IC - Legwork

[Black]

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Mr Johnson,

Likewise your prompt reply is appreciated.
I agree that a physical meet is now prudent.
Tomorrow is Christmas Day. Therefore I suggest a meeting in the early hours of Boxing Day morning.
There is a pier on Lakeside Drive just north of the old yachting club on Lake Merritt. The pier is opposite the end of Madison Street.

Lat: 37:48:18N
Lon: 122:15:43W

06:30hrs.

On the pier is an old restaurant, I hear they make a fine breakfast.
I shall bring my team, yours of course are welcome.

Merry Christmas

Necron

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[arcanus]

Brent Fuller groaned as his comm received the encrypted redirection.
06.30 gods, did these people not sleep, no silly question, these people were nightcreepers, nocturnal.

His wife came into the living room from the kitchen
"You okay honey?"
"Yeah, early start Boxing Day" he replied
She grimaced but said nothing, handing him his glass of Merlot

ALPHA CODE:TNXNF///10001011/1110100111-COMM CODEC Docwagon Red-link Matrix Ultra secure connection established, RED-10 status acquired.
Agreed, oh & Merry Christmas

ALPHA CODE:TNXNF///10011001/1100100011-COMM CODEC Docwagon Red-link Matrix Ultra secure connection disconnected, RED-10 status deactivated, activate -#TRACE & CLEANSE#.

[Curren]

'You didn't answer my question Blackie, how much are you getting paid for this?' Curren repeats. 'And I take it I'll be getting paid for my services?'

The englishman drained the rest of his tea in a gulp and stood up to stretch his legs.

'Naturally the money that I make will be distributed back into the charities that I work with.' he said.

[Black]

A good point there by Curren. Just what is the deal with Doc Wagon?
Black's current pitch is middle of the road - he's a realist and appreaciates that he's not big-time at the moment (not got the reputaion for that) but also that we aren't fresh faced rookies either.

However part of the deal would have been a platinum contract with themselves on successful completion of the job, number to be determined at physical meet.

[Black]

As this is the legwork area for background 'off-peak' stuff I shall carry on with the 'Thursday Prequal' in IC-Mad World.

[arcanus]

As this is the legwork area for background 'off-peak' stuff I shall carry on with the 'Thursday Prequal' in IC-Mad World.

Quote correct fees and such to be confirmed at the physical meet.

[Curren]

Also I would like to highlight the fact, and get us all into the habit of actually investigating and finding the background of the people in question we are dealing with. As well as the job itself.

So, on meeting the Johnson. It is a very good idea to find out his background and relationship to the job etc.

There's no such thing as too little investigation, as long as we get the knowledge we can plan for most eventualities

So it's:

1, Background of the job. What will we be paid? Whereabouts will we receive payment. Specific bank accounts made for the sole purpose of money made through a run etc.

2, Known Personalities giving the job, names, employment, demeanor to us. Background etc.

3, Threats/Enemies/Corps/Competition and other dangers that may compromise or endanger the operation.

4, People affected by the job, victims, people in the area of the operation, long term effects to people etc. (Legwork)

5, Why/Is is this job viable? Is it achievable? How trustworthy is the source of the job?

6, What equipment is required? Comms units, explosives, surveilance and most importantly Counter Forensic Equipment (Shell catchers for weapons and gloves on the most basic level)

7, Geographical data on the field of operations. Staking out the planned area of operations until a good picture of it is made.

8, Use of force required, if any?

9, Use of the S/R team as effectively as possible. Specialisations etc. The job need not involve all the team at the same place. (Backup, driver etc.)

10, The drawing up of the plan.

11, At least three alternative escape plans if the job turns sour.

12, Professionalism: 99% of combat does not require lethal force. Deaths equal a loss of reputation, and will result ultimately in more opponents and enemies to the team. Unfortunately killing is required in some instances but should only be the final option.

13, Safe houses established, escape routes plotted, and the destruction or disposal of weapons etc. Cover stories establised to match each of the team.

14. On completion of the job a good debrief made to establish lessons learnt, shortfalls and thoughts for future operations. Also getting paid succesfully! See note 1.

15. Failure of a job: The effective disassociation between all of the S/R team. Cutting all ties with the botched job and escaping the scene. See entries 11 and 14 above.

What we could do is make an A4 page with all of these points on them (and the points I may have missed!), and fill in the details on each of the jobs as we do them. (Thats if we actually survive this first job!) Sort of like a risk assesment report.

