulation program in place what do you plan to say?

>>31802788
"Rich-tits is in the drop location. It went even easier than expected, got her when she was asleep in bed."

>>31802788

They were supposed to put us into an auto storage depot, correct?

Do we know how those work, generally? Can we rent one using one of their captured communicators and a prepaid card they may have had on them, or just one someone with us might have?

If not, use the contact # the Intel guy gave us, explain the situation and tell him we need a container at the facility rented five minutes ago and the info for someone to access it.

Then simply say the container number and where its at and listen for the response.

>>31802902
seconding, ALSO have the arm sensors check for out going wireless signals at the drop site that aren't ours, we are looking for outgoing sensor feeds that would prove there is a kidnapee there.

Sorry for the delay. Slight emergency but it's fixed now.


>>31803080
>They were supposed to put us into an auto storage depot, correct?
Yes.
>Do we know how those work, generally?
Yes. They're similar to modern storage units you can rent except they tend to be much larger facilities stacking hundreds of container blocks, though not always. Often sections of them will be underground to reduce their visible footprint.

>Can we rent one using one of their captured communicators and a prepaid card they may have had on them, or just one someone with us might have?
You certainly can.
>If not, use the contact # the Intel guy gave us, explain the situation and tell him we need a container at the facility rented five minutes ago and the info for someone to access it.
This is also an option.

>>31802902
>>31803176
Noted.
>ALSO have the arm sensors check for out going wireless signals at the drop site that aren't ours, we are looking for outgoing sensor feeds that would prove there is a kidnapee there.
You'll scan your current location and the immediate surrounding area.

[ ] Rent one with the intruder's ID's
[ ] Contact intel for similar arrangement (There may be a delay as they'll have to scramble with such short notice.)

>>31803726
>[ ] Rent one with the intruder's ID's

>>31803726
[X] Rent one with the intruder's ID's

>>31803726
[X] Rent

Also let Intelligence know what we're up to.

There are also long term storage depots that offer to use stasis containment which you saw your father make use of on occasion when you were younger.

Using the com and some cash cards from the other two you rent out one of the containers, making sure you have the number.
After that you quickly send off your data to intel, including letting them know what number you're about to call.

1000 hours rolls around and you place the call.
"Rich-tits is in the drop location. It went even easier than expected, got her when she was asleep in bed."
"Even Nobles require sleep. Where is Sledge?" Asks the mystery contact.

"Sledge caught a stun round to the throat and is no place to be talking right now. Here's the number." you string off the auto depot container number you were given.

"Your payment will be at the next depot over once I've confirmed delivery."

Your arm is able to easily detect where the signal from the com is directed. To a nearby wireless tower. There are two other active signals from this side of the town connected to the same tower. However, the call could be routed anywhere on the planet from that tower and you lack the ability to trace it beyond there.

Intel might now that you've let them know what's going on.

Do you want to attempt to stall the person on the other end of the line so they can trace it more easily, or hang up?

[ ] Stall (What say?)
[ ] Hang up as planned

>>31804357
>[ ] Stall (What say?)
"This better be worth the pay. Sledge gonna be mighty pissed when he wakes up. Good thing she didn't have that pistol it set to kill."

>>31804357
So what's the plan? Seal a someone with armor in the container with equipment to reach out once there? Stealthily follow the container, attack as soon as delivery is confirmed?

"This better be worth the pay. Sledge gonna be mighty pissed when he wakes up. Good thing she didn't have that pistol it set to kill."

"It will pay enough to get your friends out of prison a year sooner. Just keep up your end and stay out of trouble."
The person on the other end hangs up after that.

Calling up your intel contact you ask if they were able to trace the call you just made.

"They're in one of the cities. We almost had it to within 100m before the signal died. They most likely destroyed the com."

>>31804586
>So what's the plan? Seal a someone with armor in the container with equipment to reach out once there? Stealthily follow the container, attack as soon as delivery is confirmed?
"That's up to you captain. You have physical assets nearby, it will take me an hour or more to get anyone to the area."

>What are your plans regarding the container?

>>31804357
[x] "We're level after you pay, right?"
[x] Hang up after response, unless we need to respond again

>>31804668
Stun the shit out of smart mouth and throw him into the container under cloak.

Sonia takes a ride with him, under cloak and with her toys. If we can put a marine under cloak on overwatch too, even better.

>>31804773
No, no, what we want to do is throw him into the container then wait outside. If someone shows up, they might just shoot whoever's in the container, and that's not a lot of space to dodge in. So we wait outside, with marine drop-team on call. When someone shows up and opens the container, then we call in the team and make our own move.

>>31804846
That works, though I'm worried about the container being moved with the automatic systems, if I understand the facility correctly.