What do you all think? And could someone maybe make up the table for this for us to use? It will make a job easier to organise and execute effectively with a better outcome maybe......

[Black]

Necron snarled at the huge black monolith, his thoughts running to both offensive and stealth options.
The glossy representation was drawing an unusual amount of resentment from the Matrix persona.
Behind the Necron, Black knew that this was irrational and reigned in the Necron's destructive thoughts.
Heeding the calming influence of his physical self, Necron took a step away from the effigy and applied his own rationale. Yes, credsticks are notoriously difficult to crack and full of IC, but this is a certified credstick, which is basically electronic money. It is possible to apply a security code to your certified credstick, usually a six character passcode. But these credsticks would be open, as Mr Fuller would not have known who they were going to. Therefore the passcode would be set at the default six zeros.
Necron moved around the column until he came to a portcullis. A huge robot security guard in titanium plated armour stood in attendance adjacent to the dark entrance.
As the evil looking figure approached the robot merely pointed to an alcove.
Inside was the touch screen into which the passcode should be entered.
Mentally preparing to defend himself, necron entered six zeros and virtually pressed return.

[Black]

Cal had heard mentioned somewhere that men were rubbish at multi-tasking.

He neither cared nor could be bothered to respond to the statement that was quite obviously made by a woman who lacked the ability to devote her full attention to the 'task at hand'!

Black had no problems being able to multi-task.

As he approached the the huge tower like representation of the credstick, he accumulated the information acquired from this morning's meeting.
He arranged it so that all the relevant information was there and easy to read before saving the file and sending it to the remote deck in his office.

Mysteriously the Necron's voice sounded from the trideo player instructing Dave to have a look at the monitor.

Intrigued Angel wandered out into the small hallway and into the second bedroom which quite obviously played the role of office and workshop for his elven colleague.

The micro-thin screen was already on:-

The Doc-Wagon Job

Requirement

To investigate the disappearance of three Doc-Wagon Clients from the Oakland, CFS.
Identify culprits (if any) and facilitate a rescue/recovery of clients.

Employer

Doc-Wagon direct hire. More specifically Brent Fuller, Manager for Doc-Wagon Oakland Special Investigations Department.

Reason For Hire

Doc-Wagon fear their reputation being tarnished. Corporate Image is everything.
If DW goes to the authorities then this will inevitably become public knowledge long before any investigation into the disappearances can be completed. Keeping the job 'in the shadows' ultimately has a better chance of maintaining secrecy.

Fees

The deal is Y28000 (Y7000 per person) to investigate and locate missing clients and identify any culprits if clients are subjects of kidnapping. A further Y20000 (Y5000 per person) to engage any 'hostiles' at the direction of Doc-Wagon representative should the 'hostiles' meet the perceived threat level agreed during the meeting with Mr Fuller.
Fuller has agreed to further negotiations on pay should the threat level be higher than initially perceived.
An up front payment of 10% of the total fee (Y4800 (Y1200 per person)) has been issued on certified credsticks.


Known Data

ï‚· During a routine sweep of news, police and authority databases DW identified TWO missing persons reports on their clients. The analyst upon further investigation found that the signal from the clients' emergency bracelets had been lost. DW explains that this can happen only if:-
1. Bracelet turned off. However DW recieves a disconnect signal when bracelets are deactivated. They have recieved no such signal.
2. Client is no longer in a 'coverage' area. DW reports that the signal was lost in both cases within high coverage areas.
3. Deliberate blocking of signal and/or tampering with bracelet.

ï‚· Further checks of the Oakland system revealed another case where signal inexplicably lost.
ï‚· 3 clients, all women, all orcs and all in the last few weeks of pregnancy are missing.
ï‚· Disappearances have occurred in various locations across Oakland 'Flats'.
ï‚· The frequency of the signal losses are:-
1. The first occurred 6 weeks ago.
2. The second occurred 3 weeks later (2 weeks ago).
3. The third occurred 1 week after that (1 week ago).

ï‚· Doc-Wagon have supplied last known locations for clients.
ï‚· Doc-Wagon have been unable to uncover any witnesses to the events leading up to or causing the signal losses.
ï‚· All three missing clients held Doc-Wagon Basic contracts upplied by their employer.
ï‚· All three worked for different employers.
ï‚· We have names and adresses of missing clients.
ï‚· We have been provided

[arcanus]

Black had no problems being able to multi-task.
As he approached the the huge tower like representation of the credstick.

Make a spoof or deception roll.