Outside it is

>>31804964
Yeah, if it's automatic, then surely we can just wait outside the storage bay where it'll be called too, and if it's a manual container-yard type, then we can just wait outside the container itself.

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>>31804773
>>31804846
>>31804964
>>31804976
The second shuttle will have landed by now. You ask them to stun the more talkative of the two prisoners, toss him in the back then get to the container depot ASAP. Meanwhile you and another marine will keep watch under camo.

Switching to repulsors only to reduce engine noise and light emissions the shuttle comes in low half a kilometer out allowing the two of you to rope down behind some trees.

"I really wish Valeri or Rufaro were here sir. I'm not as familiar with the camo systems."
"Don't worry about it." You urge him. "Just cover the entrance for a vehicle leaving with a container marked with that number."

Heading inside its easy enough to find the drop off and pickup locations. There are coloured lines for the drivers to follow into the approach lanes depending on the type of vehicle they're driving. The code guide posted seemingly on every available surface. All the loading points you can see are near the main entrance and have conspicuous frames extending out over them for the cargo mover arms to work with. Decidedly low tech but more than adequate.

The shuttle crew call in.
"Sir, there's another two or more container loading points at the back for damaged containers. Do you want them sabotaged or just cover them?"

It will take a few minutes for the second shuttle to arrive with their guest for your planned container.

Roll 1d100 for arrival time. You want it to be lower than my second roll.

Rolled 95

>>31805271
Can we have someone hack in an temporarily offline them for us?

Sabotage sounds like permanent property damage.

Rolled 65

>>31805271
>>31805309
Sounds good to me.

Rolled 30

>>31805271

Rolled 10

>>31805271
I agree with >>31805309 if we can temporarily disrupt those loading points we can keep an eye on just the one.

Rolled 89

>>31805309
>Roll a 95, hooray
>Read the rolling note at the end
>fuck

>>31805498
Hmmm, it's rare for a roll of 30 to save the day.

"Hack the ones at the rear pad. Its easier to fix than physical damage."

The second shuttle arrives and sets down, four marines carrying an ammo crate large enough to put a person inside. A fifth one is wearing Slag's jacket and has messed up his hair enough to pass for him from a distance.
Climbing to the top of the loading arms you watch them summon the container you rented and toss the stunned body inside. One of them climbs up and marks the top of the container with nearly invisible IR reflective paint.

They make it out of the depot and less than twenty minutes later one of the repulsor trucks that are pulling in summons the container. Sliding down from your position you land on top of the truck and secure yourself.
Once loaded the driver, a rather gaunt man in his 40's, gets out and sticks a scanner to the side of the container.

"Morning Tim, what you up to?" Asks one of the depot technicians.

"Just checking for stowaways. You know how it is. Looks clean, I'll see you later."

"Don't forget you still need to pick up that other container for the box company. It's going to cost you extra if you keep it here much longer."
"I'll get it later."

The vehicle leaves the depot at which point your sensors detect an outgoing call from the driver.

"It's me. I'm bringing in that delivery to the second point. Your boys can clear it."

The next four hours are spent in transit to one of the minor cargo ports in the region. While technically rated as a small spaceport it's only used to ferry goods from the surrounding 2500km out to the major cities on the coast. A Frigate converted for atmospheric cargo hauling is currently taking up the main berth.

The repulsor truck stops at one of the terminals at which point the container is detached to be moved inside. Do you want to have your people pick up the driver once he leaves the port?
Any other orders or keep following the container?

>>31806034
Quietly yeah.

>>31806034
We should have somebody take a couple of pictures of the truck driver and the license plates, but doing more will be unnecessary, I think.

>>31806140
I agree with this.

But other than that, let's keep our head down and not let anyone know we're here.

>>31806034
>pick up the driver?

Yes. Preferably under comms jamming

>>31806234
samefag here

I'll differ to >>31806140
>>31806206

as we can always pick him or his container up later...

>>31806140
I agree with this and if it's possible have one of our guys follow him.

If we need to take him in all we need is to give the word.

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"Follow the truck driver. Get his image an license plate into the database."

You meanwhile follow the container as it is lowered into the depths of the space port. There's enough of a gap between the loading arms that you don't have to hang off the side or do anything else excessively dangerous. After being shuffled around the facility for a few minutes the container arrives at a security scanning station that looks to be closed off.

Several people dressed like mercenaries or a poorly equipped black ops team are present, armed with a mix of silenced ballistic weapons and phase rifles.

"Bring it down nice and steady." Orders the team leader, a human whose hair has gone completely white.
"Weapons ready. They were supposed to hit her with a sedative but we're not taking any chances given the size of that bounty."
"If you're worried why don't we just blast her?"

"The family will pay a lot more for a living body than some pieces of crap from South Reach will for a dead one. Besides, do you really want to wait more than three weeks to get paid?"

That shuts the others up. Three of them cover the doors while a fourth one readies a flashbang and pulls the lock to open the container.

>Your orders?

>>31806839
Silently place a stun grenade in the center of them all, then open fire.

>>31806839
What kind of armor are they wearing? How resistant should it be to stunning effects?

I'm thinking we drop a stun grenade set to discharge twice on a quick pulse into the container once they breach it, if multiple contacts head into the container.

If more guys are outside the container or only 1 or 2 guys go inside, we stun grenade the guys outside and then either stun the ones inside or toss another grenade into the container on them.


Anyone still moving gets disarmed via HF blade, unless its the leader. We'll need him alive.

>>31806839
>Your orders?
Stun grenades for everyone!

>>31806839
>"The family
That Teran crime syndicate? I though we had 5-10 years, if they did well in dominion territory.

>>31806839
Are they roughly in a line?

Can we get on their flank and kill them all with one plasma pistol shot?

>>31807282
>That Teran crime syndicate? I though we had 5-10 years, if they did well in dominion territory.

I think they're talking about Sonia's family. These people really didn't bother to do their homework.

>>31807282
The Terran crime syndicate was The Triads.

Although, as >>31807310 said, they're probably not referring to a crime family.
A 'family' in a sense of 'the mob' might be at work here too.

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>>31807083
>What kind of armor are they wearing?
Their torso armor and helmets are roughly analogous to Marine armor. Their limbs have much less protection.

>How resistant should it be to stunning effects?
A stun grenade should be powerful enough to put them down with direct line of sight.

>>31807292
>Are they roughly in a line?
Pic related.
>Can we get on their flank and kill them all with one plasma pistol shot?

>>31806977
>Silently place a stun grenade in the center of them all, then open fire.
>>31807083
>drop a stun grenade set to discharge twice on a quick pulse into the container

>>31807310
>These people really didn't bother to do their homework.
They seem to be aware of your bounty. Or these ones do.

[ ] Drop stun grenade while they're outside
[ ] Toss stun grenade into container once some are inside
[ ] Drop down to the side and open up with your plasma pistol
[ ] Other

>>31807598
>[X] Toss stun grenade into container once some are inside

As I said, I would prefer keep things non-leathal.

>>31807598
[x] Toss stun grenade at largest concentration once some are inside
[x] Toss stun grenade at the one behind the control console at the same time

Then we pulse pistol & HF blade the rest, aiming to capture.

>>31807598
>[ ] Toss stun grenade into container once some are inside

>>31807598
>[x] Toss stun grenade into container once some are inside
Stun the one at the console first, so he can't use it as cover.

>>31807598
Okay.

While they are trained on the doors drop down and head toward the Console controller. Once they start to go in take down the guy at the CC and throw a grenade.

>>31807598
Stun them outside the container. As soon as we drop the grenade among them, stun the operator to distract them away from the clinking fun bomb.

Not wanting to let the one at the control console become a problem later you drop down to floor level while the others open the container door.

"One body, not moving."
"Dren?"
"Moving in."

Only one of them steps into the container, the others ready to fire or duck out of the way if anything unusual happens. Not quite as you planned. That's fine, you have options. The first of which is readying both stun grenades.

"It's not her!" Shouts the one in the container.
"Shit."

Everyone begins to back away, looking everywhere. The leader is about to hit a button on his helmet when you throw both grenades, one into the container, the other in front of it.

Grabbing the collar of the one at the control panel you shoot him in the back with your stun pistol while taking cover. The entire bay lights up from the stun grenades going off and your sonar picks up the distinctive sound of a metal grenade rolling across the floor.
The flash bang goes off relatively close to your position but your suit is able to handle the worst of the explosion.

"This is Reynard, I've stunned five hostiles. Contact building security and home in on my signal."
"Copy that sir." Responds one of your men at arms, their voice sounding quite a bit scratchier than normal. "Be advised we're getting some coms interference from the building structure. Smugglers, drug runners or nobles that want to keep their business confidential might have set up scramblers to make customs checks more difficult."

"I read you."

There are a few shouts coming from a hallway leading elsewhere into the building and your solar picks up the sound of several people running in your direction. A quick check shows six more mercs.

[ ] Recover grenades
[ ] Stun pistol
[ ] Plasma pistol

Roll 2d20

Rolled 3

>>31808493
>[X] Recover grenades

We have our marines inbound, these guys a thoroughly fucked. No need to hurry things.

>Roll 2d20

1

Rolled 1

>>31808539
2

Rolled 9, 1 = 10

>>31808493
>[ ] Stun pistol

Rolled 14, 18 = 32

>>31808493
>[X] Recover grenades

Rolled 7, 16 = 23

>>31808493
[x] Stun grenades

>>31808642
Thank you, RNGesus.

>I was expecting another 1 on the second roll.

Rolled 20, 14 = 34

>>31808493
[x] Plasma Pistol

>Plasma Pistol 20's
Blessed be this device.

Rushing back to the container you grab one of the stun grenades, reset it and hurl it through the open doorway. There are a few cracks of weapons fire before it goes off by which point you've retrieved the second grenade from inside and are headed back to engage them. Setting it for a double pulse this time you set yourself near the entrance and wait until you detect movement from the squad preparing to rush the doorway.

A flashbang bounces off the door frame landing at your feet and you barely have time to kick it back into the hall before it detonates. Following through with the stun pulse grenade the rest of the squad are caught mostly by surprise with the sudden one-two combination.

Checking them with your pistol drawn it looks like they were getting ready to switch to slightly more lethal ordinance next given their lack of other flashbangs.

Alarms begin to blare and the sounds from the cargo movers begin to speed up.

"All security personnel, we have reports of weapons fire in the lower levels. We are beginning lockdown effective immediately."

The soud of heavy blast doors slamming shut begins to echo through the facility and the cargo movers come to a halt.

"Guys what's your status?" you ask.
"We're talking to building security right now sir. The people in charge of the spaceport can't be certain who might be cooperating with any armed mercs in the building and want's to keep them from escaping. Especially since no one has been officially authorised to deploy armed troops on the property."

"What about unofficially?"
"That's where the problem might be sir. We're working on it. You might be down there for an hour or two. Is there anything you would like us to take care of?"

At this point you detect a communicator belonging to the Merc leader going off. You lack sufficient voice samples pull off the voice modulation trick again.

>Your orders?

>>31809473
>Your orders?

Answer the communicator, and use the control console to make noise with the moving equipment so the other end of the line will have trouble understanding Sonia's voice.

>>31809562
This is actually pretty good.

We should tie up/handcuff all the mercs though. We don't want any of them waking up and sneaking on us.

>>31809473
Listen in first then say, "What's your next move now hot shot?"

While listening in, tell house Intel to track all comm traffic leading into the facility. Hopefully the taunt will give us enough time to get a decent fix while he rants/monologues.

>>31809562
This is good and if the intel boys can do their thing it will be even better.

Acting quickly you pick up the communicator and stun the mercs again since you don't have time to secure them and do everything else. Next, you hit the control console and get the cargo movers in the bay to make as much noise as possible.
Hopefully the Marines will have intel attempting to track all com traffic coming out of the port by now. Either way you're out of time as the com is on it's 6th ring.

"Has the package arrived yet? Is it secured?" asks someone using voice masking on the other end.

"Respond, immediately." they ask a few seconds later.

>>31809618
>"What's your next move now hot shot?"
Say this?

>>31809871
>Say this?
Let's not.

I'd go with "Affirmative."

>>31809871
"Secured. Knocked out a guy and the package was badly banged up. Hope this is worth whatever you paid those goons."

>>31809893
Second. Also wow, someone sure is going through a lot of trouble just for us. Guess we made a bigger splash on the south reach than I thought

>>31809893
Basically yeah.

"Affirmative. Package is secured"

"Affirmative. Package is secured." you respond, attempting to lower your voice as much as possible.

"Good. Wait, who is this? I hired Adler. Put him on the line immediately, I don't care what his problem is."

>What say?

>>31810215
>What say?
"Come again, I can barely make out a word of this infernal noise!"

>>31810243
>of this infernal noise!"
"over this infernal noise!"

>>31810215
"Adler is unconscious. The target smashed the door on his head when we went to open the container."

>>31810294
If we say this, try to buy some more time by saying it'll take a moment to get the communicator to him.

>>31810294
add "Give me a minute."

Then "Stun that bitch again to be sure." and stun one of the mooks twice. "If she moves, put a round in her limbs."

Proceed to fake attempting to get Adler up, then curse about how the bitch better not have killed him.

>>31810294
>>31810449
Sounds like a plan.

>>31810294
"Adler is unconscious. The target smashed the door on his head when we went to open the container."

"That should not have been possible." Protests the voice. "Steps were taken."

"Give me a minute." you reply then hold out the com at arm's length. Turning your head the other way you mock shouting at other mercs.
"Stun that bitch again to be sure." Before firing your pistol. "If she moves, put a round in her limbs. Sir, we need you to wake up. Give him some stims to bring him around."

You hope your acting skills hold up as you curse about how the bitch better not have killed him.

The voice on the other end attempts to get your attention. "Fine, forget about Adler. If you want to get paid send an image of the package to the following number within two minutes or we're moving to plan B."

>Your orders?

>>31810762
"Got it." Have intel try to trace down the number. and for a fast photoshop job